Similar physical and kinetic properties of rat brain synaptic membrane and cytosol phosphoinositide phospholipases C.

abstract：:Structural determinants of L-[(3)H]nicotine binding to synthetic peptides comprising residues 188-207 of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunits were invesitigated by equilibrium binding analysis. Two binding components were detected, one of low affinity (K(d) approximately 1.5 microM) that did not differ sign...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lentz TL

更新日期：2000-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporin accumulation was reduced by 50% or more in multidrug- resistant CHRC5 CHO cells with high levels of P-glycoprotein expression compared to drug sensitive AuxB1 CHO cells. This difference could be overcome by verapamil which is known to interact with P-glycoprotein and reverse multidrug resistance. The diffe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Goldberg H,Ling V,Wong PY,Skorecki K

更新日期：1988-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have examined the synthesis of heat shock protein (HSP70) in leukemia cells from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) patients and in mononuclear cells from normal individuals, before and after growth factor stimulation. We have shown that the HSP70 protein was expressed in these cells in the absence of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang W,Drach J,Andreeff M,Deisseroth A

更新日期：1992-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigonelline (N-methylnicotinate), a member of the pyridine alkaloids, accumulates in coffee beans along with caffeine. The biosynthetic pathway of trigonelline is not fully elucidated. While it is quite likely that the production of trigonelline from nicotinate is catalyzed by N-methyltransferase, as is caffeine synt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuno K,Matsuzaki M,Kanazawa S,Tokiwano T,Yoshizawa Y,Kato M

更新日期：2014-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:ARD1 protein is a mammalian gene product homologous to a yeast Ard1p (Arrest defective 1 protein) acetyltransferase. Although two alternative splicing products of ARD1, ARD1(235) and ARD1(225), were reported in mouse, only ARD1(235) orthologue was reported in humans. Here we show that ARD1(225) is not expressed in hum...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chun KH,Cho SJ,Choi JS,Kim SH,Kim KW,Lee SK

更新日期：2007-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been shown that calpains may play a positive role in causing apoptosis of T cells, we report here that, on the contrary, the inhibition of calpain-like activities can induce apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells. Two calpain inhibitors were used to test growth response on prostate cancer cells and s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu W,Murtha PE,Young CY

更新日期：1995-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of human recombinant interferons (IFNs) alpha and gamma on the transcription of Herpes Simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) immediate early (IE) genes has been studied. Human amniotic cells (WISH) were transfected with a chimaeric plasmid containing the regulatory region of the HSV-1 IE genes controlling the expres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： De Stasio PR,Taylor MW

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by mutations within the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. These mutations result in the reduction of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein expression and SMN complex in spinal motor neurons and other tissues. SMN protein has been used as a therapeutic biomarker in recent SMA cl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Arakawa M,Arakawa R,Tatsumi S,Aoki R,Saito K,Nomoto A

更新日期：2014-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pro-aminopeptidase processing protease (PA protease) is an extracellular zinc metalloprotease produced by Aeromonas caviae T-64 and it is classified as M04.016 according to the MEROPS database. The precursor of PA protease consists of four regions; a signal peptide, an N-terminal propeptide, a C-terminal propeptide, a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tang B,Nirasawa S,Kitaoka M,Hayashi K

更新日期：2002-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:L1 elements are mammalian retrotransposons contributing to genome evolution and causing rare mutations in human. We describe a de novo insertion of an L1 element into the dystrophin gene resulting in skipping of exon 44 and causing Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a boy. The L1 element was rearranged due to the twin-pri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Musova Z,Hedvicakova P,Mohrmann M,Tesarova M,Krepelova A,Zeman J,Sedlacek Z

更新日期：2006-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) significantly affects osteoblast function by altering gene expression. We have identified neuron-derived orphan receptor-1 (NOR-1) as a PTH-induced primary gene in osteoblastic cells. NOR-1, Nurr1, and Nur77 comprise the NGFI-B nuclear orphan receptor family and Nurr1 and Nur77 are PTH-induce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pirih FQ,Nervina JM,Pham L,Aghaloo T,Tetradis S

更新日期：2003-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promotes vasculogenesis, arteriogenesis, and angiogenesis by stimulating proliferation, migration, and cell survival of endothelial cells. VEGF mediates its actions through activation of two receptor tyrosine kinases, VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2. Serum starvation led to apoptosis of h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yilmaz A,Kliche S,Mayr-Beyrle U,Fellbrich G,Waltenberger J

更新日期：2003-07-04 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：:It is widely accepted that applying exogenous photosensitizers in living organism the photodynamic effect is mediated by singlet oxygen formed by energy transfer from excited sensitizer to oxygen present in the cells (Type II mechanism). Though in homogeneous solutions singlet oxygen was detected during sensitization,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gál D

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the possible pathological relation between mechanical stress and hyperpigmentation. We did this by investigating the influence of cyclic stretch on the expression of keratinocyte- and fibroblast-derived melanogenetic paracrine cytokines in vitro. Using primary human keratinocyt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurita M,Okazaki M,Fujino T,Takushima A,Harii K

