Use of small fluorescent molecules to monitor channel activity.

abstract：:To date, tick-borne flaviviruses responsible for hemorrhagic fever in humans have been isolated in Siberia (Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus), India (Kyasanur Forest disease virus, KFDV), and in Saudi Arabia (Alkhurma virus, ALKV). Prior to this study, only partial coding sequences of these severe pathogens had been deter...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Charrel RN,Zaki AM,Attoui H,Fakeeh M,Billoir F,Yousef AI,de Chesse R,De Micco P,Gould EA,de Lamballerie X

更新日期：2001-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial body of data indicates that reactive oxygen intermediates (ROIs) are implicated in pathogenesis of diverse human diseases. Oxidative stress induced by ROIs often causes cell death via apoptosis that is regulated by a plenty of functional genes and their protein products. Bcl-2 is one such protein that bl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jang JH,Surh YJ

更新日期：2004-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated why the recycling of eIF-2.GDP to eIF-2.GTP, mediated by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor eIF-2B, is rapid in rabbit reticulocyte lysate, reconstituted for optimal protein synthesis, but slow in an isolated reaction with purified eIF-2B. We have found that purified eIF-2B dissociates eIF-2.[...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gross M,Rubino MS,Hessefort SM

更新日期：1991-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of hepatic nuclear factor 1α (HNF-1α) and its response element in the expression of glutathione S-transferase A1 (GSTA1) was investigated in hepatocytes cells injury induced by acetaminophen (APAP). Treatment of hepatocytes with C2-ceramide exacerbated cells injury with GSTA1 mRNA level reducing. Contrastingl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li Y,Hao B,Muhammad I,Zhang Y,Yang Y,Shi C,Chang Y,Li R,Li C,Liu F

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant cytochrome P450 11 beta-hydroxylase/aldosterone synthase cDNA (CYP11B2) clone, pALDO-4, was isolated and sequenced from a rat zona glomerulosa cDNA library. This clone contains a 1521 bp open reading frame coding for a 506 amino acid residue protein which has a 30 amino acid extension peptide which is 6 resi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou M,Gomez-Sanchez CE

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the mechanism of transcriptional induction of the rat liver acyl-CoA oxidase gene by hypolipidemic agents, we searched for cis-acting regulatory sequences in the 5' upstream region of the gene by transfection studies. We found that the sequence between -639 and -472 acts as a peroxisome proliferator-respons...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Osumi T,Wen JK,Hashimoto T

更新日期：1991-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Many methods have been developed for chemical labeling and enhancement of the properties of antibodies and their common fragments, including the Fab and F(ab')2 fragments. Somewhat selective reduction of some antibody disulfide bonds has been previously achieved, yielding antibodies and antibody fragments that can be ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kirley TL,Greis KD,Norman AB

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a tissue culture system based on breast carcinoma cell lines to investigate a large number of naturally occurring compounds and beverages for steroid hormone agonist and antagonist activity. The cell lines used, T-47D and BT-474, produce prostate specific antigen (PSA) upon stimulation with androgens, pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosenberg RS,Grass L,Jenkins DJ,Kendall CW,Diamandis EP

更新日期：1998-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The small heat shock proteins are the ubiquitous proteins found in a wide range of organisms and function as molecular chaperones by binding to the folding intermediates of their substrates. Although the crystal structure of HSP16.5, a small heat shock protein from Methanococcus jannaschii, revealed that it is a hollo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim DR,Lee I,Ha SC,Kim KK

更新日期：2003-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse mammary carcinoma mutant cell line FUA169, characterized by high GM3 ganglioside content, was established from parent cell line FM3A/F28-7, which has high LacCer content but no GM3. Although both cell lines showed the same quantity and quality of integrin receptors, FUA169 showed much stronger adhesion to fibron...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zheng M,Tsuruoka T,Tsuji T,Hakomori S

更新日期：1992-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Many proteins exhibit strong binding affinities to surfaces, with binding energies much greater than thermal fluctuations. When modelling these protein-surface systems with classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, the large forces that exist at the protein/surface interface generally confine the system to a sing...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Prakash A,Sprenger KG,Pfaendtner J

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from normal adults secreted small amounts of human growth hormone (GH; 0.2-0.6 pg/10(5) cells/7 days culture) as measured by a highly sensitive enzyme immunoassay. Stimulation of PBMCs with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) consistently showed a 4-6 fold increase in GH secretion. Tran...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hattori N,Shimatsu A,Sugita M,Kumagai S,Imura H

更新日期：1990-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that GRF stimulates release of neurotensin (NT) by a clonal line of rat C cells (44-2 C). We report here that GRF stimulates calcitonin (CT) and cAMP release in these cells. For release experiments, replicate cultures are incubated for 5-180 min in serum-free defined medium. CT, NT and cAMP are ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zeytin F,Brazeau P

更新日期：1984-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:P-selectin (CD62P) is a cell adhesion molecule expressed on stimulated endothelial cells and on activated platelets. It interacts with PSGL-1 (P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1; CD162) on leukocytes and mediates recruitment of leukocytes during inflammation. P-selectin also binds to several types of cancer cells in vit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li L,Short HJ,Qian KX,Elhammer AP,Geng JG

更新日期：2001-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study on the dynamic transcriptomes activated during human erythropoiesis suggested that transcription factor forkhead box O3 (FOXO3) possibly plays a role in erythroid differentiation. Functional studies in human cell line TF-1 indicated that FOXO3 knockdown repressed erythropoietin (EPO)-induced erythro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang H,Li Y,Wang S,Zhang Q,Zheng J,Yang Y,Qi H,Qu H,Zhang Z,Liu F,Fang X

