Active fragments and analogs of the insect neuropeptide leucopyrokinin: structure-function studies.

abstract：:The UDP-GalNAc:NeuAc alpha 2,3Gal beta-R (GalNAc to Gal) beta-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (beta 1,4GalNAc-transferase) is the enzyme responsible for the addition of the immunodominant sugar of the Sda isto-blood group determinant. In humans the enzyme is mainly expressed in the large intestine. We screened n...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Malagolini N,Dall'Olio F,Serafini-Cessi F

更新日期：1991-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven tumors independently derived from a v-Ha-ras-expressing pre-B cell line were examined to determine the oncogene activations cooperating with v-Ha-ras in in vivo tumor progression. The pre-B cell line was generated by infection with Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMuLV) and a MoMuLV-derived recombinant expressin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen SC,Redenius D,Schwartz RC

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels are inversely correlated to the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is one of the major protective systems against atherosclerosis, in which HDL particles play a crucial role to carry cholesterol derived from peri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsubakio-Yamamoto K,Matsuura F,Koseki M,Oku H,Sandoval JC,Inagaki M,Nakatani K,Nakaoka H,Kawase R,Yuasa-Kawase M,Masuda D,Ohama T,Maeda N,Nakagawa-Toyama Y,Ishigami M,Nishida M,Kihara S,Shimomura I,Yamashita S

更新日期：2008-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:C57BL/6 mice were orally infected with different doses of cysts of ME49 strain of Toxoplasma gondii to produce groups of acutely and chronically infected mice. Sera were obtained at different periods post-infection. SDS-PAGE was ran with excretory/secretory antigens of ME49 and RH strains of T. gondii, followed by Wes...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rahmah N,Anuar AK

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast DNA is bound to the thylakoids of spinach chloroplasts. To examine a possible role for thylakoid-bound DNA in chloroplast DNA replication, vesicles formed by treating chloroplasts in 3.5 mM MgCl2 were used. Chloroplast DNA fragments are bound to the surface of these vesicles. Chloroplast DNA isolated from ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lindbeck AG,Rose RJ

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A small fraction of tumor cells are thought to possess the potential for both multiple-lineage differentiation and self-renewal, which underlies the cancer stem cell hypothesis. However, the differentiation mechanisms of these cells have not been elucidated due to a lack of appropriate culture methods. Here, we establ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamata M,Katsuda T,Yamada Y,Ochiya T

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosome modulation factor (RMF) is involved in stabilization of ribosomes during the transition from exponential growth to the stationary growth phase in Escherichia coli. A deficiency of RMF is known to reduce cell viability. Overaccumulation of spermidine also leads to a decrease in cell viability and to a decrease...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Apirakaramwong A,Fukuchi J,Kashiwagi K,Kakinuma Y,Ito E,Ishihama A,Igarashi K

更新日期：1998-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) enhances cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-mediated anion secretion by the human intestinal epithelial cell line Caco-2. With the patch-clamp and Ussing chamber techniques, we investigated how PTH stimulates CFTR activity in Caco-2 cells. Cell-attached recordings reve...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jantarajit W,Wongdee K,Lertsuwan K,Teerapornpuntakit J,Aeimlapa R,Thongbunchoo J,Harvey BSJ,Sheppard DN,Charoenphandhu N

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal leucine residue of snake venom cardiotoxin II (CTX II) (Naja naja atra) was systematically replaced with D-leucine (CTXII-L1-D-L), glycine (CTXII-L1G) or deleted [CTXII-(2-60)] to study the role of leucine residue in CTX II molecule. CTX II, CTXL1-D-L, CTXL1G and CTX(2-60) were produced by chemical synt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu CY,Chen WC,Ho CL,Chen ST,Wang KT

更新日期：1997-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in human BIGH3 (TGFB1), a gene identified after treatment of an adenocarcinoma cell line with TGF-beta, have been observed in patients with granular Groenouw type I, Reis-Bücklers, Thiel-Behnke, Avellino, and Lattice type I and IIIa, six autosomal dominant corneal dystrophies linked to chromosome 5q. In orde...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schorderet DF,Menasche M,Morand S,Bonnel S,Büchillier V,Marchant D,Auderset K,Bonny C,Abitbol M,Munier FL

更新日期：2000-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis and autophagy are crucial mechanisms regulating cell death, and the relationship between apoptosis and autophagy in the liver has yet to be thoroughly explored. TIGAR (TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator), which is a p53-inducible gene, functions in the suppression of ROS (reactive oxygen species...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ye L,Zhao X,Lu J,Qian G,Zheng JC,Ge S

更新日期：2013-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation with protein kinase NII did not result in phosphorylation or inactivation of mouse kidney ornithine decarboxylase. Partially purified ornithine decarboxylase preparations contained a protein kinase activity and stimulated the activity of RNA polymerase I. However, these properties were due to contaminating ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seely JE,Stetler DA,Jacob ST,Pegg AE

更新日期：1984-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To help clarify bases for the molecular weight and surface charge heterogeneities of forms of somatic angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), we examined for differences in N-glycosylation. ACE preparations purified from human, guinea pig, rat and rabbit tissues were found to be heterogeneous in terms of numbers of N-gly...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ripka JE,Ryan JW,Valido FA,Chung AY,Peterson CM,Urry RL

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadherins are cell adhesion molecules that modulate the epithelial phenotype and regulate tumor invasion. To identify the role of promoter methylation in regulating E-cadherin expression and in the "switching" of cadherins in oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), we studied 14 cell lines for cadherin expression. Immunob...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen Q,Lipkina G,Song Q,Kramer RH

