Decreased ET(B) receptor expression in human metastatic melanoma cells.

abstract：:We have examined the kinetics of the effects of inhibitors of the Na+/H(+)-antiporter (dimethylamiloride) and the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (bafilomycin A1) on bone resorption by disaggregated rat osteoclasts in the bone slice assay. Bafilomycin A1 (100 nM) inhibited resorption by approximately 95%, 75%, 80% and 60% respec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hall TJ,Schaeublin M,Chambers TJ

更新日期：1992-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a mostly incurable disease. The fact that the identity of the mechanisms that regulate metastasis in HCC is known hampers the development of anti-metastatic therapies. Currently, there is no effective treatment for HCC once it is progressed to metastatic stage. Therefo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu Y,Liu ZG,Shi MQ,Yu HZ,Jiang XY,Yang AH,Fu XS,Xu Y,Yang S,Ni H,Shen SJ,Li WD

更新日期：2017-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone (Dex) causes osteoblast cell injuries. In the present research, we tested the potential effect of SC79, a novel and specific Akt activator, against Dex in osteoblasts. In primary murine osteoblasts and osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells, pretreatment with SC79 significantly attenuated Dex-induced cell death. Fu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li ST,Chen NN,Qiao YB,Zhu WL,Ruan JW,Zhou XZ

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the primary culture of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes, synthesis and secretion of rat atrial natriuretic peptide (rANP) were studied. Ventricular myocytes in culture, although contained less amounts of cellular immunoreactive (IR)-rANP, secreted substantial amounts of IR-rANP at a rate comparable to that of a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsubara H,Hirata Y,Yoshimi H,Takata S,Takagi Y,Yamane Y,Umeda Y,Nishikawa M,Inada M

更新日期：1987-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is an evolutionary conserved intracellular process whereby cells break down long-lived proteins and organelles. Accumulating evidences suggest increasing physiological significance of autophagy in pathogenesis of infectious diseases. Anthrax lethal toxin (LT) exerts its influence on numerous cells and herein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tan YK,Kusuma CM,St John LJ,Vu HA,Alibek K,Wu A

更新日期：2009-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudouridine in yeast 5S RNA was modified with 4-bromomethyl-7-methoxy-coumarin(BMC). Temperature dependence of fluorescence intensity was measured at various concentrations of Mg2+ and K+ cations. Hyperchromicity was also measured. At 100mM KCl and 10mM Mg2+, fluorescence intensity decreased with temperature as free...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagamatsu K,Miyazawa Y

更新日期：1983-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were undertaken to examine the effects of reduced (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG) glutathione on lipid peroxidation of rat liver microsomes. Dependence on microsomal alpha-tocopherol was shown for the GSH inhibition of lipid peroxidation. However, when GSH (5 mM) and GSSG (2.5 mM) were combined in the assay syst...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Scholz RW,Graham KS,Reddy CC

更新日期：1990-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin, a novel growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide, was recently isolated from rat stomach by the search of an endogenous ligand to an "orphan" G-protein-coupled-receptor. Ghrelin neuron is present in the arcuate nucleus of rat hypothalamus, but its central effect on growth hormone (GH) release has yet to be c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Date Y,Murakami N,Kojima M,Kuroiwa T,Matsukura S,Kangawa K,Nakazato M

更新日期：2000-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Oleanolic acid (OA), a pentacyclic triterpene acid, is reported to have antitumor activities; however, the mechanism underlying its antitumorigenic effects is poorly understood. To further determine the mechanism of OA, we investigated the effects of OA on the release of nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor-alp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi CY,You HJ,Jeong HG

更新日期：2001-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) plays an important role in cardiovascular development and is a key transcription factor for cardiac hypertrophy. Here, we describe MEF2C regulation by insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and its role in IGF-1-induced cardiac hypertrophy. We found that IGF-1 addition to cultured rat ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Muñoz JP,Collao A,Chiong M,Maldonado C,Adasme T,Carrasco L,Ocaranza P,Bravo R,Gonzalez L,Díaz-Araya G,Hidalgo C,Lavandero S

更新日期：2009-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Impact is an evolutionarily conserved gene subjected to genomic imprinting in mouse but not in human. A characteristic tandem repeat similar to those found in many other imprinted genes and an elevated expression level, both observed only for the mouse gene, are implicated in the evolution of imprinting, to which ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okamura K,Sakaki Y,Ito T

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichosanthin (TCS) is a type I ribosome-inactivating protein that inhibits the replication of both human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). The mechanism of inhibition is not clear. This investigation explored the effects of TCS on the stages of HSV-1 infection in Hep-2 cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He DX,Tam SC

更新日期：2010-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies suggest that the anticancer drugs VP16-213 and VM26 produce cytotoxicity by inducing protein-associated DNA breakage in vivo through interaction with a yet unknown nuclear component. The effects of these drugs and their congeners on topoisomerase activities was investigated. VP16-213, VM26, and congeners activ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minocha A,Long BH

更新日期：1984-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of human SCD1 heterologous expression on cellular fatty acid synthesis was investigated in the current study. The SCD1 gene expression cassette and PGK-neomycin-selectable marker cassette were co-introduced into HEK 293 cells by electroporation, and subsequently, SCD1 expression was evaluated by fatty acid ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu Z,Li D,Gou K

