Properties of a thermoactive beta-1,3-1,4-glucanase (lichenase) from Clostridium thermocellum expressed in Escherichia coli.

abstract：:Angiogenesis plays a vital role in tumor progression and metastasis. To better understand the role of anesthesia in tumor biology, we previously reported that bupivacaine displayed the inhibitory effects in endothelial cells. In this work, we demonstrated that fentanyl, an opioid medication commonly used in cancer pat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu W,Chen Y,Xu W,Wang W,Tang L,Xia R,Zhu Q

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is an important gasotransmitter that generated in mammalian cells from l-cysteine metabolism. Little is known about its protective role in oxidative stress. In the present study, we investigated whether H(2)S could affect homocysteine (HCY)-induced cytotoxicity and oxidative stress in vascular...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yan SK,Chang T,Wang H,Wu L,Wang R,Meng QH

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we characterized two new SF-1 binding sites, SF-209 and SF-98, in the promoter of the human ACTH receptor (hACTH-R) gene. Both sites, together with the previously described SF-35 site, are required for full constitutive activity of this gene. This was demonstrated by the use of constructs contain...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Naville D,Penhoat A,Durand P,Begeot M

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) contributes to various gastric diseases such as chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, and gastric carcinoma. Host innate immune response against the pathogen plays a significant role in elimination of pathogen infection. Importantly, pathogen elimination is closely related to numerous infla...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li N,Cao M,Yi S,Cheng J,Wang L,Tao Y,Wu D,Peng J,Zhang M,Qi P,Zhao J

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) is a synthetic antioxidant molecule, which has been recently proposed as an antitumoral agent on the basis of its capability of inducing apoptosis. We investigated the effect of PDTC on the proliferation and survival of the promyelocitic cell line HL-60. Concentration as low as 10 mi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Della Ragione F,Cucciolla V,Borriello A,Della Pietra V,Manna C,Galletti P,Zappia V

更新日期：2000-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that 5-methoxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (MICA) could induce preconditioning effect in the ischemic brain of rat. In the present study, we addressed the question of whether MICA could also trigger a postconditioning effect in ischemic stroke. To this end, MICA (100 mg/kg body weight) was injected ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu J,Jin Z,Yang X,Yan LJ

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasting triggers a complex array of adaptive metabolic and hormonal responses including an augmentation in the capacity for mitochondrial fatty acid (FA) oxidation in skeletal muscle. This study hypothesized that this adaptive response is mediated by increased mRNA of key genes central to the regulation of fat oxidati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tunstall RJ,Mehan KA,Hargreaves M,Spriet LL,Cameron-Smith D

更新日期：2002-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A catechol 2,3-dioxygenase (C23O) gene was found from Sulfolobus solfataricus strain 98/2. Heterologous thermophilic C23O expressed in Escherichia coli showed the highest activity against catechol and 4-chlorocatechol, and at neutral pH. The C23O gene located with a putative multicomponent monooxygenase (MM) gene clus...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chae JC,Kim E,Bini E,Zylstra GJ

更新日期：2007-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:CD133-expressing glioma cells play a critical role in tumor recovery after treatment and are resistant to radiotherapy. Herein, we demonstrated that glioblastoma-derived CD133-positive cells (GBM-CD133(+)) are capable of self-renewal and express high levels of embryonic stem cell genes and SirT1 compared to GBM-CD133(...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang CJ,Hsu CC,Yung MC,Chen KY,Tzao C,Wu WF,Chou HY,Lee YY,Lu KH,Chiou SH,Ma HI

更新日期：2009-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:High serum selenium levels have been associated epidemiologically with increased incidence of type 2 diabetes. The major fraction of total selenium in serum is represented by liver-derived selenoprotein P (SeP). This study was undertaken to test for a hypothesized effect of hyperglycemia and the antihyperglycemic drug...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Speckmann B,Sies H,Steinbrenner H

更新日期：2009-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:During the late stage of homologous recombination in prokaryotes, RuvA binds to the Holliday junction intermediate and executes branch migration in association with RuvB. The RuvA subunits form two distinct complexes with the Holliday junction: complex I with the single RuvA tetramer on one side of the four way juncti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mayanagi K,Fujiwara Y,Miyata T,Morikawa K

更新日期：2008-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorbitol levels in proximal tubule cells cultured for 96 h in the presence of 16.5 mM and 27.5 mM glucose were significantly elevated when compared to cells cultured in 5.5 mM glucose. No changes in the levels of aldose reductase activity, mRNA and immunoreactivity were observed in cells cultured for up to 168 h in me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Petrash JM,Flath M,Sens D,Bylander J

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx protein), which seems to be involved in hepatocarcinogenesis, was studied for its effect on cell growth regulation. We examined the response to growth inhibition of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) in HBx gene-introduced cells. HBx gene in pRc/CMV was transfected to mink ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oshikawa O,Tamura S,Kawata S,Ito N,Tsushima H,Kiso S,Matsuda Y,Yamada A,Tamai S,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：1996-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenic protein-1 (OP-1) is a member of the bone morphogenetic protein subfamily of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily. Since members of the TGF-beta superfamily have a role in tissue development the distribution of OP-1 in developing human embryos (gestational age 5-14 weeks) was examined b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vukicevic S,Latin V,Chen P,Batorsky R,Reddi AH,Sampath TK

更新日期：1994-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:When porcine adrenocortical microsomes were treated with Fe2+, enhanced production of malondialdehyde was observed as a result of membrane lipid peroxidation. By treatment of the microsomes with Fe2+, the activity of delta 5-3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase coupled with delta 5-delta 4 isomerase, concentration of c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imataka H,Suzuki K,Tamaoki B

