abstract：:Sarafotoxins (SRTXs) are endothelin-like peptides extracted from snake venom. SRTXs stimulate the endothelin ETA and ETB receptors and enhance vasoconstriction, followed by left ventricular dysfunction and bronchoconstriction. SRTXs include four major isopeptides, S6a-d, with different subtype selectivities. Here, we ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Izume T,Miyauchi H,Shihoya W,Nureki O

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mangosteen, a fruit mainly produced in Southeast Asia, has been used as food and as an antipyretic and for treating skin diseases. The xanthones contained in mangosteen have many physiological activities including melanin suppression and anticancer activities, but little is known about the physiological effects of the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin M,Zhou S,Sakamoto K

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent release of COVID-19 spike glycoprotein allows detailed analysis of the structural features that are required for stabilizing the infective form of its quaternary assembly. Trying to disassemble the trimeric structure of COVID-19 spike glycoprotein, we analyzed single protomer surfaces searching for concave ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bongini P,Trezza A,Bianchini M,Spiga O,Niccolai N

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Licorice is a popular medicinal plant, and it has been used to treat various diseases, including liver diseases. Glycycoumarin (GCM) is a major coumarin compound isolated from licorice with favorable bioavailability property. Our previous studies have shown that GCM is capable of inhibiting lipoapoptosis in both cell ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang E,Yin S,Zhao C,Fan L,Hu H

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) have long been linked to the onset and development of colorectal cancer (CRC), yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Small nucleolar RNA host gene 11 (SNHG11) is a novel lncRNA with few information about its role in development and progression of CRC. Here, we fou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang W,Dong S,Cha Y,Yuan X

更新日期：2020-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipids are distributed asymmetrically in the plasma membrane (PM) of mammalian cells. Phosphatidylinositol (PI) and its phosphorylated forms are primarily located in the inner leaflet of the PM. Among them, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) is a well-known substrate for phospholipase C (PLC) or ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoneda A,Kanemaru K,Matsubara A,Takai E,Shimozawa M,Satow R,Yamaguchi H,Nakamura Y,Fukami K

更新日期：2020-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone homeostasis is maintained by bone remodeling, which involves continuous bone resorption by osteoclasts and bone formation by osteoblasts. Dysregulation of bone turnover, caused by osteoclast overactivation, causes destructive bone diseases. However, the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of osteoclast differen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aoki S,Shimizu K,Ito K

更新日期：2020-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) derived from cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) exhibit deficient multi-lineage differentiation potential due to the abnormal accumulation of D-galactose. However, the underlying mechanisms have not yet been explored. Here, the multi-lineage differentiation potential of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang T,Xing J,Ying Y,Tang H,Li J,Wei Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Septic shock induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is characterized by serious systemic inflammatory response and robust production of pro-inflammatory cytokines from activated macrophages. Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) secreted by activated macrophages are key contributors to septic shock. However, the c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He Y,Peng Y,Tao L,Peng Z,Yang H

更新日期：2020-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) is an obligate intracellular organism that depends on nutrients from the host cell for their replication and proliferation. Therefore, the interaction between this pathogen and host induces sustained endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the infected cells. Unfolded protein respon...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wen Y,Luo F,Zhao Y,Su S,Shu M,Li Z

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Proadrenomedullin N-terminal 20 peptide (PAMP) is a regulatory peptide that is found in various cell types. It is involved in many biological activities and is rich in basic and hydrophobic amino acids, a common feature of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). In this study, the cell selectivity and antimicrobial mechanism o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ajish C,Yang S,Kumar SD,Shin SY

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is currently one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. The high rate of mortality in pancreatic cancer patients is due to the inability to detect early-stage disease and the disease being highly refractory to therapy. Gemcitabine has been the standard chemotherapy for advan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahn HM,Kim DG,Kim YJ

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is a core hallmark of advanced cancers, especially in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, the underlying functions and mechanisms of lncRNAs in tumor angiogenesis remain largely unknown. Here we found that linc00665 depletion could markedly depressed proliferation and capillary tube formation of HUVECs i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cong Z,Diao Y,Li X,Jiang Z,Xu Y,Zhou H,Qiang Y,Wu H,Shen Y

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of Nuclear Pre-mRNA Domain Containing 1B (RPRD1B) has been of great interest in the field of oncology in recent years. The relationship between miRNAs and RPRD1B in gastric cancer (GC) has not been adequately reported. This study was designed to screen RPRD1B-targeted miRNAs and investigate its regulatory m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wenquan L,Hongqing X,Yuhua L,Lili W,Wang Z,Ziwei Z,Chuang W,Aizhen C,Xiaosong W,Bo W,Lin C

