N-acetylcysteine suppresses TNF-induced NF-kappaB activation through inhibition of IkappaB kinases.

abstract：:Besides its canonical function of catalyzing the formation of telomeric repeats, many groups have recently reported non-canonical functions of hTERT in particular, and telomerase in general. Regulating transcription is the central basis of non-canonical functions of telomerase. However, unlike reverse transcriptase ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akıncılar SC,Low KC,Liu CY,Yan TD,Oji A,Ikawa M,Li S,Tergaonkar V

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In Alzheimer's disease, beta-amyloid peptides (betaA(1-40) and betaA(1-42)) are deposited on the brain cell surfaces as neurotoxic plaques. Some reports indicate that small heat shock proteins, Hsp27 and alphaB-crystallin, colocalize in the plaques, but their functions are not known. Interaction between betaA and alph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liang JJ

更新日期：2000-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycans are known to be associated with extracellular amyloid deposits of various amyloidogenic proteins. In this study, we found that the glycosaminoglycan heparin greatly accelerates the elongation step in fibril formation by the N-terminal 1-83 fragment of human apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), especially in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mikawa S,Mizuguchi C,Nishitsuji K,Baba T,Shigenaga A,Shimanouchi T,Sakashita N,Otaka A,Akaji K,Saito H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic sialidase Neu2 has been implicated in myoblast differentiation. Here we observed a significant upregulation of Neu2 expression during differentiation of murine C2C12 myoblasts. This was evidenced both as an increase in Neu2 mRNA steady-state levels and in the cytosolic sialidase enzymatic activity. To unders...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fanzani A,Giuliani R,Colombo F,Zizioli D,Presta M,Preti A,Marchesini S

更新日期：2003-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is predominantly synthesized by astrocytes in the brain. In this study, we investigated the role of apoE in astrocyte apoptosis. We demonstrated that apoE protects astrocytes from hypoxia-induced apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. Glutamate release from astrocytic cultures is significantly l...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhou S,Wu H,Zeng C,Xiong X,Tang S,Tang Z,Sun X

更新日期：2013-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylated cellulases from Cellulomonas fimi were compared with their non-glycosylated counterparts synthesized in Escherichia coli from recombinant DNA. Glycosylation of the enzymes does not significantly affect their kinetic properties, or their stabilities towards heat and pH. However, the glycosylated enzymes ar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Langsford ML,Gilkes NR,Singh B,Moser B,Miller RC Jr,Warren RA,Kilburn DG

更新日期：1987-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired functioning of the proteasome pathway is one of the molecular mechanism underlying neurodegenerative changes in Alzheimer's disease. In this study, we report that dysfunction of the proteasome pathway in astroglial cells leads to decreased survival and dysregulation of chemokines by differential regulation of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Choi K,Lee J,Choi C

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a Xenopus P2Y receptor that shares only weak homology with members of the mammalian P2Y family, being most similar to human P2Y(11). When activated by nucleotide analogs, it stimulates both calcium and cAMP mobilization pathways, a feature unique, among mammalian P2Y receptors, to P2Y(11). Activity can be ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Devader C,Drew CM,Geach TJ,Tabler J,Townsend-Nicholson A,Dale L

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The selectively red excited emission spectrum, at room temperature, of the in vitro reconstituted Lhca4, has a pronounced non-equilibrium distribution, leading to enhanced emission from the directly excited low-energy pigments. Two different emitting forms (or states), with maximal emission at 713 and 735nm (F713 and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zucchelli G,Morosinotto T,Garlaschi FM,Bassi R,Jennings RC

更新日期：2005-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanine nucleotide exchange reaction catalyzed by elongation factor Ts is proposed to arise from the intrusion of the side chains of D80 and F81 near the Mg2+ binding site in EF-Tu. D80A and F81A mutants of E. coli EF-Ts were 2-3-fold less active in promoting GDP exchange with E. coli EF-Tu while the D80AF81A muta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang Y,Li X,Spremulli LL

