DNA topoisomerase II from mammalian mitochondria is inhibited by the antitumor drugs, m-AMSA and VM-26.

abstract：:Within 4 h following the addition of 3,3',5 triiodo-L-thyronine to monolayer cultures of hepatocytes isolated from hypothyroid rats, a very distinct stimulation of fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis, measured as incorporation of either [1-14C]acetate or [3H]H2O into these lipid fractions, is observed. A smaller but ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gnoni GV,Geelen MJ,Bijleveld C,Quagliariello E,van den Bergh SG

更新日期：1985-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that NGF-responsive cells bind NGF at cell surface receptors in a specific and saturable fashion and there are two separate kinds of receptor-ligand binding interactions as judged by Rosenthal analyses. Following isolation of nerve growth factor receptors from embryonic chicken sensory ganglia, rat pheochr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lyons CR,Stach RW,Perez-Polo JR

更新日期：1983-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Effect of recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) on the expression of transcripts encoding microsomal heme oxygenase (HO), the rate-limiting enzyme in heme catabolism, and haptoglobin (Hpt), a major acute-phase protein, were examined in human HepG2 hepatoma cells. Treatment of HepG2 cells with rhIL-11 elicited an ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukuda Y,Sassa S

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Using isolated rat hepatocytes we have shown that glutathione (GSH) depletion by glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-catalyzed conjugation with 1-bromoheptane or phorone was accompanied by a significant elevation in ascorbate synthesis. Glycogenolysis was also stimulated without a significant rise in glucose synthesis. Fu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chan TS,Wilson JX,O'Brien PJ

更新日期：2004-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of type I transglutaminase was determined in the neoplastic human keratinocyte line SqCC/Y1 and in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK) by an in situ radioimmunoassay which corresponded directly with the measurement of type I transglutaminase enzymatic activity. Dexamethasone induced differentiatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moore KG,Donadio AC,Sartorelli AC

更新日期：1993-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study shows for the first time that in proopiomelanocortin cells of the rat intermediate pituitary gland ANF binds to two receptor forms, with apparent molecular weights of 150K and 70K. Scatchard plots revealed specific and high affinity non-interacting sites, with a KD value of about 3 nM and a density o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lutz-Bucher B,Boudjada T,Heisler S,Pelletier G,Koch B

更新日期：1988-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH)/parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor expressed in rat cultured cortical type I astrocytes was identified and characterized. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that the PTH/PTHrP receptor mRNA is expressed in astrocytes. A human PTH fragment, PTH [1-34], stimulated adenylate c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto H,Aino H,Ogawa N,Nagata S,Baba A

更新日期：1994-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Amyloid peptide (beta A) is a major fibrillar component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains and is related to the pathogenesis of the disease. In this study, using electron microscopy, we describe herein the results concerning the efficacy of compounds that can dissolve preformed beta A fibrils...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nguyen KV,Gendrault JL,Wolff CM

更新日期：2002-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular chaperones prevent the aggregation of partially folded or misfolded forms of protein. alpha-crystallin performs such a function in the ocular lens. To gain insight into the mechanism of the anti-aggregation activity of alpha-crystallin, we performed dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements investigating i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bettelheim FA,Ansari R,Cheng QF,Zigler JS Jr

更新日期：1999-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the intracellular signalling pathways through Ret tyrosine kinase activated by glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) 2A, or MEN 2B mutation. Tyrosine phosphorylation of Grb2-associated binder-1 (Gab1) and activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Murakami H,Iwashita T,Asai N,Shimono Y,Iwata Y,Kawai K,Takahashi M

更新日期：1999-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutation responsible for the juvenile form of Batten disease was mapped to a single gene, Cln3 (T. J. Lerner et al. (1995) Cell 82:949-957). Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has an open reading frame, BTN1 (YHC3), that encodes the putative homologue of Cln3p. Primary structure comparison indicates that the human Cln...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Croopnick JB,Choi HC,Mueller DM

更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen luciferase plasmid constructs driven by various promoters including cytomegalovirus (CMV), Rous sarcoma virus (RSV), human serum albumin (SA), alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT), cytochrome P450 CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C18, CYP2D6, CYP3A4, mouse CYP2b10, human amyloid precursor protein (APP), chicken beta actin (ACT), nucl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Al-Dosari M,Zhang G,Knapp JE,Liu D

更新日期：2006-01-13 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：:The conformations of the neuropeptide galanin in water and trifluoroethanol solutions have been examined by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Analysis of two-dimensional NMR experiments enabled the assignment of virtually all the 1H resonances of galanin in trifluoroethanol solution and many of the 1H resonances in aqueous solutio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wennerberg AB,Cooke RM,Carlquist M,Rigler R,Campbell ID

更新日期：1990-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic elastase has been implicated in the pathophysiology of severe acute pancreatitis, characterized by systemic inflammatory response, distant organ failure, and high mortality. Here we show that pancreatic elastase activates transcription factors NF-kappaB, AP-1, and NFAT in human myeloid cells (U-937 and THP-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hietaranta A,Mustonen H,Puolakkainen P,Haapiainen R,Kemppainen E

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein) receptor is a peripheral lipoprotein receptor expressing in fatty acid active tissues abundantly. In the Balb/c fasting mice, VLDL receptor as well as LPL (lipoprotein lipase), FAT (fatty acid translocase)/CD36, H-FABP (heart-type fatty acid-binding protein), ACS (acyl-CoA synth...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kamataki A,Takahashi S,Masamura K,Iwasaki T,Hattori H,Naiki H,Yamada K,Suzuki J,Miyamori I,Sakai J,Fujino T,Yamamoto TT

