Stimulation of angiogenesis through cathepsin B inactivation of the tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases.

abstract：:The changes in phosphoproteins purified with the affinity peptide p9CKShs1 were analyzed from extracts of regenerating rat livers in order to define some G1 and G1/S regulations characteristic of mature hepatocytes stimulated to proliferate. We observed a 47 kDa phosphoprotein that occurred first at the end of G1 befo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bilodeau M,Talarmin H,Ilyin G,Rescan C,Glaise D,Cariou S,Loyer P,Guguen-Guillouzo C,Baffet G

更新日期：1999-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial ADP/ATP carriers (AACs) catalyze the exchange of cytosolic ADP for matrix ATP. We have identified and characterized a novel member of the AAC subfamily of mitochondrial metabolite transport proteins, termed AAC4. The AAC4 gene maps to human chromosome 4q28.1, and its product AAC4 is 66-68% identical ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dolce V,Scarcia P,Iacopetta D,Palmieri F

更新日期：2005-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the molecular analysis of the transthyretin gene in a large Italian pedigree with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy and demonstrate the presence of a Met30 mutation. The usefulness of the genetic analysis in the identification of presymptomatic persons and the diagnosis of individuals with partial symptoms...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Strocchi P,Tang XM,Cambi F

更新日期：1995-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic Ca2+ concentration and membrane potential were monitored in individual cultured endothelial cells mechanically stimulated with a micropipette attached to the stage of a microscope. Both dimpling and poking of endothelial cells resulted in Ca2+i transients (from 63 +/- 12 to 397 +/- 52 nM, characterized by a ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goligorsky MS

更新日期：1988-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we reported two novel early-staged encapsulation-relating proteins (56 kDa and 48 kDa ERPs) isolated from the hemolymph of coleopteran insect, Tenebrio molitor larvae [Cho et al. (1999) Eur. J. Biochem. (in press)]. Here, a cDNA clone for another early-staged encapsulation-relating protein (86 kDa) was isola...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cho MY,Choi HW,Moon GY,Kim MH,Kwon TH,Homma K,Natori S,Lee BL

更新日期：1999-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Random sequences of 120-130 amino acid residues were inserted into a surface loop region of Escherichia coli RNase HI. This library was screened and about 10% of the clones were found to retain RNase H activity. Subsequent random mutagenesis led to an increase in RNase H activity and solubility of the protein. The ins...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Doi N,Itaya M,Yomo T,Tokura S,Yanagawa H

更新日期：1997-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloned mouse delta-subtype opioid receptor (DOR1) was expressed in Xenopus oocytes to study the signal transduction. Opioid delta-agonists evoked a calcium-dependent chloride current in oocytes injected with mRNA derived from DOR1, together with that from the alpha subunit of Gi1. The delta-agonist-induced current was...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miyamae T,Fukushima N,Misu Y,Ueda H

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenicities of influenza viruses and paramyxoviruses have been proposed to be primarily determined by a host cell protease(s) that activates viral infectivity by proteolytic cleavage of the envelope glycoproteins. We recently isolated a trypsin-type endoprotease, named tryptase Clara, from rat bronchial and br...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kido H,Sakai K,Kishino Y,Tashiro M

更新日期：1993-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Okadaic acid, a specific inhibitor of protein phosphatase 1 in Paramecium causes sustained backward swimming in response to depolarising stimuli (S. Klumpp et al. (1990) EMBO J. 9, 685). Here, we employ okadaic acid, tautomycin, microcystin LR and inhibitor 1 as phosphatase inhibitors to identify a 42 kDa protein in t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Klumpp S,Schultz JE

更新日期：1991-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Ileal bile acid-binding protein (I-BABP) is a 14 kDa cytosolic protein which binds bile acids with a high affinity. It is thought to be implicated in the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids and, hence, in cholesterol homeostasis. Using a combination of in vivo and in vitro experiments, we have recently shown that ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Landrier JF,Grober J,Demydchuk J,Besnard P

更新日期：2003-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Monomeric and trimeric PS I complexes missing the three stromal subunits E,C and D (termed PS I core complexes) were prepared from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. by incubation with urea. The subunits E,C and D are sequentially removed. In the monomeric PS I the subunit C is removed with a half life ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lüneberg J,Fromme P,Jekow P,Schlodder E

更新日期：1994-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide first large scale analysis of the peculiarities of surface areas of 5658 dissimilar (below 50% sequence similarity) proteins with known 3D-structures that bind to proteins, DNA or RNAs. We show here that area of the protein surface is highly correlated with the protein length. The size of the interface surf...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wu Z,Hu G,Yang J,Peng Z,Uversky VN,Kurgan L

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete primary structure (967 amino acids) of an intestinal human aminopeptidase N (EC 3.4.11.2) was deduced from the sequence of a cDNA clone. Aminopeptidase N is anchored to the microvillar membrane via an uncleaved signal for membrane insertion. A domain constituting amino acid 250-555 positioned within the c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Olsen J,Cowell GM,Kønigshøfer E,Danielsen EM,Møller J,Laustsen L,Hansen OC,Welinder KG,Engberg J,Hunziker W

更新日期：1988-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Criteria for the design of peptide vaccines to prevent AIDS are presented. The best vaccine candidates contain both B and T lymphocyte-defined epitopes in regions conserved in sequence between viral isolates. We propose that attention should focus on proteins specified by the gag and, possibly, pol genes in addition t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sternberg MJ,Barton GJ,Zvelebil MJ,Cookson J,Coates AR

