Dietary supplementation with Astragalus polysaccharide enhances ileal digestibilities and serum concentrations of amino acids in early weaned piglets.

abstract：:Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by the defects in the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene. Individuals homozygous for defective PAH alleles show elevated levels of systemic phenylalanine and should be under strict dietary control to reduce the risk of neuronal damage associated ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ikeda K,Schiltz E,Fujii T,Takahashi M,Mitsui K,Kodera Y,Matsushima A,Inada Y,Schulz GE,Nishimura H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral β-alanine (βA) doses larger than 800 mg commonly result in unpleasant sensory symptoms (paresthesia). However, the association of form (pure vs. slow-release) with side-effects has not been fully described. The aim of this single-blinded, randomized three-arm clinical trial was to compare plasma kinetics and symp...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Décombaz J,Beaumont M,Vuichoud J,Bouisset F,Stellingwerff T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of lysine decarboxylase was studied in 3-day-old soybean (Glycine max (L.) Meer cv. Sakai) seedlings also in relation to light conditions. Lysine decarboxylase activity was mainly localized in the roots and to a lesser extent in the hypocotyls and was detectable in both the soluble and particulate fractio...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ohe M,Scoccianti V,Bagni N,Tassoni A,Matsuzaki S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of the dipeptide gamma-glutamyltaurine (gamma-GT; glutaurine, Litoralon) in the parathyroid in 1980 and later in the brain of mammals gave rise to studies on intrinsic and synthetic taurine peptides of this type. It was suggested that gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT; gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase) in the b...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bittner S,Win T,Gupta R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the non-specific interactions of two azo compounds: biebrich scarlet (BS) and naphthochrome green (NG), with four model proteins: bovine serum albumin, ovalbumin, poly-L-lysine and hemoglobin by UV-VIS spectrometry, fluorophotometry and circular dichroism melting technique. The optimal acidities of NG and B...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Gao HW,Liu XH,Qiu Z,Tan L

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition are biologic processes responsible for conversion of epithelial cells into a mesenchymal phenotype or viceversa, respectively. They occur during embryo- and foetal-development and, in adult organisms, are involved in wound healing, in the ge...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Compagnone A,Bandino A,Meli F,Bravoco V,Cravanzola C,Parola M,Colombatto S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), a major substrate in 1-C metabolism is a common precursor in the biosynthetic pathways of polyamines and ethylene, two important plant growth regulators, which exhibit opposing developmental effects, especially during fruit ripening. However, the flux of various substrates including SAM int...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lasanajak Y,Minocha R,Minocha SC,Goyal R,Fatima T,Handa AK,Mattoo AK

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is particularly difficult to treat because it possesses a variety of resistance mechanisms and because it often forms biofilms. Antimicrobial peptides represent promising candidates for future templates of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections due to their unique mechanism of antimicrobial a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Xie J,Li Y,Li J,Yan Z,Wang D,Guo X,Zhang J,Zhang B,Mou L,Yang W,Jiang X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood-borne angiotensin II (AngII) is known to mediate water-intake by its excitatory effect on neurons in the subfornical organ (SFO). Conversely, nitric oxide (NO) has exclusively inhibitory effects on rat SFO-neurons and on SFO-mediated water-intake. Extracellular and patch-clamp recordings from freshly dissociated...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Schmid HA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been studying control mechanisms of gene expression in early embryogenesis in a South African clawed toad Xenopus laevis, especially during the period of midblastula transition (MBT), or the transition from the phase of active cell division (cleavage stage) to the phase of extensive morphogenesis (post-blastul...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Shiokawa K,Aso M,Kondo T,Takai J,Yoshida J,Mishina T,Fuchimukai K,Ogasawara T,Kariya T,Tashiro K,Igarashi K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated plasma concentrations of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) were found in various clinical settings including coronary heart disease. To assess ADMA and SDMA diagnostic validity in patients with different stages of ischemic heart disease, we studied these markers in patie...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Djordjević BV,Pavlović R,Ćosić V,Deljanin-Ilić M,Ristić T,Krstić N,Jevtović-Stoimenov T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous research, we have shown that adequate levels of polyamines are required in transformed mouse fibroblasts for the correlated activations of MAPK subtypes (ERK and JNK) and caspases induced by etoposide and leading to apoptosis. We report now that the treatment of fibroblasts with etoposide also elicited a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tantini B,Pignatti C,Fattori M,Fiumana E,Facchini A,Stefanelli C,Caldarera CM,Pegg AE,Flamigni F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On a biochemical level, conventional antidepressants have been shown to modulate synaptic levels of biogenic amines (i.e., serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine), most often by interfering with reuptake processes or inhibiting metabolism. Strategies directed at modulating glutamatergic transmission may overcome the ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Skolnick P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels and urinary amino acid excretions were estimated by high-performance liquid chromatography in 15 control subjects and 36 stone formers (SFs) classified according to the stone type: (1) 22 cases with calcium oxalate stones; (2) four cases with pure uric acid stones; (3) 10 cases with magnesium-ammonium ph...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Atanassova SS,Panchev P,Ivanova M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamines, oxidized by serum amine oxidase, yield aminoaldehydes and hydrogen peroxide. Acrolein may be formed from the aminoaldehydes by a spontaneous beta-elimination process. These oxidation products "oxidized polyamines" inhibit bacterial growth and exhibit anticancer activity. The antimicrobial activity of oxidi...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bachrach U

