Nuclear-factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and radical oxygen species play contrary roles in transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1)-induced apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells.

abstract：:O2-dependent reactions of the ferric and ferrous forms of alpha-hydroxyheme complexed with water-soluble rat heme oxygenase-1 were examined by rapid-scan stopped-flow measurements. Ferric alpha-hydroxyheme reacted with O2 to form ferric verdoheme with an O2-dependent rate constant of 4x10(5) M(-1) s(-1) at pH 7.4 and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakamoto H,Takahashi K,Higashimoto Y,Harada S,Palmer G,Noguchi M

更新日期：2005-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that the protein serine/threonine phosphatase type 2A alpha catalytic subunit (PP2A alpha) has a mutation consisting of a glycine substitution for cysteine at 269 in the okadaic acid resistant variant of CHO cells, and that the mutant protein is resistant to okadaic acid (Shima, H. et al. Proc. Natl....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaneko S,Shima H,Amagasa T,Takagi M,Sugimura T,Nagao M

更新日期：1995-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Seleno compounds such as selenocystamine and seleno-D, L-cystine were found to catalyze the decomposition of S-nitrosothiols (e.g. S-nitroso-glutathione and S-nitroso-N-acetyl-D, L-penicillamine) in the presence of different thiols (e.g. glutathione, N-acetyl-D-penicillamine and 2-mercaptoethanol), and liberate nitric...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hou Y,Guo Z,Li J,Wang PG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) was cloned initially from the bovine parathyroid and its primary physiological role is maintaining constant blood Ca(2+) levels. Subsequently, CaSR was found to be expressed in human adipose tissue, however, its physiological functions remain unclear. In this study, the effect of Ca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He Y,Zhang H,Teng J,Huang L,Li Y,Sun C

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) have long been linked to the onset and development of colorectal cancer (CRC), yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Small nucleolar RNA host gene 11 (SNHG11) is a novel lncRNA with few information about its role in development and progression of CRC. Here, we fou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang W,Dong S,Cha Y,Yuan X

更新日期：2020-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Podocytes are the major site of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production in the kidney, and up-regulation of VEGF plays a critical role in the progression of diabetic nephropathy. Using a differentiated mouse podocyte cell line, we investigated the roles of protein kinase C (PKC) and extracellular signal-r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hoshi S,Nomoto K,Kuromitsu J,Tomari S,Nagata M

更新日期：2002-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress induced by hyperglycemia is a key factor in the development of cardiovascular diseases in diabetes. Thioredoxin (Trx) system, a major thiol antioxidant system, regulates the reduction of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, we demonstrated that high glucose significantly increas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li X,Rong Y,Zhang M,Wang XL,LeMaire SA,Coselli JS,Zhang Y,Shen YH

更新日期：2009-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic hydrolysis of the synthetic substrate succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Xxx-pNA (where Xxx=Leu, Asp or Lys) catalyzed by bovine chymotrypsin (CHYM) or Streptomyces griseus protease B (SGPB) has been studied at different pH values in the pH range 3-11. The pH optima for substrates having Leu, Asp, and Lys have been found ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Qasim MA,Song J,Markley JL,Laskowski M Jr

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AHNAK is a giant protein of approximately 700 kDa identified in human neuroblastomas and skin epithelial cells. Recently, we found that AHNAK knock-out (AHNAK(-/-)) mice have a strong resistance to high-fat diet-induced obesity. In this study, we applied (1)H NMR-based metabolomics with multivariate statistical analys...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim IY,Jung J,Jang M,Ahn YG,Shin JH,Choi JW,Sohn MR,Shin SM,Kang DG,Lee HS,Bae YS,Ryu DH,Seong JK,Hwang GS

更新日期：2010-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) has recently been described to induce antimycobacterial activity. The present study analyses the role played by S1P in antigen presentation of monocytes and in the next activation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific CD4+ T cell response. Results reported herein show that S1P stim...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Santucci MB,Greco E,De Spirito M,Arcovito G,De Angelis G,Cauda R,Fraziano M

更新日期：2007-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible formation of a stable complex between extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) and Raf protein kinases was investigated in an attempt to understand the molecular mechanism by which Raf protein kinases were differentially regulated in response to the various stimuli, leading to the activation of ERKs ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim SH,Yang YC

更新日期：1996-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen-storage disease type II (GSD II, acid maltase deficiency, Pompe's disease) is caused by defects in the lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) gene. Clinically, patients with the severe infantile form of GSD II have muscle weakness and cardiomyopathy eventually leading to death before the age of two years. Pat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nicolino M,Puech JP,Letourneur F,Fardeau M,Kahn A,Poenaru L

更新日期：1997-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The current antiretroviral therapy cannot cure the patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) due to the existence of latently infected cells capable of virus production from harboring proviral DNA. MazF is an ACA nucleotide sequence-specific endoribonuclease derived from Escherichia coli. The ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okamoto M,Chono H,Hidaka A,Toyama M,Mineno J,Baba M

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron overload, as a risk factor for osteoporosis, can result in the up-regulation of Hepcidin, and Hepcidin knockout mice display defects in their bone microarchitecture. However, the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying Hepcidin deficiency-derived bone loss remain unclear. Here, we show that hepcidin knockdown...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang Y,Yan Y,Wang X,Zhu G,Xu YJ