更新日期：2011-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginseng, refering to the roots of the species of the genus Panax ginseng, has been widely used in traditional oriental medicine for its wide spectrum of medicinal effects, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumorigenic, adaptogenic, and anti-aging activities. Many of its medicinal effects are attributed to the triterpene...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Min JK,Kim JH,Cho YL,Maeng YS,Lee SJ,Pyun BJ,Kim YM,Park JH,Kwon YG

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Of two major isoforms of angiotensin II receptors, AT1 and AT2, biological roles of AT2 remain unclear. Using vascular smooth muscle cells, we investigated the regulation of expression of AT2 by growth factors in comparison with that of AT1. The cultured rat aorta smooth muscle cells had detectable AT2 binding sites, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kambayashi Y,Bardhan S,Inagami T

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of compounds which bind in the DNA minor groove of A.T rich sequences, on bleomycin-catalyzed site-specific DNA cleavage were investigated by a DNA sequencing technique. Distamycin A enhanced bleomycin-catalyzed DNA cleavage in G.C rich sequences such as 5'-GGGGC-3' (under scoring; the cleaved nucleotide)....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamamoto K,Kawanishi S

更新日期：1992-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the armadillo (arm) repeat family of proteins are implicated in tumorigenesis, embryonic development, and maintenance of tissue integrity. We have cloned cDNA for a novel human arm repeat protein, ALEX1, encoding 453 amino acids. ALEX1 shares significant homology with uncharacterized ORF KIAA0512 and putati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurochkin IV,Yonemitsu N,Funahashi SI,Nomura H

更新日期：2001-01-12 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：:The ouabain-resistant and ouabain-sensitive alpha-subunit cRNAs in various molar ratios were injected into Xenopus oocytes together with cRNA for the beta-subunit. The ouabain-resistant ATPase activity, as well as ouabain-resistant Rb+ uptake, of the injected oocytes increased linearly with increasing the amount of cR...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takeda K,Kawamura M

更新日期：2001-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Reelin is a secreted glycoprotein essential for normal brain development and function. In the extracellular milieu, Reelin is subject to specific cleavage at two (N-t and C-t) sites. The N-t cleavage of Reelin is implicated in psychiatric and Alzheimer's diseases, but the molecular mechanism and physiological signific...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kohno S,Kohno T,Nakano Y,Suzuki K,Ishii M,Tagami H,Baba A,Hattori M

更新日期：2009-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:CREB3 (Luman) is a family member of ER resident transcription factors, which are cleaved upon the induction of ER stress. Their N-terminal fragments shuttle into the nucleus where they regulate the transcription of target genes. Here, we found that human CREB3 is phosphorylated within its transcription activation doma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schmitt BM,Ampofo E,Stumpf H,Montenarh M,Götz C

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonamer 5'd(CTCAGCCTC) 3' 1 has been reacted with cis-diamminediaquaplatinum(II) in water at pH 4.2. The major reaction product was shown by enzymatic digestion and 1H NMR to be the d(ApG)cis-Pt(NH3)2 chelate [cis-Pt(NH3)2[d(CTCAGCCTC)-N7(4),N7(5)]] 1-Pt. When mixed with its complementary strand 2, 1-Pt forms a B ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fouchet MH,Gauthier C,Guittet E,Girault JP,Igolen J,Chottard JC

更新日期：1992-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently identified in porcine brain a series of new peptides, designated calcitonin receptor-stimulating peptide-1 (CRSP-1), CRSP-2, and CRSP-3, but failed to find their counterparts in humans and rodents by either database searching or experimental cross-hybridization. In this study, we isolated cDNAs encodi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Katafuchi T,Hamano K,Minamino N

更新日期：2004-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of the sulphated tyrosine residue in position 27 in human cholecystokinin-33, parallel bioassay of the sulphated form of human cholecystokinin-33 and the unsulphated form of human cholecystokinin-33 was performed on the pancreatic protein secretion. Both peptides increased the protein output in a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Doi R,Inoue K,Kogire M,Sumi S,Yun M,Futaki S,Fujii N,Yajima H,Tobe T

更新日期：1988-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence shows that Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS), the major functional deficit of which is limited growth, both intrauterine and postnatal, is due to a double dose of a gene within 7p11.2-p13 that is normally expressed exclusively from the maternal copy. Of the several growth-related genes in this chromosomal ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McCann JA,Zheng H,Islam A,Goodyer CG,Polychronakos C

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue transglutaminase (tTgase) contributes to the organisation of the basement membrane and is therefore thought to be important for the integrity and stability of the vessel wall. In the present study, we hypothesised that the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor atorvastatin may up-regulate the tTgase expression in endothe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Soehnlein O,Eskafi S,Schmeisser A,Kloos H,Daniel WG,Garlichs CD

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) was measured in individual pancreatic beta-cells from mice using dual emission microfluorometry and the indicator Indo-1 applied by a patch clamp pipette. GTP-gamma-S (100 microM) injected together with 0.3 or 3 mM ATP evoked repetitive [Ca2+]i transients with a frequency of about ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lund PE,Grapengiesser E,Gylfe E,Hellman B

更新日期：1991-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Several groups have demonstrated that induction of heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1) could protect the myocardium against ischemic events; however, heme accumulation could lead to toxicity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of autophagy in heme toxicity. H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells were treated with differe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gyongyosi A,Szoke K,Fenyvesi F,Fejes Z,Debreceni IB,Nagy B Jr,Tosaki A,Lekli I

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00