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  • 1
    Publication Date: 1990-05-25
    Description: An active site, cofactor-containing peptide has been obtained in high yield from bovine serum amine oxidase. Sequencing of this pentapeptide indicates: Leu-Asn-X-Asp-Tyr. Analysis of the peptide by mass spectrometry, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance leads to the identification of X as 6-hydroxydopa. This result indicates that, contrary to previous proposals, pyrroloquinoline quinone is not the active site cofactor in mammalian copper amine oxidases. Although 6-hydroxydopa has been implicated in neurotoxicity, the data presented suggest that this compound has a functional role at an enzyme active site.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Janes, S M -- Mu, D -- Wemmer, D -- Smith, A J -- Kaur, S -- Maltby, D -- Burlingame, A L -- Klinman, J P -- GM 39296/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 May 25;248(4958):981-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2111581" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cattle ; Copper ; Dihydroxyphenylalanine/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Mass Spectrometry ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oxidoreductases/metabolism ; Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors/blood/*metabolism ; Peptide Fragments/analysis/chemical synthesis ; Quinones/metabolism ; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 1990-07-13
    Description: T cell hybridomas that express zeta zeta, but not zeta eta, dimers in their T cell receptors (TCRs) produce interleukin-2 (IL-2) and undergo an inhibition of spontaneous growth when activated by antigen, antibodies to the receptor, or antibodies to Thy-1. Hybridomas without zeta and eta were reconstituted with mutated zeta chains. Cytoplasmic truncations of up to 40% of the zeta molecule reconstituted normal surface assembly of TCRs, but antigen-induced IL-2 secretion and growth inhibition were lost. In contrast, cross-linking antibodies to the TCR activated these cells. A point mutation conferred the same signaling phenotype as did the truncations and caused defective antigen-induced tyrosine kinase activation. Thus zeta allows the binding of antigen/major histocompatibility complex (MHC) to alpha beta to effect TCR signaling.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Frank, S J -- Niklinska, B B -- Orloff, D G -- Mercep, M -- Ashwell, J D -- Klausner, R D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Jul 13;249(4965):174-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2371564" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cross-Linking Reagents ; Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic ; Hybridomas ; Immunity, Cellular ; Immunoblotting ; Interleukin-2/*biosynthesis ; Ligands ; *Lymphocyte Activation ; Major Histocompatibility Complex ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Peptide Fragments/genetics/*immunology ; Precipitin Tests ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics/*immunology ; Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; Transfection
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 1990-08-03
    Description: A two-fold (C2) symmetric inhibitor of the protease of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) has been designed on the basis of the three-dimensional symmetry of the enzyme active site. The symmetric molecule inhibited both protease activity and acute HIV-1 infection in vitro, was at least 10,000-fold more potent against HIV-1 protease than against related enzymes, and appeared to be stable to degradative enzymes. The 2.8 angstrom crystal structure of the inhibitor-enzyme complex demonstrated that the inhibitor binds to the enzyme in a highly symmetric fashion.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Erickson, J -- Neidhart, D J -- VanDrie, J -- Kempf, D J -- Wang, X C -- Norbeck, D W -- Plattner, J J -- Rittenhouse, J W -- Turon, M -- Wideburg, N -- AI 27220/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Aug 3;249(4968):527-33.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Computer-Assisted Molecular Design, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2200122" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Drug Design ; Endopeptidases/*metabolism ; Gene Products, pol/*metabolism ; HIV Protease ; HIV-1/*enzymology ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protease Inhibitors/*pharmacology ; Protein Conformation ; Sugar Alcohols/*pharmacology ; Valine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology
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  • 4
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    Molecular Reproduction and Development 25 (1990), S. 186-194 
    ISSN: 1040-452X
