Central nervous system: cholesterol turnover, brain development and neurodegeneration.

abstract：:The expression of the cysteine protease cathepsin B is increased in early stages of human breast cancer.To assess the potential role of cathepsin B in premalignant progression of breast epithelial cells, we employed a 3D reconstituted basement membrane overlay culture model of MCF10A human breast epithelial cells and ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Mullins SR,Sameni M,Blum G,Bogyo M,Sloane BF,Moin K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kallikrein-related peptidase (KLK) gene family of 15 serine proteases encodes many proteins, including prostate specific antigen (PSA or KLK3), that are well described and/or are potential biomarkers for hormone-related cancers. Variant mRNA transcripts produced by alternative splicing, polyadenylation or AUG site...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Tan OL,Whitbread AK,Clements JA,Dong Y

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The saline extract of Bauhinia bauhinioides dry seeds was shown to inhibit cruzipain, a cysteine proteinase from Trypanosoma cruzi. The inhibitory activity was assigned to a protein with 164 amino acid residues and molecular mass of 18 034 Da that was purified by chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex, trypsin-Sepharose (rem...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： de Oliveira C,Santana LA,Carmona AK,Cezari MH,Sampaio MU,Sampaio CA,Oliva ML

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 signaling is initiated by recruitment of adapter proteins and kinases to the type I interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1RI). It is modulated by accompanying redox processes at various levels, such as (auto-) phosphorylation of the IL-1RI-associated kinase IRAK, the phosphorylation of IkappaB and translocation an...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Böl GF,Jurrmann N,Brigelius-Flohé R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological function of the GPI-anchored ectoenzyme aminopeptidase P (APP) is still elusive. Most researchers suppose that this enzyme inactivates biologically active peptides like bradykinin, neuropeptide tyrosine (NPY) and others (Vanhoof et al., 1995). We demonstrate by immunohistology with a specific antibod...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Lasch J,Moschner S,Sann H,Zellmer S,Koelsch R

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and functional characterization of integral membrane proteins in a bilayer environment is strongly hampered by the requirement of detergents for solubilization and subsequent purification, as detergents commonly affect their structure and/or activity. Here, we describe a rapid procedure with minimal exposur...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Shirzad-Wasei N,van Oostrum J,Bovee-Geurts PH,Kusters LJ,Bosman GJ,DeGrip WJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of a highly developed nervous system is mirrored by the ability of individual neurons to develop increased morphological complexity. As microtubules (MTs) are crucially involved in neuronal development, we tested the hypothesis that the evolution of complexity is driven by an increasing capacity of the M...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Trushina NI,Mulkidjanian AY,Brandt R

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bauhinia ungulata factor Xa inhibitor (BuXI) inactivates factor Xa and LOPAP, a prothrombin activator proteinase isolated from the venom of Lonomia obliqua caterpillar bristles. The reactive site of the enzyme-inhibitor interaction was explored to design specific substrates for both enzymes. Methionine is crucial for ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Andrade SA,Santomauro-Vaz EM,Lopes AR,Chudzinski-Tavassi AM,Juliano MA,Terra WR,Sampaio MU,Sampaio CA,Oliva ML

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme L-asparaginase is a crucial component in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). As all asparaginases in clinical use are derived from microorganisms, immunological reactions are the most important adverse events associated with asparaginase treatment. Two different methods, phage display and t...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Werner A,Röhm KH,Müller HJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have many biological applications in biomedicine, biotechnology and other life sciences. Depending on the size, shape and the type of carrier, AgNPs demonstrate different physical and chemical properties. AgNPs have strong antimicrobial, antiviral and antifungal activity, thus they are use...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Szmyd R,Goralczyk AG,Skalniak L,Cierniak A,Lipert B,Filon FL,Crosera M,Borowczyk J,Laczna E,Drukala J,Klein A,Jura J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few therapeutic options are offered to treat inflammation and alveolar wall destruction in emphysema. The effect of recombinant human pre-elafin, an elastase inhibitor, was evaluated in porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE)-induced emphysema in C57BL/6 mice. In a first protocol, mice received a single instillation of pre-...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Janelle MF,Doucet A,Bouchard D,Bourbonnais Y,Tremblay GM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysosomal lumen contains numerous acidic hydrolases involved in the degradation of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, which are basic cell components that turn over continuously within the cell and/or are ingested from outside of the cell. Deficiency in almost any of these hydrolases causes accumu...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Golabek AA,Kida E

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental cellular role and molecular interactions of annexins in vesicle trafficking and membrane remodeling remain to be further clarified in order to better understand and exploit their contributions to health and disease. We focused on distinctive features of atypical annexins from all domains of life using ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Fernandez MP,Garcia M,Martin-Almedina S,Morgan RO

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we discuss how time-resolved Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is used to understand how GTP hydrolysis is catalyzed by small GTPases and their cognate GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs). By interaction with small GTPases, GAPs regulate important signal transduction pathways and transport m...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Kötting C,Gerwert K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare cancer-prone genetic disorder characterized by progressive bone marrow failure, chromosomal instability and redox abnormalities. There is much biochemical and genetic data, which strongly suggest that FA cells experience increased oxidative stress. The present study was designed ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Petrovic S,Leskovac A,Kotur-Stevuljevic J,Joksic J,Guc-Scekic M,Vujic D,Joksic G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of malignancies detected in renal parenchyma are diagnosed as renal cell carcinoma (RCC), whose subtype discrimination and determination of prognosis may contribute to the selection of the adequate therapy. Recently, a new class of small non-coding RNAs, known as microRNAs, has proven to be among the...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Papadopoulos EI,Petraki C,Gregorakis A,Fragoulis EG,Scorilas A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue kallikrein KLK1 and the kallikrein-related peptidases KLK2-15 are a subfamily of serine proteases that have defined or proposed roles in a range of central nervous system (CNS) and non-CNS pathologies. To further understand their potential activity in multiple sclerosis (MS), serum levels of KLK1, 6, 7, 8 and 1...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Scarisbrick IA,Linbo R,Vandell AG,Keegan M,Blaber SI,Blaber M,Sneve D,Lucchinetti CF,Rodriguez M,Diamandis EP

