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Sabine Herzog Sonal Nagarkar Jaiswal Evelin Urban Anna Riemer Sina Fischer Stefan K. Heidmann 《PLoS genetics》2013,9(4)
The heteropentameric condensin complexes have been shown to participate in mitotic chromosome condensation and to be required for unperturbed chromatid segregation in nuclear divisions. Vertebrates have two condensin complexes, condensin I and condensin II, which contain the same structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) subunits SMC2 and SMC4, but differ in their composition of non–SMC subunits. While a clear biochemical and functional distinction between condensin I and condensin II has been established in vertebrates, the situation in Drosophila melanogaster is less defined. Since Drosophila lacks a clear homolog for the condensin II–specific subunit Cap-G2, the condensin I subunit Cap-G has been hypothesized to be part of both complexes. In vivo microscopy revealed that a functional Cap-G-EGFP variant shows a distinct nuclear enrichment during interphase, which is reminiscent of condensin II localization in vertebrates and contrasts with the cytoplasmic enrichment observed for the other EGFP-fused condensin I subunits. However, we show that this nuclear localization is dispensable for Cap-G chromatin association, for its assembly into the condensin I complex and, importantly, for development into a viable and fertile adult animal. Immunoprecipitation analyses and complex formation studies provide evidence that Cap-G does not associate with condensin II–specific subunits, while it can be readily detected in complexes with condensin I–specific proteins in vitro and in vivo. Mass-spectrometric analyses of proteins associated with the condensin II–specific subunit Cap-H2 not only fail to identify Cap-G but also the other known condensin II–specific homolog Cap-D3. As condensin II–specific subunits are also not found associated with SMC2, our results question the existence of a soluble condensin II complex in Drosophila. 相似文献
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The bacterial loads of air, surfaces, and personnel in clean rooms are routinely monitored using a set of standard media. Bacteria that can grow on these media are a tiny fraction of the total numbers in any environment. A substantial proportion of bacteria long thought to be unculturable were recently shown to be oligophilic. Oligophile counts in clean rooms in our studies exceeded the standard plate counts by up to 2 orders of magnitude. They responded to disinfection routines in ways similar to the responses of conventional bacteria. We suggest that oligophiles are better tools than conventional bacteria for environmental monitoring in aseptic pharmaceutical production units. 相似文献
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AIMS: To determine the amino acid requirement and utilization pattern of Corynebacterium diphtheriae during growth and toxin production. METHODS AND RESULTS: Comparing across different batches of beef-based media, the growth and toxin yield were correlated significantly with nine of the amino acids. The amino acid utilization pattern during growth of C. diphtheriae further showed that only four of the nine amino acids, namely cystine, histidine, aspartate and methionine, were critical for growth of the vaccine strain. Further investigations using synthetic media with combinations of amino acid supplements demonstrated that among the four, cystine was the most growth limiting. CONCLUSIONS: Only certain amino acids are critical for growth and toxin production by C. diphtheriae, cystine being the single most important. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMAPCT OF THE STUDY: Owing to the potential threat from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a need is recognized by vaccine manufacturers to substitute beef-based production media. An understanding of the specific amino acid requirements would help to develop and optimize alternative production media. 相似文献
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Xuejun Tian Upasana Gala Yongping Zhang Weina Shang Sonal Nagarkar Jaiswal Alberto di Ronza Manish Jaiswal Shinya Yamamoto Hector Sandoval Lita Duraine Marco Sardiello Roy V. Sillitoe Kartik Venkatachalam Hengyu Fan Hugo J. Bellen Chao Tong 《PLoS biology》2015,13(3)
Autophagy helps deliver sequestered intracellular cargo to lysosomes for proteolytic degradation and thereby maintains cellular homeostasis by preventing accumulation of toxic substances in cells. In a forward mosaic screen in Drosophila designed to identify genes required for neuronal function and maintenance, we identified multiple cacophony (cac) mutant alleles. They exhibit an age-dependent accumulation of autophagic vacuoles (AVs) in photoreceptor terminals and eventually a degeneration of the terminals and surrounding glia. cac encodes an α1 subunit of a Drosophila voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) that is required for synaptic vesicle fusion with the plasma membrane and neurotransmitter release. Here, we show that cac mutant photoreceptor terminals accumulate AV-lysosomal fusion intermediates, suggesting that Cac is necessary for the fusion of AVs with lysosomes, a poorly defined process. Loss of another