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of expression of the LF-B1 gene with the L-type pyruvate kinase (L-PK) mRNA level in rat liver and hepatoma cells was investigated. The L-PK mRNA level in rat liver changed after partial hepatectomy, during development and on intake of a high carbohydrate diet, while the level of LF-B1 mRNA remained uncha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imai E,Noguchi T,Takenaka M,Yamada K,Matsuda T,Monaci P,Nicosia A,Tanaka T

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of prostaglandin production in C-9 rat liver cells by transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha was synergistic with that of the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA). TGF-alpha and TPA synergized the release of radiolabelled compounds from [3H]arachidonic acid prelabelled C-9 cells. 1-Ol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Levine L,Xiao DM,Worth N,Lilley WE

更新日期：1985-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac ryanodine receptor gene (RyR2) mutations cause fatal arrhythmogenic diseases such as catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. The N-terminal region of RyR2 is one of the hot spots for mutations. In this study, we investigated cardiac phenotypes ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okudaira N,Kuwahara M,Hirata Y,Oku Y,Nishio H

更新日期：2014-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 induces heat shock protein (HSP) 72 gene expression in skeletal muscle, 18 healthy, young men had either a high dose of IL-6 (HiIL-6; n=6), low dose IL-6 (LoIL-6; n=6), or saline (CON; n=6) infused into one femoral artery for 3h. Muscle biopsies were obtained from t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Febbraio MA,Steensberg A,Fischer CP,Keller C,Hiscock N,Pedersen BK

更新日期：2002-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. (T. asiatica) has been utilized traditionally for medicinal purposes such as the treatment of diabetes. Currently, the extract is considered to be a good source of anti-diabetic agents, but the active compounds have yet to be identified. In this study, we investigated the effects of fractio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe A,Kato T,Ito Y,Yoshida I,Harada T,Mishima T,Fujita K,Watai M,Nakagawa K,Miyazawa T

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite decades of intensive studies, the failure to identify plasmodesmata (PD) localization sequences has constrained our understanding of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) movement. Recently, we identified the first PD localization signal (major PLS) in the TMV movement protein (MP), which encompasses the first 50 amino a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Y,Huang C,Zeng J,Yu H,Li Y,Yuan C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple in situ model of alamethicin-permeabilized isolated rat liver mitochondria was used to investigate the channeling of NADH between mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I). Alamethicin-induced pores in the mitochondrial inner membrane allow effective transport of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kotlyar AB,Maklashina E,Cecchini G

更新日期：2004-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a proinflammatory cytokine. This protein has a role in regulating immune responses and exhibits significant anti-tumor activities. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is an important growth factor that plays a central role in the regulation of cell cycle and differentiation. It was proposed that a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu JX,Peng Y,Meng ZF,Jin LQ,Lu YS,Guan MX

更新日期：2005-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that CARM1 undergoes ubiquitination-dependent degradation in renal podocytes. It was also reported that CARM1 is necessary for fasting-induced hepatic gluconeogenesis. Based on these reports, we hypothesized that treatment with insulin, a hormone typically present under the 'fed' condition, wou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yeom CG,Kim DI,Park MJ,Choi JH,Jeong J,Wi A,Park W,Han HJ,Park SH

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have been reported that tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) proteins play important roles in various cellular processes and involved in many diseases. TRIM3, a member of TRIM family, has been proved that it plays important roles in various cancers. Nevertheless, its effects on cervical cancer reminded unkn...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Song Y,Guo Q,Gao S,Hua K

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using genomic restriction analysis of 14 unrelated patients with salt-losing congenital adrenal hyperplasia, we identified three different CA21HB mutation patterns: no detectable restriction fragment abnormalities (16/28 haplotypes), deletion of the active CA21HB gene (9/28), and apparent conversion of the active CA21...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jospe N,Donohoue PA,Van Dop C,McLean RH,Bias WB,Migeon CJ

更新日期：1987-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) localized on the plasma membrane plays a central role in various normal biological responses including tissue remodeling, wound heeling, and angiogenesis and in cancer cell invasion and metastasis, by functioning as a collagenase and activating other matrix metallopro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyata T,Ohnishi H,Suzuki J,Yoshikumi Y,Ohno H,Mashima H,Yasuda H,Ishijima T,Osawa H,Satoh K,Sunada K,Kita H,Yamamoto H,Sugano K

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor mammalian achaete-scute homolog-1 (MASH-1 in mouse and HASH-1 in human) is essential for proper development of olfactory and most peripheral autonomic neurons, and for the formation of distinct neuronal circuits within the central nervous system. We have previousl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Persson P,Jögi A,Grynfeld A,Påhlman S,Axelson H

更新日期：2000-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Rheb binds and activates mTORC1, which plays a pivotal role in diverse cellular physiologies. To increase our understanding of how Rheb regulates mTORC1 signaling, we set out to identify Rheb binding proteins using shotgun proteomics approaches. In this study, we characterized HSP70, one of the identi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ryu HH,Ha SH

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a small virus that infects the liver. The major obstacle in applying the RNA interference method as an anti-HBV weapon is the challenge to deliver the small interfering RNA molecules to the liver efficiently and specifically. Here we show that HBV-specific short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) are eff...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shlomai A,Lubelsky Y,Har-Noy O,Shaul Y

更新日期：2009-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:miR-183 cluster, composed of miR-183/-96/-182 genes, is highly expressed in the adult retina, particularly in photoreceptors. It involves in development, maturation and normal function of neuroretina. Ectopic overexpression of miR-183/-96/-182 genes was performed to assess reprogramming of hRPE cells. They were amplif...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Davari M,Soheili ZS,Samiei S,Sharifi Z,Pirmardan ER

更新日期：2017-01-29 00:00:00