Demonstration of the phosphorylation-dependent interaction of tryptophan hydroxylase with the 14-3-3 protein.

abstract：:Staurosporine (STAR), a potent protein kinase C (PKC) antagonist, was found to modulate the chemoattractant-induced respiratory burst of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) according to drug concentration. Low STAR concentrations from 10 to 200 nM potentiated the N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Combadière C,Hakim J,Giroud JP,Périanin A

更新日期：1990-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of omeprazole on developing rat stomach mucosa were investigated. Infant rats were given subcutaneous injections of either omeprazole (25 mg/kg body weight/day) or vehicle once a day from the day after birth. As a result, omeprazole caused an elevation of mucosal pH and suppressed an increase in mucosal pe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kakei N,Ichinose M,Tsukada S,Tatematsu M,Tezuka N,Furihata C,Yahagi N,Matsushima M,Miki K,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1993-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Brefeldin A (BFA), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi transport inhibitor, has been shown to cause accumulation of proteins in the ER, ER stress, and ultimately apoptosis. In this paper, we demonstrate that the knockdown of mitochondrial NADP(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDPm), a mitochondrial NADPH-generat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moon JL,Kim SY,Shin SW,Park JW

更新日期：2012-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to clarify the cellular localization and expression of leptin receptor(s) [OB-R(s)] mRNA including its splice variants and their correlation with the cells which secrete placental hormone, placental lactogen-II (PL-II), in rat placentae. By in situ hybridization analysis, hybridization s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawai M,Murakami T,Otani S,Shima K,Yamaguchi M,Kishi K

更新日期：1999-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of the 27-kDa heat shock protein (HSP27) in cardiac protection using Langendorff-perfused rat hearts. After preconditioning (a single episode of 5 min global ischemia followed by 5 min of reperfusion), HSP27 redistributed from the cytosol to the sarcomere and recovery of the contractile functi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakamoto K,Urushidani T,Nagao T

更新日期：2000-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Six healthy subjects were given endothelin-1, intravenously in a dose of 4 pmol.kg-1.min-1 for 20 min. Blood samples were drawn from arterial, hepatic and renal vein catheters for determinations of splanchnic and renal blood flows and the extraction of endothelin-1 in these vascular beds. Intravenous infusion of endot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weitzberg E,Ahlborg G,Lundberg JM

更新日期：1991-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:TWIST1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, plays critical roles in embryo development, cancer metastasis and mesenchymal progenitor differentiation. Little is known about transcriptional regulation of TWIST1 expression. Here we identified DNA sequences responsible for TWIST1 expression in mesenchymal linea...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohkuma M,Funato N,Higashihori N,Murakami M,Ohyama K,Nakamura M

更新日期：2007-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the ibpAibpB heat-shock operon of Escherichia coli was found previously not to conform to the known pattern of expression of the sigma(32)-regulated operons because the rpoH gene mutation inactivating the sigma(32) protein did not abolish the ibp induction. We show here that this effect can depend pa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuczyńska-Wisńik D,Laskowska E,Taylor A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group II chaperonins (Cpns) are essential mediators of cellular protein folding in eukaryotes and archaea. They consist of two back-to-back rings forming symmetrical cavities in which non-native substrates undergo appropriate folding, but the primary structural basis for the double ring formation remains unclear. To a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luo H,Zhang P,Robb FT

更新日期：2011-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Two internalizing monovalent single chain antibody fragments (scFv), C6.5 and F5, that recognize distinct ErbB2 extracellular domain (ECD) epitopes, and their bivalent forms dbC6.5 and F5(scFv')(2), were compared to the growth-inhibiting anti-ErbB2 antibody Herceptin/trastuzumab, in either its bivalent (Her) or monova...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Neve RM,Nielsen UB,Kirpotin DB,Poul MA,Marks JD,Benz CC

更新日期：2001-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neddylation is an ubiquitin-like modification of proteins that affects the activity, stability and protein-protein interaction of its substrates. Apart from its role as a promoter for Cullin ring E3 ligase to positively regulate the ubiquitylation process, other functional studies about neddylation are still lacking. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li S,Fang W,Cui Y,Shi H,Chen J,Li L,Zhang L,Zhang X

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic COX-2 overexpression is sufficient to induce hepatitis, but its role on liver fibrosis remains unknown. We aim to elucidate possible biological effects of COX-2 in liver fibrosis using both gain-of-function and loss-of-function mouse models. COX-2 transgenic (TG) mice that specifically overexpress the human CO...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu J,Wu CW,Chu ES,Hui AY,Cheng AS,Go MY,Ching AK,Chui YL,Chan HL,Sung JJ

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor mammalian achaete-scute homolog-1 (MASH-1 in mouse and HASH-1 in human) is essential for proper development of olfactory and most peripheral autonomic neurons, and for the formation of distinct neuronal circuits within the central nervous system. We have previousl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Persson P,Jögi A,Grynfeld A,Påhlman S,Axelson H

更新日期：2000-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify novel psoriasis-associated genes, we focused on several ESTs (expressed sequence tags) whose expression was predominantly increased in the affected skin in patients with psoriasis vulgaris, as assessed by microarray assay. In this paper, a full-length cDNA corresponding to one of those ESTs (AI440266) was ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsuzaka Y,Okamoto K,Tsuji H,Mabuchi T,Ozawa A,Tamiya G,Inoko H

更新日期：2002-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Unveiling the mechanism of the relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the key to improve the prognosis of ALL and remains a huge challenge. Glycan-based interactions play a vital role in immune surveillance, cell-cell adhesion and cell-matrix interaction, contributing to treatment failure in tumor. However, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yi L,Hu Q,Zhou J,Liu Z,Li H

