The phorbol ester TPA induces a translocation of the insulin sensitive glucose carrier (GLUT4) in fat cells.

abstract：:Cancer cells enhance autophagic activity as a survival measure against metabolic and therapeutic stresses. The inhibition of autophagy may represent a valuable sensitizing target for cancer treatment. Recently, we examined the ability of various cytochalasins to inhibit autophagy and demonstrated the potent inhibitory...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takanezawa Y,Nakamura R,Kojima Y,Sone Y,Uraguchi S,Kiyono M

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the role of active site residues in the peroxidase activity of Orp1 (GPx3) using three different peroxide substrates. Using a structural homology model of the reduced form of Orp1, we identified Asn126 and Phe127 as evolutionarily conserved residues that line the back of the Orp1 active s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takanishi CL,Ma LH,Wood MJ

更新日期：2010-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex formation of two electron transfer proteins, cytochrome c3 and ferredoxin I from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway, has been shown by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Presence of ferredoxin I produces ferricytochrome c3 1H-NMR spectrum modifications. The chemical shift of perturbated heme methyl resonances has been u...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guerlesquin F,Noailly M,Bruschi M

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:EGF stimulates gene expression through a variety of signal transduction pathways that include the ras-Erk pathway. We have shown previously that EGF receptor activation stimulates gastrin gene expression through a GC-rich element called gERE. This element binds Sp1 family members and raises the possibility that the ra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Merchant JL,Du M,Todisco A

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to identify a high affinity InsP4 receptor in membranes from cerebellum or brain from several species. In samples obtained from sheep, beef, human and rat, a 42 kDa protein represents an Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 receptor, similar to the InsP4 receptor from pig cerebellum, which we have described...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reiser G,Kunzelmann U,Hülser E,Stricker R,Hoppe J,Lottspeich F,Kalbacher H

更新日期：1995-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:RIZ1 is a transcriptional regulator and tumor suppressor that catalyzes methylation of lysine 9 of histone H3. It contains a distinct SET domain, sometimes referred to as PR (PRDI-BF1 and RIZ1 homology) domain, that is responsible for its catalytic activity. We determined the solution structure of the PR domain from R...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Briknarová K,Zhou X,Satterthwait A,Hoyt DW,Ely KR,Huang S

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrolysis of polyphosphoinositides by phospholipase C was examined in isolated membranes prepared from [32P]labelled platelets. In the presence of GTP gamma S, thrombin increased the release of inositol triphosphate and inositol biphosphate approximately 500%. GTP gamma S alone stimulated release 2 fold. Maximal acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Baldassare JJ,Fisher GJ

更新日期：1986-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that GRF stimulates release of neurotensin (NT) by a clonal line of rat C cells (44-2 C). We report here that GRF stimulates calcitonin (CT) and cAMP release in these cells. For release experiments, replicate cultures are incubated for 5-180 min in serum-free defined medium. CT, NT and cAMP are ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zeytin F,Brazeau P

更新日期：1984-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess laser modulation of wound healing, full-thickness cutaneous wounds were produced in the backs of pigs, and subjected to treatment with helium-neon laser. For comparison, some wounds were treated with non-laser energy source (a tungsten light) or left untreated as controls. Type I and type III procollagen mRN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saperia D,Glassberg E,Lyons RF,Abergel RP,Baneux P,Castel JC,Dwyer RM,Uitto J

更新日期：1986-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Lupeol, present in fruits and medicinal plants, is a biologically active compound that has been shown to have various pharmacological properties in experimental studies. In the present study, we demonstrated the modulatory effect of lupeol on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced alterations on cell proliferat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nigam N,Prasad S,George J,Shukla Y

更新日期：2009-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that cor15, a cold-regulated gene from Arabidopsis thaliana, encodes a 15 kDa polypeptide designated COR15. Here we report that COR15 has potent cryoprotective activity in an in vitro cryoprotection assay. Specifically, COR15 was very effective in protecting the cold-labile enzyme lactate dehydrog...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin C,Thomashow MF

更新日期：1992-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial chemotaxis allows cells to swim toward a more favorable environment. Capillary assays are a major method for exploring bacterial responses to attractive and repellent chemicals, but the accumulation process obtained using a capillary containing chemicals has not been investigated fully. In this study, we qua...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Abe T,Nakamura S,Kudo S

更新日期：2017-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent malignancy with increasing incidence and extremely poor prognosis worldwide. The multi-kinase inhibitor sorafenib is widely used as a first-line systematic treatment agent of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the benefit of sorafenib in clinical treatment is ofte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Long Q,Zou X,Song Y,Duan Z,Liu L

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to simultaneously isolate intact DNA-free RNA, genomic DNA, and proteins from a biological specimen can be useful in cloning genes and analyzing gene expression. Equilibrium density gradient centrifugation with CsCl is a useful tool for fractionating, quantitatively separating, and characterizing RNA, DNA,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang H,Chen HT,Glisin V

更新日期：2003-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:S-modulin is a 26 kDa protein that regulates light sensitivity of cGMP phosphodiesterase in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner in frog rod outer segments (ROSs). In the present study, we purified S-modulin by taking advantage of a hydrophobic interaction between Phenyl Sepharose and S-modulin at high Ca2+ concentrations. The y...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamura S,Takamatsu K,Kitamura K

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven monoclonal antibodies to low-density lipoprotein were studied by the ELISA for their reactivity with LDL or VLDL. Cotitration experiments showed that five of them are addressed to different antigenic epitopes. Two of the monoclonal antibodies were temperature independent whereas the others had a decreased bindin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Salmon S,Goldstein S,Pastier D,Theron L,Berthelier M,Ayrault-Jarrier M,Dubarry M,Rebourcet R,Pau B

