Oxidative DNA damage by a metabolite of carcinogenic and reproductive toxic nitrobenzene in the presence of NADH and Cu(II).

abstract：:Protein Z was purified from rabbit liver cytosol by affinity chromatography on oleic acid-agarose and preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. After removal of sodium dodecyl sulfate, the renatured protein was found to bind heme and bilirubin with a Kd of approximately 1 microM which prod...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vincent SH,Holeman B,Muller-Eberhard U

更新日期：1985-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a DNA vaccine encoding a fusion protein of ubiquitin (Ub) and target proteins at the N-terminus for effective induction of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells. A series of expression plasmids encoding a model antigen, ovalbumin (OVA), fused with mutated Ub, was constructed. Western blotting analyses usin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imai T,Duan X,Hisaeda H,Himeno K

更新日期：2008-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of the amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide yields both fibrillar precipitates and soluble oligomers, and is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). In vitro, Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) strongly bind Abeta and promote its precipitation. However, less is known about their interactions with the soluble oligomers, which are...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Garai K,Sengupta P,Sahoo B,Maiti S

更新日期：2006-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we present evidence that a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein, Gi, mediates opiate action in the rat brain striatum. Opiates inhibit basal adenylate cyclase activity in rat brain striatum. This effect on adenylate cyclase is dose-dependently attenuated by pretreatment of membranes with pertussis toxi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Abood ME,Law PY,Loh HH

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid rafts often serve as an entry site for certain viruses. Here, we report that lipid rafts in Vero E6 cells are involved in the entry of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Infectivity assay showed the integrity of lipid rafts was required for productive infection of pseudotyped SARS-CoV. Dep...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu Y,Liu DX,Tam JP

更新日期：2008-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Various gene delivery systems have been widely studied for the acute spinal cord injury (SCI) treatment. In the present study, a novel type of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-loaded cationic nanobubbles (CNBs) conjugated with MAP-2 antibody (mAbMAP-2/BDNF/CNBs) was prepared to provide low-intensity focused ul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Song Z,Ye Y,Zhang Z,Shen J,Hu Z,Wang Z,Zheng J

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic methylation of chemically alkylated DNA and of poly(dG-dC) X poly(dG-dC) by beef brain DNA(cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase have been tested. The alkylation by dimethylsulfate, which yields mostly 7 methylguanine (m7G) and 3 methyladenine (m3A) do not affect the enzymatic methylation. The dimethylsulfate a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pfohl-Leszkowicz A,Boiteux S,Laval J,Keith G,Dirheimer G

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor-D (PDGF-D) is a more recent recognized growth factor involved in the regulation of several cellular processes, including cell proliferation, transformation, invasion, and angiogenesis by binding to and activating its cognate receptor PDGFR-β. After bile duct ligation or in the carbon tet...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Borkham-Kamphorst E,Alexi P,Tihaa L,Haas U,Weiskirchen R

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus vector is one of the most widely used vectors in gene therapy applications for the treatment of diverse human diseases including cancer. In this study, we showed that infection with E1E3-deleted recombinant human adenovirus serotype 5 reduced human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA levels in hep...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee CH,Kim HW,Kim T,Lee SW

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis represents one of the most prevalent parasitic infections affecting over 249 million people worldwide. The pathological damage is mainly caused by the eggs laid by female schistosomes. Zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) usually play critical roles in many biological functions. In this study, we cloned, identi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang R,Li J,Xiang M,Hong Q,Xu B,Hu W

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mg2+ is essential for guanosine triphosphatase activity and plays key roles in guanine nucleotide binding and preserving the structural integrity of GTP-binding proteins. To understand the structural basis for Mg2+ function during the GDP/GTP exchange process, we determined the crystal structure of Delta9-Sar1-GDP at ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rao Y,Bian C,Yuan C,Li Y,Chen L,Ye X,Huang Z,Huang M

更新日期：2006-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiserum raised against horseradish peroxidase (HRP) recognizes neural specific carbohydrate antigens in Drosophila and other insects. The occurrence of the antigens in mammalian cells was investigated. Proteins were extracted from rat pheochromocytoma cells, PC12, and various tissue of rat and bovine origin, and fur...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurosaka A,Tsuyuki Y,Tahara S

更新日期：1994-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyamines spermidine, spermine and putrescine, by themselves, at physiological concentrations, induce the transport of the precursor of ornithine carbamoyltransferase into isolated rat liver mitochondria. The presence of polyamines in the transport medium results in the approach of both mitochondrial membranes, s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Marcote MJ,González-Bosch C,Miralles VJ,Hernández-Yago J,Grisolía S

更新日期：1989-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine molecular mechanism(s) responsible for the reduced thymidine kinase activity (TK) observed earlier in an arabinosylcytosine (araC) resistant lymphoid cell line (H9-araC cells), which was obtained following continuous cultivation of H9 cells in the presence of 0.5 microM araC. Com...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Han T,Fernandez M,Sarkar M,Agarwal RP

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin-related proteins share significant homology with conventional actins and are classified into subfamilies based on the similarity of their sequences and functions. The Arp4 subfamily of Arps is localized in the nucleus, and a mammalian isoform, ArpNbeta (also known as BAF53), is a component of the chromatin remod...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuroda Y,Oma Y,Nishimori K,Ohta T,Harata M

