Structure of gene coding for rat group II phospholipase A2.

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is involved in a wide range of pathological conditions including neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, inflammation, and infection. The ability of ER stress to induce an inflammatory response is considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of these diseases...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimasaki S,Koga T,Shuto T,Suico MA,Sato T,Watanabe K,Morino-Koga S,Taura M,Okada S,Mori K,Kai H

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In adrenalectomized rats, diacylglycerol, a potent activator of protein kinase C, specifically enhanced the induction of tyrosine aminotransferase and ornithine decarboxylase by even maximally effective doses of dexamethasone phosphate, but itself had no effect on these enzyme inductions in the absence of glucocortico...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kido H,Fukusen N,Ishidoh K,Katunuma N

更新日期：1986-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we demonstrated that through binding a novel intracellular receptor of microM affinity (HIC), histamine mediates, and the HIC antagonist N,N-diethyl-2-[4-(phenylmethyl)phenoxy]ethanamine. HCl (DPPE) inhibits, platelet aggregation and serotonin granule secretion; the latter response is dependent upon the sa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brandes LJ,Sukhu B,Bogdanovic RP

更新日期：1990-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases but its etiology is unclear. Alpha-synuclein (alpha-SN) is a major component of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, and its missense mutations, A30P and A53T, cause familial PD. In PD, alpha-SN-positive glial inclusions are distributed mainly ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kohno R,Sawada H,Kawamoto Y,Uemura K,Shibasaki H,Shimohama S

更新日期：2004-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of a human lymphoma cell line deficient in adenosine deaminase, adenosine kinase and methylthioadenosine phosphorylase enabled us to compare the effects of nucleoside transport inhibitors on the excretion of endogenously generated adenosine, deoxyadenosine and 5'-methylthioadenosine. The nucleoside tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iizasa T,Kubota M,Carson DA

更新日期：1984-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of C-terminal deleted analogs of human growth hormone-releasing factor (hGRF) with either an amidated or a free carboxylic acid C-terminus were synthesized by solid phase methodology. Their capacity to release growth hormone was tested on rat anterior pituitary cells in monolayer culture. A gradual decrease o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ling N,Baird A,Wehrenberg WB,Ueno N,Munegumi T,Brazeau P

更新日期：1984-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) fulfills a central role in the decision of cell fate in keratinocytes. Both PKC delta and PKC eta induce growth inhibition and differentiation of normal human keratinocytes (NHK). Here we show that PKC delta and PKC eta play opposite roles in UVB-induced apoptosis in NHK. PKC delta enhanced UVB-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsumura M,Tanaka N,Kuroki T,Ichihashi M,Ohba M

更新日期：2003-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The crypt-villi axis of intestinal mucosa maintains homeostasis by renewal of epithelia, and also exhibits different properties from undifferentiated to terminally differentiated cells. We investigated differential susceptibility to genotoxin-induced cell death, based on the degree of differentiation of epithelial cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chae B,Yang KM,Kim TI,Kim WH

更新日期：2009-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate is essential for cell metabolism in all organisms. As it is often limiting in the soil, plants have evolved various mechanisms to cope with low-phosphate conditions. Here, we report that Aluminum Sensitive 3 and NAP3, two genes previously identified to function in aluminum tolerance, play a critical role in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Belal R,Tang R,Li Y,Mabrouk Y,Badr E,Luan S

更新日期：2015-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the preproinsulin protein that affect processing of preproinsulin to proinsulin or lead to misfolding of proinsulin are associated with diabetes. We examined the subcellular localization and secretion of 13 neonatal diabetes-associated human proinsulin proteins (A24D, G32R, G32S, L35P, C43G, G47V, F48C, G...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park SY,Ye H,Steiner DF,Bell GI

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the binding and pharmacologic properties of peptides encoded by complementary mRNA derived from the human and rat angiotensinogen gene (human and rat IIA, respectively). Human IIA (identical with AII in 4 amino acids) inhibited binding of [125I]AII to rat adrenal glomerulosa particles (Ki = 0.62 +/- 0....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wiest SA,Gesellchen PD,Zimmerman K,Steinberg MI

更新日期：1990-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels increase estrogen biosynthesis in obese menopausal women. Ovariectomized mice and 3T3-L1 cells were used to explore estrogen biosynthesis in the decline of ovarian function. After ovariectomy, lipid deposition, and FSH and estrogen levels changed, and feed intake increased sig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui H,Zhao G,Wen J,Tong W

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of primary neuronal cultures prepared from the brains of neonatal rats with 50 microM epinephrine resulted in the transient redistribution of protein kinase C from the cytosol to the particulate fraction. This effect occurred after 1 and 5 min of incubation and resulted in a decrease in cytosolic protein ki...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kalberg CJ,Sumners C

更新日期：1990-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy has been associated with a variety of diseases especially aging. Human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) can internalize and then degrade elastin, collagen and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in lysosomes, which plays prominent roles in extracellular matrix homeostasis and AGEs removal in the dermis. Although...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang Y,Li Y,Qu Y,Zheng Y,Ouyang M,Zhang Y,Lai W,Xu Q

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial DNA binding peptides recognizing separated sequences would expand varieties of the target genes for desirable transcriptional control. Here we demonstrated that polyarginine linker between two 3-zinc finger domains gives DNA binding selectivity to the separated target sequences. We created a six-zinc finger...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imanishi M,Yan W,Morisaki T,Sugiura Y

