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Jovana Jakovljević Uzelac Marina Stanić Danijela Krstić Mirjana Čolović Dragan Djurić 《Molecular and cellular biochemistry》2018,437(1-2):143-152
Accumulating evidence indicates that microRNAs are implicated in tumor initiation and progression through negatively regulating oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. In the present study, we report that the expression of miR-200a was significantly lower in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) specimens and RCC cell lines. Restoration of miR-200a suppressed cell growth, arrested cell cycle progression, and promoted cell apoptosis in RCC cell lines. We next used qRT-PCR array technology to identify Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) as one of the downregulated proteins during miR-200a overexpression in 786-O cells. Following a further assay by luciferase reporter system, SIRT1 was validated as a direct target of miR-200a. Moreover, siRNA-mediated knockdown of SIRT1 could partially phenocopy the effects of miR-200a overexpression. In contrast, overexpression of truncated SIRT1 (without an endogenous 3′-UTR) could rescue the effect of miR-200a overexpression on 786-O cells, which suggested that SIRT1 3′-UTR is targeted by miR-200a specifically. These observations provide further evidence for a critical tumor-suppressive role of the miR-200a in RCC in addition to identifying a novel regulatory mechanism, which may contribute to SIRT1 upregulation in RCC. 相似文献
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Light microscopy of native preparations, histology, and electron microscopy have revealed that Phlebotomus duboscqi belongs to a class of sand fly species with prompt development of the peritrophic matrix (PM). Secretion of electron-lucent
fibrils, presumably chitin, starts immediately after the ingestion of a blood meal and, about 6 h later, is followed by secretion
of amorphous electron-dense components, presumably proteins and glycoproteins. The PM matures in less than 12 h and consists
of a thin laminar outer layer and a thick amorphous inner layer. No differences have been found in the timing of the disintegration
of the PM in females infected with Leishmania major. In both groups of females (infected and uninfected), the disintegration of the PM is initiated at the posterior end. Although
parasites are present at high densities in the anterior part of the blood meal bolus, they escape from the PM at the posterior
end only. These results suggest that L. major chitinase does not have an important role in parasite escape from the PM. Promastigotes remain in the intraperitrophic space
until the PM is broken down by sand-fly-derived chitinases and only then migrate anteriorly. Disintegration of the PM occurs
simultaneously with the morphological transformation of parasites from procyclic forms to long nectomonads. A novel role is
ascribed to the anterior plug, a component of the PM secreted by the thoracic midgut; this plug functions as a temporary barrier
to stop the forward migration of nectomonads to the thoracic midgut.
This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (projects MSM0021620828 and LC06009). 相似文献
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Nicholas C Wong Vivek A Bhadri Jovana Maksimovic Mandy Parkinson-Bates Jane Ng Jeff M Craig Richard Saffery Richard B Lock 《BMC genomics》2014,15(1)
Background
Patient-derived tumour xenografts are an attractive model for preclinical testing of anti-cancer drugs. Insights into tumour biology and biomarkers predictive of responses to chemotherapeutic drugs can also be gained from investigating xenograft models. As a first step towards examining the equivalence of epigenetic profiles between xenografts and primary tumours in paediatric leukaemia, we performed genome-scale DNA methylation and gene expression profiling on a panel of 10 paediatric B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (BCP-ALL) tumours that were stratified by prednisolone response.Results
We found high correlations in DNA methylation and gene expression profiles between matching primary and xenograft tumour samples with Pearson’s correlation coefficients ranging between 0.85 and 0.98. In order to demonstrate the potential utility of epigenetic analyses in BCP-ALL xenografts, we identified DNA methylation biomarkers that correlated with prednisolone responsiveness of the original tumour samples. Differential methylation of CAPS2, ARHGAP21, ARX and HOXB6 were confirmed by locus specific analysis. We identified 20 genes showing an inverse relationship between DNA methylation and gene expression in association with prednisolone response. Pathway analysis of these genes implicated apoptosis, cell signalling and cell structure networks in prednisolone responsiveness.Conclusions
The findings of this study confirm the stability of epigenetic and gene expression profiles of paediatric BCP-ALL propagated in mouse xenograft models. Further, our preliminary investigation of prednisolone sensitivity highlights the utility of mouse xenograft models for preclinical development of novel drug regimens with parallel investigation of underlying gene expression and epigenetic responses associated with novel drug responses.Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-416) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献24.
