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Darya Habibi Reza B. Jalili Farshad Forouzandeh Christopher J. Ong Aziz Ghahary 《Journal of cellular physiology》2010,225(1):196-205
Indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase (IDO), a tryptophan degrading enzyme, is a potent immunomodulatory factor. IDO expression in fibroblasts selectively induces apoptosis in immune cells but not in primary skin cells. However, the mechanism(s) of this selective effect of IDO‐induced low tryptophan environment is not elucidated. The aim of present study was to investigate whether the activity of general control non‐derepressible‐2(GCN2) kinase stress‐responsive pathway and its known inhibitor, protein IMPACT homolog, in immune and skin cells are differentially regulated in response to IDO‐induced low tryptophan environment. IDO‐expressing human fibroblasts were co‐cultured with Jurkat cells, human T cells, fibroblasts, or keratinocytes. Activation of GCN2 pathway was significantly higher in immune cells exposed to IDO‐expressing environment relative to that of skin cells. In contrast, IMPACT was highly and constitutively expressed in skin cells while its expression was very low in stimulated T cells and undetectable in Jurkat cells. A significant IDO‐induced suppressive as well as apoptotic effect was demonstrated in IMPACT knocked down fibroblasts co‐cultured with IDO‐expressing fibroblasts. Proliferation of Jurkat cells, stably transduced with IMPACT‐expressing vector, was rescued significantly in tryptophan‐deficient but not IDO‐expressing environment. This may be due to the ability of IMPACT to recover the effects of IDO‐mediated tryptophan depletion (GCN2 dependent) but not the effects of IDO‐generated cytotoxic metabolites. These findings collectively suggest for the first time that high expression of protein IMPACT homolog in non‐immune cells such as skin cells acts as a protective mechanism against IDO‐induced GCN2 activation, therefore, makes them resistant to the amino acid‐deprived environment caused by IDO. J. Cell. Physiol. 225: 196–205, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. 相似文献
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In Type 2 diabetes, increased glycogenolysis contributes to the hyperglycaemic state, therefore the inhibition of GP (glycogen phosphorylase), a key glycogenolytic enzyme, is one of the possibilities to lower plasma glucose levels. Following this strategy, a number of GPis (GP inhibitors) have been described. However, certain critical issues are associated with their mode of action, e.g. an impairment of muscle function. The interaction between GP and the liver glycogen targeting subunit (termed G(L)) of PP1 (protein phosphatase 1) has emerged as a new potential anti-diabetic target, as the disruption of this interaction should increase glycogen synthesis, potentially providing an alternative approach to counteract the enhanced glycogenolysis without inhibiting GP activity. We identified an inhibitor of the G(L)-GP interaction (termed G(L)-GPi) and characterized its mechanism of action in comparison with direct GPis. In primary rat hepatocytes, at elevated glucose levels, the G(L)-GPi increased glycogen synthesis similarly to direct GPis. Direct GPis significantly reduced the cellular GP activity, caused a dephosphorylation of the enzyme and decreased the amounts of GP in the glycogen-enriched fraction; the G(L)-GPi did not influence any of these parameters. Both mechanisms increased glycogen accumulation at elevated glucose levels. However, at low glucose levels, only direct GPis led to increased glycogen amounts, whereas the G(L)-GPi allowed the mobilization of glycogen because it did not block the activity of GP. Due to this characteristic, G(L)-GPi in comparison with GPis could offer an advantageous risk/benefit profile circumventing the potential downsides of a complete prevention of glycogen breakdown while retaining glucose-lowering efficacy, suggesting that inhibition of the G(L)-GP interaction may provide an attractive novel approach for rebalancing the disturbed glycogen metabolism in diabetic patients. 相似文献
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Boundaries of loop domains (insulators): Determinants of chromosome form and function in multicellular eukaryotes 下载免费PDF全文
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Darya Anderson James D. Ford Robert G. Way 《Human ecology: an interdisciplinary journal》2018,46(6):849-863
