Is cysteine residue important in FITC-sensitive ATP-binding site of P-type ATPases? A commentary to the state of the art.

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to compare energy substrate fluxes through metabolic pathways leading to mitochondrial citrate synthesis and release in normal and diseased rat hearts using 13C-substrates and mass isotopomer analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). This study was prompted by our ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vincent G,Khairallah M,Bouchard B,Des Rosiers C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preparation of UDP-GalNAc:sialosyl lactosylceramide N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase (E.C. 2.4.1.92) obtained from 14-day chick embryo brain was delipidated partially by treatment with cold acetone in the presence of varying amounts of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). The lipid content and the enzyme activity of the...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cortassa S,Maccioni HJ

更新日期：1989-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in lipid metabolism and genetic predisposition are major risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Variations in genes involved in lipid metabolism may act synergistically to confer risk or protection against CAD. The objective of the present study was to determine such interactions in variants of ap...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rai TS,Khullar M,Sehrawat BS,Ahuja M,Sharma PK,Vijayvergiya R,Grover A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence and expression of gene encoding the Ca(2+)-binding protein regucalcin in various species and tissues were investigated with Southern and Northern hybridization analyses using regucalcin cDNA (0.9 kb of open reading frame). Genomic Southern hybridization analysis demonstrated that regucalcin gene was wide...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shimokawa N,Isogai M,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：1995-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Reviews on the pathogenic mechanisms of Shigella species show a lacunae in the understanding of the bacterial antioxidant defense system and its regulations. This study was done to investigate the regulation of expression of antioxidant enzymes in clinical isolates of Shigella species, under various growth conditions....

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Prakash R,Devaraj H,Devaraj SN

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic acid administration, which depletes liver glycogen, leads to an increase of both pyruvate kinase L and phosphoenolypyruvate carboxykinase in liver by a factor of nearly two. The former is not prevented by either cycloheximide or actinomycin D. L-Cysteine, an allosteric inhibitor of pyruvate kinase L, favors ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Moreno FJ,Benito M,Sánchez-Medina F,Medina JM,Mayor F

更新日期：1976-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:S-glutathionylation, the formation of mixed disulfides of glutathione with cysteine residues of proteins, is a broadly observed physiological modification that occurs in response to oxidative stress. Since cysteine residues are particularly susceptible to oxidative modification by reactive oxygen species, S-glutathion...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Leonberg AK,Chai YC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure in obtaining expression of functional adrenocorticotropic hormone receptor (ACTHR, or melanocortin 2 receptor, MC2R) in non-adrenal cells has hindered molecular analysis of ACTH signaling pathways. Here, we ectopically expressed the mouse ACTHR in Balb/c mouse 3T3 fibroblasts to analyze ACTH signaling pathways...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Forti FL,Dias MH,Armelin HA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction is one of the most important pathological events during the development of several diabetic complications including stroke. The aim of this work was to investigate the role of actin depolymerizing factor (ADF) in advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs)-induced impairment in mouse brain microvascu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu X,Zhang R,Di H,Zhao D,Wang J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid repair of gastric mucosa is critical upon exposure to injurious agents. Intestinal trefoil factor (ITF) is a member of the trefoil factor family domain peptides, which play an important role in the cytoprotection of gastric epithelium. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms that are responsible for ITF...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lin J,Sun Z,Zhang W,Liu H,Shao D,Ren Y,Wen Y,Cao L,Wolfram J,Yang Z,Nie S

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:Early responses of lungs to a single radiation dose of 30 Gy were marked by an inflammatory reaction and the onset of pneumonitis within 4 weeks following hemithorax radiation in the rat. Superoxide dismutase reduced the severity of radiation lesions in lungs. ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Malaker K,Das RM

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we investigated the effects of retinoic acid (RA) in Sertoli cells. Sertoli cells isolated from 15-day-old Wistar rats were previously cultured for 48 h and then treated with RA for 24 h. RA at high doses (1-10 microM) increased TBARS levels and induced a decrease in cell viability. At low doses (0.1-100 ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Conte da Frota ML Jr,Gomes da Silva E,Behr GA,Roberto de Oliveira M,Dal-Pizzol F,Klamt F,Moreira JC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Asparaginase activity reaches maximal values at the stationary phase of growth of Tetrahymena pyriformis and fluctuates upon the growth conditions and the composition of the medium. Most of the L-asparaginase activity (80%) is associated with the endoplasmic reticulum, and the remaining with the pellicles. Detergent...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Triantafillou DJ,Georgatsos JG,Kyriakidis DA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of D-glucose was characterized in both normal dispersed rat islet cells and the 2-mercaptoethanol-dependent insulin-secreting cells of the INS-1 line. The normal and tumoral islet cells differed from one another by the relative magnitude, concentration dependency and hierarchy of the increase in the pro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Nadi AB,Olivares E,Malaisse WJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest JAK2 signaling may be a therapeutic target for treatment of gastric cancer (GC). However, the exact roles of JAK2 in gastric carcinogenesis are not very clear. Here, we have targeted JAK2 to be silenced by shRNA and investigated the biological functions and related mechanisms of JAK2 in GC cell ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Qian C,Yao J,Wang J,Wang L,Xue M,Zhou T,Liu W,Si J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Winter survival for many insect species relies on the ability to endure the freezing of extracellular body fluids. Because freezing impedes oxygen delivery to tissues, one component of natural freeze tolerance is a well-developed anoxia/ischemia resistance. The present study explores the responses of the hypoxia-induc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Morin P Jr,McMullen DC,Storey KB

