Inhibitory effect of dideoxyforskolin on cell death induced by ricin, modeccin, diphtheria toxin, and Pseudomonas toxin in MDCK cells.

abstract：:Many studies on in vitro transformation of human cells indicate that the cells must be immortalized before they can be neoplastically transformed, indicating that immortalization is a critical step in multistep neoplastic transformation of human cells. We immortalized three human cell lines by repeated treatment with ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Mihara K,Iijima M,Kondo T,Namba M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple type I and II hair keratins are expressed in hair-forming cells but the role of each protein in hair fiber formation remains obscure. In this study, recombinant proteins of human type I hair keratins (K35, K36 and K38) and type II hair keratins (K81 and K85) were prepared using bacterial expression systems. T...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Honda Y,Koike K,Kubo Y,Masuko S,Arakawa Y,Ando S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD9 and CD63 belong to a tetramembrane-spanning glycoprotein family called tetraspanin, and are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes, but the structure-function relationship of this family of proteins has yet to be clarified. CD9 associates with diphtheria toxin receptor (DTR), which is identical to the me...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Ryu F,Takahashi T,Nakamura K,Takahashi Y,Kobayashi T,Shida S,Kameyama T,Mekada E

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Cultured hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are known to change their morphology and function with respect to the production of extracellular matrices (ECMs) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in response to ECM components. We examined the regulatory role of the native form of type I collagen fibrils in pro-MMP-2 product...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Wang DR,Sato M,Li LN,Miura M,Kojima N,Senoo H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cofilin, a 21kDa actin-binding protein, binds to F-actin in a 1:1 molar ratio of cofilin to actin molecule (Nishida, E., S. Maekawa, and H. Sakai, Biochemistry, 23, 5307-5313, 1984) and is capable of controlling actin polymerization and depolymerization in vitro in a pH-sensitive manner (Yonezawa, N., E. Nishida, and ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Yonezawa N,Nishida E,Koyasu S,Maekawa S,Ohta Y,Yahara I,Sakai H

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) was highly purified from the serum-free culture medium of RSP -2 X P3 cells. The G-CSF had an apparent molecular weight of 33,000 as determined by high speed gel permeation chromatography, but its molecular weight was decreased to 15,000 by 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate. A...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Tsuneoka K,Shikita M

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle contraction is regulated by a complex of five polypeptides which are stably associated with the actin filament. This complex consists of two proteins: troponin with three subunits (TnC; TnI and TnT) and tropomyosin (a dimer of two chains). Using deletion mutants of TnC, TnI and TnT we determined that e...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Reinach FC,Farah CS,Monteiro PB,Malnic B

更新日期：1997-02-01 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 amount of free calcium in the cytoplasm is important in stimulation coupled with a number of cellular functions. The putative ionophoretic action of membrane lipid metabolites on Ca2+ offers convenient explanation of the stimulation-coupled mobilization of cytoplasmic Ca2+. To analyze the ionophoretic action of th...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Utsumi K,Nobori K,Terada S,Miyahara M,Utsumi T

更新日期：1985-12-01 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：: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：:Addition of hemin to the nuclear reconstitution system of Xenopus interphase egg extract using sperm head chromatin resulted in abnormal pseudonuclei exhibiting flattened membrane patches randomly distributed both on the surface and inside the nuclei. The structures that resembled nuclear pores were observed on these ...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Nishiyama R,Ikami M,Yamao F,Tsuchida S,Yagura T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis revealed two protein spots, a (molecular weight 70,000, pI 4.6) and b (molecular weight 69,000, pI 4.4) in PC-12 cells (rat pheochromocytoma cells). When the cells were induced to differentiate with nerve growth factor, the amount of protein in spot a, and later spot b increased wit...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Noguchi S,Muramatsu T,Koike T

