The cytostatic activity of 5-(1-azidovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (AzVDU) against herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene-transfected FM3A cells is due to inhibition of thymidylate synthase and enhanced by UV light (lambda = 254 nm) exposure.

abstract：:Arabidopsis thaliana L. produces flavonoid pigments, i.e. flavonols, anthocyanidins and proanthocyanidins, from dihydroflavonol substrates. A small family of putative flavonol synthase (FLS) genes had been recognized in Arabidopsis, and functional activity was attributed only to FLS1. Nevertheless, other FLS activitie...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Preuss A,Stracke R,Weisshaar B,Hillebrecht A,Matern U,Martens S

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that anthocyanins can function as potent inhibitors of the formation of nitrated tyrosine in vitro, and clarified how pelargonidin (Pel), which has a mono-hydroxyl group on the B-ring, can scavenge peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) by detection of the reaction products. Pel was reacted with ONOO(-), then the reaction mi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tsuda T,Kato Y,Osawa T

更新日期：2000-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular retinoic acid binding proteins (CRABPs) bind all-trans-retinoic acid (atRA) tightly. This study aimed to determine whether atRA is channeled directly to cytochrome P450 (CYP) CYP26B1 by CRABPs, and whether CRABPs interact directly with CYP26B1. atRA bound to CRABPs (holo-CRABP) was efficiently metabolized by ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nelson CH,Peng CC,Lutz JD,Yeung CK,Zelter A,Isoherranen N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For studying the role of Ser132 in the putative catalytic site of human lipoprotein lipase (LPL), mutant LPL cDNAs expressing LPLs with amino acid substitutions of Gly or Asn for Ser132 were obtained by site-directed mutagenesis, and were expressed in COS-1 cells. Considerable amounts of LPL enzyme protein mass were d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tashiro J,Kobayashi J,Shirai K,Saito Y,Fukamachi I,Hashimoto H,Nishida T,Shibui T,Morimoto Y,Yoshida S

更新日期：1992-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms underlying the association between fibroblastic growth factor 23 (FGF-23) and inflammation are uncertain. We found that FGF-23 was markedly up-regulated in LPS/INF-γ-induced proinflammatory M1 macrophages and Hyp mouse-derived peritoneal macrophages, but not in IL-4-induced M2 anti-inflammatory macrophages....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Han X,Li L,Yang J,King G,Xiao Z,Quarles LD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using specific antisera, the expression of the G protein alpha subunits, G8, G(i1), G(i2), G(i3) and G0, were determined in 3T3-F442A cells during their differentiation to adipocytes in a hormonally defined medium. Differentiation caused distinct increases in the expression of two Gs isoforms and decreases in the expr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kilgour E,Anderson NG

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly generated high-titer Semliki Forest virus (SFV) vectors can infect numerous mammalian cell lines and primary cell cultures, and result in high levels of transgene expression. SFV-based expression of transmembrane receptors has been characterized by specific ligand-binding activity and functional responses. Ada...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lundstrom K,Schweitzer C,Rotmann D,Hermann D,Schneider EM,Ehrengruber MU

更新日期：2001-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:APE-independent base excision repair (BER) pathway plays an important role in the regulation of DNA repair mechanisms. In this study it has been found that recently discovered tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (Tdp1) catalyzes the AP site cleavage reaction to generate breaks with the 3'- and 5'-phosphate termini. The re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lebedeva NA,Rechkunova NI,Lavrik OI

更新日期：2011-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the myotoxic drug chlorpromazine was studied in vitro on proteins of sarcoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial matrix of skeletal muscle in the normal mouse. Our results indicate that the drug is specific for calcium-binding proteins (calcium ATPase, calsequestrin and calmitine). Its proteolytic effect on...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lucas-Heron B,Le Ray B,Schmitt N

更新日期：1995-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We used cDNA microarray to identify transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) responsive target genes during osteoblast development and found that nephronectin (Npnt) is one such gene that is significantly down-regulated. Here we report the role of TGF-beta in regulating Npnt-mediated osteoblast differentiation. We f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fang L,Kahai S,Yang W,He C,Seth A,Peng C,Yang BB

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In kidney cortex tubules isolated from fed rabbits L-alanine is not utilized as glucose precursor, when added as a sole substrate. However, this amino acid decreases gluconeogenesis from low (up to 1 mM) 2-oxoglutarate concentrations and stimulates this process at higher (2.5-10 mM) ketoacid contents in the suspension...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zabłocki K,Bryła J

更新日期：1989-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine RANTES is a potent chemoattractant for eosinophils. RANTES is produced by lung epithelial cells during eosinophil-rich inflammatory diseases such as asthma. In this study, we examined the effects of thiazolidinediones (TZD) on RANTES expression in a human lung epithelial cell line, A549. In A549 cells, i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Momoi A,Murao K,Imachi H,Sayo Y,Nakamura H,Hosokawa H,Sato M,Fujita J,Okada H,Ishida T,Takahara J

更新日期：1999-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Insolubility in non-ionic detergents such as Triton X-100 is a widely used biochemical criterion for characterization of membrane domains. We report here a novel green fluorescent protein fluorescence-based approach to directly determine detergent insolubility of specific membrane proteins. We have applied this method...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kalipatnapu S,Chattopadhyay A

