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Boronat M, Tugores A, Saavedra P, Garay P, Bosch E, Lorenzo D, Ibarra A, García-Cantón C. NOS3 rs1799983 and rs2070744 polymorphisms and their association with advanced chronic kidney disease and coronary heart disease in Canarian population with type 2 diabetes. Acta Endocrinol (Buchar) 2021; 17:440-448. [PMID: 35747853 PMCID: PMC9206159 DOI: 10.4183/aeb.2021.440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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CONTEXT Different polymorphisms of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS3) have been related to diabetic kidney disease. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between advanced diabetic chronic kidney disease (ACKD) and the rs1799983 and rs2070744 poymorphisms of NOS3 in a population from the Gran Canaria island. DESIGN Cross-sectional case-control study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Polymorphisms were genotyped in 152 subjects with ACKD secondary to type 2 diabetes [estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <30 mL/min/1.73 m2], 110 subjects with type 2 diabetes for 20 or more years since diagnosis without ACKD (eGFR ≥45 mL/min/1.73m2 and albumin/creatinine ratio <300 mg/g and/or 24-h urinary albumin excretion <300 mg) and 292 healthy controls. Association between both polymorphisms and established coronary heart disease (CHD) was also analyzed in both groups with diabetes. RESULTS A greater proportion of homozygous individuals for the risk allele C of rs2070744 was found among subjects with ACKD. Association between ACKD and rs2070744 was observed in a recessive genetic model, both for comparison to subjects with diabetes but no ACKD [OR 2.17 (95% CI: 1.17-4.00), p=0.014] and for comparison to healthy controls [OR 1.61 (1.03-2.52), p=0.036]. The frequency of the C allele was significantly higher among subjects with CHD, but only in the group with ACKD. No associations were found for rs1799983. CONCLUSIONS NOS3 rs2070744 is associated with ACKD in population with type 2 diabetes from Gran Canaria. A link between this genetic variant and CHD in Canarian subjects with type 2 diabetes could be restricted to cases with ACKD.
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- M. Boronat
- Instituto Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Sanitarias, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
- Section of Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
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- Research Unit, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
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- Mathematics Department - Complejo Hospitalario Materno-Insular, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
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- Section of Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
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- Service of Nephrology University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
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- Universidad Fernando Pessoa Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Section of Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
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- Service of Nephrology University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
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Peña-Quintana L, Scherer G, Curbelo-Estévez ML, Jiménez-Acosta F, Hartmann B, La Roche F, Meavilla-Olivas S, Pérez-Cerdá C, García-Segarra N, Giguère Y, Huppke P, Mitchell GA, Mönch E, Trump D, Vianey-Saban C, Trimble ER, Vitoria-Miñana I, Reyes-Suárez D, Ramírez-Lorenzo T, Tugores A. Tyrosinemia type II: Mutation update, 11 novel mutations and description of 5 independent subjects with a novel founder mutation. Clin Genet 2017; 92:306-317. [PMID: 28255985 DOI: 10.1111/cge.13003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2016] [Revised: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tyrosinemia type II, also known as Richner-Hanhart Syndrome, is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder, caused by mutations in the gene encoding hepatic cytosolic tyrosine aminotransferase, leading to the accumulation of tyrosine and its metabolites which cause ocular and skin lesions, that may be accompanied by neurological manifestations, mostly intellectual disability. AIMS To update disease-causing mutations and current clinical knowledge of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Genetic and clinical information were obtained from a collection of both unreported and previously reported cases. RESULTS We report 106 families, represented by 143 individuals, carrying a total of 36 genetic variants, 11 of them not previously known to be associated with the disease. Variants include 3 large deletions, 21 non-synonymous and 5 nonsense amino-acid changes, 5 frameshifts and 2 splice variants. We also report 5 patients from Gran Canaria, representing the largest known group of unrelated families sharing the same P406L mutation. CONCLUSIONS Data analysis did not reveal a genotype-phenotype correlation, but stressed the need of early diagnosis: All patients improved the oculocutaneous lesions after dietary treatment but neurological symptoms prevailed. The discovery of founder mutations in isolated populations, and the benefits of early intervention, should increase diagnostic awareness in newborns.
