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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1998-03-28
    Description: The metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are widely distributed in the brain and play important roles in synaptic plasticity. Here it is shown that some types of mGluRs are activated not only by glutamate but also by extracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+o). A single amino acid residue was found to determine the sensitivity of mGluRs to Ca2+o. One of the receptors, mGluR1alpha, but not its point mutant with reduced sensitivity to Ca2+o, caused morphological changes when transfected into mammalian cells. Thus, the sensing of Ca2+o by mGluRs may be important in cells under physiological condition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kubo, Y -- Miyashita, T -- Murata, Y -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Mar 13;279(5357):1722-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurophysiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Musashidai 2-6, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8526, Japan. ykubo@tmin.ac.jp〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9497291" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Actins/ultrastructure ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Brain/metabolism ; CHO Cells ; Calcium/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Cell Size ; Cricetinae ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels ; Glutamic Acid/metabolism/pharmacology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oocytes ; Point Mutation ; Potassium Channels/metabolism ; *Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying ; Rats ; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Second Messenger Systems ; Transfection ; Xenopus laevis
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1998-04-29
    Description: After the vertebrate lens is induced from head ectoderm, lens-specific genes are expressed. Transcriptional regulation of the lens-specific alphaA-crystallin gene is controlled by an enhancer element, alphaCE2. A gene encoding an alphaCE2-binding protein, L-maf(lens-specific maf), was isolated. L-maf expression is initiated in the lens placode and is restricted to lens cells. The gene product L-Maf regulates the expression of multiple genes expressed in the lens, and ectopic expression of this transcription factor converts chick embryonic ectodermal cells and cultured cells into lens fibers. Thus, vertebrate lens induction and differentiation can be triggered by the activation of L-Maf.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ogino, H -- Yasuda, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Apr 3;280(5360):115-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9525857" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors ; Cell Differentiation ; Cells, Cultured ; Chick Embryo ; Crystallins/genetics ; DNA, Complementary ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/genetics ; Ectoderm ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Eye Proteins/genetics ; G-Box Binding Factors ; *Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Genes, Reporter ; Intermediate Filament Proteins/genetics ; Lens, Crystalline/*cytology/*embryology/metabolism ; Maf Transcription Factors ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; *Transcription, Genetic ; Transcriptional Activation ; Transfection
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1998-02-07
    Description: The Son of Sevenless (Sos) proteins control receptor-mediated activation of Ras by catalyzing the exchange of guanosine diphosphate for guanosine triphosphate on Ras. The NH2-terminal region of Sos contains a Dbl homology (DH) domain in tandem with a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. In COS-1 cells, the DH domain of Sos stimulated guanine nucleotide exchange on Rac but not Cdc42 in vitro and in vivo. The tandem DH-PH domain of Sos (DH-PH-Sos) was defective in Rac activation but regained Rac stimulating activity when it was coexpressed with activated Ras. Ras-mediated activation of DH-PH-Sos did not require activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase but it was dependent on activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase. These results reveal a potential mechanism for coupling of Ras and Rac signaling pathways.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nimnual, A S -- Yatsula, B A -- Bar-Sagi, D -- CA09176/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA28146/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA55360/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 23;279(5350):560-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9438849" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Actins/metabolism ; Animals ; COS Cells ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cell Membrane/ultrastructure ; Enzyme Activation ; GTP Phosphohydrolases/*metabolism ; GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors ; Guanosine Diphosphate/metabolism ; Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Humans ; JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; Membrane Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; Proteins/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic/chemistry ; Signal Transduction ; Son of Sevenless Proteins ; Transfection ; cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein ; rac GTP-Binding Proteins ; ras Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors ; ras Proteins/*metabolism
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1998-08-28
    Description: Control of the activation of apoptosis is important both in development and in protection against cancer. In the classic genetic model Caenorhabditis elegans, the pro-apoptotic protein CED-4 activates the CED-3 caspase and is inhibited by the Bcl-2-like protein CED-9. Both processes are mediated by protein-protein interaction. Facilitating the proximity of CED-3 zymogen molecules was found to induce caspase activation and cell death. CED-4 protein oligomerized in cells and in vitro. This oligomerization induced CED-3 proximity and competed with CED-4:CED-9 interaction. Mutations that abolished CED-4 oligomerization inactivated its ability to activate CED-3. Thus, the mechanism of control is that CED-3 in CED-3:CED-4 complexes is activated by CED-4 oligomerization, which is inhibited by binding of CED-9 to CED-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yang, X -- Chang, H Y -- Baltimore, D -- CA51462/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 28;281(5381):1355-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9721101" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Apoptosis ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins ; Biopolymers ; *Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins ; Calcium-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; *Caspases ; Cell Line ; Chemistry, Physical ; Cysteine Endopeptidases/*metabolism ; Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Enzyme Activation ; Enzyme Precursors/metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Helminth Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Humans ; Mutation ; Oligopeptides/pharmacology ; Physicochemical Phenomena ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Tacrolimus/pharmacology ; Transfection ; bcl-X Protein
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    Publication Date: 1998-12-18
    Description: CTLA-4, a negative regulator of T cell function, was found to associate with the T cell receptor (TCR) complex zeta chain in primary T cells. The association of TCRzeta with CTLA-4, reconstituted in 293 transfectants, was enhanced by p56(lck)-induced tyrosine phosphorylation. Coexpression of the CTLA-4-associated tyrosine phosphatase, SHP-2, resulted in dephosphorylation of TCRzeta bound to CTLA-4 and abolished the p56(lck)-inducible TCRzeta-CTLA-4 interaction. Thus, CTLA-4 inhibits TCR signal transduction by binding to TCRzeta and inhibiting tyrosine phosphorylation after T cell activation. These findings have broad implications for the negative regulation of T cell function and T cell tolerance.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, K M -- Chuang, E -- Griffin, M -- Khattri, R -- Hong, D K -- Zhang, W -- Straus, D -- Samelson, L E -- Thompson, C B -- Bluestone, J A -- P01 AI35294-6/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Dec 18;282(5397):2263-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, and Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9856951" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Abatacept ; Animals ; Antigens, CD ; Antigens, Differentiation/*metabolism ; CTLA-4 Antigen ; Cell Line ; Cells, Cultured ; Humans ; *Immunoconjugates ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; *Lymphocyte Activation ; Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)/genetics/metabolism ; Membrane Proteins/*metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Models, Immunological ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphotyrosine/metabolism ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11 ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6 ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics/metabolism ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases ; *Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes/*immunology ; Transfection ; src Homology Domains
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1998-05-23
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Singer, R H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 1;280(5364):696-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. rhsinger@aecom.yu.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9599147" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: CELF1 Protein ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Exons ; Humans ; Models, Genetic ; Myotonic Dystrophy/*genetics/metabolism ; Myotonin-Protein Kinase ; Protein Binding ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*genetics ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/*genetics ; RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Ribonucleoproteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection ; *Trinucleotide Repeats ; Troponin/genetics ; Troponin T
