Connexin hemichannel induced vascular leak suggests a new paradigm for cancer therapy.

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of actin on protein phosphorylation by three distinct protein kinases (CK-II, A-kinase and MAP-kinase) was examined in vitro. It was found that: (i) actin inhibits the activities of alpha-monomeric CK-II (CK-IIalpha) as well as oligomeric CK-II (alpha2beta2) in a dose-dependent manner, but has no...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karino A,Tanoue S,Fukuda M,Nakamura T,Ohtsuki K

更新日期：1996-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that synthetic dsRNA can activate p21 expression by targeting the p21 promoter, thereby suppressing the proliferation of human bladder cancer cells. As complementarity between dsRNA and its target sequences is necessary for RNA activation, miRNAs may also trigger p21 expression through the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang C,Chen Z,Ge Q,Hu J,Li F,Hu J,Xu H,Ye Z,Li LC

更新日期：2014-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA of the human muscle type acylphosphatase was isolated and characterized. The mRNA presents a very long 5'-untranslated region, covering the first half of the molecule: 175 bases of this part were cloned and prediction of the possible secondary structure showed that a very stable stem-loop structure could be f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fiaschi T,Marzocchini R,Raugei G,Veggi D,Chiarugi P,Ramponi G

更新日期：1997-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of numerous studies, there appears to be no consensus regarding the orientation and aggregation state of membrane-bound melittin. We report here the restricted environment of the sole tryptophan residue in membrane-bound melittin using environment-induced effects on the rates of solvent relaxation. When incor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chattopadhyay A,Rukmini R

更新日期：1993-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aspA gene, encoding the aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (AspRS) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus sp. KOD1, was expressed in Escherichia coli. The KOD1 AspRS, which was purified to homogeneity and was shown to be functional in dimeric form, aminoacylated tRNA from KOD1. The optimum temperature for this activ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fujiwara S,Lee SG,Haruki M,Kanaya S,Takagi M,Imanaka T

更新日期：1996-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A structural tree for proteins and domains containing S-like beta-sheets has been constructed. An S-like beta-sheet is taken as a starting structure in modelling or as a root structure of the tree. Larger structures are obtained by a stepwise addition of beta-strands and/or alpha-helices to the root S-like beta-sheet ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Efimov AV

更新日期：1998-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation and characterization of the cDNA coding for the 216-residue Xenopus laevis prion protein is reported. Existence of this protein in amphibians was suggested by an EST fragment (accession number BG813008), while a conclusive demonstration is presented here. This protein exhibits a higher identity level to avia...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Strumbo B,Ronchi S,Bolis LC,Simonic T

更新日期：2001-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:An electrometric technique was used to investigate electron transfer between spinach plastocyanin (Pc) and photooxidized primary electron donor P700 in photosystem I (PS I) complexes from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. In the presence of Pc, the fast unresolvable kinetic phase of membrane potential gen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mamedov MD,Mamedova AA,Chamorovsky SK,Semenov AY

更新日期：2001-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using sensitive methods of sequence analysis including hydrophobic cluster analysis, we report here a hitherto undescribed family of modules, the BAH (bromo-adjacent homology) family, which includes proteins such as eukaryotic DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases, the origin recognition complex 1 (Orc1) proteins, as we...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Callebaut I,Courvalin JC,Mornon JP

更新日期：1999-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmins (Syts) are involved in Ca(2+)-dependent insulin release. However, which Syt isoform is functional in primary beta-cells remains unknown. We demonstrate by electron microscopy of pancreatic islets, the association of Syt 9 with insulin granules. Silencing of Syt 9 by RNA interference adenovirus in islet ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Iezzi M,Eliasson L,Fukuda M,Wollheim CB

更新日期：2005-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncostatin M (OSM) is a potent modulator of human lung-derived epithelial cell function. This cytokine binds two distinct receptor complexes: type I OSM receptor which is also a functional receptor for leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and type II OSM-specific receptor. The role of these two distinct receptors in medi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cichy J,Rose-John S,Puré E

更新日期：1998-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Maculatin 1.1 is an antimicrobial peptide isolated from the Australian tree frog Litoria genimaculata that adopts an amphipathic, alpha-helical structure in solution. Its orientation and conformation when incorporated to pre-formed DMPG (1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol) and DMPC (1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycer...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chia CS,Torres J,Cooper MA,Arkin IT,Bowie JH

更新日期：2002-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Small organic molecules, like Congo red and lacmoid, have been shown to modulate the self-assembly of the amyloid β peptide (Aβ). Here, we show that Aβ forms NMR invisible non-toxic co-aggregates together with lacmoid as well as Congo red. We find that the interaction involves two distinct kinetic processes and at eve...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Abelein A,Lang L,Lendel C,Gräslund A,Danielsson J

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:H/D isotope exchange effects on P680+. reduction by Yz and electron abstraction from the water oxidizing complex (WOC) in redox state S3 by YZOX were analyzed in PS II core complexes from spinach by measurements of laser flash induced absorption changes at 820 nm and 355 nm. The results obtained reveal: (1) the rate o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karge M,Irrgang KD,Sellin S,Feinäugle R,Liu B,Eckert HJ,Eichler HJ,Renger G

更新日期：1996-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A new assay for the calcium channel activity of annexin V was developed. The calcium-sensitive fluorescence indicator, fura-2, was incorporated into large unilamellar vesicles (LUV). After establishing a calcium gradient across the liposomal membranes, native or mutated annexin V was added. The resulting calcium influ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Berendes R,Burger A,Voges D,Demange P,Huber R

