Activation and deactivation of aflatoxin B1 in isolated rat hepatocytes.

abstract：:A 12kDa, heat stable protein (IF1) inhibiting hydrolytic activity of submitochondrial particles was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from buffalo heart mitochondria. Specific activity of the purified fraction was > 5000 units/mg. Maximal inhibition was observed at pH 6.0 and was Mg++ and ATP dependent. Circular...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sah JF,Kumar C,Mohanty P

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein, mRNA and activity levels of the calcium-independent protein kinase C (nPKC) isoenzymes were examined in NG108-15 cells. Western blot analyses reveal that proliferating NG 108-15 cells express the delta, epsilon, and eta, but not the theta species. The atypical species PKC zeta was also detected. Differentiati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Battaini F,Pascale A,Lucchi L,Racchi M,Bergamaschi S,Parenti M,Wetsel WC,Govoni S,Trabucchi M

更新日期：1994-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoskeletal reorganization processes can be analyzed by studying the nanometer-scale spontaneous motion of beads bound to the cytoskeleton. The bead motion is determined by force fluctuations within the cytoskeletal network that originates from myosin motor activity and dynamic restructuring of cytoskeletal filaments...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Alonso JL,Goldmann WH

更新日期：2012-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The first life forms evolved in a highly reducing environment. This reduced state is still carried by cells today, which makes the concept of "reductive stress" somewhat redundant. When oxygen became abundant on the Earth, due to the evolution of photosynthesis, life forms had to adapt or become extinct. Living organi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gutteridge JMC,Halliwell B

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Current therapeutic approaches for Parkinson's disease (PD) provide symptomatic relief but none of them change the course of disease. There is therefore a clear need for regenerative and cell replacement therapies (CRT). However, CRT faces several important challenges. First, the main symptoms of PD result from the lo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Arenas E

更新日期：2010-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to construct a recombinant vector expressing siRNA targetedly inhibiting aquaporin 3 (AQP3), and to evaluate the effects of AQP3 inhibition on the proliferation and invasion of XWLC-05 human lung cancer cells. METHODS:We obtained human AQP3 sequence from the Genbank and establ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xiong G,Chen X,Zhang Q,Fang Y,Chen W,Li C,Zhang J

更新日期：2017-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cells have been shown to induce enzyme activities, which are characteristically high in brain capillaries, in cerebral and non cerebral endothelial cells in culture. We evaluated the activity of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma GT) in freshly isolated (ex vivo) bovine blood (BEC) and lymphatic (LEC) endothel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weber E,Lorenzoni P,Raffaelli N,Cavina N,Sacchi G

更新日期：1996-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of myotonin-protein kinase (MT-PK) in the pathophysiology of myotonic dystrophy (DM), we developed specific antibodies against synthetic MT-PK peptides. The antibody identified a 53kDa protein in skeletal muscle and recognized decreases in the amount of the protein in both adult and congenital ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koga R,Nakao Y,Kurano Y,Tsukahara T,Nakamura A,Ishiura S,Nonaka I,Arahata K

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding proteins (PEBPs) are found in various species and have multiple functions. In this study, we purified the swine homolog of human PEBP4 (sPEBP4) from swine seminal plasma, cloned the sPEBP4 cDNA and functionally characterized this protein. The molecular mass of the purified protein was ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： An LP,Maeda T,Sakaue T,Takeuchi K,Yamane T,Du PG,Ohkubo I,Ogita H

更新日期：2012-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia, brain macrophages, are thought to be the primary target of HIV-1 infection in the brain, because they exclusively express the CD4 antigen which is effectively used for viral entry. The expression of CD4 mRNA in cultured microglia could be detected by the reverse-PCR method. Using this and immunohistochemica...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sawada M,Suzumura A,Marunouchi T

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a novel method consisting of chromatin fractionation and allele-specific detection, chromatin packaging is compared between active X (Xa) and inactive X (Xi) chromosomes for five tumor cell clones that were derived from inter-subspecific F1 female mice. Separation of heterochromatic (H) and euchromatic (E) fract...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Endo Y,Watanabe T,Kuwabara K,Tsunashima K,Mishima Y,Arakawa M,Takagi N,Kominami R

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock induces a variety of biological events including gene activation, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. Heat shock has recently been shown to be potentially useful when combined with radiation in cancer therapy, probably because, in mammalian cells, heat inhibits the repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs) induce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaneko H,Igarashi K,Kataoka K,Miura M

更新日期：2005-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2',3'-dideoxyriboside of 2,6-diaminopurine (ddDAPR) and its 2',3'-didehydro derivative (ddeDAPR) are poor substrates for adenosine deaminase (ADA) but potent inhibitors of the enzyme. Their Km values for ADA are of the same order of magnitude as those of the natural adenosine (Ado) and 2'-deoxyadenosine (dAdo), bu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Balzarini J,Robins MJ,Zou RM,Herdewijn P,De Clercq E

更新日期：1987-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromedin B and neuromedin C are the novel mammalian bombesin-like peptides isolated from porcine spinal cord. We have developed highly specific and sensitive radioimmunoassays for neuromedin B and neuromedin C, and determined their regional distribution in rat central nervous system. Prior to measurements of the tis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minamino N,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1984-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Various methods have been used to evaluate anti-fibrotic activity of drugs. However, most of them are complicated, labor-intensive and lack of efficiency. This study was intended to develop a rapid method for anti-fibrotic drugs screening based on biophysical properties. A549 cells in vitro were stimulated with transf...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu M,Zheng M,Xu H,Liu L,Li Y,Xiao W,Li J,Ma E