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-11
    Description: Sickle cell anemia is the most common heritable hematological disease, yet no curative treatment exists for this disorder. Moreover, the intricacies of globin gene expression have made the development of treatments for hemoglobinopathies based on gene therapy difficult. An alternative genetic approach to sickle cell therapy is based on RNA repair. A trans-splicing group I ribozyme was used to alter mutant beta-globin transcripts in erythrocyte precursors derived from peripheral blood from individuals with sickle cell disease. Sickle beta-globin transcripts were converted into messenger RNAs encoding the anti-sickling protein gamma-globin. These results suggest that RNA repair may become a useful approach in the treatment of genetic disorders.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lan, N -- Howrey, R P -- Lee, S W -- Smith, C A -- Sullenger, B A -- HL57606/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 5;280(5369):1593-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Genetic and Cellular Therapies, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9616120" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Anemia, Sickle Cell/*blood/therapy ; Cloning, Molecular ; Erythroid Precursor Cells/*metabolism ; Exons ; Fetal Blood ; Genetic Therapy ; Globins/*genetics ; Humans ; Mutation ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Catalytic/genetics/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Transfection ; Uridine/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-20
    Description: An efficient system for genetic modification and large-scale cloning of cattle is of importance for agriculture, biotechnology, and human medicine. Here, actively dividing fetal fibroblasts were genetically modified with a marker gene, a clonal line was selected, and the cells were fused to enucleated mature oocytes. Out of 28 embryos transferred to 11 recipient cows, three healthy, identical, transgenic calves were generated. Furthermore, the life-span of near senescent fibroblasts could be extended by nuclear transfer, as indicated by population doublings in fibroblast lines derived from a 40-day-old fetal clone. With the ability to extend the life-span of these primary cultured cells, this system would be useful for inducing complex genetic modifications in cattle.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cibelli, J B -- Stice, S L -- Golueke, P J -- Kane, J J -- Jerry, J -- Blackwell, C -- Ponce de Leon, F A -- Robl, J M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 22;280(5367):1256-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9596577" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Genetically Modified ; Blastocyst ; Cattle/embryology/*genetics ; Cell Aging ; Cell Division ; Cell Nucleus/genetics ; Cells, Cultured ; Clone Cells ; *Cloning, Organism ; Embryo Transfer ; Female ; Fetus/cytology ; Fibroblasts/*cytology ; G1 Phase ; Male ; Nuclear Transfer Techniques ; Oocytes/cytology ; Transfection ; Transgenes
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1998-11-30
    Description: Fas ligand (CD95L) inhibits T cell function in immune-privileged organs such as the eye and testis, yet in most tissues CD95L expression induces potent inflammatory responses. With a stably transfected colon carcinoma cell line, CT26-CD95L, the molecular basis for these divergent responses was defined. When injected subcutaneously, rejection of CT26-CD95L was caused by neutrophils activated by CD95L. CT26-CD95L survived in the intraocular space because of the presence of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), which inhibited neutrophil activation. Providing TGF-beta to subcutaneous sites protected against tumor rejection. Thus, these cytokines together generate a microenvironment that promotes immunologic tolerance, which may aid in the amelioration of allograft rejection.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chen, J J -- Sun, Y -- Nabel, G J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Nov 27;282(5394):1714-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Departments of Internal Medicine and Biological Chemistry, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, 4520 Medical Science Research Building I, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0650, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9831564" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Anterior Chamber ; Apoptosis ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ; Fas Ligand Protein ; Female ; Graft Rejection ; Humans ; Immune Tolerance ; Inflammation/*immunology ; Jurkat Cells ; Membrane Glycoproteins/*physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Neoplasms, Experimental/*immunology/pathology ; *Neutrophil Activation ; Neutrophils/immunology ; Transfection ; Transforming Growth Factor beta/pharmacology ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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    Publication Date: 1998-11-30
    Description: The NPH1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a 120-kilodalton serine-threonine protein kinase hypothesized to function as a photoreceptor for phototropism. When expressed in insect cells, the NPH1 protein is phosphorylated in response to blue light irradiation. The biochemical and photochemical properties of the photosensitive protein reflect those of the native protein in microsomal membranes. Recombinant NPH1 noncovalently binds flavin mononucleotide, a likely chromophore for light-dependent autophosphorylation. The fluorescence excitation spectrum of the recombinant protein is similar to the action spectrum for phototropism, consistent with the conclusion that NPH1 is an autophosphorylating flavoprotein photoreceptor mediating phototropic responses in higher plants.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Christie, J M -- Reymond, P -- Powell, G K -- Bernasconi, P -- Raibekas, A A -- Liscum, E -- Briggs, W R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Nov 27;282(5394):1698-701.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9831559" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Arabidopsis/genetics/*physiology ; *Arabidopsis Proteins ; Cell Line ; Cryptochromes ; *Drosophila Proteins ; *Eye Proteins ; Flavin Mononucleotide/metabolism ; Flavoproteins/physiology ; Genes, Plant ; Light ; Mutation ; Phosphoproteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; *Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate ; *Phototropism ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism ; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Spectrometry, Fluorescence ; Spodoptera ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-05-09
    Description: Hormones and neurotransmitters may mediate common responses through receptors that couple to the same class of heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding (G) protein. For example, several receptors that couple to Gq class proteins can induce cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Class-specific inhibition of Gq-mediated signaling was produced in the hearts of transgenic mice by targeted expression of a carboxyl-terminal peptide of the alpha subunit Galphaq. When pressure overload was surgically induced, the transgenic mice developed significantly less ventricular hypertrophy than control animals. The data demonstrate the role of myocardial Gq in the initiation of myocardial hypertrophy and indicate a possible strategy for preventing pathophysiological signaling by simultaneously blocking multiple receptors coupled to Gq.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Akhter, S A -- Luttrell, L M -- Rockman, H A -- Iaccarino, G -- Lefkowitz, R J -- Koch, W J -- HL-03041/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL-09436/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL-16037/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Apr 24;280(5363):574-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9554846" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Angiotensin II/pharmacology ; Animals ; Atrial Natriuretic Factor/genetics ; COS Cells ; Diglycerides/metabolism ; Enzyme Activation ; GTP-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Gene Targeting ; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/*metabolism/prevention & control ; Inositol Phosphates/metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism ; Myocardium/*metabolism ; Peptide Fragments/genetics/metabolism ; Phenylephrine/pharmacology ; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/*metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transfection ; Transgenes ; Ventricular Pressure
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1998-07-10
    Description: Recombinant proteins containing four cysteines at the i, i + 1, i + 4, and i + 5 positions of an alpha helix were fluorescently labeled in living cells by extracellular administration of 4',5'-bis(1,3, 2-dithioarsolan-2-yl)fluorescein. This designed small ligand is membrane-permeant and nonfluorescent until it binds with high affinity and specificity to the tetracysteine domain. Such in situ labeling adds much less mass than does green fluorescent protein and offers greater versatility in attachment sites as well as potential spectroscopic and chemical properties. This system provides a recipe for slightly modifying a target protein so that it can be singled out from the many other proteins inside live cells and fluorescently stained by small nonfluorescent dye molecules added from outside the cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Griffin, B A -- Adams, S R -- Tsien, R Y -- NS27177/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- T32 CA09523/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jul 10;281(5374):269-72.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0647, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9657724" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Calmodulin/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Cell Membrane Permeability ; Cell Survival ; Cysteine/*chemistry ; Energy Transfer ; Ethylene Glycol ; Fluoresceins/chemical synthesis/chemistry/*metabolism ; Fluorescence ; *Fluorescent Dyes ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Jurkat Cells ; Ligands ; Luminescent Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Organometallic Compounds/chemical synthesis/chemistry/*metabolism ; Peptides/chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Spectrometry, Fluorescence ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-01-24
