Differential responses to anxiogenic drugs in a mouse model of panic disorder as revealed by Fos immunocytochemistry in specific areas of the fear circuitry.

abstract：:Amino acids are potent regulators of muscle protein synthesis and breakdown and have received considerable attention for the treatment of muscle wasting conditions. Arginine is critically involved in numerous physiological functions including providing substrate for the production of creatine, urea and nitric oxide (N...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ham DJ,Caldow MK,Lynch GS,Koopman R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the available protocols, chemically driven approaches to oxidize cysteine may not be required for molecules that, under the native-like conditions, naturally fold in conformations ensuring an effective pairing of the right disulfide bridge pattern. In this contest, we successfully prepared the distinctin, a natu...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Calce E,Vitale RM,Scaloni A,Amodeo P,De Luca S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous research, we have shown that adequate levels of polyamines are required in transformed mouse fibroblasts for the correlated activations of MAPK subtypes (ERK and JNK) and caspases induced by etoposide and leading to apoptosis. We report now that the treatment of fibroblasts with etoposide also elicited a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tantini B,Pignatti C,Fattori M,Fiumana E,Facchini A,Stefanelli C,Caldarera CM,Pegg AE,Flamigni F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of pluripotent stem cell protein markers, self-renewal, the potential to differentiate in cell types of all three germlines and teratoma formation in nude mice form the spectrum of the stringent pluripotency criteria for human stem cells. Currently, intercellular variability is discussed as an additiona...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Rosner M,Hengstschläger M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transglutaminases (TGs) are a large family of related and ubiquitous enzymes that catalyze the cross-linking of a glutaminyl residue of a protein/peptide substrate to a lysyl residue of a protein/peptide co-substrate. Considerable and intense progress has been made in the understanding of the chemistry, molecular biol...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tabolacci C,Lentini A,Provenzano B,Beninati S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK) family consists of seven cytosolic serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) protein kinases, and among them, GRK2 is involved in the regulation of an enormous range of both G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and non-GPCR substrates that participate in or regulate many critical cellular p...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kang JH,Toita R,Kawano T,Murata M,Asai D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel type I ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP), designated as curcin C, was purified from Jatropha curcas, an important feedback source of bio-fuel. Molecular mass and isoelectric point of curcin C were 31.398 kDa and 7.12 as detected by MALTI-TOF assay and capillary electrophoresis assay, respectively. N-terminal...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zhang Y,Yang Q,Li C,Ding M,Lv X,Tao C,Yu H,Chen F,Xu Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prior knowledge of protein structural classes can provide useful information about its overall structure, so it is very important for quick and accurate determination of protein structural class with computation method in protein science. One of the key for computation method is accurate protein sample representatio...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Li ZC,Zhou XB,Dai Z,Zou XY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-linked β-N-actylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a carbohydrate post-translational modification on hydroxyl groups of serine and/or threonine residues of cytosolic and nuclear proteins. Analogous to phosphorylation, O-GlcNAcylation plays crucial regulatory roles in a variety of cellular processes. O-GlcNAc was termed a nut...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ma Z,Vosseller K

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A well preserved nutritional status is beneficial in chronically uremic patients for slowing the pace of deterioration of renal function, and delaying the need for dialysis therapy. The purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional profile of 10 patients in a steady state of advanced CRF, and of 15 patients with...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Troupel S,Le Moel G,Bouten A,Fessi H,Boukhalfa Z,Stamatakis G,Lecon V,Mery J,Agneray J,Jacobs C

