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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 261-269 
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    Keywords: membrane proteins ; lateral organization ; chloroplast, chlorophyll ; phosphorylation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Freeze-fracture electron microscopy has revealed that different size classes of intramembrane particles of chloroplast membranes are nonrandomly distributed between appressed grana and nonappressed stroma membrane regions. It is now generally assumed that thylakoid membranes contain five major functional complexes, each of which can give rise to an intramembrane particle of a defined size. These are the photosystem II complex, the photosystem I complex, the cytochrome f/b6 complex, the chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complex, and the CF0-CF1 ATP synthetase complex. By mapping the distribution of the different categories of intramembrane particles, information on the lateral organization of functional membrane units of thylakoid membranes can be determined. In this review, we present a brief summary of the evidence supporting the correlation of specific categories of intramembrane particles with known biochemical entities. In addition, we discuss studies showing that ions and phosphorylation of the membrane adhesion factor, the chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting, complex, can affect the lateral organization of chloroplast membrane components and thereby regulate membrane function.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 271-285 
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    Keywords: photosystem development ; chloroplast structure ; chloroplast function ; photosynthetic unit ; gene expression ; regulation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The light environment during plant growth determines the structural and functional properties of higher plant chloroplasts, thus revealing a dynamically regulated developmental system. Pisum sativum plants growing under intermittent illumination showed chloroplasts with fully functional photosystem (PS) II and PSI reaction centers that lacked the peripheral chlorophyll (Chi) a/b and Chl a light-harvesting complexes (LHC), respectively. The results suggest a light flux differential threshold regulation in the biosynthesis of the photosystem core and peripheral antenna complexes. Sun-adapted species and plants growing under far-red-depleted illumination showed grana stacks composed of few (3-5) thylakoids connected with long intergrana (stroma) thylakoids. They had a PSII/PSI reaction center ratio in the range 1.3-1.9. Shade-adapted species and plants growing under far-red-enrichcd illumination showed large grana stacks composed of several thylakoids, often extending across the entire chloroplast body, and short intergrana stroma thylakoids. They had a higher PSII/PSI reaction center ratio, in the range of 2.2-4.0. Thus, the relative extent of grana and stroma thylakoid formation corresponds with the relative amounts of PSII and PSI in the chloroplast, respectively. The structural and functional adaptation of the photosynthetic membrane system in response to the quality of illumination involves mainly a control on the rate of PSII and PSI complex biosynthesis.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: reaction center ; Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides ; ubiquinone ; herbicide activity ; herbicide resistance ; herbicide specificity ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: A select group of herbicides that inhibit photosystem II also act at the acceptor side of the reaction center (RC) from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides, with much the same relative specificity as in plants. These include the triazines and some phenolic compounds. The proposal that herbicides inhibit the electron transfer from the primary quinone (QA) to the secondary quinone (QB) by competing for the secondary quinone binding site - the B-site -  [5], is tested here with terbutryn, the most potent of the triazines. Competition between terbutryn and ubiquinone (Q-10) was observed using the kinetics of the back-reaction as a measure of inhibition. The model includes binding equilibria before and after flash activation. The binding constants for the preflash (dark) equilibria, for reaction centers in 0.14% lauryl dimethylamine-N-oxide (LDAO), were KiD = 0.8 μM terbutryn, KqD = 2 μM Q-10; both are detergent-concentration dependent. After flash activation, binding equilibrium is not fully restored on the time scale of the back-reaction because terbutryn unbinds slowly. This gives rise to biphasic decay kinetics from which koff for terbutryn was estimated to be 3 sec-1. Titrations of the rate of the slow back reaction indicated that the post-flash equilibrium is less sensitive to inhibitor, in a manner that is independent of the much stronger binding of the semiquinone, QB-, and indicative of a direct effect of the redox state of QA on the affinity of the B-site for ligands. However, the effects on KiL and KqD could not be separated: either KiL 〉 KiD or KqD 〈 KqD. Some triazine-resistant mutants have been isolated and are described. All appear to be herbicide binding site mutants. Whole cells and photosynthetic membrane vesicles (chromatophores) exhibit a 10-50-fold increase in resistance to triazines due, in large part, to an increase in the rate of unbinding (koff). The modifications of the binding site appear to diminish the affinity of the B-site for ubiquinone as well as terbutryn. It is concluded that bacterial RCs are a useful model for the study of herbicide activity and specificity.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 287-295 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: Trypanosoma brucei ; variable surface glycoprotein ; gene duplication ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The variable surface glycoprotein (VSG) genes of Trypanosoma brucei have been classified into two groups depending upon whether or not duplication of the genes is observed when they are expressed. We report here the observation of duplication apparently linked to espression of the ILTaT 1.3 gene in the ETaR 1 trypanosome stock. In the ILTaR 1 stock, expression of the ILTaT 1.3 VSG did not involve a new duplication, but instead activation of a preexisting gene copy that had been apparently generated earlier by a duplication event analogous to that directly observed in the ETaR 1 trypanosomes. The results suggest that the well-characterised gene duplications found with other VSG genes are common to all VSG genes but are not directly responsible for controlling expression. All currently available data can be accomodated by a model that assumes that gene duplication and replacement occurs independently of antigenic switching.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984) 
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    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 297-306 
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    Keywords: Plasmodium knowlesi ; variant antigen ; schizont-infected erythrocyte ; detergents ; radioiodination ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Four detergents have been compared for identification of the Plasmodium knowlesi variant antigen on infected erythrocytes by immunoprecipitation analysis. Erythrocytes infected with late trophozoite and schizont forms of cloned asexual parasites were labeled by lactoperoxidase-catalyzed radioiodination and extracted either with the anionic detergents sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or cholate, the neutral detergent Triton X-100, or the zwitterion 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)di-methylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate (CHAPS). After addition of Triton X-100 to SDS and cholate extracts, parallel immunoprecipitations of the four extracts were performed using rhesus monkey antisera of defined agglutinability. Identical results were obtained with clone Pkl(A+ ), which has 125I-variant antigens of Mr 210,000 and 190,000, and with clone Pkl(B+)l+, which hasvariant antigens of Mr 200,000-205,000. SDS yielded maximal levels of immunoprecipitated 125I-variant antigens. Variant-specific immunoprecipitation was detected in some experiments with Triton X-100 and cholic acid but with significantly lower recovery than with SDS. CHAPS extraction did not yield the variant antigens on immunoprecipitation. The variant antigens could also be identified in Triton X-100-insoluble material by subsequent extraction with SDS, indicating that failure to recover these proteins in the Triton X-100-soluble fraction is due to failure of this detergent to extract the variant antigens rather than to degradation during extraction. We suggest that the 125I-variant antigens either have a structure that renders them intrinsically insoluble in Triton X-100, cholate, or CHAPS, or that they are associated in some way with host cell membrane components that also resist solubilization by these detergents.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 319-330 
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    Keywords: phosphomannosyl receptor ; detergent dissociation ; mannose 6-phosphate ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: We have reported previously the isolation and partial characterization of a 215-kilodalton (Kd) phosphomannosyl binding protein from bovine liver membranes [3,9]. In the present studies evidence is presented that the binding protein is an aggregate. Four N-terminal amino acids were detected, and the complex could be dissociated into subunits.Bovine liver membranes were extracted with the detergent, Zwittergent, in the presence of protease inhibitors. The extract was subjected to affinity chromatography on phosphomannan-Sepharose 4B, and proteins with apparent Mr values of 215 and 57 Kd were eluted with mannose 6-phosphate. As reported previously, extraction with Triton X-100 yielded only the higher molecular weight material. When the binding protein was incubated at 4°C in the presence of Zwittergent TM 3-14 the 215-Kd form slowly dissociated into smaller subunits; after two months, the major species had an apparent Mr of 57 Kd. The subunits derived from the binding protein were recognized by antiserum raised against purified binding protein. Dissociation of the binding protein by Zwittergent was enhanced by incubation at 37°C, the presence of dithiothreitol, and low pH values. The subunit mixture enriched in the 57-Kd subunit had a lowered ability to bind ligands containing the phosphomannosyl recognition marker. Binding was partially restored (〉48% of the initial value) when dissociated receptor was back exchanged with Triton X-100.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 307-317 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: secretory component ; bile ; IgA ; immunoblot ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Secretory component is a receptor for polymeric immunoglobulins on epithelial cells and hepatocytes that facilitates transport of polymeric immunoglobulins into external secretions. Little is known about the transcellular migration of secretory component-polymeric IgA complexes or the membrane forms of secretory component. We therefore examined rat bile and liver membranes to identify and compare the various molecular species of secretory component. Bile or liver membrane proteins were electrophoresed in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and electrophoretically transferred to nitrocellulose membranes. Protein profiles on blots were probed with antisecretory, component antiserum, and the immunoreactive bands were visualized by indirect immunoperoxidase staining. Bile collected in the presence of proteolytic inhibitors showed an immunoreactive doublet band (Mr = 82,000 and 78,000) in the molecular weight range of free secretory component. By contrast, free secretory component in bile collected in the absence of proteolytic inhibitors and purified by affinity chromatography migrated as a single protein with an Mr = 70,000. Both components of the free secretory component doublet bound dimeric IgA when blots were probed with human dimeric IgA. Crude liver membranes prepared in the presence of proteolytic inhibitors showed two immunoreactive secretory component-containing bands, Mr = 107,000 and 99,000, whereas membranes prepared without proteolytic inhibitors showed two smaller immunoreactive bands; one of these proteolytically severed proteins comigrated with the 82,000-dalton free secretory component in bile. These results indicate that membrane forms of secretory component are present in rat liver. The observations that the membrane secretory component is larger than biliary free secretory component and yields biliary SC-like forms of secretory component upon proteolysis support the hypothesis that free secretory component in bile is a proteolytic product of larger liver membrane-associated secretory component.
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    Keywords: leucine binding protein ; protein secretion ; proteolysis ; degradation ; site-directed mutagenesis ; membrane potential ; processing ; periplasmic proteins ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The leucine-specific binding protein (LS-BP), a periplasmic component of the Escherichia coli high-affinity leucine transport system, is initially synthesized in a precursor form with a 23 amino acid N-terminal leader sequence that is removed during secretion of the protein into the periplasm. Using in vitro mutagenesis, deletion mutants of the LS-BP gene have been constructed with altered or missing amino acid sequences in the C-terminal portion of the protein. These altered binding proteins exhibited normal processing and secretion but were rapidly degraded in the periplasmic space. In the presence of an uncoupler of the transmembrane potential (CCCP) the precursor forms accumulated in the membrane and were protected from degradation. The altered binding proteins also were secreted by spheroplasts of E coli, after which they were easily detected.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 345-356 
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    Keywords: bacterial protein secretion ; transmembrane potential ; secondary structure prediction ; protein folding ; electric field ; domain formation ; binding proteins ; periplasmic ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The synthesis and processing of the periplasmic components of the leucine transport system of E coli have been studied to determine the role played by transmembrane potential in protein secretion. Both the leucine-isoleucine-valine binding protein and the leucine-specific binding protein are synthesized as precursors with 23 amino acid N-terminal leader sequences. The processing of these precursors is sensitive to the transmembrane potential. Since the amino acid sequence and the crystal structure have been determined for the leucine-isoleucine-valine binding protein, it and the closely related leucine-specific binding protein represent convenient models in which to examine the mechanism of protein secretion in E coli. A model for secretion has been proposed, suggesting a role for transmembrane potential. In this model, the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the precursor is assumed to form a hairpin of two helices. The membrane potential may orient this structure to make it accessible to processing. In addition, the model suggests that a negatively charged, folded domain of the secretory protein may electrophorese toward the trans-positive side of the membrane, thus providing an additional role for the transmembrane potential.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 25 (1984) 
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    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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  • 12
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    Keywords: PEP: Sugar Phosphotransferase ; protein kinase ; phosphohistidine ; enzyme IIsugar ; factor IIIsugar ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Phosphoproteins produced by the incubation of crude extracts of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli with either [32P]phosphoenolpyruvate or [γ32P]ATP have been resolved and detected using sodium dodecyl sulphate poly-acrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. Simple techniques were found such that distinctions could be made between phosphoproteins containing acid-labile or stable phosphoamino acids and between N1-P-histidine and N3-P-histidine. Phosphoproteins were found to be primarily formed from phosphoenolpyruvate, but because of an efficient phosphoexchange, ATP also led to the formation of the major phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphoproteins. These proteins had the following apparent subunit molecular weights: 65,000, 65,000, 62,000, 48,000, 40,000, 33,000, 25,000, 20,000, 14,000, 13,000, 9,000, 8,000. Major ATP-dependent phosphoproteins were detected with apparent subunit molecular weights of 75,000, 46,000, 30,000, and 15,000. Other minor phosphoproteins were detected. The phosphorylation of the 48,000- and 25,000-MW proteins by phos-phoenolpyruvate was independent of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phospho-transferase system (PTS). The PTS phosphoproteins were identified as enzyme I (soluble; MW = 65,000); enzyme IIN-acetylglucosamine (membrane bound; MW = 65,000); enzyme IImannitol (membrane bound; MW = 62,000); IIIfructose (soluble; MW = 40,000); IIImannose (partially membrane associated; MW = 33,000); IIIglucose (soluble; MW = 20,000); IIIglucitol (soluble; MW = 13-14,000); HPr (soluble; MW = 9,000); FPr (fructose induced HPr-like protein (soluble; MW = 8,000). HPr and FPr are phosphorylated on the N-1 position of a histidyl residue while all the others appear to be phosphorylated on an N-3 position of a histidyl residue. These studies identify some previously unknown proteins of the PTS and show the phosphorylation of others, which although previously known, had not been shown to be phosphoproteins.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 25 (1984), S. 161-182 
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    Keywords: electrophoresis ; NEPHGE ; leukemia ; differentiation ; nuclear proteins ; G-CSF ; flourescence-activated cell sorting ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: In response to a differentiation factor (G-CSF) the myelomonocytic leukemia cell line (WEHI-3B(D+) differentiates to form mature macrophages and neutrophils. The effect of G-CSF on WEHI-3B(D+) differentiation was augmented by low concentrations (5 ng/ml) of actinomycin D. Quantitative binding of an antineutrophil serum was used to segregate the differentiated cells from the leukemic blast cells. Molecular markers of later myeloid differentiation were detected in myelocytes and macrophages purified from differentiating WEHI-3B(D+ ) cells. To study the initial molecular processes associated with the initiation of WEHI-3B(D+) cells to differentiation, the protein changes were analyzed using gel electrophoresis. Quantitative analysis of the fluorographs from the two-dimensional (2D) electrophorograms of the 35S-labeled proteins revealed major changes in the biosynthetic rates for 16 proteins within 5 hr: The biosynthesis of six proteins was increased and another ten proteins were synthesized at a reduced rate. Two of the proteins (17K and 36K daltons) were located in the nucleus. Pulse-chase experiments indicated that protein turnover for these proteins was rapid but the degradation of four proteins was suppressed. At least six of the proteins (16K to 120K daltons) were acidic and were associated with the cytoplasm. Electrophoretic analysis of the 35S-labeled proteins indicated that a 35K protein induced by G-CSF was found in high abundance only in purified cells of intermediate differentiation (eg, myelocytes). Other proteins (eg, a very high molecular weight protein, and a 16K dalton protein) were obviously late markers of differentiated neutrophils or macrophages.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 25 (1984), S. 183-196 
