Thrombolytic properties of an inactive proenzyme form of human urokinase secreted from human kidney cells.

abstract：:In this study, we measured hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) release as one of the functions of mature eosinophils, and utilized it as a quantitative index. We demonstrated that 1) the human eosinophilic leukemia cell line, EoL-1, did not release H2O2 when stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), but after culturing wi...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ohtsu H,Yamauchi K,Yoshie O,Tanno Y,Saito H,Hayashi N,Takishima T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the assembly of the first sarcomeres in chicken embryos by confocal microscopy of immunofluorescently stained whole mount rudiments of early chicken hearts isolated around the onset of beating. In embryos with merely 9 somites, myomesin was found to be present in a cross striated pattern, indicating th...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Auerbach D,Rothen-Ruthishauser B,Bantle S,Leu M,Ehler E,Helfman D,Perriard JC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact reaction is the morphological expression of allogeneic recognition by hemocytes in the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi; namely they undergo an exocytotic burst upon contact with non-self (allogeneic) hemocytes in vitro. We have found that contact reaction is accompanied by a burst of cyanide-insensitive oxygen c...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Akita N,Hoshi M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Cofilin is an essential actin-regulating protein widely distributed in all eucaryotes. The structure and function of cofilin are conserved during evolution. 2. Cofilin depolymerizes F-actin in vitro at alkaline pH and severs F-actin in vitro at pH lower than 7.3. Overexpression of cofilin in viable cells induced bu...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Yahara I,Aizawa H,Moriyama K,Iida K,Yonezawa N,Nishida E,Hatanaka H,Inagaki F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that mouse L.P3 cells secrete fibronectin and a novel protein, gelatin-non-binding and heparin-binding cell-adhesive protein (GNCP). Here, we screened and characterized cell-adhesive proteins in the conditioned media (CM's) of a series of cell lines growing in a protein- and lipid-free synthet...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Morita H,Yasumitsu H,Watanabe Y,Miyazaki K,Umeda M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated simultaneous measurement of the membrane potential and cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) by utilizing a dual-laser flow cytometer in embryonic rat hippocampal cell suspensions. Veratrine, a Na+ channel activator, induced both membrane depolarization and elevation of [Ca2+]i. These acti...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Mitsumoto Y,Mohri T

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High voltage electric pulses, 1000 V/cm, were found to induce cell fusion efficiently when delivered to cells growing in a monolayer culture. The maximum yield of fused cells was about 30% of cells remaining after treatment. Colonies of interspecies hybrid cells between mouse and others also appeared with a frequency ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ishizaki K,Chang HR,Eguchi T,Ikenaga M

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) were changed in their morphology, proliferative activity, and functions by culturing on type I collagen gel, as compared to the culture on polystyrene surface. HSCs have been found to produce extracellular matrix components and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In this study, we have asse...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Li YL,Sato M,Kojima N,Miura M,Senoo H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of VAMP8/endobrevin in constitutive exocytosis, we have examined the exocytotic pathways of VAMP8 and human growth hormone, both GFP-tagged, by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRF-M). Human GH-GFP and VAMP8-GFP were similarly expressed in small round vesicles and elongated tubu...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Okayama M,Arakawa T,Tanimura A,Mizoguchi I,Tajima Y,Takuma T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that contains an integrated copy of a Xenopus cyclin A1 gene under the control of the GAL1 promoter has been constructed. On inducing expression of cyclin A1, the nuclear migration that occurs prior to division becomes aberrant. Instead of migrating to the neck between the mother c...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sikder H,Funakoshi M,Nishimoto T,Kobayashi H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tenascin-C is an oligomeric glycoprotein of the extracellular matrix that has been found to have both adhesive and anti-adhesive properties for cells. Recent elucidation of the two major TNC splice variants (320 kDa and 220 kDa) has shed light on the possibility of varying functions of the molecule based on its splici...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ghert MA,Qi WN,Erickson HP,Block JA,Scully SP

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Golgi stress response is a homeostatic mechanism that controls the capacity of the Golgi apparatus in accordance with cellular demands. When the capacity of the Golgi apparatus becomes insufficient (Golgi stress), transcription levels of Golgi-related genes encoding glycosylation enzymes, a Golgi structural protei...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Taniguchi M,Sasaki-Osugi K,Oku M,Sawaguchi S,Tanakura S,Kawai Y,Wakabayashi S,Yoshida H

更新日期：2016-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly prepared phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) conjugates of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) enabled us to immobilize GAGs to solid phase through hydrophobic interaction. Using these compounds, called GAG-PEs, we studied the effects of GAGs immobilized to culture plates coated with various extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kato S,Sugiura N,Kimata K,Kujiraoka T,Toyoda J,Akamatsu N

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous types of cancer cells migrate into extracellular tissues. This phenomenon is termed invasion, and is associated with poor prognosis in cancer patients. In this study, we demonstrated that filamin B (FLNb), an actin-binding protein, is highly expressed in cancer cell lines that exhibit high invasiveness, with ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Iguchi Y,Ishihara S,Uchida Y,Tajima K,Mizutani T,Kawabata K,Haga H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that in PC12 and its subclone PC12h treatment of the cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) induces a selective decrease in the incorporation of radioactive phosphate into a 100,000-dalton protein, designated in an earlier study as Nsp100, in the subsequent phosphorylation of soluble extracts from cell...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hashimoto S,Hagino A

