Role for Bcl-xL as an inhibitor of cytosolic cytochrome C accumulation in DNA damage-induced apoptosis.

abstract：:Arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites derived from both cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX) pathways transduce a variety of signals related to cell growth. Here, we report that the AA LOX pathway also functions as a critical regulator of cell survival and apoptosis. Rat Walker 256 (W256) carcinosarcoma cells expre...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Tang DG,Chen YQ,Honn KV

更新日期：1996-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocytes in the atria contain a prohormone that gives rise to atrial natriuretic peptides (ANP), which have intrinsic hemodynamic regulatory activity. Little is known about mechanisms regulating ANP release. In rats with indwelling catheters, acute blood volume expansion with 5% (wt/vol) dextrose increases the amount ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zamir N,Haass M,Dave JR,Zukowska-Grojec Z

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inducer-mediated murine erythroleukemia cell (MELC) differentiation provides a model for examining factors determining terminal cell differentiation. The nuclear protein, p53, has been implicated as a potential determinant of cell cycle progression and cell differentiation. In this study p53 content and synthesis, dur...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Shen DW,Real FX,DeLeo AB,Old LJ,Marks PA,Rifkind RA

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino-terminal sequence determinations are reported of the subunits of biliproteins of prokaryotic unicellular and filamentous cyanobacteria and of eukaryotic unicellular red algae. The biliproteins examined, allophycocyanin, C-phycocyanin, R-phycocyanin, b-phycoerythrin, and phycoerythrocyanin, vary with respect to t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Glazer AN,Apell GS,Hixson CS,Bryant DA,Rimon S,Brown DM

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic helix-loop-helix transcriptional repressor Hairy-related transcription factor 2 (Hrt2) is expressed in ventricular, but not atrial, cardiomyocytes, and in endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. Mice homozygous for a null mutation of Hrt2 die perinatally from a spectrum of cardiac abnormalities, raisin...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Xin M,Small EM,van Rooij E,Qi X,Richardson JA,Srivastava D,Nakagawa O,Olson EN

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperativity in oligonucleotide-directed sequence-specific recognition of DNA by triple helix formation can be enhanced by the addition of discrete dimerization domains. The equilibrium association constants for cooperative binding of oligonucleotides that dimerize by Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds and occupy adjacent s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Distefano MD,Dervan PB

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the use of laminar flow of liquids in capillary systems to pattern the cell culture substrate, to perform patterned cell deposition, and to pattern the cell culture media. We demonstrate the patterning of the cell culture substrate with different proteins, the patterning of different types of cell...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Takayama S,McDonald JC,Ostuni E,Liang MN,Kenis PJ,Ismagilov RF,Whitesides GM

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is a soil fungus that causes life-threatening meningitis in immunocompromised patients and is a facultative intracellular pathogen capable of replication inside macrophages. The mechanism by which environmental fungi acquire and maintain virulence for mammalian hosts is unknown. We hypothe...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Steenbergen JN,Shuman HA,Casadevall A

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:5-enol-Pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSP synthase; phosphoenolpyruvate:3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase, EC 2.5.1.19) is an enzyme on the pathway toward the synthesis of aromatic amino acids in plants, fungi, and bacteria and is the target of the broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate. The three-dim...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Stallings WC,Abdel-Meguid SS,Lim LW,Shieh HS,Dayringer HE,Leimgruber NK,Stegeman RA,Anderson KS,Sikorski JA,Padgette SR,Kishore GM

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid construct expressing the p66 version of the human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase as a bacterial fusion protein was subjected to in vitro mutagenesis, and the resulting variant proteins were assayed to define the locations of the two major enzymatic activities. The DNA polymerase activity was lo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Prasad VR,Goff SP

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cloned complementary DNA sequence has been isolated from a human placental cDNA library in the bacteriophage expression vector lambda gt11 after screening with polyclonal antibodies against human placental aromatase-system cytochrome P-450 (P-450Arom). A single recombinant clone, lambda hAROM1, was characterized by ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Evans CT,Ledesma DB,Schulz TZ,Simpson ER,Mendelson CR

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD), characterized by cognitive decline, has emerged as a disease of synaptic failure. The present study reveals an unanticipated role of erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A4 (EphA4) in mediating hippocampal synaptic dysfunctions in AD and demonstrates that blockade of the ligand-binding dom...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fu AK,Hung KW,Huang H,Gu S,Shen Y,Cheng EY,Ip FC,Huang X,Fu WY,Ip NY

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Two mutants of Balb/c 3T3 cells defective in adhesiveness to substratum have been isolated. After exposure to a mutagen a cell population was treated with prostaglandin E1 and methylisobutylxanthine to elevate the cells 3':5'-cyclic AMP levels and adhesion to the substratum; then, loosley adherent cells were harvested...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pouysségur JM,Pastan I

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-base-pair region required for normal CYC1 mRNA 3' end formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was shown to be necessary for the termination of transcription in vivo by examining the stability of CEN3 plasmids. CEN3 plasmids were stably maintained during vegetative growth, unless a GAL1 transcript impinged on the CE...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Russo P,Sherman F

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondria are the major source of chronic oxidative stress, which has been implicated in the aging process. Along with other cellular changes, aged cells accumulate mutations in both their nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, and they contain increased amounts of oxidatively damaged mutagenic bases such as 7,8-di...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Szczesny B,Hazra TK,Papaconstantinou J,Mitra S,Boldogh I

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophilins are a family of proteins that bind cyclosporin A (CsA) and possess peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity. In addition, they are secreted by activated cells and act in a cytokine-like manner, presumably via signaling through a cell surface cyclophilin receptor. More recently, host-derived cyclophili...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sherry B,Zybarth G,Alfano M,Dubrovsky L,Mitchell R,Rich D,Ulrich P,Bucala R,Cerami A,Bukrinsky M

