Acta biochimica Polonica

ACTA BIOCHIMICA POLONICA Vol. 56 - 2009 SPIS TREŚCI

no. 1 Reviews 1 Quenching of acyl-homoserine lactone-dependent quorum sensing by enzymatic disruption of signal molecules / Robert Czajkowski and Sylwia Jafra 17 Regulation of cell function by isoforms of C-reactive protein: A comparative analysis / Magdalena Boncler and Cezary Watała 33 Giant unilamellar vesicles — a perfect tool to visualize phase separation and lipid rafts in model systems / Olga Wesołowska, Krystyna Michalak, Jadwiga Maniewska and Andrzej B. Hendrich Regular papers 41 Cloning and expression of a new recombinant thrombolytic and anthithrombotic agent — a staphylokinase variant / Michał Kowalski, George Brown, Magdalena Bieniasz, Katarzyna Oszajca, Ewa Chabielska, Tadeusz Pietras, Zofia Szemraj, Eusebio MakandjouOla, Jacek Bartkowiak and Janusz Szemraj 55 Role of Escherichia coli heat shock proteins IbpA and IbpB in protection of alcohol dehydrogenase AdhE against heat inactivation in the presence of oxygen / Ewelina Matuszewska, Joanna Kwiatkowska, ElŜbieta Ratajczak, Dorota Kuczyńska-Wiśnik and Ewa Laskowska 63 Identification of the csp gene and molecular modelling of the CspA-like protein from Antarctic soil-dwelling psychrotrophic bacterium Psychrobacter sp. B6 / Agnieszka Kaufman-Szymczyk, Arkadiusz Wojtasik, Pawet Parniewski, Aneta Białkowska, Karolina Tkaczuk and Marianna Turkiewicz 71 Purification and characterization of antibacterial proteins from granular hemocytes of Indian mud crab, Scylla serrata / Roshan Dinesh Yedery and Kudumula Venkata Rami Reddy 83 The profile of ErbB/Her family genes copy number assessed by real-time PCR in parathyroid adenoma and hyperplasia associated with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism / Natalia Bednarz, Krzysztof Błaut, Krzysztof Sworczak, Tomasz Osęka and Krzysztof P. Bielawski 89 Translational and structural analysis of the shortest legume ENOD40 gene in Lupinus luteus / Jan Podkowinski, Agnieszka Zmienko, Blazena Florek, Pawel Wojciechowski, Agnieszka Rybarczyk, Jan Wrzesinski, Jerzy Ciesiolka, Jacek Blazewicz, Adam Kondorosi, Martin Crespi3 and Andrzej Legocki 103 Phenotype modifiers of spinal muscular atrophy: the number of SMN2 gene copies, deletion in the NAIP gene and probably gender influence the course of the disease / Maria Jędrzejowska, Michał Milewski, Janusz Zimowski, Janina Borkowska, Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk, Danuta Sielska, Marta Jurek and Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz 109 Identification and tissue distribution of a novel rat glucocorticoid receptor splice variant / Huiming Ju, Xia Wang, Zongping Liu, Ping Liu, Yan Zhao, Renping Xiong, Yuanguo Zhou and Xingyun Chen

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Chimeric protein ABRaA-VEGF121 is cytotoxic towards VEGFR-2-expressing PAE cells and inhibits B16-F10 melanoma growth / Andrzej Smagur, Mariya M. Boyko, Nadiya V. Biront, Tomasz Cichoń and Stanisław Szala Diphenyl diselenide and diphenyl ditelluride increase the latency for 4-aminopyridine-induced chemical seizure and prevent death in mice / Verônica B. Brito, João Batista T. Rocha, Vanderlei Folmer and Fernando Erthal Cytotoxicity and inhibitory properties against topoisomerase II of doxorubicin and its formamidine derivatives / Krzysztof Kik, Kazimierz Studzian, Małgorzata Wąsowska-Łukawska, Irena Oszczapowicz and Leszek Szmigiero Nucleoside diphosphate kinase isoforms regulated by phytochrome A isolated from oat coleoptiles / Anna Hetmann and Stanisław Kowalczyk Localization of the attachment site of oligoglucans to Mesorhizobium loti HAMBI 1148 murein / Magdalena Karaś and Ryszard Russa Combination of combretastatin A4 phosphate and doxorubicin-containing liposomes affects growth of B16-F10 tumors / Iwona Mitrus, Aleksander Sochanik, Tomasz Cichoń and Stanisław Szala Detection of selective cationic amphipatic antibacterial peptides by Hidden Markov models / Carlos Polanco and Jose L. Samaniego Identification of a novel protein encoded by third conserved gene within RAG locus / Monika Kasztura, Arkadiusz Miazek, Malgorzata Cebrat and Pawet Kisielow

