Effects of divalent cations on bovine testicular hyaluronidase catalyzed transglycosylation of chondroitin sulfates.

abstract：:This study examines the effect of TNFα on whole bovine intervertebral discs in organ culture and its association with changes characteristic of intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) in order to inform future treatments to mitigate the chronic inflammatory state commonly found with painful IDD. Pro-inflammatory cytoki...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Purmessur D,Walter BA,Roughley PJ,Laudier DM,Hecht AC,Iatridis J

更新日期：2013-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal tissue contains a network of nerve fibers expressing several neuropeptides, including vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and the related peptide pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP). These peptides have been demonstrated to regulate osteoclast formation and osteoclast activity. Using atomic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ransjö M,Lie A,Mukohyama H,Lundberg P,Lerner UH

更新日期：2000-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In Wernicke's encephalopathy and thiamine deficiency (TD), the cause of this brain disorder, development of inflammation is an important aspect of the disease process. How this pathological mechanism relates to the neurologic impairment associated with TD, however, remains unclear. A key feature of the inflammatory pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang D,Hazell AS

更新日期：2010-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The mode of action of dihydroxyanthraquinone, a new antitumor drug, on eucaryotic chromosome structure and function was investigated using simian virus 40 as a model system. Dihydroxyanthraquinone specifically inhibited initiation of viral replicons. Little or no viral DNA synthesis was recovered in cells after the re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Su RT,Ma XJ,Cheng CC

更新日期：1985-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is a core hallmark of advanced cancers, especially in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, the underlying functions and mechanisms of lncRNAs in tumor angiogenesis remain largely unknown. Here we found that linc00665 depletion could markedly depressed proliferation and capillary tube formation of HUVECs i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cong Z,Diao Y,Li X,Jiang Z,Xu Y,Zhou H,Qiang Y,Wu H,Shen Y

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly complete cDNA clones for human aldolase A mRNA were isolated from human liver cDNA library and the nucleotide sequence determined. Using the cDNA clone as a probe the length of human aldolase A mRNAs, isolated from the skeletal muscle, liver and placenta tissues, was measured by RNA blotting and estimated to be...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakakibara M,Mukai T,Hori K

更新日期：1985-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we have shown that the thyrotropin (TSH) binding regions of human thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) reside in two areas within residues 12-44 and 308-344. Serial antisera were raised against four overlapping synthetic peptides representing these two regions of TSHR (peptides 12-30, 24-44, 308-328, and 324-344) and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakata S,Ogawa T,Matsui I,Manshouri T,Atassi MZ

更新日期：1992-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are specific inhibitors of MMP enzymatic activity. However, TIMP-2 can promote the activation of pro-MMP-2 by MT1-MMP. This process is mediated by the formation of a complex between MT1-MMP, TIMP-2, and pro-MMP-2. Binding of TIMP-2 to active MT1-MMP also inhibits the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hernandez-Barrantes S,Shimura Y,Soloway PD,Sang QA,Fridman R

更新日期：2001-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The author found a sugar-containing 70 KDa factor in rat liver nuclei as described in the previous report (1), which repressed RNA chain initiation by all classes of rat liver RNA polymerases and specifically stimulated chromatin-dependent RNA chain elongation catalyzed by RNA polymerase II. In this communication, the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okai Y

更新日期：1984-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cluster 2b streptokinase (SK2b), secreted by invasive skin-trophic strains of Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS), is a human plasminogen (hPg) activator that optimally functions when human plasma hPg is bound, via its kringle-2 domain, to cognizant bacterial cells through the a1a2 domain of the major cellular hPg receptor, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Y,Mayfield JA,Ploplis VA,Castellino FJ

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the retinal angiogenic and mitogenic factors have been identified to be acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors (aFGF and bFGF), little information has so far been available about the cells producing them and their function in retinal tissues. We found, by in situ hybridization, that the expression pattern...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Noji S,Matsuo T,Koyama E,Yamaai T,Nohno T,Matsuo N,Taniguchi S

更新日期：1990-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study characterizes constitutively expressed rat testicular interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha) proteins. IL-1 bioactivity of crude testis protein was completely neutralized by IL-1alpha antiserum, IL-1 receptor antagonist, and soluble type I IL-1 receptor. Upon non-denaturating gel permeation chromatography, b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gustafsson K,Sultana T,Zetterström CK,Setchell BP,Siddiqui A,Weber G,Söder O

更新日期：2002-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin alpha2beta1, which is a membrane protein consisting of noncovalently bound alpha2 and beta1 chains, mediates cell binding to collagen and plays a role in platelet functions. DNAs encoding the chimeric proteins in which the extracellular domains of each alpha2 and beta1 chain was fused to hinge and Fc regions ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kainoh M,Tanaka T

更新日期：2002-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis was examined in membranes from thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-responsive GH3 pituitary cells. [3H]Inositol phosphates (IP2 and IP3) were generated upon incubation of membranes from [3H]inositol-labeled cells indicating the presence of a membrane-associated polyphosphoinositide phos...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lucas DO,Bajjalieh SM,Kowalchyk JA,Martin TF

更新日期：1985-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The small heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is well documented to promote neuronal survival in neurodegenerative diseases and following nerve injury. It can directly inhibit apoptotic pathways, and as a chaperone it can ameliorate the toxic effects of misfolded proteins. More recently, Hsp27 has been implicated to also pl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Read DE,Gorman AM