The traditional subsistence activities of Indigenous communities in Canada’s subarctic are being affected by the impacts of climate change, compounding the effects of social, economic and political changes. Most research has focused on hunting and fishing activities, overlooking berry picking as an important socio-cultural activity and contributor to the diversity of food systems. We examined the vulnerability of cloudberry (referred to as ‘bakeapple’ consistent with local terminology) picking to environmental changes in the community of Cartwright, Labrador using semi-structured interviews (n =?18), field surveys, and satellite imagery. We identified the components of vulnerability including: the environmental changes affecting the abundance, quality, and ripening time of bakeapples (i.e., exposure), the characteristics of the community that affect how these changes have local impacts (i.e., sensitivity), and the ways in which the community is responding to environmental changes (i.e., adaptive capacity). Our results confirm that environmental changes related to permafrost, vegetation, and water have occurred at the bakeapple picking grounds with observed impacts on bakeapples. It is becoming increasingly difficult for bakeapple pickers to respond to variable growth as in the past because of changes in summer settlement patterns that place families farther from their bakeapple patches. We conclude that harvesters in Cartwright have high adaptive capacity to respond to environmental changes due to their knowledge of their bakeapple patches, and at present, socioeconomic changes have had a greater impact than environmental changes on their harvesting capacity. 相似文献
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Arifa Sosan Dimitri Svistunenko Darya Straltsova Katsiaryna Tsiurkina Igor Smolich Tracy Lawson Sunitha Subramaniam Vladimir Golovko David Anderson Anatoliy Sokolik Ian Colbeck Vadim Demidchik 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2016,85(2):245-257
Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) are the world's most important nanomaterial and nanotoxicant. The aim of this study was to determine the early stages of interactions between Ag NPs and plant cells, and to investigate their physiological roles. We have shown that the addition of Ag NPs to cultivation medium, at levels above 300 mg L?1, inhibited Arabidopsis thaliana root elongation and leaf expansion. This also resulted in decreased photosynthetic efficiency and the extreme accumulation of Ag in tissues. Acute application of Ag NPs induced a transient elevation of [Ca2+]cyt and the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS; partially generated by NADPH oxidase). Whole‐cell patch‐clamp measurements on root cell protoplasts demonstrated that Ag NPs slightly inhibited plasma membrane K+ efflux and Ca2+ influx currents, or caused membrane breakdown; however, in excised outside‐out patches, Ag NPs activated Gd3+‐sensitive Ca2+ influx channels with unitary conductance of approximately 56 pS. Bulk particles did not modify the plasma membrane currents. Tests with electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy showed that Ag NPs were not able to catalyse hydroxyl radical generation, but that they directly oxidized the major plant antioxidant, l ‐ascorbic acid. Overall, the data presented shed light on mechanisms of the impact of nanosilver on plant cells, and show that these include the induction of classical stress signalling reactions (mediated by [Ca2+]cyt and ROS) and a specific effect on the plasma membrane conductance and the reduced ascorbate. 相似文献
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Kevin K. Lin Vivek Kumar Mikhail Geyfman Darya Chudova Alexander T. Ihler Padhraic Smyth Ralf Paus Joseph S. Takahashi Bogi Andersen 《PLoS genetics》2009,5(7)
Hair follicles undergo recurrent cycling of controlled growth (anagen), regression (catagen), and relative quiescence (telogen) with a defined periodicity. Taking a genomics approach to study gene expression during synchronized mouse hair follicle cycling, we discovered that, in addition to circadian fluctuation, CLOCK–regulated genes are also modulated in phase with the hair growth cycle. During telogen and early anagen, circadian clock genes are prominently expressed in the secondary hair germ, which contains precursor cells for the growing follicle. Analysis of Clock and Bmal1 mutant mice reveals a delay in anagen progression, and the secondary hair germ cells show decreased levels of phosphorylated Rb and lack mitotic cells, suggesting that circadian clock genes regulate anagen progression via their effect on the cell cycle. Consistent with a block at the G1 phase of the cell cycle, we show a significant upregulation of p21 in Bmal1 mutant skin. While circadian clock mechanisms have been implicated in a variety of diurnal biological processes, our findings indicate that circadian clock genes may be utilized to modulate the progression of non-diurnal cyclic processes. 相似文献
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