The imidazoline RX871024 stimulates insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells from mice deficient in K(ATP) channel function.

abstract：:The mechanism and target genes of regulation by Forkhead (FHA) domain-containing transcription factors have not yet been documented in Archaea. In this study, using a bacterial one-hybrid technique, we successfully screened and identified for the first time a target gene regulated by ST0829, an FHA domain-containing p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Duan X,He ZG

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a variety of cytokine-like molecules (IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL-6, TNF-alpha) in the hemocytes of two molluscs, i.e., Planorbarius corneus and Viviparus ater, is reported. These molecules are present only in hemocytes with phagocytic activity. These data, together with recent reports on the prese...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ottaviani E,Franchini A,Franceschi C

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot skin reaction (HFSR) is a common side effect of multiple tyrosine kinase inhibitors (mTKIs). HFSR can necessitate dose reductions or interruption of therapy owing to its negative effect on the quality of life. Therefore, effective use of mTKIs requires measures to prevent HFSR. We evaluated the effect of pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shichiri H,Yamamoto K,Tokura M,Ishida T,Uda A,Bito T,Nishigori C,Nakagawa T,Hirano T,Yano I,Hirai M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first study to demonstrate that the AT motif binding factor 1-A (ATBF1-A) is expressed in the crypts and the bases of villi of the small intestine and negatively regulates transcription of brush-border enzyme gene, aminopeptidase-N (APN). In situ hybridization visualized a limited ATBF1-A mRNA expression i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kataoka H,Joh T,Miura Y,Tamaoki T,Senoo K,Ohara H,Nomura T,Tada T,Asai K,Kato T,Itoh M

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two fragments of the E. coli rrnB ribosomal RNA P1 promoter Upstream Activation Region exhibit a constant gel retardation, over a polyacrylamide gel concentration range of 3% to 10%. Gel retardation is usually seen to increase with polyacrylamide gel concentration as in the case of the 219 base pair Crithidia fascicul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wheeler D

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel nucleic acid analogue (2Cl-C.OXT-A) significantly stimulated tube formation of human umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC). Its maximum potency at 100muM was stronger than that of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a positive control. At this concentration, 2Cl-C.OXT-A moderately stimulated proliferation...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsukamoto I,Sakakibara N,Maruyama T,Igarashi J,Kosaka H,Kubota Y,Tokuda M,Ashino H,Hattori K,Tanaka S,Kawata M,Konishi R

更新日期：2010-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins with expanded polyglutamine domains cause eight inherited neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington's disease. In a previous paper, we identified peptides that inhibit polyglutamine protein aggregation and cell death and now describe the amino acid sequence requirements necessary for these activities. T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ren H,Nagai Y,Tucker T,Strittmatter WJ,Burke JR

更新日期：2001-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that the orphan receptor Germ Cell Nuclear Factor (GCNF) binds to a direct repeat of the sequence AGGTCA with zero base pair spacing (DR0). Here, we further characterize the binding characteristics of GCNF. We demonstrate that GCNF binds specifically to DR0s as a homodimer, and does not bind with high af...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cooney AJ,Hummelke GC,Herman T,Chen F,Jackson KJ

更新日期：1998-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by extracellular accumulation of the Abeta peptide, derived from the amyloid precursor protein (APP). The function of APP as a cell surface receptor was examined by ligand-mimicking using an antibody against the APP extracellular domain. Alterations in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nilsson T,Malkiewicz K,Gabrielsson M,Folkesson R,Winblad B,Benedikz E

更新日期：2006-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of investigations on the catabolism of acetylpolyamines by microorganisms, we found that acetylpolyamine amidohydrolase was produced by Mycoplana bullata FERM BP-1845 and isolated the enzyme from the cell-free extract in crystalline form. The enzyme had an apparent molecular weight of 67 kDa and was ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujishiro K,Ando M,Uwajima T

更新日期：1988-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Three mRNA species for human muscle phophofructokinase containing heterogeneous 5' untranslated sequences were identified through cDNA cloning. Type A mRNA was essentially the same as that reported previously (Nakajima, H., et al. (1987) FEBS Lett. 223, 113). Type B mRNA was considered to be the major gene product, wh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakajima H,Yamasaki T,Noguchi T,Tanaka T,Kono N,Tarui S

更新日期：1990-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) are associated with multiple cellular functions such as cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. In particular, high levels of mitochondrial ROS in hypoxic cells regulate many angiogenesis-related diseases, including cancer and ischemic disorders. Here we report a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim KH,Park JY,Jung HJ,Kwon HJ

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Max binding protein (MNT) is a member of the Myc/Max/Mad network that plays a role in cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. We previously observed that MNT was differentially expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and interacted with Nck1 by 2-DE. Nck family adaptor proteins function to couple tyrosi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu J,Zhou Q,Wang Y,Zhou X,Li J

更新日期：2012-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Diethanolamine (DEA), an alkanolamine used widely in industry, is hepatocarcinogenic in mice. The goal of this work was to determine whether DEA altered choline homeostasis in cultured cells, so as to ascertain whether the liver tumor response may be related to choline deficiency. CHO cells were cultured in Ham's F-12...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lehman-McKeeman LD,Gamsky EA

更新日期：1999-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular microenvironment plays a key role in regulation of cellular functions and growth control. We show here that membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) acts as a growth promoter in confluent culture. When MT1-MMP was silenced in HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells, cells created three dimensional (3D) f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takino T,Guo L,Domoto T,Sato H