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D protein (XPD) is an iron-sulfur cluster containing 5'-3' helicase and, in humans, part of the transcription factor TFIIH. TFIIH is involved in nucleotide excision repair as well as in transcription initiation. Recently, three different groups have reported the structures o...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Wolski SC,Kuper J,Kisker C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of protein damage during photosensitization of chlorin e6-treated cells was performed using the green fluorescent protein (GFP). The GFP-chromophore damage caused by singlet oxygen was studied in COS 7 kidney cells and E. coli bacteria following light irradiation. Electron spin resonance (ESR) reveale...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Greenbaum L,Rothmann C,Lavie R,Malik Z

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterised a Drosophila P-element enhancer detector insertion F125, which is expressed in the embryonic head and CNS as well as in various third instar imaginal discs. In an attempt to identify the gene with the equivalent expression pattern, we have characterised an adjacent gene. It encodes two novel conc...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Zeidler MP,Mlodzik M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N.BstNBI is a unique restriction endonuclease isolated from Bacillus stearothermophilus. We have characterized the recognition sequence and the cleavage site of N.BstNBI. Mapping of cleavage sites of N.BstNBI showed that it recognizes an asymmetric sequence, 5' GAGTC 3', and cleaves only on the top strand 4 base pairs...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Morgan RD,Calvet C,Demeter M,Agra R,Kong H

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular adhesion molecule E-selectin is expressed on activated endothelial cells, and is involved in the process of adherence of blood cells to vessel endothelium in inflammatory events such as atherosclerosis. In a recent study we found a Ser128Arg mutation in the EGF domain as well as a Leu554Phe mutation in th...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Wenzel K,Stahn R,Speer A,Denner K,Gläser C,Affeldt M,Moobed M,Scheer A,Baumann G,Felix SB

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to study the regulative role of the glutamate receptor found earlier in the brain mitochondria. In the present work a glutamate-dependent signaling system with similar features was detected in mitochondria of the heart. The glutamate-dependent signaling system in the heart mitochondria was...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Selin AA,Lobysheva NV,Nesterov SV,Skorobogatova YA,Byvshev IM,Pavlik LL,Mikheeva IB,Moshkov DA,Yaguzhinsky LS,Nartsissov YR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of osmolarity and compatible organic osmolytes on the phosphorylation of the MAP-kinases Erk-1 and Erk-2 and on the expression of taurine transporter (TAUT) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide synthetase (iNOS) was studied in RAW 264.7 mouse macrophages. Hypoosmolarity (205 mosmol/l) but no...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Warskulat U,Schliess F,Häussinger D

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in blood pressure control. ACE also has effects on renal function, reproduction, hematopoiesis, and several aspects of the immune response. ACE 10/10 mice overexpress ACE in monocytic cells; macrophages from ACE 10/10 mice demonstrate increased polarization t...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Bernstein KE,Gonzalez-Villalobos RA,Giani JF,Shah K,Bernstein E,Janjulia T,Koronyo Y,Shi PD,Koronyo-Hamaoui M,Fuchs S,Shen XZ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypsin and chymotrypsin have similar tertiary structures, although very different substrate specificities. Trypsin hydrolyzes peptides at Lys/Arg residues while chymotrypsin recognizes large hydrophobic residues. Recent work has shown that trypsin is not converted into a protease with chymotrypsin-like activity when ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Hedstrom L

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ligand-activated aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is known to modulate many genes in a highly cell-specific manner, either directly or indirectly via secondary effects. In contrast, little is known about the effects of AHR deficiency on gene expression balance. We compared the transcriptome of CD4 T cells from AHR-...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Frericks M,Temchura VV,Majora M,Stutte S,Esser C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is a protein of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that is essential for the unscrambling of nonnative disulfide bonds. Here, we have determined the importance of PDI to both spore germination and vegetative cell division. To vary the concentration of PDI in the ER, we used plasmids that ...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Laboissière MC,Sturley SL,Raines RT

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian tyrosinases are key enzymes of melanin formation. Their native forms undergo complex maturation and sorting processes before being integrated into the melanosomal membrane, which greatly complicates their heterologous expression in other cell types. In the present work, we constructed several differently tru...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Cordes P,Sun W,Wolber R,Kolbe L,Klebe G,Röhm KH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteases from the cell surface cleave an 80 kDa E-cadherin fragment (sE-CAD) that induces invasion of cancer cells into collagen type I and inhibits cellular aggregation. Conditioned media from MDCKts.srcCl2 cells at 40 degrees C and 35 degrees C, PCm.src5 and COLO-16 cells at 37 degrees C contained spo...

journal_title：Biological chemistry

authors： Ryniers F,Stove C,Goethals M,Brackenier L,Noë V,Bracke M,Vandekerckhove J,Mareel M,Bruyneel E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00