subunit of the VGCC, α2δ or straightjacket (stj), causes phenotypes very similar to those caused by the loss of cac, indicating that the VGCC is required for AV-lysosomal fusion. The role of VGCC in AV-lysosomal fusion is evolutionarily conserved, as the loss of the mouse homologues, Cacna1a and Cacna2d2, also leads to autophagic defects in mice. Moreover, we find that CACNA1A is localized to the lysosomes and that loss of lysosomal Cacna1a in cerebellar cultured neurons leads to a failure of lysosomes to fuse with endosomes and autophagosomes. Finally, we show that the lysosomal CACNA1A but not the plasma-membrane resident CACNA1A is required for lysosomal fusion. In summary, we present a model in which the VGCC plays a role in autophagy by regulating the fusion of AVs with lysosomes through its calcium channel activity and hence functions in maintaining neuronal homeostasis. 相似文献
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Mattson BJ Bossert JM Simmons DE Nozaki N Nagarkar D Kreuter JD Hope BT 《Journal of neurochemistry》2005,95(5):1481-1494
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Hydrobiologia - Hong Kong rocky shores are dominated by cyanobacterial biofilms composed of a diversity of species. Thirteen common species, belonging to seven genera, were isolated in pure culture... 相似文献
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S. Bhattacharyya S. N. Das A. B. Dey K. Nagarkar J. Lobo S. K. Kapoor H. K. Prasad 《Journal of biosciences》1997,22(1):99-109
Interferon-(IFN-γ) has been considered to be a critical protective immunomodulatory component against
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb.) infection. In this study T-cell proliferation and IFN-γ production upon stimulation with M. tb. were assessed in
patients of pulmonary tuberculosis and healthy contacts. The studies were based on lymphocyte transformation test and detection
of intracellular IFN-γ production by CD4 + ve T-cells by flowcytometry. Patients showed lower levels of proliferation, the
stimulation index being in the range of 2.17 1.1 (mean + SD) compared to the contacts (SI = 4 59±1.6) (P < 0.01). The kinetics
of intracellular induction of IFN-γ on M. tb. stimulation showed a proportional increase in the CD4 + ve T-cell population.
The increase was maximal between 96–120 h of culture. In healthy contacts the number of IFN-γ expressing CD + ve T-cells increased
to 2.5 to 41 × 104 cells/ml in M. tb. stimulated cultures compared to control cultures (0.1 – 15 × 104). In contrast patients showed no/marginal increase in CD4 + ve T-cell population expressing intracellular IFN-γ Thus the
lack of induction of IFN in CD4 + ve T-cells in patients could be a critical shortcoming in their ability to combat tubercle
bacilli infection. 相似文献
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Wang Q Miller DJ Bowman ER Nagarkar DR Schneider D Zhao Y Linn MJ Goldsmith AM Bentley JK Sajjan US Hershenson MB 《PLoS pathogens》2011,7(5):e1002070
Rhinovirus (RV), a single-stranded RNA picornavirus, is the most frequent cause of asthma exacerbations. We previously demonstrated in human bronchial epithelial cells that melanoma differentiation-associated gene (MDA)-5 and the adaptor protein for Toll-like receptor (TLR)-3 are each required for maximal RV1B-induced interferon (IFN) responses. However, in vivo, the overall airway response to viral infection likely represents a coordinated response integrating both antiviral and pro-inflammatory pathways. We examined the airway responses of MDA5- and TLR3-deficient mice to infection with RV1B, a minor group virus which replicates in mouse lungs. MDA5 null mice showed a delayed type I IFN and attenuated type III IFN response to RV1B infection, leading to a transient increase in viral titer. TLR3 null mice showed normal IFN responses and unchanged viral titers. Further, RV-infected MDA5 and TLR3 null mice showed reduced lung inflammatory responses and reduced airways responsiveness. Finally, RV-infected MDA5 null mice with allergic airways disease showed lower viral titers despite deficient IFN responses, and allergic MDA5 and TLR3 null mice each showed decreased RV-induced airway inflammatory and contractile responses. These results suggest that, in the context of RV infection, binding of viral dsRNA to MDA5 and TLR3 initiates pro-inflammatory signaling pathways leading to airways inflammation and hyperresponsiveness. 相似文献
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Oligophilic Bacteria as Tools To Monitor Aseptic Pharmaceutical Production Units 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2 下载免费PDF全文
The bacterial loads of air, surfaces, and personnel in clean rooms are routinely monitored using a set of standard media. Bacteria that can grow on these media are a tiny fraction of the total numbers in any environment. A substantial proportion of bacteria long thought to be unculturable were recently shown to be oligophilic. Oligophile counts in clean rooms in our studies exceeded the standard plate counts by up to 2 orders of magnitude. They responded to disinfection routines in ways similar to the responses of conventional bacteria. We suggest that oligophiles are better tools than conventional bacteria for environmental monitoring in aseptic pharmaceutical production units. 相似文献