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Nieuwenhuizen, W.F. (author), Dekker, H.L. (author), Gröneveld, T. (author), de Koster, C.G. (author), de Jong, G.A.H. (author), TNO Voeding (author)Bovine β-lactoglobulin (BLG) is a major component in whey and its physical properties are important for the texture of many dairy-based foods. Modification of proteins with transglutaminase from Streptoverticillium mobaraense (MTGase) can be used to alter their physical properties. MTGase-mediated modification of native BLG was until now,...article 2004
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TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Out, R. (author), Kruijt, J.K. (author), Rensen, P.C.N. (author), Hildebrand, R.B. (author), de Vos, P. (author), van Eck, M. (author), van Berkel, T.J.C. (author)The function of scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) in mediating the selective uptake of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol esters is well established. However, the potential role of SR-BI in chylomicron and chylomicron remnant metabolism is largely unknown. In the present investigation, we report that the cell association of 160...article 2004
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van Helden, H.P.M. (author), Trap, H.C. (author), Oostdijk, J.P. (author), Kuijpers, W.C. (author), Langenberg, J.P. (author), Benschop, H.P. (author), Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO (author)Realistic scenarios for low-level exposure to nerve agents will often involve exposures over several hours to extremely low doses of agent. In order to expose animals to the lowest controllable concentrations of agent and to increase exposure times until a lowest observable effect level (LOEL) becomes measurable, a validated system was developed...article 2003
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Heikkilä, P. (author), Teronen, O. (author), Hirn, M.Y. (author), Sorsa, T. (author), Tervahartiala, T. (author), Salo, T. (author), Konttinen, Y.T. (author), Halttunen, T. (author), Moilanen, M. (author), Hanemaaijer, R. (author), Laitinen, M. (author)Background. Bisphosphonates reduce the bone metastasis formation and angiogenesis but the exact molecular mechanisms involved are unclear. Progelatinase A (proMMP-2; 78 KDa) is activated up during the tumor spread and metastasis by a cell surface-associated matrix metalloproteinase (membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase [MT1-MMP] or MMP-14)....article 2003
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Noort, D. (author), Hulst, A.G. (author), Jansen, R. (author), Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO (author)Covalent binding of various clinically important nitrogen mustards to the cysteine-34 residue of human serum albumin, in vitro and in vivo, is demonstrated. A rapid method for detection of these adducts is presented, based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of the adducted tripeptide Cys*-Pro-Phe after digestion of the...article 2002
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Smit, E. (author), Jager, D. (author), Martinez, B. (author), Tielen, F.J. (author), Pouwels, P.H. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)The structure of the crystallisation domain, SAN, of the S A-protein of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356 was analysed by insertion and deletion mutagenesis, and by proteolytic treatment. Mutant S A-protein synthesised in Escherichia coli with 7-13 amino acid insertions near the N terminus or within regions of sequence variation in SAN (amino...article 2002
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Nieuwenhuizen, W.F. (author), van Leeuwen, S. (author), Götz, F. (author), Egmond, M.R. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Ceramidase (CDase) hydrolyses the N-acyl linkage of the sphingolipid ceramide. We synthesized the non-fluorescent ceramide analogue (4E,2S,3R)-2-N-(10-pyrenedecanoyl)-1,3,17-trihydroxy-17- (3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)-4-heptadecene (10) that becomes fluorescent upon hydrolysis of its N-acyl bond. This novel substrate was used to study several kinetic...article 2002
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Conesa, A. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Peroxidases are oxidoreductases that utilize hydrogen peroxide to catalyze oxidative reactions. A large number of peroxidases have been identified in fungal species and are being characterized at the molecular level. In this manuscript we review the current knowledge on the molecular aspects of this type of enzymes. We present an overview of the...article 2002
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Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author), de Vries, R. (author), van de Vondervoort, P.J.I. (author), Hendriks, L. (author), van de Belt, M. (author), Visser, J. (author)The α-glucuronidase gene aguA from Aspergillus niger was cloned and characterised. Analysis of the promoter region of aguA revealed the presence of four putative binding sites for the major carbon catabolite repressor protein CREA and one putative binding site for the transcriptional activator XLNR. In addition, a sequence motif was detected...article 2002
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Verzijl, N. (author), de Groot, J. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Bayliss, M.T. (author), Bijlsma, J.W.J. (author), Lafeber, F.P.J.G. (author), Maroudas, A. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Gaubius Instituut (author)During aging, non-enzymatic glycation results in the formation and accumulation of the advanced glycation endproduct pentosidine in long-lived proteins, such as articular cartilage collagen. In the present study, we investigated whether pentosidine accumulation also occurs in cartilage aggrecan. Furthermore, pentosidine levels in aggrecan...article 2001
