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abstract：:This study tested the hypothesis that L-arginine (Arg) may stimulate cell proliferation and prevent lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced death of intestinal cells. Intestinal porcine epithelial cells (IPEC-1) were cultured for 4 days in Arg-free Dulbecco's modified Eagle's-F12 Ham medium (DMEM-F12) containing 10, 100 or 3...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tan B,Yin Y,Kong X,Li P,Li X,Gao H,Li X,Huang R,Wu G

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dietary taurine on the experimental colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in mice were evaluated. C57BL/6 female mice were given 3% DSS in drinking water for 5 d to induce acute colitis. Taurine at 2% was added to the drinking water 5 d before and during the DSS-treatment to investigate its pr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zhao Z,Satsu H,Fujisawa M,Hori M,Ishimoto Y,Totsuka M,Nambu A,Kakuta S,Ozaki H,Shimizu M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, implicated in various neurodegenerative processes, increases the level of intracellular Ca(2+) and leads to activation of calpain, a Ca(2+)-dependent cysteine protease. We have shown previously that S-allyl-L-cysteine (SAC) in aged garlic extracts significantly protects cultured rat ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Imai T,Kosuge Y,Endo-Umeda K,Miyagishi H,Ishige K,Makishima M,Ito Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical modification of protein by nonenzymatic browning or Maillard reactions increases with age and in disease. Maillard products are formed by reactions of both carbohydrate- and lipid-derived intermediates with proteins, leading to formation of advanced glycation and lipoxidation end-products (AGE/ALEs). Thes...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Thorpe SR,Baynes JW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TES ether of the C6-hydroxy derivative of naturally occurring epi-jasmonic acid (epi-JA) was designed as epimerization-free equivalent of epi-JA. The TES ether was synthesized from (1R,4S)-4-hydroxycyclopent-2-enyl acetate in 13 steps. The acid part of the ether was activated with ClCO2Bui and subjected to condens...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ogawa N,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer susceptibility gene 2 (BRCA2) is an important tumor suppressor, which is participated in repair of damaged DNA by its highly conserved BRC repeat motifs regulating RAD51 protein homologous recombination and thereby preventing cell carcinogenesis. In this study, the BRCA2(1524-1548)-RAD51(241-260) complex...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Li J,Lu K,Lv M,Liu G,Ma L,Qi J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophanase is and is perfectly inert to D-tryptophan under ordinary conditions. However, activity that can degrade D-tryptophan into indole is observed when tryptophanase is in highly concentrated diammoniumhydrogen phosphate solution. The reaction has been so far unknown in tryptophanase metabolic pathways. Here w...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Shimada A,Shishido H,Nakamura I

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On a biochemical level, conventional antidepressants have been shown to modulate synaptic levels of biogenic amines (i.e., serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine), most often by interfering with reuptake processes or inhibiting metabolism. Strategies directed at modulating glutamatergic transmission may overcome the ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Skolnick P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed here that acute proline (Pro) administration provoked a decrease (32%) of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in cerebral cortex and an increase (22%) of butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) activity in the serum of 29-day-old rats. In contrast, chronic administration of Pro did not alter AChE or BuChE activitie...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Delwing D,Chiarani F,Wannmacher CM,Wajner M,Wyse AT

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unusual basic amino acid, hypusine [N(epsilon)-(4-amino-2-hydroxybutyl)-lysine], is a modified lysine with the addition of the 4-aminobutyl moiety from the polyamine spermidine. This naturally occurring amino acid is a product of a unique posttranslational modification that occurs in only one cellular protein, euk...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Park MH,Nishimura K,Zanelli CF,Valentini SR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metformin, the drug of first choice in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), reduces cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in part independently of improved glycemic control and changes in traditional risk factors. However, there are discordant reports on the effects of metformin on endothelial function in T2DM. Our ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Kruszelnicka O,Chyrchel B,Golay A,Surdacki A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamin A/C proteins are the major components of a thin proteinaceous filamentous meshwork, the lamina, that underlies the inner nuclear membrane. A few specific mutations in the lamin A/C gene cause a disease with remarkably different clinical features: FPLD, or familial partial lipodystrophy (Dunnigan-type), which mai...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Rajendran V,Purohit R,Sethumadhavan R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to adapt to ever changing environmental conditions, bacteria sense environmental stimuli, and convert them into signals that are transduced intracellularly. Several mechanisms have evolved by which receptors transmit signals across the cytoplasmic membrane. Stimulus perception may trigger receptor dimerizatio...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Tetsch L,Jung K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human organism is exposed to numerous processes that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS may directly or indirectly cause oxidative modification and damage of proteins. Protein oxidation is regarded as a crucial event in the pathogenesis of various diseases ranging from rheumatoid arthritis to Alzheimer's ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Pietzsch J,Bergmann R,Wuest F,Pawelke B,Hultsch C,van den Hoff J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting from a chiral 4-hydroxymethyl pyrrolidin-2-one, an isostere of α-methyl homoserine tethered on a γ-lactam ring was prepared exploiting a stereoselective acylation-methylation sequence, followed by Curtius rearrangement, and structural assignment was confirmed by n.O.e. experiments. By reverting the sequence, ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Civitavecchia A,Martelli G,Orena M,Rinaldi S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycyl-L-proline (gly-pro) is an end product of collagen metabolism that is further cleaved by prolidase (EC 3.4.13.9); the resulting proline molecules are recycled into collagen or other proteins. We postulated a relationship between defective gly-pro hydrolysis, increased collagen degradation and skin destruction. T...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Le J,Perier C,Peyroche S,Rascle F,Blanchon MA,Gonthier R,Frey J,Chamson A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice over-expressing the creatine transporter have elevated myocardial creatine levels [Cr] and are protected against ischaemia/reperfusion injury via improved energy reserve. However, mice with very high [Cr] develop cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction. To investigate these contrasting effects, we applied a non-biase...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Zervou S,Yin X,Nabeebaccus AA,O'Brien BA,Cross RL,McAndrew DJ,Atkinson RA,Eykyn TR,Mayr M,Neubauer S,Lygate CA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of wild type CFTR facilitates the efflux of neutral amino acids (Rotoli et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 204: 653-658, 1994); as a result, after an extensive depletion of intracellular amino acid pool obtained through an incubation in saline solution, the intracellular leucine levels were lower in...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Rotoli BM,Bussolati O,Cabrini G,Gazzola GC

