Interleukin-6 enhances glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

abstract：:The metalated forms of metallothionein are well studied (particularly Zn-MT, Cu-MT and Cd-MT), but almost nothing is known about the chemical and structural properties of apometallothioneins despite their importance in initial metalation and subsequent demetalation. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was used t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Summers KL,Mahrok AK,Dryden MD,Stillman MJ

更新日期：2012-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of intracellular third loop peptide (betaIII-2: RRSSKFCLKEKKALK) was studied by CD and NMR spectroscopy. According to the CD study, this peptide forms a helix in the TFE solution. The three-dimensional molecular structure in TFE was determined by the 2D (1)H NMR spectroscopy. The structure consists of a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okuda A,Matsumoto O,Akaji M,Taga T,Ohkubo T,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2002-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of recombination genes in the processing of DNA damaged by methlymethane sulfonate (MMS) was examined in an xth nth nfo strain of Escherichia coli K-12. Introduction of a recQ mutation did not increase the cell's sensitivity to MMS treatment. The presence of recF, recJ or recN mutation slightly increased the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang TC,Chang HY

更新日期：1991-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual-excitation ratiometric dyes permit quantitative Ca2+ measurements by minimizing the effects of several artifacts that are unrelated to changes in the concentration of free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]). These dyes are excited alternately at two different wavelengths, and the pair of intensity measurements must be collected seque...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukano T,Shimozono S,Miyawaki A

更新日期：2004-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The conditions used in some immunoblot procedures can fail to detect calmodulin, S100 proteins, and other proteins with similar physical properties. We describe here some of the basis of this difficulty, and provide an immunoblot protocol that allows the rapid and reproducible detection of calmodulin and S100 beta in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Van Eldik LJ,Wolchok SR

更新日期：1984-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide in the brain, which is produced by the proteolysis of β-amyloid precursor protein (APP). Recently, the mitochondrial transcription factor 4 (MTERF4), a member of the MTERF family, was implicated in regulating mitochondrial DNA transc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang XL,Liu Q,Chen GJ,Li ML,Ding YH

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroporation is the most widely employed method of gene transfer into macrophages which are hard to transfect. RAW 264.7 is a widely used cell line for studying macrophage responses. Electroporation of RAW 264.7 cells with commercial reagents although very efficient is expensive necessitating the development of cos...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Alamuru-Yellapragada NP,Kapadia B,Parsa KVL

更新日期：2017-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity continues to be one of the most prominent public health dilemmas in the world. The complex interaction among the varied causes of obesity makes it a particularly challenging problem to address. While typical high-fat purified diets successfully induce weight gain in rodents, we have described a more robust mod...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Johnson AR,Wilkerson MD,Sampey BP,Troester MA,Hayes DN,Makowski L

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We combined normal mode analysis (NMA) with cavity calculations as a method to get more insight into static crystal structures. We used nitrile hydratase (NHase) as a case study, and the crystal structure of a complex of Pseudonocardia thermophila NHase (1UGP) with n-butyric acid was chosen as a reference structure. T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Taştan Bishop AO,Sewell T

更新日期：2006-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The spontaneous mutant, Wriggle Mouse Sagami (wri), is thought to be a model of hereditary hearing losses in humans. Here we report that the plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase type 2 (PMCA2) gene is mutated in the wri mouse. A G-to-A transition was detected in wri, changing Glu-to-Lys within a conserved transmembrane domai...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi K,Kitamura K

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we tested the anti-pancreatic cancer activity by AT406, a small-molecule antagonist of IAP (inhibitor of apoptosis proteins). In established (Panc-1 and Mia-PaCa-2 lines) and primary human pancreatic cancer cells, treatment of AT406 significantly inhibited cell survival and proliferation. Yet, sa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang Y,Meng Q,Chen B,Shen H,Yan B,Sun B

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a key regulator of energy homeostasis and its activation during T cell receptor stimulation has recently been reported. In this study, we examined the role of AMPK in interleukin (IL)-2 production in T cells. Inhibition of AMPK by compound C, a specific inhibitor of AMPK or small...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jhun BS,Lee JY,Oh YT,Lee JH,Choe W,Baik HH,Kim SS,Yoon KS,Ha J,Kang I

更新日期：2006-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:An affinity matrix for the purification of norsolorinic acid dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis, was prepared by coupling norsolorinic acid to an agarose gel. This matrix was found to be ineffective in isolating active enzyme, and was therefore modified by methylation, using diazomethane. The ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chuturgoon AA,Dutton MF,Berry RK

更新日期：1990-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We delineated and characterized the fetal hepatic glucose transporter in the rabbit. Employing the 2-deoxy-D-glucose displaceable 3H-cytochalasin B binding assay we estimated the number and Kd of the GT per mg of liver protein. A gradual increase in the number was observed during development, the fetus (23.8 +/- 2.04 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chundu K,Devaskar S

更新日期：1988-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathways formed of delocalized π-electron systems and polar groups of polypeptide chains bridged by hydrogen bonds are referred as π-H pathways. Suitable for electron transfer, these pathways in cytochrome c oxidase connect CuA, the source of electrons distributed in cytochrome c oxidase, with the metal centers, heme ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramasarma T,Vaigundan D