    Description: Gene expression was visualized in single living mammalian cells with beta-lactamase as a reporter that hydrolyzes a substrate loaded intracellularly as a membrane-permeant ester. Each enzyme molecule changed the fluorescence of many substrate molecules from green to blue by disrupting resonance energy transfer. This wavelength shift was detectable by eye or color film in individual cells containing less than 100 beta-lactamase molecules. The robust change in emission ratio reveals quantitative heterogeneity in real-time gene expression, enables clonal selection by flow cytometry, and forms a basis for high-throughput screening of pharmaceutical candidate drugs in living mammalian cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zlokarnik, G -- Negulescu, P A -- Knapp, T E -- Mere, L -- Burres, N -- Feng, L -- Whitney, M -- Roemer, K -- Tsien, R Y -- NS27177/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 2;279(5347):84-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Aurora Biosciences, 11010 Torreyana Road, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9417030" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cell Line ; Cell Separation/methods ; Clone Cells/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Energy Transfer ; Flow Cytometry ; Fluoresceins/metabolism ; Fluorescent Dyes/metabolism ; *Gene Expression ; *Genes, Reporter ; Half-Life ; Humans ; *Lactams ; Muscarinic Agonists/pharmacology ; Muscarinic Antagonists/pharmacology ; NFATC Transcription Factors ; *Nuclear Proteins ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Spectrometry, Fluorescence ; Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism ; *Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Umbelliferones/metabolism ; beta-Lactamases/*genetics/metabolism ; beta-Lactams/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-08-14
    Description: Transcription factors of the nuclear factor-kappaB/rel (NF-kappaB) family may be important in cell survival by regulating unidentified, anti-apoptotic genes. One such gene that protects cells from apoptosis induced by Fas or tumor necrosis factor type alpha (TNF), IEX-1L, is described here. Its transcription induced by TNF was decreased in cells with defective NF-kappaB activation, rendering them sensitive to TNF-induced apoptosis, which was abolished by transfection with IEX-1L. In support, overexpression of antisense IEX-1L partially blocked TNF-induced expression of IEX-1L and sensitized normal cells to killing. This study demonstrates a key role of IEX-1L in cellular resistance to TNF-induced apoptosis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wu, M X -- Ao, Z -- Prasad, K V -- Wu, R -- Schlossman, S F -- AI12069/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- P30AI28691/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 14;281(5379):998-1001.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Tumor Immunology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9703517" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, CD95/physiology ; Apoptosis/genetics/*physiology ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins ; Cell Line ; Cell Survival ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA, Antisense/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genetic Vectors ; Humans ; Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics/*physiology ; Jurkat Cells ; Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/*physiology ; Membrane Proteins ; Mice ; NF-kappa B/*physiology ; *Neoplasm Proteins ; Transfection ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-11
    Description: The p53 tumor suppressor protein is activated and phosphorylated on serine-15 in response to various DNA damaging agents. The gene product mutated in ataxia telangiectasia, ATM, acts upstream of p53 in a signal transduction pathway initiated by ionizing radiation. Immunoprecipitated ATM had intrinsic protein kinase activity and phosphorylated p53 on serine-15 in a manganese-dependent manner. Ionizing radiation, but not ultraviolet radiation, rapidly enhanced this p53-directed kinase activity of endogenous ATM. These observations, along with the fact that phosphorylation of p53 on serine-15 in response to ionizing radiation is reduced in ataxia telangiectasia cells, suggest that ATM is a protein kinase that phosphorylates p53 in vivo.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Canman, C E -- Lim, D S -- Cimprich, K A -- Taya, Y -- Tamai, K -- Sakaguchi, K -- Appella, E -- Kastan, M B -- Siliciano, J D -- CA71387/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- ES05777/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 11;281(5383):1677-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9733515" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins ; Cell Cycle Proteins ; Cell Line ; DNA Damage ; DNA-Activated Protein Kinase ; *DNA-Binding Proteins ; Enzyme Activation ; Humans ; Lymphocytes/metabolism/radiation effects ; Mutation ; Nuclear Proteins ; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphoserine/metabolism ; Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; *Radiation, Ionizing ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transfection ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*metabolism ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins ; Ultraviolet Rays
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    Publication Date: 1998-07-17
    Description: Activation of nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) is essential for T cell receptor (TCR) responsiveness; however, the function of individual PTK substrates is often uncertain. A mutant T cell line was isolated that lacked expression of SLP-76 (SH2 domain-containing leukocyte protein of 76 kilodaltons), a hematopoietically expressed adaptor protein and PTK substrate. SLP-76 was not required for TCR-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of most proteins, but was required for optimal tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of phospholipase C-gamma1 (PLC-gamma1), as well as Ras pathway activation. TCR-inducible gene expression was dependent on SLP-76. Thus, coupling of TCR-regulated PTKs to downstream signaling pathways requires SLP-76.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yablonski, D -- Kuhne, M R -- Kadlecek, T -- Weiss, A -- CA72531/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jul 17;281(5375):413-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Box 0795, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9665884" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Line ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Enzyme Activation ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Inositol Phosphates/metabolism ; Interleukin-2/genetics ; Isoenzymes/*metabolism ; Jurkat Cells ; *Membrane Proteins ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 ; NFATC Transcription Factors ; *Nuclear Proteins ; Phospholipase C gamma ; Phosphoproteins/metabolism/*physiology ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphotyrosine/metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes/enzymology/*metabolism ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation ; Transfection ; Type C Phospholipases/*metabolism ; ras Proteins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-12-04
    Description: Targeted disruption of the gene encoding MEK kinase 1 (MEKK1), a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase kinase, defined its function in the regulation of MAPK pathways and cell survival. MEKK1(-/-) embryonic stem cells from mice had lost or altered responses of the c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) to microtubule disruption and cold stress but activated JNK normally in response to heat shock, anisomycin, and ultraviolet irradiation. Activation of JNK was lost and that of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) was diminished in response to hyperosmolarity and serum factors in MEKK1(-/-) cells. Loss of MEKK1 expression resulted in a greater apoptotic response of cells to hyperosmolarity and microtubule disruption. When activated by specific stresses that alter cell shape and the cytoskeleton, MEKK1 signals to protect cells from apoptosis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yujiri, T -- Sather, S -- Fanger, G R -- Johnson, G L -- DK37871/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM30324/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Dec 4;282(5395):1911-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Program in Molecular Signal Transduction, Division of Basic Sciences, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9836645" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Anisomycin/pharmacology ; Apoptosis ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cell Size ; *Cell Survival ; Enzyme Activation ; Gene Targeting ; JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; Lysophospholipids/pharmacology ; *MAP Kinase Kinase 4 ; *MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1 ; Mice ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; Nocodazole/pharmacology ; Osmolar Concentration ; Phosphorylation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Stem Cells ; Temperature ; Transfection ; Ultraviolet Rays
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-21
