Sulfation of iodothyronines by recombinant human liver steroid sulfotransferases.

abstract：:Astrocytes play key roles in the central nervous system and regulate local blood flow and synaptic transmission via intracellular calcium (Ca2+) signaling. Astrocytic Ca2+ signals are generated by multiple pathways: Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) via the inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakuragi S,Niwa F,Oda Y,Mikoshiba K,Bannai H

更新日期：2017-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Several fusion proteins of mouse Interleukins (mILs) and the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) were expressed in fibroblast and epithelial cells. Among these proteins, the mIL-31 derivative was the most efficiently secreted into the medium in a N-glycosylation-dependent manner. From the analysis of deletion mu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akiyama N,Ohno Y,Fukuda T,Manome Y,Saito S

更新日期：2009-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The cooperation of phosphofructokinase-2 and fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase is investigated. Experimentally derived rate laws of the kinase and bisphosphatase activities introduced into the respective differential equations permitted to describe the time evolution of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate to quasi-stationary levels. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kretschmer M,Schellenberger W,Hofmann E

更新日期：1985-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the contribution of apoptosis- and oxidative stress-associated genes to apoptosis induction in trophoblast cells of human fetal membrane tissues undergoing apoptosis during in vitro incubation. RT-PCR analyses demonstrated an increased level of HO-1, Mn-SOD, Cox-2, iNOS, TNFalpha, TNFR1, IL-1beta, IL-6, Ba...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yuan B,Ohyama K,Bessho T,Toyoda H

更新日期：2006-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated cDNAs from normal human breast tissue and breast tumour cells that encode a protein (pez) with features of a novel non-receptor tyrosine phosphatase possessing N-terminal sequence homology to the ezrin-band 4.1-merlin-radixin protein family. Northern blot analysis indicates that pez is expressed in a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Smith AL,Mitchell PJ,Shipley J,Gusterson BA,Rogers MV,Crompton MR

更新日期：1995-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A single addition of ATP (20-1000 microM) to cultures of HL-60 cells resulted here in permanent, Ca(2+)-independent inhibition of cellular proliferation, evident 48 h following treatment. Extracellular ATP (ATPo) was maximally effective at 250 microM giving 90 +/- 1.5% growth inhibition. Up to a concentration of 250 m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seetulsingh-Goorah SP,Stewart BW

更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The postmitotic nature and longevity of skeletal muscle fibers permit stable expression of any transfected gene. Direct in vivo injection of plasmid DNA, in both adult and regenerating muscles, is a safe, inexpensive, and easy approach. Here we present an optimized electroporation protocol based on the use of spatula ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Donà M,Sandri M,Rossini K,Dell'Aica I,Podhorska-Okolow M,Carraro U

更新日期：2003-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of serine/threonine protein phosphatases can inhibit apoptosis. We investigated which protein phosphatases are critical for this protection using calyculin A, okadaic acid, and tautomycin. All three phosphatase inhibitors prevented anisomycin-induced apoptosis in leukemia cell models. In vitro, calyculin A ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chatfield K,Eastman A

更新日期：2004-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch protooncogene encodes a receptor important for determination and differentiation of many cell types, and is conserved between vertebrates and invertebrates. It has been suggested that the secreted protein scabrous (sca) might be a Notch ligand acting in the peripheral nervous system. The sca protein was puri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee EC,Baker NE

更新日期：1996-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra long PCR analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) isolated from skeletal muscle of humans of different ages revealed three phenomena: (i) the amount of normal length mtDNA (16.5 kb) was progressively reduced with age, such that the cells of old age individuals (about 90 years) contained little, or undetectable amou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kovalenko SA,Kopsidas G,Kelso JM,Linnane AW

更新日期：1997-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:S-modulin is a 26 kDa protein that regulates light sensitivity of cGMP phosphodiesterase in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner in frog rod outer segments (ROSs). In the present study, we purified S-modulin by taking advantage of a hydrophobic interaction between Phenyl Sepharose and S-modulin at high Ca2+ concentrations. The y...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamura S,Takamatsu K,Kitamura K

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial cells respond to changes in the mechanical forces imposed on them with changes in myocardial tension in the short term and with structural remodeling in the long term. Since these responses involve intercellular communication, we have investigated regulation of the gap junction proteins, connexin 43 (Cx43),...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang TL,Tseng YZ,Chang H

更新日期：2000-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from adult bone marrow are able to differentiate into adipocytes, osteoblasts, chondrocytes and neuronal cells. Adipocytes in bone marrow are primarily responsible for the maintenance of bone structure by maintaining cell number balance with other stromal cells. However, the number...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim M,Lee YJ,Jee SC,Choi I,Sung JS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin, a switch from SA-alpha-2, 3-Gal to SA-alpha-2, 6-Gal receptor specificity is a critical step leading to the conversion from avian-to-human to human-to-human infection. Therefore, the understanding of the binding modes of SA-alpha-2, 3-Gal and SA-alpha-2, 6-Gal to H5N1 hemagglutinin wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li M,Wang B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal proteins must be imported into the nucleus after being synthesized in the cytoplasm. Since the rpS2 amino acid sequence does not contain a typical nuclear localization signal, we used deletion mutant analysis and rpS2-beta-galactosidase chimeric proteins to identify the nuclear targeting domains in rpS2. Nuc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Antoine M,Reimers K,Wirz W,Gressner AM,Müller R,Kiefer P

