Expression and function of arginine-producing and consuming-enzymes in the kidney.

abstract：:The effects of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) activation were studied in medium spiny neurons and large aspiny (LA) interneurons by means of electrophysiological and optical recordings. DCG-IV and L-SOP, agonists for group II and III mGluRs, respectively, produced a presynaptic inhibitory effect on corticostr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pisani A,Bernardi G,Bonsi P,Centonze D,Giacomini P,Calabresi P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocytes were cultured for 3 days as spheroids (aggregates) or as monolayers in basal medium and in sulfur amino acid-supplemented media. Cultured hepatocytes had low levels of cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) activity and normal levels of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS) and cysteine-sulfinate decarboxylase (CSDC...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ohta J,Kwon YH,Stipanuk MH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the postgenomic era new technologies are emerging for global analysis of protein function. The introduction of active site-directed chemical probes for enzymatic activity profiling in complex mixtures, known as activity-based proteomics has greatly accelerated functional annotation of proteins. Here we review probe...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Schmidinger H,Hermetter A,Birner-Gruenberger R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leptin receptor antagonist peptide Allo-aca exhibits picomolar activities in various cellular systems and sub-mg/kg subcutaneous efficacies in animal models making it a prime drug candidate and target validation tool. Here we identified the biochemical basis for its remarkable in vivo activity. Allo-aca decomposed...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Otvos L Jr,Vetter SW,Koladia M,Knappe D,Schmidt R,Ostorhazi E,Kovalszky I,Bionda N,Cudic P,Surmacz E,Wade JD,Hoffmann R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation sought to examine the contributions of exercise and nutrient replenishment on in vivo regulation of the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) axis components. Eight college-aged males completed three high-intensity interval training (HIIT) protocols followed by three post-exercise nutritional protoco...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Foster EB,Fisher G,Sartin JL,Elsasser TH,Wu G,Cowan W,Pascoe DD

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the products arising from a 10 days, sterile incubation at 37°C and pH 7.2 of a 1:1 mixture of N-α-(p-tosyl)-lysine-methylesterhydrochloride and anhydrous D-glucose was investigated by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and(1)H and(13)C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. Differently to the r...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lapolla A,Gerhardinger C,Baldo L,Fedele D,Bertani R,Facchin G,Rizzi E,Catinella S,Seraglia R,Traldi P

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effect of agmatine (Agm) in proliferation of ovine trophecdoderm cells (oTr1) as well as the importance of the arginine decarboxylase (ADC) and agmatinase (AGMAT) alternative pathway for synthesis of polyamines in ovine conceptuses during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy. Morpholin...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lenis YY,Elmetwally MA,Tang W,Satterfield C,Dunlap K,Wu G,Bazer FW

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One pathogenic mechanism of ethanol-induced liver injury is the excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which may result in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) characterized by cell death due to necrosis and apoptosis. Taurine was proved to protect against liver damage. However, whether taurine attenuates eth...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Wu G,Yang J,Lv H,Jing W,Zhou J,Feng Y,Lin S,Yang Q,Hu J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the anti-obesity effects of long-term taurine supplementation in a mild obese ICR mouse model and to study the mechanism by which taurine induces weight loss. Three groups of male ICR mice were fed a normal chow diet, a high-fat diet (HFD), or an HFD supplemented with 2% taurine in...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kim KS,Jang MJ,Fang S,Yoon SG,Kim IY,Seong JK,Yang HI,Hahm DH

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical gas synthesised from arginine and oxygen by enzymes of the family of the nitric oxide synthase. In particular, the neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is highly expressed by cells of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, where the sympatho-adrenal system, the hypothalamic-pitu...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Orlando GF,Wolf G,Engelmann M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between taurine concentrations of plasma, whole blood, serum and skeletal muscle during taurine depletion and repletion was investigated in cats, to identify the most useful indicators of taurine status. Sixteen cats were fed a purified diet containing either 0 or 0.15 g/kg taurine for 5 months. Treat...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pacioretty L,Hickman MA,Morris JG,Rogers QR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine is found in bone tissue, but its function in skeletal tissue is not fully understood. The present study was undertaken to investigate regulation of gene expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), and the roles of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in murine osteoblast MC3T3-E1 cells treated w...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Yuan LQ,Lu Y,Luo XH,Xie H,Wu XP,Liao EY

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxamine (PM) has long been known to inhibit protein glycation via various mechanisms of action. One such mechanism involves the scavenging of carbonyl compounds with glycating ability. Despite the abundant literature on this topic, few quantitative kinetic studies on the processes involved have been reported. In ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Adrover M,Vilanova B,Frau J,Muñoz F,Donoso J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enhancing effect on the water structure has been confirmed for most of the osmolytes exhibiting both stabilizing and destabilizing properties in regard to proteins. The presented work concerns osmolytes, which should be classified as "structure breaking" solutes: taurine and N,N,N-trimethyltaurine (TMT). Here, we ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bruździak P,Panuszko A,Kaczkowska E,Piotrowski B,Daghir A,Demkowicz S,Stangret J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine plays highlighted roles in the development of many common, emergent and rare diseases. In mammals, histamine is formed by decarboxylation of L-histidine, which is catalyzed by pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) dependent histidine decarboxylase (HDC, EC 4.1.1.22). The limited availability and stability of the prot...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Castro-Oropeza R,Pino-Ángeles A,Khomutov MA,Urdiales JL,Moya-García AA,Vepsäläinen J,Persson L,Sarabia F,Khomutov A,Sánchez-Jiménez F

