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Kessiri Kongmanas Hongbin Xu Arman Yaghoubian Laura Franchini Luigi Panza Fiamma Ronchetti Kym Faull Nongnuj Tanphaichitr 《Journal of lipid research》2010,51(12):3548-3558
Seminolipid, also known as sulfogalactosylglycerolipid (SGG), plays important roles in male reproduction. Therefore, an accurate and sensitive method for SGG quantification in testes and sperm is needed. Here we compare SGG quantitation by the traditional colorimetric Azure A assay with LC-ESI-MS/MS using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). Inclusion of deuterated SGG as the internal standard endowed accuracy to the MRM method. The results showed reasonable agreement between the two procedures for purified samples, but for crude lipid extracts, the colorimetric assay significantly overestimated the SGG content. Using ESI-MS/MS MRM, C16:0-alkyl/C16:0-acyl SGG of Cgt+/− mice was quantified to be 406.06 ± 23.63 μg/g testis and 0.13 ± 0.02 μg/million sperm, corresponding to 78% and 87% of the wild-type values, respectively. CGT (ceramide galactosyltransferase) is a critical enzyme in the SGG biosynthesis pathway. Cgt−/− males depleted of SGG are infertile due to spermatogenesis arrest. However, Cgt+/− males sire offspring. The higher than 50% expression level of SGG in Cgt+/− animals, compared with the wild-type expression, might be partly due to compensatory translation of the active CGT enzyme. The results also indicated that 78% of SGG levels in Cgt+/− mice were sufficient for normal spermatogenesis. 相似文献
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While much of the genetic variation in RNA viruses arises because of the error-prone nature of their RNA-dependent RNA polymerases, much larger changes may occur as a result of recombination. An extreme example of genetic change is found in defective interfering (DI) viral particles, where large sections of the genome of a parental virus have been deleted and the residual sub-genome fragment is replicated by complementation by co-infecting functional viruses. While most reports of DI particles have referred to studies in vitro, there is some evidence for the presence of DI particles in chronic viral infections in vivo. In this study, short fragments of dengue virus (DENV) RNA containing only key regulatory elements at the 3' and 5' ends of the genome were recovered from the sera of patients infected with any of the four DENV serotypes. Identical RNA fragments were detected in the supernatant from cultures of Aedes mosquito cells that were infected by the addition of sera from dengue patients, suggesting that the sub-genomic RNA might be transmitted between human and mosquito hosts in defective interfering (DI) viral particles. In vitro transcribed sub-genomic RNA corresponding to that detected in vivo could be packaged in virus like particles in the presence of wild type virus and transmitted for at least three passages in cell culture. DENV preparations enriched for these putative DI particles reduced the yield of wild type dengue virus following co-infections of C6-36 cells. This is the first report of DI particles in an acute arboviral infection in nature. The internal genomic deletions described here are the most extensive defects observed in DENV and may be part of a much broader disease attenuating process that is mediated by defective viruses. 相似文献
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Matthew N. Henry Michael A. MacDonald Camila A. Orellana Peter P. Gray Marianne Gillard Kym Baker Lars K. Nielsen Esteban Marcellin Stephen Mahler Verónica S. Martínez 《Biotechnology and bioengineering》2020,117(4):1187-1203
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the predominant host cell line for the production of biopharmaceuticals, a growing industry currently worth more than $188 billion USD in global sales. CHO cells undergo programmed cell death (apoptosis) following different stresses encountered in cell culture, such as substrate limitation, accumulation of toxic by-products, and mechanical shear, hindering production. Genetic engineering strategies to reduce apoptosis in CHO cells have been investigated with mixed results. In this review, a contemporary understanding of the real complexity of apoptotic mechanisms and signaling pathways is described; followed by an overview of antiapoptotic cell line engineering strategies tested so far in CHO cells. 相似文献
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Iyengar RR Lynch JK Mulhern MM Judd AS Freeman JC Gao J Souers AJ Zhao G Wodka D Doug Falls H Brodjian S Dayton BD Reilly RM Swanson S Su Z Martin RL Leitza ST Houseman KA Diaz G Collins CA Sham HL Kym PR 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2007,17(4):874-878
The optimization of potent MCHr1 antagonist 1 with respect to improving its in vitro profile by replacement of the 3,4-methylenedioxy phenyl (piperonyl) moiety led to the discovery of 19, a compound that showed excellent MCHr1 binding and functional potencies in addition to possessing superior hERG separation, CYP3A4 profile, and receptor cross-reactivity profiles. 相似文献
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John J. Vincent Yun Huang Pao-Yang Chen Suhua Feng Joseph H. Calvopiña Kevin Nee Serena A. Lee Thuc Le Alexander J. Yoon Kym Faull Guoping Fan Anjana Rao Steven E. Jacobsen Matteo Pellegrini Amander T. Clark 《Cell Stem Cell》2013,12(4):470-478
Highlights? PGCs differentiated from ESCs undergo genome-wide DNA demethylation ? Tet1 and Tet2 do not regulate genome-wide DNA demethylation in PGCs ? Tet1 and Tet2 regulate locus-specific demethylation in PGCs 相似文献
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Gibson WT Hood RL Zhan SH Bulman DE Fejes AP Moore R Mungall AJ Eydoux P Babul-Hirji R An J Marra MA;FORGE Canada Consortium Chitayat D Boycott KM Weaver DD Jones SJ 《American journal of human genetics》2012,90(1):110-118