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we describe the asymmetric synthesis of a series of fluorinated and non-fluorinated quaternary α-amino acid derivatives. This methodology involves the diastereoselective addition of chiral 2-p-tolylsulfinyl benzylcarbanions to either imines containing a 2-furyl moiety or trifluoromethyl α-imino esters. S...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Fustero S,Sánchez-Roselló M,Báez C,Del Pozo C,García Ruano JL,Alemán J,Marzo L,Parra A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the body. It is an important fuel for some key cells of the immune system. Both the plasma concentration of glutamine and the functional ability of immune cells in the blood are decreased after prolonged, exhaustive exercise. Glutamine feeding has had beneficial effects in ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Castell LM,Newsholme EA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of exogenous Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) and in the presence of EGTA, which favours the release of endogenous Ca(2+), the polyamine spermine is able to stimulate the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) of energized rat liver mitochondria (RLM). This stimulation exhibits a gradual concentration-depend...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pezzato E,Battaglia V,Brunati AM,Agostinelli E,Toninello A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the population of elderly people is growing rapidly, the number of individuals with dementia and cognitive impairment is also increasing. One of the preventive measures against cognitive decline is diet and different dietary factors have already been investigated. This review provides an overview of studies on diet...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： van de Rest O,van der Zwaluw NL,de Groot LC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals at the neonatal stage have to eat more to support better growth and health. However, it is difficult to understand the mechanism of feeding during an early stage of life in the brain of the rodent model. Chickens are precocial and they can look for their food by themselves right after hatching. Neonatal chicks...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tran PV,Chowdhury VS,Furuse M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc exhibits antidepressant-like activity in preclinical tests/models. Moreover, zinc homeostasis is implicated in the pathophysiology of affective disorders. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of chronic zinc, citalopram and imipramine intraperitoneal administration on the presynaptic and extrace...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Sowa-Kućma M,Kowalska M,Szlósarczyk M,Gołembiowska K,Opoka W,Baś B,Pilc A,Nowak G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vigabatrin is a GABA derivative (gamma-vinyl GABA) which inhibits irreversibly the enzyme activity of GABA transaminase and thus increased indirectly brain GABA concentrations. We have used body temperature assay to examine the effects of Vigabatrin on thermoregulation in intact rats. In order to understand the mechan...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Nikolov RP,Yakimova KS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical modification of protein by nonenzymatic browning or Maillard reactions increases with age and in disease. Maillard products are formed by reactions of both carbohydrate- and lipid-derived intermediates with proteins, leading to formation of advanced glycation and lipoxidation end-products (AGE/ALEs). Thes...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Thorpe SR,Baynes JW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclization of N-Boc-α-alkylserines to corresponding β-lactones under Mitsunobu reaction conditions and the ring opening with heterocyclic amines (pyrrolidine, piperidine, morpholine and thiomorpholine) produced N-Boc-α-alkyl-β-(sec-amino)alanines. The removal of the Boc group gives di-hydrochlorides of non-protei...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Olma A,Lasota A,Kudaj A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the effect of taurine (tau) supplementation to low fishmeal (FM) diets on growth performance, oxidative status, and immune response of European seabass juveniles. Four isoproteic (46% crude protein) and isolipidic (19% crude lipid) diets were formulated to contain either 25 or 12.5% FM and...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Martins N,Magalhães R,Castro C,Couto A,Díaz-Rosales P,Oliva-Teles A,Peres H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor VIII, the plasma protein deficient or defective in individuals with hemophilia A, is a critical member of the blood coagulation cascade. Recent studies have identified the FVIII light chain region Glu1811-Lys1818 as being involved in FIXa binding and in the assembly of the FX-activating FIXaz-FVIIIa complex. Ba...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Patsialas K,Koutsas C,Makris P,Liakopoulou-Kyriakides M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the activating role of Mcm1p at ARG1 during arginine starvation. Our results showed that two Mcm1p binding sites positively contribute to ARG1 transcription and cell growth. Especially, we provide strong evidence that the Mcm1p binding sites play a positive role in ARG1 transcription to ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hong S,Yoon S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated hepatocytes from rat liver in primary culture rapidly lost viability under hypoxic conditions. In the presence of glycine, L-alanine or L-serine loss of viability under hypoxic conditions was greatly retarded. Glycine and L-serine already showed significant protection from hypoxic injury at a concentration of...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Brecht M,de Groot H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N, N'-Ethylene-bridged bis-(S)-methionine[(2S, 7S)-2, 7-bis(2-methyl-thioethyl)-3,6-diazaoctanedioic acid] derived from (S)-methionine and 1,2-dibromoethane was cyclized and esterified simultaneously in boiling ethanol in the presence of an appropriate amount of strong acid such asp-toluenesulfonic acid, affording a c...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yamashita T,Takenaka H,Kojima Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of up-regulation of putrescine (Put) production by genetic manipulation on the turnover of spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm) was investigated in transgenic cells of poplar (Populus nigra × maximowiczii) and seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana. Several-fold increase in Put production was achieved by expressi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Shao L,Bhatnagar P,Majumdar R,Minocha R,Minocha SC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are the most common preventable causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. They represent major public health threat to our society. Increasing prevalence of obesity and T2DM contributes to escalating morbidity and mortality from CVD and stroke. Carnos...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Baye E,Ukropcova B,Ukropec J,Hipkiss A,Aldini G,de Courten B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the effective and optimum dose of taurine for exercise performance and to maintain tissue taurine concentration. Rats received a respective daily dose of 0, 20, 100, and 500 mg/kg body weight of taurine (EC and ET-1, -2, -3 groups, respectively) for two weeks, and then, were subj...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Miyazaki T,Matsuzaki Y,Ikegami T,Miyakawa S,Doy M,Tanaka N,Bouscarel B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the subcellular location of a protein provides valuable information about its function, possible interaction with other proteins and drug targetability, among other things. The experimental determination of a protein's location in the cell is expensive, time consuming and open to human error. Fast and acc...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Mooney C,Cessieux A,Shields DC,Pollastri G

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive detection of prostate cancer or metastases still remains a challenge in the field of molecular imaging. In our recent work of screening arginine- or lysine-rich peptides for intracellular delivery of a therapeutic agent into prostate cancer cells, an arginine-rich cell permeable peptide (NH(2)GR(11)) was ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hao G,Zhou J,Guo Y,Long MA,Anthony T,Stanfield J,Hsieh JT,Sun X

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular amino acid composition of plant cells was analyzed. The callus of carrot (Daucus carota), leaves of Torenia fournieri and protocomb-like body of Cymbidium, s.p. were examined as examples of plant cells. The cellular amino acid compositions differed in the plant cells, but their basic patterns were quite s...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Sorimachi K,Okayasu T,Akimoto K,Niwa A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00