Glycated albumin and cross-linking of CD44 induce scavenger receptor expression and uptake of oxidized LDL in human monocytes.

abstract：:The negative regulator of DNA-binding/cell-differentiation Id2 is a small protein containing a central helix-loop-helix (HLH) motif and a C-terminal nuclear export signal (NES). Whereas the former is essential for Id2 dimerization and nuclear localization, the latter is responsible for the transport of Id2 from the nu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Colombo N,Schroeder J,Cabrele C

更新日期：2006-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen (TAM), an anti-estrogen compound, is widely used for chemotherapy of breast cancer, although the molecular mechanisms underlying TAM cytotoxicity are obscure. Here, we show that TAM dramatically caused degradation of vimentin (VIM) in human skin fibroblasts, in a time and dose dependent manner. Addition of c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto M,Inoue S,Ogawa S,Conrad C,Muramatsu M,Shackelford D,Masliah E

更新日期：1998-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase activity and the factors which may regulate this steroid hydroxylase were examined in the midgut of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, during the last larval stadium. Radioassay experiments revealed that midgut ecdysone 20-monooxygenase undergoes a single 50-fold increase in activity tempor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keogh DP,Johnson RF,Smith SL

更新日期：1989-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Arctigenin is a bioactive constituent from dried seeds of Arctium lappa L., which was traditionally used as medicine. Arctigenin exhibits various bioactivities, but its effects on blood pressure regulation are still not widely studied. In this study, we investigated antihypertensive effects of arctigenin by long-term ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Y,Wang G,Yang M,Chen H,zhao Y,Yang S,Sun C

更新日期：2015-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is localized in the mitochondria and is important for oxidative stress resistance. Although transcriptional regulation of MnSOD has been relatively well studied, much less is known about the protein's posttranslational regulation. In budding yeast, MnSOD is activated af...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi H,Suzuki T,Shirai A,Matsuyama A,Dohmae N,Yoshida M

更新日期：2011-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known as to the structural requirements of the acyl side chain for interaction of acylglycerols with monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL), the enzyme chiefly responsible for the metabolism of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) in the brain. In the present study, a series of twelve analogues of 1-AG ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vandevoorde S,Saha B,Mahadevan A,Razdan RK,Pertwee RG,Martin BR,Fowler CJ

更新日期：2005-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation plays critical roles in the regulation of protein activity and cell signaling. The level of protein phosphorylation is controlled by protein kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). Disturbance of the equilibrium between protein kinase and PTP activities results in abnormal protein pho...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park JE,Park BC,Song M,Park SG,Lee DH,Park SY,Kim JH,Cho S

更新日期：2009-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL)-related cells have the ability to produce a newly-isolated calcium-regulating protein, parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP). The present study revealed that lectin-stimulated normal lymphocytes produce immunoreactive (IR)-PTHrP. When the T-cell-enriched fraction was purified from nor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Adachi N,Yamaguchi K,Miyake Y,Honda S,Nagasaki K,Akiyama Y,Adachi I,Abe K

更新日期：1990-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that rat bone marrow-derived macrophages responded to opsonized zymosan by releasing superoxide anion. However, these cells were defective in the response to the potent oxidative burst activator phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). This result was observed whatever the concentration of agonist used and with diffe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Andre P,Capo C,Mege JL,Benoliel AM,Bongrand P

更新日期：1988-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA endonuclease complex which recognizes predominantly pyrimidine dimers in UVC irradiated DNA has been isolated from the chromatin of normal human and xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group D (XPD) lymphoblastoid cells. The activity of the normal complex on UVC irradiated DNA was increased approximately 2.5 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Parrish DD,Feng X,Lambert MW

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiptium, a cationic and amphiphilic drug currently employed in cancer chemotherapy, was found to be accumulated against its concentration gradient by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. Accumulation was reduced in Celiptium resistant amiA mutants which were also observed to have reduced electric transmembrane po...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sautereau AM,Tocanne JF,Trombe MC

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the 5S rRNA from a mushroom, Coprinus cinereus, was determined to be: (sequence in text). This sequence is consistent with current models for the secondary structure of 5S RNAs and indicates a very high degree of sequence conservation among the most highly evolved fungi. Sequence heterogenei...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu WY,Nazar RN

更新日期：1983-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:SND p102 is a rat liver endoplasmic reticulum cholesterol ester hydrolase recently described as a member of a conserved family of transcriptional coactivators that promotes phospholipid secretion into lipoproteins when overexpressed in hepatocytes. In this work, we report first evidence for a mechanism of transcriptio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rodríguez L,Ochoa B,Martínez MJ

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the mechanism of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, we investigated the effect of glucocorticoid on canonical Wnt signaling that emerged as a novel key pathway for promoting bone formation. Wnt3a increased the T-cell factor (Tcf)/lymphoid enhancer factor (Lef)-dependent transcriptional activity in primary...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohnaka K,Tanabe M,Kawate H,Nawata H,Takayanagi R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretion of growth hormone (GH) exhibits marked sexual dimorphism in the rat. To examine the underlying mechanism that involves hypothalamic GH-releasing factor (GRF), we determined pituitary GRF receptor mRNA levels in male and female rats and compared their in vitro abilities to release GRF, an endogenous ligand fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ono M,Miki N,Murata Y,Osaki E,Tamitsu K,Ri T,Yamada M,Demura H

