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Langer EM, Kendsersky ND, Daniel CJ, Kuziel GM, Pelz C, Murphy KM, Capecchi MR, Sears RC. ZEB1-repressed microRNAs inhibit autocrine signaling that promotes vascular mimicry of breast cancer cells. Oncogene 2018; 37:1005-1019. [PMID: 29084210 PMCID: PMC5823716 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2017.356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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During normal tumor growth and in response to some therapies, tumor cells experience acute or chronic deprivation of nutrients and oxygen and induce tumor vascularization. While this occurs predominately through sprouting angiogenesis, tumor cells have also been shown to directly contribute to vessel formation through vascular mimicry (VM) and/or endothelial transdifferentiation. The extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms underlying tumor cell adoption of endothelial phenotypes, however, are not well understood. Here we show that serum withdrawal induces mesenchymal breast cancer cells to undergo VM and that knockdown of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) regulator, Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1), or overexpression of the ZEB1-repressed microRNAs (miRNAs), miR-200c, miR-183, miR-96 and miR-182 inhibits this process. We find that secreted proteins Fibronectin 1 (FN1) and serine protease inhibitor (serpin) family E member 2 (SERPINE2) are essential for VM in this system. These secreted factors are upregulated in mesenchymal cells in response to serum withdrawal, and overexpression of VM-inhibiting miRNAs abrogates this upregulation. Intriguingly, the receptors for these secreted proteins, low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) and Integrin beta 1 (ITGB1), are also targets of the VM-inhibiting miRNAs, suggesting that autocrine signaling stimulating VM is regulated by ZEB1-repressed miRNA clusters. Together, these data provide mechanistic insight into the regulation of VM and suggest that miRNAs repressed during EMT, in addition to suppressing migratory and stem-like properties of tumor cells, also inhibit endothelial phenotypes of breast cancer cells adopted in response to a nutrient-deficient microenvironment.
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- E M Langer
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Division of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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Murphy KM, O'Donnell KA, Higgins AB, O'Neill C, Cafferkey MT. Irish strains of Neisseria meningitidis: characterisation using multilocus sequence typing. Br J Biomed Sci 2016; 60:204-9. [PMID: 14725336 DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2003.11783700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 10/20/2022]
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A total of 56 Neisseria meningitidis strains are analysed using multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Twenty-nine distinct sequence types (STs) were identified, eight of which were new. Four known hypervirulent clones--ST-11 (electrophoretic type [ET]-37) complex, ST-44 complex (lineage 3), ST-32 (ET-5) complex and ST-8 complex (cluster A4)--were identified by MLST in 35 disease-associated and four carrier strains. Two other clones (ST-22 complex and ST-269 complex) were identified in nine disease-associated and one carrier strain. The remaining strains were heterogeneous. Additional sequencing within the FumC gene further distinguished the ET-15 clone within the ST-11 (ET-37) clonal complex. This resolution of isolates into genetic clones by MLST enhances the more traditional techniques of serotyping and serosubtyping. The data obtained established that hyperendemic meningococcal disease in Ireland could be attributed to strains belonging to four major hypervirulent clones, all of which account for elevated levels of disease worldwide. The extra information provided by MLST will be used to study the population structure and epidemiology of N. meningitidis and will allow a comparison of Irish strains with those circulating globally.
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- K M Murphy
- Irish Meningococcal and Meningitis Reference Laboratory, The Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
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Murphy KM, Mash R, Malan Z. The case for behavioural change counselling for the prevention of NCDs and improvement of self-management of chronic conditions. S Afr Fam Pract (2004) 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2016.1187885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Murphy KM, Roumeliotis G, Williams K, Beston BR, Jones DG. Binocular visual training to promote recovery from monocular deprivation. J Vis 2015; 15:15.1.2. [DOI: 10.1167/15.1.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pitino A, Squillaci S, Spairani C, Cosimi MF, Feyles E, Ricci D, Bardari F, Graziano M, Morabito F, Cesarani F, Garruso M, Belletti M, Beierl K, Murphy KM. Primary synovial sarcoma of the kidney. A case report with pathologic appraisal investigation and literature review. Pathologica 2011; 103:271-278. [PMID: 22393682] [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: 05/31/2023] Open
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Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a soft tissue neoplasm with clearly defined histologic, immunohistochemical and molecular features that usually arises in the extremities of young adults. The occurrence of these tumors in the kidney is extremely rare and have been prevalently described in case reports. The objectives of this work were to evaluate the frequency of primary renal synovial sarcomas and the pathologic progression in recognition of this possibly under-diagnosed entity. A comprehensive review of the literature has also been performed with a focus on survival. We report the clinico-pathological features of an intrarenal SS occurring in a 67-year-old man. The tumour, measuring 4 cm in its greatest diameter, completely replaced the cortex and the medulla of the inferior region of the left kidney compressing the iliopsoas muscle. Radiological imaging was consistent with a renal cell carcinoma. Histologically, the tumour was composed of atypical monotonous vimentin+, CD99+, bcl-2+ spindle cells exhibiting a haphazard fascicular growth pattern and a high mitotic rate (3 to 5 mitoses per HPF). The diagnosis was supported by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction which demonstrated SYT-SSX2 gene fusion. The patient was alive with local recurrence of disease 24 months after surgery. Synovial sarcomas occurring in the kidney, in analogy to other sites, tend to have an aggressive biologic behaviour. Despite being extremely uncommon, with only 44 cases reported to date, they should be included in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant spindle cell tumours of the kidney. This study also emphasizes the importance of a correct pathologic diagnosis for prognostic and therapeutic implications.
