Fusogenic potential of sperm membrane lipids: nature's wisdom to accomplish targeted gene delivery.

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are induced in response to various kinds of environmental and physiological stresses. However, it is unclear whether Hsps play roles in protecting cells in the digestive organs against xenobiotic chemicals. Here, we found that feeding induces expression of a set of Hsps specifically in the m...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Katsuki K,Fujimoto M,Zhang XY,Izu H,Takaki E,Tanizawa Y,Inouye S,Nakai A

更新日期：2004-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the regulatory mechanism for human tyrosine hydroxylase, we examined modulations of the activity of the enzyme from human pheochromocytoma by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and polyanion. The most remarkable activation was observed when the enzyme was assayed a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okuno S,Kanayama Y,Fujisawa H

更新日期：1989-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported the preparation of a novel trehalose derivative based on enzymatic oxidation of trehalose by water-soluble glucose-3-dehydrogenase (G3DH) from marine bacterium Halomonas sp. alpha-15 cells. The product of G3DH enzymatic conversion was 3,3'-diketotrehalose (3,3'dkT), a novel trehalose derivative of which bo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sode K,Akaike E,Sugiura H,Tsugawa W

更新日期：2001-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of activation of endogenous c-Src tyrosine kinase by (pY)EEI peptide was examined on voltage-operated calcium channel (VOC) currents in arterial smooth muscle cells. In single rabbit ear artery cells intracellular application of (pY)EEI peptide increased calcium channel currents. Inactive, non-phosphorylate...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wijetunge S,Hughes AD

更新日期：1996-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the mechanism by which eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) inhibit platelet activation induced by thromboxane A2. DHA was found to be more potent than EPA in blocking platelet aggregation induced by the stable thromboxane A2 mimetic, U46619. Furthermore, this inhib...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Swann PG,Venton DL,Le Breton GC

更新日期：1989-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two tandem cassettes, one containing the telomerase reverse transcriptase gene (hTERT) promoter upstream of a constitutively activated form of heat shock transcription factor 1 (cHSF1) and followed by the other containing the heat shock protein 70B (hsp70B) promoter (HSE) upstream of the cytosine deaminase (CD) gene, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang J,Yao M,Zhang Z,Gu J,Zhang Y,Li B,Sun L,Liu X

更新日期：2003-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen truncated forms of Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B512-F dextransucrase, involving N-, C- or N- plus C-terminal domain truncations were tested for their ability to bind dextrans. The shortest fragment (14kDa molecular weight) that still exhibited a strong interaction with dextran was localized between amino a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suwannarangsee S,Moulis C,Potocki-Veronese G,Monsan P,Remaud-Simeon M,Chulalaksananukul W

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial outer membrane contains a protein complex with at least eight subunits responsible for recognition and translocation of preproteins synthesized in the cytosol. Two subunits, the receptors Tom20 and Tom70, contain tetratrico peptide repeats that are thought to be involved in protein-protein interactio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bömer U,Pfanner N,Dietmeier K

更新日期：1996-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The relevance of MDR-1 gene expression to the multidrug resistance phenotype was investigated. Drug-resistant cells, KB-V1 and MCF7/ADR, constantly expressed mRNA of the MDR-1 gene and were more resistant to vinblastine and adriamycin than drug-sensitive cells, KB-3-1 and MCF7. The drug efflux rate of KB-V1 was the sa...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim HM,Oh GT,Hong DH,Kim MS,Kang JS,Park SM,Han SB

更新日期：1997-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Na+/H+ exchange in protein kinase C-mediated effects in platelets was investigated by studying the effect of removal of extracellular Na+ ([Na+]e) on the different responses induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and 1,2-dioctanoylglycerol (diC8). None of the responses studied, namely, protein ph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Krishnamurthi S,Patel Y,Morgan WA,Wheeler-Jones CP,Kakkar VV

更新日期：1989-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), originally described as a product of activated lymphocytes, has been defined as a 12 kDa protein, expressed in a wide variety of tissues. Here MIF is identified as a phenylpyruvate tautomerase (EC 5.3.2.1) having p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate and phenylpyruvate as its natural ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rosengren E,Aman P,Thelin S,Hansson C,Ahlfors S,Björk P,Jacobsson L,Rorsman H

更新日期：1997-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify genes whose expression is modulated by heregulin-beta1 (HRG), a regulatory polypeptide for mammary epithelial cells, we performed differential display screening of MCF-7 cell mRNA. One cDNA clone upregulated by HRG was identical to human ADP-ribosylation factor 3 (ARF3), a guanine nucleotide-binding protei...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li F,Mandal M,Mishra SK,Barnes CJ,Kumar R

更新日期：2002-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:HMr alpha 2CPI was found to be an inhibitor of human liver cathepsin H by the measurement of the dissociation constant (Ki), the association rate constant (k1) and the dissociation rate constant (k-1) between the enzyme and the inhibitor. These data suggest that this protein-proteinase inhibitor can play a physiologic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pagano M,Engler R

更新日期：1984-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of aniso-osmolarity on the activity of the MAP kinases Erk-1 and Erk-2 was studied in C6 glioma cells. Hypo-osmotic treatment (205 mosmol/l) led to an increased activity of Erk-1 and Erk-2 within 3 min, which became maximal at 10 min and returned to basal level within 120 min. In contrast, Erk activity w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sinning R,Schliess F,Kubitz R,Häussinger D

