Mitochondrial potassium channels and reactive oxygen species.

abstract：:Stroke is characterized by massive inflammation in areas surrounding the injury that magnifies damage to the brain. The liver X receptors (LXRs) are nuclear receptors that regulate cholesterol, lipid, and glucose metabolism. Synthetic LXR agonists have potent anti-inflammatory properties in a variety of settings, incl...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sironi L,Mitro N,Cimino M,Gelosa P,Guerrini U,Tremoli E,Saez E

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the phylogeny of plant polyamine oxidases (PAOs), clade III members from angiosperms, such as Arabidopsis thaliana PAO5 and Oryza sativa PAO1, prefer spermine and thermospermine as substrates and back-convert both of these substrates to spermidine in vitro. A clade III representative of lycophytes, SelPAO5 from Sel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sagor GH,Inoue M,Kim DW,Kojima S,Niitsu M,Berberich T,Kusano T

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal epithelium is equipped with sensing receptor mechanisms that interact with luminal microorganisms and nutrients to regulate barrier function and gut immune responses, thereby maintaining intestinal homeostasis. Herein, we clarify the role of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) using intest...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cheng SX,Lightfoot YL,Yang T,Zadeh M,Tang L,Sahay B,Wang GP,Owen JL,Mohamadzadeh M

更新日期：2014-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A new peptide, Tc1, containing only 23 amino acids closely packed by three disulfide bridges was isolated from the Amazonian scorpion Tityus cambridgei. It blocks reversibly the Shaker B K(+)-channels with a K(d) of 65 nM and displaces binding of noxiustoxin to mouse brain synaptosome membranes. It is the shortest kno...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Batista CV,Gómez-Lagunas F,Lucas S,Possani LD

更新日期：2000-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:14-3-3s predominantly form homo-/heterodimers that are in equilibrium with corresponding monomers. Dimer/monomer equilibrium depends on the nature and phosphorylation of Ser58 of certain 14-3-3 isoforms. The structure and properties of 14-3-3 dimers are well characterized, whereas 14-3-3 monomers are less investigated...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sluchanko NN,Gusev NB

更新日期：2012-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison is made between the PQA----P+QA- and PQAQB----P+QAQB-transitions in Rps. viridis and Rb. sphaeroides reaction centers (RCs) by the use of light-induced Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) difference spectroscopy. In Rb. sphaeroides RCs, we identify a signal at 1650 cm-1 which is present in the P+QA-minus-PQ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nabedryk E,Bagley KA,Thibodeau DL,Bauscher M,Mäntele W,Breton J

更新日期：1990-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:After initial purification of ovine placental lactogen (oPL) using the procedures described previously [(1976) Endocrinology 98, 65-75], the oPL preparation was further purified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using an anionic exchange column (Bio-Sil TSK DEAE-2-SW). Two forms of oPL with different re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chan JS,Nie ZR,Seidah NG,Chrétien M

更新日期：1986-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of incomplete segments of Escherichia coli lactose permease to form transport-competent complexes in vivo was further tested. Two series of mutant lacY genes were constructed. One encoded N-terminal lactose permease segments of different length. The proteins specified by the other group contained deletion...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wrubel W,Stochaj U,Ehring R

更新日期：1994-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:U46619 is a potent platelet agonist, its binding to the thromboxane A2 receptor resulting in Gq-binding protein-mediated responses; nevertheless, it is unable to cause platelet aggregation, unless released ADP is present. In this study we demonstrate that Gi activation is the step U46619 lacks to cause platelet aggreg...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pulcinelli FM,Pesciotti M,Pignatelli P,Riondino S,Gazzaniga PP

更新日期：1998-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In brain tissue a spectrin-like calmodulin-binding protein calspectin, or fodrin, is concentrated in a synaptosome fraction, where most of the calspectin is associated with the synaptic membranes. This endogenous calspectin was phosphorylated by protein kinase system(s) associated with the membranes. Here, we report t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sobue K,Kanda K,Kakiuchi S

更新日期：1982-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle plays key roles in metabolic homeostasis. Loss of muscle mass, called muscle atrophy exacerbates disease-associated metabolic perturbations. In this study, we characterized the molecular functions and mechanisms underlying regulation of skeletal muscle atrophy induced by denervation. Denervation signif...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kang J,Jeong MG,Oh S,Jang EJ,Kim HK,Hwang ES

更新日期：2014-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeodomain protein, Cdx2, has been implicated in the transcriptional regulation of genes expressed in the small intestine. In vitro studies of the carbonic anhydrase 1 (CA1) colon promoter implied that Cdx2 may also play a role in the regulation of colon-specific gene expression. The current work follows up this ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Drummond FJ,Sowden J,Morrison K,Edwards YH

更新日期：1998-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The modification of homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) by small ubiquitin-like modifier 1 (SUMO-1) plays an important role in its targeting into the promyelocytic leukemia body, as well as in its differential interaction with binding partner, but the desumoylation of HIPK2 by SUMO-specific proteases is l...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim YH,Sung KS,Lee SJ,Kim YO,Choi CY,Kim Y

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activity and the fate of SV40 DNA (minichromosomes, DNA I, DNA II, DNA III) were tested in culture cells by immunofluorescence staining and blot analysis. Following microinjection of 2-4 circular SV40 molecules (minichromosomes, DNA I, DNA II) into the cytoplasm or the nuclei of monkey and rat cells, T-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Graessmann A,Bumke-Vogt C,Buschhausen G,Bauer M,Graessmann M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dried cells of Brevibacterium ammoniagenes are a good enzyme source for the preparative synthesis of CoA from pantothenic acid, L-cysteine and ATP. A problem with this synthesis is that the CoA synthesis is repressed by negative feedback inhibition by CoA to pantothenate kinase, the first step enzyme for the biosynthe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shimizu S,Komaki R,Tani Y,Yamada H