更新日期：1987-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintaining genomic integrity is vital for cell survival and homeostasis. Mutations in critical genes in germ-line and somatic cells are often implicated with the onset or progression of diseases. DNA repair enzymes thus take important roles as guardians of the genome in the cell. Besides the known function to repair ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bunch H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast PMR2/ENA1 gene encodes an ATPase involved in sodium extrusion and induced by NaCl. At low salt concentrations (0.3 M) induction is mediated by the HOG-MAP kinase pathway, a system activated by non-specific osmotic stress. At high salt concentrations (0.8 M) induction is mediated by the protein phosphatase ca...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Márquez JA,Serrano R

更新日期：1996-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of the 18 S rRNA of Tenebrio molitor is reported. A detailed secondary structure model for eukaryotic small subunit rRNAs is proposed. The model comprises 48 universal helices that eukaryotic and prokaryotic small subunit rRNAs have in common, plus a number of helices in areas of variable secondary struct...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hendriks L,De Baere R,Van Broeckhoven C,De Wachter R

更新日期：1988-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The cells responsible for bone formation express protease-activated receptors. Although serine protease thrombin has been shown to elicit functional responses in bone cells that impact on cell survival and alkaline phosphatase activity, nothing is known about tissue factor, factor VIIa, and factor Xa, the serine prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Daubie V,De Decker R,Nicaise C,Pochet R

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Golgi apparatus is known to modify and sort newly synthesized secretory proteins. However, fundamental mysteries remain about the structure, operation, and dynamics of this organelle. Important insights have emerged from studying the Golgi in yeasts. For example, yeasts have provided direct evidence for Golgi cist...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Papanikou E,Glick BS

更新日期：2009-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews our present knowledge of sphingomyelinases as enzymes, and as enzymes acting on a membrane constituent lipid, sphingomyelin. Six types of sphingomyelinases are considered, namely acidic, secretory, Mg(2+)-dependent neutral, Mg(2+)-independent neutral, alkaline, and bacterial enzymes with both phosph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goñi FM,Alonso A

更新日期：2002-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Unstimulated human fibrosarcoma cells (HT1080) constitutively secrete matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP 2) as a proenzyme requiring proteolytic cleavage by membrane type-1 MMP (MT1 MMP) for activation. Physiological and pharmacological stimuli induce clustering of MT1 MMP/tissue inhibitor of MMP 2 "receptors", promoting...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Atkinson SJ,English JL,Holway N,Murphy G

更新日期：2004-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells play a pivotal role in the development of atherosclerosis. An 'activated' phenotype of these cells is manifested by signal transduction-dependent expression of genes encoding cytokines, pro- and anticoagulant factors, and cell adhesion molecules. In the current study we examined the effect of ouabain...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bereta J,Cohen MC,Bereta M

更新日期：1995-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of electron transport by unnatural (-)-antimycin A3 was examined with rat liver mitochondria and compared with that of natural (+)-antimycin A3. (-)-Antimycin A3 inhibited respiration about 1/100th as strongly as natural (+)-antimycin A3. (-)-Antimycin A3 binding to the cytochrome bc1 complex did not se...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miyoshi H,Kondo H,Oritani T,Saitoh I,Iwamura H

更新日期：1991-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A major house dust mite allergen Der f 1 belongs to the papain-like cysteine protease family. This study investigated whether Der f 1 can cleave the latency-associated peptide (LAP) of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta via its proteolytic activity and activate latent TGF-beta. We found that Der f 1 can cleave LAP ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakamura Y,Miyata M,Shimokawa N,Ohnuma Y,Katoh R,Ogawa H,Okumura K,Nakao A

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin F2alpha, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and calcium ionophore A23187 stimulated the rapid (within 25 s) generation of polyunsaturated 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG) species, in particular 18:0/20:3n-9, 18:0/20:4n-6 and 18:0/20:5n-3, in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts. This was followed by a second sustained phase...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pettitt TR,Wakelam MJ

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogues of S-prenylated cysteine like N-acetyl-S-trans,trans-farnesyl-L-cysteine (AFC) have previously been shown to inhibit the carboxyl methylation of proteins carrying a C-terminal S-prenylated cysteine residue and to block the endotoxin-activated serum-elicited chemotactic response of mouse macrophages. Here, we...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scheer A,Gierschik P

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we summarize evidence for non-equivalence of two structurally similar active sites in transketolase and other thiamine-dependent enzymes. This non-equivalence takes place when the enzymes interact with various ligands (inhibitors, cations, coenzyme and substrates). Data on different strains in the structure of th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kovina MV,Kochetov GA

更新日期：1998-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The two tryptophan residues, Trp-248 and Trp-330, in tryptophan indole-lyase (tryptophanase) from E. coli have been separately mutated to phenylalanine using site-directed mutagenesis. Both single tryptophan mutant enzymes have full catalytic activity, but exhibit different fluorescence and near-UV circular dichroism ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Phillips RS,Gollnick P

更新日期：1990-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between active transport of lactose via the lactose permease and the protonmotive force has been determined in E. coli cells using either the respiratory chain inhibitor cyanide or protonophores to decrease the protonmotive force progressively. In contradiction with the prediction of the delocalized c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ghazi A,Delamourd L,Shechter E

更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although transthyretin (TTR) is expressed in pancreatic alpha (glucagon) cells in the islets of Langerhans, the function of TTR in pancreatic alpha cells remains unknown. In this study, by using TTR knockout (TTR KO) mice, we determined the novel role of TTR in glucose homeostasis. We demonstrated that TTR KO mice evi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Su Y,Jono H,Misumi Y,Senokuchi T,Guo J,Ueda M,Shinriki S,Tasaki M,Shono M,Obayashi K,Yamagata K,Araki E,Ando Y

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00