Insulin stimulates phosphorylation of a heat-stable protein in rat adipose tissue.

abstract：:We have identified a human pituitary protein as a novel glycosylated variant of hGH. Isolation of the denatured protein included separation of human pituitary extract by Sephadex G-100 chromatography in ammonium bicarbonate, followed by Sephadex G-100 chromatography in 10% acetic acid, with subsequent DEAE Sephacryl c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Haro LS,Lewis UJ,Garcia M,Bustamante J,Martinez AO,Ling NC

更新日期：1996-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-Jun N-terminal Kinases (JNKs) play important roles in cell responses to stress or growth factor stimulation. The JNK1α1 isoform shares >90% identity with a predominantly neuronal JNK3α1 isoform, but JNK3α1 also includes a distinctive 38 amino acid N-terminal sequence. To address the outstanding question of the p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen WK,Yeap YY,Bogoyevitch MA

更新日期：2014-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have generated a EYFP targeted to the mitochondrial intermembrane space (MIMS-EYFP) to determine for the first time the pH within this compartment. The fragment encoding HAI-tagged EYFP was fused with the C-terminus of glycerol-phosphate dehydrogenase, an integral protein of the inner mitochondrial me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Porcelli AM,Ghelli A,Zanna C,Pinton P,Rizzuto R,Rugolo M

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation mutants of chinese hamster ovary cells were used to analyse the role played by surface-exposed carbohydrates on the process of interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi with the host cell. Adhesion and invasion of the parasites were markedly reduced in cells which express very few sialic acid residues. Infection ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ciavaglia Mdo C,de Carvalho TU,de Souza W

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) has recently been described to induce antimycobacterial activity. The present study analyses the role played by S1P in antigen presentation of monocytes and in the next activation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific CD4+ T cell response. Results reported herein show that S1P stim...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Santucci MB,Greco E,De Spirito M,Arcovito G,De Angelis G,Cauda R,Fraziano M

更新日期：2007-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR35, previously an orphan G-protein coupled receptor, is a receptor for kynurenic acid. Here we examine the distribution of GPR35 in the rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and the effects of its selective activation. GPR35 was expressed predominantly by small- to medium-diameter neurons of the DRG. Many of these same ne...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohshiro H,Tonai-Kachi H,Ichikawa K

更新日期：2008-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the biological function of CKII, we have identified proteins that interact with the subunits of CKII using the yeast two-hybrid system. Here we report that SAG, an antioxidant protein containing Ring-H2 finger motif, is a cellular partner associating with the beta subunit of CKII. SAG does not interact ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Son MY,Park JW,Kim YS,Kang SW,Marshak DR,Park W,Bae YS

更新日期：1999-10-05 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：:We investigated the involvement of G(i/o) protein in NO production following the activation of proteinase-activated receptor-4 (PAR-4) in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. AYPGKF-NH(2) (PAR-4 activating peptide), thrombin, and ionomycin induced a concentration-dependent NO production, with the maximal producti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Momota F,Hirano K,Hirano M,Nishimura J,Kanaide H

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) results from loss of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene, with retention of its nearly identical homolog, SMN2. There is a direct correlation between disease severity and SMN2 copy number. Mice do not have a Smn2 gene, and thus cannot naturally replicate the disorder. However...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gogliotti RG,Hammond SM,Lutz C,Didonato CJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, a broad diversity of fluorescent proteins among marine organisms range from cyano-red emissions. Fluorescent proteins differ in their DNA sequences from green fluorescent protein (GFP). We identified cDNA encoding the gene of a new protein from the reef coral Hydnophora rigida of the Merulinidae family. Bot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bokhari H,Smith C,Veerendra K,Sivaraman J,Sikaroodi M,Gillevet P

更新日期：2010-06-04 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：:We examined the expression of P-glycoprotein in human placentas and hydatidiform moles. Trophoblasts in all the examined placentas and moles expressed P-glycoprotein, and the size of the P-glycoprotein was smaller than that in multidrug-resistant human epidermoid carcinoma KB cells. The P-glycoprotein in the placenta ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura Y,Ikeda S,Furukawa T,Sumizawa T,Tani A,Akiyama S,Nagata Y

更新日期：1997-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have shown that 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate can activate phospholipase D in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells as measured by an enzyme-catalyzed transphosphatidylation reaction (phosphatidylethanol formation). In the present study, the mononuclear cells were fractionated by two procedu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinsky SC,Loader JE,Benedict SH

更新日期：1989-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have generated a great deal of interest in clinical situations, due principally to their potential use in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering applications. However, the therapeutic application of MSCs remains limited, unless the favorable effects of MSCs on tumor growth in vivo, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shin KK,Lee AL,Kim JY,Lee SY,Bae YC,Jung JS

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases, but its autoimmune mechanisms are not clearly understood. Recently, anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies have been specifically observed in sera of RA patients. Furthermore, we identified RA-susceptible variant in a gene encoding citrullinating ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki A,Yamada R,Ohtake-Yamanaka M,Okazaki Y,Sawada T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2005-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A general method to obtain the variable region DNA sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain using anchored polymerase chain reaction is described. Based on this DNA sequence, clone-specific oligonucleotides were designed to anneal to the complementarity determining regions. These were used to identify the original B...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ratech H

