Botulinum neurotoxin subtype A2 enters neuronal cells faster than subtype A1.

abstract：:P(2)Y(12) receptor is a G(i)-coupled adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor with a critical role in platelet aggregation. It contains two potential N-linked glycosylation sites at its extra cellular amino-terminus, which may modulate its activity. Studies of both tunicamycin treatment and site-directed mutagenesis have ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhong X,Kriz R,Seehra J,Kumar R

更新日期：2004-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:2-thiouracil (TU), an established antithyroid drug and melanoma-seeker, was found to selectively inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in a competitive manner (K(i)=20 microM), being inactive on the other NOS isoforms. The drug apparently interfered with the substrate- and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4))-binding t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Palumbo A,d'Ischia M,Cioffi FA

更新日期：2000-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Many extracellular stimuli, e.g. microbial products, cytokines etc., result in the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in macrophages. However, it is not known whether expression of the iNOS gene in response to microbial products is a primary response of macrophages, or is the result of paracrine/auto...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dahiya Y,Pandey RK,Bhatt KH,Sodhi A

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A large protein complex (approx. 2000 kDa) was found in the cytosol of the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Staphylothermus marinus. The purified protein was shown to be a homomultimer of 93 kDa subunits, the primary structure of which was determined by nucleotide sequence analysis. The protein belongs to the family ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cicicopol C,Peters J,Kellermann J,Baumeister W

更新日期：1994-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The bcl-2 gene is an important antagonist of apoptosis, the programmed cell death. Bcl-2 is highly expressed in a variety of lymphomas. Lymphocytes of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) express high amounts of bcl-2 even in the absence of the t(14;18) translocation, resulting in a strong resistance towar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Körner I,Weber-Nordt R,Pfaff P,Finke J

更新日期：1997-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The YukD protein in Bacillus subtilis was identified in a hidden Markov model (HMM) search as being related in sequence to ubiquitin. By solving the crystal structure we show that YukD adopts a fold that is most closely related to ubiquitin, yet has the shortest C-terminal tail of all known ubiquitin-like proteins. Th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van den Ent F,Löwe J

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription mediators are evolutionarily conserved from yeast to human. We previously reported the specific in vivo roles of mediators during development. Transcriptional mediators including med-6, med-7, and med-10 were shown to be involved in the regulated transcription of specific genes, but not in the transcript...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kwon JY,Kim-Ha J,Lee BJ,Lee J

更新日期：2001-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide reacts with nitric oxide to form peroxynitrite, a potent oxidising agent which may contribute to tissue damage in pathological situations such as inflammation and ischaemia/reperfusion. One mechanism by which oxidative stress damages tissues is the induction of a specific Cyclosporin A-sensitive mitochondri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Packer MA,Murphy MP

更新日期：1994-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Perhydrohistrionicotoxin at micromolar concentrations blocked the nicotine-evoked transmitter release from perfused striatal (dopaminergic) and hippocampal (cholinergic) nerve terminals. Perhydrohistrionicotoxin failed to compete with [3H]nicotine for its high-affinity binding site in rat brain, suggesting that the ac...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rapier C,Wonnacott S,Lunt GG,Albuquerque EX

更新日期：1987-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous investigation of the rDNA region in Tetrahymena pyriformis mitochondrial DNA, we identified a putative tRNA(Met) gene [Heinonen et al. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 2879-2887]. On the basis of Northern hybridization analyses, we suggested that this gene is expressed, even though the resulting tRNA would be ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schnare MN,Greenwood SJ,Gray MW

更新日期：1995-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Within 6 h, shear stress upregulated intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) (two- to four-fold, P<0.001) and induced matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in cultured human saphenous vein endothelial cells. By 8 h endothelial ICAM-1 levels returned to baseline, with concomitant increase in soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) (P...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sultan S,Gosling M,Nagase H,Powell JT

更新日期：2004-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequences of the polypeptide chains of the acetylcholine receptor have recently been published. From the hydrophilicity profiles, it has been proposed that residues 161-166 of the alpha-chain might be an important antigenic site. We have synthesised a peptide containing this sequence and raised antisera...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Juillerat MA,Barkas T,Tzartos SJ

更新日期：1984-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report that splice blocking morpholinos (Sb MO) against zebrafish sox31 elicit developmental arrest, likely through creating a series of dominant negative splicing variants. Embryos injected with the Sb MO develop normally before the Mid-Blastula Transition (MBT); however, they do not initiate epiboly. Microar...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hu SN,Yu H,Zhang YB,Wu ZL,Yan YC,Li YX,Li YY,Li YP

更新日期：2012-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax is a severe bacterial infection that occurs when Bacillus anthracis spores gain access into the body and germinate in macrophages, causing septicemia and toxemia. Anthrax toxin is a binary A-B toxin composed of protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF), and edema factor (EF). PA mediates the entry of either ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ascenzi P,Visca P,Ippolito G,Spallarossa A,Bolognesi M,Montecucco C

更新日期：2002-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau proteins are abnormally phosphorylated in Alzheimer's disease. Pathological Tau proteins named PHF-Tau 55, PHF-Tau 64, and PHF-Tau 69, are the main constituents of the paired helical filaments (PHF). When treating SKNSH-SY 5Y cells with okadaic acid (OA), Tau 55 protein was clearly induced whereas Tau 64 protein w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dupont-Wallois L,Sautière PE,Cocquerelle C,Bailleul B,Delacourte A,Caillet-Boudin ML

