Calcium dependent activation of skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel (ryanodine receptor) by calmodulin.

abstract：:Chemiluminescence in visible region was detected, during peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation of chlorpromazine at pH7.5 (but not at pH4.25) or of propericiazine, both at pH7.5 and at pH4.25. Red colored intermediates, cation radicals, were produced and decayed in all enzymatic systems used. Chemiluminescence was also detec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakano M,Sugioka K,Nakano H,Takyu C,Inaba H

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarafotoxins (SRTXs) are endothelin-like peptides extracted from snake venom. SRTXs stimulate the endothelin ETA and ETB receptors and enhance vasoconstriction, followed by left ventricular dysfunction and bronchoconstriction. SRTXs include four major isopeptides, S6a-d, with different subtype selectivities. Here, we ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Izume T,Miyauchi H,Shihoya W,Nureki O

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Plexin-B1 regulates various cellular processes interacting directly with several Rho proteins. Molecular details of these interactions are, however, not well understood. In this study, we examined in vitro and in silico the interaction of the Rho binding domain (B1RBD) of human Plexin-B1 with 11 different Rho proteins...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fansa EK,Dvorsky R,Zhang SC,Fiegen D,Ahmadian MR

更新日期：2013-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual C-terminal conformation has been detected in a synthetic decapeptide designed to analyze the stereochemistry of helix termination in polypeptides. The crystal structure of the decapeptide Boc-Leu-Aib-Val-Ala-Leu-Aib-Val-(D)Ala-(D)Leu-Aib-OMe reveals a helical segment spanning residues 1-7 and helix terminat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aravinda S,Shamala N,Pramanik A,Das C,Balaram P

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction of metmyoglobin with peroxides is known to involve the formation, possibly via a porphyrin radical-cation, of a ferryl (iron(IV)-oxo) species and a protein radical; there is a little information available as to which of these species initiates the damage which is observed on incubating membrane fractions with...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Newman ES,Rice-Evans CA,Davies MJ

更新日期：1991-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a small population of cells with stem cell-like properties found in tumors. CSCs are closely associated with tumor heterogeneity, which influences tumor progress, metastasis, and drug resistance. Here, we propose a concept to enhance efficacy of cancer therapy through CSC reprogramming int...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee KS,Choi JS,Cho YW

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse thymocytes were separated into cortical and medullary subpopulations by differential agglutination with peanut agglutinin. A high-affinity receptor for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is present in medullary immunocompetent mouse thymocytes and is absent from cortical immature cells. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, at physio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ravid A,Koren R,Novogrodsky A,Liberman UA

更新日期：1984-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic C-C bond cleavage of a lignin model compound was investigated by use of tetraphenylporphyrinatoiron(III)chloride as a model for enzymic degradation of lignin. The C-C bond of the lignin model compound 1,2-bis(4-ethoxy-3-methoxyphenyl) propane-1,3-diol was oxidatively cleaved by catalysis of iron-porphyri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimada M,Habe T,Umezawa T,Higuchi T,Okamoto T

更新日期：1984-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cot/Tpl2, a member of MAP kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK), is indispensable for the ERK activation, as well as the production of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-23, and PGE(2) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophages. However, the expression and the functional roles of Cot/Tpl2 in mast cells have not been elucidated. The adm...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chiba N,Kakimoto K,Masuda A,Matsuguchi T

更新日期：2010-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel mesenchymal protein, epimorphin, has been reported to play a key role in morphogenesis of fetal organs. The morphological and functional features of epimorphin in adult liver were entirely unknown. This study was performed to determine the distribution and function of this protein in the adult mouse liver. Epi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hirose M,Watanabe S,Oide H,Kitamura T,Miyazaki A,Sato N

更新日期：1996-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitization to Cupressaceae pollen has become one of the most important causes of pollinosis in Western countries during winter and early spring. However, the characterization of the extracts, the allergens involved and the cross-reactivity with other pollen sources still remain poorly studied; in the case of Cupres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pico de Coaña Y,Parody N,Fuertes MÁ,Carnés J,Roncarolo D,Ariano R,Sastre J,Mistrello G,Alonso C

更新日期：2010-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the armadillo (arm) repeat family of proteins are implicated in tumorigenesis, embryonic development, and maintenance of tissue integrity. We have cloned cDNA for a novel human arm repeat protein, ALEX1, encoding 453 amino acids. ALEX1 shares significant homology with uncharacterized ORF KIAA0512 and putati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurochkin IV,Yonemitsu N,Funahashi SI,Nomura H

更新日期：2001-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted drug delivery has been an important issue for tumor therapy including photodynamic therapy (PDT). The purpose of our study is to increase the targeting efficiency of photosensitizer (PS) using folate-modified nanoparticles (NPs) to tumor site in vivo. Folate receptor is over-expressed on the surface of many h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Son J,Yang SM,Yi G,Roh YJ,Park H,Park JM,Choi MG,Koo H

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Betulinic acid (BA) exhibits various biological activities such as anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-human papilloma virus (HPV), and anti-cancer activities. HPV infection is associated with a high risk of cervical cancer, which is the leading cause of deaths among women worldwide. Therefore, BA is an attractive...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim HJ,Cho HS,Ban HS,Nakamura H

