Mechanism of activation of particulate guanylate cyclase by atrial natriuretic peptide as deduced from radiation inactivation analysis.

abstract：:The gene III protein (pIII) from phi Lf, a filamentous phage of Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris, was purified by gel filtration with FPLC. The gIII coding region was amplified by PCR, which was then cloned into pUC18 and expressed in Escherichia coli. The size of both pIII, purified from phage particle and expres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu TJ,You BY,Lin NT,Yang MT,Tseng YH

更新日期：1998-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified human recombinant interleukin 4 (IL-4) was radio iodinated to high specific radioactivity without loss of biological activity. 125I-IL-4 bound specifically to the Burkitt lymphoma Jijoye cells and other cell lines. Jijoye cells showed a high affinity for 125I-IL-4 (Kd approximately equal to 7 10(-11) M) and d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cabrillat H,Galizzi JP,Djossou O,Arai N,Yokota T,Arai K,Banchereau J

更新日期：1987-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) stimulates motility of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) (O.-H. Lee et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 264, 743-750, 1999). To investigate the molecular mechanisms by which S1P stimulates HUVEC motility, we examined tyrosine phosphorylation ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee OH,Lee DJ,Kim YM,Kim YS,Kwon HJ,Kim KW,Kwon YG

更新日期：2000-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of influenza virus could induce acute lung inflammatory injury (ALII) that was at least partially caused by excessive innate immune responses. To study whether down-regulating Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated innate immune response could lessen influenza virus-induced ALII, a microsatellite DNA mimicking ol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fang M,Wan M,Guo S,Sun R,Yang M,Zhao T,Yan Y,Zhang Y,Huang W,Wu X,Yu Y,Wang L,Hua S

更新日期：2011-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of calcium-dependent proteinase in plants was investigated using soluble proteins from Arabidopsis root cultures. Calcium increased the proteolytic activity by two to three fold. Calcium-stimulated proteolytic activity was inhibited by different protease inhibitors. The highest inhibition (79%) of calcium...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reddy AS,Safadi F,Beyette JR,Mykles DL

更新日期：1994-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Blebbistatin is a novel 1-phenyl-2-pyrrolidinone derivative capable of inhibiting non-muscle myosin II activity with a high degree of specificity. We examined the effects of blebbistatin on pancreatic adenocarcinoma cellular migration, invasion, adhesion, and spreading. Blebbistatin dose-dependently inhibited cellular...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Duxbury MS,Ashley SW,Whang EE

更新日期：2004-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin reductase 1 (TrxR1) is a selenocysteine-containing redox-active enzyme that is thought to be important during carcinogenesis. We have recently shown that treatment with statins, HMGCoA reductase inhibitors, reduces the levels of TrxR1 in liver of both rat and human. The reduced TrxR1 levels were correlated...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ekström L,Johansson M,Monostory K,Rundlöf AK,Arnér ES,Björkhem-Bergman L

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive cellular cholesterol is transported to the liver by a pathway called 'reverse cholesterol transport.' Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) mediates cholesterol uptake in the liver. Polyunsaturated fatty acids, known to activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR), have been reported to in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Malerød L,Sporstøl M,Juvet LK,Mousavi A,Gjøen T,Berg T

更新日期：2003-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure-function relationships in the 6 epidermal growth factor-like domains of human thrombomodulin (TME, residues 227-462) were studied by deletion mutagenesis. Purified and characterised proteins were used for kinetic studies. Deletion of EGF1, EGF2 and residues 310-332 in EGF3 had no effect on thrombin binding (...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Parkinson JF,Nagashima M,Kuhn I,Leonard J,Morser J

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RhoD is a member of the classical Rho GTPases and it has an essential role in the regulation of actin dynamics. Furthermore, RhoD also localizes to early endosomes and recycling endosomes, indicating additional roles in the regulation of endosome trafficking. A yeast two-hybrid screen identified Zipper-Interacting Pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nehru V,Almeida FN,Aspenström P

更新日期：2013-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydropteridine reductase from human brain has been purified to homogeneity using a naphthaquinone affinity column followed by chromatography on a 5'-AMP-Sepharose column. Contrary to earlier findings, dopamine (I), noradrenaline (II), and adrenaline (III) do not inhibit this enzyme at concentrations below 200 microM...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Armarego WL,Waring P

更新日期：1983-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Salvianolic acid A (Sal A) is a polyphenol extracted from the root of the Salvia miltiorrhiza bunge. Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) is a major reactive oxygen species (ROS), which has been implicated in stroke and other neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang HA,Gao M,Zhang L,Zhao Y,Shi LL,Chen BN,Wang YH,Wang SB,Du GH

更新日期：2012-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of functionally important sites (FIS) in proteins is a critical problem and can have profound importance where protein structural information is limited. Machine learning techniques have been very useful in successful classification of many important biological problems. In this paper, we adopt the spar...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tang K,Pugalenthi G,Suganthan PN,Lanczycki CJ,Chakrabarti S

更新日期：2009-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The exons of the lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) gene in DNA samples from two of the original Swedish Fish Eye Disease patients have been amplified by polymerase chain reactions and sequenced by the dideoxy method. The two patients apparently were unrelated. In both patients a mutation in codon 10 of the f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Skretting G,Prydz H