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- L Peña-Quintana
- Department of Pediatrics, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.,CIBER OBN, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Mediteknia Dermatology and Hair Transplant Clinic, Medical Pathology Group, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Metabolopathies Unit Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Diagnóstico de Enfermedades Moleculares, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBERER, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Programme québécois de dépistage néonatal sanguin, CHU de Québec, and Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Charité University Medical Center, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Unidad de Nutrición y Metabolopatías, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pediatrics, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Martínez-Quintana E, Rodríguez-González F, Garay-Sánchez P, Tugores A. A novel fibrillin 1 gene mutation leading to marfan syndrome with minimal cardiac features. Mol Syndromol 2014; 5:236-40. [PMID: 25337071 DOI: 10.1159/000358846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of the connective tissue, characterized by early development of thoracic aortic aneurysms and/or dissections, accompanied by ocular and/or skeletal involvement, and is caused by mutations in the fibrillin 1 (FBN1) gene. We report on a patient with ectopia lentis and a nonprogressive aortic root dilatation who presented with a novel mutation affecting a conserved cysteine residue present in a calcium-binding epidermal growth factor-like domain of FBN1 (ENSP00000325527, p.Cys538Phe; Chr15:48,805,751 G>T), as revealed by complete sequencing of the FBN1 gene exons and flanking sequences. Identification of the mutation led to genetic screening of apparently asymptomatic family members, allowing the detection of characteristic ocular phenotypes in the absence of typical cardiac Marfan features. This finding stresses the importance of genetic screening of asymptomatic relatives for FBN1 gene mutation carriers.
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- E Martínez-Quintana
- Cardiology Service, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Ophthamology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Martínez-Quintana E, Rodríguez-González F, Garay-Sánchez P, Tugores A. Novel Frameshift CHD7 Mutation Related to CHARGE Syndrome. Mol Syndromol 2013; 5:36-40. [PMID: 24550764 DOI: 10.1159/000355431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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CHARGE syndrome is a rare congenital condition characterized by 6 cardinal features: coloboma, heart defect, atresia choanae, retarded growth and development, genital anomalies, and ear anomalies/deafness. Mutations of the chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein gene CHD7 are reported to be a major cause of CHARGE syndrome. Herein, we report the case of a 27-year-old patient presenting with typical symptoms who bears a novel heterozygous insertion in exon 2 of the CHD7 gene (c.327dupC) resulting in an amino acid substitution and a frameshift (p.Val110Argfs*22) that leads to a 131-amino-acid truncated polypeptide, likely representing a null allele. Parental genetic screening confirmed the sporadic origin of the mutation.
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- E Martínez-Quintana
- Cardiology Service, Insular-Materno Infantil University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Ophtalmology Service, Dr. Negrín University Hospital of Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Research Unit, Insular-Materno Infantil University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Research Unit, Insular-Materno Infantil University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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de la Prada FJ, Prados AM, Tugores A, Uriol M, Saus C, Morey A. [Acute renal failure and proximal renal tubular dysfuntion in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome treated with tenofovir]. Nefrologia 2006; 26:626-30. [PMID: 17117909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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Tenofovir, a new nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has good antiviral activity against drug-resistant strains of HIV, is structurally similar to cidofovir and adefovir and seems to be less nephrotoxic. Nephrotoxicity of cidofovir and adefovir is well established and they have been associated with increase for acute renal insufficiency due to tubular toxicity, possibly induced via mitochondrial deplection. Tenofovir has little mithocondrial toxicity in in vitro assays and early clinical studies. However some cases of renal tubular dysfuntion and renal failure related to tenofovir treatment have been published recently. Increased plasma concentrations of didanosine were observed after the adition of tenofovir and protease inhibitors can interact with the renal transport of organic anions leading to proximal tubular intracellular accumulation of tenofovir, yield Fanconi syndrome-type tubulopathy. We present a case in wich acute renal failure and proximal tubular dysfunction developed after therapy with tenofovir in a patiente with HIV who had suffered from complications of didanosine treatment. Although nephrotoxicity certainly occurs much less frequently with tenofovir that it does with other nuclotide analogues, use of tenofovir by patients with underlying renal disfuntion, for longer durations and/or associated with didanosine or lopinavir-ritonavir, might be associated with renal toxicity. Patients receiving tenofovir must be monitored for sings of tubulopathy with simple tests such us glycosuria, phosphaturia, proteinuria, phosphoremia and renal function, as well as assessment for signs of mithocondrial toxicity when a nucleoside analogue is being administered, and therapy should be stopped to avoid the risk of definitive renal failure.
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- F J de la Prada
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Son Dureta, Andrea Doria, Palma de Mallorca.
