简介:TRAF2isacriticaladaptormoleculeforTNFreceptorsininflammatoryandimmunesignaling.Uponreceptorengagement,TRAF2isrecruitedtoCD40andtranslocatestolipidraftsinaRINGfinger-dependentprocess,whichenablestheactivationofdownstreamkinases.TRAF1candisplaceTRAF2andCD40fromraftfractions,anditpromotestheabilityofTRAF2tosustainsignalactivation.ReplacementoftheRINGfingerofTRAF2witharaft-targetingsignalrestoresJNKactivationandassociationwiththecytoskeletalproteinFilamin,butnotNF-KBactivation.TRAF1-/-dendriticcellsshowattenuatedresponses
简介:MembersofBcl-2familyofproteinsareregulatorsofcelldeaththatcanbegroupedintosubfamiliesofprosurvivalandproapoptoticmolecules.Theyarecharacterizedbythepresenceofseveralconservedmotifs,knownastheBcl-2homology(BH)domains,designatedBH1,BH2,BH3andBH4.MutagenesisandstructuralstudiesrevealedthattheBHdomainsareimportantfunctionaldomainsthatarealsorequiredfordimerizationfunction.Recently,asubfamilyofproapoptoticmoleculesonlycontainsBH3motifhasbeenidentifiedsuggestingBH3domainalonemaybesufficientformediatingproapoptoticfunctionamong
简介:细胞内部的氧化还原作用动态平衡在决定肿瘤房间的敏感到导致药的apoptosis起一个关键作用。这里,我们调查了thioredoxin-1(TRX1)的角色,氧化还原作用规定的一个关键部件,在砷三氧化物(作为(2)O(3))导致的apoptosis。在HepG(2)房间的野类型的TRX1的在表示上导致了抑制当(2)O(3)导致了细胞色素c(cytoc),释放,caspase激活和apoptosis,并且由RNAi的TRX1表示的绒毛规定敏化HepG(2)房间到当(2)O(3)导致了apoptosis。有趣地,到重量的单位(32/35)的从Cys(32/35)的TRX1的活跃地点的变化从一个apoptotic保护者把这个分子变换成一个apoptotic倡导者。以理解这变换的机制,我们从老鼠肝使用了孤立的线粒体并且发现了野类型的TRX1能保护的那重组体从apoptotic的线粒体变化。相反,TRX1的变异的形式独自得到了线粒体相关的apoptotic变化,包括mitochondrial渗透转变毛孔(mPTP)洞,mitochondrial膜潜力的损失,和cyto从线粒体的c版本。这些apoptotic效果被cyclosporineA(CsA)禁止,显示指向到mPTP的那变异的TRX1。到由2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene(DNCB)的氧化形式体内的从它的减少的形式的TRX1的改变,TRXreductase的一个特定的禁止者,也敏化的HepG(2)房间到当(2)O(3)导致了apoptosis。这些数据建议TRX1由任何一个变化在由堵住cytoc版本调整apoptosis,并且在TRX1的激活起一个中央作用或活跃地点半胱氨酸的氧化可以敏化肿瘤房间到当(2)O(3)导致了apoptosis。
简介:导致死亡的肿瘤坏死的能力因素相关的导致apoptosisligand(小道)大部分被描述了有选择地杀死许多癌症房间,但是有治疗的主要担心之一是药抵抗和可能的有毒的副作用的出现。这里,我们报导那条小道在Jurkat和SUPT1T房间线并且在人的高强风然而并非在健康的导出题目的外部血mononuclear房间导致apoptosis。在平行,有小道和Tyrphostin(AG-490)的治疗,选择Januskinase2禁止者,生产cytotoxicity的明显的改进,与控制相比或到由Stat3phosphorylation的重要抑制描绘了落后于独自一个对待的样品,并且与cIAP-1和cIAP-2mRNA层次的戏剧的减少联系了。由特定的小干扰RNA的cIAP-1和cIAP-2的Downregulation显著地放大减少小道的cytotoxicity。所有一起,这些调查结果强烈显示cIAP-1和cIAP-2downregulation是在调停的发信号的小径的基本的步T上的小道和AG-490的组合效果房间白血病。这些调查结果可以帮助在小道敏感的白血病影响的病人的治疗为不太有毒的药理学策略的发展打开新线路。