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    Keywords: glycosaminoglycans ; murine tumors ; host-tumor cell interactions ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Three types of murine tumors, B-16 melanoma, A-10 carcinoma, and S-180 sarcoma, were shown to contain elevated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) concentrations in vivo as compared to normal muscle or subcutaneous tissue. Hyaluronate was especially concentrated in the A-10 carcinoma, which contained approximately six times more hyaluronate than subcutaneous tissue and 18 times more than muscle. In all three tumors, chondroitin sulfates, especially chondroitin-4-sulfate, were present in higher concentrations than in the. normal tissues. In culture, however, all three tumor cell lines produced less than 5% as much GAG as mouse fibroblasts, when measured by incorporation of [3H] acetate or by chemical analysis. Varying the culture passage number or the medium composition, ie, glucose, serum, and insulin concentrations, had little effect on GAG synthesis by the tumor cells. The low GAG levels in the tumor cell cultures were not due to hyaluronidase activity in their media. In an attempt to mimic possible host-tumor cell interactions that could account for the elevated GAG levels in vivo, tumor cells were cocultured with fibroblasts, but no stimulation above the amount made by the tumor cells alone plus that by the fibroblasts alone was observed. Conditioned media from the tumor cells, either dialyzed or not against fresh complete medium, had no effect on fibroblast GAG synthesis. Tumor extracts, however, were found to stimulate synthesis of hyaluronate by fibroblasts. Stimulation by extracts of A-10 carcinoma was greater than and additive to that of serum. The above results strongly suggest that GAG production in these tumors is in pail regulated by host-tumor interactions.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984) 
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    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 25 (1984), S. 197-212 
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    Keywords: calmodulin ; dynein ; ATPase ; anion ; solubilization ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The basal ATPase activity of 30S dynein, whether obtained by extraction of ciliary axonemes with a high (0.5 M NaCl) or low (1 mM Tris-0.1 mM EDTA) ionic strength buffer is increased by NaCl, NaNO3, and Na acetate, with NaNO3 causing the largest increase. The calmodulin-activated ATPase activity of 30S dynein is also increased by addition of NaCl, NaNO3, or Na acetate, but the effects are less pronounced than on basal activity, so that the calmodulin activation ratio (CAR) decreases to 1.0 as salt concentration increases to 0.2 M. These salts also reduce the CAR of 14S dynein ATPase to 1.0 but by strongly inhibiting the calmodulin-activated ATPase activity and only slightly inhibiting the basal activity. Sodium fluoride differs both quantitatively and qualitatively from the other three salts studied. It inhibits the ATPase activity of both 14S and 30S dyneins at concentrations below 5 mM and, by a stronger inhibition of the calmodulin-activated ATPase activities, reduces the CAR to 1.0. Na acetate does not inhibit axonemal ATPase, nor does it interfere with the drop in turbidity caused by ATP and extracts very little protein from the axonemes. NaCl and, especially, NaNO3, cause a slow decrease in A350 of an axonemal suspension and an inhibition of the turbidity response to ATP. NaF, at concentrations comparable to those that inhibit the ATPase activities of the solubilized dyneins, also inhibits axonemal ATPase activity and the turbidity response. Pretreatment of demembranated axonemes with a buffer containing 0.25 M sodium acetate for 5 min followed by extraction for 5 min with a buffer containing 0.5 M NaCl and resolution of the extracted dynein on a sucrose density gradient generally yields a 30S dynein that is activated by calmodulin in a heterogeneous manner, ie, the “light” 30S dynein ATPase fractions are more activated than the “heavy” 30S dynein fractions. These results demonstrate specific anion effects on the basal and calmodulin-activated dynein ATPase activities, on the extractability of proteins from the axoneme, and on the turbidity response of demembranated axonemes to ATP. They also provide a method that frequently yields 30S dynein fractions with ATPase activities that are activated over twofold by added calmodulin.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 117-125 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; amelogenins ; cDNA ; type II cells ; pulmonary surfactant ; ameloblasts ; epithelial differentiation ; regional mesenchymal specificity ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: One of the major problems in developmental biology concerns how differential gene activity is regionally controlled. One approach to this problem is the use of mesenchyme specification of epithelial-specific gene expression, such as, during tooth morphogenesis or lung morphogenesis. In the example of tooth morphogenesis, dental papilla ectomcsenchyme induces de novo gene expression as assayed by detection of amelogenin transcripts, or immunodetection of amelogenin poly-peptidcs within ameloblast cells. This process does not require serum supplementation or exogenous factors during epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in vitro. In contrast, lung morphogenesis requires hormones to mediate mesenchyme-derived influences upon type II epithelial cell differentiation and the production of pulmonary surfactant (eg, neutral and phospholipids, surfactant proteins). Glucocorticoids are required to stimulate the release of fetal pneumonocyte factor (FPF) from fibroblasts which, in turn, enhance the production of pulmonary surfactant. Thy-roxin appears to regulate the relative responsiveness of progenitor type II cells to steroid-stimulated release of FPF. This review will highlight key concepts associated with these developing organ systems and emphasize the problem of regional controls which regulate epithelial cell-specific gene activity.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 127-133 
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    Keywords: radioimmunoassay ; superior cervical ganglion ; heparin sulfate ; transsynaptic regulation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The effect of neonatal deafferentation on the expression of a neuronal cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HeS-PG) was investigated in the developing rat superior cervical ganglion. Two monoclonal antibodies, one directed against the core protein of HeS-PG, and one to a determinant associated with a heparan sulfate side-chain, were used to monitor postnatal increases of HeS-PG by ra-dioiminunoassay. Following neonatal deafferentation by section of the cervical sympathetic trunk, total protein per ganglion was slightly reduced at survival times of 7, 14, and 30 days. Expression of the core protein determinant on HeS-PG was not altered in deafferented ganglia. In contrast, levels of side-chain determinant were significantly reduced at 14 and 30 days. These results suggest that processing of HeS-PG side-chains by principal ganglionic neurons is partially regulated by transsynaptic influences during development. Transsynaptic regulation of neuronal development may be a more general process than was believed previously, with effects not limited to molecules associated with synaptic development.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 135-146 
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    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 83-93 
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    Keywords: DNA binding protein ; polyoma virus ; moddle-T ; retroviruses ; oncogenes ; transforming proteins ; SV40 large-T ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Cellular oncogenes and their activated and retrovirus-coded counterparts play an important role in cellular regulation. Here the relationship between such oncogenes and the genes coding for the transforming proteins of the papovaviruses, polyoma viruses, and simian virus 40 (SV40) is discussed. It is concluded that polyoma virus may transform established cells by a mechanism involving activation of a cellular oncogene product, whereas SV40 may transform by a mechanism involving a previously little studied cytoplasmic form of the transforming protein.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 147-156 
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    Keywords: VIP ; oligodeoxynucleotides ; mRNAs ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: To understand the regulation of the production of peptide hormones, it is vital to elucidate their biosynthetic pathways. We chose to study a major regulatory peptide, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a peptide possessing both neurotransmitter and neurohormone actions. To identify the specific peptide mRNA we are using, as hybridization probes, radiolabeled synthetic oligodcoxynucleotides with sequence complementary to the predicted peptide mRNA sequence. Employing this approach, we identified and partially purified a ∼ 1600-base long mRNA containing VIP related sequences which can be translated in vitro into VIP-immunoreactive polypeptides. Such mRNA was detected in normal VIP producing tissue (rat brain), as well as in a tumor producing VIP (human buccal tumor). This mRNA differs in size from a known VIP-mRNA identified in human neuro-blastoma cells, suggesting the possibility of different VIP-mRNAs in different cell types.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 35-45 
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    Keywords: desmosome ; immunological analysis ; immunoblotting ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: A panel of monoclonal antibodies and conventional antisera directed against desmosomal proteins from bovine muzzle epidermis was used Io identify immunologically related proteins from two other bovine stratified squamous epithelia, cornea and esophagus. Desmosome-enriched tissue fractions were prepared from epidermis, cornea, and esophagus. These tissue extracts were electrophoresed on sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gels, blotted onto nitrocellulose paper, and labeled using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique. Labeling with the conventional antisera demonstrates that each of the previously characterized epidermal desmosomal proteins or protein families has an immunologically cross-reacting counterpart in cornea and esophagus. However, chemical differences between homologous desmosomal proteins in these three tissues have also been detected. The corresponding proteins in the different tissues have similar but not always identical apparent molecular weights. Moreover, tissue-restricted antigenic determinants were detected in two of the desmosomal protein families using four monoclonal antibodies, each of which recognizes a distinct antigenic determinant.
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    Keywords: proteoglycan ; core Protein N terminus ; carbamylation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: A ternary complex of hyaluronic acid-binding region and link protein bound to hyaluronic acid was isolated from limit clostripain digests of proteoglycan aggregates isolated from the Swarm rat chondrosarcoma. Under these conditions, the hyaluronic acid-binding region has a molecular weight of ≅ 65,000 (HA-BR65). N-terminal amino acids in the complex were selectively l4C-carbamylated. The resulting derivatized HA-BR65 was isolated, and tryptic peptide maps were prepared and developed on two-dimensional TLC sheets. A single, labeled peptide was obtained which gave a Mr by ≅ 8,000 by SDS-PAGE. Chymotrypsin digestion of the ternary complex reduced the molecular weight of HA-BR65 to a polypeptide of ≅ 55,000 (HA-BR55) which still retains the same N-terminal tryptic peptide. Partial digestion of proteoglycan aggregates with clostripain generated a series of larger intermediates with the hyaluronic acid-binding region. Direct SDS-PAGE analysis revealed one major intermediate with Mr ≅ 109,000 (HA-BR109) as well as HA-BR65. After chondroitinase digestion, two additional prominent intermediates were observed on a SDS-PAGE gel at Mr ≅ 120,000 (HA-BR120) and ≅ 140,000 (HA-BR140). All the intermediates were recognized by a monoclonal antibody specific for the hyaluronic acid-binding region, and all of them contained the same N-terminal tryptic peptide. The results indicate that the N terminus of the core protein is at the hyaluronic acid-binding end of the proteoglycan and that the chondroitin sulfate chains are first present on the core protein in a region between 109,000 and 120,000 molecular weight away from the N terminus.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 261-278 
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    Notes: Biosynthesis of cartilage proteoglycan was examined in a model system of cultured chondrocytes from a transplantable rat chondrosarcoma. Extensive modification with the addition of chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan, N-linkcd oligosac-charide, and O-linked oliogosaccharide is required to convert a newly synthesized core protein precursor into a proteoglycan. Kinetic analyses revealed the presence of a large pool of core protein precursor (t1/2 ∼ 90 min) awaiting completion into proteoglycan. The large t1/2 of this pool allowed kinetic labeling experiments with a variety of radioactive precursors to distinguish between early biosynthetic events associated primarily with the rough endoplasmic reticulum from late events associated primarily with the Golgi apparatus. The results of a series of experiments indicated that the addition of N-linked oligosaccharide chains occurs early in the biosynthetic process in association with the rough endoplasmic reticulum, whereas the initiation and completion of O-linked oligosaccharides occurs much later, at about the same time as chondroitin sulfate synthesis. This also indicated that keratan sulfate chains, when present in the completed molecule, are added in the Golgi apparatus, as they are probably built on oligosaccharide primers closely related to the O-oligosaccharide chains. Furthermore, when 3H-glucose was used as the precursor, the entry of label into xylose, the linkage sugar between the core protein and the chondroitin sulfate chain, was found to occur within 5 min of the entry of label into galactose and galactosamine in the remainder of the chondroitin sulfate chain. This indicated that the initiation and completion of the chondroitin sulfate chain occurs late in the pathway probably entirely in the Golgi apparatus. Thus, proteoglycan synthesis can be described as occurring in two stages in this system, translation and N-glycosylation of a core protein precursor which has a long half-life in the rough endoplasmic reticulum, followed by extensive rapid modification in the Golgi complex in which the majority of glycosaminoglycan and oligosaccharide chains are added to the core protein precursor with subsequent rapid secretion into the extracellular matrix.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 1-23 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 93-223 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 25-92 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 225-302 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 91-117 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 1-89 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 119-164 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 91-102 
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    Keywords: malaria ; inbred mice ; genetic control of resistance ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Strain variation in the level of resistance to malaria was investigated in inbred mice after infection with Plasmodium chabaudi. Following intraperitoneal infection with the typing dose of parasitized erythrocytes, mice of 11 inbred strains could be separated using survival time as the criterium into resistant and susceptible groups. Genetic analysis of F1 hybrid and backcross progeny derived from one of the most resistant (B10.A) and from the most susceptible (A/J) strains as parents suggested that host resistance in this strain combination was genetically controlled by a dominant, non-H-2-linked, autosomal gene or closely linked genes. Analysis of the mechanisms of resistance to P chabaudi showed (1) phenotypic expression of the resistance gene was apparent within 6 days of infection as a significant difference between resistant and susceptible mice in the level of parasitemia; (2) the level of host NK cell activity was not related to the level of host resistance to malaria; (3) compared with susceptible A/J mice, resistant B1O.A hosts had an augmented erythropoietic response during the course of malaria as well as during phenylhydrazine-induced anemia and (4) treatment with BCG or P acnes resulted in an equal degree of protection, measured by parasitemia and survival, in both resistant and susceptible mice.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 207-216 
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    Keywords: alpha-helical analysis ; fumarate reductase ; membrane protein structure ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: By a recombinant DNA approach we have prepared Escherichia coli cytoplasmic membranes that are highly enriched in the terminal electron transfer enzyme fumarate reductase. This enzyme is composed of four nonidentical subunits in equal molar ratio. A 69,000-dalton covalent flavin-containing subunit and a 27,000-dalton nonheme iron-containing subunit make up a membrane extrinsic catalytic domain. Two very hydrophobic subunits of 15,000 and 13,000 daltons make up the hydrophobic membrane anchor domain. Electron microscopy of negatively stained membranes shows a characteristic knob-and-stalk-type structure composed of the catalytic domain. The anchor polypeptides have been analyzed for hydrophobic segments and α-helical content and a model for their organization within the lipid bilayer is presented. The results reviewed in this paper suggest a model for the fumarate reductase complex in the cytoplasmic membrane
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 197-206 
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    Keywords: antithrombin III ; thrombin ; receptor-mediated endocytosis ; protease regulation ; hepatocyte receptors ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The in vivo clearance of antithrombin III-proteinase complexes occurs via a specific and saturable pathway located on hepatocytes. We now report studies of the catabolism of antithrombin III-proteinase complexes in vitro using rat hepatocytes in primary culture. Antithrombin III-thrombin and trypsin complexes were prepared and purified to homogeneity. Ligand uptake by hepatocytes was concentration, temperature, and time dependent. Initial rate studies were performed to characterize the maximum rate of uptake, V, and apparent Michaelis constant Kapp. These studies yielded a V of 12.8 fmol/mg cell protein/min and a Kapp of 144 nM for antithrombin-trypsin complexes. Competition experiments with antithrombin III, antithrombin III-proteinase complexes, α2-macroglobulin-methylamine, asialoorosomucoid and the neoglycoproteins, fucosyl-bovine serum albumin (BSA), N-acetylglucosammyl-BSA, and mannosyl-BSA indicated that only antithrombin III-proteinase complexes were recognized by the hepatocyte receptor. Uptake studies were performed at 37°C with 125I-antithrombin III-trypsin and analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in conjunction with autoradiography. These studies demonstrate time-dependent uptake and degradation of the ligand to low molecular weight peptides. In addition, there was a time-dependent accumulation of a high molecular weight complex of ligand and a cellular protein. This complex disappeared when gels were performed under reducing conditions.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 217-228 
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    Keywords: linker mutagenesis ; outer membrane ; lambda receptor ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: In order to identify sequences involved in the localization of LamB, an outer membrane protein from E coli K12, mutagenesis by linker insertion has been performed on a lamB gene copy carried on a plasmid devised for this purpose. An analysis of the first set of 16 clones constructed by this technique shows that, in these clones, the lamB protein is altered either by frameshift mutations leading to abnormal COOH terminal (usually premature termination) or by in-phase deletions or small insertions. Except for two in-phase linker insertions, which only slightly changed the behavior of the protein, the modified proteins are either toxic to cell growth or unstable. In all cases examined so far, the modified proteins were in the outer membrane. We suggest that toxicity is due to incorrect folding, which leads to disruption of the outer membrane. The nature of the genetic alterations leads to the hypothesis that the first 183 amino acids of the LamB mature protein contain, together with the signal sequence, all the instructions needed for proper localization.
