Interaction of monocytes with tumor cells coated with complement with or without antibody

Raji, a human B lymphoblastoid cell line has the ability to activate the complement cascade by alternate pathway mechanisms with subsequent fixation of C3 to receptors on the Raji cell membrane. Using this property, we examined the role that complement plays in mediating a cytolytic event between human peripheral blood monocytes and Raji cells coated with C3b, antibody, or both. Presence of C3 was confirmed by immune adherence. IgG bound to the Raji membrane was quantitated using I¹²⁵ Staphylococcal protein A assay. The presence of alternate pathway-activated C3 on Raji cells failed to produce monocyte-mediated cytotoxicity. These same target cells subsequently coated with antibody concentration ranging from 200 to >600,000 SPA molecules per Raji cell produced neither enhancement nor inhibition of antibody-dependent, cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). ADCC was enhanced by complement when complement activation and binding of C3 to the cell surface occurred by classical pathway mechanisms. ADCC of 32% ± 3.2 occurred with undiluted antiserum (625,000 SPA molecules bound/Raji cell) with enhancement to 52% ± 1.1 in the presence of C3. IgG inhibition of ADCC was unaffected by the presence of membrane-bound C3.     

抵抗素与肥胖和2型糖尿病

抵抗素(resistin)是近年来新发现的一个由脂肪组织特异表达分泌的细胞因子,其在前脂肪细胞分化过程中抑制脂肪生成.众多的研究显示抵抗素可诱导脂肪、肝脏及肌肉组织产生胰岛素抵抗,损伤机体的糖脂代谢功能.由于胰岛素抵抗在一些其他代谢性疾病及并发症如动脉粥样硬化及高血压发病机制中也发挥重要作用,提示抵抗素有可能介入了这些疾病的发病过程.本文简要介绍抵抗素的结构、分布及表达调控,并重点分析抵抗素在胰岛素抵抗中的作用.     

Effect of Pretreatment with Carbimazole in Patients with Thyrotoxicosis Subsequently Treated with Radioactive Iodine

Preliminary treatment with carbimazole in a series of 181 patients with thyrotoxicosis selected for treatment with radioactive iodine did not make any significant difference to the subsequent response to ¹³¹I therapy.     

Vaccination of patients with cutaneous melanoma with telomerase-specific peptides

Purpose  

A phase I study was conducted to investigate the safety, tolerability, and immunological responses to vaccination with a combination of telomerase-derived peptides GV1001 (hTERT: 611–626) and p540 (hTERT: 540–548) using granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or tuberculin as adjuvant in patients with cutaneous melanoma.     

抵抗素与肥胖和2型糖尿病

抵抗素（resistin）是近年来新发现的一个由脂肪组织特异表达分泌的细胞因子,其在前脂肪细胞分化过程中抑制脂肪生成。众多的研究显示抵抗素可诱导脂肪、肝脏及肌肉组织产生胰岛素抵抗,损伤机体的糖脂代谢功能。由于胰岛素抵抗在一些其他代谢性疾病及并发症如动脉粥样硬化及高血压发病机制中也发挥重要作用,提示抵抗素有可能介入了这些疾病的发病过程。本文简要介绍抵抗素的结构、分布及表达调控,并重点分析抵抗素在胰岛素抵抗中的作用。     

Association of activated properdin with complexes of properdin with C3

An ELISA using antibody to properdin (P), followed by antibody to C3 to detect complexes of P with C3 (P-C3), detected low levels of P-C3 complexes in human serum and plasma samples. Incubating serum for 1 h at 37 degrees C increased the amount of P-C3 and diminished factor B hemolytic activity without altering total alternative pathway activity or C3 activity in serum. When P and C3 in incubated serum were analyzed by size exclusion HPLC, complexes of P-C3 were detected at retention times corresponding to molecular mass measuring in excess of 2 x 10(6) Da. Activation of serum with zymosan or cobra venom factor greatly increased the level of P-C3 and decreased alternative pathway hemolytic activity. Chromatography of proteins eluted from serum-treated zymosan detected a peak of P at 9.7 x 10(5) Da and a peak of P-C3 at 1.5 x 10(6) Da. Functional assays for activated properdin also revealed a peak of activity at 1.5 x 10(6) Da, congruent with the peak of P-C3. Native properdin was detected at 3.9 x 10(5) Da. When native properdin was added to properdin-depleted serum and incubated for 1 h at 37 degrees C, activated properdin was detected at the same position in the chromatograph as were P-C3 complexes. We conclude that incubation of serum at 37 degrees C produces complexes of P with C3, that exposure of serum to alternative pathway activators increases the amount of P-C3, and that generation of P-C3 complexes is associated with the presence of activated P.     

Interactions of retinol with binding proteins: studies with retinol-binding protein and with transthyretin.

The interactions within the molecular complex in which retinol circulates in blood were studied. To monitor binding between retinol-binding protein (RBP) and transthyretin (TTR), TTR was labeled with a long-lived fluorescence probe (pyrene). Changes in the rotational volume of TTR following its association with RBP were monitored by fluorescence anisotropy of the probe. Titration of TTR with holo-RBP revealed the presence of 1.5 binding sites characterized by a dissociation constant Kd = 0.07 microM. At 0.15 M NaCl, binding of RBP to TTR showed an absolute requirement for the native ligand, retinol. At higher ionic strength (0.5 M NaCl), RBP complexed with retinal also bound to TTR with high affinity (Kd = 0.134 microM). RBP containing retinoic acid did not bind to TTR even at the high salt concentration. The data suggest that the TTR binding site on RBP is in close proximity to the retinoid binding site and that the head group of retinoic acid, when bound to RBP, presents steric hindrance for the interactions with TTR. The implications of the data for selectivity in retinoid transport in the circulation are discussed. The kinetics of the steps leading to complete dissociation of the retinol-RBP-TTR complex was also studied. The first step of this process was dissociation of retinol, which had a rate constant of 0.06/min. Following loss of retinol, the two proteins dissociate. The rate of dissociation is slow (k = 0.055/h), however, indicating that the complex apo-RBP-TTR will be an important factor in regulating serum levels of retinol.     

Immunologic correction with immunoglobulin of toxemia with exicosis in infants with acute intestinal infections]

The clinical course of acute intestinal infections complicated by toxicosis and exicosis was studied in 150 infants undergoing multimodality therapy, including natural human immunoglobulin for intravenous injections. The use of the new complex in the treatment of intestinal toxicoses was accompanied by increasing host immunological reactivity within short periods and decreasing of the treatment duration by 5.0 +/- 1.3 days; there were no persisting and chronic forms of the diseases and fatal outcomes. It was concluded that the use of the immunoglobulin for intravenous injections in the multimodality therapy of intestinal toxicoses in infants made it possible to prevent death in complicated intestinal infections and at the same time to accelerate their recovery.     

Combination of novoimanine with antibiotics with a different mechanism of action]

Ampicillin, kanamycin, fusidic acid and rifocin significantly increased the effect of novoimanin on Staph. aureus 209. Histon F1 and spectinomycin did not influence the effect of novoimanin. Inefficiency of novoimanin combination with histon F1 provided a supposition that their effect may be directed to the same cell structures and most probably to the membranes. This was confirmed by the data of electron microscopy. The most effective combinations were recommended for the studies on their possible clinical use.