更新日期：2002-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of high (28mM) D-glucose (HG) on the cell cycle progression were investigated in rat aorta vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in primary culture, using an immunocytochemical analysis of cell-cycle-specific nuclear antigens. HG had no effect on the cell cycle of the serum-deprived G0 cells, whereas platel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hiroishi G,Kobayashi S,Nishimura J,Inomata H,Kanaide H

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the usefulness of an impedance-based label-free whole cell assay to identify new ligands for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) involved in microglial cell migration. Authentic GPCR ligands were subjected to the impedance-based cell assay in order to examine the responses of ligands for MG5 mouse microglial...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukano Y,Okino N,Furuya S,Ito M

更新日期：2016-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The "protein machine" for phage T4 homologous recombination has begun to be assembled in vitro. A particularly heavily studied reaction has been the uvsX protein (a RecA-like strand transferase)-mediated homologous pairing reaction between single and double-stranded DNAs, a key step in the recombination cycle in vivo....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kodadek T

更新日期：1990-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) belongs to the ligand-activated nuclear receptor superfamily, and functions as a transcription factor regulating the transcription of numerous genes involved in bile acid homeostasis, lipoprotein and glucose metabolism. In the present study, we identified RECK, a membrane-anchored inhibitor ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peng X,Wu W,Zhu B,Sun Z,Ji L,Ruan Y,Zhou M,Zhou L,Gu J

更新日期：2014-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Deinococcus radiodurans is an extremophilic bacterium well-known for its extraordinary resistance to ionizing radiation and other DNA damage- and oxidative stress-generating agents. In addition to its efficient DNA damage repair and oxidative stress resistance mechanisms, protein family expansions and stress-induced g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang J,Zhao L,Seo HS,Jung JH,Choi JI,Kim MK,Lim S

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous studies, we have demonstrated that a stretch of amino-acid sequences identified from Arabidopsis ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (AtS6K1) provided a plant version of the TOS (TOR-signaling) motif, mediating the interaction with the Raptor protein in the TOR (Target of Rapamycin) kinase complex. Here we report th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Son O,Kim S,Kim D,Hur YS,Kim J,Cheon CI

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The P-type ATPases affected in Menkes and Wilson diseases, ATP7A and ATP7B, respectively, are key copper transporters that regulate copper homeostasis. The N termini of these proteins are critical in regulating their function and activity, and contain six copper-binding motifs MxCxxC. In this study, we describe the id...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lim CM,Cater MA,Mercer JF,La Fontaine S

更新日期：2006-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GI) anthrax, caused by the bacterial infection of Bacillus anthracis, posts a significant bioterrorism threat by its relatively high mortality rate in humans. Different from inhalational anthrax by the route of infection, accumulating evidence indicates the bypass of vegetative bacteria across GI epi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bishop BL,Lodolce JP,Kolodziej LE,Boone DL,Tang WJ

更新日期：2010-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia have been shown to be associated with shorter telomere length, which may reflect aging, altered cell proliferation and adipose tissue (AT) dysfunction. In individuals with obesity, differences in fat distribution and AT cellular composition may contribute to obesity related metabo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakowa N,Trieu N,Flehmig G,Lohmann T,Schön MR,Dietrich A,Zeplin PH,Langer S,Stumvoll M,Blüher M,Klöting N

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural data are presented on time-course changes in isolated rat hepatocyte suspensions exposed either to 1.2 or 1.8 mM CCl4 for up to 1 h. The subcellular changes at the lower concentration, but not the higher, are shown to closely parallel those reported to occur in rat hepatocytes following ingestion of CC...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tyson CA,Story DL,Stephens RJ

更新日期：1983-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is common in human cervical cancers and has great potential therapeutic value. We show that tigecycline, a FDA-approved antibiotic drug, targets cervical squamous cell carcinoma through inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Tigecycline is effective in in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li H,Jiao S,Li X,Banu H,Hamal S,Wang X

更新日期：2015-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to determine whether fetuin-A, a dominant serum protein plays a role in chemo-attraction and chemo-invasion of carcinoma cells in vitro. Serum is normally used as positive chemotaxis control in Boyden chamber motility assays, prompting the need to identify the factor/s in serum that con...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nangami GN,Watson K,Parker-Johnson K,Okereke KO,Sakwe A,Thompson P,Frimpong N,Ochieng J

更新日期：2013-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian X and Y chromosomes evolved from a pair of autosomes. Although most ancestral genes have been lost from the Y chromosome, a small number of ancestral X-Y gene pairs are still present on the sex chromosomes. The KDM5C and KDM5D genes, which encode H3K4 histone demethylases, are a surviving ancestral gene pair...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kosugi M,Otani M,Kikkawa Y,Itakura Y,Sakai K,Ito T,Toyoda M,Sekita Y,Kimura T

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between huntingtin-associated protein1 (HAP1) gene and radiation therapy of breast cancer cells. METHODS:HAP1 gene was transfected into breast cancer MCF-7 cells, which was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu J,Zhang JY,Yin L,Wu JZ,Guo WJ,Wu JF,Chen M,Xia YY,Tang JH,Ma YC,He X

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Most human cancers are of epithelial origin, but many cell culture models for the study of cancer-causing genes use fibroblasts. In addition, efficient delivery and stable expression of foreign genes into non-transformed cell lines are often difficult. To address both questions, we here established a non-transformed r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fu SL,Huang YJ,Liang FP,Huang YF,Chuang CF,Wang SW,Yao JW

更新日期：2005-12-16 00:00:00