Influence of 1,25-hydroxyvitamin D3 on cytosolic free calcium concentrations.

abstract：:The small heat shock proteins are the ubiquitous proteins found in a wide range of organisms and function as molecular chaperones by binding to the folding intermediates of their substrates. Although the crystal structure of HSP16.5, a small heat shock protein from Methanococcus jannaschii, revealed that it is a hollo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim DR,Lee I,Ha SC,Kim KK

更新日期：2003-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:AICAR (5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside or acadesine) is an AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) agonist, which induces cytotoxic effect to several cancer cells. Its potential activity in prostate cancer cells and the underlying signaling mechanisms have not been extensively studied. Here, we showed that AICAR p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo F,Liu SQ,Gao XH,Zhang LY

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage colony stimulating factor (CSF-1) is a member of a family of glycoproteins that are necessary for the normal proliferation and differentiation of myeloid progenitor cells. The human CSF-1 gene has previously been assigned to chromosome 5 using somatic cell hybrids, and further localized to 5q33 by in situ h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saltman DL,Dolganov GM,Hinton LM,Lovett M

更新日期：1992-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubby domain superfamily protein (TUSP) is a distant member of the Tubby-like protein (TULP) family. Although other TULPs play important roles in sensation, metabolism, and development, the molecular functions of TUSP are completely unknown. Here, we explore the function of TUSP in the Drosophila nervous system where ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoon EJ,Jeong YT,Lee JE,Moon SJ,Kim CH

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax-induced activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkappaB) is thought to play a critical role in T-cell transformation and onset of adult T-cell leukemia. However, the molecular mechanism of the Tax-induced NFkappaB activation remains unknown. One of the mitogen-activated pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gohda J,Irisawa M,Tanaka Y,Sato S,Ohtani K,Fujisawa J,Inoue J

更新日期：2007-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The small heat shock protein hsp27 is associated with aggressive tumor behavior in certain subsets of breast cancer patients. Previously we demonstrated that hsp27 overexpression in breast cancer cells increased in vitro and in vivo invasiveness, suggesting that hsp27 influences the metastatic process. To investigate ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hansen RK,Parra I,Hilsenbeck SG,Himelstein B,Fuqua SA

更新日期：2001-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis, causative agent of whooping cough, produces an adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) that is an important virulence factor. In the host cell, the adenylate cyclase domain of CyaA (CyaA-ACD) is activated upon association with calmodulin (CaM), an EF-hand protein comprised of N- and C-lobes (N-CaM and C-C...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Springer TI,Goebel E,Hariraju D,Finley NL

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We found by computer analysis that a putative yeast proteasome subunit gene named PRS3 that encodes a protein very similar to subunit C5 of rat and human proteasomes is located immediately 3' to the ERD2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The similarity of the primary structures of the two suggests that this subunit ma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee DH,Tanaka K,Tamura T,Chung CH,Ichihara A

更新日期：1992-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is involved in a multitude of pathological conditions. In the present study, cell cycle arrest was demonstrated in monolayer cultures of Chinese hamster ovary cells subjected to low-level oxidative stress induced by the addition of hydrogen peroxide. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis charac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Clopton DA,Saltman P

更新日期：1995-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the extravesicular p40 domain of the transmembrane protein, p65 synaptotagmin (Syt) 1, is essential for the non-classical export of the signal peptide-less structure, FGF1, it was not possible to identify a specific intracellular protease responsible for the processing of p65 Syt1. Surprisingly, analysis of t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bagalá C,Kolev V,Mandinova A,Soldi R,Mouta C,Graziani I,Prudovsky I,Maciag T

更新日期：2003-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Action potentials of myotubes in culture prepared from 18-19 day -old mouse embryos have a contractile activity and action potentials that are followed by a long lasting after hyperpolarization (ahp) which is blocked by apamin. Myotubes prepared from embryos of mice with muscular dysgenesis (mdg/mdg) did not contract ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Romey G,Rieger F,Renaud JF,Pinçon-Raymond M,Lazdunski M

更新日期：1986-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional factors (TFs) are key regulators in orchestrating gene transcription during cancer development. However, their roles in glioma remain elusive. Here, we analyzed the differential expression of TFs and identified ZNF436 is upregulated in glioblastoma and Lower Grade Glioma patients. High expression of ZN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shang Y,Li Y,Zhang Y,Wang J

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:4alpha-Carbinolamine dehydratase is a bifunctional protein involved in the regeneration of tetrahydrobiopterin during the hydroxylation of the aromatic amino acids. It is also a dimerization cofactor of HNF1 and therefore is believed to function as part of the hepatic gene transcription system. In view of the recent d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lei XD,Woodworth CD,Johnen G,Kaufman S

更新日期：1997-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Ornithine is found in animals as a free amino acid and is a vital component of the urea cycle in the liver; it is reported to have various functions such as promoting wound healing, promoting growth hormone secretion, hypnotic effects, and so on. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a single oral ad...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Harada D,Nagamachi S,Aso K,Ikeda K,Takahashi Y,Furuse M

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse embryos at implantation stage were stained successfully with lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNF-I) bearing neoglycoprotein labeled with rhodamine synthesized by us for the first time. The fluorescent neoglycoproteins carrying LNF-II, -III, LND-I, or LNT failed to stain the embryos. The embryo was stained only at the ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamagata T,Yamazaki K

更新日期：1991-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the formation of extracellular amyloid plaques containing the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) within the parenchyma of the brain. Aβ42, which is 42 amino acids in length, is considered to be the key pathogenic factor in AD. Iron deposition is found abundantly in the amyloid plaques ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shen X,Liu J,Fujita Y,Liu S,Maeda T,Kikuchi K,Obara T,Takebe A,Sayama R,Takahashi T,Matsue A,Sera K,Michikawa M,Komano H,Zou K

