Alteration of global protein SUMOylation in neurons and astrocytes in response to Alzheimer's disease-associated insults.

abstract：:The primary structure of the major hemoglobin component, HbA (alpha(A)- and beta-chain), from Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) is presented. The separation of the globin subunits was achieved by ion exchange chromatography on CM-cellulose in 8 M urea. The amino acid sequence was determined by automatic Edman degradation ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Abbasi A,Lutfullah G

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme activity in rat serum was examined utilizing the potent tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and various glycerolipids as substrates. The serum activity was specific for hydrolysis of the long chain tetradecanoate moiety of TPA, hydrolyzed mono- and diacylglycerols, but was not effective ag...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cabot MC

更新日期：1984-08-30 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：:Cardiac ventricular myocytes exhibit a protein kinase A-dependent Cl(-) current (ICl.PKA) mediated by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). There is conflicting evidence regarding the ability of the divalent cation nickel (Ni(2+)), which has been used widely in vitro in the study of other car...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Barman PP,Cheng H,Hancox JC,James AF

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our recent study (Saiki, Y., and Ikemoto, N., Biochemistry 38, 3112-3119, 1999) suggests that Ca2+ release and re-uptake of the released Ca2+ are coordinated. The following results suggest that the coordination is mediated by the luminal Ca2+ ([Ca2+]lum) transient. Upon inducing the release of the passively loaded Ca2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ikemoto N,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2000-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the knowledge about the cell biology of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in vitro has been gained from adipose tissue model systems. However, the importance of skeletal muscle lipoprotein lipase (SMLPL) to both lipoprotein and muscle metabolism remains unclear. Although the production of LPL in cultured myocytes has b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Poirier P,Marcell T,Huey PU,Schlaepfer IR,Owens GC,Jensen DR,Eckel RH

更新日期：2000-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we attempt to determine whether lycopene regulates inflammatory mediators in the ovalbumin (OVA)-induced murine asthma model. To address this, mice were sensitized and challenged with OVA, and then treated with lycopene before the last OVA challenge. Administration of lycopene significantly alleviated t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee CM,Chang JH,Moon DO,Choi YH,Choi IW,Park YM,Kim GY

更新日期：2008-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of protein kinase C delta (PKCδ) has been linked to the neuroinflammation but the relationship with the various neurodegenerative diseases including the Alzheimer's disease (AD) was mostly elusive. In the AD brains, the special phospholipids, ethanolamine plasmalogens (Pls), were found to be reduced and our...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sejimo S,Hossain MS,Akashi K

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of AtNTRC (AtNTRC(OE)) in Arabidopsis thaliana led to a freezing and cold stress tolerance, whereas a knockout mutant (atntrc) showed a stress-sensitive phenotype. Biochemical analyses showed that the recombinant AtNTRC proteins exhibited a cryoprotective activity for malate dehydrogenase and lactic deh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moon JC,Lee S,Shin SY,Chae HB,Jung YJ,Jung HS,Lee KO,Lee JR,Lee SY

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The I domains of CD11 are responsible for the binding of ligands and have a unique structure with 6-7 alpha helices and 6 beta sheets with interconnecting loops. To determine loops recognizing fibrinogen in CD11c I domain, five oligopeptides corresponding to CD11c loops were used to prevent fibrinogen binding to isola...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi J,Nham SU

更新日期：2002-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Fracture healing is a complicated regeneration process which to some extent recapitulates bone development. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) has a negative regulatory effect on endochondral ossification, and FGFR3 is also expressed in prehypertrophic and hypertrophic chondrocytes during fracture healing. Ho...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Su N,Yang J,Xie Y,Du X,Lu X,Yin Z,Yin L,Qi H,Zhao L,Feng J,Chen L

更新日期：2008-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced formation and accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGE's) have been proposed to play a major role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications, aging, atherosclerosis, and Alzheimer disease leading to progressive and irreversible intermolecular protein crosslinkings. This process is accelerated in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rahbar S,Kumar Yernini K,Scott S,Gonzales N,Lalezari I

更新日期：1999-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The causative agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, requires shifts in gene expression to undergo its natural enzootic cycle between tick and vertebrate hosts. mRNA decay mechanisms play significant roles in governing gene expression in other bacteria, but are not yet characterized in B. burgdorferi. RNase III ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Snow S,Bacon E,Bergeron J,Katzman D,Wilhelm A,Lewis O,Syangtan D,Calkins A,Archambault L,Anacker ML,Schlax PJ

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the amounts of total A beta, A beta 1-40 and A beta 1-42/43 in brain tissues using a newly developed ELISA assay and found that the amounts of insoluble A beta 1-42/43 and insoluble A beta 1-40 were linearly related to the amount of A beta deposits or total insoluble A beta at their lower and higher concen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tamaoka A,Kondo T,Odaka A,Sahara N,Sawamura N,Ozawa K,Suzuki N,Shoji S,Mori H

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells have developed compensatory mechanisms to restore cell volume, and the ability to resist osmotic swelling or shrinkage parallels their resistance to necrosis or apoptosis. There are several mechanisms by which cells adapt to hyposmotic stress including that of regulatory volume decrease. In ischemia and reperfus...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Díaz-Elizondo J,Chiong M,Rojas-Rivera D,Olea-Azar C,Kwon HM,Lavandero S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The baculovirus has recently emerged as a promising vector for in vivo gene therapy. To investigate its potential as a delivery vector for an anti-virus ribozyme targeting HIV-1, we constructed recombinant baculovirus vectors bearing a ribozyme-synthesizing cassette driven by the tRNA(i)(Met) promoter with enhanced tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaneko H,Suzuki H,Abe T,Miyano-Kurosaki N,Takaku H

