4-Hydroxykobusin inhibits the induction of nitric oxide synthase by inhibiting NF-kappaB and AP-1 activation.

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the neuroprotective effects of kaempferol in the mouse model of Parkinson's disease, which was induced by neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). We confirmed that MPTP led to behavioral deficits, depletion of dopamine and its metabolites, reduction in supe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li S,Pu XP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three sialoglycoprotein fractions having reactivities against influenza A and B viruses (IV-A and IV-B) and influenza virus-hemagglutinin (IV-HA), were obtained by gel filtration using a Sephacryl S-300 column and an Asahipak GS-710 HPLC column from water-soluble fraction prepared from human meconium (ME-WSF). Molecul...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohyama K,Shinozuka T,Yanagida J,Yamakawa T

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylactic oral administration of a novel immunomodulator (immunosuppressant), FTY720 (1 mg/kg, three times a week), completely prevented the development of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) in C57BL/6 mice. EAMG has been used as an animal model for human myasthenia gravis, and was established by immu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kohno T,Tsuji T,Hirayama K,Iwatsuki R,Hirose M,Watabe K,Yoshikawa H,Kohno T,Matsumoto A,Fujita T,Hayashi M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied nephrotoxicity following a single injection of cisplatin (CDDP) at low dose (1 mg/kg) in two groups of rats aged 52 weeks (adult, A group) and 9 weeks (young, Y group). Renal platinum (Pt) was detectable in both groups 3 h after the CDDP injection, and, from 6 h to 3 d after injection, its level in the A gr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Namikawa K,Kinsoku A,Minami T,Okazaki Y,Kadota E,Teramura K,Hashimoto S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that restraint stress inhibits small intestinal motility in rats, and that the adrenergic beta3-antagonist SR59230A administration recovered the inhibition. In the present study, we compared the effects of restraint stress and norepinephrine on small intestinal motility using alpha- and bet...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tsukada F,Sawamura K,Kohno H,Ohkubo Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of zaldaride on acetylcholine-induced colonic electrolyte secretion was examined. The short-circuit current response to acetylcholine was partially reduced by tetrodotoxin, a neuronal blocker, and was completely inhibited by atropine, an acetylcholine M receptor antagonist, in the rat colonic preparations. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aikawa N,Kishibayashi N,Karasawa A,Ohmori K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution causes serious health disorders, because PM2.5 becomes deposited in the tracheobronchial and alveoli regions. In the extrathoracic region, there are more deposits of coarse particulate matter than fine particulates. As adverse health issues caused by coarse particulates have n...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kataoka H,Tanaka K,Tazuya-Murayama K,Yamashita T,Nishikawa JI

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal expression of the CYP3A subfamily was investigated in female rats, and the intestinal metabolism of two CYP3A substrates, testosterone and rifabutin, was examined and compared between males and females. CYP3A1/23 and CYP3A2 intestinal expression was barely detected in male and female rats. Although CYP3...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aiba T,Yoshinaga M,Ishida K,Takehara Y,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptanthrin originally isolated from Isatis tinctoria L. has been characterized to have anti-inflammatory activities through the dual inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-lipoxygenase mediated prostaglandin and leukotriene syntheses. To characterize phase I metabolite(s), tryptanthrin was incubated with rat liver mic...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee SK,Kim GH,Kim DH,Kim DH,Jahng Y,Jeong TC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of quercetin, a naturally occurring plant flavonoid, in protecting against oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-, excitotoxins-, and free radical-induced neuronal injury in mouse cortical cell cultures was investigated. Pre- and co-treatment with quercetin (100 microM) inhibited 50 min OGD-, 20 microM N-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ha HJ,Kwon YS,Park SM,Shin T,Park JH,Kim HC,Kwon MS,Wie MB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to examine the effects of the antifibrotic agents TJN-331 and tranilast on mesangial expansion in a rat model of anti-Thy1 nephritis. We first investigated the effects of TJN-331 and tranilast on mesangial expansion induced by anti-Thy1 serum in rats, and determined the counts of glomerular ce...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Saegusa Y,Sadakane C,Koseki J,Hasegawa Y,Shindo S,Maruyama H,Kase Y,Takeda S,Takeda H,Hattori T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that N-linked glycoproteins were accumulated in the cytosol of the normal aging rat brain, and that one protein had been identified as cathepsin D (Mech. Ageing Dev., 127, 771-778 (2006)). In this study, to elucidate the mechanism of cathepsin D accumulation in the cytosol, we examined the effec...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Miura Y,Sakurai Y,Hayakawa M,Shimada Y,Zempel H,Sato Y,Hisanaga S,Endo T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide kinase (CerK) and ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P) are involved in various cellular functions, while regulation of the enzyme activity has not been well elucidated. We herein investigated the effects of several glycerophospholipids on human recombinant CerK activity with CaCl2 and MgCl2 by measuring the formation o...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuzaki W,Takahashi H,Nakamura H,Murayama T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three antiinflammatory saponin components were isolated from the alkaline hydrolysate of a butanol-soluble portion of Kalopanax pictus bark extract through an in vivo activity-guided fractionation procedure. The hydrolysate showed inhibition of adjuvant induced arthritis in rats. After further fractionation, the ethyl...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li DW,Hyun JE,Jeong CS,Kim YS,Lee EB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal chiral inversion of ibuprofen is still lacking direct evidence. In a preliminary experiment, ibuprofen was found to undergo inversion in Caco-2 cells. This investigation was thus conducted to determine the characteristics and influence of some biochemical factors on the chiral inversion of ibuprofen in Caco...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hao H,Wang G,Sun J,Ding Z,Wu X,Roberts M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to produce a model mouse with a liver injury resulting from an immunological mechanism in C57BL/6J mice, and the effect of hepatitis on the hepatic microsomal mixed-function oxidase system was studied. An experimental immunological liver injury model was caused by the intravenous injection of an anti-basi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ishikawa M,Takayanagi Y,Sasaki K