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- A Pitino
- Division of Anatomic Pathology, San Giacomo Hospital, Novi Ligure, AL, Italy
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Meng L, Lu L, Murphy KM, Yuede CM, Cheverud JM, Csernansky JG, Dong H. Neuroanatomic and behavioral traits for autistic disorders in age-specific restricted index selection mice. Neuroscience 2011; 189:215-22. [PMID: 21624435 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2011] [Revised: 04/26/2011] [Accepted: 05/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism is believed to be influenced by interactions between genetic and environmental factors, and appropriate animal models are needed to assess the influence of such factors on relevant neurodevelopmental phenotypes. A set of inbred mouse strains (Atchley strains) including A12 (E+L0) and A22 (E-L0) were generated by age-specific restricted index selection from a baseline random-bred ICR mouse population obtained from Harlan Sprague-Dawley [Atchley et al. (1997) Genetics 146(2):629-640; Indianapolis, IN, USA). As compared with the A22 strain, A12 mice had significantly increased early (P0-P10) body weight gain with minimal changes in late (P28-P56) body weight gain. We found that these strains also differed in brain weight, brain volume, cell proliferation, and FGF-2 levels in certain brain regions. Specifically, brain weight and volume were significantly greater in A12 mice than that in A22 mice at P10 and P28. Quantitative analysis of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling of proliferating cells showed that the number of BrdU-positive cells in the A12 strain were significantly greater in the frontal cortex and lesser in the dentate gyrus than that in the A22 strain at P28. Western blot revealed that fibroblast growth factors-2 (FGF-2), but not brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), expression was significantly increased in the frontal cortex of A12 strain at P28. Also, A12 mice exhibited decreased intra-strain social interaction and increased repetitive stereotyped behaviors at P28. Our study suggests that A12 mice may partially mimic the anatomic and behavioral traits of patients with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorders, and therefore may yield insights into the developmental mechanisms involved in their pathogenesis.
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- L Meng
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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Eo J, Shin H, Kwon S, Song H, Murphy KM, Lim HJ. Complex ovarian defects lead to infertility in Etv5-/- female mice. Mol Hum Reprod 2011; 17:568-76. [DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Common bunt, caused by the seedborne and soilborne pathogens Tilletia caries and T. laevis, has re-emerged as a major disease in organic wheat. In conventional agriculture, common bunt is routinely managed with the use of synthetic chemical seed treatments. For this reason, common bunt is a relatively unimportant disease in conventional agriculture. However, since synthetic chemical inputs are prohibited in organic agriculture, common bunt is a major threat once more in organic wheat and seed production. The challenge today is to manage the disease without the use of chemical seed treatments. This review reports on the management of common bunt under organic farming systems, mainly through host resistance and organic seed treatments. We report the history of screening wheat germplasm for bunt resistance, the search for new sources of resistance, and identification and mapping of bunt resistance genes. Since the pathogen has a gene-for-gene relationship with the host, this review also includes a summary of work on pathogen race identification and virulence patterns of field isolates. Also included are studies on the physiological and molecular basis of host resistance. Alternative seed treatments are discussed, including physical seed treatments, and microbial-based and plant-based treatments acceptable in organic systems. The article concludes with a brief discussion on the current gaps in research on the management of common bunt in organic wheat.
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- Washington State University, Mount Vernon
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Yoon HH, Catalano P, Gibson MK, Skaar TC, Philips S, Montgomery EA, Hafez MJ, Powell M, Liu G, Forastiere AA, Benson AB, Kleinberg LR, Murphy KM. Genetic variation in radiation and platinum pathways predicts severe acute radiation toxicity in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma treated with cisplatin-based preoperative radiochemotherapy: results from the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2011; 68:863-70. [PMID: 21286719 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-011-1556-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Germline genetic variations may partly explain the clinical observation that normal tissue tolerance to radiochemotherapy varies by individual. Our objective was to evaluate the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in radiation/platinum pathways and serious treatment-related toxicity in subjects with esophageal adenocarcinoma who received cisplatin-based preoperative radiochemotherapy. METHODS In a multicenter clinical trial (E1201), 81 eligible treatment-naïve subjects with resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma received cisplatin-based chemotherapy concurrent with radiotherapy, with planned subsequent surgical resection. Toxicity endpoints were defined as grade ≥3 radiation-related or myelosuppressive events probably or definitely related to therapy, occurring during or up to 6 weeks following the completion of radiochemotherapy. SNPs were analyzed in 60 subjects in pathways related to nucleotide/base excision- or double stranded break repair, or platinum influx, efflux, or detoxification. RESULTS Grade ≥3 radiation-related toxicity (mostly dysphagia) and myelosuppression occurred in 18 and 33% of subjects, respectively. The variant alleles of the XRCC2 5' flanking SNP (detected in 28% of subjects) and of GST-Pi Ile-105-Val (detected in 65% of subjects) were each associated with higher odds of serious radiation-related toxicity compared to the major allele homozygote (47% vs. 9%, and 31% vs. 0%, respectively; P = 0.005). No SNP was associated with myelosuppression. CONCLUSIONS This novel finding in a well-characterized cohort with robust endpoint data supports further investigation of XRCC2 and GST-Pi as potential predictors of radiation toxicity.
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- H H Yoon
- Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Murphy KM, Teakle DS, Macrae IC. Kinetics of Colonization of Adult Queensland Fruit Flies (Bactrocera tryoni) by Dinitrogen-Fixing Alimentary Tract Bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 60:2508-17. [PMID: 16349328 PMCID: PMC201677 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.7.2508-2517.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The average total population of bacteria remained constant in the alimentary tracts of adult laboratory-raised Queensland fruit flies (Bactrocera tryoni) although the insects had ingested large numbers of live bacteria as part of their diet. The mean number of bacteria (about 13 million) present in the gut of the insects from 12 to 55 days after emergence was not significantly modified when, at 5 days after emergence, the flies were fed antibiotic-resistant bacteria belonging to two species commonly isolated from the gut of field-collected B. tryoni. Flies were fed one marked dinitrogen-fixing strain each of either Klebsiella oxytoca or Enterobacter cloacae, and the gastrointestinal tracts of fed flies were shown to be colonized within 7 days by antibiotic-resistant isolates of K. oxytoca but not E. cloacae. The composition of the microbial population also appeared to be stable in that the distribution and frequency of bacterial taxa among individual flies exhibited similar patterns whether or not the flies had been bacteria fed. Isolates of either E. cloacae or K. oxytoca, constituting 70% of the total numbers, were usually dominant, with oxidative species including pseudomonads forming the balance of the population. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria could be spread from one cage of flies to the adjacent surfaces of a second cage within a few days and had reached a control group several meters distant by 3 weeks. Restriction of marked bacteria to the population of one in five flies sampled from the control group over the next 30 days suggested that the bacterial population in the gut of the insect was susceptible to alteration in the first week after emergence but that thereafter it entered a steady state and was less likely to be perturbed by the introduction of newly encountered strains. All populations sampled, including controls, included at least one isolate of the dinitrogen-fixing family Enterobacteriaceae; many were distinct from the marked strains fed to the flies. Nitrogenase activity detected by the acetylene reduction assay was associated with flies fed dinitrogen-fixing bacteria as well as with control groups given either no supplement or free access to a yeast hydrolysate preparation. Nitrogen fixed from the atmosphere may supplement the nutrition of the alimentary tract microbial population of B. tryoni. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the principal site of bacterial colonization in the abdominal alimentary tract was the lumen of the midgut inside the peritrophic membrane. No intracellular symbionts were seen in the gut tissues nor were bacteria found attached to the cuticular folds of the hindgut. The ultrastructure of the gut resembled that of other fly genera except that the intercellular spaces between rectal epithelial cells were more extensive, suggesting a role for unspecialized epithelium in water and solute uptake in B. tryoni.
