Abstract:
:Mammalian cells contain two fatty acid synthesis pathways, the cytosolic FASI pathway, and the mitochondrial FASII pathway. The selection behind the conservation of the mitochondrial pathway is not completely understood, given the presence of the cytosolic FAS pathway. In this study, we show through heterologous gene reporter systems and PCR-based arrays that overexpression of MECR, the last step in the mtFASII pathway, causes modulation of gene expression through the PPAR pathway. Electromobility shift assays (EMSAs) demonstrate that overexpression of MECR causes increased binding of PPARs to DNA, while cell fractionation and imaging studies show that MECR remains localized to the mitochondria. Interestingly, knock down of the mtFASII pathway lessens the effect of MECR on this transcriptional modulation. Our data are most consistent with MECR-mediated transcriptional activation through products of the mtFASII pathway, although we cannot rule out MECR acting as a coactivator. Further investigation into the physiological relevance of this communication will be necessary to better understand some of the phenotypic consequences of deficits in this pathway observed in animal models and human disease.
journal_name
Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Parl A,Mitchell SL,Clay HB,Reiss S,Li Z,Murdock DGdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.10.072subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-11-15 00:00:00pages
418-24issue
2eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(13)01753-1journal_volume
441pub_type
杂志文章abstract::A new eukaryotic initiation factor 2 kinase has been purified for the first time from calf brain cytosol. The purification of a nonabundant novel protein kinase activity, designated as PKI, that phosphorylates the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 is described. The protein kinase activity was assayed usi...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-291x(90)90998-3
更新日期:1990-02-14 00:00:00
abstract::In this study we have continuously measured real-time production of nitric oxide (NO) in the isolated, perfused rat lung by using an NO monitor (model NO-501, Inter Medical Co., Nagoya, Japan) with an NO-selective resin microsensor. A stable NO response was obtained when the sensor was placed in the pulmonary artery o...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.1435
更新日期:1995-03-28 00:00:00
abstract::Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hUC-MSCs) in vitro expansion for long term may undergo epigenetic and genetic alterations that subsequently induce cellular senescence and associated growth inhibition. Increasing evidence implicated that aberrant histone acetylation modulates gene expression res...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.05.061
更新日期:2019-07-12 00:00:00
abstract::D-ribose is cytotoxic for quiescent human lymphocytes and severely inhibits their PHA-induced proliferation at concentrations (25-50 mM) at which other simple sugars are ineffective. In order to explain these effects, DNA repair synthesis was evaluated in PHA-stimulated human lymphocytes treated with hydroxyurea and i...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-291x(86)80549-6
更新日期:1986-07-31 00:00:00
abstract::The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), named NS5B, is phosphorylated by the cellular protein kinase C-related kinase 2 (PRK2) at two serine residues (Ser29 and Ser42) of the finger subdomain (genotype 1b). Herein, using bioinformatics, we selected four potential phosphorylation residue...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.08.082
更新日期:2015-10-09 00:00:00
abstract::The cellular location of phosphoprotein pp 105 was determined in various mouse cell lines with rabbit anti mouse pp 105 serum. Immunofluorescence was predominantly observed in the nucleoli in addition to a diffuse but weaker fluorescence of the whole nucleus. Cell surface fluorescence was obtained only with cells grow...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-291x(83)90387-x
更新日期:1983-10-14 00:00:00
abstract::Administration of tryptophan or hydrocortisone to rats caused a several-fold increase in tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase activity in the liver. Highly purified lysosomes were isolated from livers of tryptophan- or hydrocortisone-treated animals as well as the control rats. Immunoblotting of lysosomal proteins with anti-try...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-291x(92)91644-6
更新日期:1992-02-28 00:00:00
abstract::Glial cells have been shown to induce enzyme activities, which are characteristically high in brain capillaries, in cerebral and non cerebral endothelial cells in culture. We evaluated the activity of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma GT) in freshly isolated (ex vivo) bovine blood (BEC) and lymphatic (LEC) endothel...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.1291
更新日期:1996-08-23 00:00:00
abstract::Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by the presence of the PML-RARα fusion protein. We have previously found that PML-RARα-regulated miR-125b is highly expressed in APL; however, the characteristics of the regulatory effects and mechanisms of miR-125b involved in APL proliferation have yet to be clarif...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.09.020
更新日期:2016-09-30 00:00:00
abstract::Four analogues of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), PTHrP(7-34)NH2, (10-34)NH2, (15-34)NH2 and (20-34)NH2, were synthesized and their antagonistic activity against PTHrP(1-34) was examined in vitro and in vivo. In vitro studies revealed that all four analogues antagonized PTHrP-stimulated cyclic AMP product...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-291x(89)92826-x
更新日期:1989-02-15 00:00:00
abstract::Recently, circular RNAs (circRNAs) are identified as a novel class of noncoding RNAs playing important roles in human malignant tumors. However, the regulatory function of circRNA in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is still largely unknown. Present study aimed to explore the role of circ_0006427 in LUAD progression. Firstl...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.11.079
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Crystal structure of the complex between porcine beta-trypsin and the second domain of the Kazal-type ovomucoid turkey egg white trypsin inhibitor (OMTKY2) has been determined at 1.9A resolution. A peptide fragment from the first domain has been crystallized with the complex. Restrained-refinement of the structure led...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.082
更新日期:2004-01-02 00:00:00
abstract::The study of [3H]-uridine uptake by mouse peritoneal macrophages showed that this is an active, temperature- and protein synthesis-dependent phenomenon, which is early altered when are exposed to a variety of stimuli. Murine recombinant interferon-gamma, a stimulus able to activate macrophage and to induce the product...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-291x(89)91663-x
