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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2015-08-09
    Description: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b07162
    Electronic ISSN: 1520-5207
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2015-07-03
    Description: Background: Recognition of microorganisms by antibodies is a vital component of the human immune response. However, there is currently very limited understanding of immune recognition of 50 % of the human microbiome which is made up of as yet un-culturable bacteria. We have combined the use of flow cytometry and pyrosequencing to describe the microbial composition of human samples, and its interaction with the immune system. Results: We show the power of the technique in human faecal, saliva, oral biofilm and breast milk samples, labeled with fluorescent anti-IgG or anti-IgA antibodies. Using Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS), bacterial cells were separated depending on whether they are coated with IgA or IgG antibodies. Each bacterial population was PCR-amplified and pyrosequenced, characterizing the microorganisms which evade the immune system and those which were recognized by each immunoglobulin. Conclusions: The application of the technique to healthy and diseased individuals may unravel the contribution of the immune response to microbial infections and polymicrobial diseases.
    Electronic ISSN: 1471-2180
    Topics: Biology
    Published by BioMed Central
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    Publication Date: 2019
    Description: Abstract Cadmium treatment induces transient peroxisome proliferation in Arabidopsis leaves. To determine whether this process is regulated by pexophagy and to identify the mechanisms involved, we analyzed time course‐dependent changes in ATG8, an autophagy marker, as well as the accumulation of peroxisomal marker PEX14a. After 3 h of Cd exposure, the transcript levels of ATG8h, ATG8c, a and i, were slightly up‐regulated and then returned to normal. ATG8 protein levels also increased after 3 h of Cd treatment, while an opposite pattern was observed in PEX14. Arabidopsis lines expressing GFP‐ATG8a and CFP‐SKL enabled us to demonstrate the presence of pexophagic processes in leaves. The Cd‐dependent induction of pexophagy was demonstrated by the accumulation of peroxisomes in autophagy (ATG)‐related Arabidopsis knockout mutants atg5 and atg7. We show that ATG8a co‐localizes with catalase and NBR1 in the electron‐dense peroxisomal core, thus suggesting that NBR1 may be an autophagic receptor for peroxisomes, with catalase being possibly involved in targeting pexophagy. Protein carbonylation and peroxisomal redox state suggest that protein oxidation may trigger pexophagy. Cathepsine B, legumain and caspase 6 may also be involved in the regulation of pexophagy. Our results suggest that pexophagy could be an important step in rapid cell responses to cadmium.
    Print ISSN: 0140-7791
    Electronic ISSN: 1365-3040
    Topics: Biology
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2009-08-12
    Description: The mechanisms involved in the reprogramming of differentiated cells into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by the three transcription factors Oct4 (also known as Pou5f1), Klf4 and Sox2 remain poorly understood. The Ink4/Arf locus comprises the Cdkn2a-Cdkn2b genes encoding three potent tumour suppressors, namely p16(Ink4a), p19(Arf) and p15(Ink4b), which are basally expressed in differentiated cells and upregulated by aberrant mitogenic signals. Here we show that the locus is completely silenced in iPS cells, as well as in embryonic stem (ES) cells, acquiring the epigenetic marks of a bivalent chromatin domain, and retaining the ability to be reactivated after differentiation. Cell culture conditions during reprogramming enhance the expression of the Ink4/Arf locus, further highlighting the importance of silencing the locus to allow proliferation and reprogramming. Indeed, the three factors together repress the Ink4/Arf locus soon after their expression and concomitant with the appearance of the first molecular markers of 'stemness'. This downregulation also occurs in cells carrying the oncoprotein large-T, which functionally inactivates the pathways regulated by the Ink4/Arf locus, thus indicating that the silencing of the locus is intrinsic to reprogramming and not the result of a selective process. Genetic inhibition of the Ink4/Arf locus has a profound positive effect on the efficiency of iPS cell generation, increasing both the kinetics of reprogramming and the number of emerging iPS cell colonies. In murine cells, Arf, rather than Ink4a, is the main barrier to reprogramming by activation of p53 (encoded by Trp53) and p21 (encoded by Cdkn1a); whereas, in human fibroblasts, INK4a is more important than ARF. Furthermore, organismal ageing upregulates the Ink4/Arf locus and, accordingly, reprogramming is less efficient in cells from old organisms, but this defect can be rescued by inhibiting the locus with a short hairpin RNA. All together, we conclude that the silencing of Ink4/Arf locus is rate-limiting for reprogramming, and its transient inhibition may significantly improve the generation of iPS cells.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3578184/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3578184/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Li, Han -- Collado, Manuel -- Villasante, Aranzazu -- Strati, Katerina -- Ortega, Sagrario -- Canamero, Marta -- Blasco, Maria A -- Serrano, Manuel -- 233270/European Research Council/International -- England -- Nature. 2009 Aug 27;460(7259):1136-9. doi: 10.1038/nature08290. Epub 2009 Aug 9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Tumor Suppression Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 3 Melchor Fernandez Almagro Street, Madrid E-28029, Spain.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668188" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aging/physiology ; Animals ; Cell Count ; Cell Differentiation ; Cellular Reprogramming/*physiology ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism ; Embryonic Stem Cells/cytology ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Fibroblasts/cytology/metabolism ; Gene Silencing ; Humans ; Keratinocytes ; Kinetics ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Pluripotent Stem Cells/*cytology/*metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2014-08-27