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Rippe RA, Brenner DA, Tugores A. Techniques to measure nucleic acid-protein binding and specificity. Nuclear extract preparations, DNase I footprinting, and mobility shift assays. Methods Mol Biol 2001; 160:459-79. [PMID: 11265303 DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-233-3:459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- R A Rippe
- Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Tugores A, Le J, Sorokina I, Snijders AJ, Duyao M, Reddy PS, Carlee L, Ronshaugen M, Mushegian A, Watanaskul T, Chu S, Buckler A, Emtage S, McCormick MK. The epithelium-specific ETS protein EHF/ESE-3 is a context-dependent transcriptional repressor downstream of MAPK signaling cascades. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:20397-406. [PMID: 11259407 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010930200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Exon trapping and cDNA selection procedures were used to search for novel genes at human chromosome 11p13, a region previously associated with loss of heterozygosity in epithelial carcinomas. Using these approaches, we found the ESE-2 and ESE-3 genes, coding for ETS domain-containing transcription factors. These genes lie in close proximity to the catalase gene within a approximately 200-kilobase genomic interval. ESE-3 mRNA is widely expressed in human tissues with high epithelial content, and immunohistochemical analysis with a newly generated monoclonal antibody revealed that ESE-3 is a nuclear protein expressed exclusively in differentiated epithelial cells and that it is absent in the epithelial carcinomas tested. In transient transfections, ESE-3 behaves as a repressor of the Ras- or phorbol ester-induced transcriptional activation of a subset of promoters that contain ETS and AP-1 binding sites. ESE-3-mediated repression is sequence- and context-dependent and depends both on the presence of high affinity ESE-3 binding sites in combination with AP-1 cis-elements and the arrangement of these sites within a given promoter. We propose that ESE-3 might be an important determinant in the control of epithelial differentiation, as a modulator of the nuclear response to mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling cascades.
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- A Tugores
- Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
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García-Villarreal L, Daniels S, Shaw SH, Cotton D, Galvin M, Geskes J, Bauer P, Sierra-Hernández A, Buckler A, Tugores A. High prevalence of the very rare Wilson disease gene mutation Leu708Pro in the Island of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain): a genetic and clinical study. Hepatology 2000; 32:1329-36. [PMID: 11093740 DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.20152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The molecular basis of Wilson disease (WD), an autosomal recessive disorder, is the presence of mutations in the ATP7B gene, a copper transporting ATPase. Hospital records indicated a higher prevalence of WD (1 in 2,600) in some counties in the northeastern region of the island of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) that was around 10-fold higher than that described for European populations (1 in 30,000). The ATP7B gene was analyzed for mutations in 24 affected subjects, revealing a high prevalence of the rare Leu708Pro mutation present in 12 homozygous and 7 heterozygous individuals. In these patients, who constitute one of the largest described cohorts of WD homozygotes, we found a variable clinical presentation of the disease, although the biochemical picture was homogenous and characteristic, thereby confirming that the Leu708Pro change is indeed a mutation associated with WD. Haplotype analysis of subjects homozygous for the Leu708Pro mutation showed a conserved shared region smaller than 1 centimorgan (cM), and the region of linkage disequilibrium between the Leu708Pro mutation and neighboring microsatellite markers extended approximately 4.6 cM. When comparing the amount of linkage disequilibrium versus genetic distance from the disease mutation, it was estimated that a common ancestral Leu708Pro chromosome may have been introduced in Gran Canaria over 56 generations ago, dating it back to pre-Hispanic times. The prevalence, and the tight geographical distribution of the Leu708Pro chromosome suggests that the Canary Islands can be considered a genetic isolate for linkage disequilibrium studies.
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- L García-Villarreal
- Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Magness ST, Tugores A, Brenner DA. Analysis of ferrochelatase expression during hematopoietic development of embryonic stem cells. Blood 2000; 95:3568-77. [PMID: 10828045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Ferrochelatase, the last enzyme in the heme pathway, chelates protoporphyrin IX and iron to form heme and is mutated in protoporphyria. The ferrochelatase gene is expressed in all tissues at low levels to provide heme for essential heme-containing proteins and is up-regulated during erythropoiesis for the synthesis of hemoglobin. The human ferrochelatase promoter contains 2 Sp1 cis-elements and GATA and NF-E2 sites, all of which bind their cognate trans-acting factors in vitro. To investigate the role of these elements during erythropoiesis, we introduced expression of the green fluorescent protein (EGFP) transgenes driven by various ferrochelatase promoter fragments into a single locus in mouse embryonic stem cells. EGFP expression was monitored during hematopoietic differentiation in vitro using flow cytometry. We show that a promoter fragment containing the Sp1 sites, the NF-E2 and GATA elements, was sufficient to confer developmental-specific expression of the EGFP transgene, with an expression profile identical to that of the endogenous gene. In this system the -0.275 kb NF-E2 cis-element is required for erythroid-enhanced expression, the GATA cis-element functions as a stage-specific repressor and enhancer, and elements located between -0.375kb and -1.1kb are necessary for optimal levels of expression. Ferrochelatase mRNA increased before the primitive erythroid-cell stage without a concomitant increase in ferrochelatase protein, suggesting the presence of a translational control mechanism. Because of the sensitivity of this system, we were able to assess the effect of an A-to-G polymorphism identified in the promoters of patients with protoporphyria. There was no effect of the G haplotype on transcriptional activity of the -1.1 kb transgene.
