First published online May 26, 2006
Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 2337-2343 (2006)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2006
doi: 10.1242/jeb.02209
Plasticity in cell defence: access to and reactivity of critical protein residues and DNA response elements
Chris Goldring1,*,
Neil Kitteringham1,
Rosalind Jenkins1,
Ian Copple1,
Jean-Francois Jeannin2 and
B. Kevin Park1
1 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool,
Sherrington Buildings, Ashton Street, Liverpool L69 3GE, Merseyside,
UK
2 Cancer Immunotherapy Laboratory, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, INSERM
U517, Faculty of Medicine, Dijon, France

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Fig. 2. In vivo footprinting of gene promoters. See text for details.
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Fig. 3. NF-kappa B occupation may contribute to tolerance.
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Fig. 4. Role of the Keap1-Nrf2-ARE system in the regulation of the antioxidant
response. Sensing of chemical stress by Keap1 switches the fate of Nrf2 from
proteasomal degradation to nuclear translocation, where it activates multiple
genes involved in cellular defence.
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Fig. 5. Schematic representation of Keap1, indicating the relative cysteine content
of the various regions.
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Fig. 6. Model of the activation of Nrf2 through release from the Keap1 dimer
induced by oxidation (SS) or arylation (X) of cysteine thiols 273 and
288 [adapted from (Wakabayashi, 2004)]. See text for further explanation.
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Fig. 7. Nrf2 nuclear translocation is related to the administered dose of
paracetamol. Mice were treated with the indicated doses of paracetamol. After
1 h they were sacrificed, livers were removed, nuclei prepared and nuclear
proteins extracted. These were separated using SDSPAGE, alongside a
recombinant mouse Nrf2 positive control, transferred to a nitrocellulose
membrane, probed for Nrf2 using a polyclonal anti-Nrf2 antiserum and
visualised using chemiluminescence. Each data point in the blot and in the
response-curve is obtained from pooled extracts of five animals (+ s.d.).
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