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Houbaert D, Nikolakopoulos AP, Jacobs KA, Meçe O, Roels J, Shankar G, Agrawal M, More S, Ganne M, Rillaerts K, Boon L, Swoboda M, Nobis M, Mourao L, Bosisio F, Vandamme N, Bergers G, Scheele CLGJ, Agostinis P. An autophagy program that promotes T cell egress from the lymph node controls responses to immune checkpoint blockade. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114020. [PMID: 38554280 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) of the lymph node (LN) parenchyma orchestrate leukocyte trafficking and peripheral T cell dynamics. T cell responses to immunotherapy largely rely on peripheral T cell recruitment in tumors. Yet, a systematic and molecular understanding of how LECs within the LNs control T cell dynamics under steady-state and tumor-bearing conditions is lacking. Intravital imaging combined with immune phenotyping shows that LEC-specific deletion of the essential autophagy gene Atg5 alters intranodal positioning of lymphocytes and accrues their persistence in the LNs by increasing the availability of the main egress signal sphingosine-1-phosphate. Single-cell RNA sequencing of tumor-draining LNs shows that loss of ATG5 remodels niche-specific LEC phenotypes involved in molecular pathways regulating lymphocyte trafficking and LEC-T cell interactions. Functionally, loss of LEC autophagy prevents recruitment of tumor-infiltrating T and natural killer cells and abrogates response to immunotherapy. Thus, an LEC-autophagy program boosts immune-checkpoint responses by guiding systemic T cell dynamics.
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- Diede Houbaert
- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Intravital Microscopy and Dynamics of Tumor Progression, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium; VIB Single Cell Core, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Cell and Tissue Research, Department of Pathology, KU Leuven and UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium
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- Intravital Imaging Expertise Center, VIB-CCB, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Intravital Microscopy and Dynamics of Tumor Progression, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Cell and Tissue Research, Department of Pathology, KU Leuven and UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium; VIB Single Cell Core, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Intravital Microscopy and Dynamics of Tumor Progression, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Cancer Biology Research (CCB), Leuven, Belgium.
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Maghe C, Trillet K, André-Grégoire G, Kerhervé M, Merlet L, Jacobs KA, Schauer K, Bidère N, Gavard J. The paracaspase MALT1 controls cholesterol homeostasis in glioblastoma stem-like cells through lysosome proteome shaping. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113631. [PMID: 38183651 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024] Open
Abstract
Glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs) compose a tumor-initiating and -propagating population remarkably vulnerable to variation in the stability and integrity of the lysosomal compartment. Previous work has shown that the expression and activity of the paracaspase MALT1 control GSC viability via lysosome abundance. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. By combining RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) with proteome-wide label-free quantification, we now report that MALT1 repression in patient-derived GSCs alters the homeostasis of cholesterol, which accumulates in late endosomes (LEs)-lysosomes. This failure in cholesterol supply culminates in cell death and autophagy defects, which can be partially reverted by providing exogenous membrane-permeable cholesterol to GSCs. From a molecular standpoint, a targeted lysosome proteome analysis unraveled that Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) lysosomal cholesterol transporters are diluted when MALT1 is impaired. Accordingly, we found that NPC1/2 inhibition and silencing partially mirror MALT1 loss-of-function phenotypes. This supports the notion that GSC fitness relies on lysosomal cholesterol homeostasis.
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- Clément Maghe
- Team SOAP, CRCI2NA, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, 44000 Nantes, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCI2NA, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, 44000 Nantes, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCI2NA, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, 44000 Nantes, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France; Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest (ICO), 44800 Saint-Herblain, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCI2NA, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, 44000 Nantes, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCI2NA, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, 44000 Nantes, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCI2NA, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, 44000 Nantes, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CNRS, 94800 Villejuif, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCI2NA, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, 44000 Nantes, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCI2NA, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, 44000 Nantes, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France; Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest (ICO), 44800 Saint-Herblain, France.
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Verhoeven J, Jacobs KA, Rizzollo F, Lodi F, Hua Y, Poźniak J, Narayanan Srinivasan A, Houbaert D, Shankar G, More S, Schaaf MB, Dubroja Lakic N, Ganne M, Lamote J, Van Weyenbergh J, Boon L, Bechter O, Bosisio F, Uchiyama Y, Bertrand MJ, Marine JC, Lambrechts D, Bergers G, Agrawal M, Agostinis P. Tumor endothelial cell autophagy is a key vascular-immune checkpoint in melanoma. EMBO Mol Med 2023; 15:e18028. [PMID: 38009521 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202318028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Tumor endothelial cells (TECs) actively repress inflammatory responses and maintain an immune-excluded tumor phenotype. However, the molecular mechanisms that sustain TEC-mediated immunosuppression remain largely elusive. Here, we show that autophagy ablation in TECs boosts antitumor immunity by supporting infiltration and effector function of T-cells, thereby restricting melanoma growth. In melanoma-bearing mice, loss of TEC autophagy leads to the transcriptional expression of an immunostimulatory/inflammatory TEC phenotype driven by heightened NF-kB and STING signaling. In line, single-cell transcriptomic datasets from melanoma patients disclose an enriched InflammatoryHigh /AutophagyLow TEC phenotype in correlation with clinical responses to immunotherapy, and responders exhibit an increased presence of inflamed vessels interfacing with infiltrating CD8+ T-cells. Mechanistically, STING-dependent immunity in TECs is not critical for the immunomodulatory effects of autophagy ablation, since NF-kB-driven inflammation remains functional in STING/ATG5 double knockout TECs. Hence, our study identifies autophagy as a principal tumor vascular anti-inflammatory mechanism dampening melanoma antitumor immunity.
