Soluble PTK7 inhibits tube formation, migration, and invasion of endothelial cells and angiogenesis.

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is relatively common in elderly patients with atherosclerosis. MURC (muscle-restricted coiled-coil protein)/Cavin-4 modulating the caveolae function of muscle cells is expressed in cardiomyocytes, skeletal muscle cells and smooth muscle cells. Here, we show a novel functional role of MU...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyagawa K,Ogata T,Ueyama T,Kasahara T,Nakanishi N,Naito D,Taniguchi T,Hamaoka T,Maruyama N,Nishi M,Kimura T,Yamada H,Aoki H,Matoba S

更新日期：2017-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichosanthin (TCS) is a type I ribosome-inactivating protein that inhibits the replication of both human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). The mechanism of inhibition is not clear. This investigation explored the effects of TCS on the stages of HSV-1 infection in Hep-2 cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He DX,Tam SC

更新日期：2010-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:GLUT4, the insulin-responsive glucose transporter expressed primarily in muscle and adipose tissue, contains a single N-glycosylation site. We characterized a mutant GLUT4 lacking the N-glycosylation site (Asn57-->Gln) in primary cultures of rat adipose cells. We transiently transfected cells with expression vectors f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ing BL,Chen H,Robinson KA,Buse MG,Quon MJ

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-driven, rotenone-sensitive, reverse electron transfer from succinate to acetoacetate was measured in rat liver mitochondria in the presence of cyanide. In the approach to equilibrium, the absolute ratio of the free energy change of electron transfer to that of ATP hydrolysis exceeded 1, tending towards about 1 1/4...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Freedman JA,Lemasters JJ

更新日期：1984-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s). The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shi C,Wu J,Fu M,Zhang B,Wang J,Yang X,Chi Y

更新日期：2014-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:G-rich is a Drosophila melanogaster selenoprotein, which is a homologue of human and mouse SelK. Subcellular localization analysis using GFP-tagged G-rich showed that G-rich was localized in the Golgi apparatus. The fusion protein was co-localized with the Golgi marker proteins but not with an endoplasmic reticulum (E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen CL,Shim MS,Chung J,Yoo HS,Ha JM,Kim JY,Choi J,Zang SL,Hou X,Carlson BA,Hatfield DL,Lee BJ

更新日期：2006-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase was observed in a thymic lymphoma cell line, WEH17.1 (11.5 +/- 0.8 munits/mg cytosol protein). Only a trace amount of the enzyme activity was observed in normal thymus tissue. The WEH17.1 enzyme had a pH optimum at around 7.5. The AMP-concentration giving 50% inhibition of the activity was ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizunuma H,Tashima Y

更新日期：1989-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:MelC1 regulates the copper incorporation and secretion of Streptomyces apotyrosinase (MelC2) via a transient, competent complex formation. His-102 and His-117 of the chaperone-like MelC1 are known to play important roles in this trans-activation activity of MelC1. In this study, we studied the side chain requirement a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liaw LL,Lee YH

更新日期：1995-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fru-6-P/Fru-2,6-P2 exchange reaction of rat liver 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase was almost entirely dependent on the presence of Pi. This exchange was not due to a reversal of the bisphosphatase nor to trace amounts of adenine nucleotide in the enzyme. Exchange activity was maximal at pH 7, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： El-Maghrabi MR,Pate TM,Pilkis SJ

更新日期：1984-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinin (Pnn) is a nuclear speckle-associated SR-like protein. The N-terminal region of the Pnn protein sequence is highly conserved from mammals to insects, but the C-terminal RS domain-containing region is absent in lower species. The N-terminal coiled-coil domain (CCD) is, therefore, of interest not only from a funct...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu HP,Hsu SY,Wu WA,Hu JW,Ouyang P

更新日期：2014-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The asymmetric transbilayer distribution of phospholipids in the plasma membrane and the regulation of phosphatidylserine (PS) exposure at the cell surface of animal cells are of high physiological significance. It has been shown previously that annexin V is one of the most sensitive tools with which the presence of s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Geldwerth D,Helley D,de Jong K,Sabolovic' D,Sestier C,Roger J,Pons JN,Freyssinet JM,Devaux PF,Kuypers FA

更新日期：1999-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) receptor-1 (LOX-1) was originally identified as a receptor for oxLDL predominantly expressed in endothelial cells. Recently up-regulation of LOX-1 has been implicated in oxidative stress and cell apoptosis in many cell types. However, LOX-1 expression in neurons or ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li Y,Duan Z,Gao D,Huang S,Yuan H,Niu X

更新日期：2012-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is a calmodulin (CaM)-dependent enzyme, which generates the ubiquitous biological mediator nitric oxide. In this study, wild-type or mutant form of rat nNOS was overexpressed in a baculovirus/Sf9 insect cell system and examined for autophosphorylation. Incubation of purified wild-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe Y,Terashima K,Hidaka H

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of endochondral ossification is strictly regulated by a variety of extracellular and intracellular factors. Recently, it has become recognized that specific miRNAs are involved in this process by regulating the expression of the relevant genes at the post-transcriptional level. In this present study we obt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sumiyoshi K,Kubota S,Ohgawara T,Kawata K,Nishida T,Shimo T,Yamashiro T,Takigawa M

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfate plays an essential role in human growth and development. Here, we characterized the functional properties of the human Na(+)-sulfate cotransporter (hNaS2), determined its tissue distribution, and identified its gene (SLC13A4) structure. Expression of hNaS2 protein in Xenopus oocytes led to a Na(+)-dependent tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Markovich D,Regeer RR,Kunzelmann K,Dawson PA