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils stimulated with a low concentration of chemotactic peptide N-formyl-met-leu-phe respond with a brief pulse of actin polymerization and a persistent change in morphology from round to polarized. The recovery of the actin polymerization response is unlikely to be due to usual receptor desensitization mechani...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Model MA,Omann GM

更新日期：1996-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:When rat hepatoma cells (R-Y121B) were incubated with insulin at 37 degrees C, concanavalin A increased insulin internalization into cells. When R-Y121B cells were first incubated with labeled insulin at 4 degrees C then with concanavalin A at various concentrations at 37 degrees C, the total cellular radioactivity wa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sorimachi K,Yasumura Y

更新日期：1984-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen heterocycle small molecules display various pharmaceutically important bioactivities and have great potential in drug development and application. Microbes are an important source for discovering nitrogen heterocycle natural products, and the elucidation of their biosynthetic pathways in microbes facilitates ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chai S,Cao M,Feng Z

更新日期：2021-01-11 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：:The context-dependent expression of genes is the core for biological activities, and significant attention has been given to identification of various factors contributing to gene expression at genomic scale. However, so far this type of analysis has been focused either on relation between mRNA expression and non-codi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu G,Nie L,Zhang W

更新日期：2006-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This present study aims at establishing a novel in vivo gene delivery system for intra-articular tissues. Plasmid DNA (pDNA) carrying the firefly luciferase or enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) genes as markers was injected into a joint space and electric stimuli were given percutaneously with a pair of electr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohashi S,Kubo T,Kishida T,Ikeda T,Takahashi K,Arai Y,Terauchi R,Asada H,Imanishi J,Mazda O

更新日期：2002-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the preproinsulin protein that affect processing of preproinsulin to proinsulin or lead to misfolding of proinsulin are associated with diabetes. We examined the subcellular localization and secretion of 13 neonatal diabetes-associated human proinsulin proteins (A24D, G32R, G32S, L35P, C43G, G47V, F48C, G...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park SY,Ye H,Steiner DF,Bell GI

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) gene expression and IGFBP secretion were investigated in a retinoic acid (RA)-resistant subline (RROI) of MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells. Our results demonstrate that RRO-I cells constitutively secrete higher levels of IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-5. In addition, we found th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sheikh MS,Shao ZM,Chen JC,Clemmons DR,Roberts CT Jr,LeRoith D,Fontana JA

更新日期：1992-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The human leukemia cell line KU812 had been described as an immature prebasophilic cell line and exhibits a potential to differentiate into mature basophils. We studied the effect of interleukin-4 (IL-4) on the basophilic differentiation of KU812 cells. When KU812 cells were cultured with 1 ng/ml IL-4, cellular histam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hara T,Yamada K,Tachibana H

更新日期：1998-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin contains multiple redox sensitive methionines whose oxidation alters the regulation of numerous targets. Molecular dynamics simulations were used to define the molecular principles that govern how calmodulin is structurally poised to detect and respond to methionine oxidation. We found that calmodulin's ope...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Walgenbach DG,Gregory AJ,Klein JC

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a crucial role in various physiological and pathological processes mediated by β-adrenergic receptors (β-ARs) in cardiomyocytes. However, the sources and signaling pathways involved in ROS production induced by acute β-AR activation have not yet been fully defined. In primary neonata...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang J,Xiao H,Shen J,Wang N,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The 15-kDa selenoprotein (Sep15) has been implicated in etiology of some types of cancer. Herein, inducible RNAi cell lines were established and cell morphology and motility were analyzed. The majority of Sep15-deficient cells (>95%) formed membrane blebs in a dynamic manner. Blebbing cells transformed cell morphology...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bang J,Jang M,Huh JH,Na JW,Shim M,Carlson BA,Tobe R,Tsuji PA,Gladyshev VN,Hatfield DL,Lee BJ

更新日期：2015-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor in human A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells undergoes a slow post-translational modification whereby it acquires (t1/2 = 30-40 min) EGF binding capacity (Slieker, L.J., et. al. (1986) J. Biol. Chem., 261, 15233-15241). This activation occurs in the endo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Slieker LJ,Martensen TM,Lane MD

更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The amelogenin gene is tightly regulated at the temporal and spatial level in accord with the developmental requirement for tooth formation. Previous studies have shown that CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha) is a transactivator of the mouse X-chromosomal amelogenin gene. C/EBPalpha contains four highly...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu Y,Zhou YL,Erickson RL,Macdougald OA,Snead ML

更新日期：2007-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of sodium selenite on biliary secretion of methyl mercury was examined in rats. The biliary secretion of methyl mercury in rat treated with 1 mumol/kg of methyl mercury was significantly decreased by administration of selenite at doses of 0.05 mumol/kg or higher. In rats given 10 mumol/kg of meth...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Urano T,Imura N,Naganuma A

更新日期：1997-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for the presence of cancer stem-like progenitors in malignant brain tumors. This subpopulation of progenitor cells, the so-called "cancer stem cells (CSCs)", may play a pivotal role in brain tumor initiation, growth, and recurrence. Here we describe the establishment of one permanent brain...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inagaki A,Soeda A,Oka N,Kitajima H,Nakagawa J,Motohashi T,Kunisada T,Iwama T

更新日期：2007-09-28 00:00:00