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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2011-08-24
    Description: After the first report of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), considerable efforts have been made to develop more efficient methods for generating iPSCs without foreign gene insertions. Here we show that Sendai virus vector, an RNA virus vector that carries no risk of integrating into the host genome, is a practical solution for the efficient generation of safer iPSCs. We improved the Sendai virus vectors by introducing temperature-sensitive mutations so that the vectors could be easily removed at nonpermissive temperatures. Using these vectors enabled the efficient production of viral/factor-free iPSCs from both human fibroblasts and CD34+ cord blood cells. Temperature-shift treatment was more effective in eliminating remaining viral vector-related genes. The resulting iPSCs expressed human embryonic stem cell markers and exhibited pluripotency. We suggest that generation of transgene-free iPSCs from cord blood cells should be an important step in providing allogeneic iPSC-derived therapy in the future.
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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    Publication Date: 2012-09-29
    Description: Mouse UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1a6 (Ugt1a6) contains two functional copies of 1a6a and 1a6b that share high sequence homology (98%). Only 10 amino acids located around the substrate recognition region are different out of 531 total residues. Although Ugt1a6 plays important roles in conjugating phenolic compounds, the functional characteristics of these isozymes are unclear. We performed functional analyses of mouse Ugt1a6a and Ugt1a6b using two isomeric polyphenols ( trans - and cis -resveratrol). The cDNAs of mouse Ugt1a6a and Ugt1a6b were cloned and constructed as recombinant proteins using a yeast expression system, and kinetic parameters were evaluated. The wild-type Ugt1a6a and Ugt1a6b proteins catalysed trans - and cis -resveratrol 3- O -glucuronidation. Although the K m value for trans -resveratrol was significantly lower for Ugt1a6a compared with Ugt1a6b, the K m values for cis -resveratrol were comparable for the isozymes. Despite high sequence homology, significant kinetic differences were observed between the isozymes. To identify the critical residues for resveratrol glucuronidation, we constructed 10 variants of Ugt1a6a (T81P, N96R, H98Q, L100V, S104P, N115S, I117L, V118T, V119L and D120E). The I117L variant had Ugt1a6b-like enzymatic properties of K m in trans -resveratrol, and V max and K si in cis -form, suggesting that the residues located at position 117 of Ugt1a6a and Ugt1a6b play an important role in resveratrol glucuronidation.
    Print ISSN: 0021-924X
    Electronic ISSN: 1756-2651
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
    Description: Despite decades of research, the identity of the cells generating the first haematopoietic cells in mammalian embryos is unknown. Indeed, whether blood cells arise from mesodermal cells, mesenchymal progenitors, bipotent endothelial-haematopoietic precursors or haemogenic endothelial cells remains controversial. Proximity of endothelial and blood cells at sites of embryonic haematopoiesis, as well as their similar gene expression, led to the hypothesis of the endothelium generating blood. However, owing to lacking technology it has been impossible to observe blood cell emergence continuously at the single-cell level, and the postulated existence of haemogenic endothelial cells remains disputed. Here, using new imaging and cell-tracking methods, we show that embryonic endothelial cells can be haemogenic. By continuous long-term single-cell observation of mouse mesodermal cells generating endothelial cell and blood colonies, it was possible to detect haemogenic endothelial cells giving rise to blood cells. Living endothelial and haematopoietic cells were identified by simultaneous detection of morphology and multiple molecular and functional markers. Detachment of nascent blood cells from endothelium is not directly linked to asymmetric cell division, and haemogenic endothelial cells are specified from cells already expressing endothelial markers. These results improve our understanding of the developmental origin of mammalian blood and the potential generation of haematopoietic stem cells from embryonic stem cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Eilken, Hanna M -- Nishikawa, Shin-Ichi -- Schroeder, Timm -- England -- Nature. 2009 Feb 12;457(7231):896-900. doi: 10.1038/nature07760.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Center Munich-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19212410" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Blood Cells/*cytology ; *Cell Differentiation ; Cell Line ; Embryo, Mammalian/cytology/embryology ; Embryonic Stem Cells/cytology ; Hemangioblasts/*cytology ; *Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Mesoderm/cytology ; Mice ; Microscopy, Fluorescence ; *Video Recording
    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: 2005-09-06
