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Comparative vaccine studies in HLA-A2.1-transgenic mice reveal a clustered organization of epitopes presented in hepatitis C virus natural infection 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4 下载免费PDF全文
Himoudi N Abraham JD Fournillier A Lone YC Joubert A Op De Beeck A Freida D Lemonnier F Kieny MP Inchauspé G 《Journal of virology》2002,76(24):12735-12746
A polyepitopic CD8(+)-T-cell response is thought to be critical for control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Using transgenic mice, we analyzed the immunogenicity and dominance of most known HLA-A2.1 epitopes presented during infection by using vaccines that carry the potential to enter clinical trials: peptides, DNA, and recombinant adenoviruses. The vaccines capacity to induce specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and interferon gamma-producing cells revealed that immunogenic epitopes are clustered in specific antigens. For two key antigens, flanking regions were shown to greatly enhance the scope of epitope recognition, whereas a DNA-adenovirus prime-boost vaccination strategy augmented epitope immunogenicity, even that of subdominant ones. The present study reveals a clustered organization of HCV immunogenic HLA.A2.1 epitopes and strategies to modulate their dominance. 相似文献
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Role of UEV-1, an Inactive Variant of the E2 UbiquitinConjugating Enzymes, in In Vitro Differentiation and Cell Cycle Behavior of HT-29-M6 Intestinal Mucosecretory Cells 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1 下载免费PDF全文
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Masmoudi Raja Rival Alain Nato Aimé Lavergne Danièle Drira Nourredine Ducreux Georges 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》1999,57(2):139-143
While describing major trends of carbon metabolism during the initiation and expression of somatic embryogenesis in date palm
(Phoenix dactylifera L., cv. Deglet Nour), we have investigated the role of two carboxylases, namely PEPC (Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxylase, EC 4.1.1.31) and RubisCO (Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, EC 4.1.1.39), in embryogenic and non-embryogenic
cultures. The detection of PEPC activity on polyacrylamide native gels after electrophoresis revealed the presence of 3 active
isoforms in crude extracts from the embryogenic (E) callus strain, whereas only a single band was present in the non-embryogenic
(NE) one. The level of PEPC specific capacity was of the same order (3.9 ± 1.2 μmol CO2 h−1 mg−1 TSP) in both types of cultures. Further changes in carboxylase (PEPC and RubisCO) activities during the growth and development
of somatic embryo–derived plantlets were also analysed. The PEPC/RubisCO ratio was found to progressively decrease (from 17.7
to 0.2) throughout the in vitro development of plantlets, due to a substantial depletion of PEPC activity, which decreased
from 5.3 to 1.2 μmol CO2 h−1 mg−1 TSP. Concomitantly, RubisCO assumed greater importance (from 0.3 to 5.3 μmol CO2 h−1 mg−1
TSP
) and became the main route for inorganic carbon fixation. Western blot analysis using polyclonal antibodies raised against
PEPC and RubisCO purified from tobacco leaves confirmed this trend in terms of relative enzyme abundance.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Christine Perret Nourredine Lomri Monique Thomasset 《Journal of molecular evolution》1988,27(4):351-364
Summary The evolutionary history of the intracellular calcium-binding protein superfamily is well documented. The members of this gene family are all believed to be derived from a common ancestor, which, itself, was the product of two successive gene duplications. In this study, we have compared and analyzed the structures of the recently described genes coding for these proteins. We propose a series of evolutionary events, which include exon shuffling and intron insertion, that could account for the evolutionary origin of all the members of this super-family. According to this hypothesis, the ancestral gene, a product of two successive duplications, consisted of at least four exons. Each exon coding for a peptide (a calcium-binding domain) was separated by an intron that had mediated the duplication. Each distinct lineage evolved from this ancestor by genomic rearrangement, with insertion of introns being a prominent feature. 相似文献
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Nadjia Bensouilah Hassina Fisli Nabila Dhaoui Nourredine Benali‐Cherif Mohamed Abdaoui 《Luminescence》2013,28(1):30-37
The structure of N‐nitroso, N‐(2‐chloroethyl), N′,N′‐dibenzylsulfamid (CENS) was established by X‐ray crystallography. The atomic coordinates, factors of isotropic thermal agitation, bond lengths and valence angles were determined. The solvent effects on the electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra of CENS were investigated at room temperature. The effects of solvent polarity and of hydrogen bonding were interpreted by means of linear solvation energy relationships (LSERs). Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the hydrogen donation properties of the solvent play an important role in determining the position of the absorption maximum, while the classical polarity of the medium is the only dominating parameter in determining the emission maximum and the Stokes' shift. Complexation of the investigated compound by two different transition metal ions was studied. Fluorescence measurements show that fluorescence quenching by cobalt(II) is more important than that by copper(II). This phenomenon can be attributed to good stereo‐structural matching between the electronic configuration of the Co2+ ion and the active site distribution of CENS in aqueous solution. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Himoudi N Nabarro S Yan M Gilmour K Thrasher AJ Anderson J 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》2007,56(9):1381-1395