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a bile acid receptor, is known to be involved in the promotion of adipogenesis. However, the regulation mechanism of FXR-promoted adipogenesis remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the regulation mechanism of FXR-mediated activation of adipogenesis in murine adipocyte 3T3-L1 cells...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shinohara S,Fujimori K

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), a representative anionic surfactant, is a commonly used reagent in studies of the cell membrane and cell wall. However, the mechanisms through which SDS affects cellular functions have not yet been fully examined. Thus, to gain further insights into the cellular functions and responses to...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao F,Yang J,Li J,Li Z,Lin Y,Zheng S,Liang S,Han S

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though earlier reports have revealed that Aquaporin 8 (AQP8) exert essential roles in diverse malignancies, its relationship between specific microRNAs (miRNAs) in regulation of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) progression has never been elaborated. Herein, we proved that AQP8 was downregulated in CRC and high level of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang H,Du WB,Guo XM,Wang LK,Cheng JM,Wei LJ

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) plays a pivotal role in cancer biology. Therefore, tumor suppressor (TS) miRNAs are an attractive target for cancer therapy. However, clinical trials have failed due to the difficulties in miRNA delivery, warranting the development of a novel drug delivery system (DDS). Exosomes are stable in circulat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kobayashi M,Sawada K,Miyamoto M,Shimizu A,Yamamoto M,Kinose Y,Nakamura K,Kawano M,Kodama M,Hashimoto K,Kimura T

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is neurodegenerative disease, featured by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), characteristic motor symptoms and cognitive impairment. Development of effective therapeutic drugs for PD is necessary. In this study, we investigated the potential of Brucein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang Y,Kong F,Ding Q,Cai Y,Hao Y,Tang B

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorafenib may provide survival benefits for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. However, tumor cells can display primary or secondary resistance to Sorafenib. To identify genes capable of conveying Sorafenib resistance, we performed a genome-wide CRISPR transcriptional activation library (SAM) in human Hu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cai J,Chen J,Wu T,Cheng Z,Tian Y,Pu C,Shi W,Suo X,Wu X,Zhang K

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In lens, αβγ-crystallins accounting for ∼90% of ocular proteins with concentrations >400 mg/ml need to remain soluble for the whole life-span and their aggregation can lead to cataract. Mysteriously, despite being a metabolically-quiescent organ, lens maintains ATP concentrations of 3-7 mM. Very recently, ATP was prop...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He Y,Kang J,Song J

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum albumin (HSA) has been used to extend the serum half-lives of various protein therapeutics through genetic fusion because HSA exhibits an exceptionally long circulation time as a result of neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn)-mediated recycling. As another serum half-life extender, the human antibody Fab SL335 that...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho SY,Han J,Cha SH,Yoon SI

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In-stent restenosis (ISR) is a complex disease that occurs after coronary stenting procedures. The development of quality materials and improvement of our understanding on significant factors regulating ISR are essential for enhancing prognosis. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the main constituent c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Han L,Yin Q,Yang L,van Rijn P,Yang Y,Liu Y,Li M,Yan M,Zhou Q,Yu T,Lian Z

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：AIM/BACKGROUND:CD99 participate in neutrophil infiltration after inflammatory events; however, despite the important role of inflammation in ischemic stroke, the role of CD99 in ischemic stroke remains unclear. METHOD:In the present study, we detected the protein expression of CD99, ICAM-1, and CD31 (PECAM-1) in oxyge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu T,Sun R,Huang F,Liu X,Duan Z,Ye R,Li Y,Xiao L,Guo Z,Liu Q,Zhu W

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A predictive scar animal model is needed in order to study the mechanism and assess the therapies before its use in humans. However, due to the differences in wound healing patterns and regeneration ability, none of the existing models can fully simulate the characteristics of human scar. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li Z,Li S,Li K,Jiang X,Zhang J,Liu H

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer (GC) remains a serious threat to human health with a high cancer-related death rate and unsatisfactory treatment effects after curative resection, especially with advanced GC. Thus, exploration of the molecular mechanism of cisplatin (CDDP) resistance in GC is crucial. circCCDC66 (hsa_circ_0001313) expr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Q,Miao Y,Fu Q,Hu H,Chen H,Zeng A,Jin Y,Jiang Y,Qian L,Wu L,Xu L,Wang G,Qiu L,Huang X,Xia Y

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic gene silencing by aberrant DNA methylation leads to loss of key cellular pathways in tumorigenesis. DNA methylation-mediated silenced genes in pancreatic cancer were searched for using the methyl-CpG targeted transcriptional activation (MeTA) method, and LHX6 (LIM homeobox 6), a transcription factor involve...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Abudurexiti Y,Gu Z,Chakma K,Hata T,Motoi F,Unno M,Horii A,Fukushige S