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (RS) is a bilateral vitreoretinal disorder with no known cure. The gene responsible for the disease was recently isolated by positional cloning methods and a spectrum of mutations has been described in families with RS pathology. In this report, we screened six sporadic cases of RS for ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hiraoka M,Trese MT,Shastry BS

更新日期：2000-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The human EBAG9 was previously identified as an estrogen responsive gene using CpG-genomic binding site cloning (Watanate et al., (1998) Mol. Cell. Biol. 18: 442-449). Recently it was revealed that the EBAG9 is identical with RCAS1 which is a cancer cell surface antigen implicated in immune escape. Here, we isolated a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ikeda K,Sato M,Tsutsumi O,Tsuchiya F,Tsuneizumi M,Emi M,Imoto I,Inazawa J,Muramatsu M,Inoue S

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational histone modifications play an important role in modulating gene expression and chromatin structure. Here we report the identification of histone H3K79 dimethylation in the simple eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum. We have deleted the D. discoideum Dot1/KMT4 homologue and demonstrate that it is the s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Müller-Taubenberger A,Bönisch C,Fürbringer M,Wittek F,Hake SB

更新日期：2011-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated the existence of two distinct subtypes of the angiotensin II receptor in the rat adrenal gland using radioligand binding and tissue section autoradiography. The identification of the subtypes was made possible by the discovery of two structurally dissimilar, nonpeptide compounds, DuP 753 and EXP65...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chiu AT,Herblin WF,McCall DE,Ardecky RJ,Carini DJ,Duncia JV,Pease LJ,Wong PC,Wexler RR,Johnson AL

更新日期：1989-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Three small serum proteins (SSP-1, -2, and -3), with molecular masses of 6.5-10kDa, were isolated from Habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) serum, and the amino acid sequences were determined by protein and cDNA analysis. Despite only limited sequence identity to any mammalian prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aoki N,Sakiyama A,Deshimaru M,Terada S

更新日期：2007-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystin-1 (PC1) is a membrane protein expressed in tubular epithelia of developing kidneys and in other ductal structures. Recent studies indicate this protein to be putatively important in regulating intracellular Ca(2+) levels in various cell types, but little evidence exists for kidney epithelial cells. Here we ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aguiari G,Campanella M,Manzati E,Pinton P,Banzi M,Moretti S,Piva R,Rizzuto R,del Senno L

更新日期：2003-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of muscarinic cholinergic receptors on 1321N1 human astrocytoma cells leads to Ca2+ mobilization as measured by quin 2 fluorescence. Acetylcholine and methacholine were full and potent agonists, while carbachol and muscarine, were fully efficacious but 6- and 10-fold less potent than acetylcholine. The carb...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Noronha-Blob L,Richard C,U'Prichard DC

更新日期：1987-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron overload, as a risk factor for osteoporosis, can result in the up-regulation of Hepcidin, and Hepcidin knockout mice display defects in their bone microarchitecture. However, the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying Hepcidin deficiency-derived bone loss remain unclear. Here, we show that hepcidin knockdown...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang Y,Yan Y,Wang X,Zhu G,Xu YJ

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:SAMHD1 (Sterile alpha motif and histidine-aspartic acid (HD) domain containing protein 1) is a deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) triphosphohydrolase (dNTPase) that restricts viral replication in infected cells. This protein is also involved in DNA repair by assisting in DNA end resection by homologous recombinat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Medeiros AC,Soares CS,Coelho PO,Vieira NA,Baqui MMA,Teixeira FR,Gomes MD

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminin components were solubilized from basement membranes of amnion, chorion and chorionic microvessels of human placenta without prior protease digestion. These structures, after isolation, were initially processed in a sonicator bath containing a solution of Triton X-100, EDTA and 2M NaCl and the laminins extracte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohno M,Martinez-Hernandez A,Ohno N,Kefalides NA

更新日期：1983-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular acidic pH-activated chloride channel I(Cl, acid), has been characterized in HEK 293 cells and mammalian cardiac myocytes. This study was designed to characterize I(Cl,acid) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs). The activation and deactivation of the current rapidly and repeatedly follows the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ma ZY,Zhang W,Chen L,Wang R,Kan XH,Sun GZ,Liu CX,Li L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have a preventive effect against colorectal cancer. Although inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 plays a crucial role in the suppression of tumors, precise mechanisms of their action remain to be disclosed. To identify genes involved in the growth-suppressive effect of NSAIDs, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iizaka M,Furukawa Y,Tsunoda T,Akashi H,Ogawa M,Nakamura Y

更新日期：2002-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:O-GlcNAcylation is a dynamic and reversible post-translational modification of cytonuclear molecules that regulates cellular signaling. Elevated O-GlcNAcylation is a general property of cancer and plays a critical role in cancer progression. We previously showed that the expression of FOXM1, a critical oncogenic trans...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ueda Y,Moriwaki K,Takeuchi T,Higuchi K,Asahi M

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) is an essential enzyme in the mitochondrial antioxidant system, which produces nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, and thereby defends against oxidative stress. We have shown that IDH2 downregulation results in mitochondrial dysfunction and reactive oxygen species (ROS) gener...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi SJ,Piao S,Nagar H,Jung SB,Kim S,Lee I,Kim SM,Song HJ,Shin N,Kim DW,Irani K,Jeon BH,Park JW,Kim CS

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria has been identified as a promising target in several cancers. However, little is known on the effects of targeting mitochondria in retinoblastoma. In this work, we show that anti-malarial atovaquone, at clinically achievable concentration, demonstrates inhibitory effects to retinoblastoma cells, to a more...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ke F,Yu J,Chen W,Si X,Li X,Yang F,Liao Y,Zuo Z

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00