Hepatic scavenger receptor class B, type I is stimulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha.

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：:Small membrane-bound extracellular organelles known as articular cartilage matrix vesicles (ACVs) participate in pathologic mineralization in osteoarthritic articular cartilage. ACVs are also present in normal cartilage, although they have no known functions other than mineralization. Recently, RNA was identified in e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mitton E,Gohr CM,McNally MT,Rosenthal AK

更新日期：2009-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In fresh water planarian Dugesia japonica, two genes encoding POU-domain proteins, DjPOU1 and DjPOU2, have been identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Their POU-domains are strikingly similar to class III POU-domains in mammals, frog, insects and nematode. The full-length cDNA of DjPOU1 has been cloned and seq...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Orii H,Agata K,Watanabe K

更新日期：1993-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of the well-known effect of ethanol poisoning on the prooxidant/antioxidant balance of human and rodent liver we tested the response of the mitochondrial manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) in the liver of rats following an acute ethanol load or chronically intoxicated with an alcohol-supple...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koch OR,De Leo ME,Borrello S,Palombini G,Galeotti T

更新日期：1994-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of the four Fe centers is not required to initiate the reaction of the Halomonas halodenitrificans nitric oxide reductase (NOR) based on the facts that NOR in the form that ferric heme b(3) and non-heme iron (Fe(B)) are not bridged and/or the interaction between them is weakened and reversibly binds NO molec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakurai T,Nakashima S,Kataoka K,Seo D,Sakurai N

更新日期：2005-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Pro-aminopeptidase processing protease (PA protease) is an extracellular zinc metalloprotease produced by Aeromonas caviae T-64 and it is classified as M04.016 according to the MEROPS database. The precursor of PA protease consists of four regions; a signal peptide, an N-terminal propeptide, a C-terminal propeptide, a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tang B,Nirasawa S,Kitaoka M,Hayashi K

更新日期：2002-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), preincubated with cultured rat pituitary cells, induced down regulation of GnRH receptors in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The specific binding was inhibited by 50% after 30 min and maximal inhibition (70%) was obtained after 75 min preincubation with 1 microM GnRH. Preincub...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hazum E,Schvartz I

更新日期：1984-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptors for heme, REV-ERBα and REV-ERBβ, play important roles in the regulation of metabolism and inflammation. Recently it was demonstrated that reduced REV-ERBα expression in hematopoetic cells in LDL receptor null mice led to increased atherosclerosis. We sought to determine if synthetic REV-ERB agoni...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sitaula S,Billon C,Kamenecka TM,Solt LA,Burris TP

更新日期：2015-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:C57BL/6 mice were orally infected with different doses of cysts of ME49 strain of Toxoplasma gondii to produce groups of acutely and chronically infected mice. Sera were obtained at different periods post-infection. SDS-PAGE was ran with excretory/secretory antigens of ME49 and RH strains of T. gondii, followed by Wes...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rahmah N,Anuar AK

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of physiological processes in living cells are mediated by protein-protein interactions often specified by particular protein sequence motifs. PDZ domains, composed of 80-100 amino acid residues, are an important class of interaction motif. Among the PDZ-containing proteins, glutaminase interacting p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zencir S,Ovee M,Dobson MJ,Banerjee M,Topcu Z,Mohanty S

更新日期：2011-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaiso was previously described as a methylated DNA-binding protein and a transcription repressor interacting with the corepressor protein complex NCoR. In the current study, we show that generation-3 Kaiso knockout mice show a phenotype of splenomegaly and large diffused germinal centers (GC). In the spleens of Kaiso ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koh DI,Yoon JH,Kim MK,An H,Kim MY,Hur MW

更新日期：2013-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we investigate the effects of the dihydropyridine-type antagonists of calcium channels nitrendipine, nimodipine, nisoldipine and the calcium channel agonist BAY K 8644 on the induction of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide; LPS) in J774.2 macrophages cultured in vitro. Pretreat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Szabó C,Thiemermann C,Vane JR

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV protease inhibitors (PIs) are often associated with metabolic and cardiovascular complications although they are effective anti-HIV drugs. In this study, we determined whether HIV PI ritonavir could increase endothelial permeability, one of the important mechanisms of vascular lesion formation. Human dermal microv...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen C,Lu XH,Yan S,Chai H,Yao Q

更新日期：2005-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Human platelets have been shown to contain a Ca++- and CoA-independent transacylase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of arachidonic acid from phosphatidylcholine (PC) to lysoplasmenylethanolamine. It has been suggested that this route may represent a major source for released arachidonic acid in stimulated platelets...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mahadevappa VG

更新日期：1987-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial porins or VDACs (voltage-dependent anion-selective channels) are transmembrane pore-forming proteins. In eukaryotic genomes multiple genes coding for VDAC homologues have been discovered, but their function remains unknown. In Drosophila melanogaster three additional genes homologous to the gene porin ha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guarino F,Specchia V,Zapparoli G,Messina A,Aiello R,Bozzetti MP,De Pinto V

更新日期：2006-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 80% of ovarian cancer (OC) is diagnosed at late stages, and most patients die within 5 years of diagnosis due to recurrence or drug resistance. Novel treatments are required to improve patient survival. Immune therapy against cancer is promising; however, therapeutic vaccination has been limited by the i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu W,Qu H,Cao G,Liu C,Deng H,Zhang Z