更新日期：1998-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout occurred, releasing more oil than any accidental spill in history. Oil release continued for 87 d and much of the oil and gas remained in, or returned to, the deep sea. A coral community significantly impacted by the spill was discovered in late 2010 at 1,370 m de...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fisher CR,Hsing PY,Kaiser CL,Yoerger DR,Roberts HH,Shedd WW,Cordes EE,Shank TM,Berlet SP,Saunders MG,Larcom EA,Brooks JM

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed two solid-phase reagent systems for microscopic visualization and characterization of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) receptors of melanoma cells. Multiple copies of [Nle-4,D-Phe-7]-alpha-MSH, a potent analog of alpha-MSH, were conjugated to microspheres (latex beads) or macrospheres (polyamide beads...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sharma SD,Jiang J,Hadley ME,Bentley DL,Hruby VJ

更新日期：1996-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Early members of the dinosaur-pterosaur clade Ornithodira are very rare in the fossil record, obscuring our understanding of the origins of this important group. Here, we describe an early ornithodiran (Kongonaphon kely gen. et sp. nov.) from the Mid-to-Upper Triassic of Madagascar that represents one of the smallest ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kammerer CF,Nesbitt SJ,Flynn JJ,Ranivoharimanana L,Wyss AR

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Starving Bacillus subtilis cells execute a gene expression program resulting in the formation of stress-resistant spores. Sporulation master regulator, Spo0A, is activated by a phosphorelay and controls the expression of a multitude of genes, including the forespore-specific sigma factor σ(F) and the mother cell-speci...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Narula J,Devi SN,Fujita M,Igoshin OA

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans who have inherited the class I major histocompatibility allele HLA-A29 have a markedly increased relative risk of developing the eye disease termed birdshot chorioretinopathy. This disease affecting adults is characterized by symmetrically scattered, small, cream-colored spots in the fundus associated with reti...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Szpak Y,Vieville JC,Tabary T,Naud MC,Chopin M,Edelson C,Cohen JH,Dausset J,de Kozak Y,Pla M

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:On illuminating chloroplasts with "short-wavelength" monochromatic light that supports oxygen evolution, spectral evidence was obtained for a new photoreactive chloroplast component, provisionally designated C550, which shows a reversible decrease of absorbance with a maximum at 550 mmu. The light-induced absorbance c...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Knaff DB,Arnon DI

更新日期：1969-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) ligand family has diverse effects on the CNS, including the modulation of the stress response. The ligands' effects are mediated by binding to CRF G protein-coupled receptors. We have determined the 3D NMR structure of the N-terminal extracellular domain (ECD1) of the mouse CRF...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Grace CR,Perrin MH,DiGruccio MR,Miller CL,Rivier JE,Vale WW,Riek R

更新日期：2004-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinguishing tumor from normal glandular breast tissue is an important step in breast-conserving surgery. Because this distinction can be challenging in the operative setting, up to 40% of patients require an additional operation when traditional approaches are used. Here, we present a proof-of-concept study to dete...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Calligaris D,Caragacianu D,Liu X,Norton I,Thompson CJ,Richardson AL,Golshan M,Easterling ML,Santagata S,Dillon DA,Jolesz FA,Agar NY

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective immunity against human schistosome infection develops slowly, for reasons that are not yet fully understood. For many decades, researchers have attempted to infer properties of the immune response from epidemiological studies, with mathematical models frequently being used to bridge the gap between immunolo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mitchell KM,Mutapi F,Savill NJ,Woolhouse ME

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV type 1 (HIV-1) specifically uses host cell tRNALys-3 as a primer for reverse transcription. The 3' 18 nucleotides of this tRNA are complementary to a region on the HIV RNA genome known as the primer binding site (PBS). HIV-1 has a strong preference for maintaining a lysine-specific PBS in vivo, and viral genomes w...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chan B,Musier-Forsyth K

更新日期：1997-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Ab initio multi-reference second-order perturbation theory computations are used to explore the photochemical behavior of two ion pairs constituted by a chloride counterion interacting with either a rhodopsin or bacteriorhodopsin chromophore model (i.e., the 4-cis-gamma-methylnona-2,4,6,8-tetraeniminium and all-trans-...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cembran A,Bernardi F,Olivucci M,Garavelli M

更新日期：2005-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The pivotal step on the mitochondrial pathway to apoptosis is permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) by oligomers of the B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) family members Bak or Bax. However, how they disrupt MOM integrity is unknown. A longstanding model is that activated Bak and Bax insert two α-helices, ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Westphal D,Dewson G,Menard M,Frederick P,Iyer S,Bartolo R,Gibson L,Czabotar PE,Smith BJ,Adams JM,Kluck RM

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with higher educational attainment live healthier and longer lives. However, not everyone benefits equally from higher education. In particular, the black-white gap in life expectancy is greater at higher levels of educational attainment. Furthermore, recent research suggests that disadvantaged African Ame...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Gaydosh L,Schorpp KM,Chen E,Miller GE,Harris KM

更新日期：2018-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a leading cause of corneal endothelial (CE) degeneration resulting in impaired visual acuity. It is a genetically complex and age-related disorder, with higher incidence in females. In this study, we established a nongenetic FECD animal model based on the physiologic outco...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liu C,Miyajima T,Melangath G,Miyai T,Vasanth S,Deshpande N,Kumar V,Ong Tone S,Gupta R,Zhu S,Vojnovic D,Chen Y,Rogan EG,Mondal B,Zahid M,Jurkunas UV

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00