Tetraphenylborate potentiates the respiratory inhibition by the dopaminergic neurotoxin MPP+ in both electron transport particles and intact mitochondria.

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：:We investigated whether thrombin, the final activator of coagulation cascade, regulates expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-9 in human monocytes. We show that thrombin stimulation induced MMP-9 secretion of monocytes dose- and time-dependently as revealed by gelatin zymography. Real-time RT-PCR and Western b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang CJ,Hsu LA,Ko YH,Chen PL,Chuang YT,Lin CY,Liao CH,Pang JH

更新日期：2009-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A fractionation of the membrane extract of rat testes revealed the existence of pp60c-src kinase activity. The expression of pp60c-src was examined in the developing rat testes. The immunecomplex kinase assay using a monoclonal antibody specific to pp60c-src (mAb327) showed that the expression of pp60c-src kinase acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishio H,Tokuda M,Itano T,Matsui H,Takeuchi Y,Hatase O

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich alpha(2)-glycoprotein (LRG) is a plasma protein in which leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) were first discovered. Although the physiological function of LRG is not known, increases in the serum level of LRG have been reported in various diseases. In this study, we found that LRG was induced by recombinant human...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shirai R,Hirano F,Ohkura N,Ikeda K,Inoue S

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty Acid Synthase (FASN), a 250-kDa cytosolic multi-enzyme catalyzing eukaryotic de novo FA biogenesis, unexpectedly localizes in cancer cell culture supernatants and in the blood of cancer patients. High levels of "extracellular FASN" have recently been found in supernatants from Hepatitis C Virus-infected liver ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oliveras-Ferraros C,Vazquez-Martin A,Fernández-Real JM,Menendez JA

更新日期：2009-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:GV1001, a synthetic peptide derived from human telomerase, has a range of diverse biological activities, including an antioxidant function. Here, we investigated the role of GV1001 in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected Huh7.5 (JFH-1) cells. We showed that GV1001 inhibited the production of ROS with decreased MAP kinase ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee SA,Kim J,Sim J,Kim SG,Kook YH,Park CG,Kim HR,Kim BJ

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl10 is a signaling protein required for activation of the NF-kappaB transcription factor. NF-kappaB is an important mediator of genotoxic stress and regulates the expression of genes required for both cell proliferation and cell death. Bcl10 is phosphorylated in vivo, however, the protein kinase or kinases responsib...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bodero AJ,Ye R,Lees-Miller SP

更新日期：2003-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative and qualitative analyses of mRNAs from a small number of cells are extremely important for studies on gene expression in various physiological and pathological conditions in multicellular organisms. We present here an effective method for high-fidelity global mRNA amplification for in vivo gene expression...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aoyagi K,Tatsuta T,Nishigaki M,Akimoto S,Tanabe C,Omoto Y,Hayashi Si,Sakamoto H,Sakamoto M,Yoshida T,Terada M,Sasaki H

更新日期：2003-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha), a ligand controlled transcription factor, plays an important role in breast cancer growth and endocrine therapy. Tamoxifen (TAM) antagonizes ERalpha activity and has been applied in breast cancer treatment. TAM-bound ERalpha associates with nuclear receptor-corepressors. Mitogen-acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hong W,Chen L,Li J,Yao Z

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60 can be differentiated to cells resembling either neutrophils or mononuclear phagocytes by a diverse group of stimuli. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We report that 1-0-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol inhibits the growth of HL-60 cells and induces diff...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McNamara MJ,Schmitt JD,Wykle RL,Daniel LW

更新日期：1984-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous report we described the endocytotic incorporation of coffee bean alpha-galactosidase conjugated to human alpha-2-macroglobulin (alpha-2-M) into cultured fibroblasts derived from a patient with Fabry's disease (1). The fate of internalized alpha-galactosidase according to the method described in the abo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Osada T,Kuroda Y,Ikai A

更新日期：1987-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on secretion and synthesis of rat atrial natriuretic peptide (rANP) as well as its mRNA levels was studied in primary cultures of neonatal rat atrial cardiocytes. ET-1 dose-dependently (10(-10)-10(-7) M) increased media and cellular rANP-like immunoreactivity as well as its cytoplasmi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukuda Y,Hirata Y,Taketani S,Kojima T,Oikawa S,Nakazato H,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fragile X protein FMRP is an RNA binding protein whose targets are not well known; yet, these RNAs may play an integral role in the disease's etiology. Using a biotinylated-FMRP affinity resin, we isolated RNAs from the parietal cortex of a normal adult that bound FMRP. These RNAs were amplified by differential di...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sung YJ,Conti J,Currie JR,Brown WT,Denman RB

更新日期：2000-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Anchoring protein alphaKAP targets calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) to the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and in the rabbit is a substrate of CaMKII itself in fast-twitch, but not in slow-twitch muscle. This work was aimed at elucidating the molecular basis for differential phosphorylation of alphaKAP. Here we show that tw...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Damiani E,Sacchetto R,Salviati L,Margreth A

更新日期：2003-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese (Mn) is required in various human physiological processes. Excessive Mn exposure causes manganism, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder similar to idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD). However, the detailed mechanism of Mn-induced neurotoxicity is not yet fully understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play importa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He R,Xie X,Lv L,Huang Y,Xia X,Chen X,Zhang L