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- Jelle Verhoeven
- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Cell and Tissue Research, Department of Pathology, KULeuven and UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, UZLeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Cell and Tissue Research, Department of Pathology, KULeuven and UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, UZLeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Polpharma Biologics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of General Medical Oncology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Cell and Tissue Research, Department of Pathology, KULeuven and UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, UZLeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Therapeutic Resistance Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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André-Grégoire G, Maghe C, Douanne T, Rosińska S, Spinelli F, Thys A, Trillet K, Jacobs KA, Ballu C, Dupont A, Lyne AM, Cavalli FM, Busnelli I, Hyenne V, Goetz JG, Bidère N, Gavard J. Inhibition of the pseudokinase MLKL alters extracellular vesicle release and reduces tumor growth in glioblastoma. iScience 2022; 25:105118. [PMID: 36185361 PMCID: PMC9519628 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid-based nanosized particles that convey biological material from donor to recipient cells. EVs play key roles in glioblastoma progression because glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs) release pro-oncogenic, pro-angiogenic, and pro-inflammatory EVs. However, the molecular basis of EV release remains poorly understood. Here, we report the identification of the pseudokinase MLKL, a crucial effector of cell death by necroptosis, as a regulator of the constitutive secretion of EVs in GSCs. We find that genetic, protein, and pharmacological targeting of MLKL alters intracellular trafficking and EV release, and reduces GSC expansion. Nevertheless, this function ascribed to MLKL appears independent of its role during necroptosis. In vivo, pharmacological inhibition of MLKL reduces the tumor burden and the level of plasmatic EVs. This work highlights the necroptosis-independent role of MLKL in vesicle release and suggests that interfering with EVs is a promising therapeutic option to sensitize glioblastoma cells. The pseudokinase MLKL governs extracellular vesicle release in glioblastoma cells Blocking MLKL is deleterious to glioblastoma cell expansion in vitro and in vivo MLKL action in glioblastoma patient cells does not involve necroptosis death MLKL inhibition potentiates TMZ-induced cell death in glioblastoma patient cells
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Trillet K, Jacobs KA, André-Grégoire G, Thys A, Maghe C, Cruard J, Minvielle S, Diest SG, Montagnac G, Bidère N, Gavard J. The glycoprotein GP130 governs the surface presentation of the G protein-coupled receptor APLNR. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:212489. [PMID: 34287648 PMCID: PMC8298102 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202004114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Glioblastoma is one of the most lethal forms of adult cancer, with a median survival of ∼15 mo. Targeting glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs) at the origin of tumor formation and relapse may prove beneficial. In situ, GSCs are nested within the vascular bed in tight interaction with brain endothelial cells, which positively control their expansion. Because GSCs are notably addicted to apelin (APLN), sourced from the surrounding endothelial stroma, the APLN/APLNR nexus has emerged as a druggable network. However, how this signaling axis operates in gliomagenesis remains underestimated. Here, we find that the glycoprotein GP130 interacts with APLNR at the plasma membrane of GSCs and arbitrates its availability at the surface via ELMOD1, which may further impact on ARF-mediated endovesicular trafficking. From a functional standpoint, interfering with GP130 thwarts APLNR-mediated self-renewal of GSCs ex vivo. Thus, GP130 emerges as an unexpected cicerone to the G protein–coupled APLN receptor, opening new therapeutic perspectives toward the targeting of cancer stem cells.
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- Kilian Trillet
- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France.,Integrated Center for Oncology, St. Herblain, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1279, Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France.,Integrated Center for Oncology, St. Herblain, France
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Jacobs KA, Maghe C, Gavard J. Lysosomes in glioblastoma: pump up the volume. Cell Cycle 2020; 19:2094-2104. [PMID: 32723137 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2020.1796016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Lysosomes are acidic, dynamic organelles that supervise catabolism, integrate signaling cascades, and tune cellular trafficking. Moreover, the loss of their integrity may jeopardize cell viability. In cancer cells, lysosomes are qualitatively and quantitatively modified for the tumor's own benefit. For all these reasons, these organelles emerge as appealing intracellular targets to manipulate non-oncogene addiction. This is of particular interest for brain diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders and cancer, in which stem cells are exhausted and transformed, respectively. Recent publications had demonstrated that stem cells displayed disarmed lysosomes in terms of number and functions during aging and oncogenic progression. Likewise, our laboratory identified that the arginine protease MALT1, normally dedicated to the assembly of proper NF-kB activation and processing a number of substrates, arbitrates lysosome biogenesis and mTOR signaling in glioblastoma stem-like cells. Indeed, blocking either the expression or the activity of this enzyme leads to an aberrant increase of lysosomes, alongside of the down-regulation of the mTOR signaling. This surge of lysosomes eradicates glioblastoma stem-like cells. Targeting lysosomes might thus inspire the design of new strategies to face this devastating human cancer. Here, we provide an overview of the functions of the lysosome as well as its role as a cell death initiator, to highlight the potential of lysosomal drugs for glioblastoma therapy.
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- Kathryn A Jacobs
- Team SOAP, CRCINA, Inserm, CNRS, Université De Nantes, Université d'Angers , Nantes, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCINA, Inserm, CNRS, Université De Nantes, Université d'Angers , Nantes, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCINA, Inserm, CNRS, Université De Nantes, Université d'Angers , Nantes, France.,Integrated Center for Oncology, ICO , St. Herblain, France
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Maghe C, Jacobs KA, Bidère N, Gavard J. [MALT1 in glioblastoma: the Flowers of Evil]. Med Sci (Paris) 2020; 36:452-454. [PMID: 32452364 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2020073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Clément Maghe
- Équipe SOAP (Signalisation en oncogenèse, angiogenèse et perméabilité), CRCINA (centre de recherche en cancérologie et immunologie Nantes Angers), Inserm, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, IRSUN (Institut de recherche en santé de l'université de Nantes), 8 quai Moncousu, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Équipe SOAP (Signalisation en oncogenèse, angiogenèse et perméabilité), CRCINA (centre de recherche en cancérologie et immunologie Nantes Angers), Inserm, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, IRSUN (Institut de recherche en santé de l'université de Nantes), 8 quai Moncousu, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Équipe SOAP (Signalisation en oncogenèse, angiogenèse et perméabilité), CRCINA (centre de recherche en cancérologie et immunologie Nantes Angers), Inserm, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, IRSUN (Institut de recherche en santé de l'université de Nantes), 8 quai Moncousu, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Équipe SOAP (Signalisation en oncogenèse, angiogenèse et perméabilité), CRCINA (centre de recherche en cancérologie et immunologie Nantes Angers), Inserm, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, IRSUN (Institut de recherche en santé de l'université de Nantes), 8 quai Moncousu, 44000 Nantes, France. - Institut de cancérologie de l'Ouest (ICO), Saint-Herblain, France
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Gerjevic KA, Erekson E, Strohbehn K, Jacobs KA, Hanissian PD, Aarts JW. Information Priorities for Deciding on Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 2020; 25:372-377. [PMID: 30063484 DOI: 10.1097/spv.0000000000000572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to elicit information priorities from women considering treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). STUDY DESIGN This is a cross-sectional study of women before and after treatment of stage II or higher POP. Women were recruited either at the conclusion of their initial evaluation (before treatment) or at postoperative or pessary maintenance visits (after treatment). Women completed a written survey that used a Likert scale to rank potentially frequently asked questions (FAQs) that could be important information to use in decision making for POP. RESULTS Among the 100 women surveyed, 32 women wanted to pursue surgical options and 18 women wanted to pursue nonsurgical treatment options in the before treatment group. In the after treatment group, 35 women had undergone surgery and 15 women were using a pessary.Overall, women ranked FAQs about treatment success (overall Likert score, 1.11±0.35), quality of life after treatment (1.18±0.41), and complications and side effects (1.20±0.57) as the most important information when making a decision. Women were least concerned with FAQs regarding cost (2.39±1.48), impact on sexual function (2.21±1.4), and impact on hormones (2.20±1.27). CONCLUSIONS Women with POP identified the most important FAQs related to treatment success and complications, quality of life, and understanding how the treatment works. This information will be used to develop a comprehensive decision aid for women considering treatment options for POP.
