... substrate, where guanylylcyclase activity can be observed even in the absence of ligand Again, in contrast to the significant loss of ST-mediated activationofguanylylcyclase activity, 50% of the activity ... soluble guanylylcyclase as well as protein kinase G and activationof the soluble guanylylcyclase leads to inhibition of Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3 [22] and apical Cl–/OH–exchange activity by activation ... means of regulation of a member of the guanylylcyclase receptor family, by controlling the amounts of differentially glycosylated forms of GC-C in a cell Given the fact that the 130 kDa form of...
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... the ability ofguanylyl cyclase- activating protein GCAP-2 to regulate photoreceptor guanylylcyclase J Biol Chem 272, 14327–14333 11 Hwang, J.-Y & Koch, K.-W (2002) The myristoylation of the neuronal ... and a mechanism of photoreceptor guanylylcyclaseactivation J Biol Chem 274, 25583–25587 21 Ermilov, A.N., Olshevskaya, E.V & Dizhoor, A.M (2001) Instead of binding calcium, one of the EF-hand ... M & Koch, K.-W (1999) Identification of a domain in guanylyl cyclase- activating protein 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 that interacts with a complex ofguanylylcyclase and tubulin in photoreceptors...
... 08:00–18:00 (47% of calls during 42% of the day), a substantial proportion of MET calls occur after normal working hours (53% of calls during 58% of the day), with the peak time of activity occurring ... the Austin Hospital and 2568 activations of the MET service Activationof the MET service was not uniform over the 24-hour period (Fig 1) Over the study period, 53% of the 2568 calls occurred in ... time, a detailed analysis of the level of utilization of a MET service over a 24-hour period and found a significant increase in the number of MET calls around periods of nursing handover and routine...
... preferentially the phosphorylation of the p46 isoform of JNK, whereas sorbitol treatment induced phosphorylation of both the p46 and p55 isoforms To confirm functional activationof the JNK signaling pathway, ... by distinct sets of stimuli [1–4] Of particular importance to this study is the JNK family of MAPKs, which are predominantly activated by proinflammatory cytokines and a variety of environmental ... extent of MAPK activation depends not only on the activity of kinases, but also the protein phosphatases that dephosphorylate the Tyr and Ser ⁄ Thr residues in substrate proteins that are part of...
... mechanism for furin-mediated activationof transmembrane substrates The activationof ADAM17 by furin [68] and our observation of an interaction between GRASP55 and the ICD of ADAM17 (C Roghi and L ... to AAA573 could explain the reduction of the level of cell surface expression of this mutated version of MT1-MMP It is important to note that perturbation of the GRASP55 interaction with TGF-a ... 2010 FEBS C Roghi et al Role of GRASP55 in MT1-MMP activation ting that the disruption of the interaction between MT1-MMP and GRASP55 could affect the activationof the protease Taken together,...
... summary, upregulation of ICAM-1 expression in SCs after direct stimulation with LPS occurred via activationof MAPKs, especially the p38 and SAPK ⁄ JNK pathways Activationof MAPK pathways might ... accumulation and antigen-induced activationof T cells in inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the PNS As mentioned above, MAPKs were implicated in the activationof NF-jB in SCs in response to ... LPS-induced activationof the p38 and SAPK ⁄ JNK MAPK cascades is responsible for the synthesis of ICAM-1 in SCs Discussion The present study demonstrated that LPS induces ICAM-1 expression in SCs of...
... activation was strongly inhibited by selective inactivation of the AP-1 site and completely inhibited by simultaneous inactivation of the AP-1 and PEA-3 ⁄ ETS-1 sites Selective inactivation of ... activation was strongly inhibited by selective inactivation of the AP-1 site and completely inhibited by simultaneous inactivation of the AP-1 and PEA-3 ⁄ ETS-1 sites Selective inactivation of ... sustained activationof Rac by overexpression of the Rac-specific activator, Tiam1, or overexpression of V12-Rac1, strongly induces transcriptional upregulation of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase...
... agonist of the WT nAChR and it elicits a maximum current of only 1.5 ± 0.1% of the ACh response (data not shown) The WT receptor was activated by PTMA with an EC50 of 57 lm and a Hill coefficient of ... concentration-effect curves for the activationof WT nAChR(n) and inhibition of the ACh-induced response of aR55F (s) mutant receptors (Table 2, see text for details) (B) Inhibition of ACh-evoked currents ... EC50 value for activationof that subtype Similar data show a lack of significant effect of dTC on the aR55W and R55E mutant receptors (data not shown) Fig compares the density of binding sites...
