Molecular mechanisms of intercellular communication in the hormonal and neural systems.

abstract：:Heparin and its various derivatives affect cancer progression in humans. In this study, we show that heparin uptaken intracellularly by melanoma cells activated a signaling cascade, which in turn inhibited melanoma cell adhesion and migration. The reduced ability of M5 cells to adhere onto the fibronectin (FN) substra...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chalkiadaki G,Nikitovic D,Berdiaki A,Katonis P,Karamanos NK,Tzanakakis GN

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of apoptosis is the target of choice for modern chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer, where lack of potent "target-specific" drugs has led to extensive research on anticancer compounds from natural sources. In our study, we have used astrakurkurone, a triterpene isolated from wild edible mushroom, Astraeus h...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Dasgupta A,Dey D,Ghosh D,Lai TK,Bhuvanesh N,Dolui S,Velayutham R,Acharya K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHEDs) are highly proliferative, clonogenic, and multipotent stem cells with a neural crest cell origin. This property could be a desirable option for potential therapeutic applications. In this study, we focus on the effects of Rho kinase inhibitors Y-27632 and Noggin...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yang S,Xin C,Zhang B,Zhang H,Hao Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triclosan, a well-known inhibitor of Enoyl Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase (ENR) from several pathogenic organisms, is a promising lead compound to design effective drugs. We have solved the X-ray crystal structures of Plasmodium falciparum ENR in complex with triclosan variants having different substituted and unsubst...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Maity K,Bhargav SP,Sankaran B,Surolia N,Surolia A,Suguna K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead (Pb) is a toxic heavy metal that is harmful to humans, especially male reproductive organs. Luteolin (LUT) is a naturally occurring flavonoid with numerous biological activities. Our aim was to investigate the possible reproprotective effect of LUT against testicular deficits induced by Pb intoxication. In the pr...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Al-Megrin WA,Alomar S,Alkhuriji AF,Metwally DM,Mohamed SK,Kassab RB,Abdel Moneim AE,El-Khadragy MF

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How should a protein be designed to serve in processes as diverse as chromosome condensation, sister chromatid cohesion, DNA recombination, gene dosage regulation, and perhaps even gene silencing or transcriptional regulation--which occur in both mitosis and meiosis? Such a protein or protein complex needs to bear DNA...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Jessberger R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Release of arachidonic acid from membrane glycerophospholipids by cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) is a key step in the generation of platelet-activating factor (PAF), recognized as the most proximal mediator of inflammatory events triggered by bacterial infection. Here, we report on the role of cPLA2 in the disturb...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Slomiany BL,Slomiany A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since about 60 years a phenomenon now called permeability transition is known in mitochondria. It involves a large pore in the inner mitochondrial membrane, the permeability transition pore (PTP) whose molecular structure is still unknown. Year after year, new hypotheses have been developed how this pore could look li...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Siemen D,Ziemer M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) is a regulatory protein for smooth muscle contraction, which acts by phosphorylating 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC20) to activate the myosin ATPase activity. Although this mode of action is well-established, there are numerous reports of smooth muscle contraction that is not associate...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Gao Y,Ye LH,Kishi H,Okagaki T,Samizo K,Nakamura A,Kohama K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine is a powerful central nervous stimulant and among the most abused of drugs. Despite decades of efforts, however, no effective pharmacological treatments are available against cocaine addiction or toxic effects. Classical receptor-antagonist therapeutic approaches have not yielded significant effects, although ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ascenzi P,Clementi E,Polticelli F

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most lethal gynaecological cancers, which usually has a poor prognosis due to late diagnosis. A large percentage of the OC cell population is in a nonproliferating and quiescent stage, which poses a barrier to success when using most chemotherapeutic agents. Recent studies have shown ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Duncan K,Uwimpuhwe H,Czibere A,Sarkar D,Libermann TA,Fisher PB,Zerbini LF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a major constituent of lipoproteins mediating peripheral uptake of lipids including the lipid-soluble vitamin alpha-tocopherol (alpha-toc). In a recent study, we observed significant lower alpha-toc concentrations in the lung of apoE4 compared with apoE3 transgenic mice. In this study, we de...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Huebbe P,Jofre-Monseny L,Rimbach G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to confirm protein-protein interaction between cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and caveolins. The interaction of cyclooxygenase-1 and caveolins in the cultured human embryonic kidney (HEK 293) cells was investigated using immuno-precipitation and Western blot analysis. In HEK 293 cells, high lev...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Cha SH,Jung NH,Kim BR,Kim HW,Kwak JO

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta/alpha-barrel motif was once considered to be a single protein domain. In recent years, however, it has been shown to consist of smaller substructures displaying the ability to fold autonomously. Here we review the current status of experimental findings concerning the motif's folding behavior in the light of ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Maiti S,Luthra-Guptasarma M,Guptasarma P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in the initiation and progression of various cancers, including laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Recently, lncRNA Sox2 overlapping transcript (SOX2-OT) has been identified as an oncogene in various cancers. However, the functional role and the regulatory mech...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Tai Y,Ji Y,Liu F,Zang Y,Xu D,Ma S,Qin L,Ma J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common form of thyroid cancer, comprising 80% of all thyroid malignancies. The phosphoinositide-3-kinase-protein kinase B/Akt (PI3K-PKB/Akt) pathway is a main pathway in control of cell growth. Activated mTOR and Akt are involved in the development and progression of the PTC....