    Description: The sphingolipid metabolite sphingosine-1-phosphate (SPP) has been implicated as a second messenger in cell proliferation and survival. However, many of its biological effects are due to binding to unidentified receptors on the cell surface. SPP activated the heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein)-coupled orphan receptor EDG-1, originally cloned as Endothelial Differentiation Gene-1. EDG-1 bound SPP with high affinity (dissociation constant = 8.1 nM) and high specificity. Overexpression of EDG-1 induced exaggerated cell-cell aggregation, enhanced expression of cadherins, and formation of well-developed adherens junctions in a manner dependent on SPP and the small guanine nucleotide binding protein Rho.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, M J -- Van Brocklyn, J R -- Thangada, S -- Liu, C H -- Hand, A R -- Menzeleev, R -- Spiegel, S -- Hla, T -- DK45659/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM43880/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HL49094/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Mar 6;279(5356):1552-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9488656" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cadherins/*biosynthesis ; *Cell Aggregation ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Line ; Cloning, Molecular ; GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Gene Expression ; Genes, Immediate-Early ; Humans ; Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Intercellular Junctions/*ultrastructure ; Ligands ; *Lysophospholipids ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism ; Morphogenesis ; Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics/*metabolism ; *Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled ; Receptors, Lysophospholipid ; Signal Transduction ; Sphingosine/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Transfection ; rho GTP-Binding Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-28
    Description: T cells with variable region Vdelta1 gammadelta T cell receptors (TCRs) are distributed throughout the human intestinal epithelium and may function as sentinels that respond to self antigens. The expression of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-related molecule, MICA, matches this localization. MICA and the closely related MICB were recognized by intestinal epithelial T cells expressing diverse Vdelta1 gammadelta TCRs. These interactions involved the alpha1alpha2 domains of MICA and MICB but were independent of antigen processing. With intestinal epithelial cell lines, the expression and recognition of MICA and MICB could be stress-induced. Thus, these molecules may broadly regulate protective responses by the Vdelta1 gammadelta T cells in the epithelium of the intestinal tract.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Groh, V -- Steinle, A -- Bauer, S -- Spies, T -- P01 CA18221/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI30581/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Mar 13;279(5357):1737-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. vgroh@fred.fhcrc.org〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9497295" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Antigen Presentation ; Carrier Proteins/analysis/*immunology ; Cell Line ; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ; Heat-Shock Response ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/analysis/*immunology ; Hot Temperature ; Humans ; Immunophenotyping ; Intestinal Mucosa/cytology/*immunology ; Ligands ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/*immunology ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets/*immunology ; Transfection ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-20
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Anderson, G B -- Seidel, G E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 29;280(5368):1400-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Animal Science, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616-8521, USA. gbanderson@ucdavis.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9634416" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Genetically Modified ; Cell Cycle ; *Cloning, Organism ; Embryo, Mammalian/cytology ; Embryo, Nonmammalian ; Fetus/cytology ; Fibroblasts/cytology ; Genetic Engineering ; *Nuclear Transfer Techniques ; Plants/genetics ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-11
    Description: The tumor suppressor PTEN is a phosphatase with sequence similarity to the cytoskeletal protein tensin. Here the cellular roles of PTEN were investigated. Overexpression of PTEN inhibited cell migration, whereas antisense PTEN enhanced migration. Integrin-mediated cell spreading and the formation of focal adhesions were down-regulated by wild-type PTEN but not by PTEN with an inactive phosphatase domain. PTEN interacted with the focal adhesion kinase FAK and reduced its tyrosine phosphorylation. Overexpression of FAK partially antagonized the effects of PTEN. Thus, PTEN phosphatase may function as a tumor suppressor by negatively regulating cell interactions with the extracellular matrix.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tamura, M -- Gu, J -- Matsumoto, K -- Aota, S -- Parsons, R -- Yamada, K M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 5;280(5369):1614-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, USA. mtamura@yoda.nidr.nih.gov〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9616126" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3 Cells ; Animals ; *Cell Adhesion ; Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism ; Cell Line ; *Cell Movement ; Cell Size ; Concanavalin A ; Down-Regulation ; Ecdysone/pharmacology ; Fibronectins ; Focal Adhesion Kinase 1 ; Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases ; Genes, Tumor Suppressor ; Humans ; Integrins/physiology ; Mice ; Mutation ; PTEN Phosphohydrolase ; *Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases ; Phosphorylation ; Polylysine ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics/metabolism/pharmacology/*physiology ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology ; Signal Transduction ; Transfection ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; *Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1998-08-14
    Description: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a major mediator of both acute and chronic inflammatory responses in many diseases. Tristetraprolin (TTP), the prototype of a class of Cys-Cys-Cys-His (CCCH) zinc finger proteins, inhibited TNF-alpha production from macrophages by destabilizing its messenger RNA. This effect appeared to result from direct TTP binding to the AU-rich element of the TNF-alpha messenger RNA. TTP is a cytosolic protein in these cells, and its biosynthesis was induced by the same agents that stimulate TNF-alpha production, including TNF-alpha itself. These findings identify TTP as a component of a negative feedback loop that interferes with TNF-alpha production by destabilizing its messenger RNA. This pathway represents a potential target for anti-TNF-alpha therapies.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Carballo, E -- Lai, W S -- Blackshear, P J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 14;281(5379):1001-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Office of Clinical Research and Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9703499" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3 Cells ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Biological Transport ; Cell Line ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Chick Embryo ; Cytosol/metabolism ; *DNA-Binding Proteins ; Feedback ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; *Immediate-Early Proteins ; Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology ; Macrophages/*physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Proteins/*physiology ; RNA Probes ; RNA, Messenger/chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Transfection ; Tristetraprolin ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors/*biosynthesis/genetics ; *Zinc Fingers
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    Publication Date: 1998-11-13
    Description: Caspases are intracellular proteases that function as initiators and effectors of apoptosis. The kinase Akt and p21-Ras, an Akt activator, induced phosphorylation of pro-caspase-9 (pro-Casp9) in cells. Cytochrome c-induced proteolytic processing of pro-Casp9 was defective in cytosolic extracts from cells expressing either active Ras or Akt. Akt phosphorylated recombinant Casp9 in vitro on serine-196 and inhibited its protease activity. Mutant pro-Casp9(Ser196Ala) was resistant to Akt-mediated phosphorylation and inhibition in vitro and in cells, resulting in Akt-resistant induction of apoptosis. Thus, caspases can be directly regulated by protein phosphorylation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cardone, M H -- Roy, N -- Stennicke, H R -- Salvesen, G S -- Franke, T F -- Stanbridge, E -- Frisch, S -- Reed, J C -- CA-69381/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA-69515/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Nov 13;282(5392):1318-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Program on Apoptosis and Cell Death Research, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9812896" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Apoptosis ; Caspase 9 ; Caspase Inhibitors ; Caspases/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cytochrome c Group/pharmacology ; Enzyme Precursors/metabolism ; Humans ; Mass Spectrometry ; Mutation ; Peptide Fragments/metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphoserine/metabolism ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-11