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- Kristen A Gerjevic
- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
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- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH.,The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
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- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
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- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
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- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
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- The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Jacobs KA, André‐Grégoire G, Maghe C, Thys A, Li Y, Harford‐Wright E, Trillet K, Douanne T, Alves Nicolau C, Frénel J, Bidère N, Gavard J. Paracaspase MALT1 regulates glioma cell survival by controlling endo-lysosome homeostasis. EMBO J 2020; 39:e102030. [PMID: 31774199 PMCID: PMC6939194 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019102030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma is one of the most lethal forms of adult cancer with a median survival of around 15 months. A potential treatment strategy involves targeting glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSC), which constitute a cell autonomous reservoir of aberrant cells able to initiate, maintain, and repopulate the tumor mass. Here, we report that the expression of the paracaspase mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue l (MALT1), a protease previously linked to antigen receptor-mediated NF-κB activation and B-cell lymphoma survival, inversely correlates with patient probability of survival. The knockdown of MALT1 largely impaired the expansion of patient-derived stem-like cells in vitro, and this could be recapitulated with pharmacological inhibitors, in vitro and in vivo. Blocking MALT1 protease activity increases the endo-lysosome abundance, impairs autophagic flux, and culminates in lysosomal-mediated cell death, concomitantly with mTOR inactivation and dispersion from endo-lysosomes. These findings place MALT1 as a new druggable target involved in glioblastoma and unveil ways to modulate the homeostasis of endo-lysosomes.
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- Kathryn A Jacobs
- Team SOAPCRCINA, InsermCNRSUniversité de NantesUniversité d'AngersNantesFrance
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- Team SOAPCRCINA, InsermCNRSUniversité de NantesUniversité d'AngersNantesFrance
- Integrated Center for OncologyICOSt. HerblainFrance
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- Team SOAPCRCINA, InsermCNRSUniversité de NantesUniversité d'AngersNantesFrance
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- Team SOAPCRCINA, InsermCNRSUniversité de NantesUniversité d'AngersNantesFrance
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- Tsinghua University‐Peking University Joint Center for Life SciencesTechnology Center for Protein SciencesSchool of Life SciencesTsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- Team SOAPCRCINA, InsermCNRSUniversité de NantesUniversité d'AngersNantesFrance
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- Team SOAPCRCINA, InsermCNRSUniversité de NantesUniversité d'AngersNantesFrance
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- Team SOAPCRCINA, InsermCNRSUniversité de NantesUniversité d'AngersNantesFrance
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- Team SOAPCRCINA, InsermCNRSUniversité de NantesUniversité d'AngersNantesFrance
- Integrated Center for OncologyICOSt. HerblainFrance
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Endothelial cells have the capacity to shift between states of quiescence and angiogenesis. The early stage of angiogenesis, sprouting, occurs with the synchronized activities of tip cells, which lead the migration of the sprout, and stalk cells, which elongate this vessel sprout. Here, we describe a method to study in vitro this early and rapid stage of sprouting angiogenesis.
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- Kathryn A Jacobs
- Team SOAP, CRCINA, INSERM, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCINA, INSERM, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France.
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Harford-Wright E, Andre-Gregoire G, Jacobs KA, Treps L, Le Gonidec S, Leclair HM, Gonzalez-Diest S, Roux Q, Guillonneau F, Loussouarn D, Oliver L, Vallette FM, Foufelle F, Valet P, Davenport AP, Glen RC, Bidere N, Gavard J. Pharmacological targeting of apelin impairs glioblastoma growth. Brain 2017; 140:2939-2954. [PMID: 29053791 PMCID: PMC5841205 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awx253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma are highly aggressive brain tumours that are associated with an extremely poor prognosis. Within these tumours exists a subpopulation of highly plastic self-renewing cancer cells that retain the ability to expand ex vivo as tumourspheres, induce tumour growth in mice, and have been implicated in radio- and chemo-resistance. Although their identity and fate are regulated by external cues emanating from endothelial cells, the nature of such signals remains unknown. Here, we used a mass spectrometry proteomic approach to characterize the factors released by brain endothelial cells. We report the identification of the vasoactive peptide apelin as a central regulator for endothelial-mediated maintenance of glioblastoma patient-derived cells with stem-like properties. Genetic and pharmacological targeting of apelin cognate receptor abrogates apelin- and endothelial-mediated expansion of glioblastoma patient-derived cells with stem-like properties in vitro and suppresses tumour growth in vivo. Functionally, selective competitive antagonists of apelin receptor were shown to be safe and effective in reducing tumour expansion and lengthening the survival of intracranially xenografted mice. Therefore, the apelin/apelin receptor signalling nexus may operate as a paracrine signal that sustains tumour cell expansion and progression, suggesting that apelin is a druggable factor in glioblastoma.
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- Elizabeth Harford-Wright
- CRCINA, Inserm, Team SOAP, CNRS, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France.,Institut Cochin, Team SOAP, Inserm, CNRS, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- CRCINA, Inserm, Team SOAP, CNRS, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Institut Cochin, Team SOAP, Inserm, CNRS, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- CRCINA, Inserm, Team SOAP, CNRS, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France.,Institut Cochin, Team SOAP, Inserm, CNRS, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- CRCINA, Inserm, Team SOAP, CNRS, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France.,Institut Cochin, Team SOAP, Inserm, CNRS, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- CRCINA, Inserm, Team SOAP, CNRS, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Nantes, Nantes, France.,CRCINA, Inserm, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Nantes, Nantes, France.,CRCINA, Inserm, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- CRCINA, Inserm, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France.,Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, René Gauducheau, St Herblain, France
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- Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, Inserm, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- I2MC, Inserm, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- The Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
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- CRCINA, Inserm, Team SOAP, CNRS, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France.,Institut Cochin, Team SOAP, Inserm, CNRS, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- CRCINA, Inserm, Team SOAP, CNRS, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France.,Institut Cochin, Team SOAP, Inserm, CNRS, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Willsallen H, Yang PJ, Jacobs KA. Surgical resolution of accidental intramuscular injection of Gudair® vaccine in a mare. Aust Vet J 2015; 93:301-4. [PMID: 26313206 DOI: 10.1111/avj.12360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This case report describes the accidental intramuscular administration of 20 mL Gudair® vaccine to a 7-year-old Standardbred mare and successful treatment of the resulting inflammatory reaction by radical surgical resection.