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin is made up of mainly collagen type I and its structure is stabilised by the formation of covalent immature and mature crosslinks. In this study, collagen immature crosslink hydroxylysinonorleucine (HLNL) was isolated from bovine skin in high purity using two sequential purification steps. These consisted of prepa...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Naffa R,Edwards PJB,Norris G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed the first operationally simple and environmentally benign protocol for the aqueous asymmetric Michael addition reaction of chiral nickel(II) glycinate with nitroalkenes. The reactions proceeded smoothly in the presence of TBAB (tetrabutyl ammonium bromide) in neat water at room temperature and provid...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Wang J,Ji X,Shi J,Sun H,Jiang H,Liu H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond nigrostriatal dopaminergic system, the noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC/NE) neurons are also degenerated in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. We previously reported that microglia-mediated neuroinflammation contributes to LC/NE neurodegeneration. The pur...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hou L,Che Y,Sun F,Wang Q

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an optically active diamine, N,N'-(pyromellitoyl)-bis{N-[4(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]-2-(4-methyl)pentanamide} (1) containing amino acid L-leucine was prepared in three steps. The step-growth polymerization of this chiral diamine with several diisocyanates in room temperature ionic liquid (IL), 1,3-dipropyl...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Mallakpour S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are cell surface receptors. The dynamic property of receptor-receptor interactions in GPCRs modulates the kinetics of G-protein signaling and stability. In the present work, the structural and dynamic study of A(2A)R-D(2)R interactions was carried to acquire the understanding of the...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Prakash A,Luthra PM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance P (SP) is one of the most abundant peptides in the central nervous system and has been implicated in a variety of physiological and pathophysiological processes including stress regulation, as well as affective and anxiety-related behaviour. Consistent with these functions, SP and its preferred neurokinin 1 ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ebner K,Singewald N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Arginine:glycine amidinotransferase (AGAT) is the main producer of the creatine precursor, guanidinoacetate (GAA), and L-homoarginine (hArg). We and others previously reported lower levels of circulating and urinary hArg in renal transplant recipients (RTR) compared to healthy subjects. In adults, hArg emerged as a ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hanff E,Said MY,Kayacelebi AA,Post A,Minovic I,van den Berg E,de Borst MH,van Goor H,Bakker SJL,Tsikas D

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present research has been carried out to elicit the mechanism of antiangiogenic activity of a fusion peptide P2. Peptide P2 was designed by the connection of a heptapeptide MMP inhibitor to ES-2, a fragment of Endostatin. In a previous study, P2 demonstrated strong antiangiogenic and antitumor effect, and the curr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Xu Y,Qiang X,Xing L,Wang H,Zhang J,Zhang F,Caliskan B,Wang M,Qiu Z

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of poly(A) to hnRNA in the cell nucleus is a post-transcriptional event and is presumed to be brought about by a specific poly(A)polymerase. Since it is known that tryptophan rapidly increases the cytoplasmic levels of polyadenylated mRNA, it was of interest to investigate whether the essential amino acid, tr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kurl RN,Verney E,Sidransky H

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cross-linking of protein molecules to form stable supramolecular aggregates capable of acting as protective and supporting structures is a common feature of organisms coping with the stresses of life. These new polymeric forms range from thick rigid structures to thin flexible membranes. The formation of such cros...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bailey AJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of histone deacetylases (HDACs) are a promising class of anticancer agents that have an effect on gene regulation. The naturally occurring cyclic depsipeptide FK228 containing disulfide and Largazole possessing thioester functionalities act as pro-drugs and share the same HDAC inhibition mechanism in cell. ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hoque MA,Islam MS,Islam MN,Kato T,Nishino N,Ito A,Yoshida M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How to enhance fruit tolerance to cold stress is an important biological interest. In this paper, we found that mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit treated with 10 μM brassinolide (BL) showed a higher tolerance to cold temperature of 5 °C. Further, we compared the changes in expression profiles of plasma membrane (PM) p...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Li B,Zhang C,Cao B,Qin G,Wang W,Tian S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) gene is involved in vulnerability to neuropsychiatric disorders. Naples high-excitability (NHE) rat model neuropsychiatric problems characterized by an unbalanced mesocortical dopamine system. Here, we assessed behavioral and neurochemical effects of immunization against multim...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ruocco LA,Treno C,Gironi Carnevale UA,Arra C,Boatto G,Pagano C,Tino A,Nieddu M,Michel M,Prikulis I,Carboni E,de Souza Silva MA,Huston JP,Sadile AG,Korth C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities were investigated in the erythrocytes and lymphocytes of non-dialyzed patients with varying degrees of chronic renal insufficiency, and also of patients on regular hemodialysis treatment. GSH, GR and GST leve...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Mimic-Oka J,Simic T,Djukanovic L,Stefanovski J,Ramic Z

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00