更新日期：2005-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Two novel alpha-neurotoxins, Oh-6A and Oh-6B, isolated from the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) venom, consist of 70 amino acid residues with 10 cysteine residues and share the same amino acid sequences as determined by Edman degradation on the peptide fragments generated from the proteolytic hydrolysates. Their seque...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin SR,Chang LS,Chang CC

更新日期：1999-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cecropin A-melittin (CAM), a chimeric antimicrobial peptide with potent antimicrobial activity, is threatened by some special extracellular proteases when used to deal with certain drug-resistant pathogenic microbes in the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, a four-tryptophan-substitution mutant (CAM-W) from CAM was develop...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ji S,Li W,Zhang L,Zhang Y,Cao B

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of His159 in the enolase mechanism is disputed. Recently, Vinarov and Nowak (Biochemistry (1999) 38, 12138-12149) prepared the H159A mutant of yeast enolase 1 and expressed this in Escherichia coli. They reported minimal (ca. 0.01% of the native value) activity, though the protein appeared to be correctly...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brewer JM,Holland MJ,Lebioda L

更新日期：2000-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of paraquat, MPP+, and analogs to be reduced by chemical reductants and by NADPH, as catalyzed by liver microsomes or purified NADPH cytochrome P-450 reductase, is reported. The analogs span a range of electrochemical potential, including values in-between that of paraquat and MPP+. Analogs with an Eo belo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Frank DM,Arora PK,Blumer JL,Sayre LM

更新日期：1987-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of Kupffer cells represents a central mechanism of liver injury involving the production of TNF-alpha. It is known that glycine prevents LPS-induced production of TNF-alpha in isolated Kupffer cells. In this study, the possibility that glycine analogues might affect Kupffer cells was investigated. As a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishizaki-Koizumi S,Sonaka I,Takei Y,Ikejima K,Sato N

更新日期：2004-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:RANTES is a cytokine produced by activated T-lymphocytes that has been shown to exert chemotactic activity for memory-type CD4 T-lymphocytes and eosinophils. In this study, RANTES caused directional migration of human mast cells. When compared to other potential chemoattractants of the same cells, RANTES was found to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mattoli S,Ackerman V,Vittori E,Marini M

更新日期：1995-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Four small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) genes have been identified in humans. However, little is known about the basic biology of SUMO-4. Here, we report that SUMO-4 differs from SUMO-1, -2, and -3 in that the maturation process of SUMO-4 to active form containing C-terminal di-glycine residues is inhibited by a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Owerbach D,McKay EM,Yeh ET,Gabbay KH,Bohren KM

更新日期：2005-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress induced vascular endothelial cell injure is one of the key and initial event in the development of atherosclerosis. Septin4, as a member of GTP binding protein family, is widely expressed in the eukaryotic cells and considered to be an essential component of the cytoskeleton which is involved in many ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang N,Zhang Y,Zhao S,Sun Y

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that epigenetic aberrations have a role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, reports on histone modifications are as yet quite limited in RA. Interleukin (IL)-6 is an inflammatory cytokine which is known to be involved in the pathogenesis of RA. Here we report the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wada TT,Araki Y,Sato K,Aizaki Y,Yokota K,Kim YT,Oda H,Kurokawa R,Mimura T

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A direct radioimmunoassay for the rapid and accurate detection of human ANP from unextracted plasma is described. The sensitivity was approximately 50 pg/ml, respectively 2.5 pg/tube, the intra-assay variation 4%, and the inter-assay variation less than 12%. Rat ANP (1-28, 5-25, 5-27 and 5-28), oxydized and reduced hA...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jüppner H,Brabant G,Kapteina U,Kirschner M,Klein H,Hesch RD

更新日期：1986-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins are detectable in human atherosclerotic plaques, especially in endothelial cells. In this report we show by immunofluorescence that incubation "in vitro" with OxLDL is a stress capable of inducing the expression of heat shock protein 70 in both the EAhy-926 cell line and human umbilical vein endoth...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu W,Roma P,Pellegatta F,Catapano AL

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of highly oriented Na-hyaluronate was prepared with a wet--spinning method and equilibrated to 75% relative humidity. Its proton NMR spectrum was recorded as a function of the angle theta between the hyaluronate helix axis and the external magnetic field. It appeared as a singlet with an angle-dependent line ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lahajnar G,Rupprecht A

更新日期：1986-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein E (gE) is a multifunctional protein capable of both binding the Fc portion of IgG and mediating cell-to-cell spread of HSV-1. Here we report that the domain on gE involved in IgG binding is distinct from the domain involved in mediating cell-to-cell spread. To do this we hav...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weeks BS,Sundaresan P,Nagashunmugam T,Kang E,Friedman HM

更新日期：1997-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of sodium selenite on biliary secretion of methyl mercury was examined in rats. The biliary secretion of methyl mercury in rat treated with 1 mumol/kg of methyl mercury was significantly decreased by administration of selenite at doses of 0.05 mumol/kg or higher. In rats given 10 mumol/kg of meth...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Urano T,Imura N,Naganuma A

更新日期：1997-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings from several studies have suggested that circulating miRNAs are imbalanced with the genesis of gastric cancer (GC). Both normal and cancer cells can generate and secrete exosomes, which are nanosized membrane vesicles that can transport microRNAs and proteins. Emerging evidence indicates that the exosomes...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang N,Wang L,Yang Y,Gong L,Xiao B,Liu X

更新日期：2017-11-25 00:00:00