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- K M Murphy
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
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O'Connell MP, Eogan M, Murphy KM, White B, Keane DP, O'Donnell J. Solvent–detergent plasma as replacement therapy in a pregnant patient with factor V deficiency. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2010; 16:69-70. [PMID: 15370088 DOI: 10.1080/14767050412331284408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/26/2022]
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This case illustrates the successful treatment of factor V deficiency in pregnancy using solvent-detergent plasma.
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- M P O'Connell
- Department of Obstetrics, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Pinto JGA, Hornby KR, Jones DG, Murphy KM. Changes in inhibitory mechanisms in human visual cortex throughout the lifespan. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/7.9.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Lewis TL, Chang DHF, Murphy KM, Maurer D, Jones DG. Orientation discrimination in noise: 7-year-olds are noisier than adults. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/6.6.380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Scavetta V, Jones DG, Mitchell DE, Murphy KM. NMDA-dependent recovery of visual acuity following monocular deprivation. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/2.7.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Anderson ND, Murphy KM, Jones DG. Center-surround effects on orientation discrimination with visual noise stimuli. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/2.7.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dykstra MJ, Sharp NJH, Olivry T, Hillier A, Murphy KM, Kaufman L, Kunkle GA, Pucheu-Haston C. A description of cutaneous-subcutaneous pythiosis in fifteen dogs. Med Mycol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-280x.1999.00248.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Truong W, Plester JC, Hancock WW, Merani S, Murphy TL, Murphy KM, Kaye J, Anderson CC, Shapiro AMJ. Combined coinhibitory and costimulatory modulation with anti-BTLA and CTLA4Ig facilitates tolerance in murine islet allografts. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:2663-74. [PMID: 17983390 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01996.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Complex interactions between positive and negative cosignaling receptors ultimately determine the fate of the immune response. The recently identified coinhibitory receptor, B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA), contributes to regulation of autoimmune and potentially alloimmune responses. We investigated the role of BTLA in a fully major histocompatibility complex-mismatched mouse islet transplant model. We report that anti-BTLA mAb (6F7) alone does not accelerate graft rejection. Rather, while CTLA4Ig alone improved allograft survival, the addition of anti-BTLA mAb to CTLA4Ig led to indefinite (>100 days) allograft survival. Immediately after treatment with anti-BTLA mAb and CTLA4Ig, islet allografts showed intact islets and insulin production despite a host cellular response, with local accumulation of Foxp3+ cells. We clearly demonstrate that combined therapy with anti-BTLA mAb and CTLA4Ig mice induced donor-specific tolerance, since mice accepted a second donor-specific islet graft without further treatment and rejected third party grafts. CTLA4Ig and anti-BTLA mAb limited the initial in vivo proliferation of CFSE-labeled allogeneic lymphocytes, and anti-BTLA mAb enhanced the proportion of PD-1 expressing T cells while depleting pathogenic BTLA+ lymphocytes. We conclude that targeting the BTLA pathway in conjunction with CTLA4Ig costimulatory blockade may be a useful strategy for promoting immunological tolerance in murine islet allografts.
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- W Truong
- The Surgical Medical Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Olivry T, Paps JS, Bizikova P, Murphy KM, Jackson HA, Zebala J. A pilot open trial evaluating the efficacy of low-dose aminopterin in the canine homologue of human atopic dermatitis. Br J Dermatol 2007; 157:1040-2. [PMID: 17714562 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08133.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yoon H, Murphy KM, Gibson MK. Clinical outcome prediction in esophageal adenocarcinoma based on tumor and germ-line single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in DNA-repair pathways. J Clin Oncol 2007. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.15144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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15144 Background: Germ-line SNPs in DNA repair enzymes are studied as predictive factors in various cancers. More rarely studied, however, is the presence of SNPs in tumor cells and how they relate to both germ-line SNPs as well as outcome. We explored the presence of and relationship between germ-line and tumor SNPs in esophageal adenocarcinoma using two systems: (1) Cell lines, to determine whether loss of heterozygosity (LOH) occurs near DNA repair genes, and for genotyping; (2) Patient samples, to determine whether SNPs differ between normal and tumor mucosa. Methods: (1) For LOH analysis, we examined three short tandem repeat (STR) loci on 19q13.2- 13.3 (near DNA-repair genes XPD, ERCC1, and XRCC1) in four esophageal adenocarcinoma cell lines. (The STR markers have a false positive rate of <10-3 for LOH when all three demonstrate homozygosity.) Then, using a real-time PCR allelic discrimination TaqMan assay (AB), we analyzed two SNPs of interest in these cell lines. (2) We performed SNP analysis on tumor and adjacent normal mucosa from paraffin-embedded esophageal specimens taken at resection in patients with T3N0–1 esophageal adenocarcinoma who received preoperative cisplatin, paclitaxel, gefitinib and radiotherapy followed by transhiatal resection. Results: (1) Cell lines: SEG1 and BiC1 were consistent with LOH, showing a single-allele pattern at XPD 751 (C allele) and XPD 312 (G allele). TE7 and SKGT4 did not have LOH. (2) Tumor and normal tissue: We obtained data on two patients for XPD 751. Genotypes in normal mucosa were heterozygous for one patient and homozygous at the minor allele (Q/Q) for the second patient. Genotypes in tumor were identical to those in normal tissue. Conclusions: Our cell line data shows that LOH occurs in esophageal tumor cells at DNA-repair genes of interest. Our data in two patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma did not demonstrate a difference at XPD 751 between tumor and normal tissue. Given the technical success and encouraging data from this work, we plan to evaluate tissue from ∼90 patients who underwent preoperative cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery (as part of completed ECOG trial E1201). [Table: see text]
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- H. Yoon