更新日期：2005-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Using red cells as an experimental model, we previously showed that a limited degradation of certain membrane proteins by calpain (Ca2+-activated thiol protease) was a necessary prerequisite for cell fusion and that fusibility depended on the ratio of calpain to its endogenous inhibitor calpastatin. Here we show that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Barnoy S,Glasner T,Kosower NS

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA) is described as an inhibitor of prostate cancer cell growth. We utilized reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to analyze expression of different isoforms of fibroblast growth factor 8 (FGF8) in response to RA. Results in the prostate cancer cell line LNCaP show that whereas overa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brondani V,Hamy F

更新日期：2000-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic cell death eventually results in secondary necrotic cell death, whereas caspase-independent primary necrotic cell death has been reported and its mechanism involving RIP1 and RIP3 has been recently elucidated. Dual staining with fluorescent Annexin V and propidium iodide (PI) has been used to discriminate ap...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sawai H,Domae N

更新日期：2011-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Several rat liver cytochromes P-450 have been substantially purified in a one-step immunoadsorption procedure using Sepharose-bound monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to the major forms of rat liver cytochrome P-450 induced by 3-methylcholanthrene and phenobarbital (MC-P-450 and PB-P-450, respectively). When mixed with solu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Friedman FK,Robinson RC,Park SS,Gelboin HV

更新日期：1983-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:trans-Resveratrol (3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene; RES), a polyphenol found in particularly high concentrations in red wine, has recently attracted intense interest for its potentially beneficial effects on human health. Here, we report the effects of long-term exposure to micromolar concentrations of RES on antioxidant an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Robb EL,Page MM,Wiens BE,Stuart JA

更新日期：2008-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that hepatic stellate cells (HSC) develop into cells, which are thought to contribute to liver fibrogenesis. Recent data suggest that HSC are progenitor cells with the capacity to differentiate into cells of endothelial and hepatocyte lineages. The present study shows that beta-catenin-dependent canon...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kordes C,Sawitza I,Häussinger D

更新日期：2008-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of camel lens zeta-crystallin with aspirin was investigated by activity and fluorescence measurements. Aspirin minimally inhibited the oxidoreductase activity of the enzyme and weakly quenched its fluorescence. However, significant fluorescence quenching of zeta-crystallin coincided with the appearance of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bazzi MD

更新日期：2002-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that untimely retinoblastoma protein (RB) dephosphorylation and/or proteolytic degradation might provide key events down-stream cysteine protease (caspase) activation in apoptosis induction. We have dealt with this issue by studying apoptosis induced by N-hexanoylsphingosine (C6-Cer) in CHP-10...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Spinedi A,Amendola A,Di Bartolomeo S,Piacentini M

更新日期：1998-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Intranuclear inclusions have been observed in the brains of patients affected with Huntington's disease (HD). Neuro 2A cells that transiently expressed HD exon 1 bearing 74 glutamine repeats linked to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the nuclear localization sequence (NLS) contained aggregates in nuclei. The ag...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hazeki N,Tsukamoto T,Yazawa I,Koyama M,Hattori S,Someki I,Iwatsubo T,Nakamura K,Goto J,Kanazawa I

更新日期：2002-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the role of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in cancer cell invasion, we have compared the invasiveness of mouse mammary carcinoma, FM3A and its variant cell line, EXOD, which overproduces ODC. We have found that EXOD cells showed about 5.6-fold more invasiveness through a reconstituted basement membrane (Ma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kubota S,Yamada T,Kamei S,Seyama Y

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is a potent growth inhibitor and apoptosis inducer for most normal cells. However, tumor cells are commonly nevertheless sensitive to the tumor-suppressing effects of TGF-beta1. In this paper, we focus on the effects of TGF-beta1 on two important anti-apoptotic protein kina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu Z,Ma DZ,Wang LY,Su JM,Zha XL

更新日期：2003-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin binding activity of myoepithelial cell membranes from mammary tissue was measured under a variety of different experimental conditions. Mammary tissue from non-lactating rats bound oxytocin with a Kd of 9.2 +/- 1.6 nM (+/- S.E.) and indicates that receptors are retained by the myoepithelial cells in a non-lac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ruberti A,Olins GM,Eakle KA,Bremel RD

更新日期：1983-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The polycationic nature of biogenic polyamines such as spermine (SPM, 1) and spermidine (SPD, 2) plays an important role in selective binding to polyanionic nucleic acids. These interactions are mediated by electrostatic and hydrogen bonding forces which led to stabilization of DNA duplexes and triplexes. Transformati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pallan PS,Ganesh KN

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuregulins comprise a group of growth factor proteins that regulate the differentiation of skeletal muscle. Here, we report that neuregulins are regulators of myogenic differentiation and stimulate mitogenesis in L6 skeletal myoblasts. The mitogenic response to neuregulin-1 was differentiation-dependent and observed ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ford BD,Han B,Fischbach GD

更新日期：2003-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of melanin starts from the conversion of L-tyrosine to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa) and then the oxidation of L-dopa yields dopaquinone by tyrosinase. Therefore, tyrosinase inhibitors have been established as important constituents of depigmentation agents. Recently, polyhydroxystilbene compounds, whi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohguchi K,Tanaka T,Kido T,Baba K,Iinuma M,Matsumoto K,Akao Y,Nozawa Y

更新日期：2003-08-08 00:00:00