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- H Willsallen
- School of Veterinary and Animal Science, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
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- School of Veterinary and Animal Science, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Veterinary and Animal Science, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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Stoutenberg M, Kressler J, Chen GL, Perry AC, Myerburg RJ, Mendez AJ, Signorile JF, Arheart KL, Lewis JE, Jacobs KA. Aerobic training does not alter CRP in apparently healthy, untrained men. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 2012; 52:53-62. [PMID: 22327087] [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]
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AIM Regular aerobic exercise may reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk by lowering the concentration of inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP). While studies in diseased populations have shown significant decreases in CRP concentrations with regular aerobic training, little has been conclusively determined regarding the effects of aerobic training on CRP concentrations in apparently healthy, untrained populations. Aim of the study was to examine the effects of a 17-wk half marathon training program (TP) on CRP concentrations, aerobic fitness, and body composition in apparently healthy, untrained men. METHODS Twenty men (29.3±1.0 y) enrolled as training subjects (TRN) in a 17-wk half marathon TP. An additional 22 men (27.8±1.4 y) served as controls (CON). Fasting blood samples were taken at four time points over the TP and were analyzed for CRP and interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentrations. Aerobic capacity (VO2max) and body fat percent (BF%) were measured before and after the TP. RESULTS No significant post-training changes in CRP (P=0.70) or IL-6 concentrations (P=0.67) were seen in TRN as a result of the TP, despite significant improvements in VO2max (42.2±1.9 ml∙kg-1∙min⁻¹, P<0.0001) and significant reductions in resting heart rate (P=0.004), BF% (P=0.03), and body mass index (BMI, P=0.05). No significant changes in CRP, VO2max, BMI, or BF% were detected in CON over time. CONCLUSION Regular aerobic training does not appear to affect CRP concentrations in apparently healthy, untrained men despite significant improvements in bodyweight, BF%, BMI, and VO2max.
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- M Stoutenberg
- Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
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The protocols in this unit describe procedures for using mixtures of 32P-labeled oligonucleotides to screen recombinant DNA clones bound to nitrocellulose filters. A partial amino acid sequence of a protein is used to predict the nucleotide sequence of the gene that would encode it. A mixture of oligonucleotides is chosen that includes all possible nucleotide sequences encoding that amino acid sequence. This mixture of oligonucleotides is then used to screen a recombinant DNA library for the corresponding clones. In some cases however, the exact nucleotide sequence of a desired clone is known and it is possible to use a unique oligonucleotide as a probe.
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- A Duby
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
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The debate on conceptional problems represents a fundamental and inevitable challenge also for contemporary biological psychiatry. Especially questions concerning liberty, loss of liberty and regaining liberty are relevant for daily psychiatric practice. This study attempts to critically and systematically investigate the answers given in the philosophy and psychopathology of Karl Jaspers. Thereby, the key term "Grenzsituation" (border situation) plays a significant role. The interpretation of psychiatric disorder as an exceptional state of existence, possibly converting "Alltagssituationen" (situations of daily life) to "Grenzsituationen", sheds new light on Jaspers' thoughts about the concept of liberty which, thus, turn out to be of crucial relevance for the necessary discussions of ethical principles in the era of molecular psychiatry.
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- K A Jacobs
- Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Germany
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Jacobs KA, Lee IM, Griffiths HM, Miller FD, Bottner KD. A New Member of the Clover Proliferation Phytoplasma Group (16SrVI) Associated with Elm Yellows in Illinois. Plant Dis 2003; 87:241-246. [PMID: 30812754 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.3.241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A disease with symptoms similar to elm yellows (EY) was noticed in the early 1990s in suburban Chicago, IL. More than 1,000 mature American elms (Ulmus americana) have since died. Infected trees varied in the incidence and severity of canopy yellowing, leaf epinasty, butterscotch discoloration, and wintergreen odor of the phloem, but all developed a sparse and clumpy crown, uniformly necrotic phloem, and died within 2 years of showing canopy symptoms. Because symptoms were expressed irregularly and phytoplasma detection results by a commercial diagnostic company were inconsistent, a study was initiated to determine if EY phytoplasma was the causal agent. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) methods using universal or EY phytoplasma specific primers were employed to detect putative phytoplasma(s) associated with 10 trees of varied disease severity within the outbreak region and 10 asymptomatic trees from an uninfected area (controls). Nested PCR using universal primers revealed that 90% of trees from the outbreak region were positive for phytoplasma while asymptomatic elms from another location (controls) tested negative. Phytoplasma-positive trees ranged in disease severity from 1 (asymptomatic) to 5 (near death). Inner bark samples chiseled from the lower trunk had higher phytoplasma detection rates than foliage or drill shavings. RFLP analyses and DNA sequencing of 16S rDNA indicated that the phytoplasma recovered from dying elms in Arlington Heights is not related to the reference EY phytoplasma (group16SrV). It is most closely related to clover proliferation (CP) phy-toplasma (group 16SrVI), and we have designated it Illinois Elm Yellows (ILEY) phytoplasma, and assigned it to a new taxonomic subgroup (16SrVI-C). EY phytoplasma was not detected in any samples, but two ILEY phytoplasma positive trees also were positive for aster yellows (AY) phytoplasma. ILEY phytoplasma was not detected in local leafhopper populations trapped in elm trees between May and September 2000. This is the first report of a phytoplasma related to CP phytoplasma causing elm yellows disease symptoms.
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- K A Jacobs
- The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL 60532-1293
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL 60431-8938
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705
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The redbud (Cercis sp.) is a popular ornamental small tree or shrub, valued commercially for its early spring bloom and adaptability to diverse environmental conditions. Despite these characteristics, large-scale production of redbud has been limited, due in part to their susceptibility to a fungal canker caused by Botryosphaeria ribis. We screened 711 plants in 11 Cercis taxa for response to inoculation with B. ribis. The taxa native to North America, C. canadensis and C. occidentalis, were more susceptible than Asian species. A logistic regression of the number of symptomatic plants 10 weeks postinoculation with taxa and size (stem diameter) as independent variables explained 41% of the variation. Sixteen percent was attributable to taxon effects and 36% was attributable to taxon-independent size effects. Size and taxon effects were not completely orthogonal, and taxa with larger mean stem diameters generally had higher percentages of symptomless plants. A high level of unexplained variation (59%) was found, and is likely due to intraspecific variation among seed lots. Comparisons of 11 seed lots of C. canadensis revealed significantly different proportions of diseased plants ranging from 52 to 92% after 10 weeks, but all plants eventually became diseased.
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- M R Pooler
- USDA/ARS/US National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002
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- The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL 60532-1293
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- USDA/ARS/BCS, Bldg. 005,10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705
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Paul DR, Mulroy SM, Horner JA, Jacobs KA, Lamb DR. Carbohydrate-loading during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle: effects on muscle glycogen and exercise performance. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 2001; 11:430-41. [PMID: 11915778 DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.11.4.430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 11/18/2022]
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The effects of employing a high-carbohydrate diet (carbohydrate-loading) to increase glycogen storage in skeletal muscle are not well established in female athletes. On 4 occasions--2 familiarization trials and 2 experimental trials--6 well-trained female subjects completed 6 x 15-min continuous intervals of cycling (12 min at 72% VO2max, 1 min at maximal effort, and 2 min at 50% VO2max), followed by a time trial 15 min later. The women consumed their habitual diets (HD; 6-7 g carbohydrate/kg lean body mass) for 3 days after the second familiarization trial and before the first experimental trial. During the 3 days following the first experimental trial, the subjects consumed a high-carbohydrate diet (CD; 9-10 g carbohydrate/kg lean body mass) prior to the second experimental trial. Mean (+/-SEM) pre-exercise muscle glycogen concentrations were greater after CD versus HD (171.9+/-8.7 vs. 131.4+/-10.3 mmol/kg wet weight, P < 0.003). Although 4 of the 6 subjects improved their time-trial performance after CD, mean performance for the time trial was not significantly different between diets (HD: 763.9+/-35.6 s; CD: 752.9+/-30.1 s). Thus, female cyclists can increase their muscle glycogen stores after a carbohydrate-loading diet during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, but we found no compelling evidence of a dietary effect on performance of a cycling time trial performed after 90 min of moderate-intensity exercise.
