'The endothelin (ET) family of peptides acts via two subtypes of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein (G protein)-coupled receptors termed ETA and ETB. ET-1 stimulated cAMP formation in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells stably expressing human wild-type ETA (CHO/hETA cells) while it inhibited cAMP formation in CHO cells expressing human wild-type ... More
Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the promoter of the human squalene synthase gene.
Authors Guan G; Jiang G; Koch R L; Shechter I;
JournalJ Biol Chem
PubMed ID7665618
'We have cloned and characterized the 5''-flanking region of the gene encoding human squalene synthase. We report here the promoter activity of successively 5''-truncated sections of a 1 kilobase of this region by fusing it to the coding region of a luciferase reporter gene. DNA segments of 200 base pairs ... More
Isolation, characterization, and differentiation of human multipotent dermal stem cells.
AuthorsLi L, Fukunaga-Kalabis M, Herlyn M
JournalMethods Mol Biol
PubMed ID23483399
Skin, as the body's largest organ, has been extensively used to study adult stem cells. Most previous skin-related studies have focused on stem cells isolated from hair follicles and from keratinocytes. Here we present a protocol to isolate multipotent neural crest stem-like dermis-derived stem cells (termed dermal stem cells or ... More
Functional analysis of the human D2 dopamine receptor missense variants.
Authors Cravchik A; Sibley D R; Gejman P V;
JournalJ Biol Chem
PubMed ID8824240
The human dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) has three polymorphic variants that predict the amino acid substitutions Val96 --> Ala, Pro310 --> Ser, and Ser311 --> Cys in the receptor protein. We have investigated the ligand binding and signal transduction properties of these human D2 receptor variants by stably expressing ... More
Requirement of tyrosine residues 333 and 338 of the growth hormone (GH) receptor for selected GH-stimulated function.
We have examined the involvement of tyrosine residues 333 and 338 of the growth hormone (GH) receptor in the cellular response to GH. Stable Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell clones expressing a receptor with tyrosine residues at position 333 and 338 of the receptor substituted for phenylalanine (CHO-GHR1-638 Y333F, Y338F) ... More
Mutational analysis of the insulin-like growth factor I prohormone processing site.
Authors Duguay S J; Lai-Zhang J; Steiner D F;
JournalJ Biol Chem
PubMed ID7615562
Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is a mitogenic peptide that is produced in most tissues and cell lines and plays an important role in embryonic development and postnatal growth. IGF-I is initially synthesized as a prohormone precursor that is converted to mature IGF-I by endoproteolytic removal of the carboxyl-terminal E-domain. ... More