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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You T, Murphy KM, Lyles MF, Demons JL, Lenchik L, Nicklas BJ. Addition of aerobic exercise to dietary weight loss preferentially reduces abdominal adipocyte size. Int J Obes (Lond) 2006; 30:1211-6. [PMID: 16446745 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if hypocaloric diet, diet plus low-intensity exercise, and diet plus high-intensity exercise differentially influence subcutaneous abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size in obese individuals. DESIGN Longitudinal intervention study of hypocaloric diet, diet plus low-intensity exercise, and diet plus high-intensity exercise (calorie deficit = 2800 kcal/week, 20 weeks). SUBJECTS Forty-five obese, middle-aged women (BMI = 33.0+/-0.6 kg/m2, age = 58+/-1 years). MEASUREMENTS Body composition testing and adipose tissue biopsies were conducted before and after the interventions. Subcutaneous abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size was determined. RESULTS All three interventions reduced body weight, fat mass, percent fat, and waist and hip girths to a similar degree. Diet only did not change subcutaneous abdominal adipocyte size, whereas both diet plus exercise groups significantly reduced abdominal adipocyte size. Changes in abdominal adipocyte size in the diet plus exercise groups were significantly different from that of the diet group. Gluteal adipocyte size decreased similarly in all three groups. CONCLUSION Addition of exercise training to dietary weight loss preferentially reduces subcutaneous abdominal adipocyte size in obese women. This may be of importance for the treatment of health complications associated with subcutaneous abdominal adiposity.
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- T You
- J Paul Sticht Center on Aging, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Rogers CD, Couch FJ, Brune K, Martin ST, Philips J, Murphy KM, Petersen G, Yeo CJ, Hruban RH, Goggins M. Genetics of the FANCA gene in familial pancreatic cancer. J Med Genet 2005; 41:e126. [PMID: 15591268 PMCID: PMC1735657 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.024851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 12/22/2022]
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- C D Rogers
- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205-2196, USA
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Murphy KM. Music therapy and group work: Sound company. J Music Ther 2004. [DOI: 10.1093/jmt/41.4.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Anderson ND, Murphy KM, Jones DG. Temporal summation of dynamic orientation signals in noise. J Vis 2004. [DOI: 10.1167/4.8.493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Steel K, Ljunggren G, Topinková E, Morris JN, Vitale C, Parzuchowski J, Nonemaker S, Frijters DH, Rabinowitz T, Murphy KM, Ribbe MW, Fries BE. The RAI-PC: an assessment instrument for palliative care in all settings. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2003; 20:211-9. [PMID: 12785043 DOI: 10.1177/104990910302000311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Large numbers of persons in most types of healthcare settings have palliative care needs that have considerable impact on their quality of life. Therefore, InterRAI, a multinational consortium of researchers, clinicians, and regulators that uses assessment systems to improve the care of elderly and disabled persons, designed a standardized assessment tool, the Resident Assessment Instrument for Palliative Care (RAI-PC). The RAI-PC can be used for both the design of individual care plans and for case mix and outcomes research. Some elements of this instrument are taken from the resident assessment instrument (RAI) mandated for use in all nursing homes in the United States and widely used throughout the world. The RAI-PC can be used alone or in counjunction with the other assessment tools designed by the InterRAI collaboration: the RAI for homecare (RAI-HC), for acute care (RAI-AC), and for mental health care (RAI-MH). The objective of this study was to field test and carry out reliability studies on the RAI-PC. After appropriate approvals were obtained, the RAI-PC instrument was field tested on 151 persons in three countries in more than five types of settings. Data obtained from 144 of these individuals were analyzed for reliability. The reliability of the instrument was very good, with about 50 percent of the questions having kappa values of 0.8 or higher, and the average kappa value for each of the eight domains ranging from 0.76 to 0.95. The 54 men and 95 women had a mean age of 79 years. Thirty-four percent of individuals suffered pain daily. Eighty percent tired easily; 52 percent were breathless on exertion; and 19 to 53 percent had one or more other symptoms, including change in sleep pattern, dry mouth, nausea and vomiting, anorexia, breathlessness at rest, constipation, and diarrhea. The number of symptoms an individual reported increased as the estimated time until death declined. The "clinician friendly" RAI-PC can be used in multiple sites of care to facilitate both care planning and case mix and outcomes research.
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- K Steel
- Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
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- T Olivry
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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MacGibbon GA, Hamilton LC, Crocker SF, Costain WJ, Murphy KM, Robertson HA, Denovan-Wright EM. Immediate-early gene response to methamphetamine, haloperidol, and quinolinic acid is not impaired in Huntington's disease transgenic mice. J Neurosci Res 2002; 67:372-8. [PMID: 11813242 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/07/2022]
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Striatal neurons in symptomatic Huntington's disease (HD) transgenic mice are resistant to a variety of toxic insults, including quinolinic acid (QA), kainic acid and 3-nitropropionic acid. The basis for this resistance is currently unknown. To investigate the possibility that the immediate-early gene (IEG) response is defective in symptomatic HD mice leading to a lack of response to these compounds, we examined the expression of c-Fos and Krox 24 after administration of the indirect dopamine agonist methamphetamine, the dopamine D(2) receptor antagonist haloperidol and the neurotoxin QA in 5- and 10-week-old R6/2 transgenic HD and wild-type mice. Unlike wild-type and pre-symptomatic R6/2 transgenic HD mice, 10-week-old symptomatic HD mice were resistant to methamphetamine-induced gliosis and QA lesion. There was, however, no difference in the number or distribution of c-Fos-immunoreactive nuclei 2 hr after single injections of methamphetamine or haloperidol among 5- and 10-week-old wild-type mice and 5- and 10-week-old R6/2 HD mice. Similarly, despite their resistance to QA-induced lesioning and lower basal levels of krox-24 mRNA, the symptomatic R6/2 mice had equivalent increases in the amount of c-fos and krox-24 mRNA compared to wild-type and pre-symptomatic R6/2 HD mice as determined by in situ hybridization and densitometry 2 hr after QA administration. These data demonstrate that the c-Fos and Krox 24 IEG response to dopamine agonists, dopamine antagonists and neurotoxic insult is functional in symptomatic R6/2 HD mice. Resistance to toxic insult in R6/2 mice may be conferred by interactions of mutant huntingtin with proteins or transcriptional processes further along the toxic cascade.