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- D R Paul
- Diet and Human Performance Laboratory at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS, USDA, MD 20705, USA
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Ling V, Wu PW, Finnerty HF, Bean KM, Spaulding V, Fouser LA, Leonard JP, Hunter SE, Zollner R, Thomas JL, Miyashiro JS, Jacobs KA, Collins M. Cutting edge: identification of GL50, a novel B7-like protein that functionally binds to ICOS receptor. J Immunol 2000; 164:1653-7. [PMID: 10657606 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.4.1653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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By the genetic selection of mouse cDNAs encoding secreted proteins, a B7-like cDNA clone termed mouse GL50 (mGL50) was isolated encoding a 322-aa polypeptide identical with B7h. Isolation of the human ortholog of this cDNA (hGL50) revealed a coding sequence of 309 aa residues with 42% sequence identity with mGL50. Northern analysis indicated GL50 to be present in many tissues including lymphoid, embryonic yolk sac, and fetal liver samples. Of the CD28, CTLA4, and ICOS fusion constructs tested, flow cytometric analysis demonstrated only mouse ICOS-IgG binding to mGL50 cell transfectants. Subsequent phenotyping demonstrated high levels of ICOS ligand staining on splenic CD19+ B cells and low levels on CD3+ T cells. These results indicate that GL50 is a specific ligand for the ICOS receptor and suggest that the GL50-ICOS interaction functions in lymphocyte costimulation.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/chemistry
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/isolation & purification
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- B7-1 Antigen/chemistry
- B7-1 Antigen/genetics
- B7-1 Antigen/isolation & purification
- B7-1 Antigen/metabolism
- B7-2 Antigen
- Blotting, Northern
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- Humans
- Inducible T-Cell Co-Stimulator Ligand
- Inducible T-Cell Co-Stimulator Protein
- Ligands
- Lymph Nodes/chemistry
- Lymph Nodes/metabolism
- Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/isolation & purification
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Proteins/chemistry
- Sequence Alignment
- Transcription, Genetic/immunology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- V Ling
- Department of Immunology, Genetics Institute, Cambridge, MA 02081, USA.
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Jacobs KA, Collins-Racie LA, Colbert M, Duckett M, Evans C, Golden-Fleet M, Kelleher K, Kriz R, La Vallie ER, Merberg D, Spaulding V, Stover J, Williamson MJ, McCoy JM. A genetic selection for isolating cDNA clones that encode signal peptides. Methods Enzymol 1999; 303:468-79. [PMID: 10349660 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(99)03028-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- K A Jacobs
- Genetics Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA
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Kuroda M, Wang X, Sok J, Yin Y, Chung P, Giannotti JW, Jacobs KA, Fitz LJ, Murtha-Riel P, Turner KJ, Ron D. Induction of a secreted protein by the myxoid liposarcoma oncogene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:5025-30. [PMID: 10220412 PMCID: PMC21810 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.9.5025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 01/08/2023] Open
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The TLS-CHOP oncoprotein, found in the majority of human myxoid liposarcomas, consists of a fusion between the transcription factor CHOP/GADD153 and the N terminus of an RNA-binding protein TLS/FUS. Clinical correlation and in vitro transformation assays indicate that the N terminus of TLS plays an important role in oncogenesis by TLS-CHOP. Until now, however, the only activity attributed to the oncoprotein is that of inhibiting the binding of transcription factors of the C/EBP class to certain adipogenic target genes, a function that TLS-CHOP shares with the nononcogenic CHOP protein. Here we report the isolation of a gene, DOL54, that is activated in primary fibroblasts by the expression of TLS-CHOP. DOL54 is expressed in the neoplastic component of human myxoid liposarcomas and increases the tumorigenicity of cells injected in nude mice. Activation of DOL54 requires an intact DNA-binding and dimerization domain in TLS-CHOP, a suitable cellular dimerization partner, and depends on the TLS N terminus. Normal adipocytic differentiation is associated with an early and transient expression of DOL54, and the gene encodes a secreted protein that is tightly associated with the cell surface or extracellular matrix. TLS-CHOP thus leads to the unscheduled expression of a gene that is normally associated with adipocytic differentiation.
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- M Kuroda
- Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Departments of Medicine, Cell Biology, and the Kaplan Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Jacobs KA, Sherman WM. The efficacy of carbohydrate supplementation and chronic high- carbohydrate diets for improving endurance performance. Int J Sport Nutr 1999; 9:92-115. [PMID: 10200063 DOI: 10.1123/ijsn.9.1.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Carbohydrate (CHO) is the body's most limited fuel and the most heavily metabolized during moderate-intensity exercise. For this reason it is recommended that endurance athletes consume a high-CHO diet (8-10 g CHO . kg body weight-1 . day-1) to enhance training and performance. A review of the literature supports the benefits of CHO supplementation on endurance performance. The benefits of chronic high-CHO diets on endurance performance are not as clear. Recent evidence suggests that a high-CHO diet may be necessary for optimal adaptations to training. However, the paucity of date in this area precludes any concrete conclusions. The practicality of high-CHO diets is not well understood. The available evidence would indicate that a high-CHO diet is the best dietary recommendation for endurance athletes.
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- K A Jacobs
- Department of physical activity, Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210, USA
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H174 is a new member of the CXC-chemokine family. A cDNA probe containing the entire H174 coding region recognized a predominant inducible transcript of approximately 1.5 kb expressed in interferon (IFN) activated astrocytoma and monocytic cell lines. H174 message can be induced following IFN-alpha, IFN-beta, or IFN-gamma stimulation. H174 message was also detected in IFN treated cultures of primary human astrocytes, but was absent in unstimulated astrocytes. H174, like IP10 and Mig, lacks the ELR sequence associated with the neutrophil specificity characteristic of most CXC-chemokines. Preliminary experiments suggest H174, IP10 and Mig are independently regulated. Recombinant H174 is a weak chemoattractant for monocyte-like cells. H174 can also stimulate calcium flux responses. The data support the classification of H174 as a member of a subfamily of interferon-gamma inducible non-ELR CXC-chemokines. Brain tissues were obtained at autopsy from one patient with AIDS dementia, one patient with multiple sclerosis, and two normal control patients. H174 and Mig were detected by RT-PCR in brain tissue cDNA derived from the patients with pathological conditions associated with activated astrocytes but not in cDNA from control specimens.