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    Keywords: cytochrome oxidase ; subunit V ; nuclear genes ; assembly ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; pet mutants ; mitochondria ; biogenesis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: A nuclear pet mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that is defective in the structural gene for subunit V of cytochrome c oxidase has been identified and used to clone the subunit V gene (COX5) by complementation. This mutant, E4-238 [24], and its revertant, JM110, produce variant forms of subunit V. In comparison to the wild-type polypeptide (Mr = 12,500), the polypeptides from E4-238 and JM110 have apparent molecular weights of 9,500 and 13,500, respectively. These mutations directly alter the subunit V structural gene rather than a gene required for posttranslational processing or modification of subunit V because they are cis-acting in diploid cells; that is, both parental forms of subunit V are produced in heteroallelic diploids formed from crosses between the mutant, revertant, and wild type. Several plasmids containing the COX5 gene were isolated by transformation of JM28, a derivative of E4-238, with DNA from a yeast nuclear DNA library in the vector YEp13. One plasmid, YEp13-511, with a DNA insert of 4.8 kilobases, was characterized in detail. It restores respiratory competency and cytochrome oxidase activity in JM28, encodes a new form of subunit V that is functionally assembled into mitochondria, and is capable of selecting mRNA for subunit V. The availability of mutants altered in the structural gene for subunit V (COX5) and of the COX5 gene on a plasmid, together with the demonstration that plasmid-encoded subunit V is able to assemble into a functional holocytochrome c oxidase, enables molecular genetic studies of subunit V assembly into mitochondria and holocytochrome c oxidase.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 25 (1984) 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 373-384 
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    Keywords: dyneins ; calmodulin ; cilia ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Cilia from the protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis were demembranated and then extracted for 5 min with a buffer containing 0.5 M NaCl. The briefly extracted axonemal pellet was then reextracted for about 20 hr. The soluble material obtained from each extraction was resolved into 14S and 30S dynein ATPases by sedimentation on sucrose density gradients and tested for sensitivity to added calmodulin. The 14S dynein obtained by a 5-min extraction was generally insensitive to added calmodulin, whereas that obtained by 20-hr extraction of the 5-min extracted axonemes was activated by calmodulin, the activation being much larger in the “light” 14S fractions than in the “heavy” fractions. The 30S dynein ATPase obtained by a 5-min extraction was generally activated over 1.6-fold by added calmodulin, whereas that obtained by the subsequent long extraction was usually activated only 1.3-fold. After further purification of the 5-min extracted 30S dynein and of the 5-min to 20-hr-extracted 14S dynein on DEAE-Sephacel, these dyneins retained much of their calmodulin activatability. The ATPase activity of both 14S and 30S dyneins was inhibited more strongly by erythro-9-[3-(2-hydroxynonyl)] adenine and by vanadate in the presence of added calmodulin than in its absence. These data suggest that the only ATPase activity present in the fractions studied is that of the dyneins and demonstrate that both the 14S and 30S dynein ATPases may be obtained in forms mat are activated by added calmodulin as well as in forms that are insensitive to added calmodulin.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 25 (1984) 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 24 (1984), S. 395-403 
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    Keywords: lysine N6-hydroxylase ; Aerobacter aerogenes 62-1 ; hydroxamate ; siderophore ; glutamine stimulation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Glutamine may serve as an activator and/or regulator of the N6-hydroxylase (E.C. 1.14.99) of Aerobacter aerogenes 62-1. Activation and stabilization of N6-hydroxylase activity was observed both in vivo and in vitro. Growth in a glutamine-supplemented medium resulted in (1) maximum N6-hydroxylase activity at an earlier stage of growth and (2) higher N6-hydroxylase activity and continued aerobactin synthesis into stationary phase. Storage of P2 in the presence of L-glutamine (1 mM) significantly increased the lifetime of the labile N6-hydroxylase activity. Inclusion of L-glutamine in the incubation mixture typically resulted in a 2-3-fold activation of the hydroxylase activity. The stimulatory effect of glutamine was independent of and additive to the enhancement of N6-hydroxylation by the active component(s) in the supernatant, S2 fraction. Glutamic acid-γ-semihydrazide activated slightly in the absence of glutamine but activation of the system by glutamine was decreased by this compound. Azaserine was shown to be an uncompetitive inhibitor with respect to lysine and this inhibition was not reversed by glutamine.
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    Keywords: N-substituted p-benzoquinone imines ; Trypanosoma brucei brucei ; trypanocidal drugs ; Hansch approach ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: It has previously been found that naphthoquinones can potentiate the rate of hydrogen peroxide production by mitochondrial preparations of Trypanosoma brucei brucei and that organisms treated with naphthoquinones are more susceptible to lysis, especially in the presence of compounds such as heme, which promote the homolytic cleavage of hydrogen peroxide. We have evaluated the lytic effect of various N-substituted p-benzoquinone imines both in vitro and in vivo and have attempted to correlate their structure with trypanocidal activity using the Hansch approach. While none of the compounds tested proved to be active in vivo, all caused the lysis of trypanosomes in vitro. The parameters that correlated best with trypanocidal activity were the conditional redox potential, the lipophilicity of the substituent attached to the nitrogen atom and the number of active hydrogens on the quinoncid ring. These findings suggest two possible modes of action, which may in fact be related. Conjugate nucleophilic addition and/or oxidative damage could be responsible for lysis of the parasites. These same compounds were previously found to be active against the ascitic sarcoma 180 in mice. The strong correlation between antineoplastic activity in vivo and trypanocidal activity in vitro suggests a similar mode of action in both cases. Further studies aimed at developing a quinonelike compound that will be active against trypanosomes in vivo are now in progress.
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    Keywords: mRNA levels ; regulation of biosynthesis ; light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b complex ; chloroplast ; ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase ; oxygenase ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The photoregulation of chloroplast development in pea leaves has been studied by reference to three polypeptides and their mRNAs. The polypeptides were the large subunit (LSU) and the small subunit (SSU) of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carbox-ylase/oxygenase (RUBISCO), and the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein (LHCP). The polypeptides were assayed by a sensitive radioimmune assay, and the mRNAs were assayed by hybridization to cloned DNA probes. LSU, LSU mRNA, and LHCP mRNA were detectable in etiolated seedlings but LHCP, SSU, and SSU mRNA were at or below the limit of detection. During the first 48 hr of de-etiolation under continuous white light, the mRNAs for LSU, SSU, and LHCP increased in concentration per apical bud by about 40-fold, at least 200-fold, and about 25-fold, respectively, while the total RNA content per apical bud increased only 3.5-fold. In the same period, the LSU, SSU, and LHCP contents per bud increased at least 60-, 100-, and 200-fold, respectively. The LHCP increased steadily in concentration during de-etiolation, whereas the accumulation LSU, SSU, and SSU mRNA showed a 24-hr lag. The accumulation of SSU, SSU mRNA, and LHCP mRNA showed classical red/far-red reversibility, indicating the involvement of phytochrome in the regulatory mechanism. LSU and LSU mRNA were induced equally well by red and far-red light. The LHCP failed to accumulate except under continuous illumination. These results indicate that the accumulation of SSU is controlled largely through the steady-state level of its mRNA, which is in turn almost totally dependent on light as an inducer and on phytochrome as one of the photoreceptors. The accumulation of LSU is largely but not totally determined by the level of its mRNA, which appears to be under strong photoregulation, which has yet to be shown to involve phytochrome. Phytochrome is involved in the regulation of LHCP mRNA levels but substantial levels of the mRNA also occur in the dark. LHCP accumulation is not primarily governed by the levels of LHCP mRNA but by posttranslational stabilization in which chlorophyll synthesis plays a necessary but not sufficient role.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 25 (1984), S. 31-43 
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    Keywords: intercellular adhesion ; Dictyostelium discoideum ; discoidin I ; antibodies ; antidiscoidin I Fab fragments ; in vitro reaggregation ; morphogenesis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Antibodies against pure discoidin I have been used as a tool to ascertain the role of this lectin in aggregation of Dictyostelium discoideum. Discoidin I is widely expressed over the cell surface of aggregation-competent AX-2 cells, as ascertained by indirect immunofluorescence with specific (antidiscoidin I) antibodies. Univalent antidiscoidin I antibodies (Fab fragments) inhibit the aggregation-specific intercellular adhesion of D discoideum AX-2 cells in an in vitro assay. This inhibition depends on antibody concentration and cell density; a 50% inhibition of cell aggregation was obtained at antidiscoidin I Fab concentration of 4.5 mg/ml and 1 × 106 cells/ml. Aggregation and morphogenesis on solid support is also effectively inhibited when AX-2 cells are starved in the presence of antidiscoidin I Fab fragments. The inhibition of morphogenesis is also dose dependent and more effective than in the in vitro assay. No inhibition of aggregation either in the in vitro assay or on morphogenesis on solid support was observed with preimmune Fab fragments at any of the concentrations tested (up to 9.6 mg/ml).
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 25 (1984), S. 131-137 
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    Keywords: Hymenolepis diminuta ; tapeworm ; plasma membrane ; brush border ; membrane-bound enzyme ; alkaline phosphatase ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The specific activities of the alkaline phosphatase (APase), type I phosphodiesterase and 5′-nucleotidase activities associated with the brush-border plasma membrane of the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, decrease significantly as the tapeworm grows and matures. Kinetic analyses of the APase activity associated with membrane preparations from whole 6-, 12-, and 18-d-old H diminuta, and individual pieces of 18-d-old H diminuta cut into ten pieces of equal length, failed to demonstrate qualitative changes in the APase activity. Therefore, the decreased specific activities are apparently due to changes in the ratios of enzymatically active to enzymatically inactive membrane proteins (ie, quantitative changes in the membrane proteins) which occur as the tapeworm grows.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 165-211 
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 26 (1984), S. 181-195 
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    Keywords: thrombin ; growth factors ; receptor occupancy ; growth control ; cell cycle ; wound healing ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: To determine the role of thrombin high-affinity receptor occupancy and enzymic activity in thrombin initiation of cell proliferation, we have utilized thrombin derivatives which separate these functions. We previously showed that enzymically active γ-thrombin stimulates ion fluxes without binding to high-affinity sites, whereas proteolytically inhibited DIP-α-thrombin which binds to high-affinity receptors does not. Since neither derivative initiates DNA synthesis by itself, this suggested that two separate sequences of events might be necessary for a complete initiation signal. We now report that the combination of DIP-α-thrombin and γ-thrombin initiate DNA synthesis and cell proliferation to levels approaching the maximal initiation by native α-thrombin. This combinatory effect is dose-dependent for both γ-thrombin and DIP-α-thrombin in the same concentration range as α-thrombin alone. Thus, these same concentrations of α-thrombin alone may be required to initiate each sequence of events. The combinatory stimulation could be achieved even if the derivatives were added individually up to 8 hr apart. Moreover, preincubation with either derivative shortened the lag period for initiation of DNA synthesis by native α-thrombin. These results indicate that both receptor occupancy and enzymic activity are necessary for thrombin initiation of cell proliferation and that each action initiates a sequence of early events which moves the cell forward toward entry into a proliferative cycle.