Communications 183 Selenium supplementation to chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis does not induce the synthesis of plasma glutathione peroxidase / Bronislaw A. Zachara, Jolanta Gromadzinska, Zbigniew Zbrog, Rafal Swiech, Wojciech Wasowicz, Ewa Twardowska, Ewa Jablonska and Wojciech Sobala 189 Practical highly enantioselective synthesis of (R)- and (S)-(E)-4hydroxynon-2-enal / Marek Komisarski, Zuzanna Kaczmarska and Jarosław T. Kuśmierek Book Review 195 Electron Microscopy: Methods and Protocols / Anna Wasik 196 Molecular Biomethods Handbook / Genowefa Ślósarek

no. 2 Reviews 199 Annexins — calcium- and membrane-binding proteins in the plant kingdom. Potential role in nodulation and mycorrhization in Medicago truncatula / Tanuja Talukdar, Karolina Maria Gorecka, Fernanda de Carvalho-Niebel, J. Allan Downie, Julie Cullimore and Slawomir Pikula 211 Fungi pathogenic to humans: molecular bases of virulence of Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans and Aspergillus fumigatus / Justyna Karkowska-Kuleta, Maria Rapala-Kozik and Andrzej Kozik 225 Involvement of Rac/Cdc42/PAK pathway in cytoskeletal rearrangements / Joanna Szczepanowska Regular papers 235 Influence of vitamin D3 analogues in combination with budesonid R on proliferation of nasal polyp fibroblasts / Beata Rostkowska-Nadolska, Marcin Frączek, Wojciech Gawron and Malgorzata Latocha 243 Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity affects its subcellular localization and DNA strand break rejoining / Nadezhda I. Ryabokon, Artur Cieślar-Pobuda and Joanna Rzeszowska-Wolny 249 Antitumoral effect of IL-12 gene transfected via liposomes into B16FO cells / Lucía Speroni, Julieta Gasparri, Victoria de los A. Bustuoabad, Nadia S. Chiaramoni, Andrzej Smagur, Stanisław Szala, María C. Taira and Silvia del V. Alonso 255 Kinetin affects the level of chloroplast polyamines and transglutaminase activity during senescence of barley leaves / Ewa Sobieszczuk-Nowicka, Przemysław Wieczorek and Jolanta Legocka 261 A comparative study of the effects of genistein, estradiol and raloxifene on the murine skeletal system / Leszek Śliwiński, Joanna Folwarczna, Barbara Nowińska, Urszula Cegieła, Maria Pytlik, Ilona Kaczmarczyk-Sedlak, Hanna Trzecia and Henryk I. Trzeciak 271 Calculation of reliable transcript levels of annotated genes on the basis of multiple probe-sets in Affymetrix microarrays / Roman Jaksik, Joanna Polańska, Robert Herok and Joanna Rzeszowska-Wolny 279 Isolation and characterization of novel human short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase SCDR10B which is highly expressed in the brain and acts as hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase / Chaoqun Huang, Bo Wan, Bo Gao, Saiyin Hexige and Long Yu 291 Mutational analysis of the AtNUDT7 Nudix hydrolase from Arabidopsis thaliana reveals residues required for protein quarternary structure formation and activity / Kamil Olejnik, Danuta Płochocka, Marcin Grynberg, GraŜyna Goch, Wiesław I. Gruszecki, Teresa Basińska and ElŜbieta Kraszewska 301 Lansoprazole is an uncompetitive inhibitor of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase / Melanie Delomenède, René Buchet and Saïda Mebarek 307 Reference genes for gene expression studies on non-small cell lung cancer / Peter Gresner, Jolanta Gromadzinska and Wojciech Wasowicz 317 Unexpected domain composition of MACC1 links MET signaling and apoptosis / Katarzyna Kokoszyńska, Jacek Kryński, Leszek Rychlewski and Lucjan S. Wyrwicz