更新日期：1983-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In exocrine acinar cells a variety of neurotransmitters (e.g. acetylcholine) stimulate phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis elevating intracellular calcium to activate calcium-dependent membrane currents (outward K+ and inward Cl-). This study shows that in lacrimal acinar cells extracellular application o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sasaki T,Gallacher DV

更新日期：1990-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na-Ca exchanger is essential for the Ca2+ homeostasis in many cell types. This transporter has been difficult to investigate because no specific inhibitor is available. We have synthesized an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide directed against the rat cardiac Na-Ca exchanger mRNA. To estimate the activity of the Na-Ca...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lipp P,Schwaller B,Niggli E

更新日期：1995-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase C(gamma)2 (PLCgamma2) is a phospholipid-converting enzyme which, upon receptor stimulation, is activated within membrane-bound signalling complexes. In contrast to the highly ubiquitous PLCgamma1, PLCgamma2 is expressed predominantly in B-lymphocytes. Associated with antigen-coupling receptors it is acti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kang JS,Kohlhuber F,Hug H,Marmé D,Eick D,Ueffing M

更新日期：1996-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin elicited a dose-dependent inhibition of glucagon-induced cAMP accumulation in isolated hepatocytes. This response was not diminished by incubation of cells with the calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine or chlorpromazine and was only slightly reduced in Ca2+-depleted hepatocytes. Half-maximal inhibition o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morgan NG,Shipp CC,Exton JH

更新日期：1983-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug carriers such as liposomes are not readily transported across cellular barriers that constitute epithelia. However, certain epithelia (rabbit yolk sac endoderm and enterocytes of suckling rat gut proximal small intestine) are well known to transcytose maternal IgG by Fc receptor-mediated endocytic events. We have...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Patel HM,Wild AE

更新日期：1988-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Holocytochrome c synthase (HCCS) attaches heme covalently to mitochondrial respiratory cytochromes c. Little is known about the reaction of heme attachment to apocytochromes c by HCCS, although recently it has been established that the CXXCH motif and the N-terminus of the apocytochrome polypeptide are important prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang Y,Stevens JM,Ferguson SJ

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:32 consensus patterns for a set of functional regions and structural motifs in protein sequences were constructed. The pattern definition is heuristic and based on 11 selected steric and physicochemical properties. By comparison with these patterns, it was possible to identify, without false detection, 1532 sites in 8...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bork P

更新日期：1989-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of genes for acetylcholine receptor (AChR), myogenic factors and other muscle-specific proteins has been analyzed in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) and following denervation. The levels of the transcripts for the myogenic factors, MyoD1, myogenin and MRF4, were measured using Northern ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Asher O,Fuchs S,Zuk D,Rapaport D,Buonanno A

更新日期：1992-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes, activated by alkaline pH occurs only when EGTA is present in the release medium. Addition of very low concentrations of Ca2+ to the medium inhibits Ca2+ release. The concentration of free Ca2+ required for 50% inhibition ranges from between 5 and 20 nM in different e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Argaman A,Shoshan-Barmatz V

更新日期：1989-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The interferon inducible transmembrane (IFITM) proteins mediate several cellular processes such as homotypic cell adhesion functions of interferons (IFNs) and cellular anti-proliferative activities. We show that the BAF complex-mediated induction of IFITM3 is dependent on binding of the transcriptional enhancer factor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cuddapah S,Cui K,Zhao K

更新日期：2008-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycogen branching enzyme from Vibrio vulnificus (VvGBE) transfers short side chains (DP 3-5) significantly greater than any other bacterial glycogen branching enzyme (GBE). To elucidate the role of the N-domain of VvGBE in the unique branching pattern, domain-truncated (N1 and N) and N1-domain-swapped (with VvGBE...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jo HJ,Park S,Jeong HG,Kim JW,Park JT

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of store-operated Ca2+ inflow in hepatocytes was investigated using fluo-3 and fura-2 to monitor changes in the concentration of intracellular free Ca2+ in single cells, and 1-(alpha-glycerophosphoryl)-myo-inositol 4,5-diphosphate, P4(5)-1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl ester ('caged' GPIP2) and 'caged' guanosine ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Berven LA,Barritt GJ

更新日期：1994-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that Docetaxel-induced variable degrees of apoptosis in melanoma. In this report, we studied the beta-tubulin repertoire of melanoma cell lines and show that class III beta-tubulin expression correlated with Docetaxel-resistance. Sensitive cells showed low levels of class III beta-tubulin with...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mhaidat NM,Thorne RF,de Bock CE,Zhang XD,Hersey P

更新日期：2008-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane, sarco-endoplasmic reticulum and secretory pathway Ca2+-ATPases (designated PMCA, SERCA and SPCA) regulate intracellular Ca2+ in animal cells. The presence of PMCA, and the absence of SERCA, in sea urchin sperm is known. By using inhibitors of Ca2+-ATPases, we now show the presence of SPCA and Ca2+ sto...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gunaratne HJ,Vacquier VD

更新日期：2006-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathepsin L is a ubiquitously expressed papain-like cysteine protease involved in the endosomal degradation of proteins and has numerous roles in physiological and pathological processes, such as arthritis, osteoporosis, and cancer. Insight into the specificity of cathepsin L is important for elucidating its physiolog...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sosnowski P,Turk D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00