    Description: A human member of the immunoglobulin superfamily was shown to mediate entry of several alphaherpesviruses, including herpes simplex viruses (HSV) 1 and 2, porcine pseudorabies virus (PRV), and bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1). This membrane glycoprotein is poliovirus receptor-related protein 1 (Prr1), designated here as HveC. Incubation of HSV-1 with a secreted form of HveC inhibited subsequent infection of a variety of cell lines, suggesting that HveC interacts directly with the virus. Poliovirus receptor (Pvr) itself mediated entry of PRV and BHV-1 but not of the HSV strains tested. HveC was expressed in human cells of epithelial and neuronal origin; it is the prime candidate for the coreceptor that allows both HSV-1 and HSV-2 to infect epithelial cells on mucosal surfaces and spread to cells of the nervous system.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Geraghty, R J -- Krummenacher, C -- Cohen, G H -- Eisenberg, R J -- Spear, P G -- NS-30606/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS-36731/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI 36293/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 5;280(5369):1618-20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9616127" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alphaherpesvirinae/*physiology ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; CHO Cells ; Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics/*physiology ; Cells, Cultured ; Cricetinae ; Epithelial Cells/virology ; Gene Expression ; Herpesvirus 1, Bovine/physiology ; Herpesvirus 1, Human/*physiology ; Herpesvirus 1, Suid/physiology ; Herpesvirus 2, Human/*physiology ; Humans ; *Membrane Proteins ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neurons/virology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; *Receptors, Virus ; Transfection ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Viral Envelope Proteins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-07
    Description: The mechanisms by which Ebola virus evades detection and infects cells to cause hemorrhagic fever have not been defined, though its glycoprotein, synthesized in either a secreted or transmembrane form, is likely involved. Here the secreted glycoprotein was found to interact with neutrophils through CD16b, the neutrophil-specific form of the Fc gamma receptor III, whereas the transmembrane glycoprotein was found to interact with endothelial cells but not neutrophils. A murine retroviral vector pseudotyped with the transmembrane glycoprotein preferentially infected endothelial cells. Thus, the secreted glycoprotein inhibits early neutrophil activation, which likely affects the host response to infection, whereas binding of the transmembrane glycoprotein to endothelial cells may contribute to the hemorrhagic symptoms of this disease.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yang, Z -- Delgado, R -- Xu, L -- Todd, R F -- Nabel, E G -- Sanchez, A -- Nabel, G J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 13;279(5353):1034-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9461435" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Cell Line ; Ebolavirus/genetics/metabolism/*pathogenicity/physiology ; Endothelium, Vascular/cytology/*metabolism/virology ; Genes, Viral ; Genetic Vectors ; Glycoproteins/genetics/*metabolism/secretion ; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/virology ; Humans ; L-Selectin/metabolism ; Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Moloney murine leukemia virus/genetics/physiology ; Neutrophil Activation ; Neutrophils/immunology/*metabolism ; Receptors, IgG/metabolism ; Transfection ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Viral Matrix Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Viral Proteins/genetics/*metabolism/secretion
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 1998-11-30
    Description: The complement and immunoglobulin receptors are the major phagocytic receptors involved during infection. However, only immunoglobulin-dependent uptake results in a respiratory burst and an inflammatory response in macrophages. Rho guanosine triphosphatases (molecular switches that control the organization of the actin cytoskeleton) were found to be essential for both types of phagocytosis. Two distinct mechanisms of phagocytosis were identified: Type I, used by the immunoglobulin receptor, is mediated by Cdc42 and Rac, and type II, used by the complement receptor, is mediated by Rho. These results suggest a molecular basis for the different biological consequences that are associated with phagocytosis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Caron, E -- Hall, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Nov 27;282(5394):1717-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, Cancer Research Campaign Oncogene and Signal Transduction Group, and Department of Biochemistry, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9831565" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3T3 Cells ; Actins/metabolism ; Animals ; Antigens, CD/*immunology/metabolism ; *Bacterial Proteins ; Bacterial Toxins/pharmacology ; COS Cells ; Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Enzyme Activation ; Erythrocytes/immunology ; GTP Phosphohydrolases/*metabolism ; GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Macrophage-1 Antigen/*immunology/metabolism ; Macrophages/immunology ; Mice ; Opsonin Proteins ; *Phagocytosis ; Phagosomes/enzymology ; Receptors, IgG/*immunology/metabolism ; Transfection ; cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein ; rac GTP-Binding Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1998-01-07
    Description: Dorsoventral patterning of vertebrate and Drosophila embryos requires bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and antagonists of BMP activity. The Drosophila gene tolloid encodes a metalloprotease similar to BMP-1 that interacts genetically with decapentaplegic, the Drosophila homolog of vertebrate BMP-2/4. Zebrafish embryos overexpressing a zebrafish homolog of tolloid were shown to resemble loss-of-function mutations in chordino, the zebrafish homolog of the Xenopus BMP-4 antagonist Chordin. Furthermore, Chordin was degraded by COS cells expressing Tolloid. These data suggest that Tolloid antagonizes Chordin activity by proteolytically cleaving Chordin. A conserved function for zebrafish and Drosophila Tolloid during embryogenesis is proposed.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blader, P -- Rastegar, S -- Fischer, N -- Strahle, U -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Dec 12;278(5345):1937-40.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS/INSERM/ULP, BP 163, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, C.U. de Strasbourg, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9395394" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Body Patterning ; Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 ; Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors ; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism ; COS Cells ; Cell Lineage ; *Drosophila Proteins ; Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Glycoproteins/*metabolism ; Insect Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; *Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism ; *Receptors, Growth Factor ; Signal Transduction ; Tolloid-Like Metalloproteinases ; Transfection ; Xenopus Proteins ; Zebrafish/*embryology/genetics/metabolism ; Zebrafish Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-06
    Description: The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21(Cip1/WAF1) has been implicated as an inducer of differentiation. However, although expression of p21 is increased in postmitotic cells immediately adjacent to the proliferative compartment, its expression is decreased in cells further along the differentiation program. Expression of the p21 protein was decreased in terminally differentiated primary keratinocytes of mice, and this occurred by a proteasome-dependent pathway. Forced expression of p21 in these cells inhibited the expression of markers of terminal differentiation at both the protein and messenger RNA levels. These inhibitory effects on differentiation were not observed with a carboxyl-terminal truncation mutant or with the unrelated cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16(INK4a), although all these molecules exerted similar inhibition of cell growth. These findings reveal an inhibitory role of p21 in the late stages of differentiation that does not result from the effects of p21 on the cell cycle.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Di Cunto, F -- Topley, G -- Calautti, E -- Hsiao, J -- Ong, L -- Seth, P K -- Dotto, G P -- AR39190/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- CA16038/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 15;280(5366):1069-72.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9582119" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylcysteine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology ; Adenoviridae/genetics/physiology ; Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; *Cell Cycle ; *Cell Differentiation ; Cells, Cultured ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Cyclins/genetics/*metabolism ; Enzyme Inhibitors/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Keratinocytes/*cytology/metabolism/virology ; Leupeptins/pharmacology ; Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics ; Mice ; Mutation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Precursors/biosynthesis/genetics ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Succinates/pharmacology ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-07
    Description: STATs (signal transducers and activators of transcription) are a family of transcription factors that are specifically activated to regulate gene transcription when cells encounter cytokines and growth factors. The crystal structure of an NH2-terminal conserved domain (N-domain) comprising the first 123 residues of STAT-4 was determined at 1.45 angstroms. The domain consists of eight helices that are assembled into a hook-like structure. The N-domain has been implicated in several protein-protein interactions affecting transcription, and it enables dimerized STAT molecules to polymerize and to bind DNA cooperatively. The structure shows that N-domains can interact through an extensive interface formed by polar interactions across one face of the hook. Mutagenesis of an invariant tryptophan residue at the heart of this interface abolished cooperative DNA binding by the full-length protein in vitro and reduced the transcriptional response after cytokine stimulation in vivo.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Vinkemeier, U -- Moarefi, I -- Darnell, J E Jr -- Kuriyan, J -- AI32489/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI34420/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 13;279(5353):1048-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Laboratories of Molecular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9461439" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; DNA/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Interferon-gamma/pharmacology ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/metabolism ; *Protein Conformation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; STAT1 Transcription Factor ; STAT4 Transcription Factor ; Signal Transduction ; Trans-Activators/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection ; src Homology Domains
