Association of caspase-8 mutation with chemoresistance to cisplatin in HOC313 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells.

abstract：:The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (N. lugens, Hemiptera: Delphacidae), and the green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps (N. cincticeps, Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), two sap-sucking feeders, have caused many destructive agricultural disasters in East Asia, as they can bring diseases like 'hopper burn' and tra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Qian N,Zheng P,Wang Y,Pan S,Li Y,Zhang C,Chen J,Teng J

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether residues in the extracellular domains of melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) are required for ligand binding, a number of mutants were constructed where charged residues were converted to alanine. The residues targeted for mutagenesis were Ser6, Glu102, Arg109, Asp184, Glu269, and Thr272. The mutant ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chhajlani V,Xu X,Blauw J,Sudarshi S

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat foetal hepatocytes in primary cultures were used as a model for the study of malic enzyme gene expression. Carbohydrates and glycolytic metabolites produced the precocious induction of the malic enzyme in foetal hepatocytes cultured in the absence of serum and hormones. Palmitate prevented this induction. Insulin ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fabregat I,Lorenzo M,Benito M

更新日期：1989-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA of the phytopathogenic Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora LY34 was partially digested with Sau3AI, ligated into the BamHI site of pBlue-script II SK+, and introduced into E. coli. Two clones that were able to hydrolyse carboxymethylcellulose were selected. 1.5 kb and 1.2 kb fragments containing the celA ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park YW,Lim ST,Cho SJ,Yun HD

更新日期：1997-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Styrene is an important chemical extensively used in the petrochemical and polymer industries. In Pseudomonas fluorescens ST, styrene metabolism is controlled by a two-component regulatory system, very uncommon in the degradation of aromatic compounds. The two-component regulatory proteins StyS and StyR regulate the e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leoni L,Ascenzi P,Bocedi A,Rampioni G,Castellini L,Zennaro E

更新日期：2003-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect experiments suggest that DNA polymerase gamma is involved in the mitochondrial DNA replication process. This report describes an in vitro mitochondrial DNA replication assay directed by the origin of replication of the Heavy strand mt DNA. The assay requires all four dNTP, rNTP and an ATP regenerating system....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lestienne P

更新日期：1987-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of bioactive peptides are involved in regulating a wide range of animal behaviors, including food consumption. Vertebrate neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a potent stimulator of appetitive behavior. Recently, Drosophila neuropeptide F (dNPF) and short NPF (sNPF), the Drosophila homologs of the vertebrate NPY, were ide...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ida T,Takahashi T,Tominaga H,Sato T,Kume K,Ozaki M,Hiraguchi T,Maeda T,Shiotani H,Terajima S,Sano H,Mori K,Yoshida M,Miyazato M,Kato J,Murakami N,Kangawa K,Kojima M

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of high (28mM) D-glucose (HG) on the cell cycle progression were investigated in rat aorta vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in primary culture, using an immunocytochemical analysis of cell-cycle-specific nuclear antigens. HG had no effect on the cell cycle of the serum-deprived G0 cells, whereas platel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hiroishi G,Kobayashi S,Nishimura J,Inomata H,Kanaide H

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:N1999A2 (NA2) is a new non-protein antitumor antibiotic that contains a stable 9-membered ring enediyne chromophore similar to a neocarzinostatin chromophore (NCS-chr). We have compared DNA cleavage reactions between NA2 and NCS-chr, and also clarified some characteristics of DNA strand scission by NA2. It was found t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyagawa N,Sasaki D,Matsuoka M,Imanishi M,Ando T,Sugiura Y

更新日期：2003-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:F-actin rearrangement is an early event in burn-induced endothelial barrier dysfunction. HSP27, a target of p38 MAPK/MK2 pathway, plays an important role in actin dynamics through phosphorylation. The question of whether HSP27 participates in burn-related endothelial barrier dysfunction has not been identified yet. He...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sun HB,Ren X,Liu J,Guo XW,Jiang XP,Zhang DX,Huang YS,Zhang JP

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA for subunit d of rat mitochondrial H(+)-ATP synthase was cloned from a brain cDNA library. The protein contains internally repeat structures that have sequences similar to those of other ATP-related proteins. The antibodies raised against the protein A-subunit d fusion protein expressed in E. coli specificall...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Motojima K,Imanaka T

更新日期：1992-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Dictyostelium discoideum possesses more EGF-like (EGFL) domains than any other sequenced eukaryote. Here we show that a synthetic EGFL peptide (DdEGFL1) based upon an amino acid sequence from a cysteine-rich Dictyostelium protein, functions extracellularly to enhance random cell motility and cAMP-mediated chemotaxis i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huber R,O'Day DH

更新日期：2009-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Syntaxins are a family of membrane proteins believed to participate in docking/fusing of arriving vesicles during membrane sorting and secretion. Of the six mammalian syntaxins known, only brain syntaxin 1A/1B has been biochemically characterized in its endogenous form. Syntaxin 4 mRNA is expressed in selective tissue...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sumitani S,Ramlal T,Liu Z,Klip A

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a variety of cytokine-like molecules (IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL-6, TNF-alpha) in the hemocytes of two molluscs, i.e., Planorbarius corneus and Viviparus ater, is reported. These molecules are present only in hemocytes with phagocytic activity. These data, together with recent reports on the prese...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ottaviani E,Franchini A,Franceschi C

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human platelets are less responsive to PAF at 37 degrees than at 25 degrees. They can be desensitized to the effects of PAF by pre-exposure to small concentrations. In both cases desensitization appears to be accompanied by a decreased affinity of the high affinity site for PAF rather than loss of binding sites. Alter...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chesney CM,Pifer DD,Huch KM