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- G A MacGibbon
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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The development of naive CD4+ T cells into a T helper (Th) 2 subset capable of producing interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-13 involves a signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat)6-dependent induction of GATA-3 expression, followed by Stat6-independent GATA-3 autoactivation. The friend of GATA (FOG)-1 protein regulates GATA transcription factor activity in several stages of hematopoietic development including erythrocyte and megakaryocyte differentiation, but whether FOG-1 regulates GATA-3 in T cells is uncertain. We show that FOG-1 can repress GATA-3-dependent activation of the IL-5 promoter in T cells. Also, FOG-1 overexpression during primary activation of naive T cells inhibited Th2 development in CD4+ T cells. FOG-1 fully repressed GATA-3-dependent Th2 development and GATA-3 autoactivation, but not Stat6-dependent induction of GATA-3. FOG-1 overexpression repressed development of Th2 cells from naive T cells, but did not reverse the phenotype of fully committed Th2 cells. Thus, FOG-1 may be one factor capable of regulating the Th2 development.
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- M Zhou
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Berg KD, Brinster NK, Huhn KM, Goggins MG, Jones RJ, Makary A, Murphy KM, Griffin CA, Rosenblum-Vos LS, Borowitz MJ, Nousari HC, Eshleman JR. Transmission of a T-cell lymphoma by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. N Engl J Med 2001; 345:1458-63. [PMID: 11794194 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
MESH Headings
- Adult
- Bone Marrow Transplantation/adverse effects
- Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/complications
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/therapy
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/etiology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Middle Aged
- Panniculitis/etiology
- Panniculitis/genetics
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Transplantation, Homologous
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- K D Berg
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Peaston AE, Gardaneh M, Franco AV, Hocker JE, Murphy KM, Farnsworth ML, Catchpoole DR, Haber M, Norris MD, Lock RB, Marshall GM. MRP1 gene expression level regulates the death and differentiation response of neuroblastoma cells. Br J Cancer 2001; 85:1564-71. [PMID: 11720446 PMCID: PMC2363953 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2001.2144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We have previously reported a strong correlation between poor prognosis in childhood neuroblastoma (NB) patients and high-level expression of the transmembrane efflux pump, Multidrug Resistance-associated Protein (MRP1), in NB tumour tissue. In this study, we inhibited the endogenous expression of MRP1 in 2 different NB tumour cell lines by stably transfecting an MRP1 antisense expression vector (MRP-AS). Compared with control cells, MRP-AS transfectant cells demonstrated a higher proportion of dead and morphologically apoptotic cells, spontaneous neuritogenesis, and, increased synaptophysin and neurofilament expression. Bcl-2 protein expression was markedly reduced in MRP-AS cells compared to controls. Conversely, we found that the same NB tumour cell line overexpressing the full-length MRP1 cDNA in sense orientation (MRP-S) demonstrated resistance to the neuritogenic effect of the differentiating agent, all-trans-retinoic acid. Taken together, the results suggest that the level of MRP1 expression in NB tumour cells may influence the capacity of NB cells for spontaneous regression in vivo through cell differentiation and death.
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- A E Peaston
- Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
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Otitis externa, inflammation of the externa ear canal, is relatively easy to diagnose based on the history and physical examination findings. The diagnosis of otitis media, inflammation of the middle ear cavity, is more challenging, with the work-up being both costly and, at times, invasive. The pathogenesis of otitis externa has been classified into predisposing, primary, and perpetuating factors. It is critical to the management of ear disease that the clinician recognize and investigate which factors are contributing to each individual patient's ear disease. Failure to identify and address the primary and/or predisposing factors is the most common cause of chronic recurrent otitis externa. Chronic inflammation of the ear canal leads to the development of the perpetuating factors, which may be the major reason for treatment failure, regardless of the primary cause of the ear disease. In this article, the predisposing, primary, and perpetuating factors involved in ear disease will be presented, along with a review of the techniques used in the diagnosis of otitis externa and otitis media.
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- K M Murphy
- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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OBJECTIVES To examine racial and state differences in the use of advance directives and surrogate decision-making in a nursing home population. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. SETTING Nursing homes in the states of California (CA), Massachusetts (MA), New York (NY), and Ohio (OH). PARTICIPANTS Nursing home residents: 130,308 in CA, 59,691 in MA, 112,080 in NY, and 98,954 in OH. MEASUREMENTS Minimum Data Set information concerning resident race and whether or not residents have a living will (LW), a do not resuscitate (DNR) order, or a surrogate decision-maker (SDM). RESULTS The proportion of LWs, DNR orders, and SDMs varied significantly (P < .0001) by racial categories in each state. In general, whites were distinctly different from other racial categories. Whites were significantly more likely to have a LW (odds ratio (OR) = 1.9 (CA), OR = 2.2 (NY), OR = 4.9 (OH)), a DNR order (OR = 2.4 (CA), OR = 2.4 (MA), OR = 3.3 (NY), OR = 3.2 (OH)), and a SDM (OR = 1.1 (CA), OR = 1.2 (NY), OR = 1.6 (OH)) than were nonwhites, after adjusting for potentially confounding factors. Significant state differences (P < .0001) were observed in LWs, DNR orders, and SDMs and were most pronounced in residents of Ohio, who were significantly more likely to have a LW than were residents in other states (OR = 9.3). CONCLUSIONS Various resident characteristics explain some of the racial differences, although whites are still more likely to have a LW, a DNR order, or an SDM independent of various resident characteristics included in the adjusted analyses. This pattern is observed in all states, although the ORs varied by state. Some of these differences may be due to distinct cultural approaches to end-of-life care and lack of knowledge and understanding of advance directives. The distinctly higher rates of LWs among all racial groups in Ohio than in other states suggest that states can potentially increase the use of advance directives through intervention.
