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Gusakov, A.V. (author), Sinitsyn, A.P. (author), Salanovich, T.N. (author), Bukhtojarov, F.E. (author), Markov, A.V. (author), Ustinov, B.B. (author), Zeijl, C.V. (author), Punt, P. (author), Burlingame, R. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Two forms of cellobiohydrolase I (CBH I, Cel7A) were purified from the culture ultrafiltrate of a mutant strain of the fungus Chrysosporium lucknowense, an industrial producer of cellulases and hemicellulases. The enzymes had different molecular masses (52 and 65 kDa, SDS-PAGE data) but the same pI (4.5). Peptide sequencing showed that a single...article 2005
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Delsing, D.J.M. (author), Post, S.M. (author), Groenendijk, M. (author), Solaas, K. (author), van der Boom, H. (author), van Duyvenvoorde, W. (author), de Wit, E.C.M. (author), Bloks, V.W. (author), Kuipers, F. (author), Havekes, L.M. (author), Princen, H.M.G. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The present study was designed to investigate the lipid-lowering properties and mechanisms of action of a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, rosuvastatin, in female ApoE*3-Leiden transgenic mice. Mice received a high fat/cholesterol (HFC) diet containing either rosuvastatin (O [control], 0.00125%, 0.0025%, or 0.005% [w/w]) or 0.05% (w/w)...article 2005
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Lamfers, M.L.M. (author), Gianni, D. (author), Tung, C.H. (author), Idema, S. (author), Schagen, F.H.E. (author), Carette, J.E. (author), Quax, P.H.A. (author), van Beusechem, V.W. (author), van der Top, W.P. (author), Dirven, C.M.F. (author), Chiocca, E.A. (author), Gerritsen, W.R. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Oncolytic adenoviruses exhibiting tumor-selective replication are promising anticancer agents. Insertion and expression of a transgene encoding tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3), which has been reported to inhibit angiogenesis and tumor cell infiltration and induce apoptosis, may improve the antitumor activity of these agents. To...article 2005
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te Biesebeke, R. (author), Record, E. (author), van Biezen, N. (author), Heerikhuisen, M. (author), Franken, A. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)To study the relation between the number of hyphal tips and protein secretion during growth on a solid substrate, we have constructed two mutant strains of Aspergillus oryzae with increased hyphal branching. We have analysed hydrolytic enzyme activities during growth on wheat kernels (WK) of A. oryzae strains carrying the disrupted allele of the...article 2005
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Joosten, V. (author), Roelofs, M.S. (author), van den Dries, N. (author), Goosen, T. (author), Verrips, C.T. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Lokman, B.C. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The Arthromyces ramosus peroxidase gene (arp) was genetically fused to either the 5′- or 3′-terminal ends of the gene encoding llama variable heavy chain antibody fragment VHH R9, resulting in the fusion expression cassettes ARP-R9 or R9-ARP. Aspergillus awamori transformants were obtained which produced up to 30 mg l-1 fusion protein in the...article 2005
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Caspary, F. (author), Elliott, G. (author), Navé, B.T. (author), Verzaal, P. (author), Rohrbach, M. (author), Das, P.K. (author), Nagelkerken, L. (author), Nieland, J.D. (author), Gaubius Instituut TNO (author)Background: The dogma in psoriasis is that due to pathogen-induced inflammatory responses, an autoreactive immune response is induced that leads to tissue destruction. However, this model might be too simplistic. Literature data suggest that the expression of enzymes crucial for fatty acid oxidation is upregulated in the skin of patients with...article 2005
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Grefhorst, A. (author), Hoekstra, J. (author), Derks, T.G.J. (author), Ouwens, D.M. (author), Baller, J.F.W. (author), Havinga, R. (author), Havekes, L.M. (author), Romijn, J.A. (author), Kuipers, F. (author)Accumulation of triglycerides (TG) in the liver is generally associated with hepatic insulin resistance. We questioned whether acute hepatic steatosis induced by pharmacological blockade of β-oxidation affects hepatic insulin sensitivity, i.e., insulin-mediated suppression of VLDL production and insulin-induced activation of phosphatidylinositol...article 2005
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Walker, L.C. (author), Overstreet, M.A. (author), Siddiqui, A. (author), de Paepe, A. (author), Ceylaner, G. (author), Malfait, F. (author), Symoens, S. (author), Atsawasuwan, P. (author), Yamauchi, M. (author), Ceylaner, S. (author), Bank, R.A. (author), Yeowell, H.N. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)The clinical diagnosis of a patient with the phenotype of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI was confirmed biochemically by the severely diminished level of lysyl hydroxylase (LH) activity in the patient's skin fibroblasts. A novel homozygous mutation, a single base change of T1360 → G in exon 13 of the LH1 gene, predicted to result in W446G, was...article 2005
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven TNO Voeding (author), Ozimek, L.K. (author), Euverink, G.J.W. (author), Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author)Bacterial fructosyltransferase enzymes belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 68 (GH68) are not known to require a metal cofactor. Here, we show that Ca2+ ions play an important structural role in the Lactobacillus reuteri 121 levansucrase (Lev) and inulosucrase (Inu) enzymes. Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Lev 3D structure [Meng, G. and...article 2005
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Sluijter, J.P.G. (author), Verloop, R.E. (author), Pulskens, W.P.C. (author), Velema, E. (author), Grimbergen, J.M. (author), Quax, P.H. (author), Goumans, M.J. (author), Pasterkamp, G. (author), Kleijn, D.P.V.de (author)Background: Furin-like proprotein convertases (PCs) are proteolytic activators of proproteins, like membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), that are described in the arterial response to injury. However, the involvement of furin-like PCs in the arterial response to injury has not been...article 2005