更新日期：2004-10-22 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：:Cyclooxygenases (COXs) are key enzymes in the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostanoids which are involved in apoptosis and inflammation. Two distinct COXs have been identified: COX-1 which is constitutively expressed and COX-2 which is induced by different products such as tumor promoters or growth factors. Pre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Moalic S,Liagre B,Corbière C,Bianchi A,Dauça M,Bordji K,Beneytout JL

更新日期：2001-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase in chick embryo retina reaches its highest values on the 8-10th day of development, then declines reaching the lowest value at hatching. The rate of DNA synthesis essentially follows this activity while, in contrast, nucleoside phosphotransferase increases progressively during development. Glucocortic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tesoriere G,Tesoriere L,Giuliano M,Vento R

更新日期：1983-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of the binding equilibrium for the interaction of alpha-actinin with F-actin is complicated by secondary reactions involving cross-linking and/or bundling of the actin filaments. To quantitate the initial binding event, we studied the interaction of the bacterially expressed actin-binding domain (ABD) of c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kuhlman PA,Ellis J,Critchley DR,Bagshaw CR

更新日期：1994-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of the coenzyme Q (CoQ) pool in the inner mitochondrial membrane is reviewed in view of recent findings suggesting a supramolecular organization of the mitochondrial respiratory complexes. In spite of the structural evidence for preferential aggregations of the inner membrane components, most kinetic evid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lenaz G

更新日期：2001-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Inborn errors of the urea cycle, liver malfunction and drug-induced hepatotoxicity are causes of life-threatening encephalopathies arising from hyperammonemia. L-Carnitine prevented entirely ammonia toxicity in mice when injected intraperitoneally 30 min before a lethal dose of ammonium acetate. Survival depends on th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： O'Connor JE,Costell M,Grisolía S

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Helical filaments of bacterial flagella are built up by a self-assembly process from thousands of flagellin subunits. To clarify how the disordered terminal regions of flagellin interact upon filament formation, polymerization ability of various terminally truncated fragments was investigated. Fragments deprived of 19...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gugolya Z,Muskotál A,Sebestyén A,Diószeghy Z,Vonderviszt F

更新日期：2003-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Foot-and-mouth disease virus leader proteinase (L(pro)), a papain-like cysteine proteinase, has six acidic amino acids between 4 A and 11 A of the catalytic dyad of Cys51 and His148. In contrast, in papain and related enzymes, only one acidic residue lies within this distance. We have examined by site-directed mutagen...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kronovetr J,Skern T

更新日期：2002-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 2 signal via different receptor systems. We have recently demonstrated that simultaneous stimulation of fetal mouse neuroepithelial cells with these distinct types of cytokines synergistically induces astrocyte differentiation in a 2-day culture. He...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakashima K,Yanagisawa M,Arakawa H,Taga T

更新日期：1999-08-20 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：:ZAP-70 is a protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) that plays a critical role in T cell activation. To study the role of ZAP-70 catalytic activity in this process, a substrate capable of distinguishing between the activities of ZAP-70 and other PTKs would be useful, especially since it has recently been shown that ZAP-70 inter...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Watts JD,Brabb T,Bures EJ,Wange RL,Samelson LE,Aebersold R

更新日期：1996-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrolysis of GTP, bound to members of the G-protein superfamily, terminates their downstream signaling activity. A conserved glutamine serves a critical role in this pivotal guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) reaction. However, the role of the catalytic glutamine in GTP hydrolysis is still not well understood. We have...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zor T,Andorn R,Sofer I,Chorev M,Selinger Z

更新日期：1998-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that p21-activated kinase 1 (Pak1) phosphorylates estrogen receptor-alpha (ER alpha) at Ser 305 and also promotes its transactivation function. Here, we sought to investigate whether substitution of serine 305 in ER with glutamic acid (ER alpha-S305E), which mimics the phosphorylation state, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Balasenthil S,Barnes CJ,Rayala SK,Kumar R

更新日期：2004-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral deposition of 40-42 residue amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) is a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. Cathepsin D is possibly involved in the intracellular clearance of Abeta (Hamazaki, H. (1996) FEBS Lett., in press). The present work shows that cathepsin D hydrolyzes wild-type Abeta 20 times faster than ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hamazaki H

更新日期：1996-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Titin is a giant protein which extends from Z-line to M-line in striated muscles. We report here the purification of a 150-kDa titin fragment, obtained after V8 protease treatment of myofibrils. This polypeptide was located at the N1-line level, in a titin part known to exhibit stiff properties correlated to an associ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Astier C,Raynaud F,Lebart MC,Roustan C,Benyamin Y

更新日期：1998-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of rat testis carbonyl reductase (rCR1) and rat ovary carbonyl reductase (rCR2) are 98% identical, differing only at amino acids 140, 141, 143, 235 and 238. Despite such strong sequence identity, we find that rCR1 and rCR2 have different catalytic constants for metabolism of menadione and 4-benzoyl-pyrid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sciotti MA,Tam S,Wermuth B,Baker ME

更新日期：2006-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylated sites of calf thymus H2B histone were investigated with a catalytic fragment of 72 kDa protein-tyrosine kinase (p72syk). Three of five tyrosine residues in H2B histone can be phosphorylated by this kinase. In this analysis, H2B histone was thoroughly phosphorylated in vitro with [gamma-32P]ATP and the k...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sakai K,Tanaka Y,Asahi M,Shimomura R,Taniguchi T,Hashimoto E,Yamamura H

更新日期：1991-12-02 00:00:00