Differential modulation of nitric oxide production by curcumin in host macrophages and NK cells.

abstract：:A heat-stable activator for ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF)-dependent phospholipase D (PLD) was purified to near homogeneity from rat kidney cytosol by a sequential column chromatography. The purified activator has a molecular mass of 23 kDa on SDS-PAGE. Using a partially purified ARF-dependent PLD from rat kidney, the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akisue T,Jinnai H,Hitomi T,Miwa N,Yoshida K,Nakamura S

更新日期：1998-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:As the initiator of DNA double-strand breaks during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the SPO11 protein is essential for recombination. Similarity between SPO11 and archaebacterial TOP6A proteins points to evolutionary specialization of a DNA cleavage function for meiotic recombination. To determine whether this ex...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shannon M,Richardson L,Christian A,Handel MA,Thelen MP

更新日期：1999-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat shock factor (HSF1) is the central regulator of the heat stress (hs) response and is required for stimulating the transcription of the hs genes and consequently the expression of heat shock proteins. To promote the polymerase II-dependent transcription of the hs genes, HSF has to communicate with the basal tr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reindl A,Schöffl F

更新日期：1998-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides corresponding to the known sequence of turkey erythrocyte beta 1-adrenergic receptor were synthesized and the effects on receptor-mediated cyclase activation were measured. Peptides corresponding to the first and second intracellular loops (T61-71 and T138-159) inhibited at micromolar concentrations the hormo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Palm D,Münch G,Dees C,Hekman M

更新日期：1989-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary trees based on partial small ribosomal subunit RNA sequences of 22 metazoa species have been published [(1988) Science 239, 748-753]. In these trees, cnidarians (Radiata) seemed to have evolved independently from the Bilateria, which is in contradiction with the general evolutionary view. In order to furt...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hendriks L,Van de Peer Y,Van Herck M,Neefs JM,De Wachter R

更新日期：1990-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation gating in KcsA is elicited by changes in intracellular proton concentration. Thompson et al. identified a charge cluster around the inner gate that plays a key role in defining proton activation in KcsA. Here, through functional and spectroscopic approaches, we confirmed the role of this charge cluster and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cuello LG,Cortes DM,Jogini V,Sompornpisut A,Perozo E

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Tert-butyl hydroperoxide (BHP), hydrogen peroxide and diamide caused a rapid and simultaneous release of glutathione disulfide (GSSG) and K+ in the isolated perfused rat liver. Both BHP-induced effluxes were suppressed by prior depletion of hepatic glutathione, but not by co-infusion of desferrioxamine which prevented...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Masuda Y,Ozaki M,Aoki S

更新日期：1993-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP levels in Paramecium increased dose dependently after a step increase of [Ca] or [Sr] in the incubation, provided K was present. Two mM Ca or Sr tripled cAMP concentrations within 3 s and induced an increase in forward swimming speed. The increase in cAMP formation was strictly dependent on the Donnan ratio [K]: ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schultz JE,Grünemund R,von Hirschhausen R,Schönefeld U

更新日期：1984-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns-P2)-regulated actin-binding protein gelsolin and most phosphoinositide-specific phospholipases C (PLCs) comprise a basic amino acid motif ((K/R)xxxKxK(K/R); x denotes any amino acid) which was previously suggested to represent a PtdInsP2-binding site commonly present i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Simões AP,Camps M,Schnabel P,Gierschik P

更新日期：1995-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mRNA levels of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (bmMSCs) of eight osteoarthritis patients. BmMSC-1, expressing higher HIF-1alpha mRNA and protein than bmMSC-5, elicited higher matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP1) activity and stronger invasive capacity. In...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lin JL,Wang MJ,Lee D,Liang CC,Lin S

更新日期：2008-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of the cleavage specificity of a cyclizing endoribonuclease of yeast show that it hydrolyzes Y-A bonds of single-stranded regions of RNA and that oligonucleotides are hydrolyzed poorly. The stringent specificity of the enzyme suggests that it may be useful for generating specific fragments of polyribonu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stevens A

更新日期：1986-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been shown that phosphorylations of p53 serine its residues are critical events for the regulation of their function, the specific biological effects of each of these phosphorylations, especially at serine 392, remain to be elucidated. Serine 392 has been proposed to play a role in the tetramerization ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim YY,Park BJ,Kim DJ,Kim WH,Kim S,Oh KS,Lim JY,Kim J,Park C,Park SI

更新日期：2004-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In Xanthomonas campestris, the causative agent of black rot in crucifers, the endoglucanase level is greatly decreased in the mutant deficient in Clp, a homologue of cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP). It is established that Clp has the same DNA binding specificity as CRP at positions 5, 6, and 7 (GTG motif) of the DNA...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hsiao YM,Liao HY,Lee MC,Yang TC,Tseng YH

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyzing the primary structure we predicted that calponin may interact with phospholipids. In order to check this suggestion we investigated the interaction of calponin with phospholipids by ultracentrifugation, light scattering, vesicles leakage and differential scanning calorimetry. In agreement with our prediction...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bogatcheva NV,Gusev NB

更新日期：1995-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of the human calcitonin mRNA from the BEN lung carcinoma cell line, a cell line known to secrete high-Mr forms of calcitonin, showed no difference in the coding region at the nucleotide level compared with calcitonin mRNA isolated from medullary thyroid carcinoma which secretes...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Riley JH,Edbrooke MR,Craig RK