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The hpa cluster of Escherichia coli W ATCC 11105 encodes the enzymes involved in the catabolism of 4-hydroxyphenylacetate (4-HPA). The catabolic genes are organized in two operons, the hpaBC operon, which produces the hydroxylase activity, and the meta operon, which encodes the enzymes that cleave the aromatic ring an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Prieto MA,García JL

更新日期：1997-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently identified in porcine brain a series of new peptides, designated calcitonin receptor-stimulating peptide-1 (CRSP-1), CRSP-2, and CRSP-3, but failed to find their counterparts in humans and rodents by either database searching or experimental cross-hybridization. In this study, we isolated cDNAs encodi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Katafuchi T,Hamano K,Minamino N

更新日期：2004-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic-peptide strategy was used to generate antibodies raised against calcium-dependent lectins of vertebrates. We demonstrate that a synthetic peptide predicted from the amino acid sequence of the carbohydrate recognition domain can induce blocking antibodies which would react with, or in close vicinity of, t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Blanck O,Thibault V,Granier C,Van Rietschoten J,Courageot J,Miquelis R

更新日期：1990-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CAD/DFF40, the nuclease responsible for DNA fragmentation during apoptosis, exists as a heterodimeric complex with DFF45/ICAD. This study determines the molecular mechanisms of regulation of DFF40 via the chaperone and inhibition activities of DFF45. We analyze proteins corresponding to the fragments (D1, D2, and D3) ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McCarty JS,Toh SY,Li P

更新日期：1999-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocytes from human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hBM-MSCs) are expected to be a useful source for cell transplantation. However, relatively low efficiency and repeatability of hepatic differentiation of human BM-MSCs remains an obstacle for clinical translation. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha (HNF...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu X,Xie P,Li W,Li Z,Shan H

更新日期：2016-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus infection triggers innate responses to host cells including production of type I interferon (IFN). Since IFN production is also induced by treatment with poly(I:C), viral double-stranded (ds) RNA has been postulated to play a direct role in the process. In the present study, we investigated the effect of dsRNA b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwamura T,Yoneyama M,Koizumi N,Okabe Y,Namiki H,Samuel CE,Fujita T

更新日期：2001-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal human serum transferrin is present in several isoforms, due to differences in glycosylation. Transferrin has two potential glycosylation sites, both normally occupied by oligosaccharide chains. Two of the transferrin isoforms, called carbohydrate deficient transferrin, are specifically increased in patients wit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Landberg E,Påhlsson P,Lundblad A,Arnetorp A,Jeppsson JO

更新日期：1995-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the mechanisms underlying the induction of human inducible nitric oxide synthase (hiNOS) by cytokines is transcriptional regulation. However, previous reports suggest that in human cells, the cytokine activation of the hiNOS expression is accompanied by a drastic increase in cellular mRNA and protein content, b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nunokawa Y,Oikawa S,Tanaka S

更新日期：1997-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:CHFR ubiquitin ligase acts as a checkpoint upon DNA damage and its functional inactivation is one of key characteristics of tumor development and metastasis. Despite the crucial role in maintaining genome integrity and cell cycle progression, little is known how CHFR stability is regulated. Here, we showed that CHFR i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kwon YE,Bae SJ,Kim M,Seol JH

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Kurtoxin, a 63-amino acid peptide stabilized by four disulfide bonds, is the first reported peptide inhibitor of T-type voltage-gated calcium channels. Although T-type calcium channels have been implicated in a number of disease states, including epilepsy, chronic pain, hypertension and cancer, the lack of selective i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee CW,Eu YJ,Min HJ,Cho EM,Lee JH,Kim HH,Nah SY,Swartz KJ,Kim JI

更新日期：2011-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Akt is one of the critical mediators in cellular signaling, and overactivation of Akt related pathway frequently occurs in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we presented that Akt was upregulated in HCC cell lines, and its active phosphorylated form was mainly located in the nucleus. Employing the laser co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu L,Hu C,Li J,Xue P,He X,Ge C,Qin W,Yao G,Gu J

更新日期：2007-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragments of the human glutathione S-transferase pi gene and 15 kb of its 5' flanking region have been fused to the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter gene. Transfection into a number of human cell lines (Hela, HepG2, MCF7 and EJ) has demonstrated that the AP1 binding site, located between nucleotides -...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xia CL,Cowell IG,Dixon KH,Pemble SE,Ketterer B,Taylor JB

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of lipid peroxidation by incubating isolated rat hepatocytes with ADP/FeCl3 caused a time dependent increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ levels, without influencing cellular Na+ content. Omission of Na+ from the incubation medium greatly increased the accumulation of Ca2+, which was partially reverted upon tran...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Carini R,Bellomo G,Dianzani MU,Albano E

更新日期：1995-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, transcription of ARO9 and ARO10 genes, involved in the catabolism of aromatic amino acids, is activated by Aro80 transcription factor in response to aromatic amino acids. Here we show that the transcription of ARO9 and ARO10 is also induced by heat shock in an Aro80-dependent manner. Howev...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee K,Sung C,Kim BG,Hahn JS

更新日期：2013-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:E-cadherin plays a mechanical role in mediating cell-cell interactions and maintaining epithelial tissue integrity, and the loss of E-cadherin function has been implicated in cancer progression and metastasis. Syndecan-2, a cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan, is upregulated during the development of colon cance...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jang B,Jung H,Chung H,Moon BI,Oh ES

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00