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-20
    Description: The spatial relation between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in living HeLa cells was analyzed at high resolution in three dimensions with two differently colored, specifically targeted green fluorescent proteins. Numerous close contacts were observed between these organelles, and mitochondria in situ formed a largely interconnected, dynamic network. A Ca2+-sensitive photoprotein targeted to the outer face of the inner mitochondrial membrane showed that, upon opening of the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3)-gated channels of the ER, the mitochondrial surface was exposed to a higher concentration of Ca2+ than was the bulk cytosol. These results emphasize the importance of cell architecture and the distribution of organelles in regulation of Ca2+ signaling.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rizzuto, R -- Pinton, P -- Carrington, W -- Fay, F S -- Fogarty, K E -- Lifshitz, L M -- Tuft, R A -- Pozzan, T -- 845/Telethon/Italy -- 850/Telethon/Italy -- HL14523/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- RR09799/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 12;280(5370):1763-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biomedical Sciences and the National Research Council Center for the Study of Biomembranes, University of Padova, Via Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy. rizzuto@civ.bio.unipd.it〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9624056" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology ; Aequorin/metabolism ; Calcium/*metabolism ; Calcium Channels/metabolism ; Cell Compartmentation ; Cytosol/metabolism ; Endoplasmic Reticulum/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; HeLa Cells ; Histamine/pharmacology ; Humans ; Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism ; Intracellular Membranes/metabolism ; Ion Channel Gating ; Luminescent Proteins/metabolism ; Mitochondria/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-11
    Description: Signal transduction is controlled both by regulation of enzyme activation and by organization of enzymatic complexes with nonenzymatic adapters, scaffolds, and anchor proteins. The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) cascade is one of several evolutionarily conserved mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascades important in the regulation of growth, apoptosis, and differentiation. A two-hybrid screen was conducted to identify nonenzymatic components of this signaling cascade that might be important in regulating its activity. A protein called MP1 (MEK Partner 1) was identified that bound specifically to MEK1 and ERK1 and facilitated their activation. When overexpressed in cultured cells, MP1 enhanced activation of ERK1 and activation of a reporter driven by the transcription factor Elk-1. Expression of MP1 in cells increased binding of ERK1 to MEK1. MP1 apparently functions as an adapter to enhance the efficiency of the MAP kinase cascade.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schaeffer, H J -- Catling, A D -- Eblen, S T -- Collier, L S -- Krauss, A -- Weber, M J -- CA39076/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM47332/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 11;281(5383):1668-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Cancer Center, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9733512" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; *DNA-Binding Proteins ; Enzyme Activation ; MAP Kinase Kinase 1 ; MAP Kinase Kinase 2 ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phosphorylation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; *Transcription Factors ; Transcriptional Activation ; Transfection ; ets-Domain Protein Elk-1
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    Publication Date: 1998-02-07
    Description: Normal human cells undergo a finite number of cell divisions and ultimately enter a nondividing state called replicative senescence. It has been proposed that telomere shortening is the molecular clock that triggers senescence. To test this hypothesis, two telomerase-negative normal human cell types, retinal pigment epithelial cells and foreskin fibroblasts, were transfected with vectors encoding the human telomerase catalytic subunit. In contrast to telomerase-negative control clones, which exhibited telomere shortening and senescence, telomerase-expressing clones had elongated telomeres, divided vigorously, and showed reduced straining for beta-galactosidase, a biomarker for senescence. Notably, the telomerase-expressing clones have a normal karyotype and have already exceeded their normal life-span by at least 20 doublings, thus establishing a causal relationship between telomere shortening and in vitro cellular senescence. The ability to maintain normal human cells in a phenotypically youthful state could have important applications in research and medicine.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bodnar, A G -- Ouellette, M -- Frolkis, M -- Holt, S E -- Chiu, C P -- Morin, G B -- Harley, C B -- Shay, J W -- Lichtsteiner, S -- Wright, W E -- AG05747/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- AG07992/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 16;279(5349):349-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9454332" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Biomarkers ; Catalysis ; *Cell Aging ; *Cell Division ; Cell Line ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Fibroblasts/cytology ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Karyotyping ; Phenotype ; Pigment Epithelium of Eye/cytology ; Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; *Rna ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/genetics/metabolism ; Stem Cells/cytology/enzymology ; Telomerase/genetics/*metabolism ; Telomere/metabolism/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Transfection ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; beta-Galactosidase/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-05-23
    Description: Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is caused by a CTG expansion in the 3' untranslated region of the DM gene. One model of DM pathogenesis suggests that RNAs from the expanded allele create a gain-of-function mutation by the inappropriate binding of proteins to the CUG repeats. Data presented here indicate that the conserved heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein, CUG-binding protein (CUG-BP), may mediate the trans-dominant effect of the RNA. CUG-BP was found to bind to the human cardiac troponin T (cTNT) pre-messenger RNA and regulate its alternative splicing. Splicing of cTNT was disrupted in DM striated muscle and in normal cells expressing transcripts that contain CUG repeats. Altered expression of genes regulated posttranscriptionally by CUG-BP therefore may contribute to DM pathogenesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Philips, A V -- Timchenko, L T -- Cooper, T A -- AR 44387/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- HL45565/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 1;280(5364):737-41.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9563950" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Alternative Splicing ; CELF1 Protein ; Cell Line ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Exons ; Humans ; Introns ; Muscle, Skeletal/cytology/embryology/metabolism ; Mutation ; Myotonic Dystrophy/*genetics/metabolism ; Myotonin-Protein Kinase ; Phosphorylation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*genetics ; RNA Precursors/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/*genetics/metabolism ; RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Ribonucleoproteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; Transfection ; *Trinucleotide Repeats ; Troponin/genetics ; Troponin T
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    Publication Date: 1998-10-09
    Description: Short RNA aptamers that specifically bind to a wide variety of ligands in vitro can be isolated from randomized pools of RNA. Here it is shown that small molecule aptamers also bound their ligand in vivo, enabling development of a method for controlling gene expression in living cells. Insertion of a small molecule aptamer into the 5' untranslated region of a messenger RNA allowed its translation to be repressible by ligand addition in vitro as well as in mammalian cells. The ability of small molecules to control expression of specific genes could facilitate studies in many areas of biology and medicine.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Werstuck, G -- Green, M R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Oct 9;282(5387):296-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 373 Plantation Street, Suite 309, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9765156" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Base Sequence ; Benzimidazoles/pharmacology ; Bisbenzimidazole/*metabolism/pharmacology ; CHO Cells ; Cricetinae ; Drug Resistance, Microbial ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; *Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects ; Kanamycin/metabolism/pharmacology ; Ligands ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Biosynthesis/drug effects ; RNA/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Tobramycin/metabolism/pharmacology ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-10-09