    Keywords: Intracellular calcium ; Intracellular pH ; Mitochondira ; Epididymal sperm ; Bovine ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: This study was undertaken to determine the role of calcium ion, a key regulator of the intensity and form of motility in mature demembranated sperm, in the development of motility during passage through the bovine epididymis. Cellular calcium levels in bovine caput and cauda epididymal spermatozoa were measured with three different techniques. 45Ca2+ uptake measurements revealed that net calcium uptake and Ca2+-Ca2+ exchange in caput spermatozoa were about 2 to 3 times higher than in caudal spermatozoa. Intracellular free calcium determination with the calcium fluorophore Fura 2 showed that the levels were 6 times higher in caput spermatozoa. The values for caput and caudal sperm were 875±55 nM (n = 15) and 155±6 nM (n = 24), respectively. Total cellular calcium levels quantitated by atomic absorption were 626±30 (n = 48) and 304±19 (n = 46) ng/108 sperm in caput and caudal epididymal sperm, respectively. At least one of the reasons for the high calcium content of caput epididymal sperm is the result of a higher rate and extent of mitochondrial calcium accumulation in caput compared to caudal sperm. Mitochondrial calcium uptake rates measured in digitonin permeabilized cells revealed uptake rates 2- to 3-fold higher in caput compared to caudal sperm. However, mitochondrial calcium efflux rates were identical in caput and caudal epididymal sperm. The efflux rates in both cell types were unaffected by external sodium levels but were found to be proportional to pH. Alkalinization or acidification of internal pH of intact sperm resulted in a corresponding lowering or elevation of cytoplasmic free calcium levels. We propose that external calcium has access to sperm only via the mitochondria (Vijayaraghavan and Hoskins: Cell Calcium 10:241-253, 1989) and that this mitochondrial calcium is subsequently redistributed into the cytoplasmic space as a function of the internal pH. We document for the first time that changes in mitochondrial calcium handling properties are important in epididymal sperm maturation and suggest that the acquisition of sperm motility in the epididymis could be related to these changes in sperm calcium handling properties.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) serves an important role in extracellular matrix formation by stimulating the production of numerous extracellular matrix proteins by connective tissue cells and by osteoblasts or bone-forming cells. TGFβ has been shown to stimulate alkaline phosphatase (ALPase) activity in the rat osteoblast-like osteosarcoma cell line ROS 17/2.8. Previous studies have shown that this enzyme is elevated during calcification of bone and that it is enriched in matrix vesicles, an extracellular organelle associated with initial hydroxyapatite formation. To test the hypothesis that TGFβ plays a role in regulating mineral deposition in the matrix, the effects of TGFβ on ALPase and phospholipase A2, two enzymes associated with mineralization, were examined. ROS 17/2.8 cells were cultured at high and low density with recombinant human TGFβ (0.1-10 ng/ml) to examine the influence of cell maturation on response to TGFβ. Maximal stimulation of ALPase activity in the low density cultures was seen at 5 ng/ml; in high-density cultures, there was further stimulation at 10 ng/ml. There was a dose-dependent increase in ALPase activity seen in the matrix vesicles and plasma membranes in both types of cultures. Matrix vesicle ALPase exhibited a greater response to factor than did the plasma membrane enzyme. However, in low density cultures, the two membrane fractions exhibited a parallel response with greatest activity consistently in the matrix vesicles. There was a dose-dependent increase in phospholipase A2-specific activity in the plasma membranes and matrix vesicles of both high- and low-density cultures. In agreement with previous studies, TGFβ inhibited cellular proliferation 50%. The results show that addition of TGFβ stimulates the activity of enzymes associated with calcification. The effect of TGFβ is dependent on the stage of maturation of the cell. This study indicates that TGFβ may play an important role in induced bone formation, calcification, and fracture repair in addition to its role in promoting chondrogenesis.
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  • 6
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Physiology 145 (1990), S. 110-119 
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Specific binding of leukemia-inhibitory factor (LIF) to osteoblasts, but not multinucleated osteoclasts, was demonstrated by receptor autoradiography by *using cells isolated from newborn rat long bones. The clonal rat osteogenic sarcoma cells, UMR 106-06, which have several phenotypic properties of osteoblasts, expressed 300 LIF receptors per cell, with an apparent KD of 60 pM. Treatment of calvarial osteoblasts or UMR 106-01 cells with LIF resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of plasminogen activator (PA) activity. Both calvarial osteoblasts and osteogenic sarcoma cells were shown by Western blotting and reverse fibrin autography to produce plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), the production of which was increased by LIF treatment. Northern blot analysis revealed that LIF treatment resulted in a rapid (peak 1 hour), dose-dependent increase in mRNA for PAI-1. LIF treatment of the preosteoblast cell line, UMR 201, enhanced the alkaline phosphatase response of these cells to retinoic acid. Each of the osteoblast-like cell types (calvarial osteoblasts, UMR 106-06, and UMR 201) was shown to produce LIF by bioassay and, by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), was shown to express low levels of mRNA for LIF. These data establish that cells of the osteoblast lineage are targets for LIF action. The reported anabolic effects of this cytokine on bone formation in vivo could be related to inhibition of protease activity. LIF may be an important paracrine modulator in bone, or perhaps an autocrine one, based on the evidence for its production by osteoblasts and osteoblast-like cells.
