Disassembly of the post-termination complex and reduction of translational error by ribosome recycling factor (RRF)-A possible new target for antibacterial agents.

abstract：:Experimental studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) against ischemic stroke and highlighted its crucial role in anti-inflammatory activity. This study provides evidence of an alternative target for TMP and sheds light on the mechanism of its anti-inflammatory action against ische...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang CY,Kao TK,Chen WY,Ou YC,Li JR,Liao SL,Raung SL,Chen CJ

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Osterix (Osx) has been shown to be an osteoblast-specific transcription factor for bone formation. Recently, it has been reported that Osx is significantly expressed in the mouse olfactory bulb, proving that Osx may play a role in olfactory bulb development, as well as bone development. Here, we studied morphological ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park JS,Park GI,Kim JE

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine, p-nitrophenylphosphate, and phosphorylcholine was quantitated in homogenates prepared from the occipital and temporal regions of control and Alzheimer's Disease patient brain. There were no significant differences detected in activities of enzymes cleaving the first 2 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kanfer JN,McCartney DG

更新日期：1986-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent and specific mitogen for vascular endothelial cells. A 3.9 kb VEGF transcript is expressed by all cardiac tissues from rat, mouse and guinea pig examined. VEGF expression was not developmentally regulated. The major form of VEGF mRNAs expressed by cardiac tissues c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ladoux A,Frelin C

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer anti-estrogen resistance 3 (BCAR3) is an SH2-containing signal transducer and is implicated in tumorigenesis of breast cancer cells. In this study, we found that BCAR3 mediates the induction of ERK activation and DNA synthesis by insulin, but not by IGF-1. Specifically, the SH2 domain of BCAR3 is involve...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oh MJ,Yi SJ,Kim HS,Kim JH,Jeong YH,van Agthoven T,Jhun BH

更新日期：2013-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous cysteine proteases were given much attention lately, as their role in a variety of pathophysiological disorders became evident. Amongst them cathepsins, which are thought to be implicated in mediation of osteoporosis, cancer progression, atherosclerosis, and many other conditions, are of considerable intere...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bratkovic T,Lunder M,Popovic T,Kreft S,Turk B,Strukelj B,Urleb U

更新日期：2005-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of a novel cGMP-regulated, tetrameric, K(+) selective channel (Sp-tetraKCNG) was discovered in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The Sp-tetraKCNG is a single polypeptide made of four KCNG domains similar to voltage-dependent Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels. Each KCNG domain has six transmembrane seg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Galindo BE,de la Vega-Beltrán JL,Labarca P,Vacquier VD,Darszon A

更新日期：2007-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine embryonic stem-like cells (ES-like cells) appear to maintain a normal diploid karyotype indefinitely during culture in vitro and to express marker proteins that are characteristic of ES cells from mice, namely, alkaline phosphatase (AP), stage-specific embryonic antigen-1 (SSEA-1), STAT-3, and Oct 4. After prol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saito S,Sawai K,Ugai H,Moriyasu S,Minamihashi A,Yamamoto Y,Hirayama H,Kageyama S,Pan J,Murata T,Kobayashi Y,Obata Y,Yokoyama KK

更新日期：2003-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Preincubation of cultured rat pituitary cells with 10 micrograms/ml of either wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) or concanavalin A inhibited LH release stimulated with GnRH (0.5 nM) by 55% and 40%, respectively. WGA-inhibition of LH release stimulated by GnRH was dose-dependent, reaching a plateau of 75% inhibition at 50 mic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schvartz I,Hazum E

更新日期：1986-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of p73 mutation is low in hematologic malignancies as well as solid tumors. Aberrant DNA methylation of multiple promoter associated CpG islands is a frequent phenomenon in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In the present study, we scanned for mutations in the exons 4, 5, 6, and 7 of p73 gene. Using PC...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sahu GR,Das BR

更新日期：2005-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Prp19p is a protein found in the nucleus, cytosol or lipid droplets depending on the cell type. Prp19p participates in pre-mRNA splicing, in neuronal/astroglial cell fate decisions or in adipocyte lipid droplet biogenesis. In this study, the motifs of Prp19p that are necessary for its localization to lipid droplets or...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho SY,Park PJ,Lee JH,Kim JJ,Lee TR

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of Notch signaling frequently occurs in liver cancer, and is associated with liver malignancies. However, the mechanisms regulating pathologic Notch activation in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain unclear. Protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (Pofut1) catalyzes the addition of O-linked fucose to the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ma L,Dong P,Liu L,Gao Q,Duan M,Zhang S,Chen S,Xue R,Wang X

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although antisense strategy has been at the center of interest in gene therapy, little is known about application of this strategy to cardiac diseases because of the lack of a suitable delivery method into the heart. Therefore, we compared the transfection efficiency of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) using HVJ-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aoki M,Morishita R,Higaki J,Moriguchi A,Kida I,Hayashi S,Matsushita H,Kaneda Y,Ogihara T

更新日期：1997-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of cholecystokinin (CCK) to elevate intracellular Ca2+ levels in small cell lung cancer cells was investigated using the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator Fura 2. CCK-8 elevated the cytosolic Ca2+ levels in cell line NCI-H345 in a dose dependent manner. Nanomolar concentration of CCK-8 elevated cytosolic Ca2+ lev...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Staley J,Fiskum G,Moody TW