简介:hPFTAIRE1(PFTK1),Cdc2相关的蛋白质kinase,高度在人的大脑被表示。它在Hela房间展出细胞质的分发,尽管它在它的N终点包含二个原子本地化信号(NLS)。到为它的底层和规章的部件的搜索,我们由把全身的hPFTAIRE1用作一个诱饵屏蔽了一个二混血儿的图书馆。四14-3-3isoforms(贝它,epsilon,希腊语字母的第七字,字形物)被识别与hPFTAIRE1交往。我们在hPFTAIRE1发现了一个通常认为的14-3-3绑定一致主题(RHSSPSS),它与它的第二NLS重叠了。RHSSPSS主题的删除或有在保存有约束力的主题的翼的Ser119的替换废除了在hPFTAIRE1和14-3-3蛋白质之间的特定的相互作用。变异的S120AhPFTAIRE1也显示出一个弱相互作用到14-3-3蛋白质。结果建议Ser119为在hPFTAIRE1和14-3-3蛋白质之间的相互作用是关键的。当熔化了到绿荧光灯的蛋白质(GFP)的C终点时,所有hPFTAIRE1异种在Hela房间和人的neuroblastoma房间(SH-SY5Y)的细胞质散布了,显示有14-3-3蛋白质的那绑定不贡献潜水艇hPFTAIRE1的细胞的本地化,尽管绑定可以涉及它的发信号的规定。
简介:Thenon-classicalHLAclassIantigenHLA-GisanimmunemodulatorwhichinhibitsthefunctionsofTcells,NKcells,andtheDendriticcells(DC).Asaresult,HLA-Gexpressioninmalignantcellsmayprovidethemwithamechanismtoescapetheimmunesurveillance.Inmelanoma,HLA-Gantigenexpressionhasbeenfoundin30%ofsurgicallyremovedlesionsbutinlessthan1%ofestablishedcelllines.OnepossiblemechanismunderlyingthedifferentialHLAGexpressioninvivoandinvitroisthattheHLA-Ggeneisepigeneticallyrepressedinmelanomacellsinvitro.Totestthishypothesis,wetreatedtheHLA-GnegativemelanomacelllineOCM-1AwiththeDNAmethyltransferaseinhibitor5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine(5-AC)andanalyzedwhetherHLA-Gexpressioncanberestored.OurdatastronglysuggestthatHLA-GissilencedasaresultofCpGhypermethylationwithina5'regulatoryregionencompassing220bpupstreamofthestartcodon.Aftertreatment,HLA-GmRNAexpressionwasdramaticallyincreased.WesternblotandflowcytometryshowedthatHLA-Gproteinwasinduced.Interestingly,HLA-Gcellsurfaceexpressiononthe5-ACtreatedOCM-1AcellsismuchlessthanthatontheHLA-GpositiveJEG-3cellswhileasimilaramountoftotalHLA-Gwasobserved.Possiblemechanismsforthedifferencewereanalyzedinthestudysuchascellcold-treatment,peptideloadingandantigenprocessingmachinerycomponents(APM)aswellasβ2microglobulin(β2-m)expression.DatarevealedthattheAPMcomponentcalreticulinmightbeinvolvedinthelowerHLA-GsurfaceexpressiononOCM-1Acells.Takentogether,ourresultsindicatedthatDNAmethylationisanimportantepigeneticmechanismbywhichHLA-Gantigenexpressionismodulatedinmelanomacellsinvitro.Furthermore,tothefirsttime,wehypothesizedthatthedeficiencyofcalreticulinmightbeinvolvedinthelowHLA-Gsurfaceexpressiononthe5-ACtreatedOCM-lAcells.
