Inhibition of the vacuolar H(+)-pump with bafilomycin A1 does not induce acrosome reaction or activate proacrosin in mouse spermatozoa.

abstract：:Nitric oxide is known to participate in the immune and inflammatory processes. In this study, we investigated the production of nitric oxide (NO) in murine viral myocarditis induced by coxsackievirus B3. The expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA in the heart first appeared on day 4 after virus inoculation an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mikami S,Kawashima S,Kanazawa K,Hirata K,Katayama Y,Hotta H,Hayashi Y,Ito H,Yokoyama M

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:F(0)F(1)-ATPase within chromatophore was constructed as a biosensor (immuno-rotary biosensor) for the purpose of capturing single virus. Capture of virus was based on antibody-antigen reaction. The detection of virus based on proton flux change driven by ATP-synthesis of F(0)F(1)-ATPase, which was indicated by F1300, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu X,Zhang Y,Yue J,Jiang P,Zhang Z

更新日期：2006-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), a representative anionic surfactant, is a commonly used reagent in studies of the cell membrane and cell wall. However, the mechanisms through which SDS affects cellular functions have not yet been fully examined. Thus, to gain further insights into the cellular functions and responses to...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao F,Yang J,Li J,Li Z,Lin Y,Zheng S,Liang S,Han S

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:PKN1 is a fatty acid and Rho-activated serine/threonine protein kinase whose catalytic domain is highly homologous to protein kinase C (PKC) family. In yeast two-hybrid screening for PKN1 binding proteins, we identified tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2). TRAF2 is one of the ma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gotoh Y,Oishi K,Shibata H,Yamagiwa A,Isagawa T,Nishimura T,Goyama E,Takahashi M,Mukai H,Ono Y

更新日期：2004-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:GroEL-like particles of Thermus aquaticus are homo-oligomeric complexes of two stacked seven member rings, sedimenting in the gradient at 20S. The apparent molecular mass of the native particles is 820,000 (+/- 30,000). The protein complex is composed with one polypeptide of M(r) 59,000. Immunoblotting results and N-t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mikulík K,Benada O

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Blockage of either nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) or Akt sensitizes cancer cells to TNF-induced apoptosis. In this study, we investigated the undetermined effect of concurrent blockage of these two survival pathways on TNF-induced cytotoxicity in lung cancer cells. The results show that Akt contributes to TNF-induc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Chen W,Lin Y

更新日期：2007-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Cdc34 conferred strong cadmium resistance on budding yeast. Proteasome activity, which is involved in the degradation of ubiquitinated proteins, was not essential for the acquisition of resistance to cadmium. The overexpression of Cdc34 accelerated the ubiquitination ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hwang GW,Furuchi T,Naganuma A

更新日期：2007-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cereblon (CRBN) was originally identified as a target protein for a mild type of mental retardation in humans. However, recent studies showed that CRBN acts as a negative regulator of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) by binding directly to the AMPK catalytic subunit. Because AMPK is implicated in myocardial ischemi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim J,Lee KM,Park CS,Park WJ

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation of many small nuclear RNAs is dependent on RNase III-like endonuclease mediated cleavage, which generates a loading site for the exosome complex that trims the precursor at its 3' end. Using a temperature sensitive Pac1 nuclease, here we show that the endonuclease cleavage is equally important in termin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nabavi S,Nazar RN

更新日期：2010-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The extended exposure of proteins to reducing sugars leads to nonenzymatic glycation with the accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Long-lived proteins, such as collagen and crystallins, are subjected to this modification, and are implicated as causal factors in several diseases including diabetic co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hong SB,Lee KW,Handa JT,Joo CK

更新日期：2000-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established a highly sensitive semi-nested PCR assay for the detection of H. pylori infection using gastric juice samples, which can be aspirated with disposable nasogastric tubes. The primers targeting H. pylori urease A gene were designed based on the sequence conservation analysis of sixteen H. pylori strai...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamata O,Yoshida H,Hirota K,Yoshida A,Kawaguchi R,Shiratori Y,Omata M

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The activation of hepatic stellate cells plays a central role in the development of liver fibrosis during chronic liver trauma. The aim of the present study was to identify a compound that inhibits the activation process of stellate cells. METHODS:Rat primary cultured stellate cells and a human stellate cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui W,Wang M,Maegawa H,Teranishi Y,Kawada N

更新日期：2012-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe the initial characterization of murine, human, and Drosophila hesr-1 (for hairy and enhancer of split related-1) a novel evolutionary conserved family of hairy/enhancer of split homologs. Hesr-1 cDNAs display features typical of hairy and enhancer of split-type bHLH proteins including a N-te...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kokubo H,Lun Y,Johnson RL

更新日期：1999-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNase gene superfamily combines functionally divergent proteins which share statistically significant sequence similarity. Known members assigned to this family include secretory and nonsecretory RNases; angiogenin; eosinophil cationic protein; eosinophil-derived neurotoxin; sialic-acid binding lectin and anti-tum...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Klenova EM,Botezato I,Laudet V,Goodwin GH,Wallace JC,Lobanenkov VV

更新日期：1992-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:S-100 protein and annexin II2-p11(2) were reported to inhibit and to stimulate the assembly of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), respectively, in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. Here we show by a number of experimental approaches that S-100 protein contrasts all the effects of annexin II2-p11(2) on GFAP assembly and,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bianchi R,Garbuglia M,Verzini M,Giambanco I,Spreca A,Donato R

