In vitro NCp7 enhancement of ribozyme-mediated cleavage of full-length human IL-6 mRNA.

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：:A variety of different forms of cellular stress can cause protein misfolding and aggregation and proteotoxicity. The cytoprotective response to proteotoxicity is termed the integrated stress response and involves 4 distinct serine/threonine protein kinases that converge on the translation initiation factor eIF2α, resu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McConkey DJ

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of parts of a known calmodulin binding site at the C-terminus of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein, gp160, can result in diminished infectivity. We investigated whether expression of full length gp160 would result in changes in intracellular calmodulin compared to expression of gp160 truncated to remove both known c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Radding W,Pan ZQ,Hunter E,Johnston P,Williams JP,McDonald JM

更新日期：1996-01-05 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：:Comparative fluorimetric, flow cytofluorimetric and fluorescence ratiometric determinations of intracellular K+ concentrations in murine haemopoietic cells (FDCP-Mix clone A4) cultured in the presence and absence of the specific growth factor Interleukin-3 were carried out with the fluorescent potassium-binding benzof...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Laskay G,Várhelyi T,Dale RE,Dexter TM

更新日期：1995-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ouabain-resistant and ouabain-sensitive alpha-subunit cRNAs in various molar ratios were injected into Xenopus oocytes together with cRNA for the beta-subunit. The ouabain-resistant ATPase activity, as well as ouabain-resistant Rb+ uptake, of the injected oocytes increased linearly with increasing the amount of cR...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takeda K,Kawamura M

更新日期：2001-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) have taken center stage as bona fide second messengers in various signaling pathways. Here, we report the synthesis, metabolic fate, and effectiveness in modulating such pathways of a Tat-catalase conjugate. Incubation of L2 cells with Tat-catalase greatly i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe N,Iwamoto T,Bowen KD,Dickinson DA,Torres M,Forman HJ

更新日期：2003-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of either D- or L-thyroxine (T4) significantly increased the glucocorticoid binding capacity of cytosol of the livers of adrenalectomized adult rats. Administration of up to 0.5 mg/100 g body wt. of L-T4 was more effective than that of D-T4, but higher doses (0.8-3 mg/100 g body wt.) of D-T4 increased t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Naito K,Isohashi F,Tsukanaka K,Horiuchi M,Okamoto K,Matsunaga T,Sakamoto Y

更新日期：1985-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of pancreatic islet B-cells to D-glucose and many other insulinotropic agents results in an increase of cytoplasmic calcium concentration, which triggers the exocytosis of secretroy granules. Previous studies have demonstrated that calcium itself, at concentrations ranging from 2 to 18 mM, is able to induce a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rasschaert J,Malaisse WJ

更新日期：1999-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-κB ligand (RANKL)-activated signaling is essential for osteoclast differentiation, activation, and survival. Salicortin is a phenolic glycoside that has been isolated from many plants such as Populus and Salix species, and has been shown to have anti-amnesic and anti-adipogeni...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nie S,Xu J,Zhang C,Xu C,Liu M,Yu D

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaspin, an adipocytokine recently identified in a rat model of type 2 diabetes, has been suggested to have an insulin-sensitizing effect. However, the exact mechanism underlying this action has not been fully elucidated. Furthermore, the specific function of vaspin is largely unknown, especially in vascular cells. We ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jung CH,Lee WJ,Hwang JY,Seol SM,Kim YM,Lee YL,Park JY

更新日期：2011-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We show here a novel non-viral strategy to transduce human cells by using an EBV-based vector system. The EBV-based vectors, the plasmid vectors carrying EBV oriP (origin for plasmid replication) and EBNA (EBV nuclear antigen) 1 gene from EBV genome, were combined with 2 gene delivery systems, i.e., cationic liposome ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Satoh E,Osawa M,Tomiyasu K,Hirai H,Shimazaki C,Oda Y,Nakagawa M,Kondo M,Kinoshita S,Mazda O,Imanishi J

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA clones from Nicotiana plumbaginifolia have been isolated by hybridization to a yeast H+-ATPase gene. The largest one encodes a polypeptide (PMA2) of 956 amino acid residues which exhibits a homology of 73% with a limited protein sequence obtained from purified oat plasma membrane H+-ATPase (Schaller and Sussman, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boutry M,Michelet B,Goffeau A

更新日期：1989-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a mechanism to digest cells' own components, and its importance in many physiological and pathological processes is being recognized. But the molecular mechanism that regulates autophagy is not understood in detail. In the present study, we found that cholesterol depletion induces macroautophagy. The cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cheng J,Ohsaki Y,Tauchi-Sato K,Fujita A,Fujimoto T

更新日期：2006-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for quantitation of charged detergents using their hemolytic property in an electrophoresis assay in agarose gels containing red blood cells. After electrophoresis the zone of hemolysis is directly proportional to the concentration of detergent in the sample. Using this technique we have determin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sundquist B,Dalsgaard K,Morein B

更新日期：1983-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer/Testis antigen DDX53 shows high expression level in various tumors and is involved in anti-cancer drug resistance. However, the functional study of DDX53 in cervix cancer remains unknown. In this study, the role of DDX53 in taxol-resistance of cervix cancer cells was investigated. In taxol-resistant HelaTR cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park SY,Kim WJ,Byun JH,Lee JJ,Jeoung D,Park ST,Kim Y