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- S T Magness
- Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Biophysics, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7038, USA
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Tugores A, lzpísua Belmonte JC. Differential display of eukaryotic mRNA. Methods Mol Biol 1999; 97:575-90. [PMID: 10443392 DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-270-8:575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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- A Tugores
- Gene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Magness ST, Tugores A, Diala ES, Brenner DA. Analysis of the human ferrochelatase promoter in transgenic mice. Blood 1998; 92:320-8. [PMID: 9639532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Ferrochelatase catalyzes the chelation of ferrous iron and protoporphyrin to form heme. It is expressed as a housekeeping gene in all cells, but is upregulated during erythropoiesis. Ferrochelatase activity is deficient in the inherited disease protoporphyria as a result of heterogeneous mutations. Although human ferrochelatase is transcribed from a single promoter in both nonerythroid and erythroid cells, previous studies using transient transfection assays failed to demonstrate erythroid-specific increased expression from 4.0 kb of the human ferrochelatase promoter containing the erythroid cis-elements, GATA and NF-E2. The present study analyzes the in vivo regulation of the ferrochelatase gene to provide insights into the mechanism of its erythroid-specific enhancement. Transgenic (TG) mouse lines were generated in which the luciferase reporter gene was driven by either a 150-bp ferrochelatase minimal promoter (-0.15 TG) or by a 4.0 kb extended 5' upstream region (-4.0 TG). Expression of the -4.0 TG transgene was generally consistent with the endogenous gene during embryonic development and in nonerythroid and erythroid tissues as demonstrated by Northern blotting and mRNA in situ hybridization. The -4.0 TG was expressed at a higher level than the -0.15 TG in nonerythroid and erythroid tissues, including during extramedullary erythropoiesis induced by n-acetylphenylhydrazine injection. The enhanced erythroid expression of the -4.0 TG correlates with the appearance of a DNase I hypersensitive site in the 5' flanking region of the transgene. Therefore, in the context of chromosomal integration, the 5' flanking region of the ferrochelatase gene is necessary and sufficient to confer high levels of transgene expression in erythroid tissue.
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- S T Magness
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, the Departments of Medicine, and Biochemistry and Biophysics, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Tugores A, Rubio T, Rancaño C, Alonso MA. A tandem array of Sp-1 sites and a reverse initiator element are both required for synergistic transcriptional activation of the T-cell-specific MAL gene. DNA Cell Biol 1997; 16:245-55. [PMID: 9115633 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We have characterized the three cis elements responsible for promoter strength present in the 5'-flanking proximal region of MAL, a human T-cell-specific gene encoding a proteolipid protein present in detergent-insoluble complexes of high molecular weight. The first element consisted of an initiator sequence that, curiously, was present in reverse orientation compared to that of the standard initiator elements. The other two elements were contained in a region of 126 bp upstream of the mRNA initiation site, and consisted of a tandem array of one GC box and one GA box. The GC box corresponds to a consensus site for the nuclear factor Sp1, whereas the GA box deviates from this consensus, although it was able to compete for the binding of Sp1 in vitro and to respond to trans-activation by Sp1 in vivo. This simple promoter lacks an apparent TATA box and lost more than 99% of its activity when a fragment of 60 bp containing the GC and GA boxes was deleted. A synergistic effect on transcriptional activation was observed in the presence, but not in the absence, of the initiator element when both GC and GA boxes were present.
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- A Tugores
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Tugores A, Magness ST, Brenner DA. A single promoter directs both housekeeping and erythroid preferential expression of the human ferrochelatase gene. J Biol Chem 1994; 269:30789-97. [PMID: 7983009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We have isolated and characterized the 5'-flanking region of the gene for human ferrochelatase (HFC), the last enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway. The proximal promoter of the gene is contained within a region that structurally resembles a CpG island and is devoid of general cis elements such as TATA and CAAT boxes. Recognition sites for the ubiquitous Sp1 family of transcription factors, as well as for the erythroid-specific trans-acting factors NF-E2 and GATA-1 were found, and binding of regulatory proteins to these elements was analyzed by in vitro DNase I protection assays. The contribution of the various cis elements to both ubiquitous and erythroid preferential expression of the HFC gene was assessed by using transient transfection assays. These showed that a minimal Sp1-driven promoter devoid of the upstream erythroid-specific elements was sufficient for erythroid preferential expression of the HFC gene. However, elimination of a repressor sequence lying between the minimal promoter and the erythroid-specific elements resulted in high levels of expression in human erythroleukemic K562 cells only when the cis elements recognized by GATA-1 and NF-E2 were present, suggesting that the activity of these factors is regulated by a downstream repressor in erythroid cells.