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    Keywords: osteoblasts ; proliferation ; growth control ; differential display ; differentiation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Fetal rat calvarial-derived osteoblasts in vitro (ROB) reinitiate a developmental program from growth to differentiation concomitant with production of a bone tissue-like organized extracellular matrix. To identify novel genes which may mediate this sequence, we isolated total RNA from three stages of the cellular differentiation process (proliferation, extracellular matrix maturation, and mineralization), for screening gene expression by the differential mRNA display technique. Of 15 differentially displayed bands that were analyzed by Northern blot analysis, one prominent 310 nucleotide band was confirmed to be proliferation-stage specific. Northern blot analysis showed a 600-650 nt transcript which was highly expressed in proliferating cells and decreased to trace levels after confluency and throughout the differentiation process. We have designated this transcript PROM-1 (for proliferating cell marker). A full length PROM-1 cDNA of 607 bp was obtained by 5′ RACE. A short open reading frame encoded a putative 37 amino acid peptide with no significant similarity to known sequences. Expression of PROM-1 in the ROS 17/2.8 osteosarcoma cell line was several fold greater than in normal diploid cells and was not downregulated when ROS 17/2.8 cells reached confluency. The relationship of PROM-1 expression to cell growth was also observed in diploid fetal rat lung fibroblasts. Hydroxyurea treatment of proliferating osteoblasts blocked PROM-1 expression; however, its expression was not cell cycle regulated. Upregulation of PROM-1 in response to TGF-β paralleled the stimulatory effects on growth as quantitated by histone gene expression. In conclusion, PROM-1 represents a small cytoplasmic polyA containing RNA whose expression is restricted to the exponential growth period of normal diploid cells; the gene appears to be deregulated in tumor derived cell lines. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:106-116. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: osteoblasts ; calvaria ; bone formation ; proliferation ; differentiation ; osteogenesis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: We have determined the age-related changes in the growth characteristics and expression of the osteoblast phenotype in human calvaria osteoblastic cells in relation with histologic indices of bone formation during postnatal calvaria osteogenesis. Histomorphometric analysis of normal calvaria samples obtained from 36 children, aged 3 to 18 months, showed an age-related decrease in the extent of bone surface covered with osteoblasts and newly synthesized collagen, demonstrating a progressive decline in bone formation during postnatal calvaria osteogenesis. Immunohistochemical analysis showed expression of type I collagen, bone sialoprotein, and osteonectin in the matrix and osteoblasts, with no apparent age-related change during postnatal calvaria osteogenesis. Cells isolated from human calvaria displayed characteristics of the osteoblast phenotype including alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, osteocalcin (OC) production, expression of bone matrix proteins, and responsiveness to calciotropic hormones. The growth of human calvaria osteoblastic cells was high at 3 months of age and decreased with age, as assessed by (3H)-thymidine incorporation into DNA. Thus, the age-related decrease in bone formation is associated with a decline in osteoblastic cell proliferation during human calvaria osteogenesis. In contrast, ALP activity and OC production increased with age in basal conditions and in response to 1,25(OH)2, vitamin D3, suggesting a reciprocal relationship between cell growth and expression of phenotypic markers during human postnatal osteogenesis. Finally, we found that human calvaria osteoblastic cells isolated from young individuals with high bone formation activity in vivo and high growth potential in vitro had the ability to form calcified nodular bone-like structures in vitro in the presence of ascorbic acid and β-glycerophosphate, providing a new model to study human osteogenesis in vitro. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:128-139. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 2-10 
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    Keywords: ICE ; cysteine proteases ; inflammation ; apoptosis ; Ced3 ; secretion ; cell activation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Interleukin-1β converting enzyme (ICE) is the first enzyme of a new family of cysteine endoproteinases to be isolated and characterized. An overview of the structure and activity of ICE is outlined together with highlights of salient features common to members of each of the family members. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:2-10. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 27-32 
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    Keywords: interleukin-1β converting enzyme ; gene targeting ; apoptosis ; IL-1β ; IL-1α ; inflammation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Interleukin-1β converting enzyme (ICE) processes the inactive proIL-1β to the proinflammatory mature IL-1β. ICE belongs to a family of cysteine proteases that have been implicated in apoptosis. To address the biological functions of ICE, we generated ICE-deficient mice through gene targeting technology. ICE-deficient mice developed normally, appeared healthy, and were fertile. Peritoneal macrophages from ICE-deficient mice underwent apoptosis normally upon ATP treatment. Thymocytes from young ICE-deficient mice also underwent apoptosis when triggered by dexamethasone, gamma irradiation, or aging. ICE-deficient mice had a major defect in the production of mature IL-1β and had impaired IL-1α production on LPS stimulation in vitro and in vivo. ICE-deficient mice were resistant to LPS-induced endotoxic shock. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:27-32. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 19-26 
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    Keywords: ICE ; protease ; interleukin-1 ; cytokine ; programmed cell death ; apoptosis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Interleukin-1β-converting enzyme (ICE) is a cysteine protease responsible for proteolytic activation of the biologically inactive interleukin-1β precursor to the proinflammatory cytokine. ICE and homologous proteases also appear to mediate intracellular protein degradation during programmed cell death. Inhibition of ICE is a new antiinflammatory strategy being explored by the design of both reversible inhibitors and irreversible inactivators of the enzyme. Such compounds are capable of blocking release of interleukin-1β from human monocytes. ICE inhibitors that cross react against multiple ICE homologs can also block apoptosis in diverse cell types. ICE inhibitors impart protection in vivo from endotoxin-induced sepsis and collagen-induced polyarthritis in rodent models. Further optimization of the current generation of peptidyl ICE inhibitors will be required to produce agents suitable for administration in chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:19-26. © Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: osteoblast ; differentiation ; replication ; osteoprogenitor ; bone marrow ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Recent studies have demonstrated the existence of a subset of cells in human bone marrow capable of differentiating along multiple mesenchymal lineages. Not only do these mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) possess multilineage developmental potential, but they may be cultured ex vivo for many passages without overt expression of a differentiated phenotype. The goals of the current study were to determine the growth kinetics, self-renewing capacity, and the osteogenic potential of purified MSCs during extensive subcultivation and following cryopreservation. Primary cultures of MSCs were established from normal iliac crest bone marrow aspirates, an aliquot was cryopreserved and thawed, and then both frozen and unfrozen populations were subcultivated in parallel for as many as 15 passages. Cells derived from each passage were assayed for their kinetics of growth and their osteogenic potential in response to an osteoinductive medium containing dexamethasone. Spindle-shaped human MSCs in primary culture exhibit a lag phase of growth, followed by a log phase, finally resulting in a growth plateau state. Passaged cultures proceed through the same stages, however, the rate of growth in log phase and the final number of cells after a fixed period in culture diminishes as a function of continued passaging. The average number of population doublings for marrow-derived adult human MSCs was determined to be 38 ± 4, at which time the cells finally became very broad and flattened before degenerating. The osteogenic potential of cells was conserved throughout every passage as evidenced by the significant increase in APase activity and formation of mineralized nodular aggregates. Furthermore, the process of cryopreserving and thawing the cells had no effect on either their growth or osteogenic differentiation. Importantly, these studies demonstrate that replicative senescence of MSCs is not a state of terminal differentiation since these cells remain capable of progressing through the osteogenic lineage. The use of population doubling potential as a measure of biological age suggests that MSCs are intermediately between embryonic and adult tissues, and as such, may provide an in situ source for mesenchymal progenitor cells throughout an adult's lifetime. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:278-294. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 328-341 
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    Keywords: Lysyl oxidase ; type I collagen ; myofibroblast ; fibrosis ; mRNA ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Lysyl oxidase (LO), an extracellular enzyme catalysing the first step of collagen and elastin cross-linking, is transiently expressed by myofibroblasts during fibrosis. A cell model with features of myofibroblast was thus established for studying the regulation of LO. Two clones of the 3T6 fibroblast cell line were selected because 1) they produced a relatively high steady-state level of the three lysyl oxidase mRNAs with the same relative ratio similar to fibrotic tissue and 2) they stably displayed certain features of myofibroblast (α-smooth muscle actin cytoskeleton, bundles of cytoskeletal filaments beneath the cytoplasmic membranes). These clones synthesized predominantly type I collagen fibers and a small amount of type III collagen. Neither type IV collagen nor elastin were observed. The cloning and sequencing of 2,073 bp of the mouse Balb/C LO promoter was performed, allowing the identification around the initiation of transcription of consensus sequences which are found on the COL1 promoters. A series of deletion constructs containing the LO 5′-flanking region ligated to the luciferase gene were transiently transfected into 3T6-5 fibroblasts. The region allowing the maximal activity was found between positions -416 to -192, while the more upstream region negatively regulated the promoter. The -898 to -865 sequence (called LOcol1) displayed 79% of homology with a conserved sequence of murine, rat, and human COL1A1 promoters. This sequence participated to the binding of several nuclear factors within a region (-970 to -784) allowing 50% of inhibition of the LO promoter. Therefore, the level of LO transcription is regulated in 3T6-5 fibroblast by positive and negative cis-acting regulatory elements which might have common features with the COL1A1 promoter. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:328-341.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 369-375 
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    Keywords: testis ; phospholipase A2 ; cDNA sequence ; in situ hybridization ; mouse ; pla2g2c ; spermatocytes ; meiosis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: We use in situ hybridization to demonstrate that the testicular expression of a novel, mouse, low molecular weight phospholipase A2 (PLA2 Group IIc) mRNA is specific to cells undergoing meiosis. A complete cDNA (1421 bp) encoding the mouse Pla2g2c gene was generated with reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) and 5′ and 3′ RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) RT-PCR, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. Northern blots of RNA from different tissues revealed a single 1.6 kb transcript only in testis. In situ hybridization indicated that this mouse gene is transcribed mainly in pachytene spermatocytes, secondary spermatocytes, and round spermatids. Expression of the gene is seen in all stages of the seminiferous epithelium, especially in stages VI-VII. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:369-375. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: endothelin-1 ; phospholipase D ; arachidonic acid ; osteoblasts ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: In a previous study, we have shown that endothelin-1 (ET-1) activates phospholipase D independently from protein kinase C in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. It is well recognized that phosphatidylycholine hydrolysis by phospholipase D generates phosphatidic acid, which can be further degraded by phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase to diacylglycerol. In the present study, we investigated the role of phospholipase D activation in ET-1-induced arachidonic acid release and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) synthesis in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. ET-1 stimulated arachidonic acid release dose-dependently in the range between 0.1 nM and 0.1 μM. Propranolol, an inhibitor of phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase, significantly inhibited the ET-1-induced arachidonic acid release in a dose-dependent manner as well as the ET-1-induced diacylglycerol formation. 1,6-bis-(cyclohexyloxyminocarbonylamino)-hexane (RHC-80267), an inhibitor of diacylglycerol lipase, significantly suppressed the ET-1-induced arachidonic acid release. The pretreatment with propranolol and RHC-80267 also inhibited the ET-1-induced PGE2 synthesis. These results strongly suggest that phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis by phospholipase D is involved in the arachidonic acid release induced by ET-1 in osteoblast-like cells. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:376-381. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 382-389 
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    Keywords: tissue culture ; vasopressin ; signal transduction ; compartmentation ; internalization ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: We have previously reported the existence of separate hormone-responsive and -unresponsive pools of inositol phospholipids in WRK-1 cells. In order to further explore this concept, we have performed experiments to examine the relationship between the plasma membrane receptor and the pool of phosphatidylinositol (Ptdlns) that is metabolized in response to hormonal stimulation. The results support the following conclusions. 1) The amount of Ptdlns metabolized in WRK-1 cells in response to vasopressin is proportional to the number of receptors occupied; neither prolonged activation with nor readdition of a submaximal concentration of vasopressin induced the same degree of Ptdlns metabolism as a maximal concentration of vasopressin. 2) Dissociation of cytoskeletal structures by incubation with cytochalasin D did not alter the amount of Ptdlns accessed during hormonal stimulation. 3) Accession of Ptdlns from internal membranes does not depend on internalization and recycling of the receptor; cells incubated in potassium-free medium failed to internalize receptor-ligand complexes, yet they accessed the same amount of Ptdlns in response to vasopressin as did control cells. 4) Golgi-mediated phosphatidylinositol transport is not involved in hormone-stimulated phosphoinositide turnover, since brefeldin A, which interferes with Golgi-mediated transport processes, had no effect on the amount of Ptdlns accessed during vasopressin stimulation. 5) Phosphoinositide breakdown and compensatory resynthesis is not a closed process; newly synthesized Ptdlns is not preferentially localized to a hormone-responsive pool but is generally redistributed between responsive and unresponsive pools. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:382-389. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc. This article is a U.S. Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 605-617 
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    Keywords: breast cancer ; proteoglycans ; heparan sulfate ; chondroitin sulfate ; sulfation ; fibroblast growth factor-2 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The cellular distribution and nature of proteoglycans synthesised by human breast cancer cells in culture were studied. Proteoglycans were labelled with [35S] sulfate, purified, and characterised after ion-exchange chromatography followed by gel-filtration chromatography and treatment with glycosaminoglycan degrading enzymes. Proteoglycans were isolated from the culture medium and from cell layers of the hormono-dependent well-differentiated MCF-7 cell line, the hormono-independent poorly-differentiated MDA-MB-231 and the HBL-100 cell line which is derived from non malignant breast epithelium. HBL-100 and MDA-MB-231 cells produced larger amounts of proteoglycans which had a lower degree of sulfation than MCF-7 cells. Gel-filtration chromatography on Sepharose CL-6B indicated that HBL-100 and MDA-MB-231 cells accumulated cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG), with a high apparent molecular weight (Kav 0.1). In contrast, the MCF-7 cell monolayers synthesised small sulfated macromolecules (Kav 0.4) which possessed mostly chondroitin sulfate chains. Moreover, considerable differences in the nature of the sulfated proteoglycans released into the culture medium of these breast epithelial cell lines were observed. MCF-7 cells released into the culture medium HSPG as the main proteoglycan component while MDA-MB-231 and HBL-100 cells released mainly chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. In these three cell lines, medium-released sulfated macromolecules have a higher hydrodynamic size than cell-associated ones. Proteoglycans purified by ion-exchange chromatography were tested for their ability to bind 125I FGF-2. We demonstrated that HBL-100 and MDA-MB-231 cells bind more FGF-2 to their heparan sulfate proteoglycans than MCF-7 cells. Taken together, these results suggest that differences in proteoglycan synthesis of human breast epithelial cells could be responsible for differences in their proliferative and/or invasive properties. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:605-617. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 499-504 
