Identification of activators of methionine sulfoxide reductases A and B.

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of in vivo administration of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on c-myc oncogene expression in Leydig cells. Sprague-Dawley rats (46-50 days old) were treated with hCG (10 units, i.p.), and purified Leydig cells were isolated 1-24 h later. HCG caused a transient elevation of c-myc mRN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin T,Blaisdell J,Barbour KW,Thompson EA

更新日期：1988-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Quercetin is the most abundant flavonoid and is assumed to have protective roles against the pathogenesis of multiple diseases associated with oxidative stress. In the present study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms by which quercetin affects adipogenesis and apoptosis in 3T3-L1 cells. The exposure of 3T3-L1 p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahn J,Lee H,Kim S,Park J,Ha T

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The partitioning of the acylenzyme acetyl-(Gly)n-Phe(NO2)-chymotrypsin (n = 0,1,2) to peptide and peptide acid is observed spectrophotometrically. Values of partitioning ratios for various nucleophiles are calculated from the spectral data. They are a measure for the "true" nucleophile reactivity and are useful in the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Petkov DD,Stoineva I

更新日期：1984-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of the cytosolic calcium concentration in single cells of the clonal endocrine pancreatic glucagon-secreting cell line INR1 G9 revealed the existence of spontaneous calcium oscillations in 20-70% of these cells. Inhibition of these spontaneous oscillations by thapsigargin as well as the phospholipase C in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bode HP,Yule DI,Fehmann HC,Göke B,Williams JA

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase primarily expressed in the central nervous system and is known to cause X-linked neurodevelopmental disorders such as Rett syndrome. However, the mechanisms regulating CDKL5 have not yet been fully clarified. Therefore, in this study, we investigated t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oi A,Katayama S,Hatano N,Sugiyama Y,Kameshita I,Sueyoshi N

更新日期：2017-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have screened a lambda gt11 cDNA library from chicken gizzard muscle with polyclonal antiserum to avian synemin. Immunopositive clones were characterized and sequenced. Computer searches identified primarily intermediate filament (IF) proteins as being homologous to the synemin clones. Synemin's sequence contained ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Becker B,Bellin RM,Sernett SW,Huiatt TW,Robson RM

更新日期：1995-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystallographic studies have shown independent binding sites for sugar and peptide ligands of concanavalin A, although they were considered functional mimics based on biochemical experiments. The topological correlation of 12-residue peptide with different carbohydrate ligands of concanavalin A showed similarity betw...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jain D,Kaur KJ,Goel M,Salunke DM

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-angle X-ray scattering of one high molecular weight (HMW) subunit of wheat glutenin was measured at protein concentration ranges from 1.0 to 10.0 mg/ml. The radius of gyration of whole particles, RO, in aq. 50% (v/v) 1-propanol and 0.1M acetic acid was 16.6 +/- 0.1nm and 22.8nm, respectively, and the correspondi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsushima N,Danno G,Sasaki N,Izumi Y

更新日期：1992-07-31 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：:We describe a novel technology for detecting nucleic acids: Probe Alteration Link Self-Assembly Reactions (PALSAR). PALSAR comprises DNA self-assembly of pairs of short DNA probes formed by alternate hybridization of three complementary regions in a pair of honeycomb probes (HCPs). Self-assembly occurs at designated s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Usui M,Fujikawa T,Osawa M,Hakii C,Ikumi N,Nozaki T,Kitamura N,Hatta Y,Fujiwara S,Takei M

更新日期：2015-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) and MT1-MMP are synthesized as larger precursor proproteins, which require endoproteolytic activation by the proprotein convertases (PCs) furin/PC5 to gain full biological activity. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of PCs to IGF-1R and/or MT1-MMP activation in vascu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Stawowy P,Kallisch H,Kilimnik A,Margeta C,Seidah NG,Chrétien M,Fleck E,Graf K

更新日期：2004-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed lethal malignancies among gynecological malignant tumors worldwide. Chemo-resistance is one of the key causal factors in cervical cancer death. Osthole (OST), a natural compound, exhibits various pharmacological activities, including anti-tumor effects. However, it...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Su J,Zhang F,Li X,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:p21-activated kinase (PAK) and Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase) have been shown to induce Ca(2+)-independent contraction of smooth muscle. PAK-induced contraction of Triton-skinned smooth muscle correlates with increased phosphorylation of caldesmon and desmin, although the role of desmin phosphorylation has remaine...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohtakara K,Inada H,Goto H,Taki W,Manser E,Lim L,Izawa I,Inagaki M

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-like immunoreactivity (-LI) was detected in the kidney, spleen, skeletal muscle, lung and in plasma of the pig. The highest tissue levels were found in the lung (1.5 +/- 0.07 pmol/g) and the lowest in the muscle (0.08 +/- 0.02 pmol/g). I.v. infusion of endothelin (20 pmol/kg/min for 20 min) increased plasma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pernow J,Hemsén A,Lundberg JM

更新日期：1989-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The previous study showed involvement of spinal glia in tetanically sciatic stimulation-induced long-term potentiation (LTP) of C-fiber-evoked field potentials in the spinal dorsal horn. In the present study, the electrophysiological recording and paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) to von Frey stimulation were assessed fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ying B,Lü N,Zhang YQ,Zhao ZQ

更新日期：2006-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Succinate:quinone oxidoreductase (SQR), a di-haem enzyme purified from Rhodothermus marinus, reveals an HQNO-sensitive succinate:quinone oxidoreductase activity with several menaquinone analogues as electron acceptors that decreases with lowering the redox midpoint potential of the quinones. A turnover with the low-po...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fernandes AS,Konstantinov AA,Teixeira M,Pereira MM