We used trio-based whole-exome sequencing to analyze two families affected by Weaver syndrome, including one of the original families reported in 1974. Filtering of rare variants in the affected probands against the parental variants identified two different de novo mutations in the enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2). Sanger sequencing of EZH2 in a third classically-affected proband identified a third de novo mutation in this gene. These data show that mutations in EZH2 cause Weaver syndrome. 相似文献
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Coq3 and Coq4 define a polypeptide complex in yeast mitochondria for the biosynthesis of coenzyme Q 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Marbois B Gin P Faull KF Poon WW Lee PT Strahan J Shepherd JN Clarke CF 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2005,280(21):20231-20238
Coenzyme Q (Q) is a redox active lipid essential for aerobic respiration in eukaryotes. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae at least eight mitochondrial polypeptides, designated Coq1-Coq8, are required for Q biosynthesis. Here we present physical evidence for a coenzyme Q-biosynthetic polypeptide complex in isolated mitochondria. Separation of digitonin-solubilized mitochondrial extracts in one- and two-dimensional Blue Native PAGE analyses shows that Coq3 and Coq4 polypeptides co-migrate as high molecular mass complexes. Similarly, gel filtration chromatography shows that Coq1p, Coq3p, Coq4p, Coq5p, and Coq6p elute in fractions higher than expected for their respective subunit molecular masses. Coq3p, Coq4p, and Coq6p coelute with an apparent molecular mass exceeding 700 kDa. Coq3 O-methyltransferase activity, a surrogate for Q biosynthesis and complex activity, also elutes at this high molecular mass. We have determined the quinone content in lipid extracts of gel filtration fractions by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and find that demethoxy-Q(6) is enriched in fractions with Coq3p. Co-precipitation of biotinylated-Coq3 and Coq4 polypeptide from digitonin-solubilized mitochondrial extracts shows their physical association. This study identifies Coq3p and Coq4p as defining members of a Q-biosynthetic Coq polypeptide complex. 相似文献
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Vasudevan A Verzal MK Wodka D Souers AJ Blackburn C Che JL Lai S Brodjian S Falls DH Dayton BD Govek E Daniels T Geddes B Marsh KC Hernandez LE Collins CA Kym PR 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2005,15(14):3412-3416
The identification of a novel series of benzamide-containing MCHr1 antagonists is described. Compound 22 displayed moderate efficacy in a diet induced obesity mice model. 相似文献
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Kym T. Collins John M. Terhune † Tracey L. Rogers ‡ Kathryn E. Wheatley § Robert G. Harcourt ¶ 《Marine Mammal Science》2006,22(4):933-951
As a result of selective pressures faced during lactation, vocal recognition may play a crucial role in maintaining the phocid mother–pup bond during the period of dependence. To investigate this possibility, we examined whether Weddell seal ( Leptonychotes weddellii ) pups produce individually distinctive "primary" calls. One temporal, nine fundamental frequency features, and two spectral characteristics were measured. A discriminant function analysis (DFA) of 15 Vestfold Hills pups correctly classified 52% of calls, while the cross-validation procedure classified 29% of calls to the correct pup. A second DFA of 10 known-age McMurdo Sound pups correctly classified 44% of "test" calls. For novel calls, the probabilities of attaining such classification rates by chance are low. The relationship between age and call stereotypy indicated that pups 2 wk and older may be more vocally distinctive. Overall, findings suggest that Weddell seal pup "primary" calls are moderately distinctive and only exhibit sufficient stereotypy to aid maternal recognition by approximately two weeks of age. 相似文献
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Faull Kym F. Rafie Ramin Pascoe Nina Marsh Laura Pfefferbaum Adolf 《Neurochemical research》1999,24(10):1249-1261
N-Acetylaspartic and N-acetylaspartylglutamic acid concentrations in human ventricular, subarachnoid and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid were measured by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using selected ion monitoring with deuterated internal standards. N-Acetylaspartate concentrations were in the range 55, 9, and 1 M, respectively; N-acetylaspartylglutamate concentrations in the same fluids were in the range 8, 3 and 4 M, respectively. There did not appear to be any difference in lumbar fluid concentrations of either compound between control subjects, schizophrenic patients, Alzheimer's disease patients and a pooled group of patients with neurological degeneration. Ventricular concentrations of both compounds were greatly increased in deceased patients suggesting that maintenance of their intracellular concentrations is probably energy dependent. The concentrations of these compounds in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid from living, and ventricular cerebrospinal fluid from deceased subjects were weakly correlated with one another. In lumbar fluid neither compound appeared to be correlated with age. Analysis of serially collected lumbar samples from two subjects showed a weak concentration gradient for both compounds. Neither antipsychotic medication nor the acid transport inhibitor probenecid had any effect on lumbar concentrations of either compound. Attempts to use anion exchange high pressure liquid chromatography with UV detection for measurement of the low concentrations of N-acetylaspartate found in cerebrospinal fluid from living subjects were unsuccessful. 相似文献