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Maruei-Milan R,Saravani M,Heidari Z,Asadi-Tarani M,Salimi S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional effect of the interaction of E2F1 and hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) on the promoter of human p53 gene was studied using chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) assay. E2F1 activated the p53 promoter through E2F1 binding site. As previously reported, HBx repressed the p53 promoter through E-box. Whe...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Choi M,Lee H,Rho HM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-glucose-induced retinal tissue impairment is the major pathological phenotype of diabetic retinopathy. In an in vitro diabetic apoptosis cell model, we evaluated the function of long noncoding RNA, insulin growth factor 2 antisense (IGF2-AS) in high-glucose-injured human retinal pigment epithelial cells. A human ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yu X,Luo Y,Chen G,Liu H,Tian N,Zen X,Liu Q

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acids glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) have primarily been characterized as the most prevalent excitatory and inhibitory, respectively, neurotransmitters in the vertebrate central nervous system. However, the role of these signaling molecules extends far beyond the synapse. GABA, glutamate, and t...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Dave KA,Bordey A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depurinating DNA adducts formed by aromatic hydrocarbons and catechol estrogen quinones play a major role in cancer initiation. Most of these adducts depurinate instantaneously, but some guanine adducts depurinate from DNA with half-lives of hours. We report here, that after 10 h at 37 °C, reaction of estradiol-3,4-qu...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Cavalieri E,Saeed M,Zahid M,Cassada D,Snow D,Miljkovic M,Rogan E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we intended to determine the detailed function and mechanism of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) colorectal neoplasia differentially expressed (CRNDE) in liver injury induced by sepsis. Cecal ligation and perforation (CLP) models were adopted to induce sepsis in vivo with rats, and hepatic epithelial cells L...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Li Y,Song J,Xie Z,Liu M,Sun K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is an alternation of renal hemodynamics, which results in diverse postischemic responses and eventually acute kidney injury. Although renal ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is known to protect the kidney from I/R injury, the precise renoprotective mechanisms are not completely understood...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Li JR,Ou YC,Wu CC,Wang JD,Lin SY,Wang YY,Chen WY,Chen CJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many organisms the processes of DNA replication and recombination are closely linked. For instance, in bacterial and eukaryotic systems, replication forks can become stalled or damaged, in many cases leading to the formation of double stranded breaks. Replication restart is an essential mechanism in which the recom...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Wilkinson DE,Weller SK

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenium is an essential component of several enzymes and proteins in a number of methane-producing archae. Information concerning accessory proteins that function in selenium transport processes, however, is limited. A novel selenium-binding protein with a potential transport role and a selenocysteine lyase that serv...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Stadtman T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine biosynthesis pathway is crucial to the survival and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Arginine is a critical amino acid that contributes to the inflection of cellular immune responses during pathogenesis. Argininosuccinate lyase from Mtb (MtArgH), the last enzyme in the pathway, catalyzes the ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Mishra A,Surolia A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Streptomyces fradiae, calcium ions induce alterations in intensity and specificity of the secondary metabolism and stimulate sporulation. Using in vivo labeling, we demonstrate that in S. fradiae phosphorylation of some proteins are also influenced by Ca2+ added exogenously. Calcium ions at physiological concentrat...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Elizarov SM,Mironov VA,Danilenko VN

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have started focusing on investigating the anticarcinogenic effects of natural products with the slightest side effects possible, because current breast cancer treatment approaches are unable to achieve absolute success especially on aggressive subtypes. Propolis is among these products with its antimicrob...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Seyhan MF,Yılmaz E,Timirci-Kahraman Ö,Saygılı N,Kısakesen Hİ,Gazioğlu S,Gören AC,Eronat AP,Begüm Ceviz A,Öztürk T,Yılmaz-Aydoğan H,Öztürk O

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silymarin, which is derived from the seeds of Silybum marianum, has been widely used to prevent and treat liver diseases. In our previous study, we reported that at concentrations above the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), silymarin exhibited antifungal activity against Candida albicans by targeting its plasma ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Lee W,Lee DG

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sodA gene coding for manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) from the marine microorganism Vibrio parahaemolyticus was cloned, sequenced, and overexpressed in Escherichia coli by use of the pET20b (+) expression vector. The full-length gene consisted of a 588-bp open reading frame and encoded a polypeptide of 196 ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Shyu YC,Lin FP

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood glucose is the primary cellular substrate and in vivo must be tightly maintained. The liver plays a key role in glucose homeostasis increasing or decreasing glucose output and uptake during fasting and feeding. Glucokinase (GCK) is central to this process. Its activity is modulated in a coordinated manner via a ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Massa ML,Gagliardino JJ,Francini F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00