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- D K Kiely
- Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
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Zhu H, Yang J, Murphy TL, Ouyang W, Wagner F, Saparov A, Weaver CT, Murphy KM. Unexpected characteristics of the IFN-gamma reporters in nontransformed T cells. J Immunol 2001; 167:855-65. [PMID: 11441092 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.2.855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Analysis of the IFN-gamma promoter has primarily been conducted by transient expression of reporter constructs in transformed cells. However, the activity of cis elements may differ when expressed transiently compared with their activity within native chromatin. Furthermore, the transcription factors and signaling mechanisms in transformed cells may differ from those in normal T cells. To analyze IFN-gamma promoter regulation in normal T cells, we developed a novel retroviral bottom-strand reporter system to allow the chromatin integration of promoter regions in primary developing T cells. As controls, both the IL-2 and IL-4 promoters were inducible in this system, with the IL-4 reporter having Th2-specific activity. Strikingly, the IFN-gamma promoter exhibited constitutive activity in both Th1 and Th2 subsets, in contrast to the behavior of the endogenous IFN-gamma gene, which is inducible only in Th1 cells. In mapping this activity, we found that the AP-1/GM-CSF site in the distal promoter element is the most critical element for the constitutive activity. Transgenic reporter lines for the IFN-gamma promoter confirmed the constitutive behavior of the isolated IFN-gamma promoter. This constitutive activity was resistant to inhibition by cyclosporin A and was independent of Stat4 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. These results suggest that IFN-gamma promoter regulation may require cis elements residing either downstream or >3.4 kb upstream of the transcriptional start site, involving repression of constitutive activity.
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- H Zhu
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Hurov JB, Stappenbeck TS, Zmasek CM, White LS, Ranganath SH, Russell JH, Chan AC, Murphy KM, Piwnica-Worms H. Immune system dysfunction and autoimmune disease in mice lacking Emk (Par-1) protein kinase. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:3206-19. [PMID: 11287624 PMCID: PMC86958 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.9.3206-3219.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Emk is a serine/threonine protein kinase implicated in regulating polarity, cell cycle progression, and microtubule dynamics. To delineate the role of Emk in development and adult tissues, mice lacking Emk were generated by targeted gene disruption. Emk(-/-) mice displayed growth retardation and immune cell dysfunction. Although B- and T-cell development were normal, CD4(+)T cells lacking Emk exhibited a marked upregulation of the memory marker CD44/pgp-1 and produced more gamma interferon and interleukin-4 on stimulation through the T-cell receptor in vitro. In addition, B-cell responses to T-cell-dependent and -independent antigen challenge were altered in vivo. As Emk(-/-) animals aged, they developed splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and lymphocytic infiltrates in the lungs, parotid glands and kidneys. Taken together, these results demonstrate that the Emk protein kinase is essential for maintaining immune system homeostasis and that loss of Emk may contribute to autoimmune disease in mammals.
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- J B Hurov
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1093, USA
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Murphy KM, Ouyang W, Ranganath S, Murphy TL. Bi-stable transcriptional circuitry and GATA-3 auto-activation in Th2 commitment. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2001; 64:585-8. [PMID: 11232335 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1999.64.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- K M Murphy
- Pathology Department, Washington University School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Development of Th2 subset of CD4+ T cells involves the interleukin-4 (IL-4)- and Stat6-dependent increase in GATA-3 expression during primary activation. Recently we reported that the phenotypic stability and factor independence of Th2 cells involves acquisition of an intracellular pathway that maintains GATA-3 expression. Evidence from retroviral expression studies implied that this pathway involved an autoactivation of GATA-3 expression, since Stat6-deficient T cells induced endogenous GATA-3 when infected with GATA-3-expressing retroviruses. That study left unresolved the issue of whether GATA-3 autoactivation was direct or indirect. Several other Th2-specific transcription factors have been described, including c-Maf and JunB. We therefore examined the ability of these other transcription factors to induce GATA-3 expression and promote Th2 development. Neither c-Maf nor JunB induced Th2 development in Stat6-deficient CD4+ T cells, in contrast to GATA-3. Consistent with this indication of a possible direct autoactivation pathway, we also observed that heterologous GATA family proteins GATA-1, GATA-2, and GATA-4 were also capable of inducing GATA-3 expression in developing Stat6-deficient T cells and promote Th2 development. Mutational analysis revealed evidence for two distinct mechanisms of GATA-3 action. IL-4 induction by GATA-3 required each of the functional domains to be present, whereas repression of gamma interferon could occur even when mutants of GATA-3 lacking the second transactivation domain, TA2, were expressed. The GATA-dependent induction of the GATA-3 but not the other GATA genes in T cells suggests that T-cell-specific cis elements within the GATA-3 locus likely cooperate with a general GATA recognition motif to allow GATA-3-dependent autoactivation.
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- S Ranganath
- Department of Pathology and Center for Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Specialized effector activities that are required to eliminate various pathogens involve cytokines produced by specialized CD4(+) T cells subsets, dogmatically termed Th1 and Th2 cells. Despite some oversimplifications, this paradigm is useful for organizing the complex pathways that control forward and backward movements along the road of T cell differentiation. Effective immune memory relies, in part, on the maintenance of the T helper phenotype. This review will address basic issues that relate to the maintenance or reversibility of Th1/Th2 states within the CD4(+) T cell lineage.
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- H Asnagli
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8118, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Su GH, Bansal R, Murphy KM, Montgomery E, Yeo CJ, Hruban RH, Kern SE. ACVR1B (ALK4, activin receptor type 1B) gene mutations in pancreatic carcinoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:3254-7. [PMID: 11248065 PMCID: PMC30640 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051484398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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DPC4 is known to mediate signals initiated by type beta transforming growth factor (TGFbeta) as well as by other TGFbeta superfamily ligands such as activin and BMP (bone morphogenic proteins), but mutational surveys of such non-TGFbeta receptors have been negative to date. Here we describe the gene structure and novel somatic mutations of the activin type I receptor, ACVR1B, in pancreatic cancer. ACVR1B has not been described previously as a mutated tumor-suppressor gene.
