Long-chained 1-mercapto-n-alkanes as potent inhibitors toward liver alcohol dehydrogenase.

abstract：:In this study, we established an in vitro hypoxic system driven by a self-regulated chemical reaction that proved effective for cell culture. The hypoxic device was modified from a 1.5 L polypropylene preservation box normally employed for food storage. Pyrogallic acid, sodium hydroxide, and sodium carbonate were diss...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Han N,Wang Z,Wang G,Yu J,Chen C,Huang H,Xu R

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that the human 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor is an efficient substrate for cAMP-dependent protein kinase, in vitro. This phosphorylation reaction is rapid and neither dependent upon nor significantly affected by the presence of the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 ligand. Preliminary mapping experiments utilizin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jurutka PW,Hsieh JC,Haussler MR

更新日期：1993-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia have been shown to be associated with shorter telomere length, which may reflect aging, altered cell proliferation and adipose tissue (AT) dysfunction. In individuals with obesity, differences in fat distribution and AT cellular composition may contribute to obesity related metabo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakowa N,Trieu N,Flehmig G,Lohmann T,Schön MR,Dietrich A,Zeplin PH,Langer S,Stumvoll M,Blüher M,Klöting N

更新日期：2015-02-13 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：:The human ST2 gene has been known to encode three splice variants; namely, a soluble secreted form of ST2, a transmembrane form of ST2L, and ST2V of undetermined localization. Therefore, analysis of tissue distribution and subcellular localization of ST2V is important to elucidate functional relationships among the th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tago K,Noda T,Hayakawa M,Iwahana H,Yanagisawa K,Yashiro T,Tominaga S

更新日期：2001-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:hPepT1 is a proton-coupled peptide transporter that mediates the absorption of di- and tripeptides. Here we show that tyrosine 167 (Y167) in transmembrane domain 5 (TMD5) of this 12-transmembrane spanning protein contributes to its transport function. We identified this particular amino acid by a computer model of the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yeung AK,Basu SK,Wu SK,Chu C,Okamoto CT,Hamm-Alvarez SF,von Grafenstein H,Shen WC,Kim KJ,Bolger MB,Haworth IS,Ann DK,Lee VH

更新日期：1998-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of hepatic nuclear factor 1α (HNF-1α) and its response element in the expression of glutathione S-transferase A1 (GSTA1) was investigated in hepatocytes cells injury induced by acetaminophen (APAP). Treatment of hepatocytes with C2-ceramide exacerbated cells injury with GSTA1 mRNA level reducing. Contrastingl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li Y,Hao B,Muhammad I,Zhang Y,Yang Y,Shi C,Chang Y,Li R,Li C,Liu F

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) in hepatocarcinogenesis remains controversial. To investigate the biological impact of hepatitis B virus x gene (HBx) mutation on hepatoma cells, plasmids expressing the full-length HBx or HBx deletion mutants were constructed. The biological activities in these transf...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu X,Zhang S,Lin J,Zhang S,Feitelson MA,Gao H,Zhu M

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been shown to play a key role during the initiation and clinical progression of the cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis. We have recently shown that expression of tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) in human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) was induced by choles...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Espada S,Stavik B,Holm S,Sagen EL,Bjerkeli V,Skjelland M,Dahl TB,Espevik T,Kanse S,Sandset PM,Skretting G,Halvorsen B

更新日期：2017-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a lactose-substituted polystyrene, poly-N-p-vinylbenzyl-D-lactonamide (PVLA), as a substratum for adult rat hepatocytes in primary culture. Spherical-shaped hepatocytes attached on PVLA substratum formed stable multilayer aggregates anchored on substratum through the stimulation of epidermal growth factor (EGF...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tobe S,Takei Y,Kobayashi K,Akaike T