更新日期：1992-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins play a major role in the inflammatory and immune response. Macrophages constitutively produce prostaglandins by the enzyme cyclooxygenase-1 (cox) whereas inflammatory mediators and cytokines stimulate the inducible enzyme cox-2 for high output prostaglandin production. In this study, we investigated the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Arias-Negrete S,Keller K,Chadee K

更新日期：1995-03-17 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：:T-type Ca(2+) channels have been implicated in tremorogenesis and motor coordination. The α1 subunit of the Ca(V)3.1 T-type Ca(2+) channel is highly expressed in motor pathways in the brain, but knockout of the Ca(V)3.1 gene (α(1G)(-/-)) per se causes no motor defects in mice. Thus, the role of Ca(V)3.1 channels in mo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang KY,Park YG,Park HY,Homanics GE,Kim J,Kim D

更新日期：2011-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) is activated by nitric oxide (NO) and generates the second messenger cyclic GMP (cGMP). Recently, purified sGC α1β1 has been shown to additionally generate the cyclic pyrimidine nucleotides cCMP and cUMP. However, since cyclic pyrimidine nucleotide formation occurred only the presence of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bähre H,Danker KY,Stasch JP,Kaever V,Seifert R

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Hydroxy-2,3-nonenal is a major aldehydic end-product of lipid peroxidation known to exert several biological and cytotoxic effects and to be produced during conditions of chronic cholestasis. Here we report that viable hepatocytes isolated from cholestatic livers of bile duct-ligated rats (BDL hepatocytes) show a si...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leonarduzzi G,Parola M,Muzio G,Garramone A,Maggiora M,Robino G,Poli G,Dianzani MU,Canuto RA

更新日期：1995-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfilaments play an important role in the formation of apoptotic bodies. This study examined expression patterns of beta-actin, a key component of microfilament, during apoptosis. The data suggest that continuous beta-actin expression is not required for formation of apoptotic bodies. beta-actin mRNA levels rapidly...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Naora H,Naora H

更新日期：1995-06-15 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

authors： Ndegwa S,Lemire BD

更新日期：2004-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In fresh water planarian Dugesia japonica, two genes encoding POU-domain proteins, DjPOU1 and DjPOU2, have been identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Their POU-domains are strikingly similar to class III POU-domains in mammals, frog, insects and nematode. The full-length cDNA of DjPOU1 has been cloned and seq...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Orii H,Agata K,Watanabe K

更新日期：1993-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone acetyltransferase MOF is involved in active transcription regulation through histone H4K16 acetylation. MOF is downexpressed in a number of human tumors, but biological function of MOF in endometrial cancer has not been fully defined. The estrogen receptor α (ERα) is a transcription factor that regulates estro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu Y,Zeng K,Wang C,Wang S,Sun H,Liu W,Wang X,Niu J,Cong SY,Zhou X,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain is triggered by damage to or as a result of the dysfunction of the somatosensory nervous system. Gene expression profiling using DNA microarray and real-time PCR have emerged as powerful tools for the elucidation of pain-specific pathways and identification of candidate biomarkers and therapeutic targ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wan G,Yang K,Lim Q',Zhou L,He BP,Wong HK,Too HP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a new skin-depigmenting agent, 2,6-dimethoxy-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)benzamide (DMPB), was synthesized using a combination of benzoic acid and aniline. DMPB exhibited significant depigmentation ability on the UV B-induced hyperpigmentation of the brown guinea pig skin. In addition, the 100ppm treatment with ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi SY,Hwang JS,Kim S,Kim SY

更新日期：2006-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The 100,000 x g supernatant of bovine heart has been chromatographed on DEAE-cellulose and the resultant fractions have been analyzed for both calcium binding activity and calmodulin activity. Of the four peaks of calcium binding activity detected by this procedure only a single peak (peak IV) was identified as calmod...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Waisman DM,Khanna NC,Tokuda M

更新日期：1986-09-14 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：:Murine interleukin 6 (mIL-6) has been synthesized as a fusion protein using a lac operon inducible plasmid in Escherichia coli. The first 8 amino acids are from the N-terminus of bacterial beta-galactosidase and the last 175 amino acids are from residue number 12 to the end of native mIL-6. This fusion protein is equi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Simpson RJ,Moritz RL,Van Roost,Van Snick J

更新日期：1988-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigonelline (N-methylnicotinate), a member of the pyridine alkaloids, accumulates in coffee beans along with caffeine. The biosynthetic pathway of trigonelline is not fully elucidated. While it is quite likely that the production of trigonelline from nicotinate is catalyzed by N-methyltransferase, as is caffeine synt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuno K,Matsuzaki M,Kanazawa S,Tokiwano T,Yoshizawa Y,Kato M

更新日期：2014-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:An XWnt8-Fz5 fusion protein synergizes with LRP6 to potently activate beta-catenin-dependent signaling. Here, we generated a fusion in which XWnt8 was fused to the N-terminus of LRP6 and show it synergizes with both Fz4 and Fz5 to potently transactivate beta-catenin-dependent Wnt signaling. Based on this, we hypothesi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Holmen SL,Robertson SA,Zylstra CR,Williams BO

更新日期：2005-03-11 00:00:00