UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase Ugp1 is involved in oxidative stress response and long-term survival during stationary phase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

abstract：:We have shown previously that aspirin (ASA) ingestion by normal human volunteers inhibits peripheral blood monocyte phospholipase C (PLC) activities ex vivo. In order to explore further the mechanism of action of ASA, normal human monocytes and differentiated human U937 cells were treated with ASA and other salicylate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bomalaski JS,Hirata F,Clark MA

更新日期：1986-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) is an integral membrane protein composed of multi-membrane-spanning regions and a large intracellular loop (HAS2-loop). We previously examined the effect of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and/or 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) on the synthesis of hyaluronan (HA) in human skin fibroblas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kasai K,Kuroda Y,Takabuchi Y,Nitta A,Kobayashi T,Nozaka H,Miura T,Nakamura T

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme is central to oxygen sensing and utilization in all living organisms. It directly regulates numerous molecular and cellular processes for systems that sense or use oxygen. In mammals, heme plays an indispensable role in erythroid cell differentiation. To investigate heme regulatory functions, we identified, by di...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu Y,Hon T,Zhang L

更新日期：1999-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Bruton's tyrosine kinase (hBtk) plays a key role in growth and metabolism of B cells, but its dysfunctions cause various B-cell malignancies. Inhibitors targeting the ATP-binding pocket of hBtk have been developed, but they have several drawbacks such as adverse side effects and occurrence of drug-resistant muta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jeong S,Sohn YK,Choi Y,Park J,Kim HS

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of purified bovine photoreceptor rod outer segments with [gamma-32P]ATP resulted in the labeling of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP) and phosphatidic acid (PA) with little labeling of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). Propranolol inhibited in a dose-dependent manner the labeling of PA and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Van Rooijen LA,Bazan NG

更新日期：1986-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Regeneration and functional reconstruction of peripheral nerve defects remained a significant clinical challenge. Nerve guide conduits, with seed cells or neurotrophic factors (NTFs), had been widely used to improve the repair and regeneration of injured peripheral nerve. Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) was an antioxid...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luo L,Gan L,Liu Y,Tian W,Tong Z,Wang X,Huselstein C,Chen Y

更新日期：2015-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence indicates that presenilins could exist and be active as oligomeric complexes. Using yeast two-hybrid and cell culture analysis, we provide evidence that presenilin-1 (PS1) may self-oligomerize giving rise to specific full-length/full-length homodimers. When expressed in N2A and HEK239T cultu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hébert SS,Godin C,Tomiyama T,Mori H,Lévesque G

更新日期：2003-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mab21 gene family members are required for embryonic development and sensory organ formation in both invertebrates and vertebrates. However, their mechanistic role on differentiation is largely unexplored. We report here the isolation of SIN-3 as a MAB-21 interacting molecule. sin-3 is co-expressed with mab-21 in the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choy SW,Wong YM,Ho SH,Chow KL

更新日期：2007-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Processing of 37 precursor maltose-binding protein (preMBP) species by purified signal peptidase I (SPase I) was assayed. The in vitro reaction was inefficient compared to processing in Escherichia coli cells. The extent of preMBP processing in vitro was higher when SPase I was present during translation as compared t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Talarico TL,Barkocy-Gallagher GA,Ray PH,Bassford PJ Jr

更新日期：1993-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to determine whether fetuin-A, a dominant serum protein plays a role in chemo-attraction and chemo-invasion of carcinoma cells in vitro. Serum is normally used as positive chemotaxis control in Boyden chamber motility assays, prompting the need to identify the factor/s in serum that con...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nangami GN,Watson K,Parker-Johnson K,Okereke KO,Sakwe A,Thompson P,Frimpong N,Ochieng J

更新日期：2013-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Membrane protrusions play important roles in biological processes such as cell adhesion, wound healing, migration, and sensing of the external environment. Cell protrusions are a subtype of membrane microdomains composed of cholesterol and sphingolipids, and can be disrupted by cholesterol depletion. Promini...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singh RD,Schroeder AS,Scheffer L,Holicky EL,Wheatley CL,Marks DL,Pagano RE

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotin protein ligase (BPL) is an enzyme mediating biotinylation of a specific lysine residue of the carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) of biotin-dependent enzymes. We recently found that the substrate specificity of BPL from archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii is totally different from those of many other organisms, in reflect...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sueda S,Li YQ,Kondo H,Kawarabayasi Y

更新日期：2006-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels are inversely correlated to the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is one of the major protective systems against atherosclerosis, in which HDL particles play a crucial role to carry cholesterol derived from peri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsubakio-Yamamoto K,Matsuura F,Koseki M,Oku H,Sandoval JC,Inagaki M,Nakatani K,Nakaoka H,Kawase R,Yuasa-Kawase M,Masuda D,Ohama T,Maeda N,Nakagawa-Toyama Y,Ishigami M,Nishida M,Kihara S,Shimomura I,Yamashita S

更新日期：2008-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) has been associated with "primary" and "secondary" mtDNA missense point mutations, and a synergistic role has been proposed for secondary mutations. No previous study has investigated the effects of LHON primary or primary plus secondary mutations on the respiratory competenc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vergani L,Martinuzzi A,Carelli V,Cortelli P,Montagna P,Schievano G,Carrozzo R,Angelini C,Lugaresi E