更新日期：2006-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Acivicin, a chlorinated amino acid antibiotic, is found to be remarkably effective in killing both the vector and the host form of the parasitic protozoa, Leishmania donovani, the causative agent for visceral leishmaniasis or Kala-azar. The ED50 (50 nM) for the pathogenic amastigote form in in vitro screening system i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mukherjee T,Roy K,Bhaduri A

更新日期：1990-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been isolated from various tissues and used for elucidating the pathogenesis of numerous diseases. In our previous in vitro study, we showed the existence of MSCs in human spinal ligaments and hypothesized that these MSCs contributed to the pathogenesis of ossification of spinal liga...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chin S,Furukawa K,Ono A,Asari T,Harada Y,Wada K,Tanaka T,Inaba W,Mizukami H,Motomura S,Yagihashi S,Ishibashi Y

更新日期：2013-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:p38 MAPK and nuclear factor-B (NF-B) signaling pathways play an indispensable role in the control of skeletal myogenesis. The specific contribution of these signaling pathways to the response of myoblast to the mechanical stimulation and the molecular mechanisms underlying this response remain unresolved. Using an est...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ji G,Liu D,Liu J,Gao H,Yuan X,Shen G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades play an important role in regulation of AP-1 activity through the phosphorylation of distinct substrates. In the present study, we identified a novel protein, TMEM174, whose RNA transcripts are highly expressed in human kidney tissue. TMEM174 is comprised of 243 amino a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang P,Sun B,Hao D,Zhang X,Shi T,Ma D

更新日期：2010-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy has been implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases and recently its role in acute brain injury has received increased interest. In our study, we investigated the profiles of autophagy-linked proteins (MAP-LC3 (Atg8), beclin-1 (Atg6) and the beclin-1-binding protein, bcl-2, following controlled cortica...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sadasivan S,Dunn WA Jr,Hayes RL,Wang KK

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, chronic inflammatory disease that is characterized by T helper 17 (Th17) cell- and osteoclast-induced joint destruction and inflammation. In RA, several cytokines (interleukin (IL)-1, 6,17, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)) are involved in almost all aspects of articular inflamm...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park YH,Kim HJ,Lee K,Choi Y,Heo TH

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe the initial characterization of murine, human, and Drosophila hesr-1 (for hairy and enhancer of split related-1) a novel evolutionary conserved family of hairy/enhancer of split homologs. Hesr-1 cDNAs display features typical of hairy and enhancer of split-type bHLH proteins including a N-te...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kokubo H,Lun Y,Johnson RL

更新日期：1999-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of shear stress on gene expression of prostacyclin synthesis-related enzymes cyclooxygenases (COX-1 and COX-2), prostacyclin synthase (PGS), and thromboxane synthase (TXS) and their metabolites prostaglandin (PGI(2)) and thromboxane A(2) (TXA(2)) in endothelium of intact conduit ves...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Doroudi R,Gan LM,Selin Sjögren L,Jern S

更新日期：2000-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a mechanism to digest cells' own components, and its importance in many physiological and pathological processes is being recognized. But the molecular mechanism that regulates autophagy is not understood in detail. In the present study, we found that cholesterol depletion induces macroautophagy. The cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cheng J,Ohsaki Y,Tauchi-Sato K,Fujita A,Fujimoto T

更新日期：2006-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Human apoprotein(apo) CI and apo AII cDNA probes have been used to analyze the segregation of the human genes in panels of human-mouse hybrids. The apo CI (APOCI) gene segregates with chromosome 19 and the apo AII (APOA2) gene with chromosome 1. Somatic cell hybrids containing chromosome translocations were used to ma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Knott TJ,Eddy RL,Robertson ME,Priestley LM,Scott J,Shows TB

更新日期：1984-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Human prostatic acid phosphatase (hPAP) is intensely expressed in epithelial cells of the prostate gland following puberty. Its regulatory regions were analyzed in transgenic mice and cell line transfections, in order to clarify the mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression. A construct containing the sequence of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shan J,Porvari K,Kivinen A,Patrikainen L,Halmekytö M,Jänne J,Vihko P

更新日期：2003-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigations in our laboratory demonstrated the existence of an intrinsic mechanism, termed membrane modulation, capable of restoring sensitivity to aspirin treated platelets, resulting in irreversible aggregation in response to arachidonic acid (AA). The mechanism underlying correction of aspirin induced i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rao GH,Radha E,White JG

更新日期：1985-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cyclic AMP-independent protein kinases (CK 1 and CK 2) in the cytosol fraction of AH-66 hepatoma cells have been purified to homogeneity. CK 1 and CK 2 had molecular weights of 36,000 and 340,000, respectively, as determined by gel filtration. CK 1 consists of a single polypeptide and CK 2 is composed of two subun...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakajo S,Shimizu T,Shinkawa K,Nakaya K,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1983-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A single class of saturable, specific binding sites for the circulating form of atrial natriuretic peptides, ANP(99-126), was identified in rat thymus and spleen and in isolated thymocytes and spleen cells using quantitative autoradiographic techniques. In the thymus, the relative potency of ANP analogs to inhibit [12...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurihara M,Katamine S,Saavedra JM

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00