更新日期：2013-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is dependent on NS2-3 autocleavage and NS5A phosphorylation for its life cycle. We demonstrate that NS5A, when released from the NS2-5 polyprotein of the BK virus strain, is phosphorylated as two distinct forms, pp56 and pp58. Deletion analysis indicates that the appearance of pp58 requires NS2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Q,Bhat RA,Prince AM,Zhang P

更新日期：1999-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell adhesion molecules of human dermal fibroblasts play an important role in the processes of wound healing. The effects of tumor necrosis factor- alpha (TNF) on the expression of integrin beta 1 subfamily in human dermal fibroblasts were examined. TNF preferentially induced the expression of alpha 2 beta 1 integrins...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ezoe K,Horikoshi T

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In adrenalectomized rats, diacylglycerol, a potent activator of protein kinase C, specifically enhanced the induction of tyrosine aminotransferase and ornithine decarboxylase by even maximally effective doses of dexamethasone phosphate, but itself had no effect on these enzyme inductions in the absence of glucocortico...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kido H,Fukusen N,Ishidoh K,Katunuma N

更新日期：1986-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of Cav1.2 Ca(2+) channels is maintained in the presence of calmodulin and ATP, even in cell-free patches, and thus a channel ATP-binding site has been suggested. In this study, we examined whether other nucleotides, such as GTP, UTP, CTP, ADP and AMP, could be substituted for ATP in guinea-pig ventricular...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu SY,Xu JJ,Minobe E,Gao QH,Feng R,Zhao MM,Guo F,Yang L,Hao LY,Kameyama M

更新日期：2015-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells from patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) contain an abnormally high UDP-GlcNAc: Gal beta 1-3GalNAc-R (GlcNAc to GalNAc) beta 6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (core 2 beta 6-Gn-T) activity. Upon UV irradiation at 350 nm, the substrate Gal beta 1-3GalNAc alpha-p-nitrophenyl acted as an effective inhibitor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Toki D,Granovsky MA,Reck F,Kuhns W,Baker MA,Matta KL,Brockhausen I

更新日期：1994-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that a functional interaction exists between interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. The present study attempted to elucidate the effect of IL-1beta on the NMDA-induced outward currents in mechanically dissociated hippocampal neurons using a perforated patch...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang R,Yamada J,Hayashi Y,Wu Z,Koyama S,Nakanishi H

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of peroxynitrite anion (O=N-OO-) with CO2 results in the formation of an unstable nitrosoperoxycarbonate anion adduct, O=N-OOCO-2 (1). Adduct 1 can serve as a source for several reactive intermediates, including the nitrocarbonate anion (O2N-OCO-2), the carbonate radical ion/nitrogen dioxide radical pair,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Uppu RM,Pryor WA

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate possible feedback mechanisms in the control of collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase-1) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP-1). Procollagenase, active collagenase, TIMP-1 and collagenase-TIMP complex were applied to human skin and synovial fibroblasts for 48 hours, the cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Clark IM,Powell LK,Cawston TE

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A microbial secondary metabolite, arisostatins A (As-A), was originally discovered as a substance carrying the antibiotic activity against Gram-positive bacteria and shown to possess potent anti-tumor properties. The mechanism by which arisostatins A initiates apoptosis remains poorly understood. In the present report...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim YH,Shin HC,Song DW,Lee SH,Furumai T,Park JW,Kwon TK

更新日期：2003-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:When porcine adrenocortical microsomes were treated with Fe2+, enhanced production of malondialdehyde was observed as a result of membrane lipid peroxidation. By treatment of the microsomes with Fe2+, the activity of delta 5-3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase coupled with delta 5-delta 4 isomerase, concentration of c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imataka H,Suzuki K,Tamaoki B

更新日期：1985-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The forced expression of the catalytic subunit of human telomerase, hTERT, produces telomerase activity, allows telomere maintenance, and extends the cellular life span of IMR90 human lung fibroblasts. The mutation D869A abolishes both the catalytic activity of hTERT and its ability to extend cellular life span, demon...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ouellette MM,Aisner DL,Savre-Train I,Wright WE,Shay JW

更新日期：1999-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the regulation of glutathione (GSH) synthesis and characterised the 5'-promoter region of the gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase-heavy subunit (gammaGCS-HS) gene in human alveolar type II cells (A549) following exposure to menadione (MQ) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Both MQ (100 microM) and H2O2 (100 microM...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rahman I,Bel A,Mulier B,Lawson MF,Harrison DJ,Macnee W,Smith CA

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic (TG) mice expressing porcine GH receptor (pGHR) directed by a 762-bp proximal leptin promoter were used to analyze the capability of the promoter to drive and regulate pGHR expression in vivo. Transgene expression occurred in inguinal, retroperitoneal, and epididymal/parametrial fat depots in both male and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen XL,Hartzell DL,McGraw RA,Hausman GJ,Dean RG

更新日期：1999-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation or overexpression of the cyanide-insensitive terminal oxidase (CIO) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to temperature-sensitivity, multiple antibiotic sensitivity, and abnormal cell division and failure to produce a temperature-inducible catalase [G.R. Tavankar, D. Mossialos, H.D. Williams, Mutation or overexpre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mossialos D,Tavankar GR,Zlosnik JE,Williams HD

更新日期：2006-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Tendon calcification has been widely regarded by researchers to result from the osteogenic differentiation of Tendon-Derived Stem Cells (TDSCs) and ectopic mineralization caused by the calcification of cellular matrix. Recent studies have revealed a correlation between the Mg(2+)/Ca(2+) balance and the degeneration or...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yue J,Jin S,Li Y,Zhang L,Jiang W,Yang C,Du J

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00