    Description: This study describes comprehensive polling of transcription start and termination sites and analysis of previously unidentified full-length complementary DNAs derived from the mouse genome. We identify the 5' and 3' boundaries of 181,047 transcripts with extensive variation in transcripts arising from alternative promoter usage, splicing, and polyadenylation. There are 16,247 new mouse protein-coding transcripts, including 5154 encoding previously unidentified proteins. Genomic mapping of the transcriptome reveals transcriptional forests, with overlapping transcription on both strands, separated by deserts in which few transcripts are observed. The data provide a comprehensive platform for the comparative analysis of mammalian transcriptional regulation in differentiation and development.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Carninci, P -- Kasukawa, T -- Katayama, S -- Gough, J -- Frith, M C -- Maeda, N -- Oyama, R -- Ravasi, T -- Lenhard, B -- Wells, C -- Kodzius, R -- Shimokawa, K -- Bajic, V B -- Brenner, S E -- Batalov, S -- Forrest, A R R -- Zavolan, M -- Davis, M J -- Wilming, L G -- Aidinis, V -- Allen, J E -- Ambesi-Impiombato, A -- Apweiler, R -- Aturaliya, R N -- Bailey, T L -- Bansal, M -- Baxter, L -- Beisel, K W -- Bersano, T -- Bono, H -- Chalk, A M -- Chiu, K P -- Choudhary, V -- Christoffels, A -- Clutterbuck, D R -- Crowe, M L -- Dalla, E -- Dalrymple, B P -- de Bono, B -- Della Gatta, G -- di Bernardo, D -- Down, T -- Engstrom, P -- Fagiolini, M -- Faulkner, G -- Fletcher, C F -- Fukushima, T -- Furuno, M -- Futaki, S -- Gariboldi, M -- Georgii-Hemming, P -- Gingeras, T R -- Gojobori, T -- Green, R E -- Gustincich, S -- Harbers, M -- Hayashi, Y -- Hensch, T K -- Hirokawa, N -- Hill, D -- Huminiecki, L -- Iacono, M -- Ikeo, K -- Iwama, A -- Ishikawa, T -- Jakt, M -- Kanapin, A -- Katoh, M -- Kawasawa, Y -- Kelso, J -- Kitamura, H -- Kitano, H -- Kollias, G -- Krishnan, S P T -- Kruger, A -- Kummerfeld, S K -- Kurochkin, I V -- Lareau, L F -- Lazarevic, D -- Lipovich, L -- Liu, J -- Liuni, S -- McWilliam, S -- Madan Babu, M -- Madera, M -- Marchionni, L -- Matsuda, H -- Matsuzawa, S -- Miki, H -- Mignone, F -- Miyake, S -- Morris, K -- Mottagui-Tabar, S -- Mulder, N -- Nakano, N -- Nakauchi, H -- Ng, P -- Nilsson, R -- Nishiguchi, S -- Nishikawa, S -- Nori, F -- Ohara, O -- Okazaki, Y -- Orlando, V -- Pang, K C -- Pavan, W J -- Pavesi, G -- Pesole, G -- Petrovsky, N -- Piazza, S -- Reed, J -- Reid, J F -- Ring, B Z -- Ringwald, M -- Rost, B -- Ruan, Y -- Salzberg, S L -- Sandelin, A -- Schneider, C -- Schonbach, C -- Sekiguchi, K -- Semple, C A M -- Seno, S -- Sessa, L -- Sheng, Y -- Shibata, Y -- Shimada, H -- Shimada, K -- Silva, D -- Sinclair, B -- Sperling, S -- Stupka, E -- Sugiura, K -- Sultana, R -- Takenaka, Y -- Taki, K -- Tammoja, K -- Tan, S L -- Tang, S -- Taylor, M S -- Tegner, J -- Teichmann, S A -- Ueda, H R -- van Nimwegen, E -- Verardo, R -- Wei, C L -- Yagi, K -- Yamanishi, H -- Zabarovsky, E -- Zhu, S -- Zimmer, A -- Hide, W -- Bult, C -- Grimmond, S M -- Teasdale, R D -- Liu, E T -- Brusic, V -- Quackenbush, J -- Wahlestedt, C -- Mattick, J S -- Hume, D A -- Kai, C -- Sasaki, D -- Tomaru, Y -- Fukuda, S -- Kanamori-Katayama, M -- Suzuki, M -- Aoki, J -- Arakawa, T -- Iida, J -- Imamura, K -- Itoh, M -- Kato, T -- Kawaji, H -- Kawagashira, N -- Kawashima, T -- Kojima, M -- Kondo, S -- Konno, H -- Nakano, K -- Ninomiya, N -- Nishio, T -- Okada, M -- Plessy, C -- Shibata, K -- Shiraki, T -- Suzuki, S -- Tagami, M -- Waki, K -- Watahiki, A -- Okamura-Oho, Y -- Suzuki, H -- Kawai, J -- Hayashizaki, Y -- FANTOM Consortium -- RIKEN Genome Exploration Research Group and Genome Science Group (Genome Network Project Core Group) -- TGM03P17/Telethon/Italy -- TGM06S01/Telethon/Italy -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Sep 2;309(5740):1559-63.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16141072" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3' Untranslated Regions ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Conserved Sequence ; DNA, Complementary/chemistry ; *Genome ; Genome, Human ; Genomics ; Humans ; Mice/*genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Proteins/genetics ; RNA/chemistry/classification ; RNA Splicing ; RNA, Untranslated/chemistry ; Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid ; *Terminator Regions, Genetic ; *Transcription Initiation Site ; *Transcription, Genetic
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
    Description: The neural fate is generally considered to be the intrinsic direction of embryonic stem (ES) cell differentiation. However, little is known about the intracellular mechanism that leads undifferentiated cells to adopt the neural fate in the absence of extrinsic inductive signals. Here we show that the zinc-finger nuclear protein Zfp521 is essential and sufficient for driving the intrinsic neural differentiation of mouse ES cells. In the absence of the neural differentiation inhibitor BMP4, strong Zfp521 expression is intrinsically induced in differentiating ES cells. Forced expression of Zfp521 enables the neural conversion of ES cells even in the presence of BMP4. Conversely, in differentiation culture, Zfp521-depleted ES cells do not undergo neural conversion but tend to halt at the epiblast state. Zfp521 directly activates early neural genes by working with the co-activator p300. Thus, the transition of ES cell differentiation from the epiblast state into neuroectodermal progenitors specifically depends on the cell-intrinsic expression and activator function of Zfp521.