Transient activation of c-myc protooncogene expression in Leydig cells by human chorionic gonadotropin.

abstract：:In continuation of our recent observations indicating the presence of a lone calcineurin-dependent response element (CDRE) in the -3730bp upstream region of copper-induced metallothionein (CuMT) gene of Neurospora [K.S. Kumar, S. Dayananda, C. Subramanyam, Copper alone, but not oxidative stress, induces copper-metallo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumar KS,Ravi Kumar B,Siddavattam D,Subramanyam C

更新日期：2006-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity of the endoglycanase associated with the bacteriophage phi SK1 particles was tested on the native capsular polysaccharide produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype SK1 and on three chemically modified polymers derived from it. The primary structure of the SK1 capsular polysaccharide is: [formula: see ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cescutti P,Paoletti S

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Our laboratory demonstrated that endoplasmic reticulum iPLA2 (ER-iPLA2) activity protects renal cells from oxidant-induced cell death and lipid peroxidation. The goals of this study were to determine the PLA2 isoform(s) responsible for ER-iPLA2 activity in different species and tissues. ER-iPLA2 activity was observed ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinsey GR,Cummings BS,Beckett CS,Saavedra G,Zhang W,McHowat J,Schnellmann RG

更新日期：2005-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2), also known as core binding factor 1 (Cbfa1), is a multifunctional transcription factor and an essential master gene controlling osteoblast differentiation. We previously demonstrated the in vivo functions of Runx2 in mesoderm-derived cells. However, no studies have been con...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shirai Y,Kawabe K,Tosa I,Tsukamoto S,Yamada D,Takarada T

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H] imipramine exhibits both saturable and high affinity binding sites in human lung with a maximal number of binding sites of 7.50 pmoles/mg protein and a dissociation constant of 1.74 nM. Displacement studies indicate that these sites can be considered as specific of imipramine, tricyclic compounds and also monoami...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morin D,Zini R,Lange J,Tillement JP

更新日期：1984-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of new molecular targeting agents has improved the prognosis of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). However, MM remains incurable because MM stem cells are likely resistant to these agents. Thus, it is important to further investigate the biology of MM stem cells, which reside in the hypoxic bone marrow...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakagawa Y,Ashihara E,Yao H,Yokota A,Toda Y,Miura Y,Nakata S,Hirai H,Maekawa T

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania promastigotes have the ability to synthesize essential polyunsaturated fatty acids de novo and can grow in lipid free media. Recently, we have shown that NAD(P)H cytochrome b5 oxidoreductase (Ncb5or) enzyme in Leishmania acts as the redox partner for Δ12 fatty acid desaturase, which catalyses the conversion...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mukherjee A,Adhikari A,Das P,Biswas S,Mukherjee S,Adak S

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A L-delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase activity has been detected in crude extracts of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway. This P5C reductase activity is also found when a 2.5 kb D. desulfuricans DNA fragment is introduced into an Escherichia coli proC mutant. Although it restores growth of the proC mutant, the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fons M,Cami B,Chippaux M

更新日期：1991-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyl-CoA binding protein (ACBP) plays important roles in the metabolism of lipids in eukaryotic cells. In the industrially important filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, although we have previously demonstrated that the A. oryzae ACBP (AoACBP) localizes to punctate structures and exhibits long-range motility, which ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kwon HS,Kawaguchi K,Kikuma T,Takegawa K,Kitamoto K,Higuchi Y

更新日期：2017-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gene Teratocarcinoma-derived growth factor 1 (TDGF1)/Cripto-1/CR-1 which is expressed in a wide variety of human carcinomas is a member of the EGF-cripto FRL1 cryptic (EGF-CFC) gene family. A majority of human colorectal tumors and hepatomas are known to possess a constitutively active canonical Wnt/beta-cat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hamada S,Watanabe K,Hirota M,Bianco C,Strizzi L,Mancino M,Gonzales M,Salomon DS

更新日期：2007-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-bound acid alpha-glucosidase was purified partially (400-fold) from human placenta by solubilization with trypsin, concanavalin A-Sepharose chromatography, Ultrogel AcA-34 gel filtration, and Sephadex G-100 affinity chromatography. Two molecular forms of the enzyme were found in the final preparation of t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsuji A,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1988-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria has been identified as a promising target in several cancers. However, little is known on the effects of targeting mitochondria in retinoblastoma. In this work, we show that anti-malarial atovaquone, at clinically achievable concentration, demonstrates inhibitory effects to retinoblastoma cells, to a more...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ke F,Yu J,Chen W,Si X,Li X,Yang F,Liao Y,Zuo Z

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic administration of 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) facilitates the development of select striatal lesions, and some reports provide clues about this pathology. In this study, we investigated the relationship between reduced levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in lesioned brain regions and caspase a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho KJ,Kim GW

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Small GTPase Rap1 has been implicated in the proper differentiation of testicular germ cells. In the present study, we investigated the functional significance of RA-GEF-2/Rapgef6, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rap1, in testicular differentiation using mice lacking RA-GEF-2. RA-GEF-2 was expressed predomina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okada K,Miyake H,Yamaguchi K,Chiba K,Maeta K,Bilasy SE,Edamatsu H,Kataoka T,Fujisawa M

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The p21(WAF-1) promoter contains binding sites for a number of transcription factors which mediate its activation by a variety of external signals. Moreover, it has been reported that the transcription factors involved in p21(WAF-1) activation by certain signaling factors, like the phorbol ester TPA, may vary in diffe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schavinsky-Khrapunsky Y,Huleihel M,Aboud M,Torgeman A