更新日期：1985-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Trilobolide and 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (BHQ) are potent inhibitors of the Ca(2+)-ATPase of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. Desoxytrilobolide and 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-diacetylphenol (acetyl-BHQ) have much lower potencies than their parent compounds and 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzoquinone (BQ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wictome M,Holub M,East JM,Lee AG

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophoretic analysis of murine anterior pituitary extract revealed five major proteins of Mr 13,000-18,000 (designated P13, P14, P16, P17, and P18 according to Mr), three of which, P16, P17, and P18, were markedly influenced by estradiol benzoate and perphenazine in a manner similar to that of growth hormone, and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sinha YN,Jacobsen BP

更新日期：1988-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase (L-PGDS) is one of the most abundant proteins in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with dual functions as a prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) synthase and a transporter of lipophilic ligands. Recent studies revealed that L-PGDS plays important roles in protecting against various neuronal di...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Qin S,Shimamoto S,Maruno T,Kobayashi Y,Kawahara K,Yoshida T,Ohkubo T

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatocyte growth factor is closely related to liver regeneration. And the c-met protooncogene is reported to encode a hepatocyte growth factor receptor. Little is known, however, about how the c-met gene is activated during liver regeneration. In this study, we demonstrated that expression of the c-met gene/hepat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ito T,Hayashi N,Horimoto M,Sasaki Y,Tanaka Y,Kaneko A,Fusamoto H,Kamada T

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prp19p is a protein found in the nucleus, cytosol or lipid droplets depending on the cell type. Prp19p participates in pre-mRNA splicing, in neuronal/astroglial cell fate decisions or in adipocyte lipid droplet biogenesis. In this study, the motifs of Prp19p that are necessary for its localization to lipid droplets or...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho SY,Park PJ,Lee JH,Kim JJ,Lee TR

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic and immunological properties of acid phosphatases (EC 3.1.3.2.) in different tissues were studied. It was demonstrated that high uptake forms of lysosomal enzymes like beta-galactosidase isolated from human platelets and bovine testis are mature enzymes, which have not lost their mannose-6phosphate marke...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu P,Parenti G,Keulemans J,Hoogeveen AT

更新日期：1990-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A low molecular weight protein (approximately 25,000 D) exhibiting a yellow fluorescence emission peaking at approximately 540 nm was isolated from Vibrio fischeri (strain Y-1) and purified to apparent homogeneity. FMN is the chromophore, but it exhibits marked red shifts in both the absorption (lambda max = 380, 460 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Macheroux P,Schmidt KU,Steinerstauch P,Ghisla S,Colepicolo P,Buntic R,Hastings JW

更新日期：1987-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse hepatoma cell line, Hepa-1, is highly sensitive to the toxic effects of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). Half maximal survival (LD50) of cells occurs at 0.068 ug AFB1/ml. Benzo(a)anthracene, which induces aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and cytochrome P1-450 in Hepa-1, causes a slight increase in the toxicity of AFB1 (LD50 =...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kärenlampi SO

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The functionality of lncRNA snaR has only been characterized in breast cancer and colon cancer. The aim of the current study is to explore the involvement of lncRNA snaR in ovarian carcinoma (OC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Expression of lncRNA snaR and GRB2-associated binding protein 2 (GAB2) in plasma of both ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang Y,Hu Y,Jin Z,Shen Z

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We generated a set of GFP-tagged chimeras between protein kinase D2 (PKD2) and protein kinase D3 (PKD3) to examine in live cells the contribution of their C-terminal region to their intracellular localization. We found that the catalytic domain of PKD2 and PKD3 can localize to the nucleus when expressed without other ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Papazyan R,Rozengurt E,Rey O

更新日期：2006-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), considered a safe insecticide, produces insecticidal proteins named Cry during sporulation, which possess exceptional immunological properties. In this work using an immunohistochemical test we demonstrated that Cry1Ac protoxin (pCry1Ac) binds to the mucosal surface of the mouse small inte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vázquez-Padrón RI,Gonzáles-Cabrera J,García-Tovar C,Neri-Bazan L,Lopéz-Revilla R,Hernández M,Moreno-Fierro L,de la Riva GA

更新日期：2000-04-29 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：:Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is known to prevent apoptosis through the Bax pathway and to promote neovascularization by enhancing the mobilization of stem cells, their differentiation. This study was performed to investigate the effect of TUDCA on erythropoiesis in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Since erythropo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hong SH,Yoon KJ,Lim KH,Um YJ,Cho JG,Jo YJ,Park SG

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Since conventional chemotherapy (gemcitabine and cisplatin) has marginal survival benefit in patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), an effective targeted therapeutic agent is urgently required. Activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway is frequently observed in CCA, and thus, PI3K and mTOR are promis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jang DK,Lee YG,Chan Chae Y,Lee JK,Paik WH,Lee SH,Kim YT,Ryu JK

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Leigh syndrome (LS) is an incurable, nearly always fatal, neurodegenerative, pediatric disorder that results from respiratory chain failure. The most common mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations that result in LS are m.8993T→C/G and m.9176T→C/G, which were previously found in several patients with early-onset Leigh synd...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ronchi D,Bordoni A,Cosi A,Rizzuti M,Fassone E,Di Fonzo A,Servida M,Sciacco M,Collotta M,Ronzoni M,Lucchini V,Mattioli M,Moggio M,Bresolin N,Corti S,Comi GP

更新日期：2011-08-26 00:00:00