Mammalian ER stress sensor IRE1β specifically down-regulates the synthesis of secretory pathway proteins.

abstract：:The pathogenicities of influenza viruses and paramyxoviruses have been proposed to be primarily determined by a host cell protease(s) that activates viral infectivity by proteolytic cleavage of the envelope glycoproteins. We recently isolated a trypsin-type endoprotease, named tryptase Clara, from rat bronchial and br...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kido H,Sakai K,Kishino Y,Tashiro M

更新日期：1993-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoter activity of protein kinase C (PKC) gamma gene was analysed by chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) assay using extracts from the cells transfected with various fusion constructs containing the 5'-flanking region of the mouse PKC gamma gene and CAT gene. Transient expression experiments in PC12 cells reveal...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takanaga H,Mukai H,Shimakawa M,Konishi H,Kikkawa U,Koizumi T,Ono Y

更新日期：1995-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal metabolite brefeldin A (BFA) is known to disrupt the Golgi apparatus resulting in redistribution of Golgi proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum and inhibition of protein secretion. BFA was found to inhibit protein synthesis in rat glioma C6 cells by up to 70% between 0.1 and 1 microgram/ml. Inhibition was b...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fishman PH,Curran PK

更新日期：1992-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorogenic acid (CGA; 3-o-caffeoylquinic acid), a phenylpropanoid metabolite of plants, was oxidized by H2O2 in the presence of horseradish peroxidase. The primary and secondary oxidized products both were free radicals which gave EPR multiline signals at g = 2.0044 and 2.0042 in the presence of zinc as a spin stabil...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yamasaki H,Grace SC

更新日期：1998-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:E. coli GroEL chaperonin monomers, isolated after urea-induced dissociation of GroEL14, undergo cold denaturation below 5 degrees C. Above 5 degrees C, these monomers undergo MgATP-dependent self-assembly. We have demonstrated a conformational transition at 0 degree C induced by interaction of monomeric GroEL with ade...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lissin NM,Hemmingsen SM

更新日期：1993-06-07 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：:Zinc cations at concentrations of 0.2 mM and greater catalyzed specific phosphorylation, by ATP, of two membrane-associated proteins from rat hippocampus. These proteins, corresponding to molecular weights of 60 and 49 kDa, were phosphorylated primarily at tyrosine residues. The 60-kDa protein was identified as p60c-s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vener AV,Loeb J

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutual arrangement of histone H1 molecules in chromatin extended in low salt-EDTA buffer and additionally in the presence of urea was studied by means of reversible cross-linking combined with chymotryptic digestion. In the chromatins tested, the chymotryptic halves of H1 were cross-linked in all possible combinations...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nikolaev LG,Glotov BO,Dashkevich VK,Barbashov SF,Severin ES

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine phosphorylation of Cbl and its association with signal-transducing molecules in response to macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) were analyzed by using cell lines which express the wild-type and a mutant M-CSF receptor, Fms. We found that in a clone, F723 TF-1 cells expressing mutant Fms in which tyro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ota J,Sato K,Kimura F,Wakimoto N,Nakamura Y,Nagata N,Suzu S,Yamada M,Shimamura S,Motoyoshi K

更新日期：2000-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently mutations in the LGI1 (leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated 1) gene have been found in human temporal lobe epilepsy. We have now identified three formerly unknown LGI-like genes. Hydropathy plots and pattern analysis showed that LGI genes encode proteins with large extra- and intracellular domains connected by a ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gu W,Wevers A,Schröder H,Grzeschik KH,Derst C,Brodtkorb E,de Vos R,Steinlein OK

更新日期：2002-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes (AC) induce blood-brain barrier (BBB) properties in brain endothelial cells (EC). As antioxidative activity (AOA) is assumed to be a BBB characteristic, we tested whether AC improve AOA of EC. Monocultivated AC showed higher AOA [manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (Cat), glutathione peroxidase (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schroeter ML,Mertsch K,Giese H,Müller S,Sporbert A,Hickel B,Blasig IE

更新日期：1999-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabapentin (GBP) is a gamma-aminobutyric acid analog effective in the treatment of seizures. A high-affinity interaction between GBP and the alpha(2)delta subunit of the voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels has been documented. In this report, we examined the effects of the chronic treatment with GBP on neuronal recombinant ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kang MG,Felix R,Campbell KP

更新日期：2002-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened active compounds from natural marine products able to increase PPARalpha/gamma transcriptional activity. Sargaquinoic acid (SQA) and sargahydroquinoic acid (SHQA) from Sargassum yezoense were identified as novel PPARalpha/gamma dual agonists. The binding affinity of SQA with PPARgamma was higher than that ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim SN,Choi HY,Lee W,Park GM,Shin WS,Kim YK

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent report of electrical measurements on oriented bacteriorhodopsin in gels [(1986) FEBS Lett. 195, 164 168] concluded that low concentrations of diamines reversed the direction of the proton pump. Calculations are presented which show that in low diamine concentrations, charge displacements of the counterion atm...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marinetti T

更新日期：1987-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear ionic channels (NICs) represent ubiquitous structures of living cells, although little is known about their functional properties and encoding genes. To characterize NICs, liver nuclear membrane vesicles were reconstituted into either planar lipid bilayers or proteoliposomes. Reconstitution of nuclear envelope...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guihard G,Proteau S,Payet MD,Escande D,Rousseau E