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    Keywords: protein kinase CK2 ; nuclear matrix ; cytoskeleton ; chromatin ; intermediate filaments ; core filaments ; carcinoma ; prostate ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Nuclear matrix (NM) plays roles of fundamental structural and functional significance as the site of replication, transcription, and RNA processing and transport, acting as an anchor or attachment site for a variety of enzymes and other proteins involved in these activities. We have previously documented that protein kinase CK2 translocates from the cytosol to the nucleus, where it associates preferentially with chromatin and NM, in response to certain growth stimuli. Considering that characteristics of the isolated NM can depend on the procedure employed for its isolation, we compared three standard methods for NM preparation to confirm the association of intrinsic CK2 with this structure. Our data suggest that the method used for isolating the NM can quantitatively influence the measurable NM-associated CK2. However, all three methods employed yielded qualitatively similar results with respect to the stimulus-mediated modulation of NM-associated CK2, thus further supporting the notion that NM is an important site for physiologically relevant functions of CK2. In addition, core filaments and cytoskeleton that were isolated by two of the preparative methods had a small but significant level of associated CK2 activity. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:499-504. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc. This article is a U.S. Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
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    Keywords: signal transduction ; stomach ; hormones ; phospholipase C ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: In gastric chief cells, agents that activate protein kinase C (PKC) stimulate pepsinogen secretion and phosphorylation of an acidic 72-kDa protein. The isoelectric point and molecular mass of this protein are similar to those for a common PKC substrate; the MARCKS (for Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate) protein. We examined expression and phosphorylation of the MARCKS-like protein in a nearly homogeneous suspension of chief cells from guinea pig stomach. Western blotting of fractions from chief cell lysates with a specific MARCKS antibody resulted in staining of a myristoylated 72-kDa protein (pp72), associated predominantly with the membrane fraction. Using permeabilized chief cells. we examined the effect of PKC activation (with the phorbol ester PMA), in the presence of basal (100 nM) or elevated cellular calcium (1 μM), on pepsinogen secretion and phosphorylation of the 72-kDa MARCKS-like protein. Secretion was increased 2.3-, 2.6-, and 4.5-fold by incubation with 100 nM PMA, 1 μM calcium, and PMA plus calcium, respectively. A PKC inhibitor (1 μM CGP 41 251) abolished PMA-induced secretion, but did not alter calcium-induced secretion. This indicates that calcium-induced secretion is independent of PKC activation. Chief cell proteins were labeled with 32P-orthophosphate and phosphorylation of pp72 was detected by autoradiography of 2-dimensional polyacrylamide gels. In the presence of basal calcium PMA (100 nM) caused a 〉 two-fold increase in phosphorylation of pp72. Without PMA, calcium did not alter phosphorylation of pp72. However, 1 μM calcium caused an approx. 50% attenuation of PMA-induced phosphorylation of pp72. Experiments with a MARCKS “phosphorylation/calmodulin binding domain peptide” indicated that calcium/calmodulin inhibits phosphorylation of pp72 by binding to the phosphorylation/calmodulin binding domain and not by inhibiting PKC activity. These observations support the hypothesis that, in gastric chief cells, interplay between calcium/calmodulin binding and phosphorylation of a common domain on the 72-kDa MARCKS-like protein plays a role in modulating pepsinogen secretion. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:514-523. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 565-572 
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    Keywords: transcriptional regulation ; HIV-1 ; replication ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: A cellular transcriptional factor initially identified as the c-myc promoter binding protein (MBP-1) was subsequently characterized as a cell regulatory protein with multifunctional activities. In this study, the role of MBP-1 on human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) transcriptional activity was investigated. MBP-1 showed inhibition of HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR)-directed chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) activity in a transient cotransfection assay. Deletion of upstream elements of the HIV-1 LTR, including the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) and Sp1 binding sites, did not affect the MBP-1 mediated suppression of HIV-1 LTR. The core promoter of the HIV-1 appeared to be the primary sequence involved in MBP-1 mediated inhibition. In the presence of HIV-1 TAR sequence and Tat protein, MBP-1 did not inhibit the viral promoter activity. In addition, cotransfection experiments with HIV-1 LTR and deletion mutants of MBP-1 suggested that the carboxyl terminal half of MBP-1 suppresses the HIV-1 promoter activity. Exogenous expression of MBP-1 showed suppression of HIV-1 replication in acutely infected cells and in cells cotransfected with a molecular clone of HIV-1. These results suggest that exogenous expression of MBP-1 plays an important role in the regulation of HIV-1 replication in infected cells. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:565-572. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: chondrocytes ; calcium ; calmodulin ; binding proteins ; gene expression ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Insulin-like growth factor-1, IGF-1, is believed to be an important anabolic modulator of cartilage metabolism whose action is mediated by high affinity cell surface receptors and bioactivity and bioavailability regulated, in part, by IGF-1 binding proteins (IGFBPs). Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) stimulates collagen and proteoglycan synthesis in cartilage via an autocrine feedback loop involving IGF-1. We determined whether the eicosanoid could regulate IGFBP-4, a major form expressed by chondrocytes and, as such, act as a modifier of IGF-1 action at another level. Using human articular chondrocytes in high-density primary culture, Western and Western ligand blotting to measure secreted IGFBP-4 protein, and Northern analysis to monitor IGFBP-4 mRNA levels, we demonstrated that PGE2 provoked a 2.7 ± 0.3- and 3.8 ± 0.5- (n = 3) fold increase in IGFBP-4 mRNA and protein, respectively. This effect was reversed by the Ca++ channel blocker, verapamil, and the Ca++/calmodulin inhibitor, W-7. The Ca++ ionophore, ionomycin, mimicked the effects of PGE2. The phorbol ester, PMA, which activated phospholipid-dependent protein kinase C (PKC) in chondrocytes, had no effect on IGFBP-4 production. Cyclic AMP mimetics and PKA activators, IBMX, and Sp-cAMP, inhibited the expression of the binding protein as did the PGE2 secretagogue, interleukin-1β (IL-β). The inhibitory effect of the latter cytokine was mediated by a erbstatin/genistein (tyrosine) sensitive kinase. Dexamethasone, an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase (COX-2) expression and PGE2 synthesis, down-regulated control, constitute levels of IGFBP-4 mRNA and protein, eliminating the previously demonstrated possibility of cross-talk between glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and PGE2-receptor signalling pathways. The results suggest that extracellular signals control IGFBP-4 production by a number of different transducing networks with changes in Ca++ and calmodulin activity exerting a strong positive influence, possibly maintaining the constitutivity of IGFBP-4 synthesis under basal conditions. PGE2 activation of the IGF-1/IGFBP axis may play a pivotal role in the metabolism of cartilage and possibly connective tissues in general. Eicosanoid biosynthesis may be a rate-limiting step in cartilage repair processes. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:408-419. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 65 (1997), S. 460-468 
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    Keywords: placenta ; planar-polar compounds ; hCG ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) exerts a number of biological effects, the most frequently cited being induction of cell differentiation. The compound also increases invasiveness and metastatic potential. In contrast to the many reports of DMSO-induced cell differentiation, we report here that DMSO inhibits the morphological differentiation of human cytotrophoblast cells to syncytiotrophoblast, as revealed by immunofluorescence staining for desmosomal protein and nuclei. Cytotrophoblast cells treated with DMSO under differentiation-inducing conditions remained mononucleated with intense desmosomal staining. The effect was dose dependent, with a maximal effect seen at 1.5% DMSO. Concentrations of ≤0.5% had no effect and concentrations 〉2% were cytotoxic. In addition to these morphological changes, DMSO inhibited secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin in a dose-dependent manner. At a concentration of 1.5%, DMSO inhibited secretion by 70%. If cytotrophoblast cells were cultured in the presence of DMSO and then switched to DMSO-free medium, they proceeded to differentiate normally. While the precise mechanism of action remains unknown, judicious use of DMSO may be a useful tool for studying and manipulating the differentiation of human trophoblast cells in vitro. The findings also indicate that care should be used in interpreting results obtained using DMSO as a carrier in drug and inhibitor studies. J. Cell Biochem. 65:460-468. © 1997 Wiley-Liss Inc.
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    Keywords: tumor necrosis factor-alpha ; G protein ; phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C ; protein kinases ; osteoblasts ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The role(s) of protein kinases in the regulation of G protein-dependent activation of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C by tumor necrosis factor-alpha was investigated in the osteoblast cell line MC3T3-E1. We have previously reported the stimulatory effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and A1F4-, an activator of G proteins, on this phospholipase pathway documented by a decrease in mass of PI and release of diacylglycerol. In this study, we further explored the mechanism(s) by which the tumor necrosis factor or A1F4- -promoted breakdown of phosphatidylinositol and the polyphosphoinositides by phospholipase C is regulated. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha was found to elicit a 4-5-fold increase in the formation of [3H]inositol-1,4-phosphate and [3H]inositol-1,4,5-phosphate; and a 36% increase in [3H]inositol-1-phosphate within 5 min in prelabeled cells. [3H]inositol-4-phosphate, a metabolite of [3H]inositol-1,4-phosphate and [3H]inositol-1,4,5-phosphate, was found to be the predominant phosphoinositol product of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and A1F4- -activated phospholipase C hydrolysis after 30 min. In addition, the preincubation of cells with pertussis toxin decreased the tumor necrosis factor-induced release of inositol phosphates by 53%. Inhibitors of protein kinase C, including Et-18-OMe and H-7, dramatically decreased the formation of [3H]inositol phosphates stimulated by either tumor necrosis factor-alpha or A1F4- by 90-100% but did not affect basal formation. The activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, or protein kinase A, by the treatment of cells with forskolin or 8-BrcAMP augmented basal, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and A1F4--induced [3H]inositol phosphate formation. Therefore, we report that protein kinases can regulate tumor necrosis factor-alpha-initiated signalling at the cell surface in osteoblasts through effects on the coupling between receptor, G-protein and phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:198-208. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: c-jun ; junD ; cardiomyopathy ; myosin ; gene expression ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The proto-oncogenes c-jun and junD are closely related transcriptional factors with opposing actions on cell growth and division. Expression of c-jun rapidly increases as cells enter the cell cycle. Levels of c-jun are also increased in the early stages of experimental cardiac hypertrophy and failure but expression decreases with time. In contrast, junD accumulates in quiescent cells. Expression in end-stage cardiomyopathy has not been studied. Steady-state levels of c-jun and junD mRNA were determined in failing human myocardium (obtained at the time of cardiac transplantation) and in control myocardium from patients who died of noncardiac causes. Relative expression was normalized for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase expression. Levels of junD were almost four-fold depressed in myocardium from myopathic hearts (2.1 ± 0.27, × ± SE; n = 20) vs. the controls (7.7 ± 1.1; n = 3). Levels of c-jun were similar in both myopathic and control hearts. Relative expression of beta-myosin heavy chain was the same in both myopathic and control hearts. Levels of junD were still found to be depressed in the myopathic hearts after normalization for myosin heavy chain gene expression. We conclude that c-jun and junD are differentially regulated in end-stage human cardiomyopathy with expression of junD being decreased while relative levels of c-jun mRNA remain unchanged. Further studies are needed to determine the role of junD down-regulation in the development and/or maintenance of the abnormalities present in end-stage heart disease. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:245-253. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 9-15 
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    Keywords: breast cancer ; well/poorly differentiated human breast cancer cells ; estrogen receptor ; nuclear matrix proteins ; diagnostic indicators ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The nuclear matrix, besides providing the structural support of the nucleus, is involved in various cellular functions of the nucleus. Nuclear matrix proteins (NMPs), which are both tissue- and cell type-specific, are altered with transformation and state of differentiation. Furthermore, NMPs have been identified as informative markers of disease states. Here, the NMP profiles from human breast cancer cell lines and breast tumours were analyzed using two-dimension gel electrophoresis. We identified NMPs that are associated with well and poorly differentiated human breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Five NMPs (NMBC 1-5) were found to be exclusive for well-differentiated human breast cancer cells, while one NMP (NMBC-6) was found to be present only in poorly differentiated human breast cancer cells. The identification of these proteins suggests the potential use of nuclear matrix proteins as prognostic indicators. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:9-15, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 43-53 
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    Keywords: rho A ; C3 exoenzyme ; focal adhesion ; costamere ; myofibrillogenesis ; cardiomyocyte ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The aim of this study was to provide morphological evidence for the presence of rho A protein in developing cardiomyocytes and to investigate its possible role in myofibrillogenesis. Immunostaining with a monoclonal anti-rho antibody gave a diffuse pattern in the cytosol of cultured cardiomyocytes. Introduction of C3 exoenzyme into the cells by electroporation was used to inactivate rho A protein by ADP-ribosylation. An immunostaining with anti-vinculin, anti-talin, and anti-integrin antibodies showed the focal adhesions in electroporation control cardiomyocytes to be evenly distributed in the ventral sarcolemma; the costameric structure was also detected using these antibodies. In contrast, in C3 exoenzyme treated cells, focal adhesions were disassembled and costamere were absent; in addition, β-actin-positive, non-striated fibrils were lost and assembly of M-protein, titin, and α-actinin into myofibrils was poor, as shown by diffuse and filamentous staining pattern. C3 exoenzyme treatment had a less marked effect on mature cardiomyocytes than on immature cells; in this case, cells became distorted and few myofibrils were seen. The intensity of anti-phosphotyrosine antibody staining of the focal adhesion was also decreased or diffuse in C3 exoenzyme-treated cardiomyocytes, suggesting dephosphorylation of focal adhesion components. We therefore conclude that small G protein rho A plays an important role in myofibril assembly in cardiomyocytes. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:43-53, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 153-164 
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    Keywords: thermotolerance ; molecular chaperone ; breast cancer and CHO cells ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Constitutive expression of human hsp27 resulted in a 100-fold increase in survival to a single lethal heat shock in CHO cells without effecting the development of thermotolerance. A possible mechanism for the thermoprotective function of hsp27 may be increased recovery of protein synthesis and RNA synthesis following a heat shock. A lethal heat shock (44°C, 30 min) results in a 90% reduction in the rate of protein synthesis in non-tolerant cells. Control transfected cells recovered protein synthesis to a pre-heat shock rate 10 h after the heat shock; while cell lines that constitutively express human hsp27 recovered 6 h after the heat shock. Thermotolerant cells had a 50% reduction in protein synthesis, which recovered within 7 h following the heat shock. The same lethal heat shock (44°C, 30 min) reduced RNA synthesis by 60% in the transfected cell lines, with the controls recovering in 7 h; while the hsp27 expressing cell lines recovered within 5 h. Thermotolerant cells had a 40% reduction in RNA synthesis and were able to recover within 4 h. The enhanced ability of hsp27 to facilitate recovery of protein synthesis and RNA synthesis following a heat shock may provide the cell with a survival advantage. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:153-164, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss Inc.