更新日期：2010-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the expression of a Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) elav-like gene, which we designated elr-1. The elr-1 gene encodes a predicted 456-amino-acid protein containing three putative RNA-binding domains and belongs to the ELAV family, which is functionally involved in neuronal differentiation. Northern blo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujita M,Kawano T,Ohta A,Sakamoto H

更新日期：1999-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificities of the binding of lung surfactant protein SP-D to glycolipids were examined using 125I-labeled SP-D as a probe. When the binding study was performed on TLC plates, SP-D bound exclusively to GlcCer, whereas it failed to bind to GalCer, GM1, GM2, asialo-GM1, asialo-GM2, sulfatide, Forssman antigen, cer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuroki Y,Gasa S,Ogasawara Y,Shiratori M,Makita A,Akino T

更新日期：1992-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual analysis of biomolecules is an integral avenue of basic and applied biological research. It has been widely carried out by tagging of nucleotides and proteins with traditional fluorophores that are limited in their application by features such as photobleaching, spectral overlaps, and operational difficulties. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Arya H,Kaul Z,Wadhwa R,Taira K,Hirano T,Kaul SC

更新日期：2005-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel hemoglobin variant was detected by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Hb Zurich-Hottingen is characterized by an Asn --> Ser replacement in the alpha-chain at position 9 as confirmed by DNA analysis. This hemoglobin variant is silent in isoelectric focusing, reversed-phase chromatography, and cation-ex...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Troxler H,Neuheiser F,Kleinert P,Kuster T,Heizmann CW,Sack R,Hunziker P,Neuhaus TJ,Schmid M,Frischknecht H

更新日期：2002-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:CH31 B lymphomas represent a model for antigen-induced deletional tolerance of immature B lymphocytes, because cross-linking the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) induces G(1) phase arrest and apoptosis. We have recently demonstrated that BCR cross-linking leads to a transient activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein k...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Swart JM,Chiles TC

更新日期：2000-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to a role in translation, AIMP1 is secreted to affect various immune cells, such as macrophages, dendritic cells, B cells, and natural killer cells. However, the direct effects of AIMP1 on T cells have not yet been reported. In this study, we investigated whether AIMP1 could modulate T cell responses direc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim MS,Lee A,Cho D,Kim TS

更新日期：2019-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A wealth of evidence has shown that microglia-associated neuro-inflammation is involved in the secondary brain injury contributed to the poor outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). In vitro studies were reported that activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) could inhibit the microglia-associated i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang JW,Wang HD,Cong ZX,Zhang XS,Zhou XM,Zhang DD

更新日期：2013-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoreceptor-specific gene expression is controlled by a hierarchical network of transcription factors, including the master regulators cone-rod homeobox (Crx) and neural retina leucine zipper (Nrl). Myocyte-enhancer factor 2c (Mef2c) is an ubiquitously expressed transcription factor with important functions in the c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wolf A,Aslanidis A,Langmann T

更新日期：2017-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) is a G protein-coupled receptor that plays key roles in extracellular calcium ion (Ca(2+)(o)) homeostasis by enabling parathyroid, kidney, and other cells to directly "sense" changes in Ca(2+)(o). In multiple myeloma-associated bone disease, myeloma cells could raise the level of Ca(...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamaguchi T,Yamauchi M,Sugimoto T,Chauhan D,Anderson KC,Brown EM,Chihara K

更新日期：2002-12-13 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

abstract：:Anamorsin (AM) (also called CIAPIN-1) is a cell-death-defying factor. AM deficient mice die during late gestation; AM deficient embryos are anemic and very small compared to wild type (WT) embryos. It is thought that AM plays crucial roles in hematopoiesis and embryogenesis. To clarify the mechanisms of AM functions, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saito Y,Shibayama H,Tanaka H,Tanimura A,Matsumura I,Kanakura Y

更新日期：2011-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the dynamic nature of CYPs, methods that reveal information about substrate and enzyme dynamics are necessary to generate predictive models. To compare substrate dynamics in CYP2E1 and CYP2A6, intramolecular isotope effect experiments were conducted, using deuterium labeled substrates: o-xylene, m-xylene, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Harrelson JP,Henne KR,Alonso DO,Nelson SD

更新日期：2007-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified by protein sequencing the precursor of beta protein in newborn rat brain. A rabbit antibody was raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the carboxyl-terminal 30 residues (666-695) of the putative beta-amyloid protein precursor (Kang et al. 1987). The antiserum recognized multiple bands a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takio K,Hasegawa M,Titani K,Ihara Y

更新日期：1989-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:PRPK (p53-related protein kinase) has been reported as a novel protein kinase which binds to the tumor suppressor protein p53 and induces phosphorylation of p53 at Ser 15. To identify novel binding partners of PRPK, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screening and isolated an expressed sequence tag CGI-121 by which a 20-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyoshi A,Kito K,Aramoto T,Abe Y,Kobayashi N,Ueda N

更新日期：2003-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressant FK506 inhibits thymocyte positive selection. Calcineurin, a FK506-sensitive Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, is presumed to be involved in this event without direct evidence. We have previously shown that moderate stimulation of CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocytes with a combination of the calc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuwata T,Asada A,Ohoka Y,Mukai M,Miyaike M,Iwata M

更新日期：1998-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinases to upregulate the synthesis and secretion of parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHrP) from cells expressing the CaR heterologously or endogenously. The current experiments demonstrate that this occurs because...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： MacLeod RJ,Yano S,Chattopadhyay N,Brown EM

更新日期：2004-07-23 00:00:00