    Description: Aberrant activation of oncogenes or loss of tumour suppressor genes opposes malignant transformation by triggering a stable arrest in cell growth, which is termed cellular senescence. This process is finely tuned by both cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms that regulate the entry of tumour cells to senescence. Whether tumour-infiltrating immune cells can oppose senescence is unknown. Here we show that at the onset of senescence, PTEN null prostate tumours in mice are massively infiltrated by a population of CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) myeloid cells that protect a fraction of proliferating tumour cells from senescence, thus sustaining tumour growth. Mechanistically, we found that Gr-1(+) cells antagonize senescence in a paracrine manner by interfering with the senescence-associated secretory phenotype of the tumour through the secretion of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA). Strikingly, Pten-loss-induced cellular senescence was enhanced in vivo when Il1ra knockout myeloid cells were adoptively transferred to PTEN null mice. Therapeutically, docetaxel-induced senescence and efficacy were higher in PTEN null tumours when the percentage of tumour-infiltrating CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) myeloid cells was reduced using an antagonist of CXC chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2). Taken together, our findings identify a novel non-cell-autonomous network, established by innate immunity, that controls senescence evasion and chemoresistance. Targeting this network provides novel opportunities for cancer therapy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Di Mitri, Diletta -- Toso, Alberto -- Chen, Jing Jing -- Sarti, Manuela -- Pinton, Sandra -- Jost, Tanja Rezzonico -- D'Antuono, Rocco -- Montani, Erica -- Garcia-Escudero, Ramon -- Guccini, Ilaria -- Da Silva-Alvarez, Sabela -- Collado, Manuel -- Eisenberger, Mario -- Zhang, Zhe -- Catapano, Carlo -- Grassi, Fabio -- Alimonti, Andrea -- England -- Nature. 2014 Nov 6;515(7525):134-7. doi: 10.1038/nature13638. Epub 2014 Aug 24.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉1] Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona CH6500, Switzerland [2]. ; 1] Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona CH6500, Switzerland [2] Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne UNIL, Lausanne CH1011, Switzerland. ; Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona CH6500, Switzerland. ; Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Bellinzona CH6500, Switzerland. ; 1] Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona CH6500, Switzerland [2] Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid, Spain. ; Laboratory of Stem Cells in Cancer and Aging, (stemCHUS) Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Clinical University Hospital (CHUS), E15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. ; Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231-1000, USA. ; Divisions of BioStatistics, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231-1000, USA. ; 1] Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Bellinzona CH6500, Switzerland [2] Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan I-20100, Italy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25156255" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Cell Aging/drug effects ; *Cell Movement ; Disease Progression ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ; Humans ; Immunity, Innate ; Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein/deficiency/metabolism/secretion ; Interleukin-1alpha/immunology/metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Myeloid Cells/*cytology/*metabolism/transplantation ; PTEN Phosphohydrolase/deficiency/genetics/metabolism ; Prostatic Neoplasms/drug therapy/immunology/metabolism/*pathology ; Receptors, Chemokine/*metabolism ; Receptors, Interleukin-8B/antagonists & inhibitors ; Taxoids/pharmacology ; Tumor Escape ; Tumor Microenvironment
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    ISSN: 1432-1955
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract PorcineTaenia solium cysticercosis, recognized as a model of the human disease, was used to analyze the effect of the anthelminthic drug praziquantel on hosts and parasites. The drug (50 mg/kg daily) was given over 15 days in the feed of 13 cysticercotic and 9 control pigs. Changes in the number, size and appearance of brain parasites were seen by computerized tomography immediately after the last dose of praziquantel, although not all cysticerci had disappeared by day 47 following the end of the treatment. Muscle parasites became small and hyperdense shortly after treatment and disappeared from tomographic images afterwards. No alterations were found in EEGs or in brain-stem auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials. Muscle cysticerci showed increasing degrees of degeneration with time after treatment, and an augmented inflammatory reaction was concomitantly observed. In contrast, more heterogeneous results were obtained in parasites lodged in the brain, since viable cysts and less intense inflammatory reactions were found in the brain at different times after treatment. Physiological evaluation of the parasites showed that evagination was inhibited immediately after treatment and that oxygen consumption decreased with time. The results of this investigation suggest that praziquantel damages cysticerci and that the inflammatory reaction destroys and eliminates them.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
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    Publication Date: 2008-12-31
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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    Publication Date: 2011-07-16
    Description: Author(s): J. L. García-Muñoz, A. Collado, M. A. G. Aranda, and C. Ritter We investigate two successive hierarchized phase segregations in La 5/8−y Pr y Ca 3/8 MnO 3, which generate ferromagnetic metallic volumes (V1 FM and V2 FM ) having different physical origins, stabilities, and parent electronic phases. The singular percolative transition around T C2 ≈ 100 K is due to a second ... [Phys. Rev. B 84, 024425] Published Fri Jul 15, 2011
    Keywords: Magnetism
    Print ISSN: 1098-0121
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-3795
    Topics: Physics
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
    Print ISSN: 1350-9047
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-5403
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Published by Springer Nature
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