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of complexing inactivation at identical enzyme and inhibitor concentrations were analyzed and the equations of product generation were derived when the free enzyme concentration is great, larger or smaller than the dissociation constant of inhibitor, K(I). The kinetic constants can be obtained by fitting ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang MH,Zhao KY

更新日期：1997-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Casein phosphopeptides beta-CN(1-25)4P and alpha(s1)-CN(59-79)5P, from beta- and alpha(s1)-casein, respectively, both carrying the characteristic 'acidic motif' Ser(P)-Ser(P)-Ser(P)-Glu-Glu, were chemically synthesized and administered to HT-29 cells differentiated in culture, which are a used model of intestinal epit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ferraretto A,Gravaghi C,Fiorilli A,Tettamanti G

更新日期：2003-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The acronym CK2 denotes a highly pleiotropic Ser/Thr protein kinase whose over-expression correlates with neoplastic growth. A vexed question about the enigmatic regulation of CK2 concerns the actual existence in living cells of the catalytic (alpha and/or alpha') and regulatory beta-subunits of CK2 not assembled into...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Salvi M,Sarno S,Marin O,Meggio F,Itarte E,Pinna LA

更新日期：2006-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages play vital roles in inflammatory responses, and their number at sites of inflammation is strictly regulated by cell death and division. Here, we demonstrate that production of nitric oxide (NO) is a major mechanism whereby ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P) blocks apoptosis in macrophages. However, NO failed to st...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gangoiti P,Granado MH,Arana L,Ouro A,Gómez-Muñoz A

更新日期：2008-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the novel, naturally occurring nucleotide cyclic diguanylic acid (c-di-GMP) on the lymphoblastoid CD4+ Jurkat cell line was studied. When exposed to 50 microM c-di-GMP, Jurkat cells exhibited a markedly elevated expression of the CD4 receptor of up to 6.3-fold over controls. C-di-GMP also causes blockage...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steinberger O,Lapidot Z,Ben-Ishai Z,Amikam D

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously described that NO. leads to destruction of ZnS clusters and release of Zn2+ from various proteins including zinc finger transcription factors. To assess the relevance in living cells, we investigated, whether exogenous NO. leads to an increase of cytoplasmic and nuclear free Zn2+. L929 cells, mouse splen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Berendji D,Kolb-Bachofen V,Meyer KL,Grapenthin O,Weber H,Wahn V,Kröncke KD

更新日期：1997-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased expression of low voltage-activated, T-type Ca(2+) channels has been correlated with a variety of cellular events including cell proliferation and cell cycle kinetics. The recent cloning of three genes encoding T-type alpha(1) subunits, alpha(1G), alpha(1H) and alpha(1I), now allows direct assessment of thei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chemin J,Monteil A,Briquaire C,Richard S,Perez-Reyes E,Nargeot J,Lory P

更新日期：2000-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous data have suggested an involvement of MDR/PGP-like ABC transporters in transport of the plant hormone auxin and, recently, AtPGP1 has been demonstrated to catalyze the primary active export of auxin. Here we show that related isoform AtPGP4 is expressed predominantly during early root development. AtPGP4 loss...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santelia D,Vincenzetti V,Azzarello E,Bovet L,Fukao Y,Düchtig P,Mancuso S,Martinoia E,Geisler M

更新日期：2005-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP synthesis rate, measured as the variation in external Pi concentration, varied as a linear function of either delta mu H+ or delta Gpin, in such a manner that the delta Gpin/delta mu H+ ratio increased while VATP increased. We also observed a linear dependence of the flux control coefficient of the Pi carrier on...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Beauvoit B,Rigoulet M,Guerin B

更新日期：1989-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide, the invariant structural component of Gram-negative bacteria, when present in minute amounts in the circulation in humans elicits 'endotoxic shock' syndrome, which is fatal in 60% of the cases. Polymyxin B (PMB), a cyclic cationic peptide, neutralizes the endotoxin, but also induces many harmful si...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thomas CJ,Surolia A