简介:<正>Uponactivation,naiveT-helpercellscandifferentiateintotwomajordistinctsubsets,Thelper1(Th1)andThelper2(Th2),asdefinedbytheireffectorfunctionsandcytokinesecretionpatterns.CytokinemilieuandcostimulatorymoleculeshavebeenshowntoplayanessentialroleindeterminingThelperdifferentiation.However,itisstillunclearhowtheeffectsofsignalsofco-stimulatorymoleculesandcytokinesareexertedduringThelperdifferentiation.Weshowevidencesuggestingthatwhilecytokinesignalsinitiatedifferentiationprogram,theselectiveactionofdeatheffectorsdeterminestheendpointbalanceofdifferenti-
简介:Amurinemacrophage-likecelllineJ774,acquired,inresponsetoLPS,anabilitytokilltumornecrosisfactor(TNF)-insensitivetargetP815mastocytomacellswhereasanothercellline,P388D1didnot,LPStriggeredsignalingmechanismsbetweenthetwocelllineswerecomparedwithanaimtoinquireaboutthepossiblenatureoftheabove-mentioneddifference,TheresultswhowedthattwocelllinesrespondtoLPS-treatmentbyparallelactivationofbothphospholipasesCandA2(PLCandPLA2)toapproximatelythesameextent.ThemaximumresponseoftothenzymesofJ774cellswasnotedwithin10minthetreatmentwhereasthatofP388D1cellsrequiredmorethan20min,TheotherpropertiesofLPS-responsiveenzymesstudiedweresimilarbetweentwocelllines,includingActivationofPLCandPLA2andPKCinmacrophagesbyLPS.Ca2+augmentationofenzymeactivation,participationofguaninenucleotidebinding(G)proteinsintheinitialactivationpreocesses,andinhibitionofenzymeactivationbythepriortreatmentofcellswithcholeraorpertussistoxinsetc.Moreover,LPS-triggeredactivationofPLCandPLA2wasfoundtobefollowedbytheincreaseofPKCactivitiesinbothcelllines.Inspiteofthesesimilarities.J774cellspossessedbothbasicandacidicformsofPKCactivities,whileP388D1cellsownedonlyPKCofbasicform,Nevertheless,thequestionwhyJ774cellsbutnotP388D1cells,canacquirethetumoricidalactivity,aganistP815,cellsfollowingLPStreatmentrematinstobeanswered.
简介:Brassinosteroids(BR)被transmembrane受体和戏察觉在植物生长和开发的重要角色,以及响应环境刺激的房间。transmembrane受体BRI1能直接绑在brassinolide(BL),并且BAK1与BRI1交往提高发信号的调停BRI1的BR。我们的以前的研究显示了那膜类固醇绑定蛋白质(MSBP1)1能在vitro绑在BL并且否定地涉及BR发信号。进一步阐明内在的机制,我们这里证明MSBP1明确地以一种BL独立的方式在vivo与BAK1的细胞外的领域交往。由MSBP1的增加的表示的压制的房间扩大和BR回答能被overexpressingBAK1或它的细胞内部的kinase领域恢复,建议MSBP1可以压制通过与BAK1交往发信号的BR。Subcellular本地化研究表明MSBP1和BAK1对血浆膜和endocytic泡局部性,MSBP1加速BAK1endocytosis,它导致由向内涵体转移BAK1的平衡发信号的压制的BR。确实,提高了MSBP1表示还原剂在在vivo的BRI1和BAK1之间的相互作用,表明那MSBP1在发信号的BR的早步充当一个否定因素小径。
简介:Amurinemacrophage-likecellline,J774,acquried,inresponsetoLPS,anabilitytokilltumornecrosisfactor(TNF)-insensitivetargetP815mastocytomacells,whereasanothercellline,P388D1,didnot.LPS-triggeredsignalingmechanismsbetweenthetwocelllineswerecomparedwithanaimtoinquireaboutthepossiblenatureoftheabove-mentioneddifference.TheresultsshowedthattwocelllinesrespondtoLPS-treatmentbyparallelactivationofbothphospholipasesCandA2(PLCandPLA2)toapproximatelythesameextent.ThemaximumresponseofbothenzymesofJ774cellswasnotedwithin10minofthetreatment,whereasthatofP388D1cellsrequiredmorethan20min.TheotherpropertiesofLPS-responsiveenzymesstudiedweresimilarbetweentwocelllines,ineludingActivationofPLCandPLA2andPKCinmacrophagesbyLPSCa2+augmentationofenzymeactivation,participationofguaninenucleotidebinding(G)proteinsintheinitialactivationprocesses,andinhibitionofenzymeactivationbythepriortreatmentofcellswithcholeraorpartussistoxinsetc.Moreover,LPS-triggeredactivationofPLCandPLA2wasfoundtobefollowedbytheincreaseofPKCactivitiesinbothcelllines.Inspiteofthesesimilarities,J774cellspossessedbothbasicandacidicformsofPKCactivities,whileP388D1cellsownedonlyPKCofbasicform.Nevertheless,thequestionwhyJ774cells,butnotP388D1cells,canacquirethetumoricidalactiyity,aganistP815cellsfollowingLPS-treatmentremainstobeanswered.