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are promising carriers for the intracellular delivery of various bioactive molecules. However, many ambiguities remain about the molecular interplays on cell surfaces that ultimately lead to endocytic uptake of CPPs. By treatment of cells with octaarginine (R8), enhanced ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakase I,Osaki K,Tanaka G,Utani A,Futaki S

更新日期：2014-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprises two major subtypes, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease, which are multifactorial diseases that may develop due to genetic susceptibility, dysbiosis, or environmental factors. Environmental triggers of IBD include food-borne factors, and a previous nationwide survey i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsuchiya M,Ito G,Hama M,Nagata S,Kawamoto A,Suzuki K,Shimizu H,Anzai S,Takahashi J,Kuno R,Takeoka S,Hiraguri Y,Sugihara HY,Mizutani T,Yui S,Oshima S,Tsuchiya K,Watanabe M,Okamoto R

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen is known to play a pivotal role in granulosa cell responses to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) that is critical for the establishment of dominant follicles and subsequent ovulation in mammals. Thus, elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate FSH activity is important to understand fema...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyoshi T,Otsuka F,Shimasaki S

更新日期：2013-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and purified to apparent homogeneity a serum protein which appears to be a biological marker for active rheumatoid arthritis. The protein has been found in the sera in all 44 active rheumatoid arthritis patients thus far studied and is absent from, or present in undetected amounts, in sera from normal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosano CL,Parhami N,Hurwitz C

更新日期：1985-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fru-6-P/Fru-2,6-P2 exchange reaction of rat liver 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase was almost entirely dependent on the presence of Pi. This exchange was not due to a reversal of the bisphosphatase nor to trace amounts of adenine nucleotide in the enzyme. Exchange activity was maximal at pH 7, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： El-Maghrabi MR,Pate TM,Pilkis SJ

更新日期：1984-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiherpetic agent 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine (araA) needs to be phosphorylated to its 5'-triphosphate to be effective as an inhibitor of herpes simplex virus replication. Adenosine kinase and deoxycytidine kinase are assumed to convert araA to its 5'-monophosphate. We now found that araAMP is converted to i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Balzarini J,De Clercq E

更新日期：1990-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Of two major isoforms of angiotensin II receptors, AT1 and AT2, biological roles of AT2 remain unclear. Using vascular smooth muscle cells, we investigated the regulation of expression of AT2 by growth factors in comparison with that of AT1. The cultured rat aorta smooth muscle cells had detectable AT2 binding sites, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kambayashi Y,Bardhan S,Inagami T

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several rat liver cytochromes P-450 have been substantially purified in a one-step immunoadsorption procedure using Sepharose-bound monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to the major forms of rat liver cytochrome P-450 induced by 3-methylcholanthrene and phenobarbital (MC-P-450 and PB-P-450, respectively). When mixed with solu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Friedman FK,Robinson RC,Park SS,Gelboin HV

更新日期：1983-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Partially purified preparations of O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase from rat liver and E. coli were tested for their ability to repair O4-methylthymine in a methylated poly(dT) X poly(dA) substrate. The bacterial preparation readily carried out this reaction, but no loss of O4-methylthymine was obtained with the r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dolan ME,Scicchitano D,Singer B,Pegg AE

更新日期：1984-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:ELOVL3 is involved in elongating saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, and is a critical enzyme for lipid accumulation in brown adipocytes during the early phase of tissue recruitment. In addition, ELOVL3 is related to increased fatty acid oxidation in brown adipocytes. However, the potential functions of ELOVL3 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu D,Xu JH,Tong HL,Li SF,Yan YQ

更新日期：2017-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter SLC12A3 displays expression restricted to distal convoluted tubule cells where it catalyzes the uptake of sodium and chloride through the apical membrane. We sequenced 1959 bp of the 5' flanking region of human SLC12A3, located the area of transcription initiation, and used d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： MacKenzie S,Vaitkevicius H,Lockette W

更新日期：2001-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrared spectra of E. coli strain JM103 and transformants which overproduced recombinant proinsulin have been measured as a function of pressure up to 38 kbar. It is the first time that high-pressure infrared spectra of live bacteria have been successfully measured. In ambient conditions, spectra of the host strain J...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wong PT,Zahab DM,Narang SA,Sung WL

更新日期：1987-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel technology for detecting nucleic acids: Probe Alteration Link Self-Assembly Reactions (PALSAR). PALSAR comprises DNA self-assembly of pairs of short DNA probes formed by alternate hybridization of three complementary regions in a pair of honeycomb probes (HCPs). Self-assembly occurs at designated s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Usui M,Fujikawa T,Osawa M,Hakii C,Ikumi N,Nozaki T,Kitamura N,Hatta Y,Fujiwara S,Takei M

更新日期：2015-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously provided evidence for a mechanism by which acyl DHAP is converted enzymatically to O-alkyl DHAP. This mechanism involves, in part, the formation of an endiol of acyl DHAP, loss of the fatty acid by splitting of the DHAP carbon-1 to oxygen bond and the gain of a long chain fatty alcohol. It has been ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Friedberg SJ,Weintraub ST,Peterson D,Satsangi N

更新日期：1987-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of ionophores on Cl- distribution in human erythrocyte suspensions, we measured the membrane potential by using 19F and 31P NMR methods. Incubation of human erythrocytes with 0.005 mM of the neutral ionophores valinomycin and nonactin resulted in membrane potentials of -21.2 and -17.8 mV in t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wittenkeller L,Mota de Freitas D,Ramasamy R

更新日期：1992-04-30 00:00:00