Effect of antithrombin III, alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor and heparin on amidolytic activity of nerve growth factor (7S-NGF).

abstract：:To understand the role of cysteine (SH) residues in the folding of hen ovalbumin (OVA), SH-mutated OVAs, in which each SH residue was replaced by alanine (C11A, C30A, C367A, and C382A), were prepared. SDS-PAGE analysis under non-reducing conditions showed that the C11A and C30A mutants produced a disulfide (SS) isomer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishimaru T,Ito K,Tanaka M,Matsudomi N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) has multiple disease-associated functions including inducing oxidative stress by inhibiting the anti-oxidant and thiol reducing activity of thioredoxin (TRX), reducing cellular glucose transport, and is a component of the activated inflammasome complex. Increased expression of T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Buyandelger U,Walker DG,Taguchi H,Yanagisawa D,Tooyama I

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of anadamide, 2-arachidonoylglycerol and related compounds on the specific binding of a radiolabeled cannabinoid receptor ligand,[3H]CP55940, to synaptosomal membranes were examined. Anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, reduced the specific binding of [3H]CP55940 to synaptosomal membranes...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugiura T,Kondo S,Sukagawa A,Nakane S,Shinoda A,Itoh K,Yamashita A,Waku K

更新日期：1995-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that novel targeted "hybrid peptide" in which epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) binding peptide was conjugated with lytic-type peptide had selective cytotoxic activity to EGFR expressing cancer cell lines, and in vivo analysis revealed that this EGFR-lytic peptide displayed significant ant...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tada N,Horibe T,Haramoto M,Ohara K,Kohno M,Kawakami K

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the human TCOF1 gene have been identified in patients with Treacher Collins Syndrome (Mandibulofacial Dysostosis), an autosomal dominant condition affecting the craniofacial region. We report the isolation of the entire mouse Tcof1 coding sequence (3960 bp) by performing a computer-based search for mouse ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Paznekas WA,Zhang N,Gridley T,Jabs EW

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of at least two distinct Mg2+- or Mn2+-dependent, Ca2+-independent endonuclease activities was shown in the myeloid leukemia cell line P39. One of them was recovered from nuclear extracts and the other from a cytoplasmic fraction. The molecular size of the former was 30 kDa in both gel filtration and acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawabata H,Anzai N,Masutani H,Hirama T,Hishita T,Dodo M,Masuda T,Yoshida Y,Okuma M

更新日期：1997-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Loaded under whole cell patch-clamp configuration, the caged Ca2+ molecule DM-nitrophen was used to increase [Ca2+]i rapidly and reversibly in isolated Deiters cells of the organ of Corti. Photolysis of DM-nitrophen increased [Ca2+]i from resting concentrations of 20-50 nM to values above microM, as measured with the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dulon D,Blanchet C,Laffon E

更新日期：1994-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is characterized by Th2-mediated inflammation, resulting in airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) through airway remodeling. Recent epidemiological and experimental reports have suggested an inverse relationship between the development of allergy and helminth infections. Infection by Clonorchis sinensis, a liver flu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jeong YI,Kim SH,Ju JW,Cho SH,Lee WJ,Park JW,Park YM,Lee SE

更新日期：2011-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, Bmi1 was shown to control the proliferation and self-renewal of neural stem cells (NSCs). In this study, we demonstrated the induction of NSC-like cells (NSCLCs) from mouse astrocytes by Bmi1 under NSC culture conditions. These NSCLCs exhibited the morphology and growth properties of NSCs, and expressed NSC ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moon JH,Yoon BS,Kim B,Park G,Jung HY,Maeng I,Jun EK,Yoo SJ,Kim A,Oh S,Whang KY,Kim H,Kim DW,Kim KD,You S

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A phospholipase A2, which is immuno-crossreactive with the anti-rat pancreatic phospholipase A2 antibody, is present in rat gastric mucosa. The content of the enzyme in the gastric mucosa was comparable to that in the pancreas, but the specific activity in the gastric mucosa homogenate (60.7 +/- 19.5 nmol/min/mg) was ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tojo H,Ono T,Okamoto M

