Caspase-3 cleaves the expanded androgen receptor protein of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy in a polyglutamine repeat length-dependent manner.

abstract：:The human ABCG2 protein, a member of ABC transporter family, was shown to transport anti-cancer drugs and normal cell metabolites. Earlier studies have demonstrated the expression of ABCG2 in hematopoietic stem cells and erythroid cells; however little is known about the expression and activity of ABCG2 in mature eryt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leimanis ML,Georges E

更新日期：2007-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse fibroblasts BP-A31 as well as in the human epidermoid carcinoma cells KB-3-1, both cyclin D1 mRNA and protein contents decreased rapidly during incubation with sodium butyrate. The decrease of cyclin D1 mRNA was not prevented by cycloheximide indicating that protein synthesis is not required for the inhib...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lallemand F,Courilleau D,Sabbah M,Redeuilh G,Mester J

更新日期：1996-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that specific glycan structures are required for the normal secretion of some glycoproteins. Bromoconduritol is known to inhibit the removal of the innermost glucose moiety from the Glc3Man9(GlcNAc)2 precursor of N-linked glycoproteins. We have used this inhibitor to inves...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yeo KT,Yeo TK,Olden K

更新日期：1989-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported not only that chicken HIRA, a homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcriptional corepressors Hir1p and Hir2p, possesses seven WD dipeptide motifs and a LXXLL motif in its N-terminal half and C-terminal half, respectively, but also that the N-terminal and C-terminal halves, respectively, bind t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahmad A,Takami Y,Nakayama T

更新日期：2003-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we showed that several minor macromolecular glycolipids accounting for less than 5% of the lipoteichoic acid (LTA) fraction from Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790 possess cytokine-inducing activity, whereas the purified LTA does not. In other words, the immunobiological activity of the LTA fraction reported in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto M,Imamura Y,Morichika T,Arimoto K,Takeuchi O,Takeda K,Akira S,Aoyama K,Tamura T,Kotani S,Suda Y,Kusumoto S

更新日期：2000-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterioferritin-associated ferredoxin (Bfd) of Escherichia coli is a 64-residue polypeptide encoded by the bfd gene located upstream of the gene (bfr) encoding the iron-storage haemoprotein, bacterioferritin. The Bfd sequence resembles those of the approximately 60-residue domains found in NifU proteins (required...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Quail MA,Jordan P,Grogan JM,Butt JN,Lutz M,Thomson AJ,Andrews SC,Guest JR

更新日期：1996-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCPs) have been postulated to be regulators of thermogenesis, energy balance, and oxidative stress. Brain mitochondrial carrier protein-1 (BMCP1) is a new member of the UCP family, but little is known about the gene regulation and the role of BMCP1 in the central nervous system. In t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuno T,Miura-Suzuki T,Yamashita H,Mori N

更新日期：2000-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the TT cell line of human medullary thyroid carcinoma, the viral Harvey ras (v-rasH) oncogene induces differentiation, marked by morphological changes, diminution of growth, and increased expression of the calcitonin gene. Here, we show that the transcriptional factor c-jun is increased during v-rasH induced differ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nelkin BD,Borges M,Mabry M,Baylin SB

更新日期：1990-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin is produced from an inactive precursor, prorenin, through endoproteolytic cleavage at paired basic amino-acid residues. Using (35S)methionine-labeled prorenin, that was synthesized with Xenopus oocyte expression system, as a substrate, we have determined the tissue distribution and the nature of prorenin-convert...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakayama K,Kim WS,Hatsuzawa K,Hashiba K,Murakami K

更新日期：1989-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of two 15-ketosubstituted sterols, 5alpha-cholest-8(14)-en-3beta-ol-15-one and 3beta-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-5alpha-cholest-8(14)-en-15-one, to alter the mRNA levels of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, low density lipoprotein receptor, and oxysterol binding protein was studied and compared with the effe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kisseleva AF,Goryunova LE,Planells R,Lafont H,Alquier C

更新日期：1999-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical modifications on human hemoglobin were performed with the aim to change both surface and active-site hydrophobicities. The modifications included covalent coupling of poly(ethylene)glycol (5000 MW) on free amino groups and the methyl esterification of free carboxylic groups. The modified hemoglobin was assaye...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Torres E,Vazquez-Duhalt R

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of paraquat, MPP+, and analogs to be reduced by chemical reductants and by NADPH, as catalyzed by liver microsomes or purified NADPH cytochrome P-450 reductase, is reported. The analogs span a range of electrochemical potential, including values in-between that of paraquat and MPP+. Analogs with an Eo belo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Frank DM,Arora PK,Blumer JL,Sayre LM

更新日期：1987-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cAMP on the expression of ETA (ET-1 selective type) receptor mRNA and on the response to endothelin-1 (ET-1) were investigated in rat aortic smooth muscle cells in primary culture, using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and fura-2 microfluorometry of cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishimura J,Chen X,Jahan H,Shikasho T,Kobayashi S,Kanaide H

更新日期：1992-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA of a cystein peptidase inhibitor was isolated from sugarcane and expressed in Escherichia coli. The protein, named canecystatin, has previously been shown to exert antifungal activity on the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei. Herein, the inhibitory specificity of canecystatin was further characterized. It...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oliva ML,Carmona AK,Andrade SS,Cotrin SS,Soares-Costa A,Henrique-Silva F

更新日期：2004-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the mitochondrial dye rhodamine 123 (Rho 123) on protein synthesis (PS) activity was investigated in mitochondria isolated from liver and from both chloroma and erythroleukemia tumors. Incorporation of labelled leucine into mitochondrial protein was used to measure the rate of PS. While PS specific activ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Abou-Khalil WH,Arimura GK,Yunis AA,Abou-Khalil S