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotaxis of rabbit peritoneal leucocytes stimulated by fMet-Leu-Phe, a synthetic chemoattractant, was inhibited by Glu-Glu-Glu-Glu-Tyr-Pro-Met-Glu (MT peptide) and Leu-Ile-Glu-Asp-Asn-Glu-Tyr-Thr-Ala-Arg-Glu-Gly (Src peptide). Both peptides did not inhibit the binding of [3H] formyl-NLe-Leu-Phe, a chemoattractant, t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hirata F,Notsu Y,Matsuda K,Vasanthakumar G,Schiffmann E,Wong TW,Goldberg AR

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells play an important role in allergic inflammation by releasing inducible proinflammatory cytokines. While many inducible genes have been identified, we hypothesized that a significant number remain to be identified. We thus constructed an activation-specific mast cell subtraction library to establish a profil...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho JJ,Vliagoftis H,Rumsaeng V,Metcalfe DD,Oh CK

更新日期：1998-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The major biological effects of glucocorticoids are thought to be initiated through changes in the expression of cellular genes. However, the mechanisms involved in the suppression of some gene products by glucocorticoids are not well defined. ID13 mouse fibroblast cells were treated with the synthetic glucocorticoid ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wallace AD,Wheeler TT,Young DA

更新日期：1997-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:miR-4458, a new tumor-suppressor, was reported to down-regulated in human hepatocellular carcinoma. The expression status, roles and inhibitory mechanisms of miR-4458 in other tumors still need to be clarified. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of miR-4458 and to elucidate the potential mechanism in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Qin Y,Cheng C,Lu H,Wang Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Runt-related transcription factor-2 (RUNX2)/core binding factor a1 (Cbfa1) is implicated in the regulation of osteoblast differentiation and osteoblast-specific gene expression. Mutations in RUNX2 cause the bone disease cleidocranial dysplasia, which is characterized by multiple skeletal defects. RUNX2 is expressed as...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sudhakar S,Li Y,Katz MS,Elango N

更新日期：2001-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic primase/polymerase complex synthesizes approximately 107 primers, one per Okazaki fragment, during the replication of mammalian chromosomes, which contain 109 base pairs. Primase catalyzes the synthesis of a short RNA segment to a single-stranded DNA template. Primase is important in DNA replication bec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee JG,Park KR,An JY,Kang JY,Shen H,Wang J,Eom SH

更新日期：2018-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic efficacy of a synthetic somatostatin analogue for the treatment of carcinoid tumors is still controversial. In vivo studies performed in our laboratory showed that a somatostatin analogue, SMS 201-995, significantly inhibited growth of human pancreatic carcinoid (BON) tumors xenotransplanted into athymic n...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishizuka J,Beauchamp RD,Evers BM,Townsend CM Jr,Thompson JC

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently isolated a rat homologue of the Caenorrhabditis elegans lin-10 product. Although rat lin-10 is expressed in the cytosol and membrane fractions of various tissues, it is distributed only in the membrane fraction in brain where it is enriched in the synaptic plasma membrane and postsynaptic density frac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ide N,Hata Y,Hirao K,Irie M,Deguchi M,Yao I,Satoh A,Wada M,Takahashi K,Nakanishi H,Takai Y

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine receptor CCR5 is constitutively associated with the T cell co-receptor CD4 in plasma cell membranes. The CD4-CCR5 complex exhibits distinct binding properties for macrophage inflammatory protein 1beta (MIP-1beta) and enhanced G-protein signaling as compared with those of CCR5 alone. Here we report that r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Staudinger R

更新日期：2003-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovalbumin (OA) is the most abundant ingredient of chicken egg-white allergenic proteins. In the present study we investigated the possibility of reducing OA allergenicity by treatment with a natural protein exhibiting N-acetylglucosaminidase (NA) activity. Ascidian is cultivated as a food resource in northeast Asia. T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hwang HS,Park H,Kim J,Choi JY,Lee YK,Park HY,Choi HD,Kim HH