    Description: Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) activate protein kinase PKB (also termed Akt), and PI3Kgamma activated by heterotrimeric guanosine triphosphate-binding protein can stimulate mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Exchange of a putative lipid substrate-binding site generated PI3Kgamma proteins with altered or aborted lipid but retained protein kinase activity. Transiently expressed, PI3Kgamma hybrids exhibited wortmannin-sensitive activation of MAPK, whereas a catalytically inactive PI3Kgamma did not. Membrane-targeted PI3Kgamma constitutively produced phosphatidylinositol 3,4, 3,4,5-trisphosphate and activated PKB but not MAPK. Moreover, stimulation of MAPK in response to lysophosphatidic acid was blocked by catalytically inactive PI3Kgamma but not by hybrid PI3Kgammas. Thus, two major signals emerge from PI3Kgamma: phosphoinositides that target PKB and protein phosphorylation that activates MAPK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bondeva, T -- Pirola, L -- Bulgarelli-Leva, G -- Rubio, I -- Wetzker, R -- Wymann, M P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Oct 9;282(5387):293-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Research Unit "Molecular Cell Biology," University of Jena, D-07747 Jena, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9765155" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Androstadienes/pharmacology ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; COS Cells ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Cell Membrane/enzymology ; Cercopithecus aethiops ; Enzyme Activation ; Lysophospholipids/pharmacology ; MAP Kinase Kinase 1 ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Myelin Basic Protein/metabolism ; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/*metabolism ; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates/metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-20
    Description: MAP kinase phosphatase-3 (MKP-3) dephosphorylates phosphotyrosine and phosphothreonine and inactivates selectively ERK family mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. MKP-3 was activated by direct binding to purified ERK2. Activation was independent of protein kinase activity and required binding of ERK2 to the noncatalytic amino-terminus of MKP-3. Neither the gain-of-function Sevenmaker ERK2 mutant D319N nor c-Jun amino-terminal kinase-stress-activated protein kinase (JNK/SAPK) or p38 MAP kinases bound MKP-3 or caused its catalytic activation. These kinases were also resistant to enzymatic inactivation by MKP-3. Another homologous but nonselective phosphatase, MKP-4, bound and was activated by ERK2, JNK/SAPK, and p38 MAP kinases. Catalytic activation of MAP kinase phosphatases through substrate binding may regulate MAP kinase activation by a large number of receptor systems.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Camps, M -- Nichols, A -- Gillieron, C -- Antonsson, B -- Muda, M -- Chabert, C -- Boschert, U -- Arkinstall, S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 22;280(5367):1262-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Geneva Biomedical Research Institute, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development S.A., CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9596579" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; COS Cells ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & ; inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism ; Catalysis ; Dual Specificity Phosphatase 6 ; Enzyme Activation ; Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 12 ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9 ; *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transfection ; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-25
    Description: The proapoptotic Bax protein induces cell death by acting on mitochondria. Bax binds to the permeability transition pore complex (PTPC), a composite proteaceous channel that is involved in the regulation of mitochondrial membrane permeability. Immunodepletion of Bax from PTPC or purification of PTPC from Bax-deficient mice yielded a PTPC that could not permeabilize membranes in response to atractyloside, a proapoptotic ligand of the adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT). Bax and ANT coimmunoprecipitated and interacted in the yeast two-hybrid system. Ectopic expression of Bax induced cell death in wild-type but not in ANT-deficient yeast. Recombinant Bax and purified ANT, but neither of them alone, efficiently formed atractyloside-responsive channels in artificial membranes. Hence, the proapoptotic molecule Bax and the constitutive mitochondrial protein ANT cooperate within the PTPC to increase mitochondrial membrane permeability and to trigger cell death.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marzo, I -- Brenner, C -- Zamzami, N -- Jurgensmeier, J M -- Susin, S A -- Vieira, H L -- Prevost, M C -- Xie, Z -- Matsuyama, S -- Reed, J C -- Kroemer, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 25;281(5385):2027-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉CNRS, UPR 420, 19 rue Guy Moquet, F-94801 Villejuif, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9748162" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Apoptosis ; Atractyloside/metabolism/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Bongkrekic Acid/metabolism/pharmacology ; Cyclosporine/pharmacology ; Dimerization ; HT29 Cells ; Humans ; Intracellular Membranes/physiology ; Liposomes ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mitochondria/*physiology ; Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Permeability ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/pharmacology ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology/genetics ; Transfection ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein
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    Publication Date: 1998-05-23
    Description: Immature thymocytes express a pre-T cell receptor (pre-TCR) composed of the TCRbeta chain paired with pre-Talpha. Signals from this receptor are essential for passage of thymocytes through a key developmental checkpoint in the thymus. These signals were efficiently delivered in vivo by a truncated form of the murine pre-TCR that lacked all of its extracellular immunoglobulin domains. De novo expression of the truncated pre-TCR or an intact alphabetaTCR was sufficient to activate characteristic TCR signaling pathways in a T cell line. These findings support the view that recognition of an extracellular ligand is not required for pre-TCR function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Irving, B A -- Alt, F W -- Killeen, N -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 8;280(5365):905-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0414, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9572735" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, CD/analysis ; Antigens, CD3/analysis/genetics ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Dimerization ; Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte ; Humans ; Immunoglobulins/chemistry ; Immunophenotyping ; Jurkat Cells ; Ligands ; Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Mice, Transgenic ; NFATC Transcription Factors ; *Nuclear Proteins ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry/genetics/*physiology ; Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes/cytology/*immunology/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-04-16
    Description: During a B cell immune response, the transcription factor BSAP maintains its activator functions but is relieved of its repressor functions. This selective targeting of BSAP activities was shown to be regulated by a concentration-dependent mechanism whereby activator motifs for BSAP had a 20-fold higher binding affinity than repressor motifs. An exchange of activator and repressor motifs, however, showed that the context of the motif, rather than the affinity, determined whether BSAP operated as an activator or repressor.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wallin, J J -- Gackstetter, E R -- Koshland, M E -- CA09179/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Mar 20;279(5358):1961-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Immunology Division, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9506950" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, CD19/genetics ; B-Cell-Specific Activator Protein ; B-Lymphocytes/cytology/immunology/*metabolism ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics/*metabolism ; Gene Expression ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Immunoglobulin ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics ; Immunoglobulin J-Chains/genetics ; Mice ; Nuclear Proteins/*genetics/*metabolism ; Phenotype ; Plasma Cells/immunology/metabolism ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; *Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Repressor Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/*metabolism ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-11