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Exogenous nitric oxide inhibits shedding of ADAM17 substrates / Monika Bzowska, Krystyna Stalińska, Renata MęŜyk-Kopeć, Karolina Wawro, Katarzyna Duda, Sudipta Das and Joanna Bereta Herpesviruses as possible cofactors in HPV-16-related oncogenesis / Slawa Szostek, Barbara Zawilinska, Jolanta Kopec and Magdalena Kosz-Vnenchak Extradermal melanin transfer? Lack of macroscopic spleen melanization in old C57BL/6 mice with de-synchronized hair cycle / Dominika Michalczyk, Malgorzata Popik, Aleksander Salwinski and Przemyslaw M. Plonka Chemerin and the recruitment of NK cells to diseased skin / Joanna Skrzeczyńska-Moncznik, Anna Stefańska, Brian A. Zabel, Monika Kapińska-Mrowiecka, Eugene C. Butcher and Joanna Cichy Diminished expression of ICOS, GITR and CTLA-4 at the mRNA level in T regulatory cells of children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes / Włodzimierz Łuczyński, Natalia Wawrusiewicz-Kurylonek, Anna Stasiak-Barmuta, Remigiusz Urban, ElŜbieta Iłendo, Mirosława Urban, Marek Hryszko, Adam Krętowski and Maria Górska

Book Review 371 Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 474. Nanostructure Design / Kazimierz L. Wierzchowski, Krzysztof Pawłowski

no. 3 REVIEW 375 Sulfate permeases - phylogenetic diversity of sulfate transport / Sebastian Piłsyk and Andrzej Paszewski 385 Potassium channels in brain mitochondria / Piotr Bednarczyk 393 Endothelium as target for large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel openers / Antoni Wrzosek REGULAR PAPER 405 H3K4 histone methylation in oral squamous cell carcinoma / Marta Mancuso, Danilo Swann Matassa, Mariachiara Conte, Giuseppe Colella, Gina Rana, Laura Fucciand Marina Piscopo 411 TGF-β1, IL-10 and IL-4 in colostrum of allergic and nonallergic mothers / Andrzej Marek, Maciej Zagierski, Anna Liberek, Ewa Aleksandrowicz, Michał Korzon, Grzegorz Krzykowski, Barbara Kamińska and Agnieszka Szlagatys-Sidorkiewicz 415 A novel lectin with antiproliferative activity from the medicinal mushroom Pholiota adipose / G. Q. Zhang, J. Sun, H. X. Wang and T. B. Ng 423 New method for quantitative analysis of GD2 ganglioside in plasma of neuroblastoma patients / Dominik Czaplicki, Irena Horwacik, Aleksandra Kowalczyk, Aleksandra Wieczorek, Katarzyna BolekMarzec, Walentyna Balwierz, Andrzej Kozik and Hanna Rokita 433 Helicobacter pylori increases expression of proapoptotic markers Fas and FasL on CD4 lymphocytes in children / Aldona Kotłowska-Kmieć, Alicja Bąkowska, Adam Szarszewski, Barbara Kamińska, GraŜyna Łuczak, Wojciech Radys, Piotr Landowski, Jacek Brodzicki, Maria Korzon and Anna Liberek 439 Effect of insulin and glucose on adenosine metabolizing enzymes in human B lymphocytes / Katarzyna Kocbuch, Monika Sakowicz-Burkiewicz, Marzena Grden, Andrzej Szutowicz and Tadeusz Pawelczyk 447 Inhibition of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase by 2-[2-nitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]-1,3-cyclohexanedione / Sergey Molchanov and Adam Gryff-Keller 455 Governing the monomer-dimer ratio of human cystatin c by single amino acid substitution in the hinge region / Aneta Szymańska, Adrianna Radulska, Paulina Czaplewska, Anders Grubb, Zbigniew Grzonka and Sylwia Rodziewicz-Motowidło 465 Arginase isoenzymes in human cirrhotic liver / Alicja Chrzanowska, Beata Gajewska and Anna Barańczyk-Kuźma 471 Mechanosensitivity of cell membrane may govern creep-strain recovery, osmotic expansion and lysis / Piotr H. Pawłowski 481 High sequence homology between protein tyrosine acid phosphatase from boar seminal vesicles and human prostatic acid phosphatase / Paweł Wysocki, GraŜyna Płucienniczak and Jerzy StrzeŜek 487 The slow sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase declines independently of slow myosin in soleus muscle of diabetic rats / Gábor Rácz, András Szabó, Ágota Vér and Ernı Zádor 495 Impact of roscovitine, a selective CDK inhibitor, on cancer cells: bifunctionality increases its therapeutic potential / Józefa WęsierskaGądek, Andreea Borza, Oxana Komina and Margarita Maurer 503 Natural phenolic acids may increase serum estradiol level in