更新日期：2017-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of ALP in F9 teratocarcinoma cells is induced by all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) (Gianni' et al., Biochem. J. 274: 673-678, 1991). The specific ligand for retinoic acid related receptors (RXRs), 9-cis retinoic acid (9-cis RA), and three synthetic analogs binding to the alpha, beta and gamma forms of the reti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gianni M,Zanotta S,Terao M,Garattini S,Garattini E

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cycloheximide (CHX) is one of the most interesting protein synthesis inhibitors. For this reason, fluorescent derivatives of CHX could find useful applications in cell biology. We report the successful synthesis of a set of novel fluorescent derivatives of CHX. The effect of different functional groups on the biologic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Paoletti F,Ainger K,Donati I,Scardigli R,Vetere A,Cattaneo A,Campa C

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) has been widely used for determining the amounts of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in cells. However, we have now found that DFMO does not react with ODC-antizyme complex, indicating that the amounts of radioactive DFMO bound to the protein may not reflect the amounts of ODC in crud...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kitani T,Fujisawa H

更新日期：1986-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared a specific antibody against GIRK1, the major subunit of the G protein-gated K+ (KG) channel. Immunohistochemical study revealed that GIRK1 immunoreactivity was detected in the presynaptic, but not in the postsynaptic, region in the paraventricular nucleus of the rat hypothalamus (PVN). Therefore, activatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morishige KI,Inanobe A,Takahashi N,Yoshimoto Y,Kurachi H,Miyake A,Tokunaga Y,Maeda T,Kurachi Y

更新日期：1996-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel inhibitor for the adhesion of monocytes to cytokine-stimulated endothelial cells, K-7174, was selected by an assay system using the cultured human monocytic cells and human endothelial cells. K-7174 inhibited the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) induced by either tumor necrosis factor a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Umetani M,Nakao H,Doi T,Iwasaki A,Ohtaka M,Nagoya T,Mataki C,Hamakubo T,Kodama T

更新日期：2000-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Most proteins synthesized in cytoplasm target to mitochondria through sequences at their amino termini. However, a previous study suggests that the native carboxyl terminus of ISP6 might be critical of its specific delivery. Here we investigated the sequence directing ISP6 to yeast mitochondrial outer membrane. Unlike...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cao W,Douglas MG

更新日期：1996-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:T315I mutation found in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and Ph + ALL patients is the most serious one among resistance against BCR/ABL kinase inhibitors including imatinib and is only responsive to ponatinib (PNT). However, the novel strategy is required to reduce life-threatening adverse effects of PNT including i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inoue C,Sobue S,Kawamoto Y,Nishizawa Y,Ichihara M,Abe A,Hayakawa F,Suzuki M,Nozawa Y,Murate T

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymoquinone (TQ), a component derived from the bioactive constituent of black seed (Nigella sativa), has been shown to exert biological activity on various types of human cancers. However, there are few studies addressing its effects on gastric cancer. Here, we present the first report describing the chemosensitizing...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lei X,Lv X,Liu M,Yang Z,Ji M,Guo X,Dong W

更新日期：2012-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogaligin, a protein encoded by galig, an internal cytotoxic gene of the galectin-3 locus, is mostly a mitochondrial protein. Mitochondrial targeting is due to an already identified mitochondrial localization signal. Interaction of mitogaligin with mitochondria leads to cytochrome c cytosolic leakage and ultimately ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Robinet P,Mollet L,Gonzalez P,Normand T,Charpentier S,Brulé F,Dubois M,Legrand A

更新日期：2010-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast Ccc2 is a P-type ATPase responsible for transport of copper(I) from the cytosol to the trans-Golgi network. It possesses a soluble cytosolic N-terminal region containing two copper(I)-binding domains. Homologous eukaryotic copper-transporting ATPases have from one to six domains. We have expressed a fragment enc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Banci L,Bertini I,Chasapis CT,Rosato A,Tenori L

更新日期：2007-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentil seedling amine oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of putrescine and in the presence of tetranitromethane gives rise to the formation of nitroform anion. The initial rate of substrate and enzyme-dependent nitroform production is linearly related to the functional active site content and is proportional to the tetra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Medda R,Padiglia A,Pedersen JZ,Floris G

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the role of K+ channels in mediating vasorelaxation produced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in endothelial-denuded strips of rat aorta precontracted with phenylephrine (1 microM). Salmonella typhosa LPS (0.1 microgram/ml) caused significant relaxation of tension which peaked at approximately 4h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hall S,Turcato S,Clapp L

更新日期：1996-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We established cell lines that stably express orphan GPCR GPR174 using CHO cells, and studied physiological and pharmacological features of the receptor. GPR174-expressing cells showed cell-cell adhesion with localization of actin filaments to cell membrane, and revealed significant delay of cell proliferation. Since ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugita K,Yamamura C,Tabata K,Fujita N

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated botulinum D toxin ADP-ribosylates a 22 kDa molecular weight protein in homogenates obtained by sonication of a suspension of rabbit peritoneal neutrophils. The ADP-ribosylation catalyzed by activated botulinum D toxin is inhibited in homogenates obtained from cells pretreated with the toxin, suggesting that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mege JL,Volpi M,Becker EL,Sha'afi RI

更新日期：1988-04-29 00:00:00