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kamiya, Daisuke -- Banno, Satoe -- Sasai, Noriaki -- Ohgushi, Masatoshi -- Inomata, Hidehiko -- Watanabe, Kiichi -- Kawada, Masako -- Yakura, Rieko -- Kiyonari, Hiroshi -- Nakao, Kazuki -- Jakt, Lars Martin -- Nishikawa, Shin-ichi -- Sasai, Yoshiki -- England -- Nature. 2011 Feb 24;470(7335):503-9. doi: 10.1038/nature09726. Epub 2011 Feb 16.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Organogenesis and Neurogenesis Group, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21326203" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4/deficiency/genetics/metabolism ; Cadherins/metabolism ; *Cell Differentiation ; Cell Lineage ; Cells, Cultured ; Embryo, Mammalian/cytology/embryology/metabolism ; Embryonic Stem Cells/*cytology/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics ; Germ Layers/cytology/embryology/metabolism ; HEK293 Cells ; Humans ; Mice ; Models, Biological ; Neural Plate/cytology/embryology/metabolism ; Neural Stem Cells/*cytology/metabolism ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; SOXB1 Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation ; Xenopus ; p300-CBP Transcription Factors/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: 1994-03-11
    Description: The gamma chain of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor is shared with the functional IL-4 receptor and is causatively related to X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (XSCID), which is ascribed to a profound T cell defect. Studies with monoclonal antibodies specific for the IL-2 receptor gamma chain showed that the gamma chain participates in the functional high-affinity receptor complexes for IL-7 that are involved in the differentiation of T and B cells. Participation of the gamma subunit in more than one receptor may enable the elucidation of the mechanisms of XSCID development and lymphocyte differentiation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kondo, M -- Takeshita, T -- Higuchi, M -- Nakamura, M -- Sudo, T -- Nishikawa, S -- Sugamura, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Mar 11;263(5152):1453-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8128231" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; B-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; Cell Line ; Cells, Cultured ; Female ; Genetic Linkage ; Interleukin-7/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Receptors, Interleukin/*metabolism ; Receptors, Interleukin-2/genetics/immunology/*metabolism ; Receptors, Interleukin-7 ; Severe Combined Immunodeficiency/genetics/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; X Chromosome
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2013-03-06
    Description: [1]  We studied the relationship between assessments of water mass formation estimated by thermodynamic and kinematic methods by applying both methods to the Subtropical Mode Water (STMW) and Central Mode Water (CMW) formation regions of the North Pacific. We used long-term outputs of a high-resolution general circulation model under climatological normal year forcings to calculate the water mass transformation rate and its density derivative (the net formation rate) and to examine the roles of mixing, shortwave penetration, and mesoscale eddies. Diagnosis of the thermodynamic relationship indicated that the transformation rate associated with surface density flux largely explained the net transformation rate. The difference of these rates, the total mixing effect, was relatively small compared with previous estimates. Explicit and implicit mixing largely explained the total mixing effect. Diagnosis of the kinematic relationship indicated that the annual subduction rate could be calculated from the net transformation rate and the open boundary volume flux over the analysis region. Comparison of both methods implied that the source of subducted STMW was determined mainly by the transformation associated with surface density flux, but this conclusion was not true for CMW. The modeled effects of internal mixing and volume flux from the north (Oyashio Current) also became important in the formation of CMW. Omission of shortwave penetration led to an error in the air-sea transformation and formation rates in the STMW and CMW regions. We also found the important roles of mesoscale eddies in the transformation and formation of mode waters.
    Print ISSN: 0148-0227
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Published by Wiley on behalf of American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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  • 8
    ISSN: 0303-7207
    Keywords: Binding ; Bioassay ; Human growth hormone ; Receptor ; Site-directed mutagenesis
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
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    Publication Date: 1993-10-01
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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