更新日期：2017-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Quercetin is one of the most prominent dietary antioxidants. During its antioxidant activity, quercetin becomes oxidized into its o-quinone/quinone methide QQ. QQ is toxic since it instantaneously reacts with thiols of, e.g., proteins. In cells, QQ will initially form an adduct with glutathione (GSH), giving GSQ. We h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boots AW,Balk JM,Bast A,Haenen GR

更新日期：2005-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a system to improve expression of mature c-type cytochromes in Escherichia coli. It is based on the use of plasmid pEC86 that expresses the E. coli cytochrome c maturation genes ccmABCDEFGH constitutively, whereby the production of both endogenous and foreign c-type cytochromes was increased substantially...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Arslan E,Schulz H,Zufferey R,Künzler P,Thöny-Meyer L

更新日期：1998-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of heparin (180 micrograms/ml) on steady state mRNA levels for fibronectin, thrombospondin, actin and collagen types I and III were investigated in human umbilical artery smooth muscle cells. Heparin caused a 120% increase in thrombospondin mRNA levels and a 60% and 180% increase in the mRNA levels of proc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lyons-Giordano B,Brinker JM,Kefalides NA

更新日期：1989-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in malignant brain tumors, and these CSCs may play a pivotal role in tumor initiation, growth, and recurrence. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promotes the proliferation of vascular endothelial cells (VECs) and the neurogenesis of neur...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oka N,Soeda A,Inagaki A,Onodera M,Maruyama H,Hara A,Kunisada T,Mori H,Iwama T

更新日期：2007-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipase from Malassezia globosa (SMG1) was identified to be strictly specific for mono- and diacylglycerol but not triacylglycerol. The crystal structures of SMG1 were solved in the closed conformation, but they failed to provide direct evidence of factors responsible for this unique selectivity. To address this pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu L,Gao C,Lan D,Yang B,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose toxicity in honeybees is due to a marked shortage of mannosephosphate isomerase that leads to a large accumulation of mannose-6-P and a marked depletion of ATP. Drosophila melanogaster and Ceratitis capitata are insensitive to mannose and have excess of mannosephosphate isomerase over hexokinase. 2-Deoxyglucos...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： de la Fuente M,Peñas PF,Sols A

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a ubiquitous transcription factor activated by various stimuli implicated in heart failure progression. However, its activation in heart failure has not been well defined yet. Therefore, we investigated activation of NF-kappaB after myocardial infarction. For the first time, we per...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tillmanns J,Carlsen H,Blomhoff R,Valen G,Calvillo L,Ertl G,Bauersachs J,Frantz S

更新日期：2006-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehaloperoxidase (DHP) from Amphitrite ornata is the only heme-containing, hydrogen peroxide-dependent globin capable of oxidatively dehalogenating halophenols to yield the corresponding quinones. To ascertain that this enzymatic activity is intrinsic to DHP, we have cloned and expressed the enzyme in Escherichia coli...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Osborne RL,Taylor LO,Han KP,Ely B,Dawson JH

更新日期：2004-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The human dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) is an important candidate gene for schizophrenia. We identified a novel -521C>T polymorphism in the 5'-promoter region of DRD4. A transient expression method revealed that the T allele of this polymorphism reduces the transcriptional efficiency by 40% compared with the C alle...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okuyama Y,Ishiguro H,Toru M,Arinami T

更新日期：1999-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for complementing existing protein chemical techniques for the assignment of S-S bridge positions in amino-acid sequences is described. The principle of the method is the direct examination of the masses of protein fragments, obtained by chemical or enzymatic degradation. Proteins are digested under condi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morris HR,Pucci P

更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin-associated high mobility group (HMG) proteins of the HMGB family are versatile architectural factors assisting various DNA-dependent processes such as transcription and recombination. Here, transgenic tobacco lines were generated that ectopically express the maize HMGB1 protein, as detected by immunoblot ana...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lichota J,Ritt C,Grasser KD

更新日期：2004-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) has been the target for the development of novel small molecule antagonists for the treatment of migraine. Two such antagonists, BIBN4096BS and MK-0974, have shown great promise in clinical trials and hence a deeper understanding of the mechanism of their interac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miller PS,Barwell J,Poyner DR,Wigglesworth MJ,Garland SL,Donnelly D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Apical Junctional Complex (AJC) encompassing the tight junction (TJ) and adherens junction (AJ) plays a pivotal role in regulating epithelial barrier function and epithelial cell proliferative processes through signaling events that remain poorly characterized. A potential regulator of AJC protein expression is Gl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Severson EA,Kwon M,Hilgarth RS,Parkos CA,Nusrat A

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that the principal neutralizing domain of V3 of the HIV-1 gp120 induces an antigen-specific activation apoptosis of responding effector CD4+ T lymphocytes, a phenomenon inhibited by RANTES, an agonist of CCR5. Here, addressing the question of how a hypervariable region could induce such a selective re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Baritaki S,Zafiropoulos A,Sioumpara M,Politis M,Spandidos DA,Krambovitis E

更新日期：2002-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the positive inotropic effect of the vasoactive peptide hormone, endothelin-1 (ET-1), involves inhibition of cardiac K(+) currents. In order to identify the K(+) currents modulated by ET-1, the outward K(+) currents of isolated rat ventricular myocytes were investigated using whole-cell patc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： James AF,Ramsey JE,Reynolds AM,Hendry BM,Shattock MJ

更新日期：2001-06-22 00:00:00