更新日期：1984-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The forced expression of the catalytic subunit of human telomerase, hTERT, produces telomerase activity, allows telomere maintenance, and extends the cellular life span of IMR90 human lung fibroblasts. The mutation D869A abolishes both the catalytic activity of hTERT and its ability to extend cellular life span, demon...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ouellette MM,Aisner DL,Savre-Train I,Wright WE,Shay JW

更新日期：1999-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin (Hb) isolated from the backswimmer Buenoa margaritacea has been analyzed spectroscopically. The met form at pH less than 6 shows a 30nm red shift in the Qv and Qo bands and a 5nm red shift in the Soret band compared to mammalian Hb, while only minor differences are seen in the spectra of the CO and O2 adduc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Osmulski PA,Vossbrinck CR,Sampath V,Caughey WS,Debrunner PG

更新日期：1992-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant human glioma D-298 MG amplifies a rearranged epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene (c-erbB proto-oncogene), resulting in an in-frame deletion of 83 amino acids in domain IV of the extracellular domain of the EGFR. EGF and transforming growth factor-a (TGF-a) bound to the mutant EGFR with high affinity...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Humphrey PA,Gangarosa LM,Wong AJ,Archer GE,Lund-Johansen M,Bjerkvig R,Laerum OD,Friedman HS,Bigner DD

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Young lean (Fa/?) and obese (fa/fa) rats were treated with the thermogenic beta-adrenoceptor agonist, BRL 26830, for 3 weeks. In lean rats this treatment had no effect on body weight but there was a marked increase in the insulin sensitivity of soleus muscle strips with respect to glycolytic rate. Treatment of obese r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Challiss RA,Budohoski L,Newsholme EA,Sennitt MV,Cawthorne MA

更新日期：1985-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the subcellular localization of the inwardly rectifying K+ channel subunit Kir6.1 (uKATP-1). Immunoblot analysis of the mitochondrial fractions prepared from rat skeletal muscle and liver detected a single band of Kir6.1 at 51 kDa, the intensity of which was stronger than that found in the total h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki M,Kotake K,Fujikura K,Inagaki N,Suzuki T,Gonoi T,Seino S,Takata K

更新日期：1997-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase complex exhibits an intrinsic tryptophan phosphorescence that can be used to monitor structural changes of the epsilon-subunit. The phosphorescence decay rate of F1 containing the tightly bound nucleotides increases upon addition of adenine nucleoside triphosphate in the presen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Baracca A,Barogi S,Gabellieri E,Lenaz G,Solaini G

更新日期：1995-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of purified bovine photoreceptor rod outer segments with [gamma-32P]ATP resulted in the labeling of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP) and phosphatidic acid (PA) with little labeling of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). Propranolol inhibited in a dose-dependent manner the labeling of PA and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Van Rooijen LA,Bazan NG

更新日期：1986-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:F(ab')2 fragments of anti-CD9 mAb aggregate platelets by a thromboxane-dependent pathway implicating CD9 as signal initiating molecule. We demonstrate that mAbs directed against CD9, but not against GPIIb/IIIa specifically immunoprecipitate, from detergent lysates of human platelets, proteins of 25 and 26 kDa which bi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seehafer JG,Shaw AR

更新日期：1991-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old Japanese male suffering from very slowly progressive amyloidosis was studied by immunohistopathologic, mass spectrometric, and molecular genetic methods. After confirming the immunoreactivity of transthyretin (TTR) in the amyloid deposits using an anti-TTR polyclonal antibody, matrix-assisted laser desor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Terazaki H,Ando Y,Misumi S,Nakamura M,Ando E,Matsunaga N,Shoji S,Okuyama M,Ideta H,Nakagawa K,Ishizaki T,Ando M,Saraiva MJ

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Compensatory growth (CG) is defined as a phase of accelerated growth when the disadvantageous environment is improved, accompanied by metabolic adjustment. Here, we report that hepatic oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) activity was enhanced during compensatory growth in zebrafish. Mitochondrial metabolism enabled the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jia J,Zhang Y,Yuan X,Qin J,Yang G,Yu X,Wang B,Sun C,Li W

更新日期：2018-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In human platelets, the amounts of triphosphoinositides (TPI) and diphosphoinositides (DPI) increase after 30 sec and level off after 120 sec of thrombin stimulation. After 180 sec of thrombin challenge, TPI and DPI increase accounts for 66 and 80%, respectively. Polyphosphoinositide changes roughly parallel the relea...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Perret BP,Plantavid M,Chap H,Douste-Blazy L

更新日期：1983-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the number of cytosolic proteins associated with many diseases, development of cytosol-penetrating molecules from outside of living cells is highly in demand. To gain access to the cytosol after cellular uptake, cell-penetrating molecules should be released from intermediate endosomes prior to the lysosoma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim JS,Choi DK,Park SW,Shin SM,Bae J,Kim DM,Yoo TH,Kim YS

更新日期：2015-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The organisms have the capacity to sense and adapt to their surroundings for their life in a dynamic environment. In response to amino acid starvation, cells activate a rectifying physiological program, termed the integrated stress response (ISR), to restore cellular homeostasis. General controlled non-repressed (GCN2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim K,Park JE,Yeom J,Park N,Trần TT,Kang MJ

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A neuropeptide was isolated from the corpora cardiaca of the corn earworm moth Heliothis zea, and purified by sequential gradient elution in three reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatographic steps. The primary structure, pGlu-Leu-Thr-Phe-Ser-Ser-Gly-Trp-Gly-Asn-NH2 was determined by automated gas-phase Edma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jaffe H,Raina AK,Riley CT,Fraser BA,Bird TG,Tseng CM,Zhang YS,Hayes DK

更新日期：1988-08-30 00:00:00