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    Keywords: vitamin D receptor ; retinoid X receptor ; transactivation systems ; vitamin D regulation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The transcription factors of the nuclear hormone receptor familiy regulate gene expression via a complex network of macromolecular interactions. The ligand dependent activity of the vitamin D receptor is of particular interest because it modulates gene expression by the heterodimeric interaction with retinoid X receptors. We report here that individual functions of the vitamin D receptor including DNA-binding, homo- and heterodimerization and transactivation can be reconstituted in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Interestingly, the simultaneous expression of the native vitamin D receptor and the retinoid X receptor β resulted in a ligand independent transactivation of the lacZ reporter gene coupled to a mouse osteopontin vitamin D response element. However, homodimerization of the vitamin D receptor and heterodimerization were strongly enhanced upon ligand binding, when the receptors were expressed as fusion proteins with the Gal4 transcription factor in a yeast two-hybrid system. Furthermore, transactivating activity of a Gal4-fused vitamin D receptor was induced by vitamin D in a one-hybrid system devoid of retinoid X receptors. In addition, both Gal4-based systems behaved similar with regard to their dose-dependent response to vitamin D and related compounds when compared to the transcriptional activity of the vitamin D receptor in transiently transfected MCF-7 cells. Our results point out that specific ligands strongly enhanced receptor dimerization and induced transactivation in yeast and in MCF-7 cells. The constitutive transactivation by vitamin D receptor-retinoid X receptor heterodimers in yeast, depending on DNA binding of the receptors, strongly argues for the existence of cofactors, which are absent in yeast, but play a fundamental role in gene regulation in higher eukaryotic organisms. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:184-196, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: nerve growth factor ; fibroblast growth factor ; K-252a ; staurosporine ; p140trk ; receptor ; signal transduction ; tyrosine kinase ; transfection ; overexpression ; PC12/endothelial hybrid cells ; DNA synthesis ; proliferation ; differentiation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Nerve growth factor (NGF) regulates proliferation, differentiation, and survival of sympathetic and sensory neurons through the tyrosine kinase activity of its receptor, p140trk. These biological effects of NGF depend upon the signal-mediating function of p140trk substrates which are likely to differ from cell to cell. To define p140trk receptor substrates and the details of signalling by NGF in the hybrid cell PC12EN, we stably transfected cultures with a vector encoding a full-length human p140trk cDNA sequence. Two stably transfected clones, one expressing p140trk with higher affinity (PC12EN-trk3; Kd 57.4 pM, Bmax 9.7 pmole/mg) and one expressing p140trk with a lower affinity (PC12EN-trk1; Kd 392.4 pM, Bmax 5.7 pmole/mg) were generated. Radioreceptor assays indicate that transfected p140trk receptors show slow NGF-dissociation kinetics, are resistant to trypsin or Triton X-100 treatment, are specific for NGF compared to other neurotrophins, and are internalized or downregulated as are native PC12 p140trk receptors. NGF stimulates p140trk tyrosine phosphorylation in a dose- (0.01-10 ng/ml) and time- (5-120 min) dependent manner, and tyrosine phosphorylation was inhibited by 200-1,000 nM K-252a. NGF-induced Erk stimulation for 60 min was assessed using myelin basic protein as a substrate. NGF treatment also led to an increased phosphorylation of p70S6k, SNT, and phospholipase Cγ, demonstrating that the major NGF-stimulated signalling pathways found in other cells are activated in PC12EN-trk cells. Staurosporine (5-50 nM) rapidly and dBcAMP (1 mM) more slowly, but not NGF induced morphological differentiation in PC12EN-trk cells. Rather, NGF treatment in low-serum medium stimulated a 1.3- and 2.3-fold increase in DNA synthesis measured by [3H]thymidine incorporation in PC12EN-trk1 and PC12EN-trk3, respectively. These data highlight the functionality of the transfected p140trk receptors and indicate that these transfected cells may serve as a novel cellular model facilitating the study of the mitogenic properties of NGF signalling and the transducing role of the p140trk receptor substrates. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:229-244. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc. This article is a U.S. Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 65 (1997), S. 574-590 
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    Keywords: endothelial cells ; tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) ; heparan sulfate proteoglycans ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: A synthetic peptide, which was shown to bind extracellular matrix heparan sulfate chains with a high degree of affinity and specificity [Colburn et al. (1996): Arch Biochem Biophys 325:129-138], has now been found to promote the transfer and the deposition of endothelial cell surface proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix. The peptide also induces preferential binding of extracellular matrix heparan sulfate proteoglycans, which have been added to the supernatant growth medium, and the requirement for its presence is stringent in that only a negligible amount of proteoglycans are bound to the cell layer in the absence of the peptide. In addition, antibodies directed against the peptide detect the accumulation of the peptide in the matrix compartment where the peptide is found associated with the proteoglycans transferred from the cell surface.The sequence of events induced by the peptide appears to be an extension of a naturally occurring process since proteoglycans with properties similar to those of the species ordinarily present in the extracellular matrix have been observed to transfer from the cell surface to the matrix during a pulse-chase experiment. We suggest that formation of the complex peptide-proteoglycan with consequent displacement of the proteoglycan from its anchorage on the cell, initiates the process of transfer of the heparan sulfate-bound peptide from the cell surface to the extracellular matrix. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:574-590. © 1997 Wiley-Liss Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 37-42 
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    Keywords: archaeon ; ADPribose ; glycation ; ADPribose transferase ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: In the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, protein ADPribosylation by free ADPribose was demonstrated by testing both [adenine-14C(U)]ADPR and [adenine- 14C(U)]NAD as substrates. The occurrence of this process was shown by using specific experimental conditions. Increasing the incubation time and lowering the pH of the reaction mixture enhanced the protein glycation by free ADPribose. At pH 7.5 and 10 min incubation, the incorporation of free ADPribose into proteins was highly reduced. Under these conditions, the autoradiographic pattern showed that, among the targets of ADPribose electrophoresed after incubation with 32P-NAD, the proteins modified by free 32P-ADPribose mostly corresponded to high molecular mass components. Among the compounds known to inhibit the eukaryotic poly-ADPribose polymerase, only ZnCl2 highly reduced the ADPribose incorporation from NAD into the ammonium sulphate precipitate. A 20% inhibition was measured in the presence of nicotinamide or 3-aminobenzamide. No inhibition was observed replacing NAD with ADPR as substrate. J. Cell. Biochem. 66: 37-42, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 65-76 
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    Keywords: chylomicron ; very low density lipoprotein ; high density lipoprotein ; apoprotein B-100 ; apoprotein B-48 ; apoprotein A-I ; fat transport ; ontogeny ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Studies employing human fetal intestine have yielded much interesting information on the role of polarized enterocytes in fat absorption and transport. Using the organ culture model, we examined the influence of hydrocortisone on the synthesis and secretion of lipids and lipoproteins. Human jejunal explants were cultured for 5 days at 37°C in serum-free medium containing either [14C]-oleic acid or [14C]-acetate, alone or supplemented with hydrocortisone (25 or 50 ng/ml). The uptake of [14C]-oleic acid was associated with the production of triglycerides, phospholipids, and cholesteryl esters, which were all affected by hydrocortisone. This hormonal agent (50 μg) led to the marked reduction of secreted triglycerides (43%, P 〈 0.01), phospholipids (39%, P 〈 0.01), and cholesteryl esters (36%, P 〈 0.05) without altering the characteristic distribution of tissue and medium lipid classes. Similarly, hydrocortisone significantly (P 〈 0.01) decreased (∼60%) the incorporation of [14C]-acetate into secreted free and esterified cholesterol in the medium. With [14C]-oleic acid as a precursor, hydrocortisone significantly diminished the delivery of chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins to the medium while consistently enhancing the secretion of high density lipoproteins. In parallel, [35S]-methionine pulse-labeling of jejunal explants revealed the concomitant inhibitory effect of hydrocortisone on apo B-100 synthesis and hydrocortisone's stimulatory effect on apo B-48 and apo A-I. These studies suggest that glucocorticoids play a critical role in lipoprotein processing during intestinal development. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:65-76 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: deletion mutants ; ors12 ; replication activity ; mammalian origin ; autonomous replication ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: We have generated a panel of deletion mutants of ors12 (812-bp), a mammalian origin of DNA replication previously isolated by nascent strand extrusion from early replicating African Green monkey (CV-1) DNA. The deletion mutants were tested for their replication activity in vivo by the bromodeoxyuridine substitution assay, after transfection into HeLa cells, and in vitro by the DpnI resistance assay, using extracts from HeLa cells. We identified a 215-bp internal fragment as essential for the autonomous replication activity of ors12. When subcloned into the vector pML2 and similarly tested, this subfragment was capable of autonomous replication in vivo and in vitro. Several repeated sequence motifs are present in this 215-bp fragment, such as TGGG(A) and G(A)AG (repeated four times each); TTTC, AGG, and CTTA (repeated 3 times each); the motifs CACACA and CTCTCT, and two imperfect inverted repeats, 22 and 16 bp long, respectively. The overall sequence of the 215-bp fragment is G/C-rich (50.2%), by comparison to the 186-bp (33.5% G/C-rich) minimal sequence required for the autonomous replication activity of ors8, another functional ors that was similarly isolated and characterized. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:87-97, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: AML-3 ; transcription factors ; partitioning ; osteoblast differentiation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The subnuclear location of transcription factors may functionally contribute to the regulation of gene expression. Several classes of gene regulators associate with the nuclear matrix in a cell type, cell growth, or cell cycle related-manner. To understand control of nuclear matrix-transcription factor interactions during tissue development, we systematically analyzed the subnuclear partitioning of a panel of transcription factors (including NMP-1/YY-1, NMP-2/AML, AP-1, and SP-1) during osteoblast differentiation using biochemical fractionation and gel shift analyses. We show that nuclear matrix association of the tissue-specific AML transcription factor NMP-2, but not the ubiquitous transcription factor YY1, is developmentally upregulated during osteoblast differentiation. Moreover, we show that there are multiple AML isoforms in mature osteoblasts, consistent with the multiplicity of AML factors that are derived from different genes and alternatively spliced cDNAs. These AML isoforms include proteins derived from the AML-3 gene and partition between distinct subcellular compartments. We conclude that the selective partitioning of the YY1 and AML transcription factors with the nuclear matrix involves a discriminatory mechanism that targets different classes and specific isoforms of gene regulatory factors to the nuclear matrix at distinct developmental stages. Our results are consistent with a role for the nuclear matrix in regulating the expression of bone-tissue specific genes during development of the mature osteocytic phenotype. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:123-132, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: cell shape ; cytoskeleton ; stress fibers ; autophagy ; vacuolar degradation ; hyaluronan ; chondroitin sulfate ; keratan sulfate ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The activity of ornithine decarboxylase, the key enzyme in the synthesis of polyamines, is essential for proliferation and differentiation of all living cells. Two inhibitors of ornithine decarboxylase, α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and 1-aminooxy-3-aminopropane (APA), caused swelling of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and medial and trans Golgi cisternae, and the disappearance of stress fibers, as visualized by staining with fluorescent concanavalin A (ConA), C6-NBD-ceramide or wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), and phalloidin, respectively. In contrast, the pattern of microtubules, stained with a β-tubulin antibody, was not affected. Rough ER seemed to be especially affected in polyamine deprivation forming whorls and involutions, which were observed by transmission electron microscopy. Since ER and Golgi apparatus are vital parts of the glycosylation and secretory machinery of the cell, we tested the ability of these structurally altered cell organelles to synthesize proteoglycans using [3H]glucosamine and [35S]sulfate as precursors. The total incorporation rate into proteoglycans and hyaluronan was not reduced in polyamine-deprived cells, suggesting that the total glycosylation capacity of cells was not affected. However, the synthesis of a high molecular weight proteoglycan containing chondroitin and keratan sulfate was completely inhibited. The remodeling of cytoskeleton and rough endoplasmic reticulum in polyamine deprivation may perturb the synthesis and secretion of the components of membrane skeleton and of the extracellular matrix, e.g., proteoglycans. Rough ER and cytoskeleton may be the targets where polyamines affect cell proliferation and differentiation. J. Cell Biochem. 66:165-174, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 219-228 
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    Keywords: DNA strand breaks ; superoxide ; granulocytes ; human ; okadaic acid ; fluoride ; staurosporine ; phorbol myristate acetate ; hydrogen peroxide ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Phorbol ester treatment of granulocytes triggers release of superoxide (O2-) and a concomitant burst of DNA strand breaks. The relationship between the amount of O2- and the number of DNA breaks has not previously been explored. To quantify the relatively large amount of O2- generated over a 40-min period by 1 × 106 granulocytes/mL, a discontinuous “10-min pulse” method employing cytochrome c was used; 140 nmol O2- per 1 × 106 cells was detected. DNA strand breaks were quantified by fluorimetric analysis of DNA unwinding (FADU). To vary the level of O2- released by cells, inhibitors of the respiratory burst were used. Sodium fluoride (1-10 mM) and staurosporine (2-10 nM) both inhibited O2- production. In both cases, however, inhibition of strand breakage was considerably more pronounced than inhibition of O2-. Zinc chloride (50-200 μM) inhibited both O2- and DNA breaks, approximately equally. Dinophysistoxin-1 (okadaic acid) inhibited O2- production more effectively than it inhibited DNA breaks. O2- dismutes to H2O2, a reactive oxygen species known to cause DNA breaks. The addition of catalase to remove extracellular H2O2 had no effect on DNA breakage. Using pulse field gel electrophoresis, few double-stranded breaks were detected compared to the number detected by FADU, indicating that about 95% of breaks were single-stranded. The level of DNA breaks is not directly related to the amount of extracellular O2- or H2O2 in PMA-stimulated granulocytes. We conclude that either an intracellular pool of these reactive oxygen species is involved in breakage or that the metabolic inhibitors are affecting a novel strand break pathway. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:219-228, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss Inc.