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo ameliorative antioxidant potential of secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG). In vitro antioxidant activity of synthetic SDG was carried out using DPPH, reducing power potency, and DNA protection assays. Wistar albino rats weighing 180-220 g were used...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Moree SS,Rajesha J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase D by purine nucleotides and protein kinase A were studied in vitro using an enzyme preparation partially purified from the membranous fraction of 7721 hepatocarcinoma cells. It was found that the enzyme activity was elevated by low concentrations of some pur...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Huang Y,Zhang XY,Liu F,Chen HL

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac muscle development is characterised by the activation of contractile protein genes and subsequent modulation of expression resulting, ultimately, in the formation of a mature four-chambered organ. Myocardial gene expression is also altered in the adult in response to pathological stimuli and this is thought to...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Barton PJ,Felkin LE,Koban MU,Cullen ME,Brand NJ,Dhoot GK

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dramatic segregation of the nucleolar components in winter-acclimatized carp is the most striking cellular-phenotypical feature observed during the seasonal adaptation of this fish toward the circannual changes in its habitat. Our studies also show that the carp habitat temperature and photoperiod winter condition...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Alvarez M,Kausel G,Figueroa J,Vera MI

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of ErbB4 receptor is correlated with the incidence of non-metastatic types of human cancers, whereas the overexpression of other ErbB receptor families (ErbB1/EGFR, ErbB2 and ErbB3) is correlated to the formation of metastatic tumors. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this phenomenon has been uncl...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yumoto N,Yu X,Hatakeyama M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined a possibility whether or not severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis may associate with degree of local inflammation in relation to endothelial dysfunction as is indicated by reduced NO formation. Blood samples were obtained from aortic root (Ao) and coronary sinus (CS) of 39 patients who unde...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Matsubara T,Ishibashi T,Hori T,Ozaki K,Mezaki T,Tsuchida K,Nasuno A,Kubota K,Tanaka T,Miida T,Aizawa Y,Nishio M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrin has significant growth and metabolic effects on colonic mucosal cells. It is, however, not known if gastrin receptors are present on colonic mucosal cells that may directly mediate the reported biological effects of gastrin. In the present studies, the presence of specific gastrin binding sites on colonic muco...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Narayan S,Chicione L,Singh P

更新日期：1992-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:GD3, a minor ganglioside in most normal tissues, is involved in important biological events and its expression could increase in pathological conditions. Organism integrity requires a tight balance between the anabolic and catabolic processes, thus it is important to control the intracellular expression of those "key"...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rimoldi S,Papis E,Bernardini G,Prati M,Gornati R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the effect of diabetes mellitus on atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) receptors in streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced diabetic rat kidneys was studied. Moreover, plasma ANP concentration was evaluated in diabetic and control rats by using radioimmunoassay. In addition, the expression of ANP in the kidneys of c...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Obineche EN,Adeghate E,Chandranath IS,Benedict S,Al Gafri LS,Adem A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Two different molecular forms of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase were isolated from human serum; a major component (Peak I enzyme) with a molecular weight of 368000 and with a higher specific activity and a minor component (Peak II enzyme) with a molecular weight of 188000 and with a lower specific activity. 2. Both form...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ikeno T,Hashimoto S,Kuzuya H,Nagatsu T

更新日期：1977-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether fibronectin preparations from both chicken plasma and cell surface of fibroblasts can promote phagocytosis of gelatin-coated latex particles. Chicken plasma fibronectin was isolated (a) by ammonium sulfate fractionation, chromatography on Sepharose-4B followed...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Marquette D,Molnar J,Yamada K,Schlesinger D,Darby S,Van Alten P

更新日期：1981-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:CDK11(p58), a G2/M-specific protein kinase, has been shown to be associated with apoptosis in many cell lines, with largely unknown mechanisms. Our previous study proved that CDK11(p58)-enhanced cycloheximide (CHX)-induced apoptosis in SMMC-7721 hepatocarcinoma cells. Here we report for the first time that ectopic exp...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yun X,Wu Y,Yao L,Zong H,Hong Y,Jiang J,Yang J,Zhang Z,Gu J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) is a key factor in the production of angiotensin II and in the degradation of bradykinin. Chronic exposure to high levels of circulating and tissue ACE predispose to vascular wall thickening and atherosclerosis. Factor VII (FACTOR VII) is the first enzyme in the extrinsic pathwa...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sobti RC,Maithil N,Thakur H,Sharma Y,Talwar KK

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00