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 is a potent vasoactive peptide which may play a role in the regulation of vascular resistance through its autocrine/paracrine effects. We have investigated the influence of salt loading on the renal and cardiac production of endothelin-1 in stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats, a classical model o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Feron O,Salomone S,Godfraind T

更新日期：1995-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheat germ phosphoglycerate mutase, exposed to 3.4 M guanidinium chloride at 22 degrees C and pH 7.8, slowly undergoes time-dependent inactivation which can be fully reversed by adding excess Co2+ or Mn2+ to a 50-fold dilution of the denaturing medium. Titration of the denatured enzyme with either Co2+ or Mn2+ shows t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Smith GC,McWilliams AD,Hass LF

更新日期：1986-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of phosphorylation of calcineurin on calmodulin (CaM) binding was examined using a synthetic peptide which contains the CaM-binding domain and the serine phosphorylation site. The peptide, corresponding to residues 391-414 of brain calcineurin A subunit, was rapidly phosphorylated by protein kinase C and Ca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Calalb MB,Kincaid RL,Soderling TR

更新日期：1990-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphonodifluoromethyl phenylalanine (F2Pmp) is superior to phosphonomethyl phenylalanine (Pmp) as a non-hydrolyzable phosphotyrosine (pTyr) mimetic. The difluoromethyl moiety increases the inhibitory potency of a F2Pmp-containing peptide over a Pmp-containing counterpart by 1000-fold toward the protein tyrosine ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen L,Wu L,Otaka A,Smyth MS,Roller PP,Burke TR Jr,den Hertog J,Zhang ZY

更新日期：1995-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C phosphorylated both the 19/21-kDa regulatory light chains and heavy chains of bovine brain myosin. The major phosphorylation sites of the light chains were on their threonyl residues, while those for myosin light chain kinase were on their seryl residues. Whereas several non-muscle regular myosins hav...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ikeda N,Yasuda S,Muguruma M,Matsumura S

更新日期：1990-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrinsic fluorescence properties of human alpha apohemoglobin at protein concentrations from 1 to 5 microM in 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7 or 8 at 5 degrees C were monitored in the absence and presence of a fixed concentration (5 microM) of a fluorescence quenching heme-containing native or Des (146-His...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chiu F,Vasudevan G,Morris A,McDonald MJ

更新日期：1998-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the myocilin (MYOC), also known as Trabecular meshwork-Inducible Glucocorticoid Response (TIGR) gene can lead to juvenile open-angle glaucoma in human and may be responsible for at least 3% of primary open-angle glaucoma. To develop a mouse model of primary open angle glaucoma, and to get deeper insight i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tomarev SI,Tamm ER,Chang B

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a mitogen that is critically involved in vasculogenesis, angiogenesis, and hematopoiesis. However, what and how transcription factors participate in the regulation of vegf gene expression are not fully understood. Here we report the cloning and sequencing of the zebrafish v...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He C,Chen X

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCG-1423, a chemical inhibitor of Rho signaling, blocks serum response factor (SRF)/megakaryoblastic leukemia 1 (MKL1)-mediated gene expression by inhibiting the nuclear accumulation of MKL1. Several studies have suggested that CCG-1423 interacts not only with MKL1, which has a critical role in the regulation of neuro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kikuchi K,Shiota J,Yamada T,Ishikawa M,Ihara D,Fukuchi M,Tsuda M,Tabuchi A

更新日期：2017-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The human poly(rC)-binding protein (PCBP) 2 is known to interact with enteroviral RNA. Here, the interaction of PCBP2 with RNA target sequences at the 5' end of the coxsackievirus B3 genome was investigated. Using the electrophoretic mobility shift assay and the yeast three-hybrid system, a short oligo(rC) tract conne...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zell R,Ihle Y,Seitz S,Gündel U,Wutzler P,Görlach M

更新日期：2008-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of a radiotherapeutic regimen with telomerase inhibition is valuable when tumor cells are to be sensitized to radiation. Here, we describe cell clones unresponsive to radiosensitization after telomere shortening. After extensive division of individual transformed clones of mTERC-/- cells, about 22% of cl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ju YJ,Shin HJ,Park JE,Juhn KM,Woo SR,Kim HY,Han YH,Hwang SG,Hong SH,Kang CM,Yoo YD,Park WB,Cho MH,Park GH,Lee KH

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined exendin(9-39), an antagonist of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor (GLP-1R), as a potential probe for imaging of pancreatic beta-cells. To evaluate in vitro receptor specificity, binding assay was performed using dispersed mouse islet cells. Binding assay showed competitive inhibition of [(125)I]BH-e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mukai E,Toyoda K,Kimura H,Kawashima H,Fujimoto H,Ueda M,Temma T,Hirao K,Nagakawa K,Saji H,Inagaki N

更新日期：2009-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the function of mouse organic cation transporter OCT2 (TC 2.A.19.1.5) in comparison with that of OCT1 (TC 2.A.19.1.1). Uptake of [(3)H]1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ([(3)H]MPP(+)) by Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with mOCT1 (Slc22a1) or mOCT2 (Slc22a2) cRNA was attenuated by an increase of extracellul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kakehi M,Koyabu N,Nakamura T,Uchiumi T,Kuwano M,Ohtani H,Sawada Y

更新日期：2002-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) to riboflavin carrier protein (RCP) purified from human amniotic fluid were raised in two rabbits. These pAbs apart from recognizing the parent antigen, reacted significantly with chicken RCP as well. When all the 212 octapeptides overlapping by one amino acid residue and covering the enti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Subramanian S,Adiga PR

更新日期：1999-08-27 00:00:00