Optimization of cofactors which regulate RBL-1 arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase.

abstract：:A wealth of evidence has shown that microglia-associated neuro-inflammation is involved in the secondary brain injury contributed to the poor outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). In vitro studies were reported that activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) could inhibit the microglia-associated i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang JW,Wang HD,Cong ZX,Zhang XS,Zhou XM,Zhang DD

更新日期：2013-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthritis is a common autoimmune disease that is associated with progressive disability, systemic complications and early death. However, the underling mechanisms of arthritis are still unclear. Sirtuins are a NAD(+)-dependent class III deacetylase family, and regulate cellular stress, inflammation, genomic stability,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin J,Sun B,Jiang C,Hong H,Zheng Y

更新日期：2013-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide synthase (EC 1.14.23) substrate analog inhibitors NG-monomethyl-L-Arg, NG-nitro-L-Arg, NG-nitro-L-Arg methyl ester, and aminoguanidine were examined as potential inhibitors of rat liver arginase (EC 3.5.3.1). NG-nitro-L-Arg was found to inhibit arginase catalyzed conversion of L-Arg to L-Orn at pH 7.5 wit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Robertson CA,Green BG,Niedzwiecki L,Harrison RK,Grant SK

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:GLM, a luteolin derivative, shows anti-melanogenic effect via regulation of various signal molecules; however, it is unclear whether it also exerts anti-inflammatory effect. This study investigated the mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effect of GLM on activated dendritic cells (DCs) to elucidate its therapeutic pot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim WS,Song HY,Han JM,Byun EB

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of investigations on the catabolism of acetylpolyamines by microorganisms, we found that acetylpolyamine amidohydrolase was produced by Mycoplana bullata FERM BP-1845 and isolated the enzyme from the cell-free extract in crystalline form. The enzyme had an apparent molecular weight of 67 kDa and was ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujishiro K,Ando M,Uwajima T

更新日期：1988-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1), a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, mediates synaptic cell adhesion. Missense mutations in the CADM1 gene have been identified in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients. In the present study, we examined emotional behaviors, social behaviors and motor performances in Cadm1-kn...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takayanagi Y,Fujita E,Yu Z,Yamagata T,Momoi MY,Momoi T,Onaka T

更新日期：2010-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence suggest that TNT detoxification by Phanerochaete chrysosporium is through reduction. Rates of TNT reduction were directly correlated with mycelial mass and TNT concentration. Toxicity was inversely related to the amount of fungus. TNT toxicity was identical in both ligninolytic and nonlignino...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Stahl JD,Aust SD

更新日期：1993-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase has been reported to be present as the apo form in the peroxisomes and as the holo form in the mitochondria in chicken kidney. In contrast, the enzyme was found to be present as the holo form both in the peroxisomes and in the mitochondria in pigeon kidney, suggesting that birds are...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakuraba H,Fujiwara S,Noguchi T

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a bulk degradation process for subcellular proteins and organelles to manage cell starvation. Autophagy is associated with the formation of autophagosomes and further functions as a defense mechanism against infection by various pathogens. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection induces an autophagy response...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishii Y

更新日期：2013-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The BLM-Ni(III) complex preferentially cleaves guanine residues at D loop and anticodon loop of yeast tRNA(phe) by aniline treatment, whereas the BLM-Co(III) complex degrades certain 5'-AN sites of the minor groove region after irradiation of UV light. These cleavage features are clearly different from that of the BLM...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guan LL,Totsuka R,Kuwahara J,Otsuka M,Sugiura Y

更新日期：1993-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In rice, Hd3a, GF14 and OsFD1 proteins, forming florigen activation complex, are key components in flowering time regulation. GF14 genes in rice response to biotic and abiotic stress has also been well addressed. The role of GF14e in rice defense has been well studied. However, whether Hd3a and OsFD1 play roles in def...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ke Y,Wu M,Zhang Q,Li X,Xiao J,Wang S

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The physical behavior of total lipids, microsomes and microsomal lipids prepared from brain hemispheres of European Hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) was approached by the measure of the fluorescence polarization of the probe 1,6-diphenyl 1,3,5-hexatriene. We compare in this study the results obtained for two critical peri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Montaudon D,Robert J,Canguilhem B

更新日期：1984-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that astrocytes release gliotransmitters (i.e., ATP, L-glutamate, D-serine, and peptide hormones) and participate actively in synaptic functioning. Although ATP release from astrocytes modulates the activity of neurons, the mechanisms regulating the ATP release from astrocytes and the sou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oya M,Kitaguchi T,Yanagihara Y,Numano R,Kakeyama M,Ikematsu K,Tsuboi T

更新日期：2013-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) region is involved in the generation and maintenance of the first definitive hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). A mouse AGM-derived cell line, AGM-S3, was shown to support the development of HSCs. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms regulating early hematopoiesis, we obtained subclone...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagao K,Ohta T,Hinohara A,Tahara T,Hagiwara T,Maeda Y,Yoneya T,Sohma Y,Heike T,Nakahata T,Inagaki Y,Nishikawa M

更新日期：2008-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:GMP-140 (CD62; PADGEM) is a member of the selectin family expressed highly at the surface of platelets and endothelial cells by agonists such as thrombin or phorbol esters. Previous studies indicate that the lectin domain of GMP-140 recognizes sialosyl-Le(x) (SLex) and to a lesser extent Le(x) (Polley MJ, et al., Proc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Handa K,Nudelman ED,Stroud MR,Shiozawa T,Hakomori S

