Metallothionein rescues hypoxia-inducible factor-1 transcriptional activity in cardiomyocytes under diabetic conditions.

abstract：:Cluster 2b streptokinase (SK2b), secreted by invasive skin-trophic strains of Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS), is a human plasminogen (hPg) activator that optimally functions when human plasma hPg is bound, via its kringle-2 domain, to cognizant bacterial cells through the a1a2 domain of the major cellular hPg receptor, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Y,Mayfield JA,Ploplis VA,Castellino FJ

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycolytic inhibitor 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2DG) causes energy starvation, affecting cell viability in a wide range of cancer cell lines. To determine the action of 2DG in pancreatic cancer, we performed proteomic analysis of pancreatic cancer cell line after 2DG treatment. Eighty proteins showed differential expressi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishino K,Kudo M,Peng WX,Kure S,Kawahara K,Teduka K,Kawamoto Y,Kitamura T,Fujii T,Yamamoto T,Wada R,Naito Z

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of insulin on the steady-state level of human insulin receptor (hIR) mRNA were examined in the HepG2 human liver cell line using Northern blot analysis of either total cellular or poly(A)+ RNA. In control cells, up to six (4.5, 5.2, 7.4, 8.5, 9.4 and 10.8 kb) hybridizable species of hIR mRNA were identifie...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rohilla AM,Anderson C,Wood WM,Berhanu P

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:With age human collagen demonstrates, amongst other changes, reductions in solubility, elasticity and permeability. Many of these changes have been attributed to non-enzymic glycosylation (glycation)-a spontaneous addition of sugar molecules to any protein with free amino groups. The resulting formation and accumulati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Malik NS,Meek KM

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A Balb/c mouse was immunized with chick synaptic plasma membranes and monoclonal antibodies were produced by fusion of spleen cells with NS-1 mouse myeloma cells. One antibody, MAC-L1, immunoprecipitated more than 90% of the [3H]PN200-110-labeled calcium channels but only 20% of the omega -conotoxin receptor solubiliz...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi M,Fujimoto Y

更新日期：1989-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of cancer stem cells, in both hematopoietic and solid malignancies, has been recently linked to their pathogenesis. We aimed to identify the characteristics and stem-like properties of sphere-colony forming cells in rat osteosarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma cell lines. The results showed that bo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujii H,Honoki K,Tsujiuchi T,Kido A,Yoshitani K,Mori T,Takakura Y

更新日期：2007-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the involvement of G(i/o) protein in NO production following the activation of proteinase-activated receptor-4 (PAR-4) in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. AYPGKF-NH(2) (PAR-4 activating peptide), thrombin, and ionomycin induced a concentration-dependent NO production, with the maximal producti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Momota F,Hirano K,Hirano M,Nishimura J,Kanaide H

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease exhibited most commonly in joints. We found that the expression of C1qtnf3, which encodes C1q/TNF-related protein 3 (CTRP3), was highly increased in two mouse RA models with different etiology. To elucidate the pathogenic roles of CTRP3 in the development...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Murayama MA,Kakuta S,Maruhashi T,Shimizu K,Seno A,Kubo S,Sato N,Saijo S,Hattori M,Iwakura Y

更新日期：2014-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse monoclonal antibodies were generated against human ribonuclease inhibitor, an intracellular regulatory protein. A total of four antibodies were isolated, all of which were of the immunoglobulin G1 subtype. Western blot analysis of the antibodies suggested monospecificity. Based on immunoradiometric competition a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Feldman M,Kohtz DS,Kleinberg DL

更新日期：1988-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:1alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1alpha,25(OH)2D3) increases the binding of transforming growth factor beta1(TGF beta1) via TGF beta receptors to the surface of human osteoblasts. The increase in TGF beta receptors induced by 1alpha,25(OH)2D3 is dependent on increases in TGF beta secretion induced by 1alpha,25(OH)2D3, s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagel D,Kumar R

更新日期：2002-02-08 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：:Prostacyclin synthase (PGIS) cDNA comprises 1500 nucleotides coding for a 500 amino acid protein. It is a heme protein with spectral characteristics of cytochrome p450 (CYP). It does not possess the typical CYP mono-oxygenase activity but catalyzes the rearrangement of prostaglandin H2 to form PGI2. Analysis of its st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu KK,Liou JY

更新日期：2005-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:RhoD is a member of the classical Rho GTPases and it has an essential role in the regulation of actin dynamics. Furthermore, RhoD also localizes to early endosomes and recycling endosomes, indicating additional roles in the regulation of endosome trafficking. A yeast two-hybrid screen identified Zipper-Interacting Pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nehru V,Almeida FN,Aspenström P

更新日期：2013-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex 2 (TSC2) is a tumor-suppressor protein that is partially regulated by insulin, energy, oxygen, and growth factors. Mutations in the TSC2 gene and loss of TSC2 promote cell growth by the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) activation. Furthermore, S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) senso...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gen S,Matsumoto Y,Suzuki T,Inoue J,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) resulting in a substitution from Gln to His was found in exon 4 of the CYP2B6 gene in Japanese. The frequency of the variant allele was found to be 19.9%. The mutant- and the wild-type enzymes were expressed in Escherichia coli, and the effects of the single amino acid substituti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ariyoshi N,Miyazaki M,Toide K,Sawamura Yi,Kamataki T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria, a disease accounting for more than one million deaths per year, is caused by intraerythrocytic growth of Plasmodia. Parasitemia may be blunted by suicidal erythrocyte death or eryptosis, which is characterized by cell shrinkage and phosphatidylserine exposure. Triggers of eryptosis include lead nitrate (Pb(NO...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koka S,Huber SM,Boini KM,Lang C,Föller M,Lang F