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- A Tugores
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7080
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Tugores A, Brenner DA. A method for in vitro DNase I footprinting analysis on supercoiled templates. Biotechniques 1994; 17:410-2. [PMID: 7818885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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- A Tugores
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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Magness ST, Tugores A, Christensen SR, Wagner-Mcpherson C, Evans GA, Naylor EW, Brenner DA. Deletion of the ferrochelatase gene in a patient with protoporphyria. Hum Mol Genet 1994; 3:1695-7. [PMID: 7833934 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/3.9.1695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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- S T Magness
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Mollinedo F, Gajate C, Tugores A, Flores I, Naranjo JR. Differences in expression of transcription factor AP-1 in human promyelocytic HL-60 cells during differentiation towards macrophages versus granulocytes. Biochem J 1993; 294 ( Pt 1):137-44. [PMID: 8363564 PMCID: PMC1134576 DOI: 10.1042/bj2940137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Commitment of HL-60 cells to macrophage or granulocytic differentiation was achieved by incubation with 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) for 30-60 min or with dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) for 24 h respectively. The commitment stage towards PMA-induced macrophage differentiation was associated with increases in jun B and c-fos mRNA levels, as well as with an increase in the binding activity of transcription factor AP-1. Nevertheless, gel retardation analysis indicated that the AP-1 activity detected in untreated cells was drastically reduced during the commitment stage of DMSO-induced HL-60 differentiation towards granulocytes. When HL-60 cells were treated with sodium butyrate, which induced monocytic differentiation, a remarkable increase in AP-1 binding activity was detected. Treatment of HL-60 cells with 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, another monocytic differentiation agent, induced a weak, but appreciable, increase in AP-1 activity. Furthermore, addition of sodium butyrate or 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 to HL-60 cells induced the expression of c-fos, c-jun, jun B and jun D proto-oncogenes. In contrast, when HL-60 cells were treated with retinoic acid, a granulocytic differentiation inducer, no enhanced AP-1 binding activity was observed, and only a weak increase in jun D mRNA level was detected. These data indicate that formation of AP-1 is not required for the induction of HL-60 differentiation towards granulocytes, whereas induction of monocytic differentiation is correlated with an increase in AP-1 activity. The differential expression of AP-1 activity may be critical in the differentiation of HL-60 cells towards monocytic or granulocytic lineages.
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- F Mollinedo
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Veláquez, Madrid, Spain
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Rincón M, Tugores A, de Landázuri MO, López-Botet M. Costimulation of cAMP and protein kinase C pathways inhibits the CD3-dependent T cell activation and leads to a persistent expression of the AP-1 transcription factor. Cell Immunol 1993; 149:343-56. [PMID: 8392437 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1993.1160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The effects mediated by a combined stimulation of cAMP- and protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent pathways have been investigated in different cellular systems, and it has been shown that they may complement each other in activating cell proliferation and differentiation. In this report, we show that upon the stimulation of both pathways T lymphocytes became refractory to activation via the CD3/T cell receptor (TcR) complex. T cells preincubated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and dibutyryl cAMP (Bt2cAMP) displayed a deficient proliferative ability in response to anti-CD3 mAb stimulation, whereas lymphocytes treated individually with either Bt2cAMP or PMA responded comparably to untreated samples. We detected an association between the reduced mitogenic response and low expression of both interleukin-2 (IL-2) and the alpha chain (CD25) of the IL-2 receptor (IL-2R). Analysis of intracellular Ca2+ mobilization suggested that the CD3/TcR-dependent signal transduction was impaired in PMA/Bt2cAMP-treated cells. Remarkably, we observed that these samples displayed a persistent expression of the c-fos protooncogene, associated to an increased AP-1 DNA-binding activity, whereas no variations of CREB or NF-kB were detected. Neither Bt2cAMP nor PMA individually mediated these sustained effects, which therefore appear as a consequence of the interplay between both metabolic stimuli. Altogether, the data provide the evidence that both pathways complement each other in regulating gene expression and, conversely, downregulate the TcR transduction mechanisms.