更新日期：2002-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Current studies were undertaken to determine the presence of a specific antigenic protein on the outer membrane of Salmonella typhi. Immunoblot analysis using sera from patients with fevers revealed that the 50 kD band was specifically recognized only by typhoid sera. The 50 kD band located on the outer membrane is pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ismail A,Hai OK,Kader ZA

更新日期：1991-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) results in the endogenous accumulation of protoporphyrin IX and is a useful approach in the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancers. To investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the specific accumulation of protoporphyrin and ALA-induced PDT of cancerous cells, we transf...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamamoto F,Ohgari Y,Yamaki N,Kitajima S,Shimokawa O,Matsui H,Taketani S

更新日期：2007-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) and the GTPase-activating protein GAP can be detected in immunoprecipitates of mouse epidermis and lung cytosol obtained with either anti-GAP or anti-PKC antisera. The PKC in the immune-complex phosphorylates the coprecipitated GAP protein. Moreover, purified recombinant GAP is phosphorylated in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gschwendt M,Kittstein W,Marks F

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to study the activation of fibrinogen by thrombin and the subsequent aggregation of fibrin monomers into fibrin polymers at a very low and at physiological fibrinogen concentrations. In the labeling procedure used the fibrinogen was randomly labeled and the label was...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bark N,Földes-Papp Z,Rigler R

更新日期：1999-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Each chromosome occupies its own-specific space called a 'territory' within the interphase nucleus, and the arrangement of chromosome territories (CTs) is important in epigenetic mechanisms. The molecular mechanism to determine the positioning of CTs, however, remains unknown. On the other hand, dioxin is known to be ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oikawa K,Yoshida K,Takanashi M,Tanabe H,Kiyuna T,Ogura M,Saito A,Umezawa A,Kuroda M

更新日期：2008-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of parts of a known calmodulin binding site at the C-terminus of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein, gp160, can result in diminished infectivity. We investigated whether expression of full length gp160 would result in changes in intracellular calmodulin compared to expression of gp160 truncated to remove both known c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Radding W,Pan ZQ,Hunter E,Johnston P,Williams JP,McDonald JM

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of 13(S)-hydroperoxy-9(Z),11(E),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid with corn (Zea mays L.) hydroperoxide dehydrase led to the formation of an unstable allene oxide derivative, 12,13(S)-epoxy-9(Z),11,15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid. Further conversion of the allene oxide yielded two major products, i.e. alpha-ketol 12-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hamberg M

更新日期：1988-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged phospholipase C (PLC)-delta1 and its mutants were expressed in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. GFP-PLC-delta1 or the GFP-tagged pleckstrin homology (PH) domain of PLC-delta1 itself was found to be predominantly localized at the plasma membrane. The DeltaPH mutant or a sit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujii M,Ohtsubo M,Ogawa T,Kamata H,Hirata H,Yagisawa H

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclosporine-A (CsA) is an immunosuppressant indicated for various immunological diseases; however, it can induce chronic kidney injury. Oxidative stress and apoptosis play a crucial role in CsA-induced nephrotoxicity. The present study evaluated the protective effect of combining 5-aminolaevulinic acid with...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu C,Zhu P,Fujino M,Isaka Y,Ito H,Takahashi K,Nakajima M,Tanaka T,Zhuang J,Li XK

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have purified and characterized recombinant Xenopus bone morphogenetic proteins (xBMPs): homodimers of xBMP-4, 7 and heterodimers (xBMP-4/7) produced by a baculovirus expression system. Highly purified xBMPs had homogeneous NH2-termini predicted from a consensus motif, Arg-X-X-Arg, while they possessed diverse suga...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aono A,Hazama M,Notoya K,Taketomi S,Yamasaki H,Tsukuda R,Sasaki S,Fujisawa Y

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversion of adenine auxotrophic strains of D. radiodurans by cross-links in DNA was studied. Mutation was induced in a wild-type but not in a mitomycin C sensitive mutant after irradiation with near UV (approximately 365nm) in the presence of 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen (TMP). To get information on implication of cross-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yatagai F,Kitayama S

更新日期：1983-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Saposins (SAPs) are small glycoproteins required for activation of sphingolipid hydrolysis by lysosomal enzymes. Four SAPs, SAP-A, -B, -C, and -D, are proteolytically cleaved from a single gene product termed prosaposin. The mature coding sequence of human SAP-A tagged with 6-histidine was expressed in Pichia pastoris...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamada M,Inui K,Hamada D,Nakahira K,Yanagihara K,Sakai N,Nishigaki T,Ozono K,Yanagihara I

更新日期：2004-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) on Ca2+ release in the transformed murine mast cells, mastocytoma P-815 cells permeabilized with digitonin was studied. Ca2+ was sequestered by intracellular organelles in the presence of ATP until the medium free Ca2+ concentration was lowered to a new steady-state lev...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Muto Y,Tohmatsu T,Yoshioka S,Nozawa Y

更新日期：1986-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) are critical in ventilated and poly-traumatized patients. Most important, these bacteria cause frequent and chronic pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis. Therefore, identification of molecular mechanisms that mediate the infection of mammalian cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kirschnek S,Adams C,Gulbins E

更新日期：2005-02-18 00:00:00