Mario Novkovic Lucas Onder Jovana Cupovic Jun Abe David Bomze Viviana Cremasco Elke Scandella Jens V. Stein Gennady Bocharov Shannon J. Turley Burkhard Ludewig 《PLoS biology》2016,14(7)
Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) form the cellular scaffold of lymph nodes (LNs) and establish distinct microenvironmental niches to provide key molecules that drive innate and adaptive immune responses and control immune regulatory processes. Here, we have used a graph theory-based systems biology approach to determine topological properties and robustness of the LN FRC network in mice. We found that the FRC network exhibits an imprinted small-world topology that is fully regenerated within 4 wk after complete FRC ablation. Moreover, in silico perturbation analysis and in vivo validation revealed that LNs can tolerate a loss of approximately 50% of their FRCs without substantial impairment of immune cell recruitment, intranodal T cell migration, and dendritic cell-mediated activation of antiviral CD8+ T cells. Overall, our study reveals the high topological robustness of the FRC network and the critical role of the network integrity for the activation of adaptive immune responses. 相似文献
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Jovana Praskalo Mirjana Kostic Antje Potthast Gordana Popov Biljana Pejic Petar Skundric 《Carbohydrate polymers》2009,77(4):791-798
Cotton and lyocell fibers were oxidized with sodium hypochlorite and catalytic amount of sodium bromide and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxy radical (TEMPO), under various conditions. Water-insoluble fractions, collected after TEMPO-mediated oxidation, were analyzed and characterized in terms of weight loss, aldehyde and carboxyl contents, and sorption properties. Aldehyde and carboxyl groups were introduced into the oxidized cotton up to 0.321 and 0.795 mmol/g, and into the oxidized lyocell up to 0.634 and 0.7 mmol/g, respectively, where weight loss was generally lower than 12% for cotton and 27% for lyocell. Oxidized cotton and lyocell were shown to exhibit 1.55 and 2.28 times higher moisture sorption than the original fibers, respectively, and water retention values up to about 85% for cotton and 335% for lyocell, while iodine sorption values of oxidized fibers were lower up to 35% for cotton and up to 18% for lyocell than the original fibers. 相似文献
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Marina Kishlyansky Jovana Vojnovic Emilie Roudier Simon Decary Raynald Bergeron Olivier Birot 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2010,399(3):359-364
Vasohibin-1 (VASH-1) was recently identified as a negative feedback regulator of angiogenesis. Here, we analyzed how the expression of the two active anti-angiogenic VASH-1 isoforms p36 and p42 was altered during physiological and pathological muscle angio-adaptation. Our results showed that VASH-1 protein expression was muscle-type specific, with higher levels detected in less vascularized muscles. In rat plantaris and heart muscles, the expression of VASH-1 protein was decreased in response to exercise training, a physiological pro-angiogenic stimulus leading to muscle capillary growth. Interestingly, expression patterns for p36 and p42 were different between plantaris and heart muscles. Next, we analyzed the time-course expression of VASH-1 isoforms in rat soleus muscles subjected to hindlimb unloading, a model that induces muscle capillary regression. Both p36 and p42 isoforms were increased, a signal in favor of some vessel destabilization and regression. Finally, we investigated VASH-1 expression in plantaris muscles from Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats (ZDF) that develop obesity and type-2 diabetes associated with a loss of capillaries in skeletal muscle. VASH-1 expression was higher in sedentary ZDF rats when compared to lean animals, suggesting its potential role during capillary regression. Interestingly, a physiological VASH-1 level was efficiently restored in spontaneously active ZDF animals where muscle capillarization was preserved. In conclusion, our results bring evidence that endogenous VASH-1 isoforms p36 and p42 are key actors of physiological and pathological muscle angio-adaptation. 相似文献
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that arise from the reaction of sugars with protein side chains are supposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases; therefore, the effects of AGEs on cells are the objective of numerous investigations. Because AGE modifications are an extremely heterogeneous group of side chain modifications, the exact characterization of an AGE-modified protein is impossible. To gain a deeper understanding about AGE formation kinetics and structures, AGEs can be characterized with respect to the degree of modification, specific side chain modifications, absorbance and fluorescence characteristics, and changes in the protein structure and molecular weight. For this study, human serum albumin (HSA)-AGEs derived from different concentrations of glucose, methyl glyoxal, and glyoxylic acid were used. The molecular mass of the obtained AGEs was determined using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The mass data were compared with earlier results concerning the degree of lysine and arginine side chain modifications and AGE-specific fluorescence and absorbance data. The molecular masses were found to gradually increase with increasing concentrations of the individual modifier without reaching a plateau. The mass increase correlates very well with the AGE-specific absorbance at 360 nm and with the degree of side chain modifications. The mass spectrometric data prove, for the first time, that an increasing absorbance at 360 nm is directly correlated to a mass increase during the AGE formation process. 相似文献
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Veronika Seblova Jovana Sadlova Barbora Vojtkova Jan Votypka Simon Carpenter Paul Andrew Bates Petr Volf 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2015,9(9)
BackgroundDespite their importance in animal and human health, the epidemiology of species of the Leishmania enriettii complex remains poorly understood, including the identity of their biological vectors. Biting midges of the genus Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) have been implicated in the transmission of a member of the L. enriettii complex in Australia, but the far larger and more widespread genus Culicoides has not been investigated for the potential to include vectors to date.Conclusions/SignificanceWe demonstrate that L. enriettii can develop late stage infections in the biting midge Culicoides sonorensis. This midge was found to be susceptible to L. enriettii to a similar degree as Lutzomyia longipalpis, the vector of Leishmania infantum in South America. Our results support the hypothesis that some biting midges could be natural vectors of the L. enriettii complex because of their vector competence, although not Culicoides sonorensis itself, which is not sympatric, and midges should be assessed in the field while searching for vectors of related Leishmania species including L. martiniquensis and "L. siamensis". 相似文献