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydocin is a powerfulin vitro antitumoral agent, quickly inactivatedin vivo. A series of cyclic tetrapeptides related to chlamydocin or HC toxin and bearing a bioactive alkylating group on anε-amino-lysyl function have been examined for their antitumoral activity on L1210 and P388 murine leukemia cell lines. One a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bernardi E,Fauchère JL,Atassi G,Viallefont P,Lazaro R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, two major routes exist for the metabolic conversion of L-glutamine to α-ketoglutarate. The most widely studied pathway involves the hydrolysis of L-glutamine to L-glutamate catalyzed by glutaminases, followed by the conversion of L-glutamate to α-ketoglutarate by the action of an L-glutamate-linked aminotr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Cooper AJ,Shurubor YI,Dorai T,Pinto JT,Isakova EP,Deryabina YI,Denton TT,Krasnikov BF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental vascular formation and blood flow are crucial for fetal survival, growth and development, and arginine regulates vascular development and function. This study determined the effects of dietary arginine or N-carbamylglutamate (NCG) supplementation during late gestation of sows on the microRNAs, vascular endot...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Liu XD,Wu X,Yin YL,Liu YQ,Geng MM,Yang HS,Blachier F,Wu GY

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cu(I)-mediated [3+2]cycloaddition between azides and alkynes has evolved into a valuable bioconjugation tool in radiopharmaceutical chemistry. We have developed a simple, convenient and reliable radiosynthesis of 4-[18F]fluoro-N-methyl-N-(propyl-2-yn-1-yl)benzenesulfonamide ([18F]F-SA) as a novel aromatic sulfonamide-...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ramenda T,Steinbach J,Wuest F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D: -Amino acid oxidase (DAAO) in mammal kidney regulates the renal reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels directly and plays a leading role in the development of ROS-mediated renal pathologic damages based on its crucial role in the oxidative deamination of D: -amino acids and the consequent generation of H(2)O(2). Quan...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zhang H,Qi L,Lin Y,Mao L,Chen Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic mechanism of the transport catalyzed by the human glutamine/neutral amino acid transporter hASCT2 over-expressed in P. pastoris was determined in proteoliposomes by pseudo-bi-substrate kinetic analysis of the Na(+)-glutamineex/glutaminein transport reaction. A random simultaneous mechanism resulted from th...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Scalise M,Pochini L,Panni S,Pingitore P,Hedfalk K,Indiveri C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the amount of alimentary proteins, between 6 and 18 g nitrogenous material per day enter the large intestine lumen through the ileocaecal junction. This material is used as substrates by the flora resulting eventually in the presence of a complex mixture of metabolites including ammonia, hydrogen sulfide,...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Blachier F,Mariotti F,Huneau JF,Tomé D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial branched chain aminotransferase-deficient mouse model (BCATm KO), which exhibits elevated plasma and tissue branched chain amino acids (BCAAs), was used to study the effect of BCAAs on mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) regulation of organ size. BCATm is the first enzyme in the BCAA cat...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Neishabouri SH,Hutson SM,Davoodi J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No systematic approach to detect expression of differentiation-related elements was published so far. The undifferentiated N1E-115 neuroblastoma cell line was switched into a neuronal phenotype by DMSO treatment and used for proteomic experiments. We used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by unambiguous mas...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Oh JE,Karlmark Raja K,Shin JH,Pollak A,Hengstschläger M,Lubec G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine is a precursor of proteins and employed in urea synthesis. It is also the precursor of many other compounds, such as creatine, nitric oxide, polyamines, agmatine, proline. In this review, its transport and that of other basic amino acids are examined, along with its transformation into nitric oxide, agmatine ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Grillo MA,Colombatto S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protooncogenes (PO) play a crucial role for brain biology and pathology. Only the concerted action of protooncogenes enables normal brain development. The reliable and sensitive quantification of brain PO is still holding centre stage in neurobiological research. The aim of our study was therefore the determination of...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Schatzmann-Turhani D,Greber-Platzer S,Cairns N,Lubec G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are essential cell organelles of eukaryotes. Hence, it is vitally important to develop an automated and reliable method for timely identification of novel mitochondrial proteins. In this study, mitochondrial proteins were encoded by dipeptide composition technology; then, the genetic algorithm-partial lea...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tan F,Feng X,Fang Z,Li M,Guo Y,Jiang L

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine (Arg) and glutamine (Gln) utilization is greatly increased during catabolic stress. While the supply of both amino acids has been advocated in this situation, arginine administration is possibly associated with deleterious effects. From a metabolic point of view, these two amino acids are reciprocal precursor...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ventura G,Moinard C,Segaud F,Le Plenier S,Cynober L,De Bandt JP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large series of plasma albumin (ALB, g/dl) and simultaneous blood and clinical measurements were prospectively performed on 92 liver resection patients, and processed to assess the correlations between ALB, other plasma proteins, additional variables and clinical events. The measurements were performed preoperativel...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Giovannini I,Chiarla C,Giuliante F,Vellone M,Ardito F,Nuzzo G

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis and properties of a new fluorescent/fluorogenic substrate Ac-DEVD-AMAC for caspase-3 are reported. The substrate is obtained by conventional Fmoc-based solid phase peptide synthesis and its properties are investigated with regard to fluorescence, sensitivity, applicability and kinetic constants. A non-tradit...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lozanov V,Ivanov IP,Benkova B,Mitev V

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00