PAX3 is overexpressed in several human cancers and is absent from normal adult human tissues. It is known to have an oncogenic function in human malignancy, and is therefore a promising target for cancer immunotherapy. We screened the murine and human PAX3 amino acid sequences for peptides that bind common MHC class I types, and identified murine GVFINGRPL and human KLTEARVQV sequences. Mice immunised with either a selected PAX3 peptide, or with a PAX3 expressing DNA vector, developed specific anti-PAX3 immune responses that inhibited tumour growth. The intensity of the immune response was significantly enhanced by pulsing of the peptide onto dendritic cells. Anti-PAX3 T cell lines were established from splenocytes of immunised mice. Intravenous administration of anti-PAX3 T cells caused regression of established tumours indicating a promising clinical application for anti-PAX3 immunotherapy. The human peptide stimulated growth of similar T cell lines from peripheral blood of three out of three normal human blood donors. These showed specific cytotoxicity against a range of human PAX3+ and HLA-A2+ cancer cell lines. Moreover, an anti-PAX3 response was detected as a component of the anti-tumour immune response in a patient treated with lysate pulsed dendritic cell vaccination. The ability to generate strong and specific anti PAX3 immune responses from the T cell repertoire in both mice and humans, provides evidence for PAX3 as a promising target for immunotherapy of cancer. 相似文献
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Amina Dhieb Amine Elleuch Walid Kriaa Faiza Masmoudi Nourredine Drira 《Genes & genomics.》2012,34(6):599-608
The rpoA gene coding for the ??-subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase located in the chloroplastic genome of date palm has been characterized from the elite cultivar Deglet Nour by cloning and sequencing of the PCR amplification product. The full length of rpoA-Pd (Phoenix dactylifera) gene was 1014 bp. The comparison in Genbank showed that the rpoA gene has a 100% homology with the Khalas cultivar of date palm and a strong homology with Oil Palm (99%). The deduced protein full length is 337 amino acid corresponding to 38,692 Da polypeptide. It contained an Alpha N-terminal domain (alpha-NTD) between 1 to 233 (aa) and Alpha C-terminal domain (alpha-CTD) between 266 to 337 (aa). Initially, we have compared the sequences of the full-length DNA rpoA gene from Date Palm and Oil palm, 15 mutations have been detected, 4 do not affect amino acid sequences. A multiple alignment of protein sequences of Date Palm and other plants shows 6 mutations specific for palms family and one is specific to monocots species. A multiple alignment of 35 nucleotide sequences from different plant species shows 3 SNPs specific to Date Palm, 6 SNPs specific to Palms family and 6 other to monocot species. The phylogenetic analysis performed in this work shows a strong similarity between Pd-rpoA and rpoA genes from other plant species, but it shows a great divergence with the rpoA of E. coli. To explain whether the separation of the two clades was due to selection pressure. We calculate the ratio Ka/Ks for different species. A synteny analyses of rpoA genes was effected, a high genomic synteny is observed for the ropA in all the species included in this study. 相似文献
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Himoudi N Yan M Papanastasiou A Anderson J 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》2008,57(5):693-700
MYCN is a potential target for cancer immunotherapy by virtue of its overexpression in numerous human malignancies and its
functional role in tumour progression. Here we show limited expression of MYCN in normal human tissues indicating that anti-MYCN
immune responses are unlikely to cross react with self tissues. An HLA-A2 restricted ten amino acid peptide epitope from MYCN,
VILKKATEYV, was used to stimulate cytotoxic T cell lines from the peripheral blood of normal blood donors, and from a patient
with MYCN amplified neuroblastoma. Strong and specific activity was seen against each MYCN overexpressing cell line and against
autologous tumour cells. We generated two CTL clones capable of killing cells pulsed with as low as 0.5 nM of VIL peptide.
Therefore strong and specific immune responses against MYCN expressing tumours are possible in patients with the most common
HLA class 1 type in the Caucasian population. 相似文献
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Jordan JJ Menendez D Inga A Noureddine M Nourredine M Bell DA Bell D Resnick MA 《PLoS genetics》2008,4(6):e1000104
Sequence-specific binding by the human p53 master regulator is critical to its tumor suppressor activity in response to environmental stresses. p53 binds as a tetramer to two decameric half-sites separated by 0-13 nucleotides (nt), originally defined by the consensus RRRCWWGYYY (n = 0-13) RRRCWWGYYY. To better understand the role of sequence, organization, and level of p53 on transactivation at target response elements (REs) by wild type (WT) and mutant p53, we deconstructed the functional p53 canonical consensus sequence using budding yeast and human cell systems. Contrary to early reports on binding in vitro, small increases in distance between decamer half-sites greatly reduces p53 transactivation, as demonstrated for the natural TIGER RE. This was confirmed with human cell extracts using a newly developed, semi-in vitro microsphere binding assay. These results contrast with the synergistic increase in transactivation from a pair of weak, full-site REs in the MDM2 promoter that are separated by an evolutionary conserved 17 bp spacer. Surprisingly, there can be substantial transactivation at noncanonical (1/2)-(a single decamer) and (3/4)-sites, some of which were originally classified as biologically relevant canonical consensus sequences including PIDD and Apaf-1. p53 family members p63 and p73 yielded similar results. Efficient transactivation from noncanonical elements requires tetrameric p53, and the presence of the carboxy terminal, non-specific DNA binding domain enhanced transactivation from noncanonical sequences. Our findings demonstrate that RE sequence, organization, and level of p53 can strongly impact p53-mediated transactivation, thereby changing the view of what constitutes a functional p53 target. Importantly, inclusion of (1/2)- and (3/4)-site REs greatly expands the p53 master regulatory network. 相似文献