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:53BP1 plays important roles in checkpoint signaling and repair for DNA double-strand breaks. We found that a colon cancer cell line, SW48, expressed a splicing variant form of 53BP1, which lacks the residues corresponding to exons 10 and 11. Activation of ATM and phosphorylation of ATM and ATR targets occurred in SW48...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwabuchi K,Matsui T,Hashimoto M,Matsumoto Y,Kurihara T,Date T

更新日期：2008-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene-recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) elicited a dose-dependent stimulation of the proliferation of osteoblast-like cells (OB), when grown in strictly serum-free longterm cultures. A half-maximal effect was observed at concentrations of 15-20 ng/ml and the maximal stimulation was 160% of hormone-free controls. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ernst M,Froesch ER

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA encoding the human luteinizing hormone--choriogonadotropin (LH/hCG) receptor. The deduced amino acid sequence (699 residues) containing seven putative transmembrane segments displays sequence similarity to G protein-coupled receptors. The receptor consists of 335 residue extracell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minegishi T,Nakamura K,Takakura Y,Miyamoto K,Hasegawa Y,Ibuki Y,Igarashi M,Minegish T corrected to Minegishi T

更新日期：1990-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using fluorescence and UV-vis spectroscopies and mass spectrometry, we demonstrated that the presence of physiological levels of reduced glutathione enhances the binding of Zn(II) to XPAzf, a Cys4 zinc finger peptide derived from the XPA protein, by means of formation of a ternary complex of a general formula ZnXPAzf[...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Piatek K,Hartwig A,Bal W

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Regarding the T cell function in HIV-1 infection, activation of T cells is enhanced in acutely HIV-1-infected T cells upon stimuli. However, T cell immune responses underlying the activation of T cell receptor (TCR) signaling molecules and interleukin (IL)-2 production in latently HIV-1-infected cells are poorly under...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shin Y,Yoon CH,Lim H,Park J,Roh TY,Kang C,Choi BS

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence indicates that circular RNA (circRNA) plays an important role in the regulation of tumor biological behaviors. In this study, we aimed to explore the role of a novel circRNA, circ_0034642, in glioma. qRT-PCR was conducted to evaluate the levels of circ_0034642 in glioma tissues and cells. In addition,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang M,Li G,Fan L,Zhang G,Xu J,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated whether isolated mouse hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells (HSEC) synthesized basic FGF. HSEC lysate was fractionated by heparin-Sepharose chromatography. A peak of mitogenic activity for Balb/c 3T3 fibroblasts was eluted with 3M NaCl. Several arguments suggested that the mitogenic factor was rel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosenbaum J,Mavier P,Preaux AM,Dhumeaux D

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of TNF alpha receptors and their regulation by the endocrine system were examined in testicular Sertoli cells. By using cross-linking experiments as well as northern blotting analysis, we detected the p55 receptor type (MW: 55 kDa, mRNA: 2.3 kb), but not the p75 TNF alpha receptor type. Furthermore, we ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mauduit C,Besset V,Caussanel V,Benahmed M

更新日期：1996-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioactivity, refolding, and multimer formation of endostatin, particularly of recombinant endostatin produced from bacteria, are proved challenging for clinical application. In order to determine the biological activity of recombinant endostatin multimer, first, we expressed endostatin in Escherichia coli and puri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wei DM,Gao Y,Cao XR,Zhu NC,Liang JF,Xie WP,Zhen MY,Zhu MS

更新日期：2006-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene library of Anaerocellum thermophilum Z-1320 was constructed in Escherichia coli using plasmid pUC18. Clones were selected by screening for hydrolysis of CMC, MU-Cel, lichenan and xylan. Recombinant clones expressing two beta-1,4-glucanases and two different xylanases were obtained. Both beta-1,4-glucanases were...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bolshakova EV,Ponomariev AA,Novikov AA,Svetlichnyi VA,Velikodvorskaya GA

更新日期：1994-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver X receptor (LXR) functions as a receptor for oxysterols and plays a critical role in the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism. We recently described a synthetic LXR inverse agonist that displayed efficacy in treatment of hepatic steatosis in a mouse model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Griffett K,Burris TP

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Protocols were defined that enable patch-clamp studies of the approximately 107 pS voltage dependent channel and a class of activity we refer to as MCC (multiconductance channel) which is characterized by multiple levels and transitions as high as 1 to 1.5 nS. If free calcium was kept at 10(-7) M or lower during mitoc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinnally KW,Zorov D,Antonenko Y,Perini S

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate how co-treatment of low-dose staurosporine (STS) and TGF-beta1, which alone have little effect on cell death, markedly induces apoptosis in Mv1Lu mink lung epithelial cells, but not in its clonal variant R1B cells lacking functional TGF-beta signaling. This process was associated with mitochondria-depen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ju EM,Choi KC,Hong SH,Lee CH,Kim BC,Kim SJ,Kim IH,Park SH

更新日期：2005-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that encodes a small conductance cAMP-activated chloride ion channel. In the CF pancreatic duct, mutations in CFTR cause a reduction in bicarbonate secretion. This is thought to result from CFTR operating...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hyde K,Harrison D,Hollingsworth MA,Harris A

更新日期：1999-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the role of the recently discovered "early growth response gene-1 (Egr-1)" in the induction of myocardial protein synthesis by endothelin-1. Endothelin-1 stimulated protein synthesis (i.e. 3H-phenylalanine incorporation) in isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes more than 2-fold. Addition of a 15mer Egr-1 antis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Neyses L,Nouskas J,Vetter H

更新日期：1991-11-27 00:00:00