Chemically induced Parkinson's disease: intermediates in the oxidation of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine to the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridinium ion.

abstract：:Upon centrifugation of gently lysed T. cruzi cells through a sucrose gradient, a free DNA fraction was shown to contain catenated dimers and knotted DNA structures. Southern hybridization and electron microscopic studies indicated that both of these structures derived from minicircle DNA, the major component of T. cru...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Valenzuela MS,Bardhan S,Krishnamani MR,Siddiqui KA

更新日期：1991-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first systematic study on the pancreatic beta cell function in the heterozygous mouse with targeted disruption of the beta cell glucokinase gene. The heterozygotes' beta cell displayed the following characteristics: (1) impaired glucose sensitivity with normal glucose responsiveness, (2) poor discriminatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aizawa T,Asanuma N,Terauchi Y,Suzuki N,Komatsu M,Itoh N,Nakabayashi T,Hidaka H,Ohnota H,Yamauchi K,Yasuda K,Yazaki Y,Kadowaki T,Hashizume K

更新日期：1996-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat molars and incisors have different root patterning mechanisms: the former form a multirooted pattern while the latter form a single-rooted analogue. But the genetic signals that control root patterning are poorly understood. In this study, to identify the special molecular signals which may lead to the molar root ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xing X,Deng Z,Yang F,Watanabe S,Wen L,Jin Y

更新日期：2007-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the structural basis for human interferon gamma (huIFN gamma) binding to intracellular regions of the human IFN gamma receptor (huIFN gamma R), we have subcloned and expressed the huIFN gamma R free of fusion proteins in the yeast strain Pichia pastoris. HuIFN gamma bound to the cytoplasmic domain of th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Green MM,Larkin J 3rd,Subramaniam PS,Szente BE,Johnson HM

更新日期：1998-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive and PKC-regulated alpha-secretase pathways have been reported to produce the secreted form of alpha-secretase-derived APP (sAPPalpha). Here, we examined putative role of furin in the regulation of alpha-secretase activity in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of the prodomain of furin and infection with a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hwang EM,Kim SK,Sohn JH,Lee JY,Kim Y,Kim YS,Mook-Jung I

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the garfish olfactory nerve, the time-courses of lateral expansion (swelling) and birefringence changes in nerve fibers have been examined at the site of application of electric current pulses. The effects of various chemical agents on these non-electrical signs of rapid structural changes in the nerve fibers ha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tasaki I,Byrne PM

更新日期：1992-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular DNA (eDNA) is a structural component of the polymeric matrix of biofilms from different species. Different mechanisms for DNA release have been proposed including lysis of cells, lysis of DNA-containing vesicles, and DNA secretion. Here, a genome-wide screen of 3985 non-lethal mutations was performed to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sanchez-Torres V,Maeda T,Wood TK

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxidase and FAD-containing monooxygenase activities of porcine thyroid subcellular preparations were measured and it was observed that FAD-containing monooxygenase activity was considerably lower than that of peroxidase. The end product of 1-methyl-2[14C]thioimidazole oxidation catalysed by thyroid peroxidase w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Paterson JR,Hood HT,Skellern GG

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the function of laminin in the basement membrane is known, the function of soluble "neuronal" laminin is unknown. Since laminin is neuroprotective, we determined whether the soluble laminin-1 induces signaling for neuroprotection via its 67KDa laminin-1 receptor (67LR). Treatment of Neuroscreen-1 (NS-1) cells...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gopalakrishna R,Gundimeda U,Zhou S,Bui H,Davis A,McNeill T,Mack W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides containing phosphonate based non-hydrolyzable phosphotyrosyl (pTyr) mimetics previously have been shown to be competitive inhibitors of protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). These agents suffer from low cellular penetration which is partially attributable to ionization of the phosphonate group at physiologica...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kole HK,Akamatsu M,Ye B,Yan X,Barford D,Roller PP,Burke TR Jr

更新日期：1995-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:B7-H3, an immunoregulatory protein, has been found highly expressed in several cancer types, and involved in cancer cell migration and invasion. Here, we investigated the role of B7-H3 in oxaliplatin resistance in colorectal cancer (CRC) cells. Transient silencing of B7-H3 enhanced oxaliplatin sensitivity by increasin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang P,Chen Z,Ning K,Jin J,Han X

更新日期：2017-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) plays a central role in regulating the activities of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in the presence of a variety of stressful stimuli via binding to its type 1 receptors (CRFR1). Despite that many peptidic or non-peptidic antagonists of CRFR1 have been developed to s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu J,Zhuo R,Peng P,Liu X,Yan H,Zhang S,Zheng J,Wei X,Ma X

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of angiotensin II (Ang II) on the proliferation of osteoblast-rich populations of cells obtained from calvariae of newborn rat. Addition of Ang II to the culture medium caused dose-dependent increases in the rate of DNA synthesis. Such increases were completely inhibited by the addition of DuP7...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hiruma Y,Inoue A,Hirose S,Hagiwara H

更新日期：1997-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophosphorylation of CaM-kinase II produces a form of the enzyme not requiring Ca(2+)/calmodulin for sustained activity. We report that autophosphorylated CaM-kinase II dephosphorylates itself in the presence of ADP (termed autodephosphorylation). The dephosphorylation was unaffected by phosphatase inhibitors and wa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim SA,Hudmon A,Volmer A,Waxham MN

更新日期：2001-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A common cause for pharmacogenetic alteration in drug response is genetic variation in encoded amino acid sequence. We have used the catecholamine and drug-metabolizing enzyme sulfotransferase (SULT)1A3 to create an artificial model system to study mechanisms-especially possible aggresome formation-by which genetic al...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang L,Yee VC,Weinshilboum RM

