Towards the molecular basis for the regulation of mitochondrial dehydrogenases by calcium ions.

abstract：:Partial obstruction of the rabbit bladder outlet induces a rapid hypertrophy characterized by increased bladder mass, increased smooth muscle content, and increased collagen deposition. In addition, partial outlet obstruction induces decreased contractile responses to both field stimulation and postsynaptic receptor s...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao Y,Chacko S,Levin RM

更新日期：1994-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate insulin action in muscle and adipose tissue in hepatic cirrhosis, a recently described animal model was used. Dimethylnitrosamine administration induced histologically proven cirrhosis. Contrary to expectation, muscle strips from cirrhotic rats displayed increased insulin sensitivity both with respect t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chowdhury SA,Taylor R

更新日期：1989-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nickel compounds are carcinogenic and induce malignant transformation of cultured cells. Since nickel has low mutagenic potential, it may act predominantly through epigenetic mechanisms, including down-regulation of tumor suppressor genes. FHIT is a tumor suppressor gene whose expression is frequently reduced or lost ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kowara R,Salnikow K,Diwan BA,Bare RM,Waalkes MP,Kasprzak KS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver-X-Receptor alpha (LXR-alpha) that belongs to nuclear receptor/transcriptional factor family has been recognized to play crucial role in the regulation of lipid metabolism and inflammation. Consequently, the present study was addressed to explore the functional genomics of LXR-alpha within human blood immunomodul...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kaul D,Gautam A,Sikand K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insoluble inclusion bodies of soluble leukemia inhibitory factor receptor fusion protein (gp 190 sol DAF) was solubilized in 8 M urea on the unfolding transitions, and several factors on the aggregate formation were indirectly analyzed for the refolding of gp 190 sol DAF. Results indicate that the refolding yield ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu H,Moreau JF,Gualde N,Fu J

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of 1-4 mumol l-1 isoproterenol cause both in right ventricular papillary muscles and in enzymatically isolated myocytes of the guinea-pig a Ca2+ overload-induced state which is functionally characterized by biphasic (multiphasic) twitches and biphasic (multiphasic) intracellular calcium transients, resp...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Löhn M,Szymanski G,Markwardt F

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E. coli ribosomal protein L12, because of its unique features, has been studied in more detail than perhaps any of the other ribosomal proteins. Unlike the other ribosomal proteins that are generally present in stoichiometric amounts, there are four copies of L12 per ribosome, some of which are acetylated on the N-ter...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Brot N,Weissbach H

更新日期：1981-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:When severe ischemia, such as that resulting from a sudden and complete coronary artery occlusion, is prolonged for more than 20-40 min, myocardial infarction develops, and there is irreversible loss of contractile function. When myocardial ischemia is less severe but nevertheless prolonged, the myocardium is dysfunct...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Heusch G,Schulz R

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ING proteins are tumor suppressors involved in the regulation of gene transcription, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and senescence. Here, we show that ING1b expression is upregulated by several DNA-damaging agents, in a p53-independent manner. ING1b stimulates DNA repair of a variety of DNA lesions requiring activation...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ceruti JM,Ogara MF,Menéndez C,Palmero I,Cánepa ET

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed to investigate the protective effects of 17β-estradiol (E2) and estrogen receptor α (ERα) on isoproterenol (ISO)-treated H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells. In the present study, we treated H9c2 cells with ISO, a β-adrenergic receptor agonist, to induce myocardiac hypertrophy. Pre-administration of ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pai P,Velmurugan BK,Kuo CH,Yen CY,Ho TJ,Lin YM,Chen YF,Lai CH,Day CH,Huang CY

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a purification procedure and some properties of a nonspecific nucleoside phosphotransferase of chick embryo, an activity which catalyzes the transfer of chick embryo, an activity which catalyzes the transfer of the phosphate ester from a deoxyribonucleotide or a pyrimidine ribonucleotide to a deox...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tesoriere G,Vento R,Calvaruso G,Taibi G

更新日期：1979-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac subtype of Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE-1) plays an important role in the regulation of intracellular pH (pHi) and also can be a major route for Na+ influx. Although intracellular ATP is required for the optimal function of NHE-1, the regulation of the exchanger by ATP is less well characterized. This study was d...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sugiyama S,Satoh H,Nomura N,Terada H,Watanabe H,Hayashi H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) interact with tubulin in vitro and in vivo. Despite that there is a large amount of information on the roles of these proteins in neurons, the data on non-neuronal MAPs or MAPs-related proteins is scarce. There is an increasing number of microtubule-interacting proteins that have...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vial C,Armas-Portela R,Avila J,González M,Maccioni RB

更新日期：1995-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of constitutive HSP-70 in the urinary bladder was determined by SDS-PAGE and western blotting using a mouse monoclonal antibody against HSP-70. The western blot analysis showed that the mouse anti-HSP-70 cross-reacted with a 70 kDa protein present in the extracts of the urinary bladder muscle and mucosa...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao Y,Levin RM,Monson FC,Chacko S