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranes of HL-60 cells were shown to possess saturable binding sites for [3H]inositol(1,3,4,5)tetrakisphosphate, with nanomolar affinity (KD = 90 nM) and a density of 250 fmol/mg protein. The specificity of the binding sites for Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 was assessed by competition studies utilising a variety of inositol polyp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bradford PG,Irvine RF

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the formation of extracellular amyloid plaques containing the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) within the parenchyma of the brain. Aβ42, which is 42 amino acids in length, is considered to be the key pathogenic factor in AD. Iron deposition is found abundantly in the amyloid plaques ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shen X,Liu J,Fujita Y,Liu S,Maeda T,Kikuchi K,Obara T,Takebe A,Sayama R,Takahashi T,Matsue A,Sera K,Michikawa M,Komano H,Zou K

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetics measurements of the electron transfer between ferricytochrome c and liposomal ferrocytochrome c1 (with and without the hinge protein) were performed. The observed rate constants(kobs) of electron transfer between liposomal ferrocytochrome c1 and ferricytochrome c at different ionic strengths were measured in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim CH,King TE,Balny C

更新日期：1989-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose depressed DNA synthesis in rat hepatocytes in primary culture. As compared to controls cultured with 5.6 mM glucose, maximal (> or = 75%) inhibition was obtained at 20-30 mM, and half-maximal effect at 10-15 mM. Comparison of D- and L-glucose showed that the effect was specific for the D-form. Maximal inhibiti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dajani OF,Refsnes M,Guren TK,Horn RS,Thoresen GH,Christoffersen T

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Max binding protein (MNT) is a member of the Myc/Max/Mad network that plays a role in cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. We previously observed that MNT was differentially expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and interacted with Nck1 by 2-DE. Nck family adaptor proteins function to couple tyrosi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu J,Zhou Q,Wang Y,Zhou X,Li J

更新日期：2012-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of the sulphated tyrosine residue in position 27 in human cholecystokinin-33, parallel bioassay of the sulphated form of human cholecystokinin-33 and the unsulphated form of human cholecystokinin-33 was performed on the pancreatic protein secretion. Both peptides increased the protein output in a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Doi R,Inoue K,Kogire M,Sumi S,Yun M,Futaki S,Fujii N,Yajima H,Tobe T

更新日期：1988-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish a simple system for purification of recombinant infectious hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles, we designed a chimeric J6/JFH-1 virus with a FLAG (FL)-epitope-tagged sequence at the N-terminal region of the E2 hypervariable region-1 (HVR1) gene (J6/JFH-1/1FL). We found that introduction of an adaptive mutat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi H,Akazawa D,Kato T,Date T,Shirakura M,Nakamura N,Mochizuki H,Tanaka-Kaneko K,Sata T,Tanaka Y,Mizokami M,Suzuki T,Wakita T

更新日期：2010-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver X receptors LXRα (NR1H3) and LXRβ (NR1H2) are transcription factors belonging to the nuclear receptor superfamily, activated by specific oxysterols, oxidized derivatives of cholesterol. These receptors are involved in the regulation of testis physiology. Lxr-deficient mice pointed to the physiological roles of t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oumeddour A,Viennois E,Caira F,Decourbey C,Maqdasy S,Tahraoui A,Baron S,Volle DH,Lobaccaro JM

更新日期：2014-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor binding properties of the hemoglobin-derived nonapeptide VV-hemorphin 7 (Val-Val-Tyr-Pro-Trp-Thr-Gln-Arg-Phe-OH) were studied using both the unlabelled form and tritium-labelled derivative of the peptide. In binding studies using selective opioid radioligands, VV-hemorphin 7 exhibited a rank order of potency ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Szikra J,Benyhe S,Orosz G,Darula Z,Piot JM,Fruitier I,Monory K,Hanoune J,Borsodi A

更新日期：2001-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucokinase plays a key role in glucose sensing in pancreatic beta cells and in liver metabolism. Heterozygous inactivating glucokinase mutations cause the autosomal dominantly inherited MODY2 subtype of maturity-onset diabetes of the young. The goal of this study was to elucidate the pathogenicity of the recently des...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Langer S,Platz C,Waterstradt R,Baltrusch S

更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Amyloid peptide (beta A) is a major fibrillar component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains and is related to the pathogenesis of the disease. In this study, using electron microscopy, we describe herein the results concerning the efficacy of compounds that can dissolve preformed beta A fibrils...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nguyen KV,Gendrault JL,Wolff CM

更新日期：2002-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study indicates that hyperinsulinemia in metabolic syndrome in the absence of nephropathy may promote hypertension by stimulating renal proximal tubule (PT) sodium transport via insulin receptor substrate (IRS) 2/phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway. In the present study we showed that the stimulatory effect...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura M,Satoh N,Suzuki M,Kume H,Homma Y,Seki G,Horita S

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the estrogen receptor bears proteolytic activity responsible for its own transformation. This activity was inhibited by aprotinin. Incubation of transformed ER with aprotinin modified the proteolytic digestion of the hormone binding subunit by proteinase K. The smallest hormone-binding fragme...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nigro V,Medici N,Abbondanza C,Minucci S,Moncharmont B,Molinari AM,Puca GA

更新日期：1990-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Major blood stage antimalarial drugs like chloroquine and artemisinin target the heme detoxification process of the malaria parasite. Hemozoin formation reactions in vitro using the Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 (Pfhrp-2), lipids, and auto-catalysis are slow and could not explain the speed of detoxifi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pandey AV,Babbarwal VK,Okoyeh JN,Joshi RM,Puri SK,Singh RL,Chauhan VS

更新日期：2003-09-05 00:00:00