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- Y Luo
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Tanabe S, Lu Z, Luo Y, Quackenbush EJ, Berman MA, Collins-Racie LA, Mi S, Reilly C, Lo D, Jacobs KA, Dorf ME. Identification of a new mouse beta-chemokine, thymus-derived chemotactic agent 4, with activity on T lymphocytes and mesangial cells. The Journal of Immunology 1997. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.159.11.5671] [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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Thymus-derived chemotactic agent 4 (TCA4), a new member of the beta-chemokine family, was cloned from a mouse thymic cDNA library. High levels of TCA4 mRNA are expressed in thymus; lower levels of message are found in spleen, heart, and kidney. Anti-TCA4 antibodies were used to localize sites of TCA4 expression within lymphoid tissues. In the thymus, UEA-1+ medullary epithelial cells, some endothelial cells, and additional undefined stromal elements were stained with anti-TCA4. TCA4 was also expressed as a meshlike network in splenic white pulp and in the medullary region of the lymph nodes. In addition, some lymph node and splenic blood vessels stained with anti-TCA4 antibodies. Rel B NFkappaB-deficient mice lack a transcription factor required for the generation of dendritic cells and the development of an organized thymic medulla. Rel B-deficient animals express very low levels of TCA4 in the thymus and little or no TCA4 in the periphery. At subnanomolar concentrations, TCA4 is a chemoattractant of mature T cells; the potential role of this novel chemokine in facilitating normal lymphocyte traffic is discussed. TCA4 is also a chemoattractant of cultured mesangial cells. Neutralizing anti-TCA4 mAb was used to demonstrate the specificity of TCA4-mediated cell migration. Finally, competitive binding studies with a SV40-transformed mouse mesangial cell line demonstrated that other murine beta-chemokines (monocyte chemotactic protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein-1beta, and thymus-derived chemotactic agent 3) do not compete for TCA4 binding.
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- S Tanabe
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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Tanabe S, Lu Z, Luo Y, Quackenbush EJ, Berman MA, Collins-Racie LA, Mi S, Reilly C, Lo D, Jacobs KA, Dorf ME. Identification of a new mouse beta-chemokine, thymus-derived chemotactic agent 4, with activity on T lymphocytes and mesangial cells. J Immunol 1997; 159:5671-9. [PMID: 9548511] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Thymus-derived chemotactic agent 4 (TCA4), a new member of the beta-chemokine family, was cloned from a mouse thymic cDNA library. High levels of TCA4 mRNA are expressed in thymus; lower levels of message are found in spleen, heart, and kidney. Anti-TCA4 antibodies were used to localize sites of TCA4 expression within lymphoid tissues. In the thymus, UEA-1+ medullary epithelial cells, some endothelial cells, and additional undefined stromal elements were stained with anti-TCA4. TCA4 was also expressed as a meshlike network in splenic white pulp and in the medullary region of the lymph nodes. In addition, some lymph node and splenic blood vessels stained with anti-TCA4 antibodies. Rel B NFkappaB-deficient mice lack a transcription factor required for the generation of dendritic cells and the development of an organized thymic medulla. Rel B-deficient animals express very low levels of TCA4 in the thymus and little or no TCA4 in the periphery. At subnanomolar concentrations, TCA4 is a chemoattractant of mature T cells; the potential role of this novel chemokine in facilitating normal lymphocyte traffic is discussed. TCA4 is also a chemoattractant of cultured mesangial cells. Neutralizing anti-TCA4 mAb was used to demonstrate the specificity of TCA4-mediated cell migration. Finally, competitive binding studies with a SV40-transformed mouse mesangial cell line demonstrated that other murine beta-chemokines (monocyte chemotactic protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein-1beta, and thymus-derived chemotactic agent 3) do not compete for TCA4 binding.
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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Jacobs KA, Collins-Racie LA, Colbert M, Duckett M, Golden-Fleet M, Kelleher K, Kriz R, LaVallie ER, Merberg D, Spaulding V, Stover J, Williamson MJ, McCoy JM. A genetic selection for isolating cDNAs encoding secreted proteins. Gene 1997; 198:289-96. [PMID: 9370294 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00330-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [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: 02/05/2023]
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We describe a simple, rapid technique for simultaneously isolating large numbers of cDNAs encoding secreted proteins. The technique makes use of a facile genetic selection performed in a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae deleted for its endogenous invertase gene. A cDNA cloning vector which carries a modified invertase gene lacking its leader sequence is used in conjunction with this strain. Heterologous secreted genes fused appropriately upstream of this defective invertase provide the necessary signals to restore secretion, allowing the yeast to grow on sugars such as sucrose or raffinose. This microbial growth selection facilitates scanning cDNA libraries containing millions of clones, enabling the wholesale identification of novel secreted proteins without the need for specific bioassays. The technique is similar to one previously described (Klein et al. (1996) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 7108-7113). We describe results using a cDNA library derived from activated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Genes identified from this library encoded signal sequences of proteins of diverse structure, function, and cellular location such as cytokines, type 1 and type 2 transmembrane proteins, and proteins found in intracellular organelles. In addition, a number of novel secreted proteins were identified, including a chemokine and a novel G-protein-coupled receptor. Since signal sequences possess features conserved throughout evolution, the procedure can be used to isolate genes encoding secreted proteins from both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
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- K A Jacobs
- Genetics Institute, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02140, USA.
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Adverse reactions to intramuscular injections of procaine penicillin G are reported in 11 horses, five of which died. The clinical findings are presented and suggest central nervous involvement in most cases. Post mortem findings in one horse were consistent with anaphylaxis whereas in other cases the clinical findings, duration of treatment, speed of onset and subsequent completion of treatment supports diagnosis of an acute procaine toxicity syndrome.
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- I L Nielsen
- Canberra Veterinary Hospital, Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory
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- Canberra Veterinary Hospital, Australian Capital Territory
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Jacobs KA, Rudersdorf R, Neill SD, Dougherty JP, Brown EL, Fritsch EF. The thermal stability of oligonucleotide duplexes is sequence independent in tetraalkylammonium salt solutions: application to identifying recombinant DNA clones. Nucleic Acids Res 1988; 16:4637-50. [PMID: 3380691 PMCID: PMC336654 DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.10.4637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [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: 01/05/2023] Open
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In solutions of tetraalkylammonium salts the melting temperature of oligonucleotide duplexes is independent of nucleotide sequence and thus GC content. Data quantitating the destabilizing effects of various mismatches in these solvents are also presented. The results are in accord with theories on DNA melting and establish conditions under which oligonucleotides can be used as hybridization probes with predictable and controllable specificity.
