Difference of hyaluronidase produced by human tumor cell lines with hyaluronidase present in human serum as revealed by zymography.

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is a multifunctional growth factor that plays a role in cell proliferation, differentiation, extracellular matrix production, apoptosis, and cell motility. We show here that TGF-beta1 increased the invasiveness of MM1 cells, which are a highly invasive clone of rat ascites ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mukai M,Endo H,Iwasaki T,Tatsuta M,Togawa A,Nakamura H,Inoue M

更新日期：2006-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and their nitric oxide (NO) adducts were evaluated for effects on stomach and thymus. Following 4-h duration (acute) oral dosing of fasted male Wistar rats, 1.33 x 10(-4)mol/kg of ibuprofen caused significant visual irritation score and microscopic thinning, al...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Downing JE,Madden JC,Ingram MJ,Rostron C

更新日期：2005-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of the amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide yields both fibrillar precipitates and soluble oligomers, and is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). In vitro, Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) strongly bind Abeta and promote its precipitation. However, less is known about their interactions with the soluble oligomers, which are...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Garai K,Sengupta P,Sahoo B,Maiti S

更新日期：2006-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated botulinum D toxin ADP-ribosylates a 22 kDa molecular weight protein in homogenates obtained by sonication of a suspension of rabbit peritoneal neutrophils. The ADP-ribosylation catalyzed by activated botulinum D toxin is inhibited in homogenates obtained from cells pretreated with the toxin, suggesting that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mege JL,Volpi M,Becker EL,Sha'afi RI

更新日期：1988-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In inflammatory cells, intracellular cAMP concentration is regulated by cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases 4. Therefore, PDE4 inhibition appears as a rational goal for treating acute or chronic inflammatory diseases. Selective PDE4 inhibitors have been developed, but due to unwanted side effects, search for new sele...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reimund JM,Raboisson P,Pinna G,Lugnier C,Bourguignon JJ,Muller CD

更新日期：2001-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human glia maturation factor beta (r-hGMF-beta) is a single-chain polypeptide (141 amino acid residues) containing three cysteines, at positions 7, 86 and 95. Nascent r-hGMF-beta exists in the reduced state and has no biological activity. The protein can be activated through oxidative refolding by incubati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zaheer A,Lim R

更新日期：1990-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) molecules expressed by different cell types have been examined using cDNA transfection into cells of epithelial, neuroectodermal and hematopoietic origin. Variability in the CEA molecules was observed in terms of monoclonal antibody binding, apparent molecular weig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grimm T,Riethmüller G,Johnson JP

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin alpha2beta1, which is a membrane protein consisting of noncovalently bound alpha2 and beta1 chains, mediates cell binding to collagen and plays a role in platelet functions. DNAs encoding the chimeric proteins in which the extracellular domains of each alpha2 and beta1 chain was fused to hinge and Fc regions ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kainoh M,Tanaka T

更新日期：2002-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell death-associated gene 8 (TDAG8) is a pH-sensing GPCR with a reported immune-specific expression profile. Here, we demonstrate pH-induced activation of TDAG8 receptor cloned from rodent brain (rTDAG8). Cloned rTDAG8 transcript showed 88-95% homology with human and mouse transcripts of lymphoid origin. RT-PCR...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McGuire J,Herman JP,Ghosal S,Eaton K,Sallee FR,Sah R

更新日期：2009-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine416 of human tau protein is believed to be phosphorylated in Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangles. We synthesized a fragment of tau, consisting of amino acids 408-421 in both non-phosphorylated and serine416-phosphorylated forms. Circular dichroism in a trifluoroethanol-water mixture indicated a beta-turn----beta-p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lang E,Szendrei GI,Elekes I,Lee VM,Otvos L Jr

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice expressing nuclear sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1a under the control of the insulin promoter were generated to determine the role of SREBP-1a in pancreatic beta-cells. Only low expressors could be established, which exhibited mild hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, and reduced plas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwasaki Y,Iwasaki H,Yatoh S,Ishikawa M,Kato T,Matsuzaka T,Nakagawa Y,Yahagi N,Kobayashi K,Takahashi A,Suzuki H,Yamada N,Shimano H

更新日期：2009-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was made of the effects of the venom of the Chilean spider Latrodectus mactans on endogenous ion-currents of Xenopus laevis oocytes. 1 microg/ml of the venom made the resting plasma membrane potential more negative in cells voltage-clamped at -60 mV. The effect was potentially due to the closure of one or seve...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Parodi J,Romero F,Miledi R,Martínez-Torres A

更新日期：2008-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylglyoxal (MG) (pyruvaldehyde) is an endogenous metabolite which is present in increased concentrations in diabetics and implicated in formation of advanced glycosylation end-products (AGEs) and secondary diabetic complications. Carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidine) is normally present in long-lived tissues at conce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hipkiss AR,Chana H

更新日期：1998-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the involvement of P-glycoprotein (P-gp)/caveolin-1 interaction in the regulation of brain endothelial cells (EC) migration and tubulogenesis. P-gp overexpression in MDCK-MDR cells was correlated with enhanced cell migration whereas treatment with P-gp inhibitors CsA or PSC833 reduced it. Transfec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Barakat S,Turcotte S,Demeule M,Lachambre MP,Régina A,Baggetto LG,Béliveau R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-gene is a potent inhibitor of transcriptional promoter activity and subsequent gene expression. This property has been exploited to suppress the expression of a variety of oncogenes for regulating tumor proliferation or viral activities. In this paper, we describe a novel retroviral vector designed to express hum...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okada T,Amanuma H,Okada Y,Obata M,Hayashi Y,Yamaguchi K,Yamashita J

