Biophysical and biochemical characterization of Rv3405c, a tetracycline repressor protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

abstract：:Expression of TNF-alpha gene in the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells was studied by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR for human TNF-alpha gene using complementary DNA (cDNA) of control RNA prepared from non-stimulated RPE cells failed to show expression of TNF-alpha gene. However, PCR by using cDNA prep...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tanihara H,Yoshida M,Yoshimura N

更新日期：1992-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined the endothelin (ET) receptor subtype involved in mitogenic signaling in human primary and metastatic melanoma cell lines. In a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) study, ET(B) mRNA expression in metastatic melanoma cells was decreased from that of primary melanoma. Only ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kikuchi K,Nakagawa H,Kadono T,Etoh T,Byers HR,Mihm MC,Tamaki K

更新日期：1996-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A high yielding fusion protein system based on the protein cytochrome b(5) has been used for the production of novel 13-residue acyclic conopeptide. This peptide, Mo1659, can be liberated from the carrier protein using CNBr cleavage and subsequent purification using RP-HPLC methods. The yield of isotopically enriched ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumar GS,Ramasamy P,Sikdar SK,Sarma SP

更新日期：2005-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) virion into host cells involves three major steps, each being a potential target for the development of entry inhibitors: gp120 binding to CD4, gp120-CD4 complex interacting with a coreceptor, and gp41 refolding to form a six-helix bundle. Using a D-amino acid decap...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boggiano C,Jiang S,Lu H,Zhao Q,Liu S,Binley J,Blondelle SE

更新日期：2006-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet, fluorescence and CD spectral analysis suggested unusual structural features of Rhodotorula gracilis ATCC 90950 DNA. R. gracilis DNA exhibited 13% hyperchromicity at 260 nm as against 26% shown by calf thymus DNA. The biphasic melting curve, one phase between 88-92 degrees C and the other between 92-97 deg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vishnuvardhan D,Divakar S,Joseph R

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of DNA damage induced by metabolites of nitrobenzene was investigated in relation to the carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity of nitrobenzene. Nitrosobenzene, a nitrobenzene metabolite, induced NADH plus Cu(II)-mediated DNA cleavage frequently at thymine and cytosine residues. Catalase and bathocupr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohkuma Y,Kawanishi S

更新日期：1999-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus; 45 animals per group) were either sham-exposed or exposed to a sinusoidal magnetic field for 56 days (Experiment 1: 50 Hz, 450 microTesla peak; max. dB/dt = 140 mTesla s(-1); 24 hrs day(-1)). Except for day 7, no effects were observed with respect to body weights during exp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Niehaus M,Brüggemeyer H,Behre HM,Lerchl A

更新日期：1997-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Group II chaperonins (Cpns) are essential mediators of cellular protein folding in eukaryotes and archaea. They consist of two back-to-back rings forming symmetrical cavities in which non-native substrates undergo appropriate folding, but the primary structural basis for the double ring formation remains unclear. To a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luo H,Zhang P,Robb FT

更新日期：2011-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the process of cardiac remodeling, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) is secreted from cardiac myocytes. Though CTGF is well known to promote fibroblast proliferation, its pathophysiological effects in cardiac myocytes remain to be elucidated. In this study, we examined the biological effects of CTGF in ra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayata N,Fujio Y,Yamamoto Y,Iwakura T,Obana M,Takai M,Mohri T,Nonen S,Maeda M,Azuma J

更新日期：2008-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor-mediated regulation of guanylate cyclase is well-studied in intact Dictyostelium discoideum cells, but study of the enzyme in cell-free preparations has hampered. A major obstacle has been that in vitro guanylate cyclase activity could be detected only in the presence of unphysiological concentrations of Mn2+...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Janssens PM,de Jong CC

更新日期：1988-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ependymins, a family of extracellular glycoproteins of goldfish and mammalian brain, were shown to contain N-linked complex glycan chains. These glycoproteins reacted with a monoclonal antibody, HNK-1 which recognizes a membrane antigen on a subset of human lymphocytes, myelin-associated glycoprotein glycoprotein epit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shashoua VE,Daniel PF,Moore ME,Jungalwala FB

更新日期：1986-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:MelC1 regulates the copper incorporation and secretion of Streptomyces apotyrosinase (MelC2) via a transient, competent complex formation. His-102 and His-117 of the chaperone-like MelC1 are known to play important roles in this trans-activation activity of MelC1. In this study, we studied the side chain requirement a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liaw LL,Lee YH

更新日期：1995-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:During embryonic development of Musca domestica inactive ornithine decarboxylase protein appears in the embryos at 6 h postoviposition, increases in concentration and reaches a maximum level at 9 h postoviposition. The inactive enzyme is associated with the plasma membrane and appears to be the precursor for active or...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lilleberg SL,Killilea SD,Vaske DA,Leopold RA,Sparks RB Jr

更新日期：1991-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5T/6T polymorphism in the human MMP-3 promoter affects gene expression and impacts the risk and/or severity of various pathological conditions. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) in human fibroblasts homozygous for the 6T site demonstrate that it is bound by NF-kappaB and ZBP-89 transcription factors in its native...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Borghaei RC,Gorski G,Javadi M,Mariah Chambers.