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- K A Jacobs
- Genetics Institute Inc., Cambridge, MA 02140
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Garman RD, Jacobs KA, Clark SC, Raulet DH. B-cell-stimulatory factor 2 (beta 2 interferon) functions as a second signal for interleukin 2 production by mature murine T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987; 84:7629-33. [PMID: 3499611 PMCID: PMC299353 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.21.7629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [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: 01/06/2023] Open
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Purified peripheral murine T cells, in the presence of concanavalin A, can be activated to produce interleukin 2 (IL-2) through stimulation either with a previously described murine lymphokine designated T cell-activating factor (TAF) or with a cloned human lymphokine that has been called beta 2 interferon, B-cell-stimulatory factor 2, hybridoma growth factor, inducible 26-kDa protein, or hematopoietic colony-stimulating factor 309 by different investigators. We and others propose the designation interleukin 6 (IL-6) for the latter molecule. Our experiments demonstrate that either murine TAF or human IL-6 can restore the ability of purified T cells to proliferate in response to Con A or antibodies against the T-cell antigen receptor. Most if not all of the proliferation can be blocked by antibodies against the alpha chain of the IL-2 receptor. Furthermore, highly purified CD8- T cells can be activated by IL-6 in the presence of Con A to secrete IL-2. We propose that IL-6 and murine TAF are important "second signals" in primary antigen-receptor-dependent T-cell activation. Whether or not murine TAF is a homologue of human IL-6 remains to be determined.
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- R D Garman
- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Jacobs KA, Phelps DS, Steinbrink R, Fisch J, Kriz R, Mitsock L, Dougherty JP, Taeusch HW, Floros J. Isolation of a cDNA clone encoding a high molecular weight precursor to a 6-kDa pulmonary surfactant-associated protein. J Biol Chem 1987; 262:9808-11. [PMID: 3597440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Mammalian surfactant is an incompletely defined mixture of lipids and associated proteins of molecular mass 35,000 Da and approximately 6,000 Da. Surfactant preparations which are highly effective in treating respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants lack the 35-kDa proteins, but contain the 6-kDa proteins. We isolated and partially sequenced one of these low molecular weight proteins from the lung lavage material of an alveolar proteinosis patient. Oligonucleotides deduced from the sequence were used as probes to isolate a human cDNA clone. The clone codes for a 42-kDa protein which contains the sequence of the 6-kDa protein. Messenger RNA coding for the 42-kDa protein was identified in human lung RNA by in vitro translation and immunoprecipitation of the translation products with an antiserum against purified bovine surfactant 6-kDa proteins. Immunoprecipitation of the 42-kDa primary translation product is inhibited by the presence of the bovine 6-kDa protein. These observations suggest a precursor-product relationship of the 42-kDa protein to one of the 6-kDa proteins.
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Jacobs KA, Phelps DS, Steinbrink R, Fisch J, Kriz R, Mitsock L, Dougherty JP, Taeusch HW, Floros J. Isolation of a cDNA clone encoding a high molecular weight precursor to a 6-kDa pulmonary surfactant-associated protein. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)48005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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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Mindrinos MN, Scherer LJ, Garcini FJ, Kwan H, Jacobs KA, Petri WH. Isolation and chromosomal location of putative vitelline membrane genes in Drosophila melanogaster. EMBO J 1985; 4:147-53. [PMID: 3926479 PMCID: PMC554163 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1985.tb02329.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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cDNA clones for two Drosophila vitelline membrane genes have been identified on the basis of: (i) stage and tissue specificity of transcription and (ii) size and amino acid content of the translation product. Cross-hybridization data suggest that DmcMM99 and DmcMM115 are members of a multi-gene family which includes at least three members, all of which reside on the left arm of the second chromosome. DmcMM99 and DmcMM115 originate from polytene band positions 34C and 26A, respectively. A third, cross-hybridizing gene resides at position 32EF. Southern analysis of a genomic clone, lambda LS1, homologous to DmcMM115, indicates that two vitelline membrane genes may be clustered at the 26A site.
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Bailey JV, Barber SM, Fretz PB, Jacobs KA. Subluxation of the carpus in thirteen horses. Can Vet J 1984; 25:311-4. [PMID: 17422436 PMCID: PMC1790629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The records of 13 horses of various breeds with subluxation of the radiocarpal, intercarpal or carpometacarpal joint, or combinations of these were reviewed. Subluxation was most common at the carpometacarpal joint (n = 10) and concomitant fractures of individual carpal bones or metacarpus II and IV were seen (n = 12).Treatment comprised of immobilization in a full leg plaster cast for from four to 18 weeks. Three animals were euthanized, two because of cast complications and one because of a request by the owner. The remaining ten were saved to function as breeding animals.
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Beltz GA, Jacobs KA, Eickbush TH, Cherbas PT, Kafatos FC. Isolation of multigene families and determination of homologies by filter hybridization methods. Methods Enzymol 1983; 100:266-85. [PMID: 6621377 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(83)00061-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Jacobs KA, Norman P, Hodgson DR, Cymbaluk N. Effect of diet on the oral D-xylose absorption test in the horse. Am J Vet Res 1982; 43:1856-8. [PMID: 7149392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Jacobs KA, Bolton JR. Effect of diet on the oral glucose tolerance test in the horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1982; 180:884-6. [PMID: 7085466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The effect of altering the diet during the week preceding the administration of an oral glucose tolerance test was studied in 7 horses. The results indicated that substantially lower oral glucose tolerance test curves are observed in horses fed a stable diet comprised of oat hay, a commercially prepared complete feed, and oat and alfalfa chaff, when compared with the curves for horses grazing clover and kikuyu pasture. It was concluded that, in utilizing the oral glucose tolerance test to assess small intestinal function in the horse, it may be necessary to consider the dietary history.
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Jacobs KA, Fretz PB. Fistula between the guttural pouches and the dorsal pharyngeal recess as a sequela to guttural pouch mycosis in the horse. Can Vet J 1982; 23:117-8. [PMID: 17422126 PMCID: PMC1790149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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An unusual case of a two year old gelding with severe unilateral epistaxis due to guttural pouch mycosis is reported. The lesion had spread to involve the dorso-medial aspects of the right guttural pouch and had formed a fistula between the dorsal pharyngeal recess and both the left and right guttural pouches. The diagnosis, surgical treatment and postoperative management are described.
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Jacobs KA, Barber SM, Leach DH. Disruption of the blood supply to the small colon following rectal prolapse and small colon intussusception in a mare. Can Vet J 1982; 23:132-4. [PMID: 17422130 PMCID: PMC1790157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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A coliky and depressed four year old Arabian mare was examined three days after replacement of a rectal prolapse that had occurred during parturition. Fresh blood was present in the rectum and a septic peritonitis was diagnosed based upon the clinical pathological examination of the peritoneal fluid. At laparotomy the terminal 1.3 meters of small colon was found to be necrotic as a result of rupture of the terminal mesocolon and associated blood vessels. Based upon the poor prognosis the mare was euthanized. Rupture of the mesocolon was thought to be a sequel to the rectal prolapse. The anatomy predisposing the horse to these events is discussed.