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) and denitrification are two different microbial reactions that form nitrogen gas. The initial step in the anammox reaction-reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide-is thought to be catalyzed by homologs of dissimilatory nitrite reductase, which is known to be involved in denitrificat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hira D,Matsumura M,Kitamura R,Furukawa K,Fujii T

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is an aggressive subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer, which generally exhibits chemoresistance. Effective therapy for OCCC is currently unavailable, requiring the development of new therapeutic strategies. ABT-263 (navitoclax), an inhibitor of the anti-apoptotic BCL-2/BCL-XL, has a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inoue-Yamauchi A,Oda H

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression plays an important role in many essential biological processes. The RNA decapping enzyme Dcp2 is a crucial enzyme involved in RNA degradation. Dcp2 proteins are highly expressed in the testis and brain in adult mice. This study aimed to investigate the in vivo fun...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li RM,Zhang MN,Tang QY,Song MG

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor tyrosine kinase EphA7 is specifically expressed in otic region in Xenopus early development. However, its role in otocyst development remains unknown. Knockdown of EphA7 by a specific morpholino oligonucleotide (MO) reduced the size of the otocyst and triggered otic epithelial cell extrusion. Interestingly, E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Sun J,Wang Z,Li C,Mao B

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-CoV-2 causes the recent global COVID-19 public health emergency. ACE2 is the receptor for both SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV. To predict the potential host range of SARS-CoV-2, we analyzed the key residues of ACE2 for recognizing S protein. We found that most of the selected mammals including pets (dog and cat), pangol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luan J,Lu Y,Jin X,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin (CaM) was reported to interact with PreIQ and IQ of CaV1.2 channels, but to date, no explicit binding sites of CaM were illustrated. Therefore, in the present study, we firstly used MOE (Molecular Operating Environment) for protein-protein docking and we found that the most likely residues of CaM that play ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Y,Yan S,Chen S,Zhang J,Shen Y,Su J,He G,Feng R,Shao D,Hao L

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Bruton's tyrosine kinase (hBtk) plays a key role in growth and metabolism of B cells, but its dysfunctions cause various B-cell malignancies. Inhibitors targeting the ATP-binding pocket of hBtk have been developed, but they have several drawbacks such as adverse side effects and occurrence of drug-resistant muta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jeong S,Sohn YK,Choi Y,Park J,Kim HS

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:T315I mutation found in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and Ph + ALL patients is the most serious one among resistance against BCR/ABL kinase inhibitors including imatinib and is only responsive to ponatinib (PNT). However, the novel strategy is required to reduce life-threatening adverse effects of PNT including i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inoue C,Sobue S,Kawamoto Y,Nishizawa Y,Ichihara M,Abe A,Hayakawa F,Suzuki M,Nozawa Y,Murate T

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine-specific methyltransferase Set7/9 (KMT7) belongs to the SET domain family of proteins. Besides the SET domain, Set7/9 also contains a so-called MORN (Membrane Occupation and Recognition Nexus) domain whose function in high eukaryotes is largely unknown. Set7/9 has been shown to specifically methylate both histo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vasileva E,Shuvalov O,Petukhov A,Fedorova O,Daks A,Nader R,Barlev N

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes of local field potentials (LFP, mainly gamma rhythm and theta rhythm) in the brain are closely related to learning and memory formation. Reduced gamma rhythm (20-50 Hz) and theta rhythm (4-10 Hz) has been observed in the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it is not clear whether it is related to ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Z,Jing Y,Ma Y,Duan D,Li B,Hölscher C,Li C,Wei J,Gao A,Shang L,Tao F,Xing Y

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogue, could reverse NAFLD-induced liver damage by improving metabolic profiles, but the exact molecular mechanism has not been elucidated. Sestrin2 is a novel antioxidant protein, essential for regulating metabolic homeostasis. However, whether sestrin2-mediated redox...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Han X,Ding C,Zhang G,Pan R,Liu Y,Huang N,Hou N,Han F,Xu W,Sun X

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of endogenous PTH deficiency on osteoclasts during fracture healing and its mechanism. METHODS:A femoral fracture model was used to determine the role of endogenous PTH in fracture healing. Immunohistochemistry, qPCR, and Western blot were used to determine the potential functions and mec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sun P,Wang M,Yin GY

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Barnacles are notorious marine fouling organisms. Their successful attachment to a substrate requires that they search for an appropriate habitat during their cyprid stage. A chemical cue called SIPC (Settlement-Inducing Protein Complex) has been shown to play a key role in the induction of cyprid gregarious settlemen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang X,Liang C,Song J,Ye Z,Wu W,Hu B

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00