Calphostin C (UCN-1028C), a novel microbial compound, is a highly potent and specific inhibitor of protein kinase C.

abstract：:The effect of capsaicin, main pungent ingredient of hot chilli peppers, in the gene expression profile of human prostate PC-3 cancer cells has been analyzed using a microarray approach. We identified 10 genes that were down-regulated and five genes that were induced upon capsaicin treatment. The data obtained from mic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sánchez AM,Martínez-Botas J,Malagarie-Cazenave S,Olea N,Vara D,Lasunción MA,Díaz-Laviada I

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Free radicals attack lipid molecules and initiate a chain of reactions that may trigger several diseases such as atherosclerosis and cancer. Several markers of oxidative stress have been proposed, including measurements of lipid peroxides and short-chain aldehydes levels and evaluation of conjugated diene formation. A...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Visioli F,Colombo C,Galli C

更新日期：1998-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) induces intrahepatic cholestasis and canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (CMOAT/MRP2) plays a central role in hepatic bilirubin transport. This study examined the role of Kupffer cell in LPS-induced cholestasis. Rats were injected intravenously with LPS. Kupffer cells were ina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura J,Nishida T,Hayashi K,Kawada N,Ueshima S,Sugiyama Y,Ito T,Sobue K,Matsuda H

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A calcium-calmodulin (Ca2(+)-CaM) stimulated histone H3 phosphorylating activity was identified as a component of a nuclear protein complex purified from a 150 mM NaCl extract of calf thymus chromatin. This activity bound to a CaM-Sepharose affinity column in a Ca2+ dependent manner and was eluted off the column in th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wakim BT,Picken MM,DeLange RJ

更新日期：1990-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Two novel neuropeptides, urechistachykinin I (H-Leu-Arg-Gln-Ser-Gln-Phe-Val-Gly-Ser-Arg-NH2) and urechistachykinin II (H-Ala-Ala-Gly-Met-Gly-Phe-Phe-Gly-Ala-Arg-NH2), were isolated from the ventral nerve cords of the echiuroid worm, Urechis unicinctus. These peptides showed a contractile action on the inner circular b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ikeda T,Minakata H,Nomoto K,Kubota I,Muneoka Y

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A mitochondrial DNA mutation at nucleotide position 14,484 was found in 14 independent probands with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and in 0/250 controls. The 14,484 mutation, which changes methionine-64 to valine in a conserved domain of the ND-6 gene, occurred in association with a mitochondrial DNA haplotype tha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Johns DR,Neufeld MJ,Park RD

更新日期：1992-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP, an allosteric inhibitor at neutral pH, activates snakes muscle fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase at pH 9.2. The activation is virtually unique for the snake muscle enzyme: activation was not observed for the enzymes from either human and rabbit liver or porcine kidney. The activation is Mg(2+)-dependent but was not obs...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao FK,Xu SQ,Xu GJ

更新日期：1998-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose toxicity in honeybees is due to a marked shortage of mannosephosphate isomerase that leads to a large accumulation of mannose-6-P and a marked depletion of ATP. Drosophila melanogaster and Ceratitis capitata are insensitive to mannose and have excess of mannosephosphate isomerase over hexokinase. 2-Deoxyglucos...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： de la Fuente M,Peñas PF,Sols A

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant baculoviruses expressing full length and 3' truncated forms of c-DNA encoding the Drosophila melanogaster acetylcholinesterase (AChE) were constructed. Biochemical analyses showed that full length recombinant protein was enzymatically active and anchored to the cell membrane via a glycolipidic residue. DTT...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chaabihi H,Fournier D,Fedon Y,Bossy JP,Ravallec M,Devauchelle G,Cérutti M

更新日期：1994-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of mutations in rhodopsin are associated with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP). We analyzed the biochemical phenotypes of the ADRP-associated cysteine mutants C167R, C222R, and C264del. C222R behaved as wild type in every aspect testable and is classified as a class I mutant. C167R produce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Breikers G,Portier-VandeLuytgaarden MJ,Bovee-Geurts PH,DeGrip WJ

更新日期：2002-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is an evolutionary conserved intracellular process whereby cells break down long-lived proteins and organelles. Accumulating evidences suggest increasing physiological significance of autophagy in pathogenesis of infectious diseases. Anthrax lethal toxin (LT) exerts its influence on numerous cells and herein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tan YK,Kusuma CM,St John LJ,Vu HA,Alibek K,Wu A

更新日期：2009-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The inability to increase of islet mass adequately to compensate for the demand of insulin due to insulin resistance is an important pathophysiological feature of type 2 diabetes. Previous studies suggested a relationship between pancreatic beta-cell mass and islet vascularization, although no evidence has confirmed t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Toyofuku Y,Uchida T,Nakayama S,Hirose T,Kawamori R,Fujitani Y,Inoue M,Watada H

更新日期：2009-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines fail to induce protective antibody titers in 5-10% of immune-competent vaccines. Therefore, safe and effective HBV vaccines are still clinically needed. METHODS:In this study, we developed a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding CD317 single-chain fragment variable (α317...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang G,Li X,Liu L,Li J,Chen Q,Huang S,Li Y,Wan X

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermo-alkalophilic bacterium, Geobacillus thermoleovorans secrets many enzymes including a 43 kDa extracellular lipase. Significant thermostability, organic solvent stability and wide substrate preferences for hydrolysis drew our attention to solve its structure by crystallography. The structure was solved by molecul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moharana TR,Pal B,Rao NM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diallyl trisulfide (DATS), one of the volatile constituents of garlic oil, has been reported to possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-carcinogenic properties. In this study, DATS (10μmol) given orally for 7days before and for another 7days after starting administration of 2.5% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee HJ,Lee HG,Choi KS,Surh YJ,Na HK