更新日期：1997-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotaxis induction is a major effect evoked by stimulation of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 with its sole ligand CXCL12. We now report that treatment of CHP-100 human neuroepithelioma cells with the glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) inhibitor DL-threo-1-phenyl-2-hexadecanoylamino-3-pyrrolidino-1-propanol inhibits CXCR4...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Limatola C,Massa V,Lauro C,Catalano M,Giovanetti A,Nuccitelli S,Spinedi A

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of the Sm-class of uridine-rich small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (U snRNPs), albeit spontaneous in vitro, has recently been shown to be dependent on the aid of a large number of assisting factors in vivo. These factors are organized in two interacting units termed survival motor neuron (SMN)- and protein ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Neuenkirchen N,Chari A,Fischer U

更新日期：2008-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of the signal sequence trap method, we isolated a cDNA encoding a novel aspartic protease-like protein from the mouse kidney, and termed it 'kidney-derived aspartic protease-like protein (KAP).' The protein, a 419-amino-acid polypeptide with a 16-amino-acid signal sequence, had 47% identity with mouse cathepsin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mori K,Ogawa Y,Tamura N,Ebihara K,Aoki T,Muro S,Ozaki S,Tanaka I,Tashiro K,Nakao K

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian color vision is mediated by light-sensitive pigments in retinal cone cells. Biochemical studies on native mammalian cone visual pigments are seriously hampered by their low levels and instability. We describe a novel approach for their functional expression, employing the baculovirus system in combination wi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vissers PM,DeGrip WJ

更新日期：1996-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The dgd1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana provides us with a powerful tool for revealing the specific role of digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) in photosynthesis. Blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that photosystem I (PSI) subunits are assembled into a PSI complex, and that a PSI subcomplex...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guo J,Zhang Z,Bi Y,Yang W,Xu Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:LEA (late embryogenesis abundant) proteins are intrinsically disordered proteins that contribute to stress tolerance in plants and invertebrates. Here we show that, when both plant and animal LEA proteins are co-expressed in mammalian cells with self-aggregating polyglutamine (polyQ) proteins, they reduce aggregation ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu Y,Chakrabortee S,Li R,Zheng Y,Tunnacliffe A

更新日期：2011-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The degree of conservation of HeLa interphase chromatin nonhistone antigens among the nonhistones of isolated metaphase chromosomes was determined with immunological procedures. Proteins were separated on SDS-polyacrylamide gels and electrophoretically transferred to diazophenylthioether (DPT)-paper, which was then ov...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Adolph KW

更新日期：1984-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains two acetyl-CoA synthetase genes, ACS1 and ACS2. While ACS1 transcription is glucose repressible, ACS2 shows coregulation with structural genes of fatty acid biosynthesis. The ACS2 upstream region contains an ICRE (inositol/choline-responsive element) as an activating sequenc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hiesinger M,Wagner C,Schüller HJ

更新日期：1997-09-22 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：:Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we identified a gene family including more than 60 members which encoded similar G protein-coupled seven-transmembrane receptors. Sequence analyses of six representatives out of the 60 PCR clones showed that they had significant structural similarity to olfactory and optic re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abe K,Kusakabe Y,Tanemura K,Emori Y,Arai S

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene for advanced red-shifted protein with an emission maximum at 593 nm was cloned from Discosoma coral. The protein, named dsFP593, is highly homologous to the recently described GFP-like protein drFP583 with an emission maximum at 583 nm. Using the remarkable similarity of the drFP583 and dsFP593 genes, we ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fradkov AF,Chen Y,Ding L,Barsova EV,Matz MV,Lukyanov SA

更新日期：2000-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that the mitotic inhibitor, vinblastine (VLB), is highly toxic to the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. In cultures in vitro growth is inhibited by 50% at a VLB level of about 28 nM, and totally abolished at a level of 100 nM. By tests on synchronized cultures we have found that the effect of VLB tak...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Usanga EA,O'Brien E,Luzzato L

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of 2'-OH groups in the binding of mRNA to human ribosomes were studied using site-directed cross-linking. We found that both mRNA and mDNA analogues bearing a cross-linker can modify ribosomal proteins (rps) S3e and S2e at the mRNA entry site independently on tRNA presence, but only mRNA analogues were capab...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Graifer D,Zhigailov A,Ven'yaminova A,Malygin A,Iskakov B,Karpova G

更新日期：2012-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone encoding cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 (P450scc) was isolated from a rainbow trout ovarian follicle cDNA library. The cDNA contains an open reading frame of 1,542 nucleotides encoding a protein of 514 amino acids. The predicted amino acid sequence of trout P450scc shows 48% homology with...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takahashi M,Tanaka M,Sakai N,Adachi S,Miller WL,Nagahama Y

更新日期：1993-03-15 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：:Stromal cell-derived factor 1alpha (SDF-1alpha) is a chemokine that has been shown to prevent infection of T-tropic HIV strains and is a possible substrate of CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV). In this study, we show that SDF-1alpha was cleaved at the N-terminal region by CD26/DPPIV and as a result the inhibitory a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohtsuki T,Hosono O,Kobayashi H,Munakata Y,Souta A,Shioda T,Morimoto C

更新日期：1998-07-17 00:00:00