更新日期：1986-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic modification of lysozyme was attempted to improve the bactericidal activity against Gram-negative bacteria E. coli. The different lengths of hydrophobic peptides were attached to the C-terminus of the hen egg white lysozyme to investigate the most effective length of the hydrophobic peptides for killing ba...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Arima H,Ibrahim HR,Kinoshita T,Kato A

更新日期：1997-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the signaling pathways participating in hyperosmotic regulation of the human taurine transporter (TAUT) by using specific inhibitors of various intracellular signaling molecules. Among them, the specific inhibitor of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (Ca(2+)/CaM kinase II) completely repre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Satsu H,Manabe M,Shimizu M

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteolytic processing of rabbit intestinal lactase-phlorizin-hydrolase (LPH) was studied by pulse-chase and continuous labeling experiments in organ culture from 15-day-old rabbits in the presence of glycosylation and processing inhibitors. Monensin and brefeldin A inhibited the two proteolytic cleavages of the p...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rossi M,Maiuri L,Salvati VM,Russomanno C,Auricchio S

更新日期：1993-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:When a high density of alpha1-subunit glycine receptor (GlyR) is expressed in Xenopus oocytes, two populations of channels can be distinguished according to their apparent affinity for glycine which differs 5- to 6-fold. To compare the open pore diameter of these channels, the relative permeability of formate with res...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Maammar M,Rodeau JL,Taleb O

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As yet, the physiological significance of hydroxylation of anandamide and linoleoyl amides is unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether hydroxylation of ODNHEtOH and ODNH2 influences their binding abilities to the CB-1 receptor and whether it alters their reactivity towards a fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) from r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van der Stelt M,Paoletti AM,Maccarrone M,Nieuwenhuizen WF,Bagetta G,Veldink GA,Finazzi Agrò A,Vliegenthart JF

更新日期：1997-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied functional properties of peptide transport in the pheochromocytoma neuroendocrine cell line from rat. The neutral peptide D-Phe-L-Ala (resistant to hydrolysis) is a good substrate for uptake into these cells. Transport is substantially inhibited by diethylpyrocarbonate pretreatment and is stimulated by...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hussain I,Zanic-Grubisic T,Kudo Y,Boyd CA

更新日期：2001-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study documented the expression of Mta1 during spermatogenesis. Here, we present evidence for a possible involvement of Mta1 in the regulation of testicular function, possibly by interacting with p53. A notable decrease of Mta1 expression was revealed at postsurgical day 6, consistent with the previously ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li W,Bao W,Ma J,Liu X,Xu R,Wang RA,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the esterification of the 3'(2') hydroxyl group of tRNA on the hydrolysis by venom phosphodiesterase (Crotalus adamanteus) was studied. It was shown that this esterification does not change the rate of hydrolysis. At pH 7-8, no significant differences were observed either when the alpha amino group of...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yot P,Gueguen P,Chapeville F

更新日期：1968-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the involvement of protein phosphatases (PP) in differentiation of human myelogenous leukemia HL-60 cells, we made use of potent inhibitors of PP1 and PP2A, calyculin-A (CAL-A) and okadaic acid (OKA). CAL-A and OKA could augment all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-induced granulocytic differentiation, whereas t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morita K,Nishikawa M,Kobayashi K,Deguchi K,Ito M,Nakano T,Shima H,Nagao M,Kuno T,Tanaka C

更新日期：1992-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction of ubiquinone in the high-affinity quinone-binding site (QH) in bo-type ubiquinol oxidase from Escherichia coli was revealed by EPR and optical studies. In the QH site, ubiquinol was shown to be oxidized to ubisemiquinone and to ubiquinone, while no semiquinone signal was detected in the oxidase isolated from...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sato-Watanabe M,Itoh S,Mogi T,Matsuura K,Miyoshi H,Anraku Y

更新日期：1995-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The autocrine motility factor (AMF) is a multifunctional protein that is involved in tumor progression including enhanced invasiveness via induction of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP3). The increase in MMP3 was found in an AMF-high production tumor cell line, and c-Jun, c-Fos and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MA...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Haga A,Funasaka T,Deyashiki Y,Raz A

更新日期：2008-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraction and identification of the non-covalently bound heme groups from crude membrane preparations of photoheterotrophically grown Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography and optical spectrophotometry led to the detection of heme O in addition to hemes B and A which latt...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peschek GA,Wastyn M,Fromwald S,Mayer B

更新日期：1995-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant cell lines expressing D2 and D3 dopamine receptor isoforms have been used to study coupling of these receptors to G-proteins from the effects of GTP to reduce agonist binding affinities in agonist/[3H]spiperone competition experiments. D2(short) expressed in Ltk- cells, D2(long) expressed in Ltk- or CHO ce...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Castro SW,Strange PG

更新日期：1993-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:1,3-alpha-D-Glucan synthase of Streptococcus mutans catalyzes both the hydrolysis of sucrose to glucose and fructose, and the glucosyl transfer to glucosyl polymers to yield water-insoluble glucan. The enzyme catalyzes only sucrose hydrolysis, however, in the absence of 1,6-alpha-D-glucan as an acceptor. In the presen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yamashita Y,Hanada N,Itoh-Andoh M,Takehara T

更新日期：1989-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosine methylation of binding sites for transcription factors is a straightforward mechanism to prevent transcription, while data on an indirect mechanism, by methylation outside of the factor binding sites, are still scarce. We have studied the latter effect using a model promoter construct. For this, a 69 bp G + C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hug M,Silke J,Georgiev O,Rusconi S,Schaffner W,Matsuo K

更新日期：1996-02-05 00:00:00