更新日期：2013-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Hammerhead ribozymes may be of great therapeutic importance, since they can, in theory, be developed to cleave any undesired target RNA. In order to design ribozymes which are stable against endogenous RNases, we incorporated 2'-acetamido-2'-deoxynucleosides in the catalytic core of a hammerhead ribozyme. The 2'-aceta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hendrix C,Mahieu M,Anné J,Van Calenbergh S,Van Aerschot A,Content J,Herdewijn P

更新日期：1995-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of liposomes to deliver functional proteins in retinal photoreceptors and modulate their physiological response was investigated by two experimental approaches. First, we treated isolated mouse retinas with liposomes encapsulating either recoverin, an important endogenous protein operating in visual phot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Asteriti S,Dal Cortivo G,Pontelli V,Cangiano L,Buffelli M,Dell'Orco D

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The arachidonate lipoxygenase from rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBL-1) is widely utilized as a model to dissect the primary enzymatic reactions leading to leukotriene formation. The purpose of the present study was to optimize the specific activity of 5-lipoxygenase prepared from a high speed supernatant of RBL-1 ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cochran FR,Finch-Arietta MB

更新日期：1989-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanosecond and steady fluorescence techniques have been employed to study the interaction of retinol with protein disulfide isomerase (PDI). Retinol binds tightly to PDI; and the rotational correlation time (θ = 36 ns) corresponds to a monomeric subunit of 55 kDa. The enzyme does not undergo aggregation in the p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Churchich JE

更新日期：1999-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin has been reported to regulate blood glucose levels and to ameliorate insulin resistance in obese mice. This study demonstrates that capsaicin increases glucose uptake directly by activating AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in C2C12 muscle cells, which manifested as an attenuation of glucose uptake when co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim SH,Hwang JT,Park HS,Kwon DY,Kim MS

更新日期：2013-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostacyclin synthase (PGIS) cDNA comprises 1500 nucleotides coding for a 500 amino acid protein. It is a heme protein with spectral characteristics of cytochrome p450 (CYP). It does not possess the typical CYP mono-oxygenase activity but catalyzes the rearrangement of prostaglandin H2 to form PGI2. Analysis of its st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu KK,Liou JY

更新日期：2005-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Osterix (Osx) has been shown to be an osteoblast-specific transcription factor for bone formation. Recently, it has been reported that Osx is significantly expressed in the mouse olfactory bulb, proving that Osx may play a role in olfactory bulb development, as well as bone development. Here, we studied morphological ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park JS,Park GI,Kim JE

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Temozolomide (TMZ) is a methylating agent used in chemotherapy against glioblastoma. This work was designed to clarify details in repair pathways acting to remove DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) induced by TMZ. Cultured mouse embryonic fibroblasts were used which were deficient in DSB repair genes such as homologous r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kondo N,Takahashi A,Mori E,Ohnishi K,McKinnon PJ,Sakaki T,Nakase H,Ohnishi T

更新日期：2009-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic parameters of several substrates of penicillin acylase from Streptomyces lavendulae have been determined. The enzyme hydrolyses phenoxymethyl penicillin (penicillin V) and other penicillins with aliphatic acyl-chains such as penicillin F, dihydroF, and K. The best substrate was penicillin K (octanoyl penic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Torres-Guzmán R,de la Mata I,Torres-Bacete J,Arroyo M,Castillón MP,Acebal C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our recent study (Saiki, Y., and Ikemoto, N., Biochemistry 38, 3112-3119, 1999) suggests that Ca2+ release and re-uptake of the released Ca2+ are coordinated. The following results suggest that the coordination is mediated by the luminal Ca2+ ([Ca2+]lum) transient. Upon inducing the release of the passively loaded Ca2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ikemoto N,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2000-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of Nuclear Pre-mRNA Domain Containing 1B (RPRD1B) has been of great interest in the field of oncology in recent years. The relationship between miRNAs and RPRD1B in gastric cancer (GC) has not been adequately reported. This study was designed to screen RPRD1B-targeted miRNAs and investigate its regulatory m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wenquan L,Hongqing X,Yuhua L,Lili W,Wang Z,Ziwei Z,Chuang W,Aizhen C,Xiaosong W,Bo W,Lin C

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence shows that immune-mediated mechanisms may contribute to the pathogenesis of central nervous system disorders including cerebellar ataxias, as indicated by the aberrant production of neuronal surface antibodies. We previously reported a patient with cerebellar ataxia associated with production of a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yaguchi H,Yabe I,Takahashi H,Watanabe M,Nomura T,Kano T,Matsumoto M,Nakayama KI,Watanabe M,Hatakeyama S

更新日期：2017-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed PeptiSite, a comprehensive and reliable database of biologically and structurally characterized peptide-binding sites, in which each site is represented by an ensemble of its complexes with protein, peptide and small molecule partners. The unique features of the database include: (1) the ensemble site rep...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Acharya C,Kufareva I,Ilatovskiy AV,Abagyan R

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Above pH 6, swine pepsin undergoes a conformational change to a neutral form which has 80% of the secondary structure of the native protein. In contrast to native pepsin, this form of the enzyme can be reversibly unfolded by urea in a rapid, cooperative reaction. Since all of pepsin's sequence is present in its precur...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McPhie P

更新日期：1989-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, the novel GRN-41 peptide generated from alternative splicing of the Mozambique tilapia PGRN1 gene was identified to be a potent peptide that protected against V. vulnificus in the transgenic zebrafish model by modulating innate immune-related genes. In this study, the anti-bacterial activities o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu SH,Chou HY,Liu PC,Wu JL,Gong HY

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00