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse mammary carcinoma mutant cell line FUA169, characterized by high GM3 ganglioside content, was established from parent cell line FM3A/F28-7, which has high LacCer content but no GM3. Although both cell lines showed the same quantity and quality of integrin receptors, FUA169 showed much stronger adhesion to fibron...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zheng M,Tsuruoka T,Tsuji T,Hakomori S

更新日期：1992-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:hPepT1 is a proton-coupled peptide transporter that mediates the absorption of di- and tripeptides. Here we show that tyrosine 167 (Y167) in transmembrane domain 5 (TMD5) of this 12-transmembrane spanning protein contributes to its transport function. We identified this particular amino acid by a computer model of the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yeung AK,Basu SK,Wu SK,Chu C,Okamoto CT,Hamm-Alvarez SF,von Grafenstein H,Shen WC,Kim KJ,Bolger MB,Haworth IS,Ann DK,Lee VH

更新日期：1998-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the possibility that bilirubin physiologically acts as an antioxidant by using scurvy-prone ODS-od/od rats treated with endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide: LPS). Recently, bilirubin oxidative metabolites were isolated from human urine and named biotripyrrin-a and biotripyrrin-b. The LPS injection markedly incre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamaguchi T,Horio F,Hashizume T,Tanaka M,Ikeda S,Kakinuma A,Nakajima H

更新日期：1995-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac fibrosis is one of the primary mechanisms of ventricular remodeling, and there is no effective method for reversal. Activation of calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) has been reported to be involved in the development of myocardial fibrosis, but the molecular mechanism for CaSR activation has not yet been clarifie...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chi J,Wang L,Zhang X,Fu Y,Liu Y,Chen W,Liu W,Shi Z,Yin X

更新日期：2018-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new analogues of trypsin inhibitor CMTI-III were synthesized by the solid-phase method: [Lys5]-CMTI-III, [Orn5]CMTI-III and [Dab5]CMTI-III. Only one analogue with L-lysine residue in position P1 showed inhibitory activity of the same order of magnitude as did wild CMTI-III. Two remaining analogues were completel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jaśkiewicz A,Lesner A,Rózycki J,Rodziewicz S,Rolka K,Ragnarsson U,Kupryszewski G

更新日期：1997-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity increases the acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase (AACS) gene expression in lipogenic tissue. To investigate the effect of obesity on the AACS gene in other tissues, we examined the alteration of AACS mRNA levels in HFD-fed mice. In situ hybridization reveale...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamasaki M,Hasegawa S,Imai M,Takahashi N,Fukui T

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although chronic voluntary physical activity has been shown to enhance hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in animals, the effects of forced exercise on a treadmill have not been fully investigated. We assessed induction of c-fos and BDNF expression with acute exercise at different running ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Soya H,Nakamura T,Deocaris CC,Kimpara A,Iimura M,Fujikawa T,Chang H,McEwen BS,Nishijima T

更新日期：2007-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat adult liver and hepatocyte lines express an 1.7-kb variant alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) mRNA which differs from the 2.2-kb fetal AFP transcript in sequence in the 5' region. Here we report the characterization of a variant AFP cDNA, ARFP9, which is 1349 bp in length and encodes a 325 amino acid polypeptide. Nucleot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe T,Jimenez-Molina JL,Chou JY

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocytin, a C-type lectin from Sarcophaga peregrina (flesh fly), stimulated glucose consumption and cytokine production by the mouse macrophage-like cell line J774.1. When J774.1 cells were pretreated with tunicamycin, their granulocytin-dependent TNF-alpha production was greatly reduced. These results suggest tha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujita Y,Homma KJ,Natori S

更新日期：2000-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB results in protection against apoptosis, and the chemotherapeutic agent 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) exerts its cytotoxic effect through the induction of apoptosis. Thus, we examined whether 5-FU could induce apoptosis through the suppression of NF-kappaB activity. We found th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aota K,Azuma M,Yamashita T,Tamatani T,Motegi K,Ishimaru N,Hayashi Y,Sato M

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutation responsible for the juvenile form of Batten disease was mapped to a single gene, Cln3 (T. J. Lerner et al. (1995) Cell 82:949-957). Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has an open reading frame, BTN1 (YHC3), that encodes the putative homologue of Cln3p. Primary structure comparison indicates that the human Cln...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Croopnick JB,Choi HC,Mueller DM

更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:2-((2-Pyridylmethyl)sulfinyl)benzimidazoles, selective inhibitors of the H+/K+-ATPase in the parietal cells of the stomach, have been investigated concerning their chemical behaviour in acidic medium. Protonation of the sulfoxide and subsequent elimination of water forms a sulfenium ion or a chemical equivalent thereo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rackur G,Bickel M,Fehlhaber HW,Herling A,Hitzel V,Lang HJ,Rösner M,Weyer R

更新日期：1985-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at in vivo visualization of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) by optical imaging using a representative compound of a class of autofluorescent 2,3-diaryl-substituted indole-based selective COX-2 inhibitors (2,3-diaryl-indole coxibs). COX-2 was successfully visualized in mice models with phorbol myristate ester...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tondera C,Ullm S,Laube M,Meister S,Neuber C,Mosch B,Kniess T,Pietzsch J

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The cis-regulatory region of target genes is key elements in the transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Many of these cis-regulatory regions have not been identified by either biological experiments or computational methods. Recently, a few additional C(2)H(2) zinc finger transcription factor binding sites hav...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho SY,Chung M,Park M,Park S,Lee YS

更新日期：2008-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), strongly linked with latent infection of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), constitutively expresses cellular interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) while suppressing the expression of B cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6). Recently, it was shown that IRF4, a key transcriptional repress...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu HR,Kim YJ,Lee HR

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Strikingly variable clinical phenotypes can be found in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) even with the same ABCD1 mutation. ABCD2 is the closest homolog to ABCD1. Since ABCD2 overexpression complements the loss of ABCD1 in vivo and in vitro, we have investigated the possible role of the ABCD2 gene locus as determ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maier EM,Mayerhofer PU,Asheuer M,Köhler W,Rothe M,Muntau AC,Roscher AA,Holzinger A,Aubourg P,Berger J

更新日期：2008-12-05 00:00:00