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    Keywords: p53 ; HPV ; apoptosis ; mitochondrial permeability transition ; ICE-like proteases ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Infection of cervical epithelial cells with certain high risk HPV genotypes is thought to play an etiologic role in the development of cervical cancer. In particular, HPV type 16 and 18 early protein 6 (E6) is thought to contribute to epithelial transformation by binding to the tumor suppressor protein p53, targeting it for rapid proteolysis, resulting in loss of its cell cycle arrest and apoptosis-inducing activities. Recent data indicate that factors responsible for triggering apoptosis reside in the cytoplasm of cells, and not in the nucleus. In particular, the findings that mitochondria are required in certain cell-free models for induction of apoptosis and that bcl-2 is localized to mitochondria have focused attention on the role of the mitochondrial membrane permeability transition (MPT) in apoptosis. Here we present data to indicate that HPV 16 E6 expression sensitizes cells to MPT-induced apoptosis. We also report that HPV 16 E6 sensitization of cells to MPT-induced apoptosis occurs only in the presence of wildtype (wt) p53 expression. The extent of apoptosis induced by atractyloside (an inducer of the MPT) in normal, temperature-sensitive (ts) p53, and HPV-16 E6 transfected J2-3T3 cells, and the HPV expressing cervical carcinoma cell lines SiHa, Hela and CaSki was determined. C33A cells, which express mutant p53 but not HPV, were also exposed to atractyloside in the presence or absence of HPV 16 E6 expression. Dose-dependent apoptosis induced by atractyloside in normal J2-3T3 cells and cervical carcinoma cells was measured by loss of cell viability, nuclear fragmentation and DNA laddering. The sensitivity of cells to atractyloside-induced apoptosis was found to be: HPV 16 E6-J2-3T3 〉 CaSki 〉 normal-J2-3T3 cells ≈ ts p53-J2-3T3 ≈ vector-J2-3T3 cells 〉 Hela 〉 SiHa 〉 C33A ≈ C33A 16 E6. Cyclosporin A (CsA), an inhibitor of the MPT, and ICE-I, a protease inhibitor, provided protection against atractyloside-induced apoptosis. These findings indicate that: 1) high risk HPV 16 E6 protein is capable of sensitizing cells to apoptosis; 2) HPV 16 E6 sensitization of cells to atractyloside-induced apoptosis occurs in a p53-dependent fashion; 3) the target of HPV 16 E6 sensitization of cells to atractyloside-induced apoptosis is the mitochondria; and 4) HPV 16 E6 sensitization of cells to atroctycoside-induced apoptosis involves an ICE-like protease-sensitive mechanism, regulating the onset of the MPT. These findings constitute the first evidence that mitochondria play a role in HPV 16 E6 modulation of apoptosis. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:245-255. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 309-321 
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    Keywords: oncogenes ; tumor suppressors ; human papillomavirus type 16 ; smoking cofactor ; immortalization ; tumorigenesis ; mRNA ; proteins ; oncogenesis ; senescence ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: We studied the molecular mechanism of successive multistep cervical carcinogenic progression with our previously established in vitro model system. This system was composed of primary human endocervical cells (HEN), two lines of HEN immortalized by HPV16 and their counterparts subsequently malignantly transformed by cigarette smoke condensate (CSC). The expression was examined of diverse cellular genes associated with oncogenesis and senescence, especially for cervical cancer. Consistent results were seen for the pairs of immortalized and malignantly transformed lines. Immortalization of HEN by HPV16 resulted in enhanced expression of H-ras, c-myc, B-myb, p53, p16INK4 and PCNA mRNA; enhanced expression of p16 and PCNA proteins; decreased expression of WAF1/p21/Cip1/Sid1 and fibronectin mRNA; and decreased p53 protein. On the other hand, the CSC-transformed counterparts of HPV16-immortalized cells had up-regulated levels of B-myb, p53 and WAF1 mRNA and p53 protein. Our results indicate that the differential activation or inactivation of multiple cellular genes is important for the immortalization, as well as the transformation, of human cervical cells. Further, we suggest that our in vitro model system is useful for investigating the molecular mechanism of multistep cervical carcinogenesis. J. Cell. Biochem. 66: 309-321, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 337-345 
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    Keywords: sea urchin ; embryo ; gelatinase ; metalloproteinase ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: We have partially purified and characterized an 87 kDa gelatinase activity expressed in later stage sea urchin embryos. Cleavage activity was specific for gelatin and no cleavage of sea urchin peristome type I collagen, bovine serum albumin or casein was detected. Magnesium and Zn2+ inhibited the gelatinase and Ca2+ protected against inhibition. Ethylenediamine tetracetic acid, ethylenebisoxyethylenenitriol tetraacetic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline were inhibitory, suggesting that the gelatinase is a Ca2+- and Zn2+-dependent metalloproteinase. No inhibition was detected with serine or cysteine protease inhibitors and the vertebrate matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor, Batimastat, was also ineffective. The vertebrate MMP activator p-aminophenylmercuric acetate was without effect. These results allow us to identify both similarities and differences between echinoderm and vertebrate gelatinases. J. Cell. Biochem. 66: 337-345, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 427-432 
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    Keywords: TGFβ ; transforming growth factor β ; Cdk ; cyclin-dependent kinase ; Kip ; cdk-inhibitor ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Loss of sensitivity to the negative growth regulator transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) is a feature of many different tumor types and is likely involved in tumor progression. In some cases this loss of sensitivity to TGFβ has been shown to be manifest in the absence of membrane-associated TGFβ receptor complexes, thus preventing initiation of antiproliferative signals from the cell surface. In others, loss of sensitivity to TGFβ-induced inhibitory signals has been attributed to loss of function of intracellular effectors of TGFβ-induced inhibitory signals due to mutation or allelic loss of effector genes and their products. The intracellular effectors of TGFβ inhibitory signals have been shown to be involved in the normal regulation of progression through the cell cycle, specifically during G1 phase. In this manner, elucidation of the mechanisms by which TGFβ inhibits cell growth not only helps us identify steps involved in tumor progression, but also allows us to better understand how cells regulate progression through the cell cycle. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:427-432, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 16-26 
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    Keywords: heat stress ; kinase FA/GSK-3&agr ; tyrosine phosphorylation/activation ; cascade activation ; protein expression ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Exposure of A431 cells to a rapid temperature increase from 37° to 46°C could induce an increased expression (∼200% of control) and tyrosine phosphorylation/activation (∼300% of control) of protein kinase FA/glycogen synthase kinase-3α (kinase FA/GSK-3α) in a time-dependent manner, as demonstrated by an anti-kinase FA/GSK-3α immunoprecipitate kinase assay and by immunoblotting analysis with anti-kinase FA/GSK-3α and anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies. The heat induction on the increased expression of kinase FA/GSK-3α could be blocked by actinomycin D but not by genistein. In contrast, the heat induction on tyrosine phosphorylation/activation of kinase FA/GSK-3α could be blocked by genistein or protein tyrosine phosphatase, indicating that heat stress induces a dual control mechanism, namely, protein expression and subsequent tyrosine phosphorylation to cause cellular activation of kinase FA/GSK-3α. Taken together, the results provide initial evidence that kinase FA/GSK-3α represents a newly described heat stress-inducible protein subjected to tyrosine phosphorylation/activation, representing a new mode of signal transduction for the regulation of this human carcinoma dedifferentiation modulator and a new mode of heat induction on cascade activation of a protein kinase. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:16-26, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 54-64 
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    Keywords: calpain activation ; platelet ; proteolysis of talin ; shear stress ; shear-induced platelet aggregation (SIPA) ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Fluid shear stress has been known to activate platelet reaction such as aggregation, but the exact mechanism of shear-induced platelet aggregation (SIPA) has not been fully understood. Calpain, an intracellular calcium-activated cysteine protease, is abundant in platelets and is considered to be activated and involved in the proteolytic processes during platelet activation. A possible activation of calpain in SIPA was investigated, employing a newly developed aggregometer and specific monoclonal antibodies to detect activation of calpain. When a shear stress gradient varying between 6 and 108 dyn/cm2 was applied to platelets, activation of μ-calpain was observed only in high-shear-stressed platelets, resulting in the proteolysis of talin. At 1 min after the onset of constant high shear stress of 108 dyn/cm2, μ-calpain activation and proteolysis of talin were detected and increased in a time-dependent manner. Constant shear stress more than 50 dyn/cm2, applied for 5 min, caused μ-calpain activation and proteolysis of talin, which were increased in a shear-force-dependent manner. Calpeptin, a calpain-specific peptide antagonist, caused the complete inhibition of both μ-calpain activation and proteolysis of talin, while SIPA profiles with calpeptin showed almost no change compared to those without calpeptin. These results suggest the possibility of calpain involvement in late phases of shear-induced platelet activation such as cytoskeletal reorganization. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:54-64, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: cell cycle control ; H4 gene promoter ; G1/S phase transition point ; CDP/cut ; interferon regulatory factor 2 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The histone H4 gene promoter provides a paradigm for defining transcriptional control operative at the G1/S phase transition point in the cell cycle. Transcription of the cell cycle-dependent histone H4 gene is upregulated at the onset of S phase, and the cell cycle control element that mediates this activation has been functionally mapped to a proximal promoter domain designated Site II. Activity of Site II is regulated by an E2F-independent mechanism involving binding of the oncoprotein IRF2 and the multisubunit protein HiNF-D, which contains the homeodomain CDP/cut, CDC2, cyclin A, and the tumor suppressor pRb. To address mechanisms that define interactions of Site II regulatory factors with this cell cycle control element, we have investigated these determinants of transcriptional regulation at the G1/S phase transition in FDC-P1 hematopoietic progenitor cells. The representation and activities of histone gene regulatory factors were examined as a function of FDC-P1 growth stimulation. We find striking differences in expression of the pRb-related growth regulatory proteins (pRb/p105, pRb2/p130, and p107) following the onset of proliferation. pRb2/p130 is present at elevated levels in quiescent cells and declines following growth stimulation. By contrast, pRb and p107 are minimally represented in quiescent FDC-P1 cells but are upregulated at the G1/S phase transition point. We also observe a dramatic upregulation of the cellular levels of pRb2/p130-associated protein kinase activity when S phase is initiated. Selective interactions of pRb and p107 with CDP/cut are observed during the FDC-P1 cell cycle and suggest functional linkage to competency for DNA binding and/or transcriptional activity. These results are particularly significant in the context of hematopoietic differentiation where stringent control of the cell cycle program is requisite for expanding the stem cell population during development and tissue renewal. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:512-523, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: human prostatic cancer cell (PC-3) ; osteoblastic cell differentiation ; bone nodule formation ; alkaline phosphatase activity ; osteocalcin ; osteopontin ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Human prostatic carcinoma frequently metastasizes to bone tissue and activates bone metabolism, especially bone formation, at the site of metastasis. It has been reported that an extract of prostatic carcinoma and conditioned medium (CM) of a human prostatic carcinoma cell line, PC-3, established from a bone metastastic lesion, stimulate osteoblastic cell proliferation. However, there is little information about the effect of PC-3 CM on the differentiation of osteoblastic cells. In this study, we investigated the effect of PC-3 CM on the differentiation of two types of osteoblastic cells, primary fetal rat calvaria (RC) cells containing many undifferentiated osteoprogenitor cells, and ROS 17/2.8, a well-differentiated rat osteosarcoma cell line. PC-3 CM inhibited bone nodule formation and the activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALPase), an osteoblastic marker enzyme, on days 7, 14, and 21 (RC cells) or 3, 6, and 9 (ROS 17/2.8 cells) in a dose-dependent manner (5-30% CM). However, the CM did not affect cell proliferation or cell viability. PC-3 CM was found to markedly block the gene expression of ALPase and osteocalcin (OCN) mRNAs but had no effect on the mRNA expression of osteopontin (OPN), the latter two being noncollagenous proteins related to bone matrix mineralization. These findings suggest that PC-3 CM contains a factor that inhibits osteoblastic cell differentiation and that this factor may be involved in the process of bone metastasis from prostatic carcinoma. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:248-256, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: retinoblastoma family ; pRb ; p107 ; pRb2/p130 ; neuroblastoma ; differentiation ; B-myb ; c-myb ; E2F ; promoter ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Neuroblastoma cells can undergo neural differentiation upon treatment with a variety of chemical inducers and growth factors. During this process, many cell cycle-related genes are downregulated while differentiation-specific genes are triggered. The retinoblastoma family proteins, pRb, p107, and pRb2/p130, are involved in transcriptional repression of proliferation genes, mainly through their interaction with the E2F transcription factors. We report that pRb2/p130 expression levels increased during differentiation of neuroblastoma cell line LAN-5. On the other hand, both pRb and p107 decreased and underwent progressive dephosphorylation at late differentiation times. The expression of B-myb and c-myb, two targets of the retinoblastoma family proteins, were downregulated in association with the increase of pRb2/p130, which was detected as the major component of the complex with E2F on the E2F site of the B-myb promoter in differentiated cells. Interestingly, E2F4, a preferential partner of p107 and pRb2/p130, was upregulated and underwent changes in cellular localization during differentiation. In conclusion, our data suggest a major role of pRb2/p130 in the regulation of B-myb promoter during neural differentiation despite the importance of cofactors in modulating the function of the retinoblastoma family proteins. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:297-303, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 338-352 
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    Keywords: basement membrane ; vitamin C ; degradation ; proline hydroxylation ; teratocarcinoma cells ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Ascorbic acid stimulates secretion of type I collagen because of its role in 4-hydroxyproline synthesis, but there is some controversy as to whether secretion of type IV collagen is similarly affected. This question was examined in differentiated F9 cells, which produce only type IV collagen, by labeling proteins with [14C]proline and measuring collagen synthesis and secretion. Hydroxylation of proline residues in collagen was inhibited to a greater extent in cells treated with the iron chelator α,α′-dipyridyl (97.7%) than in cells incubated without ascorbate (63.1%), but both conditions completely inhibited the rate of collagen secretion after 2-4 h, respectively. Neither treatment affected laminin secretion. Collagen synthesis was not stimulated by ascorbate even after treatment for 2 days. On SDS polyacrylamide gels, collagen produced by α,α′-dipyridyl-treated cells consisted mainly of a single band that migrated faster than either fully (+ ascorbate) or partially (- ascorbate) hydroxylated α1(IV) or α2(IV) chains. It did not contain interchain disulfide bonds or asn-linked glycosyl groups, and was completely digested by pepsin at 15°C. These results suggested that it was a degraded product lacking the 7 S domain and that it could not form a triple helical structure. In contrast, the partially hydroxylated molecule contained interchain disulfide bonds and it was cleaved by pepsin to collagenous fragments similar in size to those obtained from the fully hydroxylated molecule, but at a faster rate. Kinetic experiments and monensin treatment suggested that completely unhydroxylated type IV collagen was degraded intracellularly in the endoplasmic reticulum or cis Golgi. These studies indicate that partial hydroxylation of type IV collagen confers sufficient helical structure to allow interchain disulfide bond formation and resistance to pepsin and intracellular degradation, but not sufficient for optimal secretion. J Cell. Biochem. 67:338-352, 1997. Published 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: human osteoblasts ; human bone marrow stromal cells ; alkaline phosphatase ; osteopontin ; bone sialoprotein ; osteonectin ; decorin ; biglycan ; type I collagen ; osteocalcin ; mineralization ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: We have examined the effects of BMP-2 on the expression of bone matrix proteins in both human bone marrow stromal cells (HBMSC) and human osteoblasts (HOB) and their proliferation and mineralization. Both HBMSC and HOB express BMP-2/-4 type I and type II receptors. Treatment of these two cell types with BMP-2 for 4 weeks in the presence of β-glycerophosphate and ascorbic acid results in mineralization of their matrix. BMP-2 increases the mRNA level and activities of alkaline phosphatase and elevates the mRNA levels and protein synthesis of osteopontin, bone sialoprotein, osteocalcin, and α1(I) collagen in both cell types. Whereas the mRNA level of decorin is increased, the mRNA concentration of biglycan is not altered by BMP-2. No effect on osteonectin is observed. The effect of BMP-2 on bone matrix protein expression is dose dependent from 25 to 100 ng/ml and is evident after 1-7 days treatment. In the presence of BMP-2, proliferation of HBMSC and HOB is decreased under either serum-free condition or in the presence of serum. Thus, BMP-2 has profound effects on the proliferation, expression of most of the bone matrix proteins and the mineralization of both relatively immature human bone marrow stromal preosteoblasts and mature human osteoblasts. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:386-398, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: artificial chromosome ; episome ; YAC ; nuclear matrix attachment region ; MAR ; replication origin ; DNA replication ; fluorescent in situ hybridization ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Three different mammalian origins of DNA replication, 343, S3, and X24, have been cloned into a 15.8 kb circular yeast vector pYACneo. Subsequent transfection into HeLa cells resulted in the isolation of several stably maintained clones. Two cell lines, C343e2 and CS3e1, were found to have sequences maintained as episomes in long-term culture with a stability per generation of approximately 80%. Both episomes also contain matrix attachment region (MAR) sequences which mediate the binding of DNA to the nuclear skeleton and are thought to play a role in DNA replication. Using high salt extraction of the nucleus and fluorescent in situ hybridization, we were able to demonstrate an association of the 343 episome with the nuclear matrix, most probably through functional MAR sequences that allow an association with the nuclear matrix and associated regions containing essential replication proteins. The presence of functional MARs in small episomal sequences may facilitate the replication and maintenance of transfected DNA as an episome and improve their utility as small episomal constructs, potential microchromosomes. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:439-450, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 492-497 