更新日期：2009-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) protein binds mRNA and acts as a negative regulator of translation. Lack of FMR1 causes the most common neurological disorder, fragile X syndrome, while its overexpression is associated with metastasis of breast cancer. Its activity has been well-studied in nervous tissue, but...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi YN,Jeong DH,Lee JS,Yoo SJ

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide production by neutrophils induced by 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol at concentrations below 100 microM was enhanced by extracellular calcium ions, while that of phorbol myristate acetate was unaffected. Verapamil, a calcium-channel blocker, more effectively inhibited the superoxide production induced by 1-ol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ozaki Y,Kume S,Ohashi T,Niwa Y

更新日期：1986-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNIs) are routinely used for immunosuppression following solid organ transplantation. However, the prolonged use of these agents lead to organ fibrosis which limits their efficacy. CNIs induce TGFβ expression, which is reported to augment endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT), but their...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Woda CB,Bruneau S,Mak AL,Haskova Z,Liu K,Ghosh CC,Briscoe DM

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present paper, we report a strong intracellular antioxidant activity of the sesquiterpene lactone parthenolide in the hippocampal HT22 cells. This effect is mediated by an increase of total glutathione at both, low (5 microM) and high (10 microM), concentrations. Parthenolide also increases the activation of th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Herrera F,Martin V,Rodriguez-Blanco J,García-Santos G,Antolín I,Rodriguez C

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BHLHB2/DEC1 is a transcription factor implicated in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and metabolism, and is also known to play an important role in the regulation of the mammalian circadian rhythm. However, its precise role in metabolism remains unclear. We investigated the link between BHLHB2 and ChREBP, a glucose-acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iizuka K,Horikawa Y

更新日期：2008-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it's well known that protein carbonyl (PCO) and advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) levels are elevated in plasma from patients with renal dysfunction, we recently identified patients who had no renal dysfunction but possessed high levels of plasma pentosidine (PEN), which is an AGEs, and low vitamin B6 le...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koike S,Kayama T,Arai M,Horiuchi Y,Kobori A,Miyashita M,Itokawa M,Ogasawara Y

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The cobalt(II) derivative of cucumber basic blue copper protein "plantacyanin" has been prepared. The visible absorption, circular dichroic and magnetic circular dichroic spectra of Co(II)-plantacyanin are similar to those of Co(II)-plastocyanin, indicating that the stereochemistry of Co(II) is tetrahedral and at leas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakurai T

更新日期：1986-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane protein solubilized by octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside in the presence of dispersed phospholipid was incubated with bath-sonicated liposomes and additional detergent. The proteoliposomes formed on dilution showed transport and exchange properties consistent with a reconstitution of phosphate:sugar 6-phosphate an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ambudkar SV,Maloney PC

更新日期：1985-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:It was previously shown that 5-hexyne-1,4-diamine is a potent enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor of mammalian ornithine decarboxylase. However this compound has secondary pharmacological effects owing to its in vivo oxidation to 4-aminohex-5-ynoic acid, an irreversible inhibitor of 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Danzin C,Casara P,Claverie N,Metcalf BW,Jung MJ

更新日期：1983-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulse labeling followed by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis of immunoprecipitated [35S]methionine-labeled steroid sulfatase (STS) gave a single band of molecular weight 65,000 daltons. After a chase period of 18 hours the material appeared as molecular weight approximately 64,000. No labeled STS could be detected in fibroblas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Horwitz AL,Warshawsky L,King J,Burns G

更新日期：1986-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the mechanism underlying the antiatherogenic effect of estrogen, we examined the role of estrogen in the regulation of endothelin-1 (ET-1) production by cultured bovine carotid arterial endothelial cells. Treatment of the cells with 17beta-estradiol dose dependently inhibited gene expression and peptide...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akishita M,Kozaki K,Eto M,Yoshizumi M,Ishikawa M,Toba K,Orimo H,Ouchi Y

更新日期：1998-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain antiparallel and parallel dimers of alpha-human atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-hANP), two fully protected peptides I and II having the same amino acid sequence as alpha-hANP with different protective groups at the cysteinyl residues were synthesized, the former having Acm and Npys and the latter MeBzl and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chino N,Yoshizawa-Kumagaye K,Noda Y,Watanabe TX,Kimura T,Sakakibara S

更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pterostilbene, a bioactive component of blueberries and grapes, shows structural similarity to resveratrol, and exhibits antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, hypoglycemic, and cholesterol lowering effects. Recent evidence indicates that pterostilbene is an agonist of the nuclear receptor, peroxisome proliferat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ren G,Rimando AM,Mathews ST

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-stimulated GLUT4 recruitment to the plasma membrane is impaired in insulin resistance. We recently reported that a cell permeable phosphoinositide-binding peptide induces GLUT4 recruitment as potently as insulin, but does not activate GLUT4 to initiate glucose uptake. Here we investigated whether the peptide-i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Funaki M,Benincasa K,Randhawa PK

更新日期：2007-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorting motifs are involved in the transport of diverse proteins. In the present study, we identified a hydrophobic peptide (WRPWRNFWWSIRVPWRRN) that was able to target enhanced green fluorescent protein- or DsRed2-enriched vesicular-like sub-compartments of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Analysis of mutation constru...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nie YW,Wang M,Zhang P,Huan L,Liu DJ

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00