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- M Rincón
- Sección de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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López-Cabrera M, Nueda A, Vara A, García-Aguilar J, Tugores A, Corbí AL. Characterization of the p150,95 leukocyte integrin alpha subunit (CD11c) gene promoter. Identification of cis-acting elements. J Biol Chem 1993; 268:1187-93. [PMID: 7678251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The leukocyte integrin p150,95 (CD11c/CD18) is involved in a number of cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions and mediates signal transduction into the cytoplasm. p150,95 is expressed on cells of the myeloid lineage as well as on certain activated T and B lymphocytes, and its expression is regulated during cell activation and differentiation. Since CD18 is expressed on all leukocyte lineages, the restricted expression of p150,95 must be controlled at the level of CD11c gene transcription. To understand the mechanisms that direct the constitutive and regulated leukocyte expression of p150,95 we have structurally characterized the CD11c promoter region and initiated its functional dissection. The CD11c promoter lacks TATA- and CCAAT-boxes, directs the synthesis of transcripts with heterogeneous 5'-ends, and contains an initiator-like sequence at the major transcription initiation site. Several putative binding sequences for ubiquitous (Sp1, AP-1, AP-2, and NF-kB) and leukocyte-specific (PU.1) transcription factors have been identified in the proximal region of the CD11c promoter which may participate in the regulation of the expression of p150,95. Transient expression of CD11c-based reporter gene constructs indicates that the CD11c promoter dictates the tissue-specific expression of p150,95 and that sequences contained within 160 base pairs 5' from the major transcriptional start site are involved in the tissue-specific and regulated expression of p150,95. DNase I protection analysis on the promoter region spanning from -160 to +40 revealed four regions of DNA-protein interactions (FPI-FPIV), two of which (FPII and FPIV) correlate with the cell type-specific and regulated expression of the CD11c gene.
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- M López-Cabrera
- Unidad de Biología Molecular, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Hattori M, Tugores A, Westwick JK, Veloz L, Leffert HL, Karin M, Brenner DA. Activation of activating protein 1 during hepatic acute phase response. Am J Physiol 1993; 264:G95-103. [PMID: 8430810 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1993.264.1.g95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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During an acute phase response following inflammatory stimuli, specific changes occur in the synthesis and secretion of many hepatic proteins. Because the expression of differentiated function requires the coordinated regulation of many genes, we investigated the activity of general and tissue-specific transcription factors using a rat liver model of the acute phase response induced by Freund's adjuvant. Nuclear extracts and RNAs were prepared throughout a 48-h posttreatment period. Mobility shift assays revealed increased binding activity by nuclear factor-kappa B, interleukin-6 (IL-6) responsive element binding protein, and activating protein 1 (AP-1). Two AP-1 complexes were induced during the acute phase response, and correlation between their presence and transcription activity was demonstrated by transfection studies. Elevated binding activity of AP-1 also correlated with elevated levels of c-jun, junD, junB, and c-fos mRNAs. Western blots showed elevated hepatic levels of c-Jun but not c-Fos proteins during the acute phase response. In addition, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and IL-1 beta, cytokine regulators of the acute phase response, stimulated expression of an AP-1 responsive reporter gene introduced by DNA-mediated transfection into adult rat hepatocytes in primary culture. These findings demonstrate the complexity of AP-1 hepatic transcription factor responses to humoral regulators with direct hepatocellular effects.
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- M Hattori
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093
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López-Cabrera M, Nueda A, Vara A, García-Aguilar J, Tugores A, Corbí A. Characterization of the p150,95 leukocyte integrin alpha subunit (CD11c) gene promoter. Identification of cis-acting elements. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54058-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Rincón M, Tugores A, López-Botet M. Cyclic AMP and calcium regulate at a transcriptional level the expression of the CD7 leukocyte differentiation antigen. J Biol Chem 1992; 267:18026-31. [PMID: 1381361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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CD7 is a 40-kDa cell surface glycoprotein expressed on T-cell precursors before their entry into the thymus during fetal development and whose functional role remains uncertain. T-cell activation has been shown to increase the expression of this surface molecule. In this report we describe the intracellular signals and the mechanisms involved in the regulation of CD7 antigen expression on human T lymphocytes. The elevation of intracellular calcium by using the A23187 ionophore increased the cell surface expression of CD7, whereas protein kinase C activation caused its down-regulation. Interestingly, the increase of intracellular cAMP with Bt2cAMP stimulated CD7 expression as well. Upregulation of CD7 on the cell surface following either Bt2cAMP or calcium ionophore stimulation of T lymphocytes correlated with a raise of the steady-state levels of CD7-specific mRNA, without de novo protein synthesis requirements. No differences between the half-life of basal CD7 mRNA and that induced by either Bt2cAMP or calcium ionophore were detected. Run-on experiments showed that both stimuli enhanced the transcriptional rate of the CD7 gene. Our results provide the evidence for a positive regulatory effect mediated by cAMP on the expression of a leucocyte differentiation antigen.