简介:Changesinthedistributionof1P1-antigeninthedevelopingchickretinahavebeenexaminedbyindriectimmunofluorescencestainingtechniqueusingthenovelmonoclonalantibody(MAb)1P1.Expressionofthe1P1antigenwasfoundtoberegulatedinradialaswellasintangentialdimensionoftheretina,beingpreferentiallyorexclusivelylocatedintheinnerandouterplexiformlayersoftheneuralretinadependingonthestagesofdevelopment,Withtheonsetoftheformationoftheinnerplexiformlayer1P1antigenbecomesexpressedintheretina.Withprogressingdifferentiationoftheinnerplexiformlayer1P1immunofluorescencerevealed2subbandsatE9and6subandsatE18,Atpostnatalstages(afterP3)immunoreactivitywasreducedinaninside-outsidesequenceleadingtothecompleteabsenceofthe1P1antigeninadulthood.1P1antigenexpressionintheouterplexiformlayerwasalsosubjecttodevelopmentalregulation.Thespation-temporalpatternof1P1antigenexpressionwascorrelatedwiththetimecourseofhistologicaldifferentationofchickretina,namelythesynapserichplexiformlayers.Whetherthe1P1antigenwasfunctionallyinvolvedindendriteextensionandsynapseformationwasdiscussed.
简介:<正>Usingsubtractioncloning,weidentifiedthehumanN-MycDownstream-RegulatedGene-2(hNDRG2),locatedat14q11.2,asacandidatetumorsuppressorgene.Semi-quantitativeRT-PCRshowedthattheexpressionofhNDRG2in15of27(56%)humanGBMtissuesandall6humanglioblastomacelllineswassignificantlylowerthanthatinthenormalbrain.TheexpressionofhNDRG2alsowasevaluatedin60lung-carcinomapatients.17of26casesofsquamouscarcinomaand4of11casesofsmallcelllungcancerdisplayed
简介:Arabidopsisthaliana嘘一deacetylase1(AtHD1或AtHDA19),酵母RPD3的一个相当或相同的事物,是在植物的许多生理、发展的过程的一个全球管理者。尽管有为在植物基因规定和开发的AtHD1的一个角色的基因证据,AtHD1的生物化学、细胞的性质糟糕被理解。这里,我们在vivo报导AtHD1的细胞的本地化模式并且嘘在vitro的一项deacetylase活动。绿荧光灯的蛋白质(GFP)的短暂、稳定的表示在洋葱房间标注了AtHD1并且分别地,在转基因的Arabidopsis的根,种子和叶子表明AtHD1在euchromatic区域大概在原子核是局部性的并且从核排除。AtHD1的本地化模式与涉及核形成和transgenes的silencing并且分别地重复了DNA元素的AtHD2和AtHDA6的那些不同。另外,一hist一deacetylase活动试金证明在细菌生产的recombinantAtHD1示威了一特定嘘在vitro的一项deacetylase活动。数据建议AtHD1是原子蛋白质并且拥有嘘为对植物生长和开发重要的全球transcriptional规定负责的一项deacetylase活动。
简介:GelatinaseA(MMP-2)isconsideredtoplayacriticalroleincellmigrationandinvasion.Theproteinaseiscercetedfromthecellasaninactivezymogen.InvivoitispostulatedthatactivationofprogelationaseA(proMMP-2)takesplaceonthecellsurfacemediatedbymembrane-typematrixmetalloproteinases(MT-MMPs).RecentstudieshavedemonstratedthatproMMP-2isrecruitedtothecellsurfacebyinteractingwithtissueinhibitorofmetalloproteinases-2(TIMP-2)boundtoMT1-MMPbyformingaternarycomplex.FreeMT1-MMPcloselylocatedtotheternarycomplexthenactivatesproMMP-2onthecellsurface.MT1-MMPisfoundinculturedinvasivecancercellsattheinvadopodia.TheMT-MMP/TIMP-2/MMP-2systemthusprovideslocalizedexpressionofproteolysisoftheextracellularmatrixrequiredforcellmigration.
