MEKA/phosducin attenuates hydrophobicity of transducin beta gamma subunits without binding to farnesyl moiety.

abstract：:The DiFi and HT-29 human colorectal cancer cell lines were characterized and compared with respect to binding properties of alpha adrenoceptors present on the cell surface. Both cell lines possessed alpha-1 and alpha-2 adrenoceptors of high affinity; however, DiFi cells were rich in alpha-1 adrenoceptors, whereas HT-2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Agrawal DK,Wildrick DM,Boman BM

更新日期：1992-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural backbone of extracellular matrix in cartilage is the collagen fibril, which is mainly composed of type II collagen. A measurable increase in type II collagen denaturation and degradation has been found in early Osteoarthritis (OA). Pro-inflammatory cytokine such as TNF-α produced in OA cartilage induced...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu W,Zhang W,Li F,Guo F,Chen A

更新日期：2014-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of peroxynitrite anion (O=N-OO-) with CO2 results in the formation of an unstable nitrosoperoxycarbonate anion adduct, O=N-OOCO-2 (1). Adduct 1 can serve as a source for several reactive intermediates, including the nitrocarbonate anion (O2N-OCO-2), the carbonate radical ion/nitrogen dioxide radical pair,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Uppu RM,Pryor WA

更新日期：1996-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that telomerase activity is stringently repressed in normal human somatic cells but reactivated in cancers and immortal cells, suggesting that activation of telomerase activity may play a role in carcinogenesis and immortalization. Recently, down-regulation of telomerase activity by ind...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cheng AJ,Liao SK,Chow SE,Chen JK,Wang TC

更新日期：1997-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the microtubule (MT)-associated protein Doublecortin X (DCX) gene disrupt cortical layering in brain development. Whilst many of these pathogenic DCX mutations are within the doublecortin domains (DC1 and DC2) that mediate direct DCX-MT association, a pathogenic mutation DCX E2K that causes cognitive impa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moslehi M,Ng DCH,Bogoyevitch MA

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicastrin is a recently discovered protein interacting with presenilins and the beta-amyloid precursor protein, the proteins playing key roles in Alzheimer's disease and which, when mutated, appear responsible for early-onset familial forms of Alzheimer's disease. Nicastrin was reported to modulate beta-amyloid produc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fergani A,Yu G,St George-Hyslop P,Checler F

更新日期：2001-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis and cancer are the leading causes of mortality around the world that share common pathogenic pathways. The aim of this study is the investigation of the protein profile of atherosclerotic plaque in order to find similar biomarker between cancer and atherosclerosis. The small pieces of human coronary ar...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fasehee H,Fakhraee M,Davoudi S,Vali H,Faghihi S

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal AAL-toxin triggers programmed cell death (PCD) through perturbations of sphingolipid metabolism in AAL-toxin-sensitive plants. While Arabidopsis is relatively insensitive to the toxin, the loh2 mutant exhibits increased susceptibility to AAL-toxin due to the knockout of a gene involved in sphingolipid metab...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gechev TS,Ferwerda MA,Mehterov N,Laloi C,Qureshi MK,Hille J

更新日期：2008-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple system atrophy is a neurodegenerative disease caused by abnormal α-synuclein (α-syn) accumulation in oligodendrocytes and neurons. We previously demonstrated that transgenic (Tg) mice that selectively overexpressed human α-syn in oligodendrocytes exhibited neuronal α-syn accumulation. Microtubule β-III tubuli...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ito H,Nakayama K,Jin C,Suzuki Y,Yazawa I

更新日期：2012-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide DNA hypomethylation is a critical mechanism underlying neoplastic transformation. Thus, genes that are suppressed in normal tissues or in specific cell types may become aberrantly expressed in neoplasia. To determine whether DNA methylation can modulate matrix metalloproteinase (mmp) gene expression, we ha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Couillard J,Demers M,Lavoie G,St-Pierre Y

更新日期：2006-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mr approximately equal to 90,000 heat shock protein, hsp90, readily interacts with the glucocorticoid receptor to form the 9 S, non-DNA-binding receptor complex. This receptor is stabilized in cytosolic preparations by sodium molybdate. In analogy, sodium molybdate stabilizes a 9 S form of the dioxin receptor. Pol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Denis M,Cuthill S,Wikström AC,Poellinger L,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：1988-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) catalyzes the intracellular synthesis of cholesteryl esters (CE). Both ACAT isoforms, ACAT1 and ACAT2, play key roles in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and ACAT inhibition retards atherosclerosis in animal models. Rimonabant, a type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Netherland C,Thewke DP

更新日期：2010-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroflavin mononucleotide (FMNH2) and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) serve as cofactors for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase isolated from mouse epididymis. The optimal pH was between 7 and 8, and FMNH2-dependent activity was 4 to 5-fold higher than activity with methylene blue as the electron donor. Using FMNH2 with a FMN r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ozaki Y,Reinhard JF Jr,Nichol CA

更新日期：1986-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesive ascidians have caused serious biofouling problems and huge economic losses in marine ecosystems. However, adhesion mechanisms, particularly on functional proteins involved in ascidian adhesion, remain largely unexplored. Here, we identified 26 representative stolon proteins from the highly invasive fouling as...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li S,Huang X,Chen Y,Li X,Zhan A