更新日期:1989-04-14 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this work was to characterize folates modified by ONOO(-) and HOCl and to evaluate the binding capacity of folates modified by ONOO(-) to folate receptor alpha and beta. For the modification of folate by ONOO(-), folic acid was reacted with the combination of PMA activated PMN and PAPA NONOate or chemically...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02359-8
更新日期:2002-10-11 00:00:00
abstract::The major bovine seminal plasma protein, PDC-109 exhibits chaperone-like activity (CLA) against a variety of target proteins. The present studies show that the homologous protein from equine seminal plasma, HSP-1/2 also exhibits CLA and inhibits the thermal aggregation of target proteins such as lactate dehydrogenase,...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.120
更新日期:2012-10-12 00:00:00
abstract::Copper ions reportedly bind to the cellular prion (PrPC) and induce PrP proteinase K (PK) resistant from (PrPres). PrPC also plays a role in response to oxidative stress. By using purified human PrP23-98 containing octarepeats, we have found that Cu(II) induces PrPres determined by Western blots and atomic force micro...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.03.171
更新日期:2018-05-15 00:00:00
abstract::Accumulating evidence has linked deregulation of microRNA-495 (miR-495) to tumorigenesis; however, its function in tumor progression is controversial. This work was undertaken to explore the expression and biological roles of miR-495 in bladder cancer. The expression of miR-495 was examined in 67 pairs of bladder canc...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.01.019
更新日期:2017-02-05 00:00:00
abstract::Fluorimetry and spectrophotometry have been used to study the binding of dimethyl, dipropyl, dibutyl and diphenylnitrosamine to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor isolated, and purified, from Torpedo fuscomaculata. Scatchard analysis indicates that all four ligands are true agonists of the receptor exhibiting positive c...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-291x(90)90676-e
更新日期:1990-03-30 00:00:00
abstract::The methionine sulfoxide reductase (Msr) family of enzymes has been shown to protect cells against oxidative damage. The two major Msr enzymes, MsrA and MsrB, can repair oxidative damage to proteins due to reactive oxygen species, by reducing the methionine sulfoxide in proteins back to methionine. A role of MsrA in a...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.12.077
更新日期:2016-01-22 00:00:00
abstract::To identify genes responding to the cholesterol-rich diet, differentially expressed hepatic genes have been searched from a diet-induced hypercholesterolemic rabbit by differential display reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR). Among the many screened genes, Rab7 gene was shown to be distinctively...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00173-0
更新日期:2002-04-26 00:00:00
abstract::Methylglyoxal (MG), a cytotoxic by-product produced mainly from triose phosphates, is used as a substrate by glyoxalase I. In this paper, we report on the estimation of MG level in plants which has not been reported earlier. We show that MG concentration varies in the range of 30-75 microM in various plant species and...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.08.263
更新日期:2005-11-11 00:00:00
abstract::Human sera from autoimmune gastritis patients containing autoantibodies to gastric parietal cells were analyzed by immunological methods. Enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay demonstrated that all nine sera reacted with pig gastric vesicles enriched in H+/K(+)-ATPase (gastric proton pump). Immunoblotting experiments ind...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/bbrc.1993.1032
更新日期:1993-01-15 00:00:00
abstract::N-Palmitoyl-(S)-seryl-(S)-seryl-(S)-asparaginyl-(S)-alanine (Palmitoyl-tetrapeptide) is an analogue of the N-terminal part of the lipoprotein from the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. It was prepared by chemical synthesis and tested for biological activity in in vitro lymphocyte culture systems. In spleen cells of ...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-291x(84)90687-9
更新日期:1984-05-31 00:00:00
abstract::An intein is a polypeptide that interrupts the functional domains of a protein, called the exteins. The intein can facilitate its own excision from the exteins, concomitant with the ligation of the exteins, in a process called protein splicing. The alpha subunit of the ribonucleotide reductase of the extreme thermophi...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.06.145
更新日期:2009-09-11 00:00:00
abstract::Insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells is partly regulated by cell membrane potential. Background K+ channels that stabilize the resting membrane potential would suppress excitability and insulin secretion. Recent studies show that members of the two-pore domain K+ (K2P) channel family behave as background K+ ch...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.089
更新日期:2004-10-08 00:00:00
abstract::Adult stem cells provide a promising alternative for the treatment of decompensated liver cirrhosis. Our previous study showed that peripheral blood monocytes (PBMCs) from decompensated liver cirrhosis could differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells in vitro. We here aimed to investigate the differential potential of t...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.04.058
更新日期:2008-07-11 00:00:00
abstract::Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an outer membrane component of Gram-negative bacteria, induces strong proinflammatory responses, including the release of cytokines and nitric oxide from macrophage. In this study, we found that a murine macrophage-derived line, RAW264.7, became multinuclear through cell-cell fusion after inc...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.07.050
更新日期:2012-08-24 00:00:00
abstract::MET, also known as hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR), is a receptor tyrosine kinase with an important role, both in normal cellular function as well as in oncogenesis. In many cancer types, abnormal activation of MET is related to poor prognosis and various strategies to inhibit its function, including small mo...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.12.120
更新日期:2013-02-08 00:00:00
abstract::The mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) supplies the majority of the energy requirements of most eucaryotic cells. A null mutation in the Caenorhabditis elegans nuo-1 gene encoding a subunit of complex I (NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is lethal, leading to a developmental arrest at the third larval stage. To ident...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.108
更新日期:2004-07-09 00:00:00
abstract::Various stresses including ionizing radiation give normal human fibroblasts a phenotype of senescence-like growth arrest (SLGA), manifested by p53-dependent irreversible G1 arrest. To determine the mechanism of persistent activation of p53, we examined phosphorylated Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and phosphoryla...
journal_title:Biochemical and biophysical research communications
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.167
更新日期:2006-02-03 00:00:00