更新日期：1993-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in troponin C (TnC) conformation upon Ca(2+) binding forms the basis for regulatory and structural functions of TnC molecules. In the present study, Ca(2+)-induced conformational changes in TnC were observed by mechanical measurements. TnC films were prepared by drying or electrospraying TnC solutions, cross-l...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bukatina AE,Morozov VN,Gusev NB,Sieck GC

更新日期：2002-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of supra-macromolecular composition and catalytic activity of a heterodimeric enzyme, gamma-glutamyltransferase, in the system of Aerosol OT (sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate) reversed micelles in octane were studied. Variation of the surfactant hydration degree (parameter, determining dimensions of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kabanov AV,Nametkin SN,Chernov NN,Klyachko NL,Levashov AV

更新日期：1991-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic cRNA encoding for the major T lymphocyte K+ channel (Kv1.3) was injected into Xenopus fertilized eggs. Somites from embryos of stage 20-22 (about 40 h post-fertilization at 19 degrees C) were dissociated and myotomal muscle cells were cultured in vitro for 2 days. The whole cell configuration of the tigh...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Honoré E,Guillemare E,Lesage F,Barhanin J,Lazdunski M

更新日期：1994-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold-stable and cold-labile microtubules were prepared by two cycles of assembly and disassembly and two periods of exposure to cold. The cold-labile preparations were shown to contain a higher proportion of a high molecular mass microtubule-associated protein (MAP 2) than cold-stable preparations. The cold-stable pre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hesketh JE

更新日期：1984-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The 108-residue protein E. coli thioredoxin has been uniformly enriched to 50% with deuterium at all carbon-bound hydrogen positions. Isotropic mixing (i.e. TOCSY) experiments have been conducted for both the deuterated and natural-abundance samples. Using a 54 ms mixing time correlation peaks can be seen for all four...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： LeMaster DM

更新日期：1988-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoter of the cholecystokinin (CCK) gene possesses evolutionary conserved juxtaposed E-box and cAMP/TPA responsive elements (CRE/TRE). We have examined the functional interaction of these two sites. As previously noted, c-Jun/c-Fos heterodimers greatly increase promoter activity through association with the CRE/...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rourke IJ,Hansen TV,Nerlov C,Rehfeld JF,Nielsen FC

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The O2-dependent formation of side products during the oxidation of veratryl alcohol (VA) by lignin peroxidase has previously been proposed to start with the attack of H2O on the VA radical cation (VA*+). This initial reaction is unlikely since it would also lead to side product formation in the absence of O2, which i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： ten Have R,Franssen MC

更新日期：2001-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The bipartite human interleukin-4 (IL-4) receptor was functionally expressed in murine pro-B cells and activated by human IL-4 to evoke intracellular signaling. Mutual association of signal transducing proteins within the receptor complex was then studied in dependence of ligand stimulation. Besides ligand-induced rec...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Erhardt I,Lischke A,Sebald W,Friedrich K

更新日期：1998-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxynitrite (ONOO-) has recently been implicated in connective tissue destruction in vivo. We have studied the effect of ONOO- on the activity of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) in vitro. The inactivation of TIMP-1 by ONOO- was dose dependent with 50 microM ONOO- reducing the inhibitory activity of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Frears ER,Zhang Z,Blake DR,O'Connell JP,Winyard PG

更新日期：1996-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence intensity and anisotropy decays of the intrinsic tryptophan emission from six Fe/S proteins (ranging from the very simplest ones to enzyme complexes containing one, two or more Trp residues) were measured. All proteins were examined in the reduced and the oxidized state. In either redox state each pro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dorovska-Taran V,van Hoek A,Link TA,Visser AJ,Hagen WR

更新日期：1994-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of aniso-osmolarity on the activity of the MAP kinases Erk-1 and Erk-2 was studied in C6 glioma cells. Hypo-osmotic treatment (205 mosmol/l) led to an increased activity of Erk-1 and Erk-2 within 3 min, which became maximal at 10 min and returned to basal level within 120 min. In contrast, Erk activity w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sinning R,Schliess F,Kubitz R,Häussinger D

更新日期：1997-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The pure lipoxygenase from reticulocytes converts 5,15-di-HETE at 2 degrees C to product(s) showing a characteristic UV spectrum with maxima of strong absorbance at 300 and 316 nm and shoulders at 285 and 350 nm. Their formation was completely prevented by the lipoxygenase inhibitors, ETYA and NDGA, by heating of the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kühn H,Wiesner R,Stender H

更新日期：1984-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of anaphylatoxin C3a on human neutrophils were studied in comparison with C5a. Both peptides induced a transient shape change response and a respiratory burst. In both cases C3a was 50- to 100-times less potent than C5a. A marked chemotactic response with bimodal concentration dependence was obtained with ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ehrengruber MU,Geiser T,Deranleau DA

更新日期：1994-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial amino acid sequence was obtained from the massive myofibrillar protein nebulin. This consists of repeating motifs of about 35 residues and super-repeats of 7 x 35 = 245 residues. The repeat-motifs are likely to be largely alpha-helical and to interact with both actin and tropomyosin in thin filaments. Nebulin ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Labeit S,Gibson T,Lakey A,Leonard K,Zeviani M,Knight P,Wardale J,Trinick J

更新日期：1991-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Many genes are regulated by the intracellular calcium, protein kinase C (PKC) and protein kinase A (PKA) pathways and it has been shown that these pathways synergize in some cell types, whereas they antagonize in others. Here we show that the calcium and PKC pathways suppress the effects mediated by the PKA pathway in...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Döbbeling U,Berchtold MW

更新日期：1996-08-05 00:00:00