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin, reported to elevate hormone sensitive lipase (HSL), is also found to inhibit the Ca++ and calmodulin-dependent cAMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity in adipose tissue of rats, fed high fat diet. The dependence of the enzyme activity on Ca++ and calmodulin in vitro, in control rats, is shown by its substanti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Salimath BP,Satyanarayana MN

更新日期：1987-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that human rhabdomyosarcoma cells are induced to differentiate by TPA, in the absence of appreciable alterations of the muscle regulatory genes and their products (1). The question was addressed whether the tumor suppressor p53 could be a target of TPA action in these cells. Genomic analysi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Germani A,Fusco C,Martinotti S,Musarò A,Molinaro M,Zani BM

更新日期：1994-07-15 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：:Human prostasin was recently identified as a potential regulator of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) function. Through the use of positional scanning combinatorial substrate libraries, prostasin was shown to have a preference for poly-basic substrates: in position P4 preference was for arginine or lysine; in P3 prefer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shipway A,Danahay H,Williams JA,Tully DC,Backes BJ,Harris JL

更新日期：2004-11-12 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：:Streptococcus mutans, a member of the viridans streptococci, is the etiologic agent of dental caries and is also a causative agent of subacute infective endocarditis. The generation of proteolytic molecules, such as plasmin, may be important in the pathogenesis of endocarditis caused by S. mutans. In this study, we de...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jones MN,Holt RG

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of retinoic acid on the incorporation of [1-14C]palmitic acid and [1-14C]arachidonic acid into phospholipids was examined in guinea pig peritoneal granulocytes. All-trans-retinoic acid inhibited the incorporation of both fatty acids into phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol. However, it stimulated ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tou J

更新日期：1983-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an anti-serum against synthetic alpha-inhibin-31, we have studied its cellular locations in rodent testis and brain. Western blot analysis detected several molecular forms of the protein(s). A protein of 17 KDa in size was detected in testis of one month old mice. Two major bands of molecular weights 39 kDA and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lau YF,Li CH

更新日期：1987-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is known to induce robust feeding through the action of NPY receptors in the hypothalamus. Among the subtypes of NPY receptors, Y(1) receptors may play a key role in feeding regulation. In the present study, we demonstrated that a novel Y(1) antagonist, J-104870, shows high selectivity and potency...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kanatani A,Kanno T,Ishihara A,Hata M,Sakuraba A,Tanaka T,Tsuchiya Y,Mase T,Fukuroda T,Fukami T,Ihara M

更新日期：1999-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is an endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide with potent pressor activity. We studied the effect of ET-1 on release of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) from perifused rat hypothalamus. ET-1 (10(-10) to 10(-8) M) significantly stimulated AVP release. The ET-1-induced AVP release was completely blocke...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shichiri M,Hirata Y,Kanno K,Ohta K,Emori T,Marumo F

更新日期：1989-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the extravesicular p40 domain of the transmembrane protein, p65 synaptotagmin (Syt) 1, is essential for the non-classical export of the signal peptide-less structure, FGF1, it was not possible to identify a specific intracellular protease responsible for the processing of p65 Syt1. Surprisingly, analysis of t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bagalá C,Kolev V,Mandinova A,Soldi R,Mouta C,Graziani I,Prudovsky I,Maciag T

更新日期：2003-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the bone sialoprotein (BSP) gene is important in the differentiation of osteoblasts, in bone matrix mineralization, and in tumor metastasis. We investigated BSP gene transcription by performing functional analysis of the 9256bp of the 5' flanking region of the murine BSP gene containing its promoter. We ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tu Q,Yamauchi M,Pageau SC,Chen JJ

更新日期：2004-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Licochalcone (LA) is a novel estrogenic flavonoid isolated from PC-SPES composition herb licorice root that was reported to show significant antitumor activity in various malignant human cell lines. To better understand its anti-CaP activities, we have investigated LA-elicited growth control and induction of apoptosis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fu Y,Hsieh TC,Guo J,Kunicki J,Lee MY,Darzynkiewicz Z,Wu JM

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs play important roles in the carcinogenesis of many types of cancers by inhibiting gene expression at posttranscriptional level. However, the roles of microRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma, are still unclear. Here, we identified that miR-367 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell proliferation by negati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Meng X,Lu P,Fan Q

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) is one of the key protein kinases that regulate the growth and proliferation in cardiac fibroblasts (CFs). As an energy sensor of cellular metabolism, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is found recently to be involved in myocardial remodeling. In this study, we investigate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Du J,Guan T,Zhang H,Xia Y,Liu F,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lymphoblastoid cell line (LCL) has been used as an in vitro cell model in genetic and pharmacogenomic studies, as well as a good model for studying gene expression regulatory machinery using integrated genomic analyses. In this study, we aimed to identify biological networks of LCL immortalization from transcrip...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shim SM,Jung SY,Nam HY,Kim HR,Lee MH,Kim JW,Han BG,Jeon JP

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00