Malonyl-CoA inhibits proteolysis of carnitine palmitoyltransferase.

abstract：:The isolation of the genes located in chromosome 21 and the characterisation of their function are essential steps towards the understanding of the physiopathological mechanisms involved in Down syndrome. We have used two complementary approaches to characterise the function of the novel gene DSCR2 (Down Syndrome Crit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vidal-Taboada JM,Lu A,Pique M,Pons G,Gil J,Oliva R

更新日期：2000-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to accomplish de novo generation of reconstituted human skin with enriched hair follicles. Dermal papillae (DP) are known to play a crucial organizing role in hair follicle induction. However, generation of enriched human hair follicles using cultured DP cells has not been accomplished...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoshida Y,Soma T,Matsuzaki T,Kishimoto J

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Although "secretory" type II 14-kDa phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) activity has been described in neutrophils, direct evidence of enzyme secretion has been elusive. We have used immunogold electron microscopy with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to sPLA2 to demonstrate localization of the enzyme to granules of resting ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosenthal MD,Gordon MN,Buescher ES,Slusser JH,Harris LK,Franson RC

更新日期：1995-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins plays a crucial role in health and disease by affecting numerous aspects of protein structure, function, stability and subcellular localization. Protein S-nitrosylation is one type of PTM that involves the covalent modification of cysteine sulfhydryl groups with nitric...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Khatib S,Artoul F,Gershko M,Markman G,Vaya J

更新日期：2014-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation of endothelin (ET) receptors was found to occur in rat cerebellar and atrial membranes. Specifically, we investigated whether the ETA and ETB receptor subtypes differed in their sensitivity to deglycosylation treatment and whether the two affinity states (nanomolar and picomolar) observed in each recepto...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shraga-Levine Z,Sokolovsky M

更新日期：1998-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We found citrulline-containing proteins in mouse peritoneal macrophages undergoing calcium ionophore-induced apoptosis. Such proteins were products of deimination of arginine residues catalyzed by endogenous peptidylarginine deiminase (EC 3.5.3.15) activated by calcium influx. Western blotting analyses of the extract ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Asaga H,Yamada M,Senshu T

更新日期：1998-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is known to induce robust feeding through the action of NPY receptors in the hypothalamus. Among the subtypes of NPY receptors, Y(1) receptors may play a key role in feeding regulation. In the present study, we demonstrated that a novel Y(1) antagonist, J-104870, shows high selectivity and potency...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kanatani A,Kanno T,Ishihara A,Hata M,Sakuraba A,Tanaka T,Tsuchiya Y,Mase T,Fukuroda T,Fukami T,Ihara M

更新日期：1999-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 acts as a potent autocrine and paracrine mediator in the kidney. Glomeruli and renal arterioles also express functional thrombin receptors which mediate the cellular effects of thrombin. Using the binding on glomerular epithelial cells of 125I-labeled ATAP2, a monoclonal antibody raised against the functi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen X,Berrou J,Nguyen G,Sraer JD,Rondeau E

更新日期：1995-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambroxol is often used as a mucolytic agent in various lung diseases. However, it is unclear how ambroxol acts on bronchial epithelial cells. To clarify the action of ambroxol, we studied the effects of ambroxol on the ion transport in human Calu-3 cells, a human submucosal serous cell line, measuring the transepithel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hasegawa I,Niisato N,Iwasaki Y,Marunaka Y

更新日期：2006-05-05 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：:Although brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a novel natriuretic peptide originally identified in porcine brain, recent investigation has verified the presence of BNP in porcine heart. In order to identify BNP as a circulating hormone, we analyzed the regional distribution and molecular form of immunoreactive (ir-) BNP...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aburaya M,Minamino N,Kangawa K,Tanaka K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1989-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sifuvirtide is a gp41 based peptide that inhibits HIV-1 fusion with the host cells and is currently under clinical trials. Previous studies showed that sifuvirtide partitions preferably to saturated phosphatidylcholine lipid membranes, instead of fluid-phase lipid vesicles. We extended the study to the interaction of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matos PM,Freitas T,Castanho MA,Santos NC

更新日期：2010-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), has been shown to decrease the risk of atherosclerosis by attenuating endothelial activation. In this study, we used mass spectrometry-based label-free quantitative proteomics to study the protective mechanisms of EPA and to identify key proteins t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang L,Xiao K,Zhao X,Sun X,Zhang J,Wang X,Zhu Y,Zhang X

更新日期：2017-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Exocytosis of secretory granules, including histamine, in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells, which exhibit Ca(2+)-dependent secretion of granules when stimulated with antigen or Ca(2+)-ionophore (A23187), was observed under a video-enhanced light microscope. Exocytotic events of individual granules including fus...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ozawa K,Masujima T,Ikeda K,Kodama Y,Nonomura Y

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila melanogaster multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase (Dm-dNK) can additionally sensitize human cancer cell lines towards the anti-cancer drug gemcitabine. We show that this property is based on the Dm-dNK ability to efficiently phosphorylate gemcitabine. The 2.2A resolution structure of Dm-dNK in complex ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Knecht W,Mikkelsen NE,Clausen AR,Willer M,Eklund H,Gojković Z,Piskur J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We had earlier reported a uteroglobin promoter-binding factor in nuclei from progesterone-stimulated rabbit endometrium that was inhibited by a factor in nuclei without progesterone stimulation or from non-target tissues (Rider, V., and Bullock, D.W., 1988. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 156, 1368-1375). In the course o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Daniel PB,Molloy C,Rayner JC,Hill AM,Bullock DW