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ovariectomized rats / Maria Zych, Joanna Folwarczna and Henryk I. Trzeciak Flavonoids as reductants of ferryl hemoglobin / Lidia Gebicka and Ewa Banasiak Bradykinin-related peptides up-regulate the expression of kinin B1 and B2 receptor genes in human promonocytic cell line U937 / Ibeth GuevaraLora, Magdalena Florkowska and Andrzej Kozik

COMMUNICATION 523 Determination of hydroperoxides in aqueous solutions containing surfactants by the ferrous oxidation-xylenol orange method / Piotr Meisner and Jerzy L. Gębicki BOOK REVIEW 529 Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 540. Riboswitches: Methods and Protocols, Alexander Serganov ed. / Joanna Cieśla 529 Nucleic Acids and Peptide Aptamers, Günter Mayer ed., Springer Protocols, Methods and Protocols / Ryszard W. Adamiak, Mikołaj Olejniczak

no. 4 REVIEW 531 Use of HIV as a gene transfer vector / Krzysztof Pluta and Magdalena Marta Kacprzak 597 Staphylococcus aureus as an infectious agent: overview of biochemistry and molecular genetics of its pathogenicity / Konrad Plata, Adriana E. Rosato and Grzegorz Węgrzyn REGULAR PAPER 613 Measurement of functional independence level and falls-risk in individuals with undiagnosed phenylketonuria / Artur Mazur, Sabina Jarochowicz, Mariusz Ołtarzewski, Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska, Andrzej Kwolek and Grace O'Malley 619 Elements regulating Potato leafroll virus sgRNA1 translation are located within the coding sequences of the coat protein and read-through domain / Adrianna Łoniewska-Lwowska, Sylwia Chełstowska, Włodzimierz Zagórski-Ostoja and Andrzej Pałucha 627 A newly identified Thr99fsX110 mutation in the PMP22 gene associated with an atypical phenotype of the hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies / Izabela Moszyńska, Dagmara Kabzińska, Elena Sinkiewicz-Darol and Andrzej Kochański 631 Small intestine bacterial overgrowth is frequent in cystic fibrosis: combined hydrogen and methane measurements are required for its detection / Aleksandra Lisowska, Jerzy Wójtowicz and Jarosław Walkowiak 635 Glutathione reductase activity correlates with concentration of extracellular matrix degradation products in synovial fluid from patients with joint diseases / Krystyna Średzińska, Anna Galicka, Halina Porowska, Łukasz Średziński, Tadeusz Porowski and Janusz Popko 641 New bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists - influence of C-terminal segment modifications on their pharmacological properties / Małgorzata Śleszyńska, Anna Kwiatkowska, Dariusz Sobolewski, Tomasz H. Wierzba, Joanna Katarzyńska, Janusz Zabrocki, Lenka Borovickova, Jiřina Slaninová and Adam Prahl 649 Novel galactonic acid-binding hexameric lectin from Hibiscus mutabilis seeds with antiproliferative and potent HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activities / Sze Kwan Lam and Tzi Bun Ng 655 5',8-Cyclo-2'-deoxyadenosine (cdA) formation by γ-radiation. Theoretical quantum mechanics study / Boleslaw T. Karwowski, Andre Grand and Jean Cadet 663 Expression and activity of superoxide dismutase isoenzymes in colorectal cancer / Michał Skrzycki, Monika Majewska, Małgorzata Podsiad, Hanna Czeczot 671 Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of Bmserpin-2 gene from Bombyx mori / Ye Pan, Hengchuan Xia, Peng Lü, KePing Chen, Qin Yao, Huiqin Chen, Lu Gao, Yuanqing He and Lin Wang 679 Elevated advanced oxidation protein products levels in patients with liver cirrhosis / Jolanta Zuwała-Jagiełło, Monika Pazgan-Simon, Krzysztof Simon and Maria Warwas