更新日期：2000-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro methylation of the +6, +24, and -215 located 5'-CCGG-3' sequences in the late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) DNA abrogates promoter function. 5-Methyldeoxycytidine (5-mC) at positions +6 and +24 in both or either of the two DNA complements in the late E2A promoter abolishes the formation of a hig...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hermann R,Doerfler W

更新日期：1991-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:CAP (c-Cbl associated protein)/ponsin belongs to a family of adaptor proteins implicated in cell adhesion and signaling. Here we show that CAP binds to and co-localizes with the essential endocytic factor dynamin. We demonstrate that CAP promotes the formation of dynamin-decorated tubule like structures, which are als...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tosoni D,Cestra G

更新日期：2009-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) is a natural metabolite of beta-NAD+ with a potent Ca2+-mobilizing activity in different cell types, including T-lymphocytes. We investigated (i) whether stimulation of T-lymphocytes with different agonists affects the intracellular concentration of cADPR, and (ii) whether the lymphocyte anti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： da Silva CP,Schweitzer K,Heyer P,Malavasi F,Mayr GW,Guse AH

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The carbohydrate chains of the pathological human immunoglobulins M from two patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia were released by hydrazinolysis. The N-acetyllactosamine-type glycans were obtained by affinity chromatography on concanavalin A and fractionated by high-voltage paper electrophoresis. The primary...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cahour A,Debeire P,Hartmann L,Montreuil J,van Halbeek H,Vliegenthart JF

更新日期：1984-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar granule cells differentiated in culture were incubated with ganglioside [3H-Sph]GM1 in order to have it inserted into the plasma membrane and metabolized. Among the formed metabolites radioactive sphingosine and ceramide were identified. [3H]Ceramide started to be measurable after 10 min of incubation (puls...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Riboni L,Bassi R,Sonnino S,Tettamanti G

更新日期：1992-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes can be loaded with weak acids and bases, which exist in solutions in equilibrium with membrane permeable uncharged form, using various gradients across their membranes. Because in some cases the estimated drug concentration in the loaded liposomes exceeds their aqueous solubility we investigated the physical...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lasic DD,Frederik PM,Stuart MC,Barenholz Y,McIntosh TJ

更新日期：1992-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Different hydrophobic glycoproteins are associated to native biliary vesicles, which are the major carrier of biliary cholesterol. Some of these proteins promote cholesterol crystallization, a key step in cholesterol gallstone formation. This study was specifically conducted to identify the 130 kDa biliary vesicle-ass...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Núñez L,Amigo L,Rigotti A,Puglielli L,Mingrone G,Greco AV,Nervi F

更新日期：1993-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of synthetic rat adrenomedullin (rAM), a novel vasorelaxant peptide originally isolated from human pheochromocytoma, on receptor binding and cAMP generation were studied in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). A binding study using [125I]rAM revealed the presence of a single class of high-affi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Eguchi S,Hirata Y,Kano H,Sato K,Watanabe Y,Watanabe TX,Nakajima K,Sakakibara S,Marumo F

更新日期：1994-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants. The HRSV small hydrophobic (SH) protein plays an important role in HRSV pathogenesis, although its mode of action is unclear. Analysis of the ability of SH protein to induce membrane permeability and form homo-...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carter SD,Dent KC,Atkins E,Foster TL,Verow M,Gorny P,Harris M,Hiscox JA,Ranson NA,Griffin S,Barr JN

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingoid long chain base phosphates (LCBPs) regulate cell proliferation, survival and motility in mammals. To learn more about LCBPs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we determined the cellular location of Lcb4p, the major enzyme catalyzing LCBP synthesis. By indirect immunofluorescence microscopy and subcellular fraction...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hait NC,Fujita K,Lester RL,Dickson RC

更新日期：2002-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression plasmids encoding native human preporenin and a mutant deleted in its entire prosegment were transfected into Chinese hamster ovary cells. The cells transfected with the expression plasmid of native preporenin secreted exclusively inactive prorenin, while the cells transfected with the mutant secreted the a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagahama M,Nakayama K,Hori H,Murakami K

更新日期：1989-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal blockage of QA-. oxidation was analysed in PS II membrane fragments by monitoring flash-induced changes of the relative fluorescence quantum yield as a function of temperature. The results obtained reveal: (a) in dark-adapted samples the fraction of QA-. that is not reoxidised within a time domain of 10 s ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reifarth F,Renger G

更新日期：1998-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Several components of translation, e.g. eIF4E and PKR, are implicated in cancer. The e-subunit (p48) of mammalian initiation factor 3 is encoded by the Int6 gene, a common site for integration of the mouse mammary tumor virus genome, leading to the production of a truncated eukaryotic initiation factor-3e (eIF3e). Sta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mayeur GL,Hershey JW

更新日期：2002-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of the glycine-rich loop of adenylate kinase is described in detail. It forms a giant anion hole for a sulfate ion, which presumably mimicks a nucleotide phosphoryl group. This loop had been called flexible, because at pH values of 6 or below it is displaced in the crystal. In the region of this loop ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dreusicke D,Schulz GE

更新日期：1986-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors activate a member of the INK4 family, the p19INK4d gene, causing G1 phase arrest. We report here that HDAC inhibitor, Trichostatin A, activates another member of the INK4 family, the p18INK4c gene, through its promoter in Jurkat cells. Interestingly, the acti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yokota T,Matsuzaki Y,Sakai T

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00