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven TNO Voeding (author), Kaper, T. (author), Talik, B. (author), Ettema, T.J. (author), Bos, H. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author)Amylomaltases are 4-alpha-glucanotransferases (EC 2.4.1.25) of glycoside hydrolase family 77 that transfer alpha-1,4-linked glucans to another acceptor, which can be the 4-OH group of an alpha-1,4-linked glucan or glucose. The amylomaltase-encoding gene (PAE1209) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum IM2 was cloned and...article 2005
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TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Lund, S. (author), Porzgen, P. (author), Mortensen, A.L. (author), Hasseldam, H. (author), Bozyczko-Coyne, D. (author), Morath, S. (author), Hartung, T. (author), Bianchi, M. (author), Ghezzi, P. (author), Bsibsi, M. (author), Dijkstra, S. (author), Leist, M. (author)CEP-1347 is a potent inhibitor of the mixed lineage kinases (MLKs), a distinct family of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinases (MAPKKK). It blocks the activation of the c-Jun/JNK apoptotic pathway in neurons exposed to various stressors and attenuates neurodegeneration in animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD). Microglial activation...article 2005
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Berbée, J.F.P. (author), van der Hoogt, C.C. (author), Sundararaman, D. (author), Havekes, L.M. (author), Rensen, P.C.N. (author)Studies in humans and mice have shown that increased expression of apolipoprotein C-I (apoC-I) results in combined hyperlipidemia with a more pronounced effect on triglycerides (TGs) compared with total cholesterol (TC). The aim of this study was to elucidate the main reason for this effect using human apoC-I-expressing (APOC1) mice. Moderate...article 2005
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TNO Voeding (author), van der Woude, H. (author), Alink, G.M. (author), van Rossum, B.E.J. (author), Walle, K. (author), van Steeg, H. (author), Walle, T. (author), Rietjens, I.M.C.M. (author)This study investigates the role of cellular tyrosinase and/or peroxidase-like oxidative enzyme activity in the covalent binding of quercetin to glutathione, protein, and DNA, as well as the stability of quercetin DNA adducts in time. This was done by studying the formation of glutathionyl quercetin adducts in various in vitro models, and the...article 2005
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TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Tchetverikov, I. (author), Lohmander, L.S. (author), Verzijl, N. (author), Huizinga, T.W.J. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Hanemaaijer, R. (author), de Groot, J. (author)Objective: To determine protein and activity levels of matrix metalloproteinases 1 and 3 (MMP-1 and MMP-3) in synovial fluid of patients with knee joint injury, primary osteoarthritis, and acute pyrophosphate arthritis (pseudogout). Methods: Measurements were done on knee synovial fluid obtained in a cross sectional study of cases of injury (n...article 2005
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TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), van den Boom, R. (author), van der Harst, M.R. (author), Brommer, H. (author), Brama, P.A.J. (author), Barneveld, A. (author), van Weeren, P.R. (author), de Groot, J. (author)Reasons for performing study: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent and disabling chronic conditions affecting horses and leads to degeneration of articular cartilage. Diagnosis is based on clinical signs in combination with radiography, which is relatively insensitive and provides only an indication of accumulated damage. Alternative...article 2005
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van Zanden, J.J. (author), Geraets, L. (author), Wortelboer, H.M. (author), van Bladeren, P.J. (author), Rietjens, I.M.C.M. (author), Cnubben, N.H.P. (author), TNO Voeding (author)The objective of this study was to investigate the structural requirements necessary for inhibition of glutathione S-transferase P1-1 (GSTP1-1) and GS-X pump (MRP1 and MRP2) activity by structurally related flavonoids, in GSTP1-1 transfected MCF7 cells (pMTG5). The results reveal that GSTP1-1 activity in MCF7 pMTG5 cells can be inhibited by some...article 2004
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Kralj, S. (author), van Geel-Schutten, G.H. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), TNO Voeding Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Lactobacillus reuteri strain 121 uses sucrose for synthesis of a unique, soluble glucan ('reuteran') with mainly α-(1→4) glucosidic linkages. The gene (gtfA) encoding this glucansucrase enzyme had previously been characterized. Here, a detailed biochemical and molecular analysis of the GTFA enzyme is presented. This is believed to be the first...article 2004
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Lindeman, J.H.N. (author), Hanemaaijer, R. (author), Mulder, A. (author), Dijkstra, P.D.S. (author), Szuhai, K. (author), Bromme, D. (author), Verheijen, J.H. (author), Hogendoorn, P.C.W. (author)Giant cell tumor (GCT) of bone is a neoplasm of bone characterized by a localized osteolytic lesion. The nature of GCT is an enigma and the cell type(s) and protease(s) responsible for the extensive localized clinicoradiological osteolysis remain unresolved. We evaluated protease expression and cellular distribution of the proteolytic machinery...article 2004
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Degenhardt, C.E.A.M. (author), Pleijsier, K. (author), van der Schans, M.J. (author), Langenberg, J.P. (author), Preston, K.E. (author), Solano, M.I. (author), Maggio, V.L. (author), Barr, J.R. (author), Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO (author)One of the most appropriate biomarkers for the verification of organophosphorus nerve agent exposure is the conjugate of the nerve agent to butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). The phosphyl moiety of the nerve agent can be released from the BuChE enzyme by incubation with fluoride ions, after which the resulting organophosphonofluoridate can be...article 2004