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmuscle myosin II activity is regulated by phosphorylation of the myosin II regulatory light chain (MRLC) at Ser19 or at both Thr18 and Ser19, and the phosphorylation of MRLC promotes the contractility and stability of actomyosin. To analyze the states of MRLC phosphorylation at the leading edge in the motile HeLa c...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Uchimura T,Fumoto K,Yamamoto Y,Ueda K,Hosoya H

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant progress has been made toward our understanding of the basic principle of nucleocytoplasmic transport, and the structure of transport factors, as well as the diversity of nucleocytoplasmic transport pathways. This review outlines the current knowledge of transport, and discusses the problems that remain as...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Imamoto N

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial tubules, consisting of the epithelial cell sheet with a central lumen, are the basic structure of many organs. Mechanical forces play an important role in epithelial tubulogenesis; however, little is known about the mechanisms controlling the mechanical forces during epithelial tubule morphogenesis. Solo (a...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Nishimura R,Kato K,Fujiwara S,Ohashi K,Mizuno K

更新日期：2018-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The proto-oncogene c-myc is a multifunctional gene that regulates cell division, cell growth, and apoptosis. Here we report a new function of c-myc: induction of autophagy. Autophagy is a bulk degradation system for intracellular proteins. Autophagy proceeds with characteristic morphologies, which begins with the form...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Tsuneoka M,Umata T,Kimura H,Koda Y,Nakajima M,Kosai K,Takahashi T,Takahashi Y,Yamamoto A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the cytotoxic mechanism of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), we isolated TNF-resistant sublines of L929 cells. As compared with L929 cells, TNF-resistant cells retained similar number and affinity of TNF-binding sites, and showed a similar growth rate. TNF stimulated arachidonate release from L929 cells, while...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hayakawa M,Oku N,Takagi T,Hori T,Shibamoto S,Yamanaka Y,Takeuchi K,Tsujimoto M,Ito F

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo structure of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) was visualized in rat and mouse cerebellar Purkinje cells by using quick-freezing techniques followed by freeze-substitution for ultrathin-sectioning or freeze-fracturing and deep-etching for replicas. High magnification electron microscopy of the ultrathi...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kanaseki T,Ikeuchi Y,Tashiro Y

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ETS family of transcription factors is defined by a conserved DNA-binding ETS domain that forms a winged helix-turn-helix structural motif. This family of transcription factors is involved in a diverse array of biological functions including cellular growth and differentiation, as well as organ development. Among ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sato Y

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have revealed various biological functions for repetitive sequences, which make up about half of the human genome. One such sequence, major satellites, which are tandem repetitive sequences adjacent to the centromere, have been shown to be a kinetochore component that plays a role in the formation and f...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kishi Y,Kondo S,Gotoh Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of kinase inhibitors on the preprophase band of microtubules in onion (Allium cepa L.) root tip cells were examined. Bundled microtubules in preprophase bands were dispersed on the cell cortex when onion seedlings were incubated with 2.5-5.0 mM 6-dimethylaminopurine. Fifteen min was enough for the bundled micr...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Nogami A,Mineyuki Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of fluorescent proteins (FPs) has revolutionized cell biology. The fusion of targeting sequences to FPs enables the investigation of cellular organelles and their dynamics; however, occasionally, such fluorescent fusion proteins (FFPs) exhibit behavior different from that of the native proteins. Here, we...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kashiwagi S,Fujioka Y,Satoh AO,Yoshida A,Fujioka M,Nepal P,Tsuzuki A,Aoki O,Paudel S,Sasajima H,Ohba Y

更新日期：2019-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the importance of vitamin A in the human immune system and the central role of interleukin-2 (IL-2) in the proliferation of T-lymphocytes, we examined the effects of all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) on the protein and gene expression of IL-2 in the human T-cell line HUT-78 when stimulated with either 12-O-tet...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Goto S,Okada N,Kaneko A,Isemura M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cells possess antithrombotic properties, which are determined by the balance between plasminogen activators (PAs) and PA inhibitors (PAls). A cell line, TKM-33, has been established and cloned from human umbilical vein endothelial cells, was previously reported to produce a large amount of urokina...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ueshima S,Matsumoto H,Izaki S,Mitsui Y,Fukao H,Okada K,Matsuo O

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of surface materials of cells on the behavior of other neighboring cells in a crowded culture, confluent sheets of rat 3Y1 fibroblasts were fixed and then 3Y1 cells were seeded on to them. Among confluent sheets unfixed, fixed with formalin and fixed with ethanol and an empty plastic dish surface,...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Okuda A,Sasaki M,Kimura G

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of DNA ligase, I and II, have been purified approximately 4,000-fold from mouse testes and 500-fold from nuclei of mouse spermatocytes. DNA ligase I and II consisted of single polypeptides with molecular weights of 95,000 and 65,000, respectively, according to the estimation by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electro...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Higashitani A,Tabata S,Endo H,Hotta Y

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When human erythroleukemia cells (K562) were exposed to phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), phosphorylation of transferrin receptors was enhanced 5-fold with 10(-7) M PMA and 7-fold with 10(-6) M PMA, but not with 4 alpha-phorbol (5 X 10(-7) M). Stimulation took place in serine residues in the cytoplasmic domain of...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kohno H,Taketani S,Tokunaga R

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00