Methylation of the vitamin D-dependent CaBP gene (calbindin 9 Kd) does not mediate tissue or vitamin D regulation.

abstract：:To analyze the mechanisms of mRNA export from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, we have isolated eleven mutants, ptr [poly(A)(+) RNA transport] 1 to 11, which accumulate poly(A)(+) RNA in the nucleus at a nonpermissive temperature in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Of those, the ptr5-1 mutant shows dots- or a ring-like accumul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe N,Ikeda T,Mizuki F,Tani T

更新日期：2012-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong temperature dependent low angle X-ray scattering by trifluoroethanol- and hexafluoro-2-propanol-water mixtures was observed in conditions commonly used in NMR work on peptides. At least two types of molecular effects may contribute to the observed scattering: formation of clathrate hydrate-like aggregates of al...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuprin S,Gräslund A,Ehrenberg A,Koch MH

更新日期：1995-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:New antibodies reactive with a 20 KDal ribosomal protein of the large subunit were found in sera from two of eighty patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. This antigenic protein was identified as L12 by the mobility in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Both sera also contained anti-P activity against three aci...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sato T,Uchiumi T,Kominami R,Arakawa M

更新日期：1990-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Some properties of calmodulin(CaM)-binding proteins (CaMBPs) of the Ca(2+)-independent type were investigated in the synaptosomal membrane (SM) from rat brain using the [125I]CaM gel overlay method. When SM was prepared in the presence of Ca2+, Ca(2+)-independent CaM binding was decreased, whereas the Ca(2+)-dependent...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Natsukari N,Miwa A,Fujita M

更新日期：1992-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Keap1 is proposed to be a sensor protein of electrophilic compounds and a transducer of the signal from electrophilic compounds for transcriptional activation. Thus, the use of keap1 gene-knockout (KO) mice is a straightforward approach in order to clarify the molecular background for the use of electrophilies as neur...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Satoh T,Harada N,Hosoya T,Tohyama K,Yamamoto M,Itoh K

更新日期：2009-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of a novel cGMP-regulated, tetrameric, K(+) selective channel (Sp-tetraKCNG) was discovered in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The Sp-tetraKCNG is a single polypeptide made of four KCNG domains similar to voltage-dependent Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels. Each KCNG domain has six transmembrane seg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Galindo BE,de la Vega-Beltrán JL,Labarca P,Vacquier VD,Darszon A

更新日期：2007-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for investigating the cellular response of polymorphonuclear leukocytes to various stimuli was introduced using simultaneously native (luminol-independent) and luminol dependent luminescence as an indicator for myeloperoxidase (MPO)-H2O2-halide and O2- mediated reactions. In experimental systems containing lo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Roschger P,Graninger W,Klima H

更新日期：1984-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:An in organello footprinting approach has been used to probe a protein-DNA interaction of a nuclear coded 25 kDa protein, previously isolated in our laboratory, that binds "in vitro" a region within the ND2 gene, located upstream of the Ori-L. Footprinting studies with the purine-modifying reagent dimethyl sulfate and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cingolani G,Capaccio L,D'Elia D,Gadaleta G

更新日期：1997-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders and is characterized by impaired attention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. While multiple etiologies are implicated in ADHD, its underlying mechanism(s) remain unclear. Although previous studies have suggested dysre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nguyen Nguyen HT,Kato H,Sato H,Yamaza H,Sakai Y,Ohga S,Nonaka K,Masuda K

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptors for heme, REV-ERBα and REV-ERBβ, play important roles in the regulation of metabolism and inflammation. Recently it was demonstrated that reduced REV-ERBα expression in hematopoetic cells in LDL receptor null mice led to increased atherosclerosis. We sought to determine if synthetic REV-ERB agoni...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sitaula S,Billon C,Kamenecka TM,Solt LA,Burris TP

更新日期：2015-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins with expanded polyglutamine domains cause eight inherited neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington's disease. In a previous paper, we identified peptides that inhibit polyglutamine protein aggregation and cell death and now describe the amino acid sequence requirements necessary for these activities. T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ren H,Nagai Y,Tucker T,Strittmatter WJ,Burke JR

更新日期：2001-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This article investigated the effects of pramipexole on myocardial ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury and its underlying mechanisms. We utilized an in vivo mouse model of myocardial I/R injury and an in vitro H9c2 cell model of hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury. Pramipexole pretreatment in male C57BL/6 mice significan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mo Y,Tang L,Ma Y,Wu S

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) was the first soluble factor identified as having potential to maintain the pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. Recently, a second factor, Wnt, with similar activity was found. However, the relationship between these completely different signals mediating the overlapping ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ogawa K,Nishinakamura R,Iwamatsu Y,Shimosato D,Niwa H

更新日期：2006-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a red-shifted green fluorescent protein variant (EGFP) was introduced into a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) molecular clone by replacing the nef gene. The EGFP-expressing HIV-1 replicated efficiently in established human T cells. The expression of EGFP in the virus-infected cells was con...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee AH,Han JM,Sung YC

更新日期：1997-04-07 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

abstract：:Ritonavir, an inhibitor of HIV-1 protease, has been reported to also inhibit the Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease, calpain. We have investigated these claims with an in vitro study of the effect of ritonavir on the m-calpain and mu-calpain isoforms. Ritonavir failed to block either autolytic or hydrolytic calpain acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cuerrier D,Nie Z,Badley AD,Davies PL

