Acyl-CoA synthetases: fatty acid uptake and metabolic channeling.

abstract：:Various factors appear to control muscle energetics, often in conjunction. This calls for a quantitative approach of the type provided by Metabolic Control Analysis for intermediary metabolism and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. To the extent that direct transfer of high energy phosphates and spatial organiza...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kholodenko BN,Cascante M,Westerhoff HV

更新日期：1995-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCL13, an inflammatory factor in the microenvironment, plays a vital role in the progression of inflammatory diseases and tumors. CXCL13 and its receptor CXCR5 have been reported to be associated with poor prognosis of advanced colon cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms of CXCL13-CXCR5 axis in colon cancer remai...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhu Z,Zhang X,Guo H,Fu L,Pan G,Sun Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rat cardiac sarcolemmal membranes a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) was found to be present. The enzyme hydrolysed exogenous [3H-]phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate ([3H-]PtdIns(4,5)P2) in an optimized assay mixture containing 15 micrograms SL protein, 100 mM NaCl, 1 mM free Ca2+, 14 mM Na-cholate...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Meij JT,Panagia V

更新日期：1992-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of 'translocation' vs. 'activation' of Glut1 in the stimulation of glucose transport in response to inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation, we measured the abundance of myc-tagged Glut1 in plasma membrane of stably transfected Clone 9 cells, a rat liver cell line expressing only the Glut1 isofor...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Koseoglu MH,Beigi FI

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells (RBCs) enzymatically produce nitric oxide (NO) by a functional RBC-nitric oxide synthase (RBC-NOS). NO is a vascular key regulatory molecule. In RBCs its generation is complex and influenced by several factors, including insulin, acetylcholine, and calcium. NO availability is reduced in end-stage renal...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Di Pietro N,Giardinelli A,Sirolli V,Riganti C,Di Tomo P,Gazzano E,Di Silvestre S,Panknin C,Cortese-Krott MM,Csonka C,Kelm M,Ferdinandy P,Bonomini M,Pandolfi A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a striking interaction of genes and environment in the etiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). While endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) like bisphenol-A (BPA) have received special attention for their mechanistic role in metabolic disruption, there is a lack of clinically relevant data on BPA levels i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Soundararajan A,Prabu P,Mohan V,Gibert Y,Balasubramanyam M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain inhibitors show the potential to serve as non-surgical alternatives in treating diabetic cataract and other types of these disorders. Here, we have tested the recently developed calpain inhibitor, SJA6017, for its ability to inhibit cataractogenesis in porcine lenses. These lenses were incubated in increasing ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Biswas S,Harris F,Singh J,Phoenix DA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranous guanylate cyclase in retinal photoreceptor outer segments (ROS-GC), a key enzyme for the recovery of photoreceptors to the dark state, has a topology identical to and cytoplasmic domains homologous to those of peptide-regulated GCs. However, under the prevailing concept, its activation mechanism is signific...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bondarenko VA,Hayashi F,Usukura J,Yamazaki A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purified Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase from rat heart plasma membrane was activated by Ca2+ and Mg2+ with Ka values of 1.47 mM and 2.51 mM, respectively; other divalent cations also activated the enzyme but to a lesser extent. Divalent cations like Cu2+, Zn2+, Ni2+, Cd2+ were potent inhibitors of the enzyme activity in the pre...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao D,Elimban V,Dhalla NS

更新日期：1991-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Subsequent to the first alpha 2-adrenergic receptor (alpha 2-AR) gene cloning of alpha 2-C10 from human platelet, cloning of the first rodent alpha 2-AR cDNA, cA2-47, was reported. Based on the structural and limited pharmacological comparison, it was concluded that the rodent receptor is a molecular and pharmacologic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wypijewski K,Duda T,Sharma RK

更新日期：1995-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical and enzymatic properties of four collagenases newly isolated from anaerobic Clostridium histolyticum, aerobic Achromobacter iophagus, and from two lower eucaryotes, the fungus Entomophthora coronata and the insect Hypoderma lineatum are reviewed. The problems of their biosynthesis and precursors, namely the e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Keil B

更新日期：1979-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation of rat cardiac microsomal proteins was investigated with special attention to the effects of okadaic acid (an inhibitor of protein phosphatases), inhibitor 2 of protein phosphatase 1 and inhibitor of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A). The results showed that okadaic acid (5 mic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sulakhe PV,Vo XT,Morris TE,Pato MD,Khandelwal RL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed to delineate in vivo mechanisms of orally administered fisetin with special reference to mitochondrial dysfunction in lung tissues employing benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) as the model lung carcinogen. The recent revival of interest in the study of mitochondria has been stimulated by the evidence t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ravichandran N,Suresh G,Ramesh B,Manikandan R,Choi YW,Vijaiyan Siva G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ANRIL is a long noncoding RNA transcribed from the INK4 locus that encodes three tumor suppressor genes, p15, p16, and ARF. Previous studies demonstrated that ANRIL represses p15 and p16, which positively regulate the pRB pathway, leading to repression of cellular senescence of human normal fibroblasts. However, the r...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Naemura M,Tsunoda T,Inoue Y,Okamoto H,Shirasawa S,Kotake Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous results from our laboratory have shown that a novel carotenoid derivative (disodium disuccinate astaxanthin; Cardax) produced dose-related reductions in myocardial infarct size (IS) in Sprague-Dawley rats when it was administered at any of three doses (25, 50 and 75 mg/kg, iv) on four consecutive days, follow...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gross GJ,Lockwood SF

