Capsaicin inhibits the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha by LPS-stimulated murine macrophages, RAW 264.7: a PPARgamma ligand-like action as a novel mechanism.

abstract：:Small organic molecules, like Congo red and lacmoid, have been shown to modulate the self-assembly of the amyloid β peptide (Aβ). Here, we show that Aβ forms NMR invisible non-toxic co-aggregates together with lacmoid as well as Congo red. We find that the interaction involves two distinct kinetic processes and at eve...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abelein A,Lang L,Lendel C,Gräslund A,Danielsson J

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recombinant proteins in inclusion bodies expressed in Escherichia coli have been measured by Fourier transform infrared and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectra to provide the secondary structural characteristics of the proteins from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 (hyperthermoph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Umetsu M,Tsumoto K,Ashish K,Nitta S,Tanaka Y,Adschiri T,Kumagai I

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid-induced TNFR-related protein (GITR) is constitutively expressed in T regulatory (Treg) cells and regulates their suppressive function. We identified two methylated CpG islands in the Gitr locus. Using a ChIP assay, we demonstrate that both DNMT1 and methyl-CpG-binding domain Protein 4 (MBD4) bind to the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang S,Li Y,Zhu F,Lin F,Luo X,Zhao B,Zhang P,Li D,Gao Y,Liang R,Liu L,Tsun A,Yuan X,Wu K,Li B

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the structural basis required for the holoenzyme formation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, we have prepared rabbit anti-peptide antibodies that can block the holoenzyme formation without affecting the catalytic activity of the enzyme. The antibodies were raised against a specific site in the catalytic (C)...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sahara S,Sato K,Kaise H,Mori K,Sato A,Aoto M,Tokmakov AA,Fukami Y

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study shows a direct impairing action of a cytotoxin-producing Helicobacter pylori strain on the Na+,K(+)-ATPase (evaluated as K(+)-dependent phosphatase activity) of human gastric epithelial cells in culture. The toxin itself is likely involved in this action which may also account for the cell edema foun...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ricci V,Sommi P,Cova E,Fiocca R,Romano M,Ivey KJ,Solcia E,Ventura U

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Red fluorescent proteins (RFPs) combined with GFP are attractive probes for double-fluorescence labeling of proteins in live cells. However, the application of these proteins is restrained by stable oligomer formation and by their weak fluorescence in vivo. Previous attempts to eliminate these problems by mutagenesis ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fischer M,Haase I,Simmeth E,Gerisch G,Müller-Taubenberger A

更新日期：2004-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal beta-galactosidase precursor is processed to a mature form and associated with protective protein in lysosomes. In this study we used two cysteine protease proinhibitors, E64-d for cathepsins B, S, H, and L, and CA074Me for cathepsin B. They are converted intracellularly to active forms, E-64c and CA074, res...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okamura-Oho Y,Zhang S,Callahan JW,Murata M,Oshima A,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells from patients homozygotes for hemoglobin S (HbS) have been studied using a computer-controlled microspectrophotometer, which allows measurements of spectra and dynamics to be undertaken in a single erythrocyte. Complete photodissociation of HbCO results in polymerization of intracellular deoxyhemoglobi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Coletta M,Alayash AI,Wilson MT,Benedetti PA,Evangelista V,Brunori M

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypsin and chymotrypsin have specificity pockets of essentially the same geometry, yet trypsin is specific for basic while chymotrypsin for bulky hydrophobic residues at the P1 site of the substrate. A model by Steitz, Henderson and Blow suggested the presence of a negative charge at site 189 as the major specificity...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Venekei I,Szilágyi L,Gráf L,Rutter WJ

更新日期：1996-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of cholinergic synaptic vesicles purified from the electric organ of Torpedo ocellata with radiolabeled [D-Ala2, D-Leu5]-enkephalin results in its accumulation in the vesicles. Kinetic analysis of the initial rates of uptake reveals temperature-dependent saturation kinetics which are best fitted by a single...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Day NC,Wien D,Michaelson DM

更新日期：1985-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:When MCF-7 cells were treated with 17 beta-estradiol, dexamethasone, or promegestone at 37 degrees C, the KD of receptors for their cognate ligands was found to decrease as compared to that measured at 2 degrees C. Cell incubation with hormone at 37 degrees C did not affect the Bmax of glucocorticoid and progesterone ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rossini GP,Malaguti C

更新日期：1995-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptidic siderophore pyoverdine is the primary iron uptake system of fluorescent pseudomonads, and a virulence factor in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pyoverdine biogenesis is a co-ordinate process requiring several precursor-generating enzymes and large nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Imperi F,Visca P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchyme forkhead-1 (MFH-1), a winged helix/forkhead transcription factor, is expressed in developing cartilaginous tissues, kidney and arch arteries, and is essential for the normal development of the axial skeleton and aortic arch formation of mice. To investigate the possible role of MFH-1 in osteogenesis and ost...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yang XL,Matsuura H,Fu Y,Sugiyama T,Miura N

更新日期：2000-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the incorporation of [(14)C]serine and of [(3)H]sphingosine into sphingomyelin in the presence or absence of brefeldin A (BFA) in three different cell types. Administration of BFA (1 microgram/ml) to fibroblasts for 24 h increased the incorporation of label into sphingomyelin 1.5-3 fold compared with u...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sadeghlar F,Sandhoff K,van Echten-Deckert G