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A phage-displayed library of peptides (12-mer) was screened for the ability to bind to thermally aggregated bovine carbonic anhydrase (BCA), with a view toward examining whether peptides possessing this ability might bind to partially structured intermediates on the protein's unfolding pathway and, therefore, constitu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kundu B,Shukla A,Guptasarma P

更新日期：2002-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The second open reading frame of avian reovirus S1 gene segment encodes a 17 kDa non-structural protein, named p17. The biological role of p17 is fully unknown so far. Using trypan blue dye exclusion and MTT assay, we demonstrated that the ectopic expression of p17 results in the reduction of viable cell number and ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu HJ,Lin PY,Lee JW,Hsu HY,Shih WL

更新日期：2005-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal diabetes-induced birth defects remain a significant health problem. Studying the effect of natural compounds with antioxidant properties and minimal toxicities on diabetic embryopathy may lead to the development of new and safe dietary supplements. Punicalagin is a primary polyphenol found in pomegranate juic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhong J,Reece EA,Yang P

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahymena p85 is localized to the presumptive division plane before division furrow formation; its molecular weight in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis differs in wild-type and temperature-sensitive cell-division-arrest mutant cdaA1 cells. At the restrictive temperature, p85 localization and division furrow fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gonda K,Nishibori K,Ohba H,Watanabe A,Numata O

更新日期：1999-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ca(2+) signaling mediated by the Ca(2+)/calmodulin dependent phosphatase, calcineurin, is required for survival during environmental stress. One role of the phosphatase under these conditions is to activate gene expression through its regulation of the Crz1p ("crazy") transcripti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cyert MS

更新日期：2003-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide biosynthesis within a neuron involves several steps occurring at the soma and during its travel to the nerve terminal, where it accumulates to be released under stimulatory conditions. We have measured hypothalamic TRH and TRH mRNA during ontogeny and circadian cycle and observed that TRH mRNA variations are m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Covarrubias L,Uribe RM,Méndez M,Charli JL,Joseph-Bravo P

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of platelet release products on cytosolic calcium [( Ca++]i) was examined by monitoring the fluorescence of chick embryonic heart cells loaded with the fluorescent calcium indicator indo-1 AM. Cell free filtrate of platelet release products was obtained from rabbit platelets activated with thrombin or colla...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chien WW,Mohabir R,Newman D,Leung LL,Clusin WT

更新日期：1990-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:VDR regulates gene expression in a ligand-dependent way by binding to cognate enhancer elements of target gene promoters. The ligand-dependent activation function, AF-2, of VDR is thought to require transcriptional co-activators/co-repressors together with basal transcriptional machinery. Using a yeast two hybrid syst...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imai T,Matsuda K,Shimojima T,Hashimoto T,Masuhiro Y,Kitamoto T,Sugita A,Suzuki K,Matsumoto H,Masushige S,Nogi Y,Muramatsu M,Handa H,Kato S

更新日期：1997-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for acetyl-CoA carboxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of long-chain fatty acids, contains two promoters; promoter I (PI) and promoter II (PII) which are responsible for generation of class I and class II ACC mRNAs, respectively. Class I ACC mRNAs are present in adipose tissue, but only a tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ekhterae D,Tae HJ,Daniel S,Moller DE,Kim KH

更新日期：1996-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin is a potent DNA-damaging agent that has demonstrated anticancer activities against several tumors. However, manifestation of cellular resistance is a major obstacle in anticancer therapy that severely limits the curative potential of cisplatin. Therefore, understanding the molecular basis of cisplatin resist...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Burger H,Capello A,Schenk PW,Stoter G,Brouwer J,Nooter K

更新日期：2000-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Osterix (Osx) is an essential transcription factor required for osteoblast differentiation during both intramembranous and endochondral ossification. Endochondral ossification, a process in which bone formation initiates from a cartilage intermediate, is crucial for skeletal development and growth. Osx is expressed in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oh JH,Park SY,de Crombrugghe B,Kim JE

更新日期：2012-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary rat hippocampal neurones show pronounced elevations of intracellular calcium within minutes of exposure to the HIV coat protein gp120. Culture of hippocampal neurones with gp120 causes significant neurotoxicity. We find that the peptide VSLSYRCPCRFF, a competitive inhibitor of the CXCR4 chemokine receptor, mar...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pandey V,Bolsover SR

更新日期：2000-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Start domain-containing protein 3 (Stard3) plays roles in intracellular cholesterol distribution, however, the role of Stard3 in the adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes remains unclear. We demonstrated that Stard3 expression was significantly increased during the adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, accompanied by a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou X,Gao H,Guo Y,Chen Y,Ruan XZ

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), a major mediator of innate immune responses, on cognitive performance in a type 1 diabetes model (T1D). After administration of streptozotocin, both TLR4 knockout (TLR4 KO) and wild type (WT) diabetic mice displayed metabolic alterations similar to those observe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamoto EM,Cutler RG,Rothman SM,Mattson MP,Camandola S

更新日期：2014-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have obtained two new mAbs to the carboxy-terminal region of fibronectin, namely P3D4 and P1F11, and have studied their binding sites and their ability to block lymphocyte adhesion to fibronectin. ELISA and Western blot analyses showed that P3D4 reacts with both fibronectin chains and both Hep II-containing fragmen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Garcia-Pardo A,Sánchez-Aparicio P,Wayner EA

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00