更新日期：1994-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:People who regularly drink tea have been found to have a higher bone mineral density (BMD) and to be at less risk of hip fractures than those who do not drink it. Green tea catechins such as (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) have been reported to increase osteogenic functioning in mesenchymal stem cells. However, it...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin RW,Chen CH,Wang YH,Ho ML,Hung SH,Chen IS,Wang GJ

更新日期：2009-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) immobilization on a culture substrate may dramatically reduce the amount of NGF required for pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell culture. Coverslips on which NGF had been immobilized, or with NGF added to the culture medium daily, were used to culture PC12 cells. We examined the effects of adding 5,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bhang SH,Lee TJ,Yang HS,La WG,Han AM,Kwon YH,Kim BS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between C1q and other subunits of C1 were analyzed by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. A zone of dilute, radioiodine labelled C1q was sedimented through uniform concentrations of either C1r2C1s2, C1r2, C1r2 or C1s(2). The dissociation constants were found to be 3 x 10(-9) M and 6 x 10(-9) M for C1r2C...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakatos S

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane lipid peroxidation is known to produce various aldehydic compounds which cause a wide range of biological effects including heart disease, aging, and cancer. To investigate the effect of lipid peroxidation products on the expression of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs), which catalyze the conjugation of react...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukuda A,Nakamura Y,Ohigashi H,Osawa T,Uchida K

更新日期：1997-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprechaunism is an inherited disorder characterized by growth restriction and severe insulin resistance and caused by mutations in the insulin receptor gene. Cells from these patients have defective insulin binding. Fibroblasts from some patients have concomitant defects in other tyrosine kinase receptors, such as th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Longo N

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The multidrug resistance proteins P-glycoprotein (Pgp) and MRP1 are drug-efflux pumps. In this study, we compared the nucleotide triphosphatase activities of the isolated N-terminal nucleotide binding domains (NBD1) of Pgp and MRP1, and explored the potential role of the phosphorylation target domain of Pgp on the reg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wilkes DM,Wang C,Aristimuño PC,Castro AF,Altenberg GA

更新日期：2002-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In resting mesangial cells, angiotensin II and the calcium ionophore A23187 stimulated prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) formation. After pretreatment with interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) or tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), which are themselves potent stimuli for PGE2 synthesis, mesangial cells displayed an amplified res...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pfeilschifter J,Mühl H

更新日期：1990-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochromes P450 2E1 of human and minipig origin were examined by absorption spectroscopy under high hydrostatic pressure and by resonance Raman spectroscopy. Human enzyme tends to denature to the P420 form more easily than the minipig form; moreover, the apparent compressibility of the heme active site (as judged fro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Anzenbacherova E,Hudecek J,Murgida D,Hildebrandt P,Marchal S,Lange R,Anzenbacher P

更新日期：2005-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithrombin inhibits chemokine-induced migration of neutrophils by activating heparan sulfate proteoglycan-dependent signaling. Mechanisms of antithrombin's effects on neutrophils were, therefore, studied by testing function and expression of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in RT-PCR or flow cytometry and cell migratio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaneider NC,Egger P,Dunzendorfer S,Wiedermann CJ

更新日期：2001-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational histone modifications play an important role in modulating gene expression and chromatin structure. Here we report the identification of histone H3K79 dimethylation in the simple eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum. We have deleted the D. discoideum Dot1/KMT4 homologue and demonstrate that it is the s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Müller-Taubenberger A,Bönisch C,Fürbringer M,Wittek F,Hake SB

更新日期：2011-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of clock genes revealed the major molecular components responsible for circadian time-keeping in mammals, but the mechanism by which autonomic nervous system may control circadian rhythm and its relationship to metabolism is unclear. As the Cry1 and Cry2 genes are indispensable for molecular core oscilla...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ikeda H,Yong Q,Kurose T,Todo T,Mizunoya W,Fushiki T,Seino Y,Yamada Y

更新日期：2007-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work identified an RNA binding protein whose presence in brain tumors correlated with translational repression of Glut1 expression. RNase T1 mapping demonstrated that this protein bound an AU-rich response element (AURE) in the Glut1 3'UTR. Facilitated by its differential expression in brain tumor cytosols, we ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hamilton BJ,Nichols RC,Tsukamoto H,Boado RJ,Pardridge WM,Rigby WF

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of vitamin D requires 25-hydroxylation in the liver and 1alpha-hydroxylation in the kidney. However, it remains unclear which enzyme is relevant to vitamin D 25-hydroxylation. Recently, human CYP2R1 has been reported to be a potential candidate for a hepatic vitamin D 25-hydroxylase. Thus, vitamin D met...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shinkyo R,Sakaki T,Kamakura M,Ohta M,Inouye K

更新日期：2004-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are widely recognised as a more physiologically relevant preclinical model than standard cell lines, but are expensive and low throughput, have low engraftment rate and take a long time to develop. Our newly developed conditional reprogramming (CR) technology addresses many PDX drawba...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mondal AM,Ma AH,Li G,Krawczyk E,Yuan R,Lu J,Schlegel R,Stamatakis L,Kowalczyk KJ,Philips GK,Pan CX,Liu X

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00