更新日期：2000-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that alpha-dystroglycan links the dystrophin-associated protein complex and extracellular matrix and that the absence of dystrophin and alpha-dystroglycan in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) may lead to the breakdown of this linkage. In the present study, myotubes from DMD patients and murine X-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Angoli D,Corona P,Baresi R,Mora M,Wanke E

更新日期：1997-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a cationic lipid bilayer, we show that DNA can be reliably adsorbed to the bilayer surface for atomic force microscopy (AFM) in aqueous buffers at high resolution. The measured width of the dsDNA is close to 2 nm, and a periodic modulation on dsDNA is reproducibly detected by the AFM. The measured period is 3.4 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mou J,Czajkowsky DM,Zhang Y,Shao Z

更新日期：1995-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ncx gene encodes a homeobox containing transcription factor that belongs to the Hox11 gene family. We determined specific Ncx protein binding consensus DNA sequences. Optimal Ncx binding sequences were 5'-CGGTAATTGG-3' (TAAT core) and 5'-CGGTAAGTGG-3' (TAAG core), which coincided with the Hox11 binding sequence. B...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shimizu H,Kang M,Iitsuka Y,Ichinose M,Tokuhisa T,Hatano M

更新日期：2000-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Human SRC encodes the non-receptor tyrosine kinase pp60(c-Src), which is activated in many human colon cancer cell lines (HCCLs) and tumors. We found that both c-Src protein and mRNA levels were elevated in a subset of HCCLs. Increased c-Src mRNA and protein levels correlated strongly with increased c-Src kinase activ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dehm S,Senger MA,Bonham K

更新日期：2001-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Acylaminoacyl peptidase is a member of the prolyl oligopeptidase family. Amino acid sequence alignment suggests that the stabilization of the tetrahedral intermediate should be mediated by His507 rather than by a tyrosine residue found in the other family members of this serine peptidase group. The pH dependence of k(...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kiss AL,Szeltner Z,Fülöp V,Polgár L

更新日期：2004-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented, by means of both fluorescence and action spectroscopy, that a small, spectroscopically heterogeneous population of both Chl a and Chl b molecules is present in isolated spinach thylakoids and is active in photoinhibition. The broadness of the action spectrum suggests that degraded or incompletel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Santabarbara S,Neverov KV,Garlaschi FM,Zucchelli G,Jennings RC

更新日期：2001-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomes are unicellular parasites and like all decent parasites, they try to obtain from the host as much material as possible, including lipids. However, the needs of a parasite are not always the same as those of the host, and therefore, mostly, some biosynthetic work still has to be done by the parasite itself...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van Hellemond JJ,Tielens AG

更新日期：2006-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor-alpha (RORalpha) is a nuclear orphan receptor. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of RORalpha1 and RORalpha4 suppressed tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Migita H,Satozawa N,Lin JH,Morser J,Kawai K

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistant states are associated with an increase in the beta cell mass and also high levels of circulating insulin. Ultimately the beta cells undergo a failure that leads to diabetes. At this stage, a question arises if those persistent high levels of circulating insulin may contribute to beta cell damage. To ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guillen C,Bartolomé A,Nevado C,Benito M

更新日期：2008-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Meprin α and β, members of the astacin family of zinc metalloproteinases, are unique plasma membrane and secreted proteases known to cleave a wide range of biological substrates involved in inflammation, cancer and fibrosis. In this study, we identified proMMP-9 as a novel substrate and show that aminoterminal meprin-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Geurts N,Becker-Pauly C,Martens E,Proost P,Van den Steen PE,Stöcker W,Opdenakker G

更新日期：2012-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytosolic peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase cyclophilin from pig kidney can accelerate catalytically the cis/trans isomerization of prolyl peptide bonds. One- and two-dimensional 1H NMR spectroscopy was used to prove that the polypeptide hormone calcitonin is a substrate for cyclophilin. Isomerization of only on...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kern D,Drakenberg T,Wikström M,Forsén S,Bang H,Fischer G

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leonor Michaelis spent the years of 1922-1926 as Professor of Biochemistry of the Aichi Medical College (now Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University) in Nagoya, Japan. Michaelis succeeded in gathering many bright young biochemists from all over Japan into his laboratory, and made tremendous contributions to the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagatsu TT

更新日期：2013-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacuolar H(+)-PPase, a membrane bound proton-translocating pyrophosphatase found in various species including plants, some protozoan and prokaryotes, has been demonstrated to be localized to the vacuolar membrane in plants. Using a GUS reporter system and a green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein, we investigat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mitsuda N,Enami K,Nakata M,Takeyasu K,Sato MH

更新日期：2001-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Six charged amino acid residues located in the ectodomain of the full-length type I transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta receptor were individually mutated to alanine. Mutation of residues D47, D98, K102 and E104 resulted in functionally impaired receptors as demonstrated by a marked decrease in ligand-dependent sign...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guimond A,Sulea T,Zwaagstra JC,Ekiel I,O'Connor-McCourt MD

更新日期：2002-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The galactose transport system of Saccharomyces cerevisiae consists of one component which shows a Km value of approx. 4mM in growing cells. A rapid and irreversible inactivation of this transport is detected on impairment of protein synthesis. This inactivation shows the following characteristics: (i) it is due to ch...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： DeJuan C,Lagunas R

更新日期：1986-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant increases in circulating concentrations of lipid fuels (triacylglycerol, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and ketone bodies) in late-pregnant rats sampled in the fed (absorptive) state, cardiac and skeletal muscle active pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDHa) activities remained comparable with those obser...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugden MC,Holness MJ

更新日期：1993-04-26 00:00:00