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corneal transplantation has been used to treat severe eye disease for decades, but the therapeutic effect of the operation is highly compromised by immunological allograft rejection. To improve the success rate of corneal transplantation, we studied the protective effects of cyclosporine nanomicelle eye drops (CNED) o...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang H,Wang L,Zhang L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitooligosaccharides, the oligomers made up of beta-1,4-linked D-glucosamine, are obtained by partial hydrolysis of chitosan, a deacetylation product of chitin. The antioxidant activity of various chitooligosaccharides was tested in vitro with aminoguanidine, pyridoxamine, and Trolox as reference compounds. Hydroxyla...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chen AS,Taguchi T,Sakai K,Kikuchi K,Wang MW,Miwa I

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NDRG2, a new member of the N-Myc downstream-regulated gene (NDRG) family, is a focus for study at present. Up to now, its expression and function in carcinoma remain to be elucidated. In this study, using a colorectal cancer tissue array and a series of 213 colorectal cancer samples, the relationship between Ndrg2 and...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shi H,Jin H,Chu D,Wang W,Zhang J,Chen C,Xu C,Fan D,Yao L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cell responses to poly(DL-lactide) (PDLLA) and poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) with different weight average molecular weight (M.W.). Colony formation of MC3T3-E1 cells on the PLLA with M.W. 270000 or 1370000 was slightly lower than that on glass. The protein, DNA and hydroxypro...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ikarashi Y,Tsuchiya T,Kaniwa M,Nakamura A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calprotectin is a calcium- and zinc-binding protein complex that is abundant in cytosol of neutrophils. The concentration of calprotectin in extracellular fluids is greatly increased under various inflammatory conditions in vivo. We recently demonstrated that calprotectin inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis of...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mikami M,Kitahara M,Kitano M,Ariki Y,Mimaki Y,Sashida Y,Yamazaki M,Yui S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, Banhabackchulchunmatang (HMC05) has been implicated as a preventive and/or therapeutic candidate for cardiovascular diseases due to its inhibition of atherosclerosis lesions and its reduction of neointima formation. Knowledge of the mechanism of HMC05 in smooth muscle cells (SMC) is limited. However, SMC may...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Gum SI,Shin HM,Cho MK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We elucidated the protective effect of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone against hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-induced DNA damage. We found that 7,8-dihydroxyflavone scavenges 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone with antioxidant effect prevented the H(2)...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang R,Kang KA,Piao MJ,Ko DO,Wang ZH,Chang WY,You HJ,Lee IK,Kim BJ,Kang SS,Hyun JW

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to investigate the ameliorating effects of soy 11S protein on the impacts of alcohol consumption in rat hepatocytes and in reducing total cholesterol levels and total lipid levels in the serum. Liver histology and the clinically important enzyme markers (Aspartate Aminotransferase: AST and Alanine Am...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Park KJ,Kim HY,Chang BJ,Lee HH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we evaluated the effect of the novel acid pump antagonist 7-(4-fluorobenzyloxy)-2,3-dimethyl-1-{[(1S,2S)-2-methylcyclopropyl]methyl}-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyridazine (CS-526) on the intragastric acidity of cynomolgus monkeys. The study was performed in a crossover manner with five male animals. CS-526...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ito K,Kinoshita K,Yamamura N,Tomizawa A,Inaba F,Morikawa-Inomata Y,Tabata K,Shibakawa N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) antagonist YM90K with the competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist CGS19755 or with the NMDA channel blocker MK801 on the spatial memory of rats was examined by the 4-arm-baited radial maze task. When administered alone, t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li H,Matsumoto K,Watanabe H

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous transfer of protein from either influenza virus-infected or uninfected cells to dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) liposomes was examined. The amount of transferred protein of liposomes incubated with influenza virus-infected cells (I-lipo) was more than that of liposomes incubated with uninfected cells...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kogure K,Itoh M,Hayashi K,Ueno M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies were conducted to identify human drug-metabolizing enzymes involved in the metabolism of SNI-2011 ((+/-)-cis-2-methylspiro [1,3-oxathiolane-5,3'-quinuclidine] monohydrochloride hemihydrate, cevimeline hydrochloride hydrate). When 14C-SNI-2011 was incubated with human liver microsomes, SNI-2011 trans-s...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Washio T,Arisawa H,Kohsaka K,Yasuda H

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid-cured strain of the marine Vibrio alginolyticus 138-2 retains a respiration-driven Na+ pump. Examinations of several strains of V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus revealed that these murine Vibrio always possessed the respiration-driven Na+ pump irrespective of the presence or absence of plasmids. Thes...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakamura T,Hayashi S,Yamanaka R,Hamashima H,Arai T,Unemoto T

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of various disinfectants and hot water on planktonic cells and biofilm cells of Burkholderia cepacia were investigated. The survival rate of viable B. cepacia cells in suspension decreased to 0.001% or lower within 15 s of exposure to 0.5% benzalkonium chloride, within 30 s of exposure to 0.5% alkyldiamino...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Miyano N,Oie S,Kamiya A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00