更新日期：1999-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is the 37-amino acid peptide subunit of amyloid found in pancreatic islets of type 2 diabetic patients and in insulinomas. Recently, we isolated the human gene encoding IAPP [(1988) FEBS Lett. 239, 227-232]. We now report the nucleotide sequences of a human insulinoma cDNA encoding a c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mosselman S,Höppener JW,Lips CJ,Jansz HS

更新日期：1989-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-coupled cDNA subtraction hybridization was adapted to identify the genes expressed in the adrenocortical tissues from high salt diet-treated rat. A novel cDNA clone, termed salt-inducible kinase (SIK), encoding a polypeptide (776 amino acids) with significant similarity to protein serine/ threonine kinases in the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang Z,Takemori H,Halder SK,Nonaka Y,Okamoto M

更新日期：1999-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In endocrine cells the regulated secretion of hormones, peptides, enzymes and neurotransmitters into the external medium occurs when mature secretory granules fuse with the plasma membrane. Secretory granules form at the trans-Golgi network (TGN) by envelopment of the dense-core aggregate of regulated secretory protei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tooze SA

更新日期：1991-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Human prothymosin alpha mutants were generated with the aid of random mutagenesis and screened for their ability to inhibit yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell growth. Conversion of Lys-87 to Glu resulted in an inactivated prothymosin alpha mutant, which lost the ability of the wild-type protein to block yeast cell gr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rubtsov Y,Vartapetian A

更新日期：1996-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique has been developed to probe directly RecA-DNA interactions by the use of the fluorescent chromophore, (+)anti-benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide (BPDE), covalently attached to DNA. The 24-mer oligonucleotide 5'-d(CTACTAAACATGTACAAATCATCC) was specifically modified on the exocyclic nitrogen of the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wittung P,Funk M,Jernström B,Nordén B,Takahashi M

更新日期：1995-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant porcine growth hormone (rPGH) was solubilised from inclusion bodies (IB's) using either 6 M guanidinium hydrochloride (GnHCl), 7.5 M urea or by a novel method using a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC). Circular dichroism (CD) analysis of the secondary (2 degrees) structure of the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Puri NK,Cardamone M

更新日期：1992-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Most tumor cells attain their immortality by reactivating telomerase. We report here the telomerase inhibitory potential of chimeric oligonucleotides composed of a 13mer antisense sequence targeting the telomerase RNA template region and a (s4dU)n moiety at its 3' or 5'-end. The increase of the thiolated chain length ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tarkanyi I,Horváth A,Szatmari I,Eizert H,Vámosi G,Damjanovich S,Ségal-Bendirdjian E,Aradi J

更新日期：2005-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The BChla-containing B880-complex (core-complex) of Rhodopseudomonas marina (Rhodospirillaceae) was isolated with a new purification method. The isolation of the B880-complex was performed by solubilisation of the photosynthetic membranes with the detergent LDAO and subsequent fractionated ammonium-sulfate precipitati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Meckenstock RU,Brunisholz RA,Zuber H

更新日期：1992-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressive agent FK-506 has received much attention due to its efficacy and potency in the areas of transplant rejection and autoimmune disease. Calcineurin, a Ca(2+)-calmodulin activated phosphatase, was recently implicated in the immunosuppressive mechanism of FK-506. In our ongoing search for superior im...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kawai M,Lane BC,Hsieh GC,Mollison KW,Carter GW,Luly JR

更新日期：1993-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitivity of mammalian cells to the bacterial toxin aerolysin is due to the presence at their surface of glycosylphosphatidyl inositol (GPI)-anchored proteins which act as receptors. Using a panel of mutants that are affected in the GPI biosynthetic pathway and Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoproteins, we sh...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abrami L,Velluz MC,Hong Y,Ohishi K,Mehlert A,Ferguson M,Kinoshita T,Gisou van der Goot F

更新日期：2002-02-13 00:00:00