更新日期：1991-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated the genomic clone, which contained 5'-flanking region for human terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase (TdT) gene, by screening Charon 4A library and determined its nucleotide sequence. Two transcription initiation sites (cap sites) were localized at 81 and 106 bp upstream from the third ATG codon which...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koiwai O,Morita A

更新日期：1988-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine proteinase inhibitors are widely distributed in nature and inhibit the activity of enzymes like trypsin and chymotrypsin. These proteins interfere with the physiological processes such as germination, maturation and form the first line of defense against the attack of seed predator. The most thoroughly examined...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sattar R,Ali SA,Kamal M,Khan AA,Abbasi A

更新日期：2004-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Type VII collagen (Col7) is the major component of anchoring fibrils and very important for skin integrity. This is emphasized by the Col7 related skin blistering diseases dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. Structural data that provides insights into the interaction network of Col7 a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wegener H,Leineweber S,Seeger K

更新日期：2013-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) play important roles in morphogenesis, angiogenesis, tissue remodeling, and carcinogenesis. Human FGF-20 has been cloned and characterized in this study. FGF-20 encodes a 211-amino-acid polypeptide with the FGF-core domain. A strong hydrophobic region was found in the FGF-core doma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kirikoshi H,Sagara N,Saitoh T,Tanaka K,Sekihara H,Shiokawa K,Katoh M

更新日期：2000-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, and it is closely associated with metabolic disorders such as diabetes mellitus and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. We investigated whether the activators of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), metformin, resveratrol, and exendin-4, im...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee J,Hong SW,Kim MJ,Kwon H,Park SE,Rhee EJ,Lee WY

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination in a bovine papillomavirus shuttle vector carrying direct repeats of Moloney murine leukemia virus LTR sequence was examined. Differently from similar vectors carrying direct repeats of SV40 polyA addition signal or neomycin resistance gene, the vector exhibited no homologous recombination between the re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kitamura Y,Naito A,Yoshikura H

更新日期：1991-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Halysase, a hemorrhagic metalloprotease, has an apparent molecular weight of 66kDa and belongs to the class P-III snake venom metalloprotease. Class P-III snake venom metalloproteases have multifunctional domains including a protease domain and a disintegrin-like domain. Halysase was able to preferentially hydrolyze t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： You WK,Jang YJ,Chung KH,Jeon OH,Kim DS

更新日期：2006-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) is a toxin secreted by activated human eosinophils. The properties of mature ECP have been well studied but those of the signal peptide of ECP (ECPsp) are not clear. In this study, several chimeric proteins containing N-terminal fusion of ECPsp were generated, and introduced into Esch...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu CM,Chang MD

更新日期：2004-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Different progestogens are widely used in hormonal therapy and mediate their therapeutic actions via the progesterone receptor (PR). Little published data exist on their relative efficacies and potencies via the PR, while those available may be confounded by off-target receptors, different methodologies and model syst...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Enfield K,Cartwright M,Toit RL,Avenant C,Africander D,Hapgood JP

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of reactive oxygen on cytosolic free calcium concentration [( Ca++]i) in pig aortic endothelial cells (ECs) was studied. Linoleate hydroperoxide (LHO) and superoxide radicals generated from xanthine with xanthine oxidase (X-XO) were used as sources of reactive oxygen. [Ca++]i in ECs was measured with quin 2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hirosumi J,Ouchi Y,Watanabe M,Kusunoki J,Nakamura T,Orimo H

更新日期：1988-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Deoxyglucosone (3-DG) is a metabolite of glucose that is thought to lead to the production of advanced glycation end products in diabetes. The previous assay for 3-DG in serum was based on a multi-step protocol, including derivatization, extraction, HPLC separation, and detection. In the current studies, we establis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Uchida Y,Kurano Y,Endo T,Aoyama M,Ito S

更新日期：2004-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The current state of the AD research field is highly dynamic is some respects, while seemingly stagnant in others. Regarding the former, our current lack of understanding of initiating disease mechanisms, the absence of effective treatment options, and the looming escalation of AD patients is energizing new research d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Briggs CA,Chakroborty S,Stutzmann GE

更新日期：2017-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Concanavalin A (ConA), a Ca(2+)/Mn(2+)-dependent and mannose/glucose-binding legume lectin, has drawn a rising attention for its remarkable anti-proliferative and anti-tumor activities to a variety of cancer cells. ConA induces programmed cell death via mitochondria-mediated, P73-Foxo1a-Bim apoptosis and BNIP3-mediate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li WW,Yu JY,Xu HL,Bao JK

更新日期：2011-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:COOH-terminal cytoplasmic domains of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been shown to carry determinants that control their cell surface localization, internalization, and recycling. In attempts to seek cellular proteins that mediate these processes of PTH/PTH-related protein receptor (PTHR), one of the class B ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugai M,Saito M,Sukegawa I,Katsushima Y,Kinouchi Y,Nakahata N,Shimosegawa T,Yanagisawa T,Sukegawa J

更新日期：2003-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:L1210/VCR cell line (R) was obtained by adaptation of the L1210 mouse leukaemia cells (S) to vincristine and showed P-glycoprotein (P-gp) mediated multidrug resistance (MDR). R cells were observed to be more sensitive to high external calcium as parental S. More pronounced calcium uptake was observed for R cells. More...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sulová Z,Orlický J,Fiala R,Dovinová I,Uhrík B,Seres M,Gibalová L,Breier A

更新日期：2005-09-30 00:00:00