更新日期：1995-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:cGMP-Phosphodiesterase 6 (PDE6) is the central effector enzyme in the phototransduction system of vertebrate photoreceptors. We have recently found that PDE6 accumulates in a detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fraction in response to excitation of bovine rod phototransduction system. Here, we studied the molecular mec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu H,Seno K,Hayashi F

更新日期：2003-03-28 00:00:00

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：:Preadipocytes constitutively express GATA-2 and GATA-3 that are required to halt the cells at the undifferentiated stage. However, we unexpectedly found that K-7174, a GATA-specific inhibitor, did not induce but rather inhibited differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. It was associated with lack of lipid accumulation...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimada T,Hiramatsu N,Okamura M,Hayakawa K,Kasai A,Yao J,Kitamura M

更新日期：2007-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:MH1C1 rat hepatoma cells express the alpha isoenzyme as the only phorbol-ester sensitive isoform of protein kinase C (PKC). In this cell line, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) induced a marked, dose-dependent growth inhibition. The administration of the PKC inhibitor staurosporine was able to mimic the effect of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Perletti GP,Smeraldi C,Porro D,Piccinini F

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although insulin-like growth factors (IGF) I and II bind with high affinity to structurally discrete receptors, they bind with a lesser affinity to each other's receptor. We have evaluated the affinity of five different IGF-I preparations (three natural IGF-I preparations, one synthetic preparation, and one recombinan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosenfeld RG,Conover CA,Hodges D,Lee PD,Misra P,Hintz RL,Li CH

更新日期：1987-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicastrin is a recently discovered protein interacting with presenilins and the beta-amyloid precursor protein, the proteins playing key roles in Alzheimer's disease and which, when mutated, appear responsible for early-onset familial forms of Alzheimer's disease. Nicastrin was reported to modulate beta-amyloid produc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fergani A,Yu G,St George-Hyslop P,Checler F

更新日期：2001-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent release of COVID-19 spike glycoprotein allows detailed analysis of the structural features that are required for stabilizing the infective form of its quaternary assembly. Trying to disassemble the trimeric structure of COVID-19 spike glycoprotein, we analyzed single protomer surfaces searching for concave ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bongini P,Trezza A,Bianchini M,Spiga O,Niccolai N

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of protein kinase C delta (PKCδ) has been linked to the neuroinflammation but the relationship with the various neurodegenerative diseases including the Alzheimer's disease (AD) was mostly elusive. In the AD brains, the special phospholipids, ethanolamine plasmalogens (Pls), were found to be reduced and our...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sejimo S,Hossain MS,Akashi K

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiolipin and phosphatidic acid-binding protein (CLPABP) controls the stability of the mRNA harboring an AU-rich element (ARE) in the 3' UTR with the help of the RNA stabilizer, human antigen R (HuR). Although CLPABP is localized on the mitochondrial surface as a large protein-RNA complex, its precise role is not ye...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maeda A,Uchida M,Nishikawa S,Nishino T,Konishi H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic B cells are induced to proliferate upon culture with antibody having specificity for surface membrane immunoglobulins. Cells treated with pronase, washed and then cultured with antibody, exhibited a greater than 5-fold enhancement of DNA synthesis whereas pronase treatment, per se, was not mitogenic. The prona...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gollapudi SV,Ramanadham M,Kern M

更新日期：1984-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is usually caused by absence of the nuclear membrane protein, emerin, due to nonsense mutations or deletions, but a few missense mutations also exist. A pathogenic g993t mutation causes a Q133H change in the nuclear targeting region of emerin, but it may also reduce emerin le...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Holt I,Clements L,Manilal S,Morris GE

更新日期：2001-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies are commonly found in systemic autoimmune diseases such as Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus, and some of these antibodies appear to be responsible for certain pathological lesions including congenital heart block in neonatal lupus. In this study, we generated three human anti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki H,Takemura H,Suzuki M,Sekine Y,Kashiwagi H

更新日期：1997-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathways formed of delocalized π-electron systems and polar groups of polypeptide chains bridged by hydrogen bonds are referred as π-H pathways. Suitable for electron transfer, these pathways in cytochrome c oxidase connect CuA, the source of electrons distributed in cytochrome c oxidase, with the metal centers, heme ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramasarma T,Vaigundan D

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The human homolog of the Drosophila discs large tumor suppressor protein (hDLG) functions as a scaffolding protein that facilitates the transmission of diverse downstream signals. Here we show that hDLG interacts through its PDZ domains with the carboxy-terminal S/TXV motif of the mitochondrial ribosomal protein S-34 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ogawa F,Adachi S,Kohu K,Shige K,Akiyama T

更新日期：2003-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-33 is a novel member of the IL-1 family. IL-33 is primarily synthesized as a 30-kDa precursor (pro-IL-33). Pro-IL-33 is cleaved by caspase-1 into an 18-kDa mature form (mature IL-33) in vitro. Recombinant mature IL-33 has been known to induce T-helper type-2 (Th2)-associated cytokines and inflammatory...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayakawa M,Hayakawa H,Matsuyama Y,Tamemoto H,Okazaki H,Tominaga S

更新日期：2009-09-11 00:00:00