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Koolwijk, P. (author), Sidenius, N. (author), Peters, E. (author), Sier, C.F.M. (author), Hanemaaijer, R. (author), Blasi, F. (author), van Hinsbergh, V.W.M. (author), Gaubius Instituut TNO (author)Pericellular proteolysis plays an important role in cell migration and the formation of new capillary structures. The plasminogen activator/plasmin and matrix degrading metalloproteinase (MMP) cascades act together in the remodeling of matrix and cell-matrix contacts. Previously we have shown that the formation of capillary structures by human...article 2001
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Spruit, W.E.T. (author), Langenberg, J.P. (author), Trap, H.C. (author), van der Wiel, H.J. (author), Helmich, R.B. (author), van Helden, H.P.M. (author), Benschop, H.P. (author)We report the first toxicokinetic studies of (±)-sarin. The toxicokinetics of the stereoisomers of this nerve agent were studied in anesthetized, atropinized, and restrained guinea pigs after intravenous bolus administration of a dose corresponding to 0.8 LD50 and after nose-only exposure to vapor concentrations yielding 0.4 and 0.8 LCt50 in an...article 2000
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Fidder, A. (author), Noort, D. (author), Hulst, A.G. (author), de Jong, L.P.A. (author), Benschop, H.P. (author), Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO (author)The development of a procedure for retrospective detection and quantitation of exposure to the arsenical dichloro(2-chlorovinyl)arsine (lewisite; L1) has been initiated. Upon incubation of human blood with [14C]L1 (20 nM-0.2 mM) in vitro, more than 90% of the total radioactivity was found in the erythrocytes and 25-50% of the radioactivity...article 2000
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TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Renirie, R. (author), Hemrika, W. (author), Piersma, S.R. (author), Wever, R. (author)The vanadate cofactor in vanadium chloroperoxidase has been studied using UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy. A band is present in the near-UV that is red-shifted as compared to free vanadate and shifts in both position and intensity upon change in pH. Mutation of vanadate binding residues has a clear effect on the spectrum. Substrate-induced...article 2000
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Ordentlich, A. (author), Barak, D. (author), Kronman, C. (author), Benschop, H.P. (author), de Jong, L.P.A. (author), Ariel, N. (author), Barak, R. (author), Segall, Y. (author), Velan, B. (author), Shafferman, A. (author)The stereoselectivity of the phosphonylation reaction and the effects of adduct configuration on the aging process were examined for human acetylcholinesterase (HuAChE) and its selected active center mutants, using the four stereomers of 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl methylphosphonofluoridate (soman). The reactivity of wild type HuAChE toward the P(S)...article 1999
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Arts, J. (author), Grimbergen, J. (author), Toet, K. (author), Kooistra, T. (author), Gaubius instituut TNO (author)We have characterized the regulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor- 1 (PAI-1) gene expression by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), serum, and interleukin-1α (IL-1α) in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2. PMA, serum, and IL-1α induced a rapid and transient 28-fold (PMA), 9-fold (serum), and 23-fold (IL-1α) increase in PAI-1 mRNA,...article 1999
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van Rozendaal, B.A.W.M. (author), van de Lest, C.H.A. (author), van Eijk, M. (author), van Golde, L.M.G. (author), Voorhout, W.F. (author), van Helden, H.P.M. (author), Haagsman, H.P. (author)Collectins are carbohydrate binding proteins that are implicated in innate host defense. The lung collectins, surfactant proteins A and D (SP-A and SP-D), bind a variety of pathogens in vitro and influence phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages. In this report we show that SP-D binds endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) in vivo in a rat model of...article 1999
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Kuipers, M.E. (author), Berg, M.V.D. (author), Meijer, D.K.F. (author), Huisman, H. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)In the present study, we described the interaction of succinylated human serum albumin (Suc-HSA), a negatively charged anti-HIV-1 active protein, with HIV-1 gp120 and in detail with the third variable domain of gp120 (V3 loop). To this end, different assay formats were tested in which gp120- and V3-related peptides were presented in various...article 1999
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Gaubius instituut TNO (author), van Vlijmen, B.J.M. (author), Rohlmann, A. (author), Page, S.T. (author), Bensadoun, A. (author), Bos, I.S.T. (author), van Berkel, T.J.C. (author), Havekes, L.M. (author), Herz, J. (author)We have used adenovirus-mediated gene transfer in mice to investigate low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) and LDLR-related protein (LRP)- independent mechanisms that control the metabolism of chylomicron and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) remnants in vivo. Overexpression of receptor- associated protein (RAP) in mice that lack both LRP...article 1999
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Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author), Pierik, A.J. (author), Roseboom, W. (author), Happe, R.P. (author), Bagley, K.A. (author), Albracht, S.P.J. (author)Infrared-spectroscopic studies on the [NiFe]-hydrogenase of Chromatium vinosum-enriched in 15N or 13C, as well as chemical analyses, show that this enzyme contains three non-exchangeable, intrinsic, diatomic molecules as ligands to the active site, one carbon monoxide molecule and two cyanide groups. The results form an explanation for the three...article 1999