更新日期：1995-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Many receptors coupled to inhibitory Go/Gi-type G proteins often also produce stimulatory signals like Ca2+ mobilisation. When expressed in CHO cells the alpha2-adrenoceptor subtypes alpha2A, alpha2B and alpkha2C mobilised Ca2+. These responses were strongly reduced by the P2Y-purinoceptor antagonist suramin. A large ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akerman KE,Näsman J,Lund PE,Shariatmadari R,Kukkonen JP

更新日期：1998-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL) has been implicated as a modulator of immune function, and some of its actions may be linked to NO synthesis. Because NO acts as a mediator of inflammation, we speculated that an inflammatory milieu could unmask pathways by which PRL could affect NO synthesis. Here, we show that pro-inflammatory cytoki...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Corbacho AM,Macotela Y,Nava G,Eiserich JP,Cross CE,Martínez de la Escalera G,Clapp C

更新日期：2003-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:PsbU is one of the extrinsic proteins in red algal Photosystem II (PSII) and functions to optimize the availability of Ca(2+) and Cl(-) cofactors for water oxidation. To determine the functional residue of PsbU, we constructed various PsbU mutants from a red alga Cyanidium caldarium and reconstituted these mutants wit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okumura A,Sano M,Suzuki T,Tanaka H,Nagao R,Nakazato K,Iwai M,Adachi H,Shen JR,Enami I

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA for the nearly full-length rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase mRNA has been isolated and sequenced. The cDNA is rich in G and C nucleotides. This feature is especially striking at the 3rd position of codons, where 86% of the 843 amino acid codons terminate with G or C. Methionine, presumably the initiation ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakano K,Hwang PK,Fletterick RJ

更新日期：1986-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently the identity of the peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase), which accelerates the cis/trans isomerization of prolyl peptide bonds and cyclophilin, the binding protein for the immunosuppressive drug Cyclosporin A (CsA), was discovered. The PPIase catalysis toward the substrate Suc-Ala-Phe-Pro-Phe-pNA has...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hübner D,Drakenberg T,Forsén S,Fischer G

更新日期：1991-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG) exhibits anti-tumor activity mediated via the 67-kDa laminin receptor (67LR). In this study, we found that 67LR protein levels are reduced by exposure to low O(2) levels (5%), without affecting the expression of HIF-1α. We also found that EGCG-induced anti-cancer activity is abr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsukamoto S,Yamashita S,Kim YH,Kumazoe M,Huang Y,Yamada K,Tachibana H

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras homology (Rho) guanine nucleotide exchange factor p115-RhoGEF couples the alpha(13) heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein) subunit to Rho GTPase. Alpha(13) binds to a regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) domain in p115-RhoGEF, but the mechanism of alpha(13) activation of p115-RhoGEF is...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bhattacharyya R,Wedegaertner PB

更新日期：2003-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Two human mammary carcinoma cell variants, MCF-7/AZ and MCF-7/6, show the same composition in their glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomain (GEM) with regard to globo-series structures Gb3, Gb4, Gb5, monosialyl-Gb5, GM2, and cSrc and FAK. Both variants are non-invasive into collagen gel layer, and showed similar motili...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Steelant WF,Kawakami Y,Ito A,Handa K,Bruyneel EA,Mareel M,Hakomori S

更新日期：2002-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide of Alzheimer's disease may relate to its polymerisation state (i.e. fibril content). We have shown previously that plasma lipoproteins, particularly when oxidised, greatly enhance Abeta polymerisation. In the present study the nature of the interactions between both nat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stanyer L,Betteridge DJ,Smith CC

更新日期：2002-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:By analyzing human embryonic kidney 293 cell transfectants stably overexpressing various types of phospholipase A2 (PLA2), we have shown that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) preferentially activate type IIA secretory PLA2 (sPLA2-IIA)-mediated arachidonic acid (AA) release from interleukin-1 (IL-1)-stimulated cells...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kambe T,Murakami M,Kudo I

更新日期：1999-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Guluronate and mannuronate oligomers with various degree of polymerization were prepared from polyguluronate (PG) and polymannuronate (PM) with an alginate lyase from a Pseudoalteromonas sp., and their activities to induce cytokine secretion from mouse macrophage cell line RAW264.7 cells were examined. Enzymatically d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iwamoto M,Kurachi M,Nakashima T,Kim D,Yamaguchi K,Oda T,Iwamoto Y,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. The thioredoxin (TRX) system, a major thiol antioxidant system, regulates the reduction of intracellular ROS. Here we show that high glucose (HG) inhibits TRX ROS-scavenging function through p38 mitogen-activated prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ren Y,Shi Y,Wang Y,Li Y,Wu S,Li H,Zhang Y,Duan H

更新日期：2010-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) catalyses S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)-dependent methylation of putrescine in tropane alkaloid biosynthesis. PMT presumably evolved from the ubiquitous spermidine synthase (SPDS). SPDS protein structure suggested that only few amino acid exchanges in the active site were necessary to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Biastoff S,Reinhardt N,Reva V,Brandt W,Dräger B

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular accumulation of anthracycline derivatives was measured in a human embryonic kidney cell line (HEK) and a resistant subline (HEK/multidrug resistance protein (MRP1)) overexpressing MRP1 at the plasma membrane surface. Two compounds (daunorubicin and doxorubicin) were rejected outside the multidrug-resista...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Manciu L,Chang X,Riordan JR,Buyse F,Ruysschaert JM

更新日期：2001-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and efficient method for the purification of malate synthase, an enzyme uniquely confined to glyoxysomes, from cotyledons of Brassica napus L. has been developed. The two step purification procedure is based on the consequent utilization of the tendency of malate synthase to form high molecular weight aggregat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hoppe A,Theimer RR

更新日期：1995-10-30 00:00:00