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular mesangial cells play an important role in the development of glomerulosclerosis. Mesangial cell apoptosis has been shown to be involved in different stages of development of glomerulonephritis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of inhibition of serine/threonine phosphatases by okadaic ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Parameswaran N,Spielman WS,Brooks DP,Nambi P

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of the Staphylococcus aureus tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle delays the resolution of cutaneous ulcers in a mouse soft tissue infection model. In this study, it was observed that cutaneous lesions in mice infected with wild-type or isogenic aconitase mutant S. aureus strains contained comparable inflammato...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Massilamany C,Gangaplara A,Gardner DJ,Musser JM,Steffen D,Somerville GA,Reddy J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Glucokinase is one of four glucose phosphorylating enzymes present in rat liver. Its distinctive features are a high K-m for glucose (high-K-m isozyme) and a rather narrow substrate specificity. In contrast, the other three enzymes, collectively called hexokinases or low-K-m isozymes, exhibit low K-m values for glu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Niemeyer H,Ureta T,Clark-Turri L

更新日期：1975-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined the effects of exposure of heart fatty acid-binding protein (h-FABP) to chemically generated O2- or OH. with respect to its oleate binding and to its electrophoretic properties. Purified rat h-FABP at 40 microM scavenged as much as 30% O2- and 85% OH.. On the other hand, when 2 nmol (4 micro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jones RM,Prasad MR,Das DK

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Utrophin is a widely expressed cytoskeleton protein and is associated with lipid droplets (LDs) in adipocytes. The scaffold protein beta 2 syntrophin (SNTB2) controls signaling events by recruiting distinct membrane and cytoskeletal proteins, and binds to utrophin. Here we show that SNTB2 forms a complex with utrophin...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Krautbauer S,Neumeier M,Haberl EM,Pohl R,Feder S,Eisinger K,Rein-Fischboeck L,Buechler C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) play an important role in the development of hepatic fibrosis. Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is essential for the maturation and activity of a varied group of proteins involved in signal transduction and cell cycle regulation. In this study, we found that two Hsp90 inhibitors, VER-49009 a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sun X,Zhang XD,Cheng G,Hu YH,Wang HY

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major protein in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membrane is the Ca2+ transporting ATPase which carries out active Ca2+ pumping at the expense of ATP hydrolysis. The aim of this work was to elucidate the mechanisms by which oxidative stress induced by Fenton's reaction (Fe(2+)+H2O2-->HO.+OH-+Fe3+) alters the funct...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Castilho RF,Carvalho-Alves PC,Vercesi AE,Ferreira ST

更新日期：1996-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-type creatine kinases B-CK (cytosolic) and UbCKmit (mitochondrial) are considered important for the maintenance and distribution of cellular energy in the central nervous system. Previously, we have demonstrated an abnormal behavioral phenotype in mice lacking the B-CK creatine kinase isoform, regarding explorat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Streijger F,Jost CR,Oerlemans F,Ellenbroek BA,Cools AR,Wieringa B,Van der Zee CE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyridine nucleotides have important non-redox activities as cellular effectors and metabolic regulators [1-3]. The enzyme-catalyzed cleavage of the nicotinamide-ribosyl bond of NAD+ and the attendant delivery of the ADPRibosyl moiety to acceptors is central to these many diverse biological activities. Included are...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Oppenheimer NJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) signaling through LPA receptors (LPA1 to LPA6) regulates a variety of malignant properties in cancer cells. Recently, we show that LPA2 expression is elevated by long-term cisplatin (CDDP) treatment in melanoma A375 cells. In the present study, we investigated whether LPA2-mediated signalin...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Minami K,Ueda N,Ishimoto K,Tsujiuchi T

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeic acid (3,4-dihydroxy cinnamic acid) (CA) is naturally found in fruits, vegetables, olive oil, and coffee. This study was undertaken to evaluate the anticancer effect of caffeic acid on HT-1080 human fibrosarcoma cell line. The antiproliferative effect of caffeic acid was determined by MTT assay, and the oxidati...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rajendra Prasad N,Karthikeyan A,Karthikeyan S,Reddy BV

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A calcium activated photoprotein, termed mnemiopsin, which emits bioluminescence upon the addition of calcium ion, has been isolated from the Ctenophore, Memiopsis leidyi, and purified by hollow fiber techniques. The system is similar to aequorin, from the jellyfish Aequorea, except that mnemiopsin can be light-inacti...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Girsch SJ,Hastings JW

更新日期：1978-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that allogeneic bone marrow (BM)-mesenchymal stem cell transplantation (MSCT) appears to be effective in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and lupus-prone mice, contrary to studies in syngeneic BM-MSCT. These studies indicated that the abnormalities of BM-MSCs may be involved in the...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gu Z,Tan W,Feng G,Meng Y,Shen B,Liu H,Cheng C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, protein kinase CK2 has two isozymic forms of its catalytic subunit, designated CK2alpha and CK2alpha'. CK2alpha and CK2alpha' exhibit extensive similarity within their catalytic domains but have completely unrelated C-terminal sequences. To systematically examine the cellular functions of each CK2 isoform ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Litchfield DW,Bosc DG,Canton DA,Saulnier RB,Vilk G,Zhang C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigates the effect of alloxan-induced short-term diabetes (24 h) on D-3-hydroxybutyrate metabolism at physiological and non-physiological concentrations of the ketone body in the isolated non-working perfused rat heart. Also the effect of insulin (2 mU.ml-1) on D-3-hydroxybutyrate metabolism was investi...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sultan AM

更新日期：1992-03-04 00:00:00