更新日期：1993-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy remains the core of anticancer treatment. However, despite the tremendous strides made in the development of targeted anticancer therapies, emergence of resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs is still a major obstacle in the successful management of resistant tumors. Therefore, profound investigation into t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Peng L,Zhu H,Wang J,Sui H,Zhang H,Jin C,Li L,Xu T,Miao R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to ambient particulate matter has been reported to be associated with increased rates of lung cancer. Previously we showed that total suspended particulate matter (PM) induces oxidative DNA damage in epithelial lung cells. The aim of the present study was to further investigate the mechanism of PM-induced DNA...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Knaapen AM,Shi T,Borm PJ,Schins RP

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of noradrenaline (NA) and its end metabolite 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) to modulate the chemotaxis of lymphocytes from a primary immunocompetent organ (thymus) and a secondary one (spleen) was investigated over a range of concentrations from 10(-12) M to 10(-5) M. Lymphocyte chemotaxis was eva...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： García JJ,del Carmen Sáez M,De la Fuente M,Ortega E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically significant occlusive vascular lesions contain more extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and lipid deposition than healthy vascular tissue. The events leading to this condition remain unresolved. One possibility is that ECM deposition may exceed ECM degradation which would contribute to the expansion of the ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wilson D,Massaeli H,Russell JC,Pierce GN,Zahradka P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skp2 is frequent amplified and overexpressed in breast cancer, making it a potential molecular target for cancer therapy. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of PPARγ overexpression on Skp2 expression in breast cancer cell lines. First, we investigated the role of PPARγ and Skp2 in human breast cance...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Meng J,Ding Y,Shen A,Yan M,He F,Ji H,Zou L,Liu Y,Wang Y,Lu X,Wang H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment of the brown-like phenotype in white adipocytes (browning) and activation of existing brown adipocytes are currently being investigated as a means to combat obesity. Thus, a wide variety of dietary agents that contribute to browning of white adipocytes have been identified. The present study was designed t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Parray HA,Yun JW

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly sensitive and specific synthetic substrates were used to quantitate cathepsin B and D activity in peritoneal macrophages in response to stimulation in vivo with mineral oil and thioglycollate. After intraperitoneal instillation of mineral oil the activity of cathepsin B increased significantly (to 15 300 units/...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lesser M,Chang JC,Orlowski M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cultures of skeletal muscle cells secrete plasminogen activator (PA) activity to the conditioning medium and display membrane-bound PA. Growth of these cells in culture in presence of 10(-7) M dexamethasone resulted in a marked reduction of the membranal and secreted PA activity. The hormone also reduced cytos...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mayer M,Finci Z,Chaouat M,Sasson S

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of lanthionine, a dehydroalanine crosslink, is associated with aging of the human lens and cataractogenesis. In this study we investigated whether modification of lens proteins by glutathione could proceed through an alternative pathway: that is, by the formation of a nonreducible thioether bond between prot...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Linetsky M,LeGrand RD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telocytes (TCs) are a novel cell type identified among interstitial cells in various organs. TCs are characterized by very long cell processes (tens to hundreds micrometres) named telopodes (Tps) with uneven calibre: dilations (podoms) and very thin segments (podomers). However, little is known about the factors which...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Enciu AM,Popescu LM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is designed to investigate the effect of myocardial preconditioning with oxidative stress induced by pyrogallol or H2O2, on ischaemia-reperfusion induced myocardial injury. Isolated perfused rat heart was subjected to global ischaemia for 30 min followed by reperfusion for 120 min. Coronary effluent ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sharma A,Singh M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in Indian females and is associated with infection with high risk Human papillomaviruses (HPVs). Curcumin (Diferuloyl methane), a chemopreventive agent, is a natural compound extracted from Curcuma longa that allows suppression of carcinogenesis. The objective of this study wa...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Singh M,Singh N

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes a comprehensive analysis of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based biosensor study of molecular interactions in the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) molecular axis. In this study, we focus on the interaction between the polypeptide growth factors IGF-I and IGF-II with six soluble IGF binding pro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Beattie J,Phillips K,Shand JH,Szymanowska M,Flint DJ,Allan GJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate estrogen's effect on age-related changes in bladder function. Female Wistar rats were divided into three groups that included young rats (3-month-old) (YR), old rats (13-month-old) (OR), and old rats given subcutaneous treatments of estradiol for 6 weeks (OR + E). The groups we...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Watanabe T,Matsumoto M,Toji S,Miyagawa I

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four situations in which membrane transport is altered by disease are discussed: (a) non-specific leaks induced by poreforming agents; (b) glucose transport and cellular stress; (c) Ca2+-ATPase and hypertension; (d) Na+ channels and HSV infection. ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pasternak CA

更新日期：1989-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To help resolve the controversy as to whether or not Na(+)-H+ exchange is functioning during reperfusion of the ischemic myocardium we assessed the effects of dimethylamiloride (DMA, an amiloride analogue possessing selectivity for inhibition of the Na(+)-H+ exchanger) on cardiac function and intracellular pH during i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Docherty JC,Yang L,Pierce GN,Deslauriers R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00