更新日期：1988-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitric oxide synthases (NOS) are a class of enzymes responsible for the generation of NO via an oxygen and NADPH dependent oxidation of the amino acid arginine. These enzymes are ironheme proteins which contain FAD and FMN and, enigmatically, require tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). NOS has recently been shown to be sub...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hyun J,Komori Y,Chaudhuri G,Ignarro LJ,Fukuto JM

更新日期：1995-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the WNK1 and WNK4 genes result in an inherited hypertensive disease, pseudohypoaldosteronism type II (PHAII). Recently, the KLHL3 and Cullin3 genes were also identified as responsible genes for PHAII. Although we have reported that WNK4 is a substrate for the KLHL3-Cullin3 E3 ligase complex, it is not cle...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi D,Mori T,Wakabayashi M,Mori Y,Susa K,Zeniya M,Sohara E,Rai T,Sasaki S,Uchida S

更新日期：2013-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) is a critical immunosuppressive cytokine that inhibits the cell-mediated immune responses partly via inhibition of immunostimulatory cytokine production from T cells, NK cells, and macrophages. Here we investigated the effect of TGFbeta on NK cell activation induced by interle...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi H,Inoue Y,Tsutsui H,Okamura H,Nakanishi K,Onozaki K

更新日期：2003-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK2), a major PAK isoform expressed in PC12 cells, mediates neurite outgrowth via Rac1 GTPase. RhoGDI1 forms a complex with Rac1, resulting in its inhibition. Rac1 activation requires dissociation from RhoGDI1. Here, we show that PAK2 mediates basic fibroblast growth ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shin EY,Shim ES,Lee CS,Kim HK,Kim EG

更新日期：2009-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A prolyl isomerase Pin1 deficient (Pin1-/-) male mice had severe testicular atrophy. We investigated the function of Pin1 in spermatogenesis by analyzing the Pin1-/- mice at reproductive age. Pin1-/- mice had lessαPLZF positive spermatogonia (undifferentiated spermatogonia) than wild type (WT). Nevertheless, the Pin1-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurita-Suzuki A,Kamo Y,Uchida C,Tanemura K,Hara K,Uchida T

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) has been known to have cytoprotective effects on several types of tissues, presumably through modulation of apoptosis and inflammation. The effect of EPO on myocardial inflammation, however, has not yet been clarified. We investigated the cardioprotective effects of EPO in rats with experimental a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mitsuma W,Ito M,Kodama M,Fuse K,Okamura K,Minagawa S,Kato K,Hanawa H,Toba K,Nakazawa M,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2006-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-specific alternative RNA splicing in human F1gamma pre-mRNA produces muscle- and nonmuscle-type isoforms. Muscle-specific exclusion of exon 9 of the F1gamma gene is cell-specifically induced by acidic treatment of human fibrosarcoma HT1080 and rhabdomyosarcoma KYM-1 cells. We constructed an F1gamma minigene con...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayakawa M,Endo H,Hamamoto T,Kagawa Y

更新日期：1998-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting acute clinical events caused by atherosclerotic plaque rupture remains a clinical challenge. Anatomic mapping of the vascular tree provided by standard imaging technologies is not always sufficient for a robust diagnosis. Yet biological mechanisms leading to unstable plaques have been identified and corresp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Juenet M,Varna M,Aid-Launais R,Chauvierre C,Letourneur D

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nectins are Ca2+ independent cell adhesion molecules localizing at the cadherin based adherens junctions. In this study, we have used atomic force microscopy to study interaction of a chimera of extra cellular fragment of nectin-1 and Fc of human IgG (nef-1) with wild type L-fibroblasts that express endogenous nectin-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vedula SR,Lim TS,Hui S,Kausalya PJ,Lane EB,Rajagopal G,Hunziker W,Lim CT