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that nitric oxide (NO) which is synthetized by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is closely related to the carcinogenesis and progression of colon cancer. However, the precise physiopathological role of NO on colon cancer remains unclear, and a lot of related studies focused on NOS2 and NOS3,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Q,Ye S,Chen X,Xu P,Li K,Zeng S,Huang M,Gao W,Chen J,Zhang Q,Zhong Z,Liu Q

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its interaction at hypothalamic sites to affect feeding and energy expenditure, leptin has been shown to exhibit a proliferative response in erythropoietic cells. The functional leptin receptor is also present in pancreatic islets and we now demonstrate that a commonly used clonal insulin secreting beta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Islam MS,Morton NM,Hansson A,Emilsson V

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Endostatin, a natural angiogenesis inhibitor, had been identified for years. It opened a new approach for cancer therapy. Sequence analysis revealed that endostatin is the NC1 domain (non-triple-helical domain) of collagen XVIII. In this report, the cDNA of NC1 domain of type VIII collagen (alpha 1) was cloned and exp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu R,Yao ZY,Xin L,Zhang Q,Li TP,Gan RB

更新日期：2001-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the capacity of K-252a, an inhibitor of rat brain protein kinase C (PKC), to influence polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) PKC and PMN activation with chemically and structurally dissimilar agonists. K-252a inhibited PMN PKC (IC50 = 0.58 microM), and caused a concentration-dependent (0.1-10 microM) inhi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Smith RJ,Justen JM,Sam LM

更新日期：1988-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anti-lung tumor potential of 11-carbonyl-β-boswellic acid was investigated. MATERIALS & METHODS:The inhibitory effects of 11-carbonyl-β-boswellic acid on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was assessed by proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle and molecular mechanisms in NSCLC H446 cells in vitro. The res...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang G,Yang J,Zhang L,Cao L,Zhang M,Niu X,Zhou Z,Zhang X,Li P,Liu JF

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (ADPRP) is a nuclear enzyme that transfers ADP-ribose from NAD+ to diverse nuclear proteins. Previously, the function of ADPRP was considered to relate exclusively to its catalytic activity. However, recent experiments have shown that ADPRP is actually an abundant DNA-binding protein, and t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nobori T,Yamanaka H,Carson DA

更新日期：1989-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism is an important, potentially curable, form of hypertension. We examined the possible association between restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) gene and responsiveness of aldosterone to angiotensin II in 59 patients with primary aldosteronism due to aldo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tunny TJ,Jonsson JR,Klemm SA,Ballantine DM,Stowasser M,Gordon RD

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone (DEX) induces apoptosis in lymphocytes, while protecting some cancer cells from apoptosis, by a poorly understood mechanism. In this study, we examined the potential role of the forkhead transcription factor (FOXO3A) in DEX-induced apoptosis. Unphosphorylated FOXO3A, the active form of FOXO3A, can transl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ma J,Xie Y,Shi Y,Qin W,Zhao B,Jin Y

更新日期：2008-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An expression library established in lambda gt11 with cDNA from squamous epithelium of the human upper digestive tract was screened with an antibody raised against keratin 13. A 1.2 kb fragment from the most strongly reacting plaque was sequenced and compared to known type I keratin sequences. The highest degree of ho...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schulz P,Wachter E,Hochstrasser K,Wild AG,Mischke D

更新日期：1989-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Our prior studies showed that certain cobalamins inhibit productive HIV-1 infection of primary cultures of blood lymphocytes and monocytes. We demonstrate here that this antiviral activity may be mediated by an inhibition of HIV-1 integrase, an enzyme required for productive infection. Purified recombinant HIV-1 integ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weinberg JB,Shugars DC,Sherman PA,Sauls DL,Fyfe JA

更新日期：1998-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of chloroplast fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase by fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, Ca2+, DTT and chloroplast thioredoxin-f is prevented by either spermidine or spermine; on the contrary, other amino compounds do not replace polyamines in this reversible effect. On the other hand, neither spermidine nor spermine m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Corley E,Wolosiuk RA,Hertig CM

更新日期：1983-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of exogenous nitric oxide (NO) to induce apoptosis in macrophages was analyzed using NOC, a NO-releasing compound, as a source of NO. Exogenous NO was shown to induce apoptosis in a dose dependent manner. Quantitative analysis revealed that the amount of NO required to induce apoptosis in more than half of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimaoka M,Iida T,Ohara A,Taenaka N,Mashimo T,Honda T,Yoshiya I

更新日期：1995-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glomerulosclerosis, a common hallmark of chronic renal diseases (CRD) is believed to be irreversible, and it is thought that glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertrophy may participate in its pathogenesis. We demonstrate here that glomerulosclerosis is "reversible" in an animal model. We used nephrotic ICGN (n...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuno-Horikawa Y,Mizuno S,Tamura S,Kurosawa T

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) is a polypeptide with an apparent molecular weight of 22 kilodalton that is related to epidermal growth factor (EGF) and that binds and activates the EGF receptor. We examined HB-EGF biological action and expression in human pancreatic cancer cell lines, and compared HB-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kobrin MS,Funatomi H,Friess H,Buchler MW,Stathis P,Korc M

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:PI3K activation is commonly observed in many human cancer cells. Survivin expression is elevated in cancer cells, and induced by some growth factors through PI3K activation. However, it is not clear whether PI3K activation is sufficient to induce survivin expression. To investigate the role of PI3K pathway in the regu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao P,Meng Q,Liu LZ,You YP,Liu N,Jiang BH

更新日期：2010-04-30 00:00:00