Zymosan but not phorbol myristate acetate induces an oxidative burst in rat bone marrow-derived macrophages.

abstract：:A bovine brain calmodulin-dependent protein kinase undergoes autophosphorylation with a maximal incorporation of 10 mol phosphate per mol enzyme. The autophosphorylated enzyme is fully active, independent of Ca2+ and calmodulin. Although the autophosphorylation reaction depends on Ca2+ and calmodulin, it can be render...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang GY,Wang JH,Sharma RK

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between autophagy and Chlamydia trachomatis infection remain inconclusive. In order to further understand the role of autophagy in C. trachomatis-infected cells. Atg5 silenced HeLa229 cell line was used to establish an autophagy inhibition C. trachomatis infection model. The results suggested that Atg5 se...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang F,Zhang L,Lu X,Zhu Q,Shi T,Lu R,Yu P,Zhang H,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-established that non-random patterns in coding DNA sequence (CDS) features can be partially explained by translational selection. Recent extensions of microarray and proteomic expression data have stimulated many genome-wide investigations of the relationships between gene expression and various CDS feature...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu G,Nie L,Freeland SJ

更新日期：2007-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transducing adaptor molecule (STAM) complexed with hepatocyte growth factor regulated tyrosine kinase substrate (Hrs) works on sorting of cargo proteins in multivesicular body (MVB) pathway. Associated molecule with SH3 domain of STAM (AMSH), a zinc-containing ubiquitin isopeptidase, is thought to play a role i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim MS,Kim JA,Song HK,Jeon H

更新日期：2006-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain physiological events in anterior pituitary tissue are regulated by protein kinase C that is relatively resistant to the inhibitor, H7. In the present studies we have shown that two H7-resistant protein kinase C activities may be isolated from (pituitary) gonadotroph-derived alpha T3-1 cells using hydroxyapatit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Simpson J,Johnson MS,Clegg RA,Mitchell R

更新日期：1996-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are an important factor in the development of skin lesions in diabetes. A new antioxidant, hydrogen, can selectively neutralize hydroxyl radicals (()OH) and peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) in cell-free systems, whereas it seldom reacts with other ROS. Fibroblasts are a key component of skin. In t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu P,Wang Z,Sun X,Chen X,Zeng S,Chen L,Li S

更新日期：2011-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute leukemia cells of the established line CEM-C1 were treated during growth in serum-free medium with various concentrations of trans-trans farnesol. At concentrations ranging from 9.0 to 31.5 microM, farnesol inhibited growth of these cells without causing cell lysis. This effect was preceded by very rapid inhibit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Melnykovych G,Haug JS,Goldner CM

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentil seedling amine oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of putrescine and in the presence of tetranitromethane gives rise to the formation of nitroform anion. The initial rate of substrate and enzyme-dependent nitroform production is linearly related to the functional active site content and is proportional to the tetra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Medda R,Padiglia A,Pedersen JZ,Floris G

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation or overexpression of the cyanide-insensitive terminal oxidase (CIO) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to temperature-sensitivity, multiple antibiotic sensitivity, and abnormal cell division and failure to produce a temperature-inducible catalase [G.R. Tavankar, D. Mossialos, H.D. Williams, Mutation or overexpre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mossialos D,Tavankar GR,Zlosnik JE,Williams HD

更新日期：2006-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The cooperative nature of interaction of cationic surfactants with short oligonucleotides leading to eventual stabilization of DNA duplexes is demonstrated. At submicellar concentrations and DNA:surfactant charge ratios of 0.2 to 0.8, the association of single chain (CTAB) and double chain (DOTAP) surfactants to oligo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pattarkine MV,Ganesh KN

更新日期：1999-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis represents one of the most prevalent parasitic infections affecting over 249 million people worldwide. The pathological damage is mainly caused by the eggs laid by female schistosomes. Zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) usually play critical roles in many biological functions. In this study, we cloned, identi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang R,Li J,Xiang M,Hong Q,Xu B,Hu W

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide is known to participate in the immune and inflammatory processes. In this study, we investigated the production of nitric oxide (NO) in murine viral myocarditis induced by coxsackievirus B3. The expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA in the heart first appeared on day 4 after virus inoculation an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mikami S,Kawashima S,Kanazawa K,Hirata K,Katayama Y,Hotta H,Hayashi Y,Ito H,Yokoyama M

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:NOS activity has been recently described in airway epithelial cells. Because these cells are often ciliated we hypothesized that NO modulates airway ciliary beating. CBF was measured in cultured BBECs using video microscopy. L-NMMA, a NOS inhibitor, caused a 40% decrease in CBF following pre-stimulation with isoproter...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jain B,Rubinstein I,Robbins RA,Leise KL,Sisson JH

更新日期：1993-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and its receptor (GRP-R) are highly expressed in undifferentiated neuroblastoma, and they play critical roles in oncogenesis. We previously reported that GRP activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to promote DNA synthesis and cell cycle progression in neuroblastoma cells. Conversely, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Qiao L,Paul P,Lee S,Qiao J,Wang Y,Chung DH

更新日期：2013-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting the BCR-ABL oncoprotein in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are remarkably effective inducing deep molecular remission in most patients. However, they are less effective to eradicate the leukemic stem cells (LSC), resulting in disease persistence. Therefore, there is great need to de...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dolinska M,Piccini A,Wong WM,Gelali E,Johansson AS,Klang J,Xiao P,Yektaei-Karin E,Strömberg UO,Mustjoki S,Stenke L,Ekblom M,Qian H