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- G H Su
- Department of Oncology, Pathology, and Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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Yang J, Zhu H, Murphy TL, Ouyang W, Murphy KM. IL-18-stimulated GADD45 beta required in cytokine-induced, but not TCR-induced, IFN-gamma production. Nat Immunol 2001; 2:157-64. [PMID: 11175814 DOI: 10.1038/84264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 induce synergistic transcription of interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) that is T cell receptor (TCR)-independent, not inhibited by cyclosporin A and requires new protein synthesis. To characterize this pathway, we screened for genes that are induced in IL-12- and IL-18-treated T helper type 1 cells. GADD45 beta, which activates mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase 4 (MEKK4), was induced by IL-18 and augmented by IL-12. GADD45 beta expression in naïve CD4+ T cells activated p38 MAPK and selectively increased cytokine-induced, but not TCR-induced, IFN-gamma production. Kinase-inactive MEKK4 and inhibition of the p38 MAPK pathway both selectively inhibit cytokine-induced, but not TCR-induced, IFN-gamma production. Thus, the synergy between IL-12 and IL-18 may involve GADD45 beta induction, which can maintain the MEKK4 and p38 MAPK activation that is necessary for cytokine-induced, but not TCR-induced, IFN-gamma production.
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- J Yang
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Olivry T, Dunston SM, Murphy KM, Moore PF. Characterization of the inflammatory infiltrate during IgE-mediated late phase reactions in the skin of normal and atopic dogs. Vet Dermatol 2001; 12:49-58. [PMID: 11301539 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3164.2001.00230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/20/2022]
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In canine and human atopic patients, the intracutaneous injection of offending allergens is followed by the development of both immediate and late-phase reactions. The present study was performed to expand on the characterization and dynamics of inflammatory cell subsets during IgE-mediated late-phase reactions in canine skin. Three normal dogs and three Dermatophagoides farinae-allergic dogs were selected for this experiment. All dogs were challenged intradermally with mite allergen, purified anticanine IgE antibodies (positive control) or phosphate-buffered saline (negative control). Skin biopsies were obtained before and 6, 12 and 24 h post-injection. Sections were stained with metachromatic and eosinophil-specific histological stains. Additionally, we used an immunohistochemical method with antibodies specific for canine leukocyte antigens. This study confirmed the occurrence of a late-phase reaction in atopic skin following allergen challenge, and in normal and atopic canine skin after intradermal injection of IgE-specific antibodies. Whereas early emigrating dermal cells were composed chiefly of neutrophil and activated eosinophil granulocytes, there was an influx of alpha beta T-lymphocytes and dermal dendritic cells in later stages of the late-phase reactions. Because IgE-mediated late-phase reactions resemble spontaneous atopic canine skin lesions, both at macroscopic and microscopic levels, we propose the use of similar challenges to study the anti-inflammatory effects of anti-allergic drugs in a pre-clinical setting.
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- T Olivry
- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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Cytochrome oxidase (CO) blobs are central to our understanding of the columnar organization and parallel pathways in primate and cat visual cortex. In primates, development of blobs and their relationship with other columnar features of the visual cortex begins pre-natally, before visual experience. In kittens, the supragranular layers differentiate post-natally, after eye opening, raising the possibility that visual experience may influence the development of blobs in cat V1. We have examined the development of blobs in unfolded and flattened sections through the visual cortex of normally reared, dark-reared, monocularly deprived and binocularly deprived kittens. Blobs were found in superficial layers of V1 of normally reared kittens as early as 2 weeks of age, although at this age the overall CO staining in V1 was lighter than in V2. By 6 weeks of age the blobs were adult-like. A patchy pattern of CO staining was also found in V2 of young kittens but not in adults. Visual experience was not necessary for expression of the blobs and monocularly deprived kittens had well developed blobs, indicating that strong Y cell drive is not necessary for the development of blobs in cat V1. CO blobs appear in kitten V1 very early in post-natal development and their expression is independent of visual experience, suggesting that they may be an intrinsic feature of V1 organization.
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- K M Murphy
- Department of Psychology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.
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Splenomegaly is a frequent finding in patients with liver disease. It is usually asymptomatic but may cause hypersplenism. Thrombocytopenia is the most frequent manifestation of hypersplenism and may contribute to portal hypertension related bleeding. A number of therapies are available for treating thrombocytopenia due to hypersplenism including splenectomy, partial splenectomy, partial splenic embolization, TIPS etc. None is entirely satisfactory. Hypersplenism usually improves following liver transplantation. Therapy with cytokines such as thrombopoietin may offer hope for the future. Patients with liver disease also have abnormalities in coagulation. This is not surprising as all coagulation proteins (except for von willebrand factor vWF) and most inhibitors of coagulation are synthesized in the liver. Genetic or acquired abnormalities of coagulation may predispose to thrombosis of the hepatic or portal veins with significant clinical sequelae. An understanding of the mechanisms involved in coagulation and thrombosis is valuable in choosing from the increasing treatment options available. These include clotting factors, haemeostatic drugs and newer therapies such as recombinant factor VIIa. Splenic artery aneurysms are the most common visceral artery aneurysms in man. Rupture is frequently catastrophic. These aneurysms are being increasingly recognized in liver transplant patients and require treatment before or during transplant surgery.