更新日期：2007-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resistin is associated with insulin resistance, and determining its developmental and molecular mechanisms may help the development of novel treatments. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in many physiological and pathological processes as negative regulators. However, it remains unclear whether miRNAs play a r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wen F,Yang Y,Jin D,Sun J,Yu X,Yang Z

更新日期：2014-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae mRNA capping enzyme is composed of two subunits of alpha (52 kDa, mRNA guanylyltransferase) and beta (80 kDa, RNA 5'-triphosphatase). We have isolated the alpha subunit gene (CEG1) by immunological screening. In this report, with the aid of partial amino acid sequences of purified ye...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsukamoto T,Shibagaki Y,Imajoh-Ohmi S,Murakoshi T,Suzuki M,Nakamura A,Gotoh H,Mizumoto K

更新日期：1997-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) is a nuclear enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of ADP-ribose polymers from NAD(+). The function of PARP-1 is related to important nuclear processes including DNA repair and transcription. Previous studies demonstrated a specific physical interaction between PARP-1 and the trans...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oei SL,Shi Y

更新日期：2001-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) protein binds mRNA and acts as a negative regulator of translation. Lack of FMR1 causes the most common neurological disorder, fragile X syndrome, while its overexpression is associated with metastasis of breast cancer. Its activity has been well-studied in nervous tissue, but...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi YN,Jeong DH,Lee JS,Yoo SJ

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Screening and identifying the gene mutation of EXT1, EXT2 and EXT3 associated with multiple exostosis (ME) and the expression in tumor tissues. METHODS:Nine patients with multiple exostosis were collected and genomic DNA was extracted. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and direct sequencing techn...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu ZY,Wang Y,Wang JW,Chen YZ,Guo Y

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:BAG-1 is a multi-functional protein that exists in three major isoforms, BAG-1 p50, p46, and p36. A fourth isoform of 29 kDa also exists but its function remains mostly unknown. To further understand the role of this smaller isoform in ovarian cancer cells, the SKOV3 cell line was transfected with a doxycycline-induci...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pagé V,Côté M,Rancourt C,Sullivan M,Piché A

更新日期：2005-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their advantages in analysis, 4D NMR experiments are still infrequently used as a routine tool in protein NMR projects due to the long duration of the measurement and limited digital resolution. Recently, new acquisition techniques for speeding up multidimensional NMR experiments, such as nonlinear sampling, i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shigemitsu Y,Ikeya T,Yamamoto A,Tsuchie Y,Mishima M,Smith BO,Güntert P,Ito Y

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Vomeronasal organs of female Wistar rats were exposed with sprayed urine preparations of male Wistar rats prior to sacrifice. Exposure to crude urine and ultrafiltrated urine preparation (<5000 Da) induced significant Fos expression, which is correlated with cellular activity, in the mitral/tufted cell layer of the ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsujikawa K,Kashiwayanagi M

更新日期：1999-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Human myogenic cells have limited ability to proliferate in culture. Although forced expression of telomerase can immortalize some cell types, telomerase alone delays senescence of human primary cultured myogenic cells, but fails to immortalize them. In contrast, constitutive expression of both telomerase and the E7 g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto N,Kiyono T,Wada MR,Shimizu S,Yasumoto S,Inagawa M

更新日期：2006-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:When human ovarian carcinoma cells are challenged with endotoxin, an I kappa B kinase is transiently induced within 3 to 5 min. This enzyme activity causes the hyperphosphorylation and subsequent degradation of I kappa B which allows NF-kappa B to translocate to the nucleus where it activates transcription. When endot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kohler NG,Joly A

更新日期：1997-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In rat pancreatic acinar cells epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulin increase both basal and cholecystokinin (CCK-OP) stimulated amylase release in vitro (1) as a long term function of this tissue. Here we show that preincubation of isolated plasma membranes with EGF or with insulin leads to increased incorporatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pröfrock A,Schnefel S,Schulz I

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis of sphingomyelin in cells derived from a Niemann-Pick patient was studied using both a labelled precursor and measurement of endogenous levels. In vitro exposure of the cells to cannabidiol resulted in a large decrease in both the relative and absolute amounts of this lipid; the drug had a smaller effec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Burstein S,Hunter SA,Renzulli L

更新日期：1984-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a species relevant to polo-like kinase family, a human homologue of mouse serum-inducible kinase, hSNK gene, whose mRNA expression was rapidly increased in cultured human thyroid cells after X-ray irradiation. The cDNA cloning and genomic analysis of the hSNK gene showed the presence of 14 exons spanning...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimizu-Yoshida Y,Sugiyama K,Rogounovitch T,Ohtsuru A,Namba H,Saenko V,Yamashita S

更新日期：2001-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin depolymerization through Rho GTPases or exogenous mechanical tension has been suggested as a key determinant for the formation of astrocyte stellation. Rho GTPases function as switching molecules to converge both extracellular and intracellular signals in regulation of cytoskeletal organization. Their involvemen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen CJ,Liao SL,Huang YS,Chiang AN

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00