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- M Rincón
- Sección de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Rincón M, Tugores A, López-Botet M. Cyclic AMP and calcium regulate at a transcriptional level the expression of the CD7 leukocyte differentiation antigen. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)37147-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Santis AG, Campanero MR, Alonso JL, Tugores A, Alonso MA, Yagüe E, Pivel JP, Sánchez-Madrid F. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha production induced in T lymphocytes through the AIM/CD69 activation pathway. Eur J Immunol 1992; 22:1253-9. [PMID: 1577066 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830220521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Human activation inducer molecule (AIM/CD69), a dimeric glycoprotein of 33 and 27 kDa, is the earliest inducible cell surface antigen expressed during lymphocyte activation, which has been also involved in lymphocyte proliferation. Although AIM is absent from peripheral blood resting lymphocytes, it is expressed by in vivo activated lymphocytes infiltrating sites of chronic inflammation in several pathologies, as well as by lymphocytes after in vitro activation with different stimuli. We have investigated the possibility that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene expression and protein secretion could be induced in peripheral blood T cells through the AIM/CD69 molecule. Anti-AIM monoclonal antibodies (mAb) were able to induce TNF-alpha secretion in T cells when protein kinase C (PKC) was simultaneously activated by treatment with phorbol esters. TNF-alpha secretion was detected at 24 h and peaked at day 3 upon T lymphocyte activation with anti-AIM mAb. Immunoprecipitation studies with an anti-TNF-alpha mAb from surface iodinated T cells activated through AIM, demonstrated that TNF-alpha first appeared as a cell surface molecular form of 26 kDa, which is subsequently released to the extracellular medium as the 17-kDa molecular form of TNF-alpha. AIM stimulation dramatically increased TNF-alpha mRNA levels, and this mRNA induction and subsequent TNF-alpha secretion were virtually abrogated by the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A. Taken together these results indicate that AIM constitutes a novel molecular pathway in T lymphocytes for induction of TNF-alpha, and suggest a relevant pathologic role for AIM+ lymphocytes located at sites of tissue injury in the pathogenesis of different chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- A G Santis
- Sección de Inmunologia Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Tugores A, Alonso MA, Sánchez-Madrid F, de Landázuri MO. Human T cell activation through the activation-inducer molecule/CD69 enhances the activity of transcription factor AP-1. J Immunol 1992; 148:2300-6. [PMID: 1545132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The induction of the AP-1 transcription factor has been ascribed to the early events leading to T cell differentiation and activation. We have studied the regulation of AP-1 activity in human peripheral blood T lymphocytes stimulated through the activation inducer molecule (AIM)/CD69 activation pathway. Phorbol esters are required to induce AIM/CD69 cell-surface expression as well as for triggering the proliferation of T cells in conjunction with anti-AIM mAb. Mobility shift assays showed that addition of anti-AIM mAb to PMA-treated T lymphocytes markedly enhanced the binding activity of AP-1 to its cognate sequence, the phorbol ester response element. In contrast, anti-AIM mAb did not induce any change in the binding activity of NF-kappa B, a transcription factor whose activity is also regulated by protein kinase C. The increase in AP-1-binding activity was accompanied by the marked stimulation of the transcription of c-fos but not that of c-jun. Blockade of the DNA-binding complexes with an anti-Fos mAb demonstrated a direct participation of c-Fos in the AP-1 complexes induced by anti-AIM mAb. Most of the AP-1 activity could be eliminated when the anti-AIM mAb was added to the culture medium in the presence of cycloheximide, suggesting that de novo protein synthesis is crucial for the induction of AP-1-binding activity. These data provide the evidence that activation of human peripheral blood T cells through the AIM activation pathway regulate the activity of AP-1. Therefore, this pathway appears as a crucial step in the initiation of early T cell activation events.
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- A Tugores
- S. de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Tugores A, Alonso MA, Sánchez-Madrid F, de Landázuri MO. Human T cell activation through the activation-inducer molecule/CD69 enhances the activity of transcription factor AP-1. The Journal of Immunology 1992. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.148.7.2300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The induction of the AP-1 transcription factor has been ascribed to the early events leading to T cell differentiation and activation. We have studied the regulation of AP-1 activity in human peripheral blood T lymphocytes stimulated through the activation inducer molecule (AIM)/CD69 activation pathway. Phorbol esters are required to induce AIM/CD69 cell-surface expression as well as for triggering the proliferation of T cells in conjunction with anti-AIM mAb. Mobility shift assays showed that addition of anti-AIM mAb to PMA-treated T lymphocytes markedly enhanced the binding activity of AP-1 to its cognate sequence, the phorbol ester response element. In contrast, anti-AIM mAb did not induce any change in the binding activity of NF-kappa B, a transcription factor whose activity is also regulated by protein kinase C. The increase in AP-1-binding activity was accompanied by the marked stimulation of the transcription of c-fos but not that of c-jun. Blockade of the DNA-binding complexes with an anti-Fos mAb demonstrated a direct participation of c-Fos in the AP-1 complexes induced by anti-AIM mAb. Most of the AP-1 activity could be eliminated when the anti-AIM mAb was added to the culture medium in the presence of cycloheximide, suggesting that de novo protein synthesis is crucial for the induction of AP-1-binding activity. These data provide the evidence that activation of human peripheral blood T cells through the AIM activation pathway regulate the activity of AP-1. Therefore, this pathway appears as a crucial step in the initiation of early T cell activation events.