更新日期：2004-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcepsilonRI) activates a tyrosine phosphorylation cascade needed for enhanced adhesion and degranulation events on mast cells. We previously identified the adaptor ADAP (otherwise known as FYB/SLAP) as a modulator of integrin-mediated adhesion of T-cells and mast cells. H...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Geng L,Rudd C

更新日期：2001-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclasts are hematopoietic cells essential for bone resorption. To understand the process of osteoclastogenesis, we have developed a culture system that employs a stromal cell line, in which differentiation of osteoclasts from single embryonic stem (ES) cells occurs. This culture, which did not require any cell pas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hemmi H,Okuyama H,Yamane T,Nishikawa S,Nakano T,Yamazaki H,Kunisada T,Hayashi S

更新日期：2001-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of the eukaryotic ribosomal biogenesis, both the nuclear import and export are involved. We have studied the nuclear and nucleolar localization of the human ribosomal protein S7. We examined the subcellular distribution of the S7:beta-galactosidase fusion protein in SAOS-2 cells. We have identified two e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Annilo T,Karis A,Hoth S,Rikk T,Kruppa J,Metspalu A

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarafotoxins SRTX-a, b and c from the venom of the snake Atractaspis engaddensis are 21-amino acid peptides that affect the cardiovascular system. They are strong vasoconstrictors, the potency of which may be in correlation with their primary structure: SRTX-a, which differs from SRTX-b in a single amino acid resi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wollberg Z,Bdolah A,Kochva E

更新日期：1989-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers frequently use 3T3-L1 adipocytes as a fat cell line, but the capacity of this line for insulin-mediated glucose transport is lower than that of primary isolated fat cells. In this study, we found that 5-azacytidine (5-aza-C), DNA methyltransferase 1 inhibitor, enhanced insulin-stimulated 2-deoxyglucose (2-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuroda M,Onoyama R,Sasaki W,Sebe M,Kitamura T,Masumoto S,Tsutsumi R,Harada N,Sakaue H

更新日期：2020-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitors calyculin A, okadaic acid and the calmodulin antagonist W-7 on amylase secretion were studied in pancreatic acini. Calyculin A and okadaic acid dose-dependently inhibited amylase secretion to basal levels when stimulated with the intracellularly acting secreta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Meyer-Alber A,Fetz I,Waschulewski IH,Höcker M,Fölsch UR,Schmidt WE

更新日期：1994-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathepsin D, a lysosomal aspartic proteinase, has been shown to induce apoptosis of HeLa cells when overexpressed. To further understand regulatory mechanisms of cathepsin D-induced cell death, we examined whether lysosomal cysteine and aspartic proteinases are involved in apoptosis of PC12 cells following serum depri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shibata M,Kanamori S,Isahara K,Ohsawa Y,Konishi A,Kametaka S,Watanabe T,Ebisu S,Ishido K,Kominami E,Uchiyama Y

更新日期：1998-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells are the most versatile cells, with the potential to differentiate into all types of cell lineages including neural precursor cells (NPCs), which can be expanded in large numbers for significant periods of time to provide a reliable cell source for transplantation in neurodegenerat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu H,Fan X,Wu X,Tang J,Yang H

更新日期：2005-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic adenosine diphosphoribose (cADPR) is a putative second messenger of calcium homeostasis synthesized from NAD by cleavage of the nicotinamide-ribose bond and cyclization of the ribose to the adenine ring. In this study, the ultraviolet absorption spectra of cADPR have been studied as a function of pH and compare...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim H,Jacobson EL,Jacobson MK

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor-mediated responses to prostaglandins E1 and E2 are shown by electrophysiological methods in follicle-enclosed oocytes of Xenopus laevis. In voltage-clamped oocytes, prostaglandins E1 and E2 elicited an outward hyperpolarizing current. This outward membrane current was caused by an increase in K+ conductance. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mori K,Oka S,Tani A,Ito S,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1989-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) activates two distinct signaling pathways inducing production of proinflammatory cytokines or type I interferons (IFNs), respectively. MyD88 and TIRAP/Mal are essential adaptor molecules for the former but not for the latter pathway. In contrast, TRIF/TICAM-1 and TRAM/TICAM-2 are essential ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tanimura N,Saitoh S,Matsumoto F,Akashi-Takamura S,Miyake K

更新日期：2008-03-28 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：:Antiserum prepared against the denatured form of mammalian malate dehydrogenase was found to immunoprecipitate the denatured but not the native form of the mature enzyme. In contrast, the antiserum immunoprecipitated the enzyme's precursor, synthesized in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate, either before or after denaturati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chien SM,Freeman KB

更新日期：1986-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone resorption by osteoclasts stimulates bone formation by osteoblasts. To isolate osteoblastic factors coupled with osteoclast activity, we performed microarray and cluster analysis of 8 tissues including bone, and found that among 10,490 genes, osteomodulin (OMD), an extracellular matrix keratan sulfate proteoglyca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ninomiya K,Miyamoto T,Imai J,Fujita N,Suzuki T,Iwasaki R,Yagi M,Watanabe S,Toyama Y,Suda T

更新日期：2007-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in the intracellular cAMP concentration induces tyrosine phosphorylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) followed by activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 (ERK1/2). In this report we demonstrate that these effects of cAMP are mediated via activation of protein kinase A (PK...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Piiper A,Lutz MP,Cramer H,Elez R,Kronenberger B,Dikic I,Müller-Esterl W,Zeuzem S

更新日期：2003-02-21 00:00:00