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Bacteriophage T4 containing nonsense mutations in late genes was found to be genetically complemented by four conjugate T4 genes (7, 11, 23, or 24) located on plasmid or phage vectors. Complementation was at a very low level unless the infecting phage carried a denB mutation (which abolishes T4 DNA endonuclease IV activity). In most experiments, the infecting phage also had a denA mutation, which abolishes T4 DNA endonuclease II activity. Mutations in the alc/unf gene (which allow dCMP-containing T4 late genes to be expressed) further increased complementation efficiency. Most of the alc/unf mutant phage strains used for these experiments were constructed to incorporate a gene 56 mutation, which blocks dCTP breakdown and allows replication to generate dCMP-containing T4 DNA. Effects of the alc/unf:56 mutant combination on complementation efficiency varied among the different T4 late genes. Despite regions of homology, ranging from 2 to 14 kilobase pairs, between cloned T4 genes and infecting genomes, the rate of formation of recombinants after T4 den:alc phage infection was generally low (higher for two mutants in gene 23, lower for mutants in gene 7 and 11). More significantly, when gene 23 complementation had to be preceded by recombination, the complementation efficiency was drastically reduced. We conclude that high complementation efficiency of cloned T4 late genes need not depend on prior complete breakage-reunion events which transpose those genes from the resident plasmid to a late promoter on the infecting T4 genome. The presence of the intact gene 23 on plasmids reduced the yield of T4 phage. The magnitude of this negative complementation effect varied in different plasmids; in the extreme case (plasmid pLA3), an almost 10-fold reduction of yield was observed. The cells can thus be said to have been made partly nonpermissive for this lytic virus by incorporating a part of the viral genome.
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The parameters governing the activity of the cloned T4 gene 23, which codes for the major T4 head protein, were analyzed. Suppressor-negative bacteria carrying wild-type T4 gene 23 cloned into plasmid pCR1 or pBR322 were infected with T4 gene 23 amber phage also carrying mutations in the following genes: (i) denA and denB (to prevent breakdown of plasmid DNA after infection) and (ii) denA, denB, and, in addition, 56 (to generate newly replicated DNA containing dCMP) and alc/unf (because mutations in this last gene allow late genes to be expressed in cytosine-containing T4 DNA). Bacteria infected with these phage were labeled with (14)C-amino acids at various times after infection, and the labeled proteins were separated by one-dimensional gel electrophoresis so that the synthesis of plasmid-coded gp23 could be compared with the synthesis of other, chromosome-coded T4 late proteins. We analyzed the effects of additional mutations that inactivate DNA replication proteins (genes 32 and 43), an RNA polymerase-binding protein (gene 55), type II topoisomerase (gene 52), and an exonuclease function involved in recombination (gene 46) on the synthesis of plasmid-coded gp23 in relation to chromosome-coded T4 late proteins. In the denA:denB:56:alc/unf genetic background, the phage chromosome-borne late genes followed the same regulatory rules (with respect to DNA replication and gp55 action) as in the denA:denB genetic background. The plasmid-carried gene 23 was also under gp55 control, but was less sensitive than the chromosomal late genes to perturbations of DNA replication. Synthesis of plasmid-coded gp23 was greatly inhibited when both the type II T4 topoisomerase and the host's DNA gyrase are inactivated. Synthesis of gp23 was also substantially affected by a mutation in gene 46, but less strongly than in the denA:denB genetic background. These observations are interpreted as follows. The plasmid-borne T4 gene 23 is primarily expressed from a late promoter. Expression of gene 23 from this late promoter responds to an activation event which involves some structural alteration of DNA. In these respects, the requirements for expressing the plasmid-borne gene 23 and chromosomal late genes are very similar (although in the denA:denB:56:alc/unf genetic background, there are significant quantitative differences). For the plasmid-borne gene 23, activation involves the T4 gp46, a protein which is required for DNA recombination. However, for the reasons presented in the accompanying paper (Jacobs et al., J. Virol. 39:31-45, 1981), we conclude that the activation of gene 23 does not require a complete breakage-reunion event which transposes that gene to a later promoter on the phage chromosome. Ways in which gp46 may actually be involved in late promoter activation on the plasmid are discussed.
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In an extract containing all the components for lac gene expression except washed ribosomes, lac mRNA formation was increased 4- to 6-fold by the addition of washed ribosomes. The formation of beta-galactosidase mRNA and enzyme showed very different dependency on added ribosomes. Enzyme was formed in proportion to the number of ribosomes added, whereas 10% of the standard level of ribosomes promoted full levels of transcription. Consistent with their action in vivo, chloramphenicol and erythromycin blocked the ribosome-dependent lac transcription. The same inhibition was seen with RNA pulse-labeled for 1 or 5 min, so that the effect was truly a blockage of formation rather than an increased hyperlability of nascent mRNA. The effect was specified for some RNA species, as it is in vivo: phage lambda N gene transcription was increased rather than inhibited in the presence of chloramphenicol. Chloramphenicol did not stop lac transcription as a result of its blockage of formation of the regulatory nucleotide tetraphosphate (ppGpp), because addition of the nucleotide did not restore mRNA formation in chloramphenicol-treated extracts. Rather, the data are consistent with the ideas that one or a few ribosomes moving closely behind RNA polymerase can prevent its arrest and that, when ribosome movement is blocked by chloramphenicol, the RNA polymerase is exposed to factors that provoke premature RNA chain termination.
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DNA-dependent synthesis of beta-galactosidase was optimized in extracts made from cells lysed by a standard French pressure cell. Extracts made at 3200 psi synthesized up to 25-fold more beta-galactosidase than extracts made at 7500 psi. beta-Galactosidase synthesis was cyclic 3', 5' AMP dependent, as expected, and in optimal conditions transcription and translation proceeded at 8.6 nucleotides and 2.7 amino acids per s, respectively. The high pressure extracts were stimulated 3- to 5-fold by Ca2+, especially at low Mg2+ concentrations. In contrast, extracts prepared at low pressure were inhibited as much as 50-fold by Ca2+ ions. The inhibition by Ca2+ was analyzed further. Addition of kasugamycin, an antibiotic that acts on ribosomes, to reactions containing Ca2+ stimulated beta-galactosidase synthesis to nearly control levels. Extracts from a kasugamycin resistant mutant were neither inhibited by Ca2+ nor stimulated by the addition of kasugamycin to in vitro reactions containing Ca2+. The change in the mutant was ascribed to the ribosomes by testing combinations of soluble proteins, ribosome wash, and ribosomes from parental and mutant strains. These results suggest that Ca2+ ions inhibit translation by ribosomes, very likely at an initiation step; and that they enhance enzyme synthesis only in conditions where translation is inefficient (high-pressure extracts at low concentrations of Mg2+, for example). This latter effect is probably a consequence of increased RNA stability in the presence of Ca2+ (Cremer, K., and Schlessinger, D. (1974), J. Biol. Chem. 249,4730).
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Schlessinger D, Jacobs KA, Gupta RS, Kano Y, Imamoto F. Decay of individual Escherichia coli trp messenger RNA molecules is sequentially ordered. J Mol Biol 1977; 110:421-39. [PMID: 321792 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(77)80107-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Jacobs KA. [Osteosyntheses in the region of the shoulder girdle (1972)]. Beitr Orthop Traumatol 1976; 23:126-7. [PMID: 962801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Jacobs KA. [Osteosyntheses in fractures of the patella (1972)]. Beitr Orthop Traumatol 1976; 23:142. [PMID: 962806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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