更新日期：1985-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding RNAs that function in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. They play critical regulatory roles in many cardiovascular diseases, including ischemia-induced cardiac injury. Here, we report microRNA-22, highly expressed in the heart, can protect card...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li G,Wang G,Ma L,Guo J,Song J,Ma L,Zhao X

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules are made up of tubulin protein and play a very important part in numerous cellular events of eukaryotic cells, which is why they are seen as attractive targets for tumor chemotherapy. BNC105, a known vascular targeting agent, has entered in phase II clinical trials. It has previously been confirmed that B...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang T,Wu C,Wang C,Zhang G,Arnst KE,Yao Y,Zhang Z,Wang Y,Pu D,Li W

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) is a well-characterized ubiquitous enzyme involved in the glycolytic pathway. It catalyzes the reversible isomerization of D-glucopyranose-6-phosphate and D-fructofuranose-6-phosphate and is present in all living cells. However, there is interspecies variation at the level of the primary...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mathur D,Ahsan Z,Tiwari M,Garg LC

更新日期：2005-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil migration and activation are the cornerstones of the acute inflammatory response. Interleukin-8 triggers several functions of neutrophils in host defense: chemotaxis, degranulation and enzyme release, and superoxide production. Interleukin-8 is most potent as a chemoattractant, so chemotaxis is likely the m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Quan JM,Martin TR,Rosenberg GB,Foster DC,Whitmore T,Goodman RB

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor, RASSF2 (Ras association domain family 2), is frequently downregulated in a number of cancers. Although exogenously expressed RASSF2 induces apoptotic cell death, the precise roles of RASSF2 under pro-apoptotic conditions remain largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that MST1 (mammalian sterile 20...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Song H,Oh S,Oh HJ,Lim DS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are a group of naturally occurring compounds used, e.g., in the treatment of vascular endothelial damage. They are known to be excellent scavengers of oxygen free radicals. Since the nitric oxide radical (.NO) probably plays a role in this pathology, the .NO scavenging capacity of the flavonoids was determi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： van Acker SA,Tromp MN,Haenen GR,van der Vijgh WJ,Bast A

更新日期：1995-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The epididymal maturation of spermatozoa is regulated by changes in the luminal ion concentration and the processing of the sperm surface membrane by several glycosidases and proteases. In the present study, we identified five novel protease inhibitors that are highly expressed in the mouse epididymis. Four of the pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jalkanen J,Kotimäki M,Huhtaniemi I,Poutanen M

更新日期：2006-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Akt signaling plays a pivotal role in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) development and progression. In the present study, we evaluated the potential anti-AML activity by a novel Akt kinase inhibitor A-674563. Our results showed that A-674563 dose-dependently inhibited survival and proliferation of U937 AML cells and six l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu L,Zhang Y,Gao M,Wang G,Fu Y

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:N(6)-methyl-2(')-deoxyadenosine (MedAdo) is a nucleoside naturally found in prokaryotic DNA. Interestingly, the N(6)-methylation of adenine in DNA seems to have been counter-selected during the course of evolution since MedAdo has not been detected in mammalian DNA until now. We show here that treatment with MedAdo in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Charles MP,Ravanat JL,Adamski D,D'Orazi G,Cadet J,Favier A,Berger F,Wion D

更新日期：2004-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Chinese hamster ovary cell clones resistant to okadaic acid (OA) were isolated. The OA-resistance was associated with resistance to colchicine, Vinca alkaloids and inhibitors of DNA topoisomerase (topo) II. Drug accumulation assays showed that the intracellular levels of OA, vinblastine and vincristine, but not th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tohda H,Yasui A,Yasumoto T,Nakayasu M,Shima H,Nagao M,Sugimura T

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure of L6 myocytes to insulin/IGF-1 or glucose deprivation results in an increase in the level of brain-type glucose transporter (GLUT1) mRNA. We have investigated the effects of insulin and glucose deprivation on GLUT1 mRNA stability. The half-life of GLUT1 mRNA in control cells was 2-2.5 h. Insulin incr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maher F,Harrison LC

更新日期：1990-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Activins, TGF-beta superfamily members, have multiple functions in a variety of cells and tissues. Recently, additional activin beta subunit genes, betaC and betaE, have been identified. To explore the role of activin E, we created transgenic mice overexpressing human activin betaE subunit. There were pronounced diffe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto O,Ushiro Y,Sekiyama K,Yamaguchi O,Yoshioka K,Mutoh K,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2006-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Atomic force microscopy (AFM) allows to study the molecular structure of biological macromolecules with nm to A resolutions without crystallization. We show here the applicability of AFM in the quantitative analysis of the molecular mechanisms of DNA/protein interaction: (i) Protein-binding sites can be mapped over a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nettikadan S,Tokumasu F,Takeyasu K

更新日期：1996-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of chloroform on the phosphorylation of myelin basic proteins because tumor-promoting agents such as phorbol esters and chloroform are known to enhance the activity of protein kinase C. We report that the presence of chloroform, at a concentration known to enhance protein kinase C activ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ulmer JB,Braun PE

更新日期：1987-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA containing unmethylated cytosine-guanine motifs (CpG DNA) initiates innate immune responses, including the secretion of cytokines from macrophages. Some antimicrobial peptides modulate the responses to CpG DNA, although the molecular mechanisms of this process remain unclear. This study examined the effects of fou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishihara S,Kawasaki K

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00