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cells participate in an acute phase response (APR) by responding to cytokines and by expressing acute phase protein genes. We hypothesized that butyrate, a fermentation product of the bacterial intestinal flora with deacetylase activity, affects the APR in intestinal epithelial cells. Sodium buty...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Désilets A,Gheorghiu I,Yu SJ,Seidman EG,Asselin C

更新日期：2000-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In the TT cell line of human medullary thyroid carcinoma, the viral Harvey ras (v-rasH) oncogene induces differentiation, marked by morphological changes, diminution of growth, and increased expression of the calcitonin gene. Here, we show that the transcriptional factor c-jun is increased during v-rasH induced differ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nelkin BD,Borges M,Mabry M,Baylin SB

更新日期：1990-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigment epithelial-derived factor (PEDF) is a multifunctional secreted glycoprotein, which could protect against hypoxia-induced cell death related to its anti-oxidative effect in cultured cardiomyocytes. However, the pathway mediating this cytoprotective process has not been fully established. Here we confirmed that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Zhang Y,Lu P,Zhang H,Li Y,Dong H,Zhang Z

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The rSK3 gene encodes a small conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel that is transcriptionally regulated by estrogen. To examine determinants of rSK3 gene expression, the CAP site was defined and the promoter was identified. A 33 bp sequence adjacent to the promoter was shown to act as an enhancer in L6 cells that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jacobson D,Pribnow D,Herson PS,Maylie J,Adelman JP

更新日期：2003-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact between an adherent cell and the extracellular matrix (ECM) promotes the recruitment of structural and signaling molecules to the cytoplasmic domain of integrins, which mediate cell adhesion, cell migration, and cell growth. It is unclear whether the intracellular recruitment of these cytoplasmic molecules enh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rahman A,Tseng Y,Wirtz D

更新日期：2002-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehaloperoxidase (DHP) from Amphitrite ornata is the only heme-containing, hydrogen peroxide-dependent globin capable of oxidatively dehalogenating halophenols to yield the corresponding quinones. To ascertain that this enzymatic activity is intrinsic to DHP, we have cloned and expressed the enzyme in Escherichia coli...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Osborne RL,Taylor LO,Han KP,Ely B,Dawson JH

更新日期：2004-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In Alzheimer's disease (AD), tau protein is abnormally hyperphosphorylated and aggregated into paired helical filaments (PHFs). It was discovered recently that tau is also O-GlcNAcylated in human brains. And O-GlcNAcylation may regulate phosphorylation of tau in a site-specific manner. In this work, we focused on the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu CH,Si T,Wu WH,Hu J,Du JT,Zhao YF,Li YM

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA1) account for a significant proportion of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. Cofactor of BRCA1 (COBRA1) was isolated as a BRCA1-interacting protein and exhibited a similar chromatin reorganizing activity to that of BRCA1. However, the biological role of COBR...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhong H,Zhu J,Zhang H,Ding L,Sun Y,Huang C,Ye Q

更新日期：2004-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We quantified the damage yields produced in plasmid DNA by γ-irradiation in the presence of low concentrations (10-100 μM) of ascorbic acid, which is a major antioxidant in living systems, to clarify whether it chemically repairs radiation damage in DNA. The yield of DNA single strand breaks induced by irradiation was...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hata K,Urushibara A,Yamashita S,Shikazono N,Yokoya A,Katsumura Y

更新日期：2013-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:An important role for the Rel/NF-kappaB family of transcription factors in the differentiation process of dendritic cells (DC) and macrophages (MAC) was recently suggested by a number of mouse knockout studies but only little information is available for defined populations of human cells. To investigate the role of i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ammon C,Mondal K,Andreesen R,Krause SW

更新日期：2000-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a specific radioimmunoassay we have isolated and sequenced a new 45-amino acid peptide from rat atria which exhibits similar physiological and pharmacological properties to rat atrial natriuretic peptide (rANP). We have termed the new peptide iso-rANP, because of its functional and structural similarities to rAN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Flynn TG,Brar A,Tremblay L,Sarda I,Lyons C,Jennings DB

更新日期：1989-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular communication through gap junctions (GJIC) plays an essential role in maintaining the functional integrity of vascular endothelium. Despite emerging evidence suggests that (-)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) may improve endothelial function. However, its effect on Cx43 gap junction in endothelial cells r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao Y,Yu L,Xu S,Qiu F,Fan Y,Fu G

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The human elafin gene was cloned and its entire nucleotide sequence was determined to deduce the amino acid sequence for the precursor of elafin, an elastase-specific inhibitor. The gene spans approximately 1.7 kb and is divided into 3 exons. The gene product preproelafin consists of 117 amino acids: the initiator Met...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saheki T,Ito F,Hagiwara H,Saito Y,Kuroki J,Tachibana S,Hirose S

更新日期：1992-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of protein kinase C in human platelets by phorbol-12, 13- dibutyrate (PDBu) results in the phosphorylation of a 40,000 dalton protein. This phosphorylation is time- and concentration-dependent. Maximal phosphorylation is rapid and is not affected by indomethacin or prostacyclin. PDBu does not promote ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lapetina EG

更新日期：1984-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A bank of pTV32 (Tn 917 lacZ) - generated Bacillus subtilis mutants were examined on milk agar for the ability to produce proteases at 48 degrees C. A single mutant, BUL786, was isolated, which could hydrolyze casein after overnight incubation at 48 degrees C. This mutant secreted protease 10 fold more at 48 degrees C...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Qoronfleh MW,Streips UN

更新日期：1986-07-31 00:00:00