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Smooth muscle actin expression during P19 embryonal carcinoma differentiation in cell culture 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
M A Rudnicki N M Sawtell K R Reuhl R Berg J C Craig K Jardine J L Lessard M W McBurney 《Journal of cellular physiology》1990,142(1):89-98
P19 embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells can be induced in vitro to differentiate into cells resembling those normally formed in the embryo. Among these cell types is one whose morphology is fibroblast-like. Using indirect immunofluorescence and Western blot analysis with antibodies directed against various isoforms of actin, many of these fibroblast-like cells were found to express smooth muscle actin isoforms. Northern blot analysis of RNA indicated the presence of a smooth muscle-specific isoform of myosin heavy-chain mRNA in immortal lines of these fibroblast-like cells. These results suggest that these fibroblast-like cells resemble fetal myofibroblastic or myoepithelial cells, which have a wide distribution during embryonic development. 相似文献
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Glucocorticoid enhances surfactant proteolipid Phe and pVal synthesis and RNA in fetal lung 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
J A Whitsett T E Weaver J C Clark N Sawtell S W Glasser T R Korfhagen W M Hull 《The Journal of biological chemistry》1987,262(32):15618-15623
Two newly described surfactant proteolipids (SPL), Phe and pVal, are produced by proteolytic processing of distinct precursors of Mr = 40,000 and 22,000, respectively. These proteins are structurally related and intimately associated with surfactant phospholipids. We now demonstrate the expression of both SPL(Phe) and SPL(pVal) in explants of human fetal lung from 16-24 weeks of gestation. Content, synthesis, and mRNA for the proteolipids were low prior to organ culture of fetal lung. Induction of synthesis of the proteolipids occurred rapidly in explant culture in the absence of exogenous hormones and was enhanced by addition of dexamethasone. Increased synthesis of the proteolipids was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and by [35S]methionine incorporation into the glycosylated Mr = 40,000-43,000 SPL (Phe) precursor. The response to dexamethasone occurred rapidly and contrasted with effects of dexamethasone on the expression of surfactant-associated protein- (SAP) 35, a distinct surfactant glycoprotein. 8-Br-cAMP did not significantly increase proteolipid content but markedly increased synthesis of SAP-35 in identical cultures. Increased proteolipid content was associated with increased mRNA for each protein as determined by the Northern blot analysis. Proteolipid RNA was also increased by 8-Br-cAMP, however, not to the extent observed with the glucocorticoid. Immunohistochemical analysis of fetal lung with anti-proteolipid antiserum confirmed that the dexamethasone-enhanced synthesis of the proteins by Type II epithelial cells. The time and hormone dependence of the regulation of expression of both SPL(Phe) and SPL(pVal) precursors were distinct from that of SAP-35. Expression of the surfactant