更新日期：1986-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the gene structure and mRNA expression of cholecystokinin type-A(CCKA) receptor in animals or in human. By screening an EMBL phage library containing partially digested Long-Evans rat DNA, we isolated 7 genomic clones covering a continuous 27 kb region over which a rat CCKA receptor gene spanned....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takata Y,Takiguchi S,Funakoshi A,Kono A

更新日期：1995-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic methylation of chemically alkylated DNA and of poly(dG-dC) X poly(dG-dC) by beef brain DNA(cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase have been tested. The alkylation by dimethylsulfate, which yields mostly 7 methylguanine (m7G) and 3 methyladenine (m3A) do not affect the enzymatic methylation. The dimethylsulfate a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pfohl-Leszkowicz A,Boiteux S,Laval J,Keith G,Dirheimer G

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of ovine prolactin resulted in a rapid and significant induction of plasminogen activator activity within two hours in the rat adrenal gland, heart, aorta and liver. Prolactin exposure reduced baseline proteolytic activity in lung and skeletal muscle at 6-8 hours following hormonal challenge. This was c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Buckley AR,Putnam CW,Russell DH

更新日期：1984-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:1,2-Naphthoquinone (1,2-NQ) is an atmospheric contaminant with electrophilic properties that allow it to react readily with protein thiol groups such as those found on the cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB), a transcription factor with conserved cysteine residues that regulate DNA binding. In the present stu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Endo A,Sumi D,Kumagai Y

更新日期：2007-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat stable enterotoxins (STs) are low molecular-weight peptides secreted by enterotoxigenic bacteria. One type of these enterotoxins (STa) induces intestinal secretion leading to acute diarrhea by binding to a membrane form of guanylate cyclase. We have isolated a cDNA from a human colonic cell line, T84, encoding fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singh S,Singh G,Heim JM,Gerzer R

更新日期：1991-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12kDa, heat stable protein (IF1) inhibiting hydrolytic activity of submitochondrial particles was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from buffalo heart mitochondria. Specific activity of the purified fraction was > 5000 units/mg. Maximal inhibition was observed at pH 6.0 and was Mg++ and ATP dependent. Circular...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sah JF,Kumar C,Mohanty P

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) to riboflavin carrier protein (RCP) purified from human amniotic fluid were raised in two rabbits. These pAbs apart from recognizing the parent antigen, reacted significantly with chicken RCP as well. When all the 212 octapeptides overlapping by one amino acid residue and covering the enti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Subramanian S,Adiga PR

更新日期：1999-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of ATP-binding cassette transporter isoform C1 (ABCC1) to the basolateral membrane of polarized cells is crucial for export of a variety of cellular metabolites; however, the mechanism regulating basolateral targeting of the transporter is poorly understood. Here we describe identification of a basolatera...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Emi Y,Harada Y,Sakaguchi M

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously it was known that cytosolic Ca(2+) elevation was involved in regulating UV- or TNFalpha-induced apoptosis. Here, we reported new evidence that mitochondrial Ca(2+) signal is also involved in the apoptotic process. First, using living cell imaging techniques, we observed multiple mitochondrial Ca(2+) spikes ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lao Y,Chang DC

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Triacsin C, a product of Streptmyces sp. SK-1894, was previously reported as an inhibitor of long chain acyl-CoA synthetase. Pretreatment with triacsin C (500 nM) for 1h enhanced production of platelet-activating factor in rat neutrophils, followed by stimulation with A23187 or fMLP. Amount of lyso-PAF was also augume...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi M,Imai Y,Naraba H,Tomoda H,Omura S,Oh-ishi S

更新日期：1992-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P)-induced migration and proliferation of endothelial cells are critical for angiogenesis. C2H2-zinc finger (ZNF) proteins usually play an essential role in altering gene expression and regulating the angiogenesis. The aim of this study is to investigate whether a novel human C2H2-zinc finge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sun HY,Wei SP,Xu RC,Xu PX,Zhang WC

更新日期：2010-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here further evidence supporting that histone H1 contains a nucleotide binding site interacting e.g. with ADP, ATP, GDP and GTP. The finding is in accordance with the previous observation that nucleotides modulate recognition of DNA by H1. Most interestingly, H1 appears to be capable of hydrolyzing NTPs and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mannermaa RM,Oikarinen J

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A single base change resulting in the substitution of Cys for Arg at position 519 of the type II collagen triple helix is a predisposing factor in the pathogenesis of a precocious-onset form of familial osteoarthritis associated with a mild chondrodysplasia. Cartilage obtained at the time of total knee replacement in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Holderbaum D,Malemud CJ,Moskowitz RW,Haqqi TM

更新日期：1993-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of activation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) in mediating cisplatin-induced apoptosis and the possibility of induction of JNK activity in triggering relation to DNA damage and drug resistance. We investigated the difference of cisplatin-induced activation of JNK pathway and H2O2 alterati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li F,Meng L,Zhou J,Xing H,Wang S,Xu G,Zhu H,Wang B,Chen G,Lu YP,Ma D

更新日期：2005-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of quiescent Balb/c 3T3 cells with insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) resulted in the stimulation of proto-oncogene c-jun transcription. Cells exposed to cycloheximide and IGF I together showed super-induction of c-jun transcripts. Nuclear run-off assay revealed that IGF I up-regulated c-jun only while cyc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chiou ST,Chang WC

更新日期：1992-03-16 00:00:00