    Description: The circadian oscillator generates a rhythmic output with a period of about 24 hours. Despite extensive studies in several model systems, the biochemical mode of action has not yet been demonstrated for any of its components. Here, the Drosophila CLOCK protein was shown to induce transcription of the circadian rhythm genes period and timeless. dCLOCK functioned as a heterodimer with a Drosophila homolog of BMAL1. These proteins acted through an E-box sequence in the period promoter. The timeless promoter contains an 18-base pair element encompassing an E-box, which was sufficient to confer dCLOCK responsiveness to a reporter gene. PERIOD and TIMELESS proteins blocked dCLOCK's ability to transactivate their promoters via the E-box. Thus, dCLOCK drives expression of period and timeless, which in turn inhibit dCLOCK's activity and close the circadian loop.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Darlington, T K -- Wager-Smith, K -- Ceriani, M F -- Staknis, D -- Gekakis, N -- Steeves, T D -- Weitz, C J -- Takahashi, J S -- Kay, S A -- MH-51573/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 5;280(5369):1599-603.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology and NSF Center for Biological Timing, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9616122" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: ARNTL Transcription Factors ; Animals ; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors ; Biological Clocks ; CLOCK Proteins ; Cell Line ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Circadian Rhythm/genetics/*physiology ; Dimerization ; Drosophila ; *Drosophila Proteins ; Feedback ; Gene Expression ; Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs ; Insect Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; Nuclear Proteins/*genetics/metabolism ; Period Circadian Proteins ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Trans-Activators/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism ; *Transcriptional Activation ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-02-07
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉de Lange, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 16;279(5349):334-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory for Cell Biology and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA. delange@rockvax.rockefeller.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9454329" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology ; *Cell Aging ; *Cell Division ; Cell Line ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Enzyme Activation ; Genes, Tumor Suppressor ; Humans ; Mice ; Neoplasms/drug therapy/enzymology/pathology ; Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; *Rna ; RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/genetics/metabolism ; Telomerase/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism ; Telomere/metabolism/*physiology/ultrastructure ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-01-24
    Description: Selenium, an essential trace element, is a component of prokaryotic and eukaryotic antioxidant proteins. A candidate selenoprotein homologous to glutathione peroxidase was deduced from the sequence of molluscum contagiosum, a poxvirus that causes persistent skin neoplasms in children and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Selenium was incorporated into this protein during biosynthesis, and a characteristic stem-loop structure near the end of the messenger RNA was required for alternative selenocysteine decoding of a potential UGA stop codon within the open reading frame. The selenoprotein protected human keratinocytes against cytotoxic effects of ultraviolet irradiation and hydrogen peroxide, providing a mechanism for a virus to defend itself against environmental stress.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shisler, J L -- Senkevich, T G -- Berry, M J -- Moss, B -- DK47320/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 2;279(5347):102-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4 Center Drive, MSC 0445, Bethesda, MD 20892-0445, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9417017" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Apoptosis ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Codon ; Glutathione Peroxidase/genetics/*metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology ; Keratinocytes/*cytology/drug effects ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molluscum contagiosum virus/genetics/*physiology ; Open Reading Frames ; Point Mutation ; Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Selenium/metabolism ; Selenocysteine/genetics ; Selenoproteins ; Transfection ; Ultraviolet Rays ; Viral Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-07-10
    Description: A nonpeptidyl small molecule SB 247464, capable of activating granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) signal transduction pathways, was identified in a high-throughput assay in cultured cells. Like G-CSF, SB 247464 induced tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple signaling proteins and stimulated primary murine bone marrow cells to form granulocytic colonies in vitro. It also elevated peripheral blood neutrophil counts in mice. The extracellular domain of the murine G-CSF receptor was required for the activity of SB 247464, suggesting that the compound acts by oligomerizing receptor chains. The results indicate that a small molecule can activate a receptor that normally binds a relatively large protein ligand.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tian, S S -- Lamb, P -- King, A G -- Miller, S G -- Kessler, L -- Luengo, J I -- Averill, L -- Johnson, R K -- Gleason, J G -- Pelus, L M -- Dillon, S B -- Rosen, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jul 10;281(5374):257-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Transcription Research, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9657720" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Benzimidazoles/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Cell Line ; Colony-Forming Units Assay ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Dimerization ; Female ; Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/metabolism/pharmacology ; Granulocytes/cytology ; Guanidines/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Humans ; Janus Kinase 1 ; Janus Kinase 2 ; Leukocyte Count ; Leukopoiesis ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; *Milk Proteins ; Neutrophils/cytology ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphotyrosine/metabolism ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism ; *Proto-Oncogene Proteins ; Receptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/chemistry/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; STAT3 Transcription Factor ; STAT5 Transcription Factor ; Signal Transduction/drug effects ; Species Specificity ; Trans-Activators/metabolism ; Transfection ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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    Publication Date: 1998-02-07
    Description: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors in the human digestive tract, but their molecular etiology and cellular origin are unknown. Sequencing of c-kit complementary DNA, which encodes a proto-oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase (KIT), from five GISTs revealed mutations in the region between the transmembrane and tyrosine kinase domains. All of the corresponding mutant KIT proteins were constitutively activated without the KIT ligand, stem cell factor (SCF). Stable transfection of the mutant c-kit complementary DNAs induced malignant transformation of Ba/F3 murine lymphoid cells, suggesting that the mutations contribute to tumor development. GISTs may originate from the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) because the development of ICCs is dependent on the SCF-KIT interaction and because, like GISTs, these cells express both KIT and CD34.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hirota, S -- Isozaki, K -- Moriyama, Y -- Hashimoto, K -- Nishida, T -- Ishiguro, S -- Kawano, K -- Hanada, M -- Kurata, A -- Takeda, M -- Muhammad Tunio, G -- Matsuzawa, Y -- Kanakura, Y -- Shinomura, Y -- Kitamura, Y -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 23;279(5350):577-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, Osaka University Medical School, Yamada-oka 2-2, Suita 565, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9438854" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antigens, CD34/analysis ; Cell Line ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; DNA, Complementary ; Digestive System/cytology ; Esophageal Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism/pathology ; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/chemistry/*genetics/pathology ; Humans ; Intestinal Neoplasms/chemistry/genetics/pathology ; Ligands ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Mutation ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphotyrosine/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/analysis/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology ; Sequence Deletion ; Stem Cell Factor/pharmacology ; Stomach Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism/pathology ; Transfection
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    Publication Date: 1998-01-07
    Description: Caspases are a family of cysteine proteases implicated in the biochemical and morphological changes that occur during apoptosis (programmed cell death). The loop domain of Bcl-2 is cleaved at Asp34 by caspase-3 (CPP32) in vitro, in cells overexpressing caspase-3, and after induction of apoptosis by Fas ligation and interleukin-3 withdrawal. The carboxyl-terminal Bcl-2 cleavage product triggered cell death and accelerated Sindbis virus-induced apoptosis, which was dependent on the BH3 homology and transmembrane domains of Bcl-2. Inhibitor studies indicated that cleavage of Bcl-2 may further activate downstream caspases and contribute to amplification of the caspase cascade. Cleavage-resistant mutants of Bcl-2 had increased protection from interleukin-3 withdrawal and Sindbis virus-induced apoptosis. Thus, cleavage of Bcl-2 by caspases may ensure the inevitability of cell death.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cheng, E H -- Kirsch, D G -- Clem, R J -- Ravi, R -- Kastan, M B -- Bedi, A -- Ueno, K -- Hardwick, J M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Dec 12;278(5345):1966-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9395403" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, CD95/physiology ; *Apoptosis ; COS Cells ; Caspase 3 ; *Caspases ; Cell Line ; Cysteine Endopeptidases/*metabolism ; Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Enzyme Activation ; Humans ; Interleukin-3/physiology ; Jurkat Cells ; Mutation ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/chemistry/*metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Sindbis Virus/physiology ; Transfection ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein
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