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Mousel MR, White SN, Herndon MK, Herndon DR, Taylor JB, Becker GM, Murdoch BM. Genes involved in immune, gene translation and chromatin organization pathways associated with Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae presence in nasal secretions of domestic sheep. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247209. [PMID: 34252097 PMCID: PMC8274911 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae contributes to polymicrobial pneumonia in domestic sheep. Elucidation of host genetic influences of M. ovipneumoniae nasal detection has the potential to reduce the incidence of polymicrobial pneumonia in sheep through implementation of selective breeding strategies. Nasal mucosal secretions were collected from 647 sheep from a large US sheep flock. Ewes of three breeds (Polypay n = 222, Rambouillet n = 321, and Suffolk n = 104) ranging in age from one to seven years, were sampled at three different times in the production cycle (February, April, and September/October) over four years (2015 to 2018). The presence and DNA copy number of M. ovipneumoniae was determined using a newly developed species-specific qPCR. Breed (P<0.001), age (P<0.024), sampling time (P<0.001), and year (P<0.001) of collection affected log10 transformed M. ovipneumoniae DNA copy number, where Rambouillet had the lowest (P<0.0001) compared with both Polypay and Suffolk demonstrating a possible genetic component to detection. Samples from yearlings, April, and 2018 had the highest (P<0.046) detected DNA copy number mean. Sheep genomic DNA was genotyped with the Illumina OvineHD BeadChip. Principal component analysis identified most of the variation in the dataset was associated with breed. Therefore, genome wide association analysis was conducted with a mixed model (EMMAX), with principal components 1 to 6 as fixed and a kinship matrix as random effects. Genome-wide significant (P<9x10-8) SNPs were identified on chromosomes 6 and 7 in the all-breed analysis. Individual breed analysis had genome-wide significant (P<9x10-8) SNPs on chromosomes 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 15, 17, and 22. Annotated genes near these SNPs are part of immune (ANAPC7, CUL5, TMEM229B, PTPN13), gene translation (PIWIL4), and chromatin organization (KDM2B) pathways. Immune genes are expected to have increased expression when leukocytes encounter M. ovipneumoniae which would lead to chromatin reorganization. Work is underway to narrow the range of these associated regions to identify the underlying causal mutations.
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- Michelle R. Mousel
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Pullman, WA, United States of America
- Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Pullman, WA, United States of America
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
- Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Range Sheep Production Efficiency Research, Agricultural Research Service, Dubois, ID, United States of America
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- Animal, Veterinary, and Food Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States of America
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- Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
- Animal, Veterinary, and Food Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States of America
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Klein I, Cornejo JC, Polakos NK, John B, Wuensch SA, Topham DJ, Pierce RH, Crispe IN. Kupffer cell heterogeneity: functional properties of bone marrow derived and sessile hepatic macrophages. Blood 2007; 110:4077-85. [PMID: 17690256 PMCID: PMC2190614 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-02-073841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Kupffer cells form a large intravascular macrophage bed in the liver sinusoids. The differentiation history and diversity of Kupffer cells is disputed; some studies argue that they are derived from blood monocytes, whereas others support a local origin from intrahepatic precursor cells. In the present study, we used both flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry to distinguish 2 subsets of Kupffer cells that were revealed in the context both of bone marrow transplantation and of orthotopic liver transplantation. One subset was radiosensitive and rapidly replaced from hematogenous precursors, whereas the other was relatively radioresistant and long-lived. Both were phagocytic but only the former population was recruited into inflammatory foci in response to CD8(+) T-cell activation. We propose the name "sessile" for the radioresistant Kupffer cells that do not participate in immunoinflammatory reactions. However, we found no evidence that these sessile Kupffer cells arise from immature intrahepatic precursors. Our conclusions resolve a long-standing controversy and explain how different experimental approaches may reveal one or both of these subsets.
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- Ingo Klein
- David H Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY, USA.
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Eugene Pekary A, Faull KF, Paulson M, Lloyd RL, Sattin A. TRH-like antidepressant peptide, pyroglutamyltyroslyprolineamide, occurs in rat brain. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2005; 40:1232-6. [PMID: 16124040 DOI: 10.1002/jms.904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We have previously reported the occurrence of pGlu-Glu-Pro-NH(2)(Glu-TRH, EEP), Val-TRH, Tyr-TRH, Leu-TRH, Phe-TRH, and Trp-TRH in rat brain using a combination of HPLC and radioimmunoassays with antibodies that cross-react with the general structure pGlu-X-Pro-NH(2) where 'X' maybe any amino acid residue (Peptides 2004; 25 : 647). This new family of TRH-like peptides, along with TRH (pGlu-His-Pro-NH(2)), has neuroprotective, anticonvulsant, antidepressant, euphoric, anti-amnesic, and analeptic effects. We now report that a combination of affinity chromatography using a rabbit antibody specific for Tyr-TRH and Phe-TRH, along with HPLC and tandem mass spectrometry operating in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, provide conclusive evidence for the presence of Tyr-TRH in rat brain. Furthermore, synthetic Tyr-TRH is active in the Porsolt Swim Test suggesting that it is a fourth member of this family of in vivo neuroregulatory agents that have psychopharmacotherapeutic properties.
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- A Eugene Pekary
- Research Service, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA.