更新日期：2005-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:An endopeptidase capable of metabolizing a number of neuropeptides and generating [Met5] and [Leu5] enkephalin from enkephalin-containing peptides is secreted by glioma C6 cells. This neutral endopeptidase that is likely to be a thiol protease, has a Mr of 71KDa and is effective only towards oligopeptides. Its specifi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ferro ES,Tambourgi DV,Gobersztejn F,Gomes MD,Sucupira M,Armelin MC,Kipnis TL,Camargo AC

更新日期：1993-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies of the cytochrome P450 (P450) arachidonic acid (AA) monooxygenase, now established as a major pathway for the bioactivation of AA, have uncovered new and important functional roles for this enzyme system in cell and organ physiology, and in the metabolism of endogenous substrate. Past and present advances ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Capdevila JH,Falck JR

更新日期：2001-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:[8]-Gingerol is an active component of Zinger and shows several pharmacological activities, such as antipyretic and anti-inflammation characteristics. To identify a potential skin-whitening agent, the inhibitory effects of [8]-gingerol on melanogenesis and its mechanism of action were investigated. In the present stud...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang HC,Chou YC,Wu CY,Chang TM

更新日期：2013-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are N-glycosidases (EC3.2.2.22) that universally inactivate the ribosome, thereby inhibiting protein biosynthesis. In this study, a novel type I RIPs named SEBIN was identified in Sapium sebiferum. Nuclear acid depurine experiment showed that SEBIN had rRNA N-Glycosidase activity....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu Y,Mao Y,Jin S,Hou J,Du H,Yang M,Wu L

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of Smad3, an intracellular mediator of TGF-β, was shown to significantly accelerate re-epithelialization of the colonic mucosa. This study was performed to investigate the molecular mechanisms by which Smad3 controls colonic epithelial cell proliferation and crypt formation. Smad3(ex8/ex8) C57BL/6 mice were...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Furukawa K,Sato T,Katsuno T,Nakagawa T,Noguchi Y,Tokumasa A,Yokote K,Yokosuka O,Saito Y

更新日期：2011-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of purified protein kinase C with H2O2 results in the generation of a persistently activated form of the enzyme which is no longer dependent on Ca2+ or lipid cofactors. This oxidative activation of purified protein kinase C requires added Fe2+ in the incubation medium. Treatment of the soluble fraction of h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Palumbo EJ,Sweatt JD,Chen SJ,Klann E

更新日期：1992-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with extensive cognitive impairments, although the biochemical and physiological basis of these deficits are unknown. As the hippocampus plays a vital role in cognitive functions, we have selected this tissue to analyze changes in gene expression at two different ages. Array technology is utilized ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumar VB,Franko MW,Farr SA,Armbrecht HJ,Morley JE

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Anglerfish prosomatostatin II, the precursor of somatostatin-28 II, is produced in different cells from prosomatostatin I, by a cleavage at Arg73. Antibodies were raised against the carboxy-terminal [64-72] portion of the precursor II upstream from somatostatin-28 II sequence. These antibodies recognized only this epi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bourdais J,Devilliers G,Girard R,Morel A,Benedetti L,Cohen P

更新日期：1990-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual yeast colonies produce pulses of volatile ammonia separated by phases of medium acidification. Colonies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant defective in the general amino acid permease, Gap1p, exhibit decreased ammonia production. Mutations in the S. cerevisiae amino acid sensor SPS completely abolish the co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zikánová B,Kuthan M,Ricicová M,Forstová J,Palková Z

更新日期：2002-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for the presence of cancer stem-like progenitors in malignant brain tumors. This subpopulation of progenitor cells, the so-called "cancer stem cells (CSCs)", may play a pivotal role in brain tumor initiation, growth, and recurrence. Here we describe the establishment of one permanent brain...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inagaki A,Soeda A,Oka N,Kitajima H,Nakagawa J,Motohashi T,Kunisada T,Iwama T

更新日期：2007-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the possible role of lipids as adhesion receptors for infection, Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae were labeled with 125I and layered on thin-layer chromatograms (tlc) of separated lipids isolated from target cells, and bound bacteria were detected by autoradiography. Elementary bodies from bot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Krivan HC,Nilsson B,Lingwood CA,Ryu H

更新日期：1991-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:An internal RNA standard proved less suitable in bacterial gene expression experiments. We therefore developed a method for simultaneous RNA and gDNA (genomic DNA) isolation from in vitro and in vivo samples containing staphylococci and combined it with quantitative PCR. The reliability of gDNA for bacterial quantific...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vandecasteele SJ,Peetermans WE,Merckx R,Van Ranst M,Van Eldere J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic glucokinase is induced by insulin and repressed by glucagon. The effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on glucokinase expression were investigated in rat hepatocytes. EGF does not affect the decline in glucokinase activity in hepatocytes cultured for 48h in the absence of insulin, but it counteracts the inc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Beresford GW,Agius L

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta precursor protein (APP) is normally cleaved by α-secretase, but can also be cleaved by β-secretase (BACE1) to produce C99 fragments in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. C99 is subsequently cleaved to amyloid β (Aβ), the aggregation of which is known to cause Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, C99 remo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jang JK,Park KJ,Lee JH,Ko KY,Kang S,Kim IY

更新日期：2017-04-29 00:00:00