更新日期：2017-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation is aimed to determine whether the biosynthesis of H(2)S, an endogenous vasodilator gas, is altered in the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. Plasma H(2)S concentration as well as the activity, and expression, of H(2)S synthesizing enzymes (namely cystathionine-gamma-lyase (CSE) and cystathionine-beta-synt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yusuf M,Kwong Huat BT,Hsu A,Whiteman M,Bhatia M,Moore PK

更新日期：2005-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular structure of the ligand binding domain of hAhR has been modelled by homology modelling techniques and used for docking simulations with dioxin and nine more xenobiotics and endogenous ligands. The study evidences that different sites may bind these ligands, whereas only one binding site has been previously i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Salzano M,Marabotti A,Milanesi L,Facchiano A

更新日期：2011-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice, a monocot model crop, contains at least 48 putative E2 ubiquitin (Ub)-conjugating enzymes. Based on homology comparisons with 40 Arabidopsis E2 proteins and 35 human E2s, 48 rice E2s were classified into 15 different groups. Yeast two-hybrid analyses using the U-box-domain regions of armadillo (ARM)-U-box E3 Ub-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bae H,Kim WT

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) and the GTPase-activating protein GAP can be detected in immunoprecipitates of mouse epidermis and lung cytosol obtained with either anti-GAP or anti-PKC antisera. The PKC in the immune-complex phosphorylates the coprecipitated GAP protein. Moreover, purified recombinant GAP is phosphorylated in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gschwendt M,Kittstein W,Marks F

更新日期：1993-07-15 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：:The Sec23p-Sec24p complex is a component of coat protein II-coated vesicles involved in protein export from the endoplasmic reticulum. We previously identified a novel Sec23p-interacting protein, p125, which consists of 1000 amino acids and comprises a proline-rich region and a phospholipase A(1) homology region. p125...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizoguchi T,Nakajima K,Hatsuzawa K,Nagahama M,Hauri HP,Tagaya M,Tani K

更新日期：2000-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) small heat shock protein Hsp16.3 was found to be a major membrane protein that is most predominantly expressed under oxidative stress and is localized to the thickened cell envelope. Gene knock-out studies indicate that the Hsp16.3 protein is required for TB to grow in its host macropha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Abulimiti A,Qiu X,Chen J,Liu Y,Chang Z

更新日期：2003-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of rabbit aortic rings with interleukin-1 (100 U/ml) in vitro led to a depressed contractile response to norepinephrine, whether the endothelium was present or not. In both cases norepinephrine-induced contraction was restored in the presence of NG-methyl-L-arginine (300 microM), an inhibitor of nitric oxid...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Robert R,Chapelain B,Jean T,Néliat G

更新日期：1992-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that causes chronic active gastritis and peptic ulcers. Drugs targeting H. pylori phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase (HpPPAT), which is involved in CoA biosynthesis, may be useful. Herein, we report the expression in Escherichia coli and purification of recombinant HpPPAT and des...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cheng CS,Chen CH,Luo YC,Chen WT,Chang SY,Lyu PC,Kao MC,Yin HS

更新日期：2011-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and angiopoietin-like protein 4 (Angptl4) were studied in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Transfections of the adipocytes with Angptl4 esiRNA caused reduction of the expression of Angptl4 to about one fourth of that in cells treated with vehicle only. This resulted in higher levels of LPL activity both on ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Makoveichuk E,Vorrsjö E,Olivecrona T,Olivecrona G

更新日期：2013-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of cultured hypothalamic slices with PRL causes a rapid translocation of a Ca2+/phospholipid dependent protein kinase from the cytosol to the membrane fraction. The translocation of PKC from the cytosol to the membrane occurred at physiological concentrations of PRL with a maximal response occurring at 10(...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： DeVito WJ,Stone S,Avakian C

更新日期：1991-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The interdependency of protein and RNA syntheses was studied comparatively in bacteria confronted with amino acid starvation or treated separately with various aminoglycoside antibiotics. By contrast with the concomitant inhibition of macromolecular syntheses in cells deprived of an essential amino acid, RNA productio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cortay JC,Cozzone AJ

更新日期：1983-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:S100 proteins are acidic calcium-binding proteins present in high concentration in the brain and at lower concentrations in peripheral tissues. Their function remains to be elucidated in many tissues. In this report we show for the first time that S100 proteins stimulate the bovine photoreceptor membrane guanylate cyc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Margulis A,Pozdnyakov N,Sitaramayya A

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) is produced by various normal and neoplastic tissues. Even if the physiological function(s) of PTHrP is unclear, evidence suggests that the protein may participate in the local regulation of smooth muscle contractility. We show here that PTHrP is produced in endothelial cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rian E,Jemtland R,Olstad OK,Endresen MJ,Grasser WA,Thiede MA,Henriksen T,Bucht E,Gautvik KM

更新日期：1994-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that activation of protein kinase C (PKC) increases ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity, which may contribute to the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning. Since we have reported that Ca(2+)- and phospholipid-sensitive PKC is activated due to ischemic preconditioning, we further tested 1)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kitakaze M,Funaya H,Minamino T,Node K,Sato H,Ueda Y,Okuyama Y,Kuzuya T,Hori M,Yoshida K

更新日期：1997-10-09 00:00:00