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco BY-2 cells were synchronized by an aphidicolin treatment, and their beta-tubulin isoforms and their mRNA were analyzed by Western, Northern and dot blottings. The relative ratio of the beta-tubulin isoforms changed with the progress of cell cycle stage. By Northern blot hybridization of poly(A)+RNAs with a clo...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Nishimura M,Tanigaki C,Okamura S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ran is a nuclear Ras-like GTPase that is required for various nuclear events including the bi-directional transport of proteins and ribonucleoproteins through the nuclear pore complex, spindle formation, and reassembly of the nuclear envelope. One of the key regulators of Ran is RanGAP1, a Ran specific GTPase activati...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Takeda E,Hieda M,Katahira J,Yoneda Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substance in sperm which induces the activation of eggs at fertilization has yet to be elucidated. Osawa et al. reported that the soluble extract of sperm (spex) causes inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-induced Ca2+ release (IICR) in fertilized eggs of sea urchins when externally applied [Osawa et al., (1992). Zo...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Osawa M

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:Retinoids (retinoic acid and its analogs) are widely involved in the control of cell proliferation, cell differentiation and embryonic development. A series of potent and novel synthetic retinoids named retinobenzoic acids has been developed. Retinobenzoic acids have proven to be useful tools in the investigation of t...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hashimoto Y

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fine structural localization of albumin in rat liver parenchymal cells was determined by an improved immunocytochemical method and serial sectioning. Albumin in the secretory apparatus of the parenchymal cells was present in segments of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, interrupted with negative segments, in transp...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Yokota S,Fahimi DH

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) by tetravalent concanavalin A (alpha-ConA) induces membrane depolarization preceding the onset of superoxide anion (O2-) production. Both divalent and monovalent ConA analogues were studied to evaluate the role of valence. Monovalent ConA (m-ConA) was inactive in stimu...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Kuroki M,Kamo N,Kobatake Y,Abe Y,Ishii S

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two monoclonal antibodies against alpha-tubulin (YL1/2 and D2D6) were microinjected into the egg of the sand dollar Clypeaster japonicus, and their effects on cleavage of the egg were investigated. They had already been shown by immunoblotting to react specifically with egg tubulin and by immunofluorescence to stain t...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Oka MT,Arai T,Hamaguchi Y

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：:Murine tracheal epithelial cell lines, TM01 and TM02-3, were established from a primary culture of tracheal cells of adult transgenic mice bearing a temperature-sensitive simian virus (SV40) large T-antigen gene. Both TM01 and TM02-3 cells, which grew until confluent monolayers were formed, maintained tight contact wi...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Sugiyama N,Tabuchi Y,Numata F,Uchida Y,Horiuchi T,Ishibashi K,Ono S,Obinata M,Furusawa M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staurosporine has been reported to cause arrest of cells in G1 phase at low concentration and in G2 phase at high concentration. This raises the question of why the effects of staurosporine on the cell cycle depend on the applied concentration. In order to verify these multiple functions of staurosporine in Meth-A cel...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Zong ZP,Fujikawa-Yamamoto K,Li AL,Yamaguchi N,Chang YG,Murakami M,Odashima S,Ishikawa Y

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hepatocytes were cultured on collagen gel in serum-free, alpha-modified Eagle's minimum essential medium containing 0.1 microM insulin, 0.1 microM dexamethasone, 10 mM pyruvate and supplements such as glucagon, epinephrine or growth hormone. The activities of alkaline phosphatase, 5'-nucleotidase and gamma-glu...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Horiuti Y,Yano K,Shibuya Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of heavy ion microbeams on muscle fibers isolated from mouse skeletal muscles were examined by electron microscopy. The plasma membranes of heavy ion beam-irradiated areas of muscle fibers showed irregular protrusions and invaginations. In the cytoplasm, an irregular distribution of microfilaments was foun...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Hino M,Wada S,Tajika Y,Morimura Y,Hamada N,Funayama T,Sakashita T,Kakizaki T,Kobayashi Y,Yorifuji H

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Spindle pole bodies (SPBs) attached to nuclei were isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae; they nucleated microtubules to form asters in vitro. This aster-forming activity was stable in 30% dimethylsulfoxide or 10% 2-propanol and could be solubilized with KCl. The KCl extract contained many protein components, which a...

journal_title：Cell structure and function

authors： Yamamoto A,Nagai K,Yamasaki M,Matsuhashi M

更新日期：1990-08-01 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