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloned murine mammary tumor virus (MuMTV) sequences allowed us to search for murine mammary tumor virus related sequences in the DNA of surgically removed human breast tumors. Out of 28 tumors so far examined two were found to contain an Eco RI DNA fragment homologous to the long terminal repeat-group antigen (LTR-Gag...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Crépin M,Lidereau R,Chermann JC,Pouillart P,Magdamenat H,Montagnier L

更新日期：1984-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the hardest breast cancer subtype to treat due to lacking therapeutic target and treatment options. In this study, we found that SLUG expression was much higher in TNBC MDA-MB-231 cells than estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) positive breast cancer MCF7 cells. 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-O...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Geng C,Li J,Ding F,Wu G,Yang Q,Sun Y,Zhang Z,Dong T,Tian X

更新日期：2016-04-22 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：:To improve the expression of the genes transduced by retroviral vectors, we have constructed a U3-based retroviral vector and evaluated its effect on the expression of an insert from the internal promoter. The unique feature of the vector is that the transduced gene is inserted at the U3 region of the 3' long terminal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen BF,Hsieh CL,Chen DS,Hwang LH

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:p8 is an 80 amino-acid polypeptide identified because of its remarkable over-expression in the stressed pancreas. This protein, apparently devoid of enzymatic activity, is a powerful regulator of several intracellular pathways, suggesting that it has to interact with several molecular partners to modulate their activi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Malicet C,Hoffmeister A,Moreno S,Closa D,Dagorn JC,Vasseur S,Iovanna JL

更新日期：2006-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In malate dehydrogenase from Thermus flavus, substitution of Ile for Thr189, which is involved in hydrogen-bond network around a loop containing catalytic His186, caused an increase in the turnover number at room temperatures. In order to examine the effect of disruption of the hydrogen bonds on the catalytic activity...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishiyama M,Kinoshita M,Kudo H,Horinouchi S,Tanokura M

更新日期：1996-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel photoaffinity label, 8-N(3)-3'-biotinyl-ATP, has been synthesized. The introduction of an additional biotin residue is advantageous for easy detection of labeled proteins. This could be first tested by reaction with the F(1)-ATPase from the thermophilic bacterium PS3 (TF(1)). UV irradiation of TF(1) in the pre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schäfer HJ,Coskun U,Eger O,Godovac-Zimmermann J,Wieczorek H,Kagawa Y,Grüber G

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been assumed that Ca2+ are translocated from the cytosol to the cell nucleus by a long distance to activate transcription machinery buried deep in the nucleoplasm. However, this model has been recently challenged. When HeLa cells were loaded with fluo-3, highly fluorescent spots of approximately 2 microns ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lui PP,Kong SK,Kwok TT,Lee CY

更新日期：1998-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates that both oligomeric metalloendopeptidase meprin A purified from kidney cortex and recombinant meprin alpha are capable of generating biologically active IL-1beta from its precursor pro-IL-1beta. Amino-acid sequencing analysis reveals that meprin A and meprin alpha cleave pro-IL-1beta at...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Herzog C,Haun RS,Kaushal V,Mayeux PR,Shah SV,Kaushal GP

更新日期：2009-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioproline (Thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid) and proline were nitrosated by stimulated mouse macrophages in vitro. A macrophage cell line (J774.1, 1.0 x 10(6)/well, 1 ml) was incubated with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide, interferon-gamma and thioproline (5 mM) or proline (5 mM). After 72 hr incubation at 37 degr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miwa M,Tsuda M,Kurashima Y,Hara H,Tanaka Y,Shinohara K

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodanese domains are abundant structural modules that catalyze the transfer of a sulfur atom from thiolsulfates to cyanide via formation of a covalent persulfide intermediate that is bound to an essential conserved cysteine residue. In this study, the three-dimensional structure of the rhodanese domain of YgaP from E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang W,Zhou P,He Y,Yu L,Xiong Y,Tian C,Wu F

更新日期：2014-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular remodeling characterized by hyperproliferative neointima formation is an unfavorable repair process that is triggered by vascular damage. This process is characterized by an increased local inflammatory and proliferative response that critically involves the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-1β). I...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schlaweck S,Zimmer S,Struck R,Bartok E,Werner N,Bauernfeind F,Latz E,Nickenig G,Hornung V,Ghanem A

更新日期：2011-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:L-arginine may aid in the liver detoxification and may benefit in the treatment of liver disorders such as liver injury. The present study was to investigate the possible protective and curative effects of L-arginine on carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) induced hepatotoxicity. Mice received a single dose of CCl(4). L-argi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saad EA

更新日期：2012-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Episomal vectors can allow efficient genetic modification of cells and have the potential advantage of avoiding chromosomal position of integration effects. Here we explore the use of an Epstein-Barr virus-based episomal vector with human embryonic stem (ES) cells, and find high initial transfection rates, but a rapid...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kameda T,Smuga-Otto K,Thomson JA

更新日期：2006-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy is a major predictor of heart failure and of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Many hormones and growth factors induce cardiac hypertrophy via activation of members of the phospholipase C (PLC) family. The expression pattern of the PLCbeta isozyme subfamily was investigated in neonata...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schnabel P,Mies F,Nohr T,Geisler M,Böhm M

更新日期：2000-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Preadipocyte factor-1 (pref-1) is specifically expressed in preadipocytes and acts as a gatekeeper of adipogenesis by maintaining the preadipocyte state and preventing adipocyte differentiation. We hypothesized that the breed differences of adipogenic capacity in cattle could be explained by the expression level of pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamada T,Higuchi M,Nakanishi N

更新日期：2014-03-07 00:00:00