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Hua G, Tsukamoto K, Taguchi R, Tomita M, Miyajima S, Ikezawa H. Characterization of aminopeptidase N from the brush border membrane of the larvae midgut of silkworm, Bombyx mori as a zinc enzyme. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1383:301-10. [PMID: 9602161 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(97)00222-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Three GPI-anchored proteins, aminopeptidase N, alkaline phosphatase and alkaline phosphodiesterase I were released from the midgut brush border membrane of Bombyx mori by phosphatidylinositol-specific phopholipase C and the aminopeptidase N was purified to a homogeneous state. N-terminus and 6 internal sequences, one of which possessed part of zinc-binding motif, showed homology with those from other species. The zinc content in purified aminopeptidase N was estimated as approximately 0.72 mol/mol of the protein and 1,10-phenanthroline completely inhibited the enzyme activity, suggesting zinc requirement for the activity. The aminopeptidase N activity was inhibited not only by probestin and actinonin, but also strongly depressed by amastatin, while leuhistin and bestatin were less inhibitory. These suggest that the active site of aminopeptidase N might be structurally different from those of mammals. Calcium and magnesium ions stimulated the aminopeptidase N activity, but copper ion was rather inhibitory. Zinc ion showed bi-modal effect on the activity, i.e., stimulatory at low concentration, but inhibitory at higher than 100 microM. This inhibition was completely restored by EDTA. These results suggest that the aminopeptidase N possesses two zinc ion-binding sites with high and low affinity as essential and inhibitory one, as well as some regulatory metal-binding sites.
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- G Hua
- Department of Microbial Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Aichi, Japan
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Gallagher SP, O'Leary RM, O'Connor B. The development of two fluorimetric assays for the determination of pyroglutamyl aminopeptidase type-II activity. Anal Biochem 1997; 250:1-9. [PMID: 9234892 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Two fluorimetric assays for the determination of pyroglutamyl aminopeptidase type-II activity have been developed. The assays are based on hydrolysis of the quenched-fluorimetric substrate <Glu-His-Pro-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin. Following the removal of the N-terminal <Glu by pyroglutamyl aminopeptidase type-II, liberation of 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin from the metabolite His-Pro-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin is catalyzed by one of two methods: (i) the addition of partially purified bovine serum dipeptidyl aminopeptidase type-IV or (ii) by incubating the reaction mixture for up to 2 h at 80 degrees C, thus promoting the nonenzymatic cyclization of His-Pro-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin to cyclo His-Pro and free 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin. Pyroglutamyl aminopeptidase type-II from bovine brain is used to establish appropriate assay conditions. These fluorimetric assays offer expeditious alternatives to the existing radiolabeled thyrotropin-releasing hormone assays for the determination of PAPII activity.
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- S P Gallagher
- School of Biological Sciences, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Ireland
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Awadé AC, Cleuziat P, Gonzalès T, Robert-Baudouy J. Pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase (Pcp): an enzyme that removes pyroglutamic acid (pGlu) from pGlu-peptides and pGlu-proteins. Proteins 1994; 20:34-51. [PMID: 7824521 DOI: 10.1002/prot.340200106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase (EC 3.4.11.8) is an exopeptidase commonly called PYRase, which hydrolytically removes the pGlu-proteins. pGlu also known as pyrrolidone carboxylic acid may occur naturally by an enzymatic procedure or may occur as an artifact in proteins or peptides. The enzymatic synthesis of pGlu suggests that this residue may have important biological and physiological functions. Several studies are consistent with this supposition. PYRase has been found in a variety of bacteria, and in plant, animal, and human tissues. For over two decades, biochemical and enzymatic properties of PYRase have been investigated. At least two classes of PYRase have been characterized. The first one includes the bacterial and animal type I PYRases and the second one the animal type II and serum PYRases. Enzymes from these two classes present differences in their molecular weight and in their enzymatic properties. Recently, the genes of PYRases from four bacteria have been cloned and characterized, allowing the study of the primary structure of these enzymes, and their over-expression in heterelogous organisms. Comparison of the primary structure of these enzymes revealed striking homologies. Type I PYRases and bacterial PYRases are generally soluble enzymes, whereas type II PYRases are membrane-bound enzymes. PYRase II appears to play as important a physiological role as other neuropeptide degrading enzymes. However, the role of type I and bacterial PYRases remains unclear. The primary application of PYRase has been its utilization for some protein or peptide sequencing. Development of chromogenic substrates for this enzyme has allowed its use in bacterial diagnosis.
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- A C Awadé
- Laboratoire de Recherches et de Technologie Laitière, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Rennes, France
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Gonzales T, Robert-Baudouy J. Characterization of the pcp gene of Pseudomonas fluorescens and of its product, pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase (Pcp). J Bacteriol 1994; 176:2569-76. [PMID: 7909543 PMCID: PMC205394 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.9.2569-2576.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The gene pcp, encoding pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase (Pcp), from Pseudomonas fluorescens MFO was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was determined. This sequence contains a unique open reading frame (pcp) coding for a polypeptide of 213 amino acids (M(r) 22,441) which has significant homology to the Pcps from Streptococcus pyogenes, Bacillus subtilis, and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Comparison of the four Pcp sequences revealed two highly conserved motifs which may be involved in the active site of these enzymes. The cloned Pcp from P. fluorescens was purified to homogeneity and appears to exist as a dimer. This enzyme displays a Michaelis constant of 0.21 mM with L-pyroglutamyl-beta-naphthylamide as the substrate and an absolute substrate specificity towards N-terminal pyroglutamyl residues. Studies of inhibition by chemical compounds revealed that the cysteine and histidine residues are essential for enzyme activity. From their conservation in the four enzyme sequences, the Cys-144 and His-166 amino acids are proposed to form a part of the active site of these enzymes.
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- T Gonzales
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Microorganismes et des Interactions Cellulaires, U.R.A. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1486, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Villeurbanne, France
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Miyashita K, Murakami M, Yamada M, Iriuchijima T, Mori M. Histidyl-proline diketopiperazine. Novel formation that does not originate from thyrotropin-releasing hormone. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36865-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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