更新日期：1992-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent studies have suggested that cancer stem cells (CSCs) are involved in resistance to gefitinib in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Oct4, a member of the POU-domain transcription factor family, has been shown to be involved in CSC properties of various cancers. We previously reported that Oct4 and the p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kobayashi I,Takahashi F,Nurwidya F,Nara T,Hashimoto M,Murakami A,Yagishita S,Tajima K,Hidayat M,Shimada N,Suina K,Yoshioka Y,Sasaki S,Moriyama M,Moriyama H,Takahashi K

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It is controversial whether osteopontin (OP) is expressed in glomeruli and involved in glomerular diseases. We examined whether the OP expression is present at gene and protein levels in cultured rat mesangial cells (MCs). Northern blotting revealed a 1.7 kb OP-mRNA expression in MCs. Fetal calf serum (FCS) and TNF-al...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagasaki T,Ishimura E,Shioi A,Jono S,Inaba M,Nishizawa Y,Morii H,Otani S

更新日期：1997-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A biotin-polyethylene glycol (PEG)-epidermal growth factor (EGF) conjugate was immobilized onto the surface of avidin-modified adenovirus (ADV-Avi) via biotin-avidin interaction to deliver ADV specifically to EGF receptor over-expressing cancer cells. ADV-Avi/biotin-PEG-EGF complexes showed greatly enhanced intracellu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park JW,Mok H,Park TG

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different domains of human sperm membrane, viz., the hydrophobic domains, the aqueous compartments and the surface proteins were probed to evaluate the molecular dynamics in these microenvironments in normal as well as oligospermic cases. Decreased rotational motion of the stearic spin-labels, designated rigid l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sinha S,Kumar GP,Laloraya M

更新日期：1994-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin has gained significant attention as a mediator of insulin sensitivity. Recently, two receptors of this adipocyte-secreted hormone, adiponectin receptor 1 (AdipoR1) and 2 (AdipoR2), have been cloned. To improve our understanding of the regulation of these receptors in adipocytes, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 mRNA wa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Blüher M,Fasshauer M,Kralisch S,Schön MR,Krohn K,Paschke R

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure was developed for real-time measurement of the interaction between an archaeal TATA-binding protein (TBP) with stress-gene promoters from the archaeon Methanosarcina mazeii using surface plasmon resonance (SPR), the BIACORE 3000 equipment, and the SA (streptavidin) Sensor Chip. Measurements were based on t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Conway de Macario E,Rudofsky UH,Macario AJ

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of GTP on Ca2+ uptake and release was studied in a microsomal fraction isolated from neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells. GTP did not alter the ATP-dependent initial uptake of Ca2+ but markedly enhanced the efflux of Ca2+ from microsomes. GTP-dependent Ca2+ release requires the presence of millimol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jean T,Heppel LA,Klee CB

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:pNO40/PS1D, a novel nucleolar protein, has been characterized as a core protein of eukaryotic 60S ribosome and at least two splicing forms of pNO40 mRNAs with alternative starting sites have been identified. Through production of knockout (ko) mice with either exon 2 (△E2), exon 4 (△E4) or △E2+E4 targeted disruption w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin YM,Wu CC,Chang YC,Wu CH,Ho HL,Hu JW,Chang RC,Wang CT,Ouyang P

更新日期：2016-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Rheb binds and activates mTORC1, which plays a pivotal role in diverse cellular physiologies. To increase our understanding of how Rheb regulates mTORC1 signaling, we set out to identify Rheb binding proteins using shotgun proteomics approaches. In this study, we characterized HSP70, one of the identi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ryu HH,Ha SH

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A dot-blot hybridization procedure with synthetic oligonucleotide probes is reported, which allows the quantitative titration in genomic DNA of variant forms of repeated genes differing by a single nucleotide change. It involves the utilization of a pair of 22-base long oligonucleotides matching the two variant sequen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nicoloso M,Liang HQ,Bachellerie JP

更新日期：1989-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+-phospholipid dependent protein kinase activity and the effect of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on H+ secretion was studied in guinea-pig parietal cells. In resting parietal cells PK-C activity was distributed almost equally in both the cytosolic and particulate cell fraction. Exposure of the cells to...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Beil W,Mannschedel W,Sewing KF

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing antimicrobial drug resistance is a global threat especially with respect to Gram-negative bacteria. The low permeability of the bacterial outer cell wall has been identified as an important bottleneck that prevents a sufficient antibacterial effect to be achieved at low doses of the antibiotics. In particul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Citak F,Ghai I,Rosenkötter F,Benier L,Winterhalter M,Wagner R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the mechanism underlying the antiatherogenic effect of estrogen, we examined the role of estrogen in the regulation of endothelin-1 (ET-1) production by cultured bovine carotid arterial endothelial cells. Treatment of the cells with 17beta-estradiol dose dependently inhibited gene expression and peptide...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akishita M,Kozaki K,Eto M,Yoshizumi M,Ishikawa M,Toba K,Orimo H,Ouchi Y

更新日期：1998-10-09 00:00:00