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Cardioprotective effect of 5-lipoxygenase gene (ALOX5) silencing in ischemia-reperfusion / Oleksandr O. Lisovyy, Victor E. Dosenko, Vasyl S. Nagibin, Lesya V. Tumanovska, Maria O. Korol, Olga V. Surova and Olexiy O. Moibenko Evaluation of mixed-salt effects on thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of RNA polymerase-promoter DNA complexes in terms of equivalent salt concentrations. General applicability to DNA complexes / Tomasz Łoziński and Kazimierz L. Wierzchowski Two Gln187 mutants of human soluble APRIL inhibit proliferation of lung carcinoma A549 cells / Shuangshuang Dai, Yingru Zheng, Bin Chen, Min Gao, Yan Zhang, Li Zhang, Wei Gong and Fengtain He Arachidonic acid-induced apoptosis in rat hepatoma AS-30D cells is mediated by reactive oxygen species / Dorota Dymkowska and Lech Wojtczak

COMMUNICATION 717 Matrix metalloproteinases in serum of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy patients / Irena Niebroj-Dobosz, Agnieszka Madej-Pilarczyk, Michał Marchel, Beata Sokołowska and Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz 723 Differential response of antioxidant enzymes to cadmium stress in tolerant and sensitive cell line of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) / Jarosław Gzyl, Katarzyna Rymer and Edward A. Gwóźdź 729 Full length genome sequence of Polish isolate of Beet soil-borne virus confirms low level of genetic diversity / Natasza Borodynko, Beata Hasiów-Jaroszewska, Natalia Rymelska and Henryk Pospieszny 733 Influence of megestrol acetate on nutrition and inflammation in dialysis patients - preliminary results / Justyna Gołębiewska, Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko, Ewa Aleksandrowicz, Mikołaj Majkowicz, Wiesława Łysiak-Szydłowska and Bolesław Rutkowski 739 Gelsolin in human colon adenocarcinoma cells with different metastatic potential / Monika Litwin, Antonina J. Mazur, Dorota Nowak, Hans G. Mannherz and Maria Malicka-Błaszkiewicz BOOK REVIEW 745 Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 498. High Throughput Protein Expression and Purification: Methods and Protocols Sharon, A. Doyle, ed. / Marek Figlerowicz 747 Methods in Molecular Biology vol. 517, Toll-Like Receptors, Methods and Protocols, Claire E. McCoy and Luke A.J. O'Neill, eds. / ElŜbieta Wałajtys-Rode 747 Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 541. Computational Systems Biology, Jason McDermott, Ram Samudrala, Roger E. Bumbgarner, Kristina Montgomery and Reneé Ireton, eds. / Borys Wróbel 749 Plant Genomics. Methods and Protocols, Somers DJ, Langridge P, Gustafson JP, eds. / Paweł Sowiński 750 Essentials of Apoptosis, A guide for basic and clinical research, Xiao-Ming Yan and Zheng Dong, eds. / Piotr P. Stępień 751 Handbook of Modern Biophysics, vol. 1, Fundamental Concepts in Biophysics, Thomas Jue ed. / Genowefa Ślósarek 752 G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Drug Discovery, Wayne R. Leifert ed. / Bartosz Trzaskowski