更新日期：2007-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Plucked (pk) is an autosomal recessive mouse mutation with a hair phenotype that arose spontaneously in the DBA/2J strain. Histological studies indicate that adult pk mutant mice lose truncal hair because of the scarring of follicles due to an apparent obstruction of the outward movement of the hair shaft within the f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luo J,Zhang L,Stenn K,Prouty S,Parimoo S

更新日期：2005-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:One point mutation which converts glycine-317 to aspartate of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) was reported to be associated with lethal hypophosphatasia (Greenberg, C. R., et al. Genomics 17, 215-217, 1993). In order to define the molecular defect of TNSALP underlying the pathogenesis of hypophosphata...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukushi M,Amizuka N,Hoshi K,Ozawa H,Kumagai H,Omura S,Misumi Y,Ikehara Y,Oda K

更新日期：1998-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:E Prostanoid (EP) receptors play an important role in urinary Na(+) excretion. In the kidney, the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is the rate-limiting-step for Na(+) reabsorption. We hypothesized that activation of EP1/EP3 regulates the expression of ENaC in the face of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system (RAAS) act...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： González AA,Céspedes C,Villanueva S,Michea L,Vio CP

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-myc oncogene is implicated in normal growth and differentiation processes. Human cell lines IM9 and HepG2 stably cultured at "low" glucose concentrations (5.5 mM) show c-myc mRNA levels 3-4 times higher than cells cultured at "high" glucose concentrations (25 nM). D-fructose (a metabolizable exose) substitutes f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Briata P,Laurino C,Gherzi R

更新日期：1989-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of a glycolytic cancer cell was introduced by Warburg over 70 years ago. This perception has since become the rationale that drives a considerable proportion of basic research on cancer, and it influences the current strategies for the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of cancer. Here we review the data...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zu XL,Guppy M

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:AtNPF7.3/AtNRT1.5, which is a nitrate transporter that drives root-to-shoot transport of NO3-, is also involved in modulating the response to K+ deprivation in Arabidopsis by affecting root development and K+ transport. However, whether NPF7.3/NRT1.5 functions in regulating plant responses to deficiencies of other nut...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui YN,Li XT,Yuan JZ,Wang FZ,Wang SM,Ma Q

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PGs) released by cultured rat Kupffer cells in response to stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or ethanol were extracted from culture media, separated by HPLC and measured by radioimmunoassay. LPS (0.5-5 micrograms/ml) enhanced, after a 3-4 hrs lag period, the production of PGE2 (7-10 fold by 24 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Victorov AV,Hoek JB

更新日期：1995-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that silkworm hemolymph exhibits anti-apoptotic activity against baculovirus-induced Sf9 cell apoptosis. In this study, using various chemical inducers, such as actinomycin D, camptothecin, and staurosporine, we found that silkworm hemolymph inhibits insect cell apoptosis induced not only by b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rhee WJ,Kim EJ,Park TH

更新日期：2002-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term glyburide therapy has been reported to improve glucose-induced insulin secretion in patients with NIDDM. We examined the effects of glyburide on the synthesis and release of insulin and insulin gene expression in isolated islets in vitro. Incubation with glyburide (500 ng/ml) significantly increased insulin ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamato E,Ikegami H,Tahara Y,Fukuda M,Cha T,Kawaguchi Y,Fujioka Y,Noma Y,Shima K,Ogihara T

更新日期：1994-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is featured by hepatic steatosis, insulin resistance, lipid deposition and inflammation. However, the pathogenic mechanism of NAFLD is still poorly understood. Dual-specificity phosphatase 16 (DUSP16), a c-Jun N-terminal kinase-specific phosphatase, has been reported to negativ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu YK,Hu LF,Lou DS,Wang BC,Tan J

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase activity and the factors which may regulate this steroid hydroxylase were examined in the midgut of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, during the last larval stadium. Radioassay experiments revealed that midgut ecdysone 20-monooxygenase undergoes a single 50-fold increase in activity tempor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keogh DP,Johnson RF,Smith SL

更新日期：1989-11-30 00:00:00