更新日期：1997-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Senescence marker protein 30 (SMP30) is assumed to behave as an anti-aging factor. Recently, we have demonstrated that deficiency of SMP30 exacerbates angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy, dysfunction and remodeling, suggesting that SMP30 may have a protective role in the heart. Thus, thi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Misaka T,Suzuki S,Miyata M,Kobayashi A,Ishigami A,Shishido T,Saitoh S,Kubota I,Takeishi Y

更新日期：2013-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrous oxide affects dioxygen utilization by both bean seed and bovine heart submitochondrial particles when either succinate or reduced cytochrome c are used as substrates. Bovine heart particles exhibit reversible, dose-dependent partial inhibition of respiratory activity when exposed to N2O. Bean seed particle res...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sowa S,Dong A,Roos EE,Caughey WS

更新日期：1987-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNAs for two casein kinase-1 homologs, hhp1 and hhp2, have been isolated from Schizosaccharomyces pombe and characterized. Their corresponding genes reside on chromosomes II and I, respectively, and encode approximately 42-46 kDa proteins that are related structurally to the HRR25 gene product of budding yeast. O...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kearney PH,Ebert M,Kuret J

更新日期：1994-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transduction activity was markedly elevated in cancer cells as shown by the increased activity of enzymes utilizing 1-phosphatidylinositol, PI (PI 4-kinase and PI-4-phosphate 5-kinase) for the production of the second messenger inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, IP3, in rat hepatomas (Cancer Res. 54: 2611;5574, 1994...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singhal RL,Yeh YA,Praja N,Olah E,Sledge GW Jr,Weber G

更新日期：1995-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite accumulating evidence, the role of leptin in chemokine expression is poorly understood. In this study, we evaluated the effects of leptin on CC-chemokine ligands (CCLs), CCL3, CCL4, and CCL5 gene expression in cultured murine macrophage, J774A.1 cells. Expression of all these CCLs mRNA was gradually increased ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kiguchi N,Maeda T,Kobayashi Y,Fukazawa Y,Kishioka S

更新日期：2009-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have both protective and pathological roles in inflammation, and transcriptional mechanisms are important in regulating physiological levels to maintain health. Zinc-binding protein-89 (ZBP-89) is a transcription factor with roles in regulating vital cellular processes, acting through ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Borghaei RC,Gorski G,Seutter S,Chun J,Khaselov N,Scianni S

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Meiotic cells of Coprinus contain a protein that can be identified by its ability to enhance activity of the meiotic DNA polymerase reported previously (8). Its activity is found only during the prophase stages in meiotic cells, and is accompanied by the meiotic polymerase. The protein, which was purified to near homo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gomi K,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：1994-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A viruses are a major threat to human health and inflict a significant public health challenge worldwide. Hemagglutinin (HA) is the main contributor to the infectivity of the virus and is a potential target for the development of antiviral therapeutic agents. The stem region of HA, which has been shown to be...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yan L,Wang H,Sun L,Liu Y,Sun J,Zhao X,Li Y,Xie X,Hu J

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay (RIA) was developed to detect the 4200 Dalton amyloid (A4) peptide or it's precursor (A4P) in human serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A synthetic peptide containing the first 28 amino acids of the 43 amino acid A4 peptide was covalently coupled to bovine thyroglobulin and a polyclonal antiserum in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pardridge WM,Vinters HV,Miller BL,Tourtellotte WW,Eisenberg JB,Yang J

更新日期：1987-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the characterization of a new member of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene family designated LRP10. Human LRP10 cDNA encodes a 1905 amino acid type I membrane protein consisting of five functional domains characteristic of the LDLR gene family. CHO-ldlA7 cells transfected with human LRP10 cDNA ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jeong YH,Ishikawa K,Someya Y,Hosoda A,Yoshimi T,Yokoyama C,Kiryu-Seo S,Kang MJ,Tchibana T,Kiyama H,Fukumura T,Kim DH,Saeki S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate-gated chloride (GluCl) channels are pentameric receptors for the inhibitory neurotransmitter glutamate in invertebrates and are a major target for macrolide anthelmintics. Three amino acids in GluCl channels are reported to render macrolide resistance in nematodes and insects. To examine whether these three ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamaguchi M,Sawa Y,Matsuda K,Ozoe F,Ozoe Y

更新日期：2012-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic prostaglandin (PG) E synthase (cPGES) is constitutively expressed in various cells and regulates cyclooxygenase (COX)-1-dependent immediate PGE(2) generation. Its primary structure is identical to co-chaperone p23, a heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)-binding protein. We have revealed that Hsp90 regulated both cP...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakatani Y,Hokonohara Y,Kakuta S,Sudo K,Iwakura Y,Kudo I

更新日期：2007-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL)-related cells have the ability to produce a newly-isolated calcium-regulating protein, parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP). The present study revealed that lectin-stimulated normal lymphocytes produce immunoreactive (IR)-PTHrP. When the T-cell-enriched fraction was purified from nor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Adachi N,Yamaguchi K,Miyake Y,Honda S,Nagasaki K,Akiyama Y,Adachi I,Abe K

更新日期：1990-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant heat shock transcription factors (HSF) are highly complex. In this study, we identified an alfalfa HSF gene MsHSF1 that is composed of four exons and three introns in the encoding region. The intron1-exon2-intron2-exon3-intron3 as an intervening sequence was inserted at the conserved position that separates the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He ZS,Xie R,Zou HS,Wang YZ,Zhu JB,Yu GQ

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple deletions of mtDNA have not only been implicated in aging, but also in a wide variety of pathological conditions. The enzyme system used in long-PCR makes it possible to synthesize the entire mitochondrial genome (16.5 kb), exposing the multiple deletions in mtDNAs implicated in and, at least partially, respo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reynier P,Malthiery Y

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00