Galanin inhibits glucose-stimulated insulin release by a mechanism involving hyperpolarization and lowering of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration.

abstract：:The most widely used rate expression for single-substrate enzyme catalyzed reactions, namely the Michaelis-Menten kinetics is based upon the assumption that enzyme concentration is in excess of the substrate in the medium and the rate is mainly limited by the substrate concentration according to saturation kinetics. H...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kargi F

更新日期：2009-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Endostatin, a natural angiogenesis inhibitor, had been identified for years. It opened a new approach for cancer therapy. Sequence analysis revealed that endostatin is the NC1 domain (non-triple-helical domain) of collagen XVIII. In this report, the cDNA of NC1 domain of type VIII collagen (alpha 1) was cloned and exp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu R,Yao ZY,Xin L,Zhang Q,Li TP,Gan RB

更新日期：2001-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:MAEBL is an erythrocyte binding protein located in the rhoptries and on the surface of mature merozoites, being expressed at the beginning of schizogony. The structure of MAEBL originally isolated from rodent malaria parasites suggested a molecule likely to be involved in invasion. We thus became interested in identif...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ocampo M,Curtidor H,Vera R,Valbuena JJ,Rodríguez LE,Puentes A,López R,García JE,Tovar D,Pacheco P,Navarro MA,Patarroyo ME

更新日期：2004-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of the sulphated tyrosine residue in position 27 in human cholecystokinin-33, parallel bioassay of the sulphated form of human cholecystokinin-33 and the unsulphated form of human cholecystokinin-33 was performed on the pancreatic protein secretion. Both peptides increased the protein output in a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Doi R,Inoue K,Kogire M,Sumi S,Yun M,Futaki S,Fujii N,Yajima H,Tobe T

更新日期：1988-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To further elucidate the role of CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein alpha (C/EBP alpha) in hepatocyte differentiation, we investigated fetal and newborn C/EBP alpha-deficient (C/EBP alpha -/-) mice using confocal microscopy and markers specific for hepatocyte (AFP) and biliary epithelial cell (A6) differentiation. Histolo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tomizawa M,Garfield S,Factor V,Xanthopoulos KG

更新日期：1998-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:FamD1 is a novel CloQ/NphB-family indole prenyltransferase which involves in hapalindole-type alkaloid biosynthesis. Here the native FamD1 structure and three protein-ligand complexes are analyzed to investigate the molecular basis of substrate binding and catalysis. FamD1 adopts a typical ABBA architecture of aromati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang J,Chen CC,Yang Y,Liu W,Ko TP,Shang N,Hu X,Xie Y,Huang JW,Zhang Y,Guo RT

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A rabbit cytochrome P-450IIE2 full-length cDNA was cloned into a yeast episomal plasmid (YEp13) between the copper-responsive yeast metallothionein gene promoter (CUP1) and the iso-1-cytochrome c gene terminator (CYC1), and the cytochrome P-450 was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The microsomal fraction prepare...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pernecky SJ,Porter TD,Coon MJ

更新日期：1990-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effects of staurosporine (STP), an inhibitor of PKC, on the expression of the HSP70 gene in human colon carcinoma HT-29 cells. Cells were heated at 45 degrees C for 15 min and incubated at 37 degrees C for up to 6 hr with or without STP. When STP (5 micrograms/ml) was added during 37 degrees C...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Erdos G,Lee YJ

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using atomic force microscopy (AFM), we find that RecA-single-stranded DNA (RecA-ssDNA) filaments, in the presence of single-stranded DNA-binding (SSB) protein, organize into left-handed bundles, which differ from the previously reported disordered aggregates formed when SSB is excluded from the reaction. In addition,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shi WX,Larson RG

更新日期：2007-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The 21-amino acid-length endothelin-1 (ET-1)(1-21) and its novel derivative, 31 amino acid-length ET-1(1-31), have proinflammatory properties and induce significant eosinophil migration mediated by an increase in the local levels of eotaxin and IL-5. We have analyzed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui P,Sharmin S,Okumura Y,Yamada H,Yano M,Mizuno D,Kido H

更新日期：2004-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we attempt to determine whether lycopene regulates inflammatory mediators in the ovalbumin (OVA)-induced murine asthma model. To address this, mice were sensitized and challenged with OVA, and then treated with lycopene before the last OVA challenge. Administration of lycopene significantly alleviated t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee CM,Chang JH,Moon DO,Choi YH,Choi IW,Park YM,Kim GY

更新日期：2008-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To repress gene transcription, the unliganded nuclear receptor (NR) recruits the N-CoR and SMRT corepressors via its direct association with the conserved motif within bipartite NR-interaction domains (IDs) of corepressors. We recently reported that SMRT is directly involved in the VDR-mediated repression via an ID1-s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim JY,Son YL,Lee YC

更新日期：2009-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, mutations in the gene encoding cereblon (CRBN) are associated with mental retardation. Although CRBN has been investigated in several cellular contexts, its function remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that CRBN plays a role in regulating the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). Heterologous expression of C...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee KM,Lee J,Park CS

更新日期：2012-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular prion protein, PrP(C), is essential for the development of prion diseases where it is considered to be a substrate for the formation of the disease-associated conformer, PrP(Sc). In sheep, PrP(C) is abundant in neuronal tissue and is also found at lower concentrations in a range of non-neuronal tissues, inclu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maddison BC,Whitelam GC,Gough KC

更新日期：2007-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the purification and characterization of an aminopeptidase from human cerebrospinal fluid capable of degrading delta-sleep-inducing-peptide (DSIP). The enzyme has an apparent molecular weight of approximately 80,000 dalton. It is sensitive towards amastatin, bestatin and EDTA and is optimally acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nyberg F,Thörnwall M,Hetta J