更新日期：2004-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A functional in vitro integration system for an integral membrane protein, SecG, comprising an efficient translation system supplemented with inverted membrane vesicles (IMV) was developed. When SecG was synthesized in the presence of IMV prepared from a DeltasecG strain (DeltaSecG IMV), the synthesized SecG was recov...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishiyama K,Tokuda H

更新日期：2009-12-18 00:00:00

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：:Long-term neuropathic pain can lead to anxiety, depression, and other issues, which seriously affect patients' quality of life. For this reason, it is important to find effective treatments. Studies have shown that glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) can relieve neuropathic pain. However, its mechanism of ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pan Y,Jiang L,Wang C

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human OP-1 stimulated the formation of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)-positive multinucleated cells (MNCs) significantly and in a dose-dependent manner in rat bone marrow cell culture. Newly formed MNCs either induced by hOP-1 alone or with 1,25(OH)2D3 were also positive for vitronectin recepto...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hentunen TA,Lakkakorpi PT,Tuukkanen J,Lehenkari PP,Sampath TK,Väänänen HK

更新日期：1995-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:C-terminal binding protein 2 (CtBP2) is a transcriptional co-repressor involved in cell migration, apoptosis, and tumorization. Up-regulation of CtBP2 is implicated in various human cancers including breast cancers. In our present study, we found that the C-terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein (CHIP) regulated the st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee JS,Yoo SJ

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously found that p53 binds to the catalytic subunit of the p34(cdc2)/cyclin B1-kinase. In the present study we analyzed the functional consequences of this interaction. Binding of wild-type p53 to p34(cdc2)/cyclin B1 results in a significant decrease of its histone H1 kinase activity. Binding of p53 to the kin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ababneh M,Götz C,Montenarh M

更新日期：2001-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 alpha induced an increase in both the cellular accumulation of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cisplatin) and DNA platination and significantly reduced the removal of platinum from DNA of human ovarian (NIH: OVCAR-3) carcinoma cells in culture. The combinations of IL-1 alpha and cisplatin were highly ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Benchekroun MN,Parker R,Reed E,Sinha BK

更新日期：1993-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of collagen as an effective substitute for gelatin was investigated on properties of chitosan/gelatin hydrogels for fibroblasts growth and attachment for wound dressing applications. We synthesized hydrogels based on chitosan associated with collagen and gelatin biopolymers (in the ratio of 1:5 and 1:1, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mousavi S,Khoshfetrat AB,Khatami N,Ahmadian M,Rahbarghazi R

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol secoaldehyde (3beta-hydroxy-5-oxo-5,6-secocholestan-6-al or ChSeco) is an oxysterol known to be formed in reactions of ozone with cholesterol and also when cholesterol-5alpha-hydroperoxide undergoes Hock cleavage. In view of its widespread occurrence and atherogenic potential, we examined the effects of Ch...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gao X,Raghavamenon AC,D'Auvergne O,Uppu RM

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is known to be down regulated by 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 itself. It was recently shown that liver mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase CYP27, present also in kidney, catalyzes 1 alpha-hydroxylation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. Treatment of vitamin D-deficient rats wit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Axén E,Postlind H,Wikvall K

更新日期：1995-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an anti-serum against synthetic alpha-inhibin-31, we have studied its cellular locations in rodent testis and brain. Western blot analysis detected several molecular forms of the protein(s). A protein of 17 KDa in size was detected in testis of one month old mice. Two major bands of molecular weights 39 kDA and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lau YF,Li CH

更新日期：1987-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteopontin (OPN) is involved in exacerbating various inflammatory diseases. A severe pulmonary inflammation is frequently found in lethal influenza A virus (IAV) infection. However, the function of OPN against the infection was poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate an importance of OPN on immune response and diseas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sato K,Iwai A,Nakayama Y,Morimoto J,Takada A,Maruyama M,Kida H,Uede T,Miyazaki T

更新日期：2012-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Although caffeine alters sleep in many animals, whether or not it affects mammalian circadian clocks remains unknown. Here, we found that incubating cultured mammalian cell lines, human osteosarcoma U2OS cells and mouse fibroblast NIH3T3 cells, with caffeine lengthened the period of circadian rhythms. Adding caffeine ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oike H,Kobori M,Suzuki T,Ishida N

更新日期：2011-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The change of transferrin receptors in regenerating rat liver cells after partial hepatectomy was demonstrated. The binding of 125I-labeled transferrin to the cells began to increase after 24 h of partial hepatectomy and reached about double that of the non-operated normal rat liver cells. A Scatchard analysis of bind...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tei I,Makino Y,Kadofuku T,Kanamaru I,Konno K

更新日期：1984-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A major component of amyloid deposits found in Alzheimer disease and Down syndrome is the beta/A4 peptide, which is derived from the Alzheimer amyloid protein precursor (APP). Recent evidence indicates that increases in APP expression and/or beta/A4 peptide accumulation may underlie the amyloidosis characteristic of t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Buxbaum JD,Christensen JL,Ruefli AA,Greengard P,Loring JF

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), also known as vascular permeability factor, is highly expressed in the myocardium under various stimuli including hypoxia and ischemia. On the other hand, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) causes systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), which consists of systemic pathophysiolog...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugishita Y,Shimizu T,Yao A,Kinugawa Ki,Nojiri T,Harada K,Matsui H,Nagai R,Takahashi T

更新日期：2000-02-16 00:00:00