... [16], and also affects the type of cellular response that is evoked [17,18] Activationof ERK is required for proliferation of fibroblasts [19] and constitutive ERK activation frequently occurs in ... expression of genes involved in cell cycle progression include Elk1, c-fos, c-Jun and c-myc [9,15] The duration of ERK activation (transient or sustained) determines the repertoire of target genes ... the synergistic effect EGF concentration-dependency of synergistic activation To investigate the synergistic activation in the second phase of the time profile further, we measured the ERK-PP concentration...
... translational activationof the IRES-containing mRNA Since internal translation is independent of the 5¢-cap structure of the mRNA, we did not focus our attention on the changes in the activity of the ... translation of specific mRNAs during the course of differentiation During the early developmental stages of Xenopus, Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila, the translation of subclasses of mRNAs ... StuI–NcoI 7.5-kb fragment of pLL to generate pLML pcK3L was generated by insertion of the NcoI (filled)– BamHI 0.3-kb fragment of pTM1-K3L [18] into the HindIII (filled)–BamHI sites of pcDNA3 (Invitrogen)...
... concentration range of 30–150 lM (1.3–6.5 mgÆmL)1), 90 lL of arrestin solution was mixed with 10 lL of 10 mM peptide solution to yield a final peptide concentration of mM For higher concentrations of arrestin ... and arrestin in the presence of phosphopeptide is given at the top of the (B) and (C), expressed as a percentage of the total signal from the detector Activationof visual arrestin (Eur J Biochem ... wild-type arrestin The effect of the R175Q mutation on the properties of arrestin is consistent with the observed effect of the phosphopeptide: both cause activationof arrestin but produce very...
... process Results Inhibition of collagen-mediated activationof PMNs by 6-amino-hexanoic acid In a first set of experiments, the potential involvement of lysine residues in PMN activation was evaluated ... the results obtained in arbitrary units) and activationof PMNs by a1CB6 peptides was expressed as a ratio of the intensity ofactivation to the amount of a1CB6 peptides deposited The results are ... results obtained in arbitrary units), and activationof PMN by a1CB6 peptides was expressed as a ratio of the intensity ofactivation to the amount of a1CB6 peptides deposited The results are...
... indicating that the side effect of the activationof GAR-3 is limited Furthermore, the phenotype of gar-3 loss -of- function mutants is almost wildtype with the exception of a faster pharyngeal pumping ... directly fused at the C-terminus of M2 A myc-epitope tag was added at the N-terminus of M2 To prevent rapid degradation, the central part of the third intracellular loop of M2 was deleted [26] Asn ... presence of 0.2 mM atropine; solid line, in the absence of atropine atropine (Fig 3A), suggesting that carbamylcholine induced the substitution for GTPcS in GOA-1 The IC50 value of the displacement of...
... general, the action of neokyotorphin in L929 cells appears be similar to that of cAMP Results Effect of neokyotorphin in the absence of growth factors To test the ability of neokyotorphin to ... 7) The activity of lm neokyotorphin was inhibited over the whole concentration range of H-89, confirming the involvement of PKA in the effect of neokyotorphin As for participation of the other H-89-suppressed ... may be due to the pleiotropicity of the role of the sensitive forms of PKC in L929 cell proliferation [36] In the presence of bisindolylmaleimide XI, the effect of neokyotorphin did not change...
... cells via activationof NF-jB Attenuation of LXF-289 cell proliferation by ATP is mediated by the activationof the MEK ⁄ ERK1 ⁄ 2, PI3K and p38 MAPK pathways Activation and translocation of the ... Inhibition of proliferation of LXF-289 lung tumor cells Effects of P2 receptor agonists The influence of the different P2 receptor agonists is shown as percentage inhibition of the proliferation of LXF-289 ... proliferation of LXF-289 cells by regulation of cell cycle progression through activationof several signal transduction pathways The delay in cell cyle progression through activationof P2Y receptors...
... dose-responsive effect of hA on activationof p38 kinase In parallel experiments, we studied the effects of inhibition of ERK1 ⁄ and p38 kinase on hA-induced caspase-3 activation and apoptosis ... activation in islet b-cells, through activationof the JNK pathway [15,23] In the current study, we planned to determine whether either of the other two MAP kinases, ERK and p38 kinase, and activation ... indicating that increased activationof ATF-2 is correlated with induction of apoptosis and the ability of hA to form b-sheet-containing aggregates In contrast, we found that levels of nonphosphorylated...