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- A Tugores
- S. de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- S. de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Hattori M, Tugores A, Veloz L, Karin M, Brenner DA. A simplified method for the preparation of transcriptionally active liver nuclear extracts. DNA Cell Biol 1990; 9:777-81. [PMID: 2264931 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1990.9.777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We have developed a simplified method for the preparation of liver nuclear extracts to study gene regulation and protein-DNA interactions. This protocol uses conventional laboratory equipment and standard reagents. The liver tissue is homogenized in a low-salt solution at physiological molarity with subsequent adjustment of the molarity and purification of nuclei by density sedimentation. The nuclear extracts are transcriptionally active in a validated cell-free transcription assay and contain functional DNA-binding proteins. This protocol results in the rapid preparation of highly reproducible and active liver nuclear extracts.
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- M Hattori
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093
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Carrera AC, Cárdenas L, Tugores A, Alonso M, Sánchez-Madrid F, de Landázuri MO. Activators of protein kinase C up-regulate the cell surface expression of CD2 and CD5 T cell glycoproteins. J Biol Chem 1989; 264:15650-5. [PMID: 2475505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Activation of human T cells through the CD3-T cell receptor complex caused an augmentation in the cell surface expression of CD2 and CD5 glycoproteins. Evidence that protein kinase C is involved in the up-regulatory mechanism of these cell surface molecules has been obtained by three different approaches: (a) the changes in antigen expression were observed with activators of protein kinase C such as phorbol esters but not with activators of kinases dependent on calcium/calmodulin or cAMP; (b) the overexpression of CD2 and CD5 is also observed in cells treated with 1,2-dioctanoyl-rac-glycerol, an analogue of the physiological activator of protein kinase C; and (c) 1-(5-isoquinolinyl)-2-methylpiperazine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C but not N-(2-guanidinoethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide dihydrochloride, an inhibitor of the cAMP-dependent kinase, impairs CD2 and CD5 up-regulation. These changes in cell surface antigen expression appear to be caused by the concomitant increase in the mRNA levels for CD2 and CD5. Phosphorylation studies of the CD2 and CD5 glycoproteins indicated that the overexpression of these molecules was not associated with a specific pattern of phosphorylation since it was observed independently of their hyperphosphorylated or nonphosphorylated state.
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MESH Headings
- 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Differentiation/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- CD2 Antigens
- CD5 Antigens
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Cell Membrane/drug effects
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cycloheximide/pharmacology
- Diglycerides/pharmacology
- Dinoprostone/pharmacology
- Enzyme Activation
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Isoquinolines/pharmacology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/analysis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate/pharmacology
- Piperazines/pharmacology
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/analysis
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Sulfonamides
- T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
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- A C Carrera
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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Carrera AC, Cárdenas L, Tugores A, Alonso M, Sánchez-Madrid F, de Landázuri MO. Activators of protein kinase C up-regulate the cell surface expression of CD2 and CD5 T cell glycoproteins. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)84881-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Rincón M, Tugores A, López-Rivas A, Silva A, Alonso M, De Landázuri MO, López-Botet M. Prostaglandin E2 and the increase of intracellular cAMP inhibit the expression of interleukin 2 receptors in human T cells. Eur J Immunol 1988; 18:1791-6. [PMID: 2849551 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830181121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We have analyzed the effect mediated by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and different reagents that increase intracellular cAMP on the expression of the p55 subunit (CD25) of interleukin 2 receptors (IL 2R), on the levels of CD25-specific mRNA and on the expression of high affinity IL 2R. In purified T cells, activated either by an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody or phytohemagglutinin, the addition of PGE2 (10(-6) M), forskolin (5 X 10(-5) M), cholera toxin (0.2 microgram/ml) or dibutyryl cAMP (dBcAMP) (10(-4) M) decreased the cell surface expression of IL 2R by reducing (40%-78% inhibition) the proportions of CD25+ cells as well as the expression of high affinity IL 2R, detectable after 24 h. Furthermore, it was observed that PGE2 reduced the concentration of IL 2R-specific mRNA after a 6-h period of activation, indicating that its regulatory activity takes place at a pretranslational level. The addition of exogenous recombinant IL 2 only partially reversed the inhibition, thus suggesting that PGE2 and increased intracellular concentration of cAMP directly interfered with CD25 expression and that their effect could not be merely attributed to a lack of IL 2-dependent positive feedback. Cells cultured under the same conditions in the presence of phorbol myristate acetate, that activates protein kinase C, were refractory to the cAMP-mediated regulation. Finally, we demonstrate that both PGE2 and dBcAMP inhibit the generation of inositol metabolites after T cell activation, thus indicating that these reagents interfere with early signal transduction mechanisms which precede the synthesis of IL 2R.
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- M Rincón
- Department of Immunology, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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