papillon-lefevre disease/phosphatase

The rat placenta expresses a family of genes related to prolactin (PRL). Target tissues and physiological roles for many members of the PRL family have yet to be determined. In this investigation we evaluated the use of an alkaline phosphatase (AP) tag for monitoring the behavior of a prototypical

Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a potential drug target for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity. The design of PTP1B inhibitors as therapeutic agents has been hampered mostly owing to their poor cell permeability and oral bioavailability. In the present study, we investigated the

Trypanosoma cruzi induces changes in the protein pattern of human placenta syncytiotrophoblast. Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) is a glycoenzyme anchored to the membrane by a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol molecule. PLAP activity and its presence was altered by the parasite in cultures of human

In B lymphocytes, the down-regulatory phosphatase SHP-1 associates with CD22 and CD32b (also known as FcgammaRIIB) and acts as a critical negative regulator of B-cell receptor signaling. Bovine leukemia virus, a retrovirus of the HTLV/BLV group, causes persistently increased numbers of peripheral

The halo-acid dehalogenase (HAD) superfamily comprises a large number of enzymes that share a conserved core domain responsible for a diverse array of chemical transformations (e.g., phosphonatase, dehalogenase, phosphohexomutase, and phosphatase) and a cap domain that controls substrate

Congenital Chagas disease, due to the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is associated with premature labor, miscarriage, and placentitis. Human enzyme placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) (EC 3.1.3.1.) is membrane-anchored through glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). PLAP is present in

In order to identify sensitive and specific biochemical indicators of pulmonary damages caused by industrial contaminants, male Long-Evans rats were exposed to a cadmium chloride (CdCl2) aerosol (5 mg Cd/m3; MMAD = 1.4 microns; SDg = 1.8) for 1 hr. The rats were sacrificed at 1, 4, 8, and 16 days

A major impasse to understanding the physiologic role(s) of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is uncertainty as to its natural substrates. Various in vitro studies have led other investigators to suggest that ALP functions as a plasma membrane phosphoprotein phosphatase, consistent with our demonstration

The use of serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) isoenzymes as markers of breast cancer metastases and treatment efficacy has received little attention. Twenty-six breast cancer women (56+/-13 years, all post-menopausal) were prospectively evaluated during their first and third course of chemotherapy

Alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes in sera were resolved by electrophoresis on cellulose acetate membranes into seven different bands (L1, B, Pl, L2, l1, l2, and Pa, in decreasing order of electrophoretic mobility). The slowest moving band (Pa) was observed in the sera of 16 patients--15 with cancer of

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) plays an important role in bone mineralization; high levels in differentiated osteoblasts allows their identification easily in vitro. It is generally assumed that the activity of ALP in osteosarcoma-derived cell lines commonly used in studies of bone cell biology is

Enhanced afferent excitability is considered to be an important pathophysiological basis of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). In addition, transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) receptors are known to be involved in afferent sensitization. Animals with hydrogen peroxide

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4 Th1-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the CNS and a well-established animal model for multiple sclerosis. Src homology 2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase 1 (SHP-1) is a cytosolic tyrosine phosphatase that is

Formylchromane derivatives were reported to possess irreversible and selective inhibition on human protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP 1B). Inhibition of PTP 1B is a molecular level legitimate approach for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). 3D-QSAR studies were performed on a series

The screening of a series of 11 metastatic breast tumors for the presence of the placental isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (EC3.1.3.1) by RIA revealed one strong producer. The alkaline phosphatase of this tumor was characterized with respect to its immunochemical cross-reactivity, inhibition by