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, two major routes exist for the metabolic conversion of L-glutamine to α-ketoglutarate. The most widely studied pathway involves the hydrolysis of L-glutamine to L-glutamate catalyzed by glutaminases, followed by the conversion of L-glutamate to α-ketoglutarate by the action of an L-glutamate-linked aminotr...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Cooper AJ,Shurubor YI,Dorai T,Pinto JT,Isakova EP,Deryabina YI,Denton TT,Krasnikov BF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Amino acid oxidase cDNA was amplified by a polymerase chain reaction using RNA extracted from the mouse kidney. When digested withHindIII, the cDNAs of the BALB/c and ddY/DAO(-) mice were cleaved into two fragments whereas the cDNA of the ddY/DAO(+) mice was not. Sequencing revealed that nucleotide-471 of the cDNAs ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Konno R,Sasaki M,Enami J,Niwa A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis and properties of a new fluorescent/fluorogenic substrate Ac-DEVD-AMAC for caspase-3 are reported. The substrate is obtained by conventional Fmoc-based solid phase peptide synthesis and its properties are investigated with regard to fluorescence, sensitivity, applicability and kinetic constants. A non-tradit...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Lozanov V,Ivanov IP,Benkova B,Mitev V

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) plays a vital role in the progress of malignant disease and elevated Hsp90 expression has been reported in pancreatic cancer. In this study, we radiolabeled a dimeric Sansalvamide A derivative (Di-San A1) with 64Cu, and evaluated the feasibility of using 64Cu-Di-San A1 for PET imaging of ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Wang X,Zhang J,Wu H,Li Y,Conti PS,Chen K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 3T3 cells temperatures higher than physiological stimulated amino acid transport activity in a dose-dependent manner up to 44 degrees C. However, the temperature increase did not induce widespread transport increase of all other nutrients tested. The activities of both amino acid transport systems A and ASC were en...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Petronini PG,Caccamo AE,Alfieri RR,Bonelli MA,Borghetti AF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydocin is a powerfulin vitro antitumoral agent, quickly inactivatedin vivo. A series of cyclic tetrapeptides related to chlamydocin or HC toxin and bearing a bioactive alkylating group on anε-amino-lysyl function have been examined for their antitumoral activity on L1210 and P388 murine leukemia cell lines. One a...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Bernardi E,Fauchère JL,Atassi G,Viallefont P,Lazaro R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Skin collagen metabolism abnormalities induced by ultraviolet (UV) radiation are the major causes of skin photoaging. It has been shown that the one-time exposure of UV irradiation decreases procollagen mRNA expression in dermis and that chronic UV irradiation decreases collagen amounts and induces wrinkle formation. ...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Murakami H,Shimbo K,Inoue Y,Takino Y,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2012-06-01 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 tailor made amino acid β-N-methyl-amino-L-alanine (BMAA) is a neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria. It has been associated with certain forms of progressive neurodegenerative disease, including sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. Some different reports of BMAA in cyanobacterial blooms f...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Cervantes Cianca RC,Baptista MS,Lopes VR,Vasconcelos VM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of lysine decarboxylase was studied in 3-day-old soybean (Glycine max (L.) Meer cv. Sakai) seedlings also in relation to light conditions. Lysine decarboxylase activity was mainly localized in the roots and to a lesser extent in the hypocotyls and was detectable in both the soluble and particulate fractio...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Ohe M,Scoccianti V,Bagni N,Tassoni A,Matsuzaki S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysine catabolism pathway differs in adult mammalian brain from that in extracerebral tissues. The saccharopine pathway is the predominant lysine degradative pathway in extracerebral tissues, whereas the pipecolate pathway predominates in adult brain. The two pathways converge at the level of ∆(1)-piperideine-6-ca...

journal_title：Amino acids

authors： Hallen A,Jamie JF,Cooper AJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00