简介:在哺乳动物的胚胎,内部房间团(ICM)的分离和trophectoderm(TE)的第一种房间命运选择,,被抄写因素,Oct4和Cdx2的互相对抗的效果调整pluripotency因素,Nanog,是必要的指定epiblast。我们分析了Nanog和Cdx2的倡导者,并且发现了这二个抄写因素同样相互地被调整。用有有条件的TE区别的一根胚胎的干细胞线,我们证明Nanogoverexpression压制TE标记的upregulation,当时Nanog击倒的upregulatesTE标记的表示。我们推进Nanog和Cdx2绑在并且镇压的表演对方的倡导者。而Nanog大美人在ICM导致可检测的Cdx2表示,我们不管多么不观察胚囊开发的公开混乱,显示Nanog起到在ICM和TE的分离的Oct4的一个谄媚的作用。
简介:TheyeastHAL1genewasintroducedintoArabidopsisthalianabyAgrobacteriumtumefaciens-mediatedtransformationwithvacuuminfiltrationunderthecontrolofCaMV35Spromoter.Thirty-threeindividualkanamycinresistantplantswereobtainedfrom75,000seeds.SouthernblottinganalysisindicatedthatHAL1genehadbeenintegratedintoallofthetransgenicplants'genomes.ThecopynumberofHAL1geneintransgenicplantswasmostly1to3bySouthernanalysis.Phenotypesoftransgenicplantshavenodifferenceswithwildtypeplants.Severalsamplesoftransformantswereself-pollinated,andprogeniesfromtransformedandnon-transformedplants(controls)wereevaluatedforsalttoleranceandgeneexpression.MeasurementofconcentrationsofintracellularK+andNa+showedthattransgeniclineswereabletoretainlessNa+thanthatofthecontrolundersaltstress.ResultsfromdifferenttestsindicatedtheexpressionofHAL1genepromotesahigherlevelofsalttoleranceinvivointhetransgenicArabidopsisplants.
简介:Brassinosteroids(BR)是植物激素的一个主要的组调整植物生长和开发。BRI1,对质膜局部性的蛋白质,当BR受体和它被建议了,工作它的kinase活动在调整BR的植物生长和开发有一个必要角色。这里,我们报导隔离和bri1的新等位基因的分子的描述,bri1-301,哪个表演中等词法显型和减少的回答到在正常生长条件下面的BR。顺序分析从GG识别了二底的改变到,导致到在BRI1kinase领域的989I的989G的变换在。kinase活动的试管内试金证明bri1-301不向BRI1底层TTL和BAK1举办可检测的autophosphorylation活动或磷酸化活动。而且,我们的结果建议甚至与极其损害的kinase活动,bri1-301仍然在调整植物生长和开发保留部分功能,它提出BRI1kinase活动是否在高等植物为调停BR的生长和开发是必要的问题。