更新日期：1990-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Human platelets prelabeled with arachidonate exhibited a rapid and transient rise in arachidonoyl monoglyceride in addition to arachidonoyl diglyceride following thrombin stimulation. Substantial release of arachidonate and its metabolites also occurred at the early phase. Preincubation of labeled platelets with RHC 8...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chau LY,Tai HH

更新日期：1983-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ influx from the extracellular space in nonexcitable cells occurs via receptor-operated and refilling processes. However, they showed different characteristics with respect to the Mn2+ permeability, depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores, and sensitivity to the K+ ionophore valinomycin in rat pancreatic acinar cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsunoda Y,Tashiro Y

更新日期：1999-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is known to be a mitogen for human diploid FS-4 fibroblasts. We have shown in an earlier study (Hori et al. (1989) J. Cell. Physiol. 141, 275-280) that indomethacin further enhances the cell proliferation stimulated by TNF. Since indomethacin inhibits the activity of cyclooxygenase, the rol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hori T,Yamanaka Y,Hayakawa M,Shibamoto S,Tsujimoto M,Oku N,Ito F

更新日期：1991-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) is a G protein-coupled receptor that plays key roles in extracellular calcium ion (Ca(2+)(o)) homeostasis by enabling parathyroid, kidney, and other cells to directly "sense" changes in Ca(2+)(o). In multiple myeloma-associated bone disease, myeloma cells could raise the level of Ca(...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamaguchi T,Yamauchi M,Sugimoto T,Chauhan D,Anderson KC,Brown EM,Chihara K

更新日期：2002-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) in mammalian tumors or tissues is often associated with the overexpression of the putative drug efflux pump P-glycoprotein (Pgp). One theory concerning the mechanism of Pgp activity is that efflux of ATP is coupled to drug efflux. Evidence in support of this theory has been observed in mamma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boyum R,Guidotti G

更新日期：1997-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously indicated that Xenopus Suppressor of Hairless 2, XSu(H)2, is involved in the morphogenesis of gastrula embryos in a different manner from the XESR-1-mediated Notch signaling pathway. To address the downstream factors of XSu(H)2, we investigated the effect of XSu(H)2 on XenopusPOU-V genes, Xoct25 and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ito M,Nishitani E,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2007-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia. Today, AD can be diagnosed with certainty only post-mortem, by histopathologic staining of Abeta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in brain tissue sections. We have developed an ultra-sensitive assay potential...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Funke SA,Birkmann E,Henke F,Görtz P,Lange-Asschenfeldt C,Riesner D,Willbold D

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate chromosome segregation during cell division requires that sister chromatids are kept together by cohesin complex until anaphase, when the chromatids separate and distribute to the two daughter cells. Esco2 is an acetyltransferase that is required for the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion during S pha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim BJ,Kang KM,Jung SY,Choi HK,Seo JH,Chae JH,Cho EJ,Youn HD,Qin J,Kim ST

更新日期：2008-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of RGCs with insulin or C2 ceramide alone increased survival rate by 30%. Adding both insulin and C2 ceramide increased survival rate by 80%. Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor okadaic acid (OA) eliminated the effect of C2 ceramide, but not that of insulin. Protein kinase inhibitor K252a decreased the e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ito M

更新日期：2003-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse embryos at implantation stage were stained successfully with lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNF-I) bearing neoglycoprotein labeled with rhodamine synthesized by us for the first time. The fluorescent neoglycoproteins carrying LNF-II, -III, LND-I, or LNT failed to stain the embryos. The embryo was stained only at the ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamagata T,Yamazaki K

更新日期：1991-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian progesterone secretion during the diestrus stage of the estrous cycle is produced by luteal cells derived from granulosa and thecal cells after the differentiation process that follows ovulation. Our results show that blockade of the preovulatory rise of ovarian ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme in p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bastida CM,Tejada F,Cremades A,Peñafiel R

更新日期：2002-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of human APOA5 in mice results in dramatically decreased plasma triglyceride levels. In this study we explored the mechanism underlying this hypotriglyceridemic effect. Initially we found that triglyceride turnover was faster in hAPOA5 transgenic mice compared to controls, and this strongly correlated w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fruchart-Najib J,Baugé E,Niculescu LS,Pham T,Thomas B,Rommens C,Majd Z,Brewer B,Pennacchio LA,Fruchart JC

更新日期：2004-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:High homocysteine (Hcy) levels are a well-known independent risk factor for endothelial damage in atherosclerosis. We examined whether a rat intestinal model of ischemia-reperfusion was associated with high Hcy and with the modification of plasma albumin into cysteinylated species (CysAlb). The three treatment groups ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bar-Or D,Curtis CG,Sullivan A,Rael LT,Thomas GW,Craun M,Bar-Or R,Maclean KN,Kraus JP

更新日期：2004-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the in vitro phosphorylation process of the photosynthetic form (G form) of Sorghum leaf Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC: EC 4.1.1.31) was studied. Results established that: 1) PEPC was efficiently phosphorylated on seryl residues in crude leaf extract 2) Pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase (EC 2.7.9...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Echevarría C,Yidal J,Le Maréchal P,Brulfert J,Ranjeva R,Gadal P

更新日期：1988-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Butein, a plant polyphenol, was shown to be a specific protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor. This compound inhibited not only the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-stimulated auto-phosphotyrosine level of EGF receptor in HepG2 cells but also tyrosine-specific protein kinase activities of EGF receptor (IC50 = 65 microM) and p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang EB,Zhang K,Cheng LY,Mack P

更新日期：1998-04-17 00:00:00