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 1990-12-07
    Description: The binding of a 13C-labeled cyclosporin A (CsA) analog to cyclophilin (peptidyl prolyl isomerase) was examined by means of isotope-edited nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. A trans 9,10 peptide bond was adopted when CsA was bound to cyclophilin, in contrast to the cis 9,10 peptide bond found in the crystalline and solution conformations of CsA. Furthermore, nuclear Overhauser effects (NOEs) were observed between the zeta 3 and epsilon 3 protons of the methylleucine (MeLeu) residue at position 9 of CsA and tryptophan121 (Trp121) and phenylalanine (Phe) protons of cyclophilin, suggesting that the MeLeu9 residue of CsA interacts with cyclophilin. These results illustrate the power of isotope-edited NMR techniques for rapidly providing useful information about the conformations and active site environment of inhibitors bound to their target enzymes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fesik, S W -- Gampe, R T Jr -- Holzman, T F -- Egan, D A -- Edalji, R -- Luly, J R -- Simmer, R -- Helfrich, R -- Kishore, V -- Rich, D H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Dec 7;250(4986):1406-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Pharmaceutical Discovery Division, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2255910" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amides ; Amino Acid Isomerases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Carbon Isotopes ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Cyclosporins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Humans ; Leucine/analogs & derivatives/chemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods ; Peptidylprolyl Isomerase ; Phenylalanine/chemistry ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Tryptophan/chemistry
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 1990-07-27
    Description: The major autophosphorylation sites of the rat beta II isozyme of protein kinase C were identified. The modified threonine and serine residues were found in the amino-terminal peptide, the carboxyl-terminal tail, and the hinge region between the regulatory lipid-binding domain and the catalytic kinase domain. Because this autophosphorylation follows an intrapeptide mechanism, extraordinary flexibility of the protein is necessary to phosphorylate the three regions. Comparison of the sequences surrounding the modified residues showed no obvious recognition motif nor any similarity to substrate phosphorylation sites, suggesting that proximity to the active site may be the primary criterion for their phosphorylation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Flint, A J -- Paladini, R D -- Koshland, D E Jr -- DK09765/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Jul 27;249(4967):408-11.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2377895" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Brain/enzymology ; Cloning, Molecular ; Isoenzymes/genetics/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Peptide Fragments/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Kinase C/genetics/*metabolism ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Trypsin
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 1990-06-22
    Description: The vast repertoire of immunoglobulins and T cell receptors is generated, in part, by V(D)J recombination, a series of genomic rearrangements that occur specifically in developing lymphocytes. The recombination activating gene, RAG-1, which is a gene expressed exclusively in maturing lymphoid cells, was previously isolated. RAG-1 inefficiently induced V(D)J recombinase activity when transfected into fibroblasts, but cotransfection with an adjacent gene, RAG-2, has resulted in at least a 1000-fold increase in the frequency of recombination. The 2.1-kilobase RAG-2 complementary DNA encodes a putative protein of 527 amino acids whose sequence is unrelated to that of RAG-1. Like RAG-1, RAG-2 is conserved between species that carry out V(D)J recombination, and its expression pattern correlates precisely with that of V(D)J recombinase activity. In addition to being located just 8 kilobases apart, these convergently transcribed genes are unusual in that most, if not all, of their coding and 3' untranslated sequences are contained in single exons. RAG-1 and RAG-2 might activate the expression of the V(D)J recombinase but, more likely, they directly participate in the recombination reaction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Oettinger, M A -- Schatz, D G -- Gorka, C -- Baltimore, D -- GM39458/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Jun 22;248(4962):1517-23.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2360047" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Biological Evolution ; Cattle ; Cell Line ; Chickens ; Cricetinae ; DNA/*genetics ; DNA Nucleotidyltransferases/*genetics ; *DNA-Binding Proteins ; Dogs ; Female ; *Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte ; *Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte ; *Homeodomain Proteins ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Multigene Family ; Nuclear Proteins ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Opossums ; Proteins/*genetics ; Rabbits ; Recombination, Genetic/*genetics ; Restriction Mapping ; Transfection ; Turtles ; VDJ Recombinases
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 1990-05-11
    Description: Protease nexin-II (PN-II) [amyloid beta-protein precursor (APP)] and the amyloid beta-protein are major constituents of neuritic plaques and cerebrovascular deposits in individuals with Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome. Both the brain and the circulation have been implicated as sources of these molecules, although they have not been detected in blood. Human platelets have now been found to contain relatively large amounts of PN-II/APP. Platelet PN-II/APP was localized in platelet alpha-granules and was secreted upon platelet activation. Because PN-II/APP is a potent protease inhibitor and possesses growth factor activity, these results implicate PN-II/APP in wound repair. In certain disease states, alterations in platelet release and processing and clearance of PN-II/APP and its derived fragments could lead to pathological accumulation of these proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Van Nostrand, W E -- Schmaier, A H -- Farrow, J S -- Cunningham, D D -- GM-31609/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HL01615/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL35553/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 May 11;248(4956):745-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine 92717.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2110384" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amyloid/*blood/isolation & purification ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/*blood/isolation & purification ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Blood Platelets/*chemistry ; Cell Fractionation ; Cytoplasmic Granules/*chemistry ; Epidermal Growth Factor/blood ; Humans ; Immunoblotting ; Plasminogen Inactivators/blood ; Platelet Activation ; Protein Precursors/*blood/isolation & purification
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