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    Keywords: interferon-γ ; PMA ; proteinase inhibitor ; cytokine ; low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein ; receptor-associated protein ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Human α2-macroglobulin (α2M) is a broad spectrum proteinase inhibitor and cytokine carrier synthesized by a number of cell types including monocytes and macrophages. In this study, we report on the expression of α2M by THP-1 cells. This monocytic cell line can be differentiated into a macrophage-like phenotype by treatment with interferon-γ (IFN-γ) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). α2M was synthesized by THP-1 cells at a rate of 75 ng/106 cells/24 h, as determined by Western blot analysis. After treating the cells with 500 U/ml of IFN-γ or with 100 ng/ml PMA, the synthesis rate increased to 219 ng/106 cells/24 h and to 179 ng/106 cells/24 h, respectively. The same agents also increased α2M expression, as determined by Northern blot analysis. When the α2M receptor antagonist, receptor associated protein (RAP), was included in the THP-1 medium, the amount of α2M recovered in the conditioned medium increased. This result suggests that THP-1-secreted proteinases react with secreted α2M and that the resulting complexes are catabolized by the α2M receptor, which is also called low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP). We conclude that α2M synthesis by THP-1 cells depends on the state of cellular differentiation. Reaction of α2M with secreted proteinases may have minimized previous estimates of the rate of synthesis of α2M by certain cells in culture. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:492-497, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 514-527 
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    Keywords: smooth muscle ; actin ; myogenesis ; cytoskeleton ; microfilaments ; protein crosslinking ; muscle cells ; cell fractionation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Mouse BC3H1 myogenic cells and a bi-functional chemical cross linking reagent were utilized to investigate the polymerization of newly-synthesized vascular smooth muscle (α-actin) and non-muscle (β- and γ-actin) actin monomers into native F-actin filament structures during myogenesis. Two actin dimer species were identified by SDS-PAGE analysis of phenylenebismaleimide-cross linked fractions of BC3H1 myoblasts and myocytes. P-dimer was derived from the F-actin-enriched, detergent-insoluble cytoskeleton. Pulse-chase analysis revealed that D-dimer initially was associated with the cytoskeleton but then accumulated in the soluble fraction of lysed muscle cells that contained a non-filamentous or aggregated actin pool. Immunoblot analysis indicated that non-muscle and smooth muscle actins were capable of forming both types of dimer. However, induction of smooth muscle α-actin in developing myoblasts coincided with an increase in D-dimer level which may facilitate actin stress fiber assembly. Smooth muscle α-actin was rapidly utilized in differentiating myoblasts to assemble extraction-resistant F-actin filaments in the cytoskeleton whereas non-muscle β- and γ-actin filaments were more readily dissociated from the cytoskeleton by an extraction buffer containing ATP and EGTA. The data indicate that cytoarchitectural remodeling in developing BC3H1 myogenic cells is accompanied by selective actin isoform utilization that effectively segregates multiple isoactins into different sub-cellular domains and/or supramolecular entities. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:514-527, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: chromatin loops ; chromosome organization ; compositional mapping ; gene cluster ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Eukaryotic chromosomes are ponctuated by specialized DNA sequences (MARs) characterized by their ability to bind the network of nonhistone proteins that form the nuclear matrix or scaffold. We previously described an amplifiable cluster of genes with different tissue-specific expression patterns, located on Chinese hamster chromosome 1q. This model is especially appropriate to study the relationships between MARs and transcription units. We show here that four attachment regions, with sequences exhibiting motifs specific to MARs, are present within the 100 kb of screened DNA. Three of them are relatively short sequences localized in intergenic regions. The last one extends over one of the transcription units and contains a region previously identified as a recombination hot spot. Moreover, the analysis of a DNA sequence extending over some 50 Kb of this region and spanning at least four genes, disclosed a strikingly sharp change in G + C content. This strongly suggests that the studied region contains the boundary of two isochores. We propose that the frequency and the size of MARs are correlated to their localization in G + C rich or poor domains. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:541-551, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Keywords: CAAX motif ; farnesyltransferase inhibitor ; K-ras ; lung cancer ; monoterpene ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: This study was designed to test the chemopreventive potential of perillyl alcohol, an inhibitor of farnesyltransferase, in a mouse lung tumor bioassay. Perillyl alcohol is a naturally occurring monoterpene found in lavender, cherries, and mint. We have shown previously that the majority of lung tumors in this bioassay have an activating mutation in the K-ras gene, which occurs early in the development of mouse lung carcinogenesis. The Ras protein undergoes a series of post-translational modifications, the first of which is farnesylation at the cysteine of the C-terminal CAAX motif. These modifications lead to the anchoring of Ras p21 to the plasma membrane in its biologically active state. Activated Ras p21 couples growth regulatory signals from receptor tyrosine kinases to cytoplasmic second messengers. In a preliminary study, we determined the maximum tolerated dose of perillyl alcohol to be 75 mg/kg body weight. For the bioassay, 5-week-old male (C3H/HeJ X A/J) F1 hybrid mice were randomized into trial groups, and treated with perillyl alcohol three times per week i.p., starting 1 week prior to initiation with the carcinogen NNK, and continuing for 22 weeks after initiation. Our results show a 22% reduction in tumor incidence, and a 58% reduction in tumor multiplicity. Our study demonstrates that perillyl alcohol is an effective chemopreventive compound in the mouse lung tumor bioassay. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:20-25. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 52-58 
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    Keywords: tea ; green tea ; tea polyphenols ; Polyphenon® ; tea catechins ; EGCg ; fecal flora ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: Tea catechins undergo various metabolic changes after they are taken orally, though a large percentage are excreted intact with the feces. Epidemiological studies suggest a protective effect of tea against various human cancers, including colon and rectum. The bactericidal property of tea catechins plays several roles in the digestive tract. In the small intestine, catechins inhibit α-amylase activity, and a certain amount is absorbed into the portal vein. Although catechins are bactericidal, they do not affect lactic acid bacteria. Including tea catechins in the diet for several weeks decreases putrefactive products and increases organic acids by lowering pH. These changes were achieved in tube-fed patients by administering 100 mg of tea catechins (equivalent to a cup of green tea) three times daily with meals for 3 weeks. When catechin administration ceased, the effects reversed after 1 week. Catechins should be considered further in colon carcinogenesis studies. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:52-58. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 97
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 59-67 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: antioxidants ; black tea ; chemoprevention ; epigallocatechin-3-gallate ; green tea ; tea polyphenols ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: In recent years, the concept of cancer chemoprevention has matured greatly. Significant reversal or suppression of premalignancy in several sites by chemopreventive agents appears achievable. This article summarizes experimental data on chemopreventive effects of tea polyphenols in different tumor bioassay systems. Tea (Camellia sinensis) is cultivated in about 30 countries, and is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. Three main commercial tea varieties - green, black, and oolong - are usually consumed, but most experimental studies demonstrating the antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic effects of tea have been conducted with water extract of green tea, or a polyphenolic fraction isolated from green tea (GTP). The majority of these studies have been conducted in a mouse skin tumor model system where tea is fed either as water extract through drinking water, or as purified GTP. GTP has been shown to exhibit antimutagenic activity in vitro, and inhibit carcinogen- as well as UV-induced skin carcinogenesis in vivo. Tea consumption has also been shown to afford protection against chemical carcinogen-induced stomach, lung, esophagus, duodenum, pancreas, liver, breast, and colon carcinogenesis in specific bioassay models. Several epicatechin derivatives (polyphenols) present in green tea have been shown to possess anticarcinogenic activity; the most active is (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate, which is also the major constituent of GTP. The mechanisms of tea's broad cancer chemopreventive effects are not completely understood. Several theories have been put forward, including inhibition of UV- and tumor promoter-induced ornithine decarboxylase, cyclo-oxygenase, and lipoxygenase activities, antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity; enhancement of antioxidant (glutathione peroxidase, catalase, and quinone reductase) and phase II (glutathione-S-transferase) enzyme activities; inhibition of lipid peroxidation, and anti-inflammatory activity. These properties of tea polyphenols make them effective chemopreventive agents against the initiation, promotion, and progression stages of multistage carcinogenesis. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:59-67. Published 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 98
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: thiol conjugates ; isothiocyanates ; lung cancer prevention ; urinary biomarker ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Natural and synthetic isothiocyanates (ITCs) are versatile chemopreventive agents in many animal systems. We have shown that phenethyl ITC (PEITC) and 6-phenylhexyl ITC (PHITC) are potent inhibitors against lung tumorigenesis induced by tobacco nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in both mouse and rat. The mechanism by which these ITCs inhibited lung tumorigenesis is attributed to their ability to decrease cytochrome P450 (P450) enzyme activities involved in the activation of NNK. Recently, we have found that thiol conjugates of ITCs inhibit P450 enzymes and are effective inhibitors of lung tumorigenesis. This is significant because conjugation with cellular thiols is the major route of ITC metabolism via the mercapturic acid pathway in rodents and humans. The thiol conjugates are less pungent and potentially less toxic, and they are more soluble and chemically less reactive than ITCs. These properties raise the prospect of substituting thiol conjugates for ITCs as chemopreventive agents. Furthermore, although ample rodent studies have established that ITCs inhibit tumorigenesis, the protective role of dietary ITCs against human cancers has not yet been established. As a prerequisite for such human studies, we have developed an HPLC-based assay, based on the condensation reaction of ITCs or conjugates with 1,2-benzenedithiol, for measuring a cyclocondensation product in human urine as an uptake biomarker of total ITCs. This assay was validated using urine samples from subjects who had ingested a known amount of watercress or mustard in a controlled diet. The assay is convenient and rapid, showing promise for analyzing urine samples obtained from population-based studies. Results from two such studies are presented to illustrate the potential application of this biomarker in epidemiologic studies. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:76-85. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 99
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 68 (1998), S. 31-49 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: Bax ; Bcl-2 ; Bcl-X ; bone ; programmed cell death ; p53 ; c-fos ; Msx-2 ; differentiation ; IRF-1 ; IRF-2 ; collagenase gene expression ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: We present evidence of cell death by apoptosis during the development of bone-like tissue formation in vitro. Fetal rat calvaria-derived osteoblasts differentiate in vitro, progressing through three stages of maturation: a proliferation period, a matrix maturation period when growth is downregulated and expression of the bone cell phenotype is induced, and a third mineralization stage marked by the expression of bone-specific genes. Here we show for the first time that cells differentiating to the mature bone cell phenotype undergo programmed cell death and express genes regulating apoptosis. Culture conditions that modify expression of the osteoblast phenotype simultaneously modify the incidence of apoptosis. Cell death by apoptosis is directly demonstrated by visualization of degraded DNA into oligonucleosomal fragments after gel electrophoresis. Bcl-XL, an inhibitor of apoptosis, and Bax, which can accelerate apoptosis, are expressed at maximal levels 24 h after initial isolation of the cells and again after day 25 in heavily mineralized bone tissue nodules. Bcl-2 is expressed in a reciprocal manner to its related gene product Bcl-XL with the highest levels observed during the early post-proliferative stages of osteoblast maturation. Expression of p53, c-fos, and the interferon regulatory factors IRF-1 and IRF-2, but not cdc2 or cdk, were also induced in mineralized bone nodules. The upregulation of Msx-2 in association with apoptosis is consistent with its in vivo expression during embryogenesis in areas that will undergo programmed cell death. We propose that cell death by apoptosis is a fundamental component of osteoblast differentiation that contributes to maintaining tissue organization. J. Cell. Biochem. 68:31-49, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 100
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: immortalized ; clonal ; alkaline phosphatase ; osteocalcin ; mineralization ; vitamin D3 ; dexamethasone ; parathyroid hormone ; interleukin-6 ; bone ; osteoporosis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Osteoblasts are established targets of estrogen action in bone. We screened 66 conditionally immortalized clonal human osteoblast cell lines for estrogen receptors (ERs) using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis for ERα mRNA and transactivation of adenovirus-estrogen response element (ERE)-tk-luciferase by 17β-estradiol (17β-E2) for functional ER protein. One of these cell lines, termed HOB-03-CE6, was chosen for further characterization. The cells, which were conditionally immortalized with a temperature-sensitive SV40 large T antigen, proliferated at the permissive temperature (34°C) but stopped dividing at the nonpermissive temperature (&ge 39°C). Alkaline phosphatase activity and osteocalcin secretion were upregulated by 1&agr 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in a dose-dependent manner. The cells also expressed type I collagen and other bone matrix proteins, secreted a variety of growth factors and cytokines, formed mineralized nodules based on alizarin red-S and von Kossa histochemical staining, and responded to dexamethasone, all-trans retinoic acid, and transforming growth factor-β1. This cell line expressed 42-fold less ER message than MCF-7 human breast cancer cells, as determined by quantitative RT-PCR. However, adenovirus-ERE-tk-luciferase activity was upregulated three- to fivefold in these cells by 17β-E2 with an EC50 of 64 pM. Furthermore, this upregulation was suppressed by co-treatment with the anti-estrogen ICI-182, 780. Cytosolic extracts of these cells specifically bound [125I]-17β-E2 in a concentration-dependent manner with a Bmax of 2.7 fmoles/mg protein (∼ 1,200 ERs/cell) and a Kd of 0.2 nM. DNA gel-shift analysis using a [32P]-ERE demonstrated the presence of ERs in nuclear extracts of these cells. Moreover, binding of the extracts to this ERE was blocked by a monoclonal antibody to the human ER DNA-binding domain. We evaluated these cells for 14 of 20 reported endogenous responses to 17β-E2 in osteoblasts. Although most of these responses appeared to be unaffected by the steroid, 17β-E2 suppressed parathyroid hormone-induced cAMP production, as well as basal interleukin-6 mRNA expression; conversely, the steroid upregulated the steady-state expression of alkaline phosphatase message in these cells. In summary, we have identified a clonal, conditionally phenotypic, human osteoblast cell line that expresses functional ERs and exhibits endogenous responses to 17β-E2. This cell line will be a valuable in vitro model for exploring some of the molecular mechanisms of estrogen action in bone. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:368-387. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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