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- P A McCormick
- St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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Stat4 is activated by the cytokines interleukin 12 and alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) and plays a significant role in directing development of naïve CD4(+) T cells to the Th1 phenotype. Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) proteins undergo phosphorylation on a conserved tyrosine residue, resulting in homo- and heterodimerization, nuclear translocation, and DNA binding. Stat4 can bind to single IFN-gamma-activated sites (GASs) as a dimer or bind two tandem GASs as a pair of STAT dimers, or tetramer, stabilized through N-terminal domain (N domain) interactions between dimers. We uncovered an unexpected effect of the Stat4 N domain in controlling the proximal activation of Stat4 by tyrosine phosphorylation at activated receptor complexes. Mutation of the N domain at tryptophan residue W37, predicted to interrupt N domain dimer formation, unexpectedly prevented IFN-alpha-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the Stat4 monomer, blocking dimer formation and nuclear translocation. Furthermore, N domains appear to exert private STAT functions, since interchanging the N domains between Stat1 and Stat4 prevented receptor-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation in one case and interrupted STAT-specific gene activation in another. Finally, replacement of the N domain of Stat1 with that of Stat4 abrogated the normal Stat2 dependence of Stat1 phosphorylation, again suggesting the domains are not equivalent. Thus, in addition to its role in STAT tetramerization, the conserved STAT N domain appears to participate in very proximal steps of receptor-mediated ligand-induced tyrosine phosphorylation.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Dimerization
- Humans
- Interferon-alpha/pharmacology
- Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
- Ligands
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Phosphotyrosine/biosynthesis
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational/drug effects
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational/genetics
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/metabolism
- Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta
- Receptors, Interferon/drug effects
- Receptors, Interferon/metabolism
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/drug effects
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/physiology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology
- Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
- STAT1 Transcription Factor
- STAT4 Transcription Factor
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Trans-Activators/chemistry
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/physiology
- Transcription, Genetic
- Tyrosine/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- T L Murphy
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Hayward LM, Nixon C, Jasper MP, Murphy KM, Harlan V, Swirda L, Hayward K. The process of restructuring and the treatment of obesity in women. Health Care Women Int 2000; 21:615-30. [PMID: 11813769 DOI: 10.1080/07399330050151851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Obesity is a prevalent health behavior that is difficult to treat because of its complexity, constraints on provider time, and negligible insurer reimbursement. In this comparative case study the authors describe two obese women's weight loss and lifestyle change efforts while enrolled in a nine-month, multidisciplinary weight loss program. The researchers conducted three semistructured interviews during six months. Eight major themes were identified: (1) support networks. (2) internalization/externalization, (3) routines, (4) relapse, (5) change in perspective, (6) reward/punishment, (7) emotional issues, and (8) life balance. These themes parallel Johnson's three-stage theory of cognitive restructuring. (See Johnson, 1990, "Restructuring: An Emerging Theory on the Process of Losing Weight." Journal of Advanced Nursing, 15, 1289-1296.) Researchers reveal that complex health problems are replete with social and psychological factors that may undermine treatment success. Understanding a client's experience while attempting behavior change is crucial for the development of interventions that address difficult and costly health behaviors.
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Affiliation(s)
- L M Hayward
- Department of Physical Therapy, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Affiliation(s)
- J D Farrar
- Dept of Pathology and Center for Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Understanding the control exerted by cytokines on T helper cell subsets 1 and 2 (TH1-TH2) development has progressed to a fairly satisfying knowledge of intracellular signals and transcription factors. Less is understood about the molecular basis of TH1-TH2 development exerted by other parameters, such as how the antigen presenting cell can influence this process. Recent work suggests that dendritic cell subsets contribute significant polarizing influences on T helper differentiation, but how this comes about is less clear. In some cases known pathways may be used, as in the dendritic cell subset 1 exerting TH1 polarization by interleukin 12 (IL-12) production and STAT4 activation. In others, the effects are still in need of explanation.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Moser
- Département de Biologie Moleculaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rue des Prof. Jeener et Brochet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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The recognition of polarized T cell subsets defined by cytokine production was followed by a search to define the factors controlling this phenomenon. Suitable in vitro systems allowed the development of cytokine "recipes" that induced rapid polarization of naïve T cells into Th1 or Th2 populations. The next phase of work over the past several years has begun to define the intracellular processes set into motion during Th1/Th2 development, particularly by the strongly polarizing cytokines IL-12 and IL-4. Although somewhat incomplete, what has emerged is a richly detailed tapestry of signaling and transcription, controlling an important T cell developmental switch. In addition several new mediators of control have emerged, including IL-18, the intriguing Th2-selective T1/ST2 product, and heterogeneity in dendritic cells capable of directing cytokine-independent Th development.
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Affiliation(s)
- K M Murphy
- Department of Pathology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Glimcher LH, Murphy KM. Lineage commitment in the immune system: the T helper lymphocyte grows up. Genes Dev 2000; 14:1693-711. [PMID: 10898785] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- L H Glimcher
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-6017, USA.
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Farrar JD, Smith JD, Murphy TL, Leung S, Stark GR, Murphy KM. Selective loss of type I interferon-induced STAT4 activation caused by a minisatellite insertion in mouse Stat2. Nat Immunol 2000; 1:65-9. [PMID: 10881177 DOI: 10.1038/76932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The use of murine systems to model pathogen-induced human diseases presumes that general immune mechanisms between these species are conserved. One important immunoregulatory mechanism involves linkage of innate and adaptive immunity to direct the development of T helper subsets, for example toward subset 1 (TH1) development through STAT4 activation. In analyzing type I interferon signaling, we uncovered a difference between murine and human cells which may affect how these two species control linkage between innate and adaptive immunity. We show that in humans, type I interferons induce TH1 development and can activate STAT4 by recruitment to the IFN-alpha receptor complex specifically via the carboxy-terminus of STAT2. However, the mouse Stat2 gene harbors a minisatellite insertion that has altered the carboxy-terminus and selectively disrupted its capacity to activate STAT4, but not other STATs. This defect in murine Stat2 suggests that the signals leading to STAT4 activation and TH1 development in CD4+ T cells are different between mice and humans.
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Affiliation(s)
- J D Farrar
- Department of Pathology and Center for Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Murphy KM, Streips UN, Lock RB. Bcl-2 inhibits a Fas-induced conformational change in the Bax N terminus and Bax mitochondrial translocation. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:17225-8. [PMID: 10751382 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c900590199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins control the cellular commitment to apoptosis, although their role in Fas-induced apoptosis is ill-defined. In this report we demonstrate that activation of the Fas receptor present on a human breast epithelial cell line resulted in a conformational change in the N terminus of the pro-apoptotic protein Bax. This conformational change appeared to occur in the cytosol and precede Bax translocation to the mitochondria. Overexpression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 inhibited both the conformational change of Bax as well as its relocalization to the mitochondria. Bcl-2 overexpression did not, however, inhibit Fas-induced cleavage of both procaspase-8 and the pro-apoptotic protein Bid, indicating that Bcl-2 functions downstream of these events. These results suggest that the mechanism by which Bcl-2 inhibits Bax mitochondrial translocation and subsequent amplification of the apoptotic cascade is not by providing a physical barrier to Bax, but rather by inhibiting an upstream event necessary for Bax conformational change.
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Affiliation(s)
- K M Murphy
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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