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired activity of NK (natural killer) cells has been proposed as a mechanism contributing to viral persistence and chronic infection in hepatitis C (HCV) infection. We aimed to assess the impact of HCV infection on NK cells regarding frequency, subset distribution, and cytotoxic and cytokine secretion functions, as...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dessouki O,Kamiya Y,Nagahama H,Tanaka M,Suzu S,Sasaki Y,Okada S

更新日期：2010-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) dose-dependently stimulates enzyme secretion or loss of cell integrity in the exocrine pancreas. Signaling mechanims include tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(FAK) and paxillin. Here, we examine their potential function. Maximum phosphorylation of both proteins was observed after stimulation of fr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leser J,Lührs H,Beil MF,Adler G,Lutz MP

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Pancreatic islet transplantation is an effective treatment for Type 1 diabetic patients to eliminate insulin injections; however, a shortage of donor organs hinders the widespread use. Although long-term islet storage, such as cryopreservation, is considered one of the key solutions, transplantation of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Komatsu H,Barriga A,Medrano L,Omori K,Kandeel F,Mullen Y

更新日期：2017-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Triacsin C, a product of Streptmyces sp. SK-1894, was previously reported as an inhibitor of long chain acyl-CoA synthetase. Pretreatment with triacsin C (500 nM) for 1h enhanced production of platelet-activating factor in rat neutrophils, followed by stimulation with A23187 or fMLP. Amount of lyso-PAF was also augume...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi M,Imai Y,Naraba H,Tomoda H,Omura S,Oh-ishi S

更新日期：1992-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tests the hypothesis that articular chondrocytes shift from a characteristically glycolytic to an oxidative energy metabolism during population expansion in monolayer. Bovine articular chondrocytes were cultured in monolayer under standard incubator conditions for up to 14 days. Cellular proliferation, oxyg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Heywood HK,Lee DA

更新日期：2008-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Epitopic peptides representing the C-terminal (HA1) region of cleaved hemagglutinin of influenza virus from different serotypes were synthesized. Circular dichroism and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic data showed that peptides HS2 and HS3 have a predominantly alpha-helical conformation in trifluoroethanol. Re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Holly S,Majer Z,Tóth GK,Váradi G,Rajnavölgyi E,Laczkó I,Hollósi M

更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific ligands of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) have been shown to induce both apoptosis and G1/G0 cell cycle arrest in colorectal cancers. The signaling pathways leading to cell cycle arrest are still unknown. Using cDNA array technology, we identified signaling molecules involved in cell cycle arres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maaser K,Sutter AP,Krahn A,Höpfner M,Grabowski P,Scherübl H

更新日期：2004-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that both RNA and cDNA preparations derived from melanocytes contain a RT-PCR inhibitor that copurified with nucleic acids. Investigation of the candidate inhibitor melanin revealed that it potently blocks PCR at concentrations below 200 ng/ml, whereas 100 microg/ml melanin was required to inhibit reverse tra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Eckhart L,Bach J,Ban J,Tschachler E

更新日期：2000-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An E. coli mutant deficient in organophosphonate biodegradation has been complemented with a cosmid library prepared from a BamHI partial digest of wild-type E. coli W3110. Mutant E. coli SL724, when transformed with cosmid pSL163 and plasmid pSL263, regained the ability to exploit ethylphosphonate as a sole source of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Loo SH,Peters NK,Frost JW

更新日期：1987-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced rat testis cDNAs coding for a calcium binding polypeptide similar to calcineurin beta subunit, the Ca(2+)-binding subunit of the Ca2+/calmodulin stimulated protein phosphatase. Rat testis cDNA library was screened with a monoclonal antibody Va1 raised against bovine brain calcineurin beta ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugimoto M,Matsui H,Etoh S,Shimizu T,Nishio H,Moia LJ,Tokuda M,Itano T,Takenaka I,Hatase O

更新日期：1991-11-14 00:00:00