更新日期：1989-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that lipid metabolism is controlled, in part, by circadian clocks. However, circadian clocks lose temporal precision with age and correlates with elevated incidence in dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome in older adults. Because our lab has shown that lipoic acid (LA) improves lipid homeostasis ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keith D,Finlay L,Butler J,Gómez L,Smith E,Moreau R,Hagen T

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Human neutrophil cathepsin G and human skin chymase can inactivate bradykinin by cleavage at the carboxy terminal phenylalanyl-arginyl peptide bond of this polypeptide. The mast cell enzyme is far more effective than cathepsin G, the rates of hydrolysis being comparable to that found for angiotensin I to angiotensin I...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reilly CF,Schechter NB,Travis J

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of melanin starts from the conversion of L-tyrosine to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa) and then the oxidation of L-dopa yields dopaquinone by tyrosinase. Therefore, tyrosinase inhibitors have been established as important constituents of depigmentation agents. Recently, polyhydroxystilbene compounds, whi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohguchi K,Tanaka T,Kido T,Baba K,Iinuma M,Matsumoto K,Akao Y,Nozawa Y

更新日期：2003-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:L1 elements are mammalian retrotransposons contributing to genome evolution and causing rare mutations in human. We describe a de novo insertion of an L1 element into the dystrophin gene resulting in skipping of exon 44 and causing Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a boy. The L1 element was rearranged due to the twin-pri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Musova Z,Hedvicakova P,Mohrmann M,Tesarova M,Krepelova A,Zeman J,Sedlacek Z

更新日期：2006-08-18 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：:We isolated mouse CPP32/apopain cDNA, a mammalian homologue most closely related to Ced-3 in C. elegans, and examined the involvement of CPP32 in the apoptosis of nervous system during development. CPP32 is specifically expressed in the trigeminal (V) ganglia, facio-acoustic (VII-VIII) ganglion complex, and dorsal roo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mukasa T,Urase K,Momoi MY,Kimura I,Momoi T

更新日期：1997-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling pathways for the antiviral and antiproliferative biological effects of type I interferons (IFN) are well established. In this report we demonstrate a novel signaling pathway for IFN-alpha, as it induced rapid phosphorylation of both PKB/Akt and its substrate forkhead. The PI3-kinase inhibitor LY294002 abolis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ruuth K,Carlsson L,Hallberg B,Lundgren E

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) is activated by nitric oxide (NO) and generates the second messenger cyclic GMP (cGMP). Recently, purified sGC α1β1 has been shown to additionally generate the cyclic pyrimidine nucleotides cCMP and cUMP. However, since cyclic pyrimidine nucleotide formation occurred only the presence of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bähre H,Danker KY,Stasch JP,Kaever V,Seifert R

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrodotoxin-binding sites were covalently labelled with a highly tritiated derivative of tetrodotoxin. Cross-linking experiments, using dissucinimidyl suberate, on partially purified tetrodotoxin-binding component from electroplax of Electrophorus electricus, revealed covalent labelling of a single polypeptide chain ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lombet A,Norman RI,Lazdunski M

更新日期：1983-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) play significant roles in diverse biological processes and their deregulation is implicated in carcinogenesis. miR-146a executes tumour suppressive or oncogenic functions depending on the cancer type, but its effect on human cervical (CaCx) and colorectal (CRC) cancers have not been examined thus fa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sathyanarayanan A,Chandrasekaran KS,Karunagaran D

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause of hyperpigmentation, such as solar lentigo and seborrheic keratosis, is the excessive accumulation of melanin pigments in the epidermal basal layer. Melanin pigments are synthesized in the melanosomes, which are specific organelles produced by melanocytes in the basal layer. Melanosomes containing melanin p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Homma T,Kageyama S,Nishikawa A,Nagata K

更新日期：2018-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) protects retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in experimental retinal ischemia and glaucoma by scavenging reactive oxygen species. We tested whether a diet supplemented with ubiquinol, the reduced form of CoQ10, promotes RGC survival and blocks the apoptotic pathway in ischemic mouse retina induced by ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ju WK,Shim MS,Kim KY,Bu JH,Park TL,Ahn S,Weinreb RN

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with multiple fibromatosis occurring at the sites of multiple cartilagenous dysplasia was described. Collagen types solubilized with pepsin from the fibromatous tissue were fractionated by a different salt concentration and analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, which indicated that the tissue p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Murata K,Motoyama T,Suka M,Ohno M,Kuboki Y

更新日期：1987-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Akt signaling plays a pivotal role in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) development and progression. In the present study, we evaluated the potential anti-AML activity by a novel Akt kinase inhibitor A-674563. Our results showed that A-674563 dose-dependently inhibited survival and proliferation of U937 AML cells and six l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu L,Zhang Y,Gao M,Wang G,Fu Y

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:TonEBP/NFAT5 transcription factor is a master regulator of genes involved in osmoprotection. Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) has been reported to be a cytoprotective molecule in the inner renal medulla, where cells are physiologically exposed to the highest osmolality of the body. Our aim was to study whether COX2 expression ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Favale NO,Casali CI,Lepera LG,Pescio LG,Fernández-Tome MC

更新日期：2009-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The anthrax lethal factor (LF) is a Zn(2+)-endopeptidase specific for mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases (MAPKKs), which are cleaved within their N-terminal region. Much line of effort was carried out to elucidate the catalytic activity of LF for designing the inhibitor and to understand the cellular mechanism o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim J,Chai YG,Yoon MY

更新日期：2004-01-02 00:00:00