更新日期：2005-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic COX-2 overexpression is sufficient to induce hepatitis, but its role on liver fibrosis remains unknown. We aim to elucidate possible biological effects of COX-2 in liver fibrosis using both gain-of-function and loss-of-function mouse models. COX-2 transgenic (TG) mice that specifically overexpress the human CO...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu J,Wu CW,Chu ES,Hui AY,Cheng AS,Go MY,Ching AK,Chui YL,Chan HL,Sung JJ

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5'-untranslated sequence of tobacco mosaic virus RNA--the so called omega leader--is a well-known translational enhancer. The structure of the omega RNA has unusual features. Despite the absence of extensive secondary structure of the Watson-Crick type, the omega RNA possesses a stable compact conformation. The ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Agalarov SC,Sogorin EA,Shirokikh NE,Spirin AS

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:1,25(OH)2D3 receptors were studied in whole testes, Sertoli cells, seminiferous tubules, Leydig cells and spermatogonia of adult NMRI mice and SD rats. Specific reversible high affinity binding (KD 1.4 x 10(-10)M; Nmax 72 fmol/mg protein) by a 3.5 S macromolecule was demonstrated in whole testes, Sertoli cells and sem...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Merke J,Hügel U,Ritz E

更新日期：1985-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that applying exogenous photosensitizers in living organism the photodynamic effect is mediated by singlet oxygen formed by energy transfer from excited sensitizer to oxygen present in the cells (Type II mechanism). Though in homogeneous solutions singlet oxygen was detected during sensitization,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gál D

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have generated a EYFP targeted to the mitochondrial intermembrane space (MIMS-EYFP) to determine for the first time the pH within this compartment. The fragment encoding HAI-tagged EYFP was fused with the C-terminus of glycerol-phosphate dehydrogenase, an integral protein of the inner mitochondrial me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Porcelli AM,Ghelli A,Zanna C,Pinton P,Rizzuto R,Rugolo M

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphofructokinase of rabbit muscle, which is specific for nucleoside triphosphates such as ATP, dissociated and gained the capability to utilize pyrophosphate as phosphoryl donor following incubation with UDP-glucose. The pyrophosphate- and ATP-linked activities of UDP-glucose-treated muscle phosphofructokinase were...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wong JH,Balogh A,Buchanan BB

更新日期：1984-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study provides the first evidence that nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as 1-nitropyrene and 2-nitrofluorene are metabolized to the corresponding formylamino compounds in animal bodies. The study shows that the formation of such novel metabolites, 1-formylaminopyrene and 2-formylaminofluorene, is...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tatsumi K,Amano H

更新日期：1987-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on culture in either "low Ca++" (0.25 mM) or "normal Ca++" (1.8 mM) medium, human colon adenocarcinoma-derived CaCo-2 cells exhibit differential sensitivity to the antiproliferative action of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) and of two side-chain modified analogs, 1,25S,26-trihydroxy-delta 22-vitamin D...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cross HS,Huber C,Peterlik M

更新日期：1991-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Glycosylation has been shown to affect the rate of glycoprotein transport through the secretory pathway. In order to identify the critical components in the N-glycosylation pathway that directly influence protein secretion, we have studied the effects of downregulation of the first gene in the dolichol pathway, ALG7...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kukuruzinska MA,Apekin V,Lamkin MS,Hiltz A,Rodriguez A,Lin CC,Paz MA,Oppenheim FG

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:maf is a family of oncogenes, originally identified from the avian oncogenic retrovirus AS42, which encodes a nuclear bZip transcription factor protein. It has been reported that maf family genes have critical roles in embryological development and cellular differentiation. In this study, the distribution of maf-1 gen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imaki J,Onodera H,Tsuchiya K,Imaki T,Mochizuki T,Mishima T,Yamashita K,Yoshida K,Sakai M

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:While the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin can act to acutely modulate electrical activity of neurons in the appetite regulating network, it also has a role in regulating neuronal outgrowth, synaptic connectivity and intrinsic electrophysiological properties. In this study, we investigated whether ghrelin may caus...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang S,Lee SA,Oswald KE,Fry M

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies are commonly found in systemic autoimmune diseases such as Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus, and some of these antibodies appear to be responsible for certain pathological lesions including congenital heart block in neonatal lupus. In this study, we generated three human anti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki H,Takemura H,Suzuki M,Sekine Y,Kashiwagi H

更新日期：1997-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:SHPS-1 (SHP substrate-1) is a glycosylated receptor-like protein with three immunoglobulin-like domains in its extracellular region and four YXX(L/V/I) motifs, potential tyrosine phosphorylation and SRC homology 2 (SH2) domain binding sites, in its cytoplasmic region. Various mitogens and cell adhesion induce tyrosine...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamao T,Matozaki T,Amano K,Matsuda Y,Takahashi N,Ochi F,Fujioka Y,Kasuga M

更新日期：1997-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorogenic substrates for endopeptidases are often prepared by attaching fluorophores and quenchers to opposite ends of the peptide substrates. Here, we describe a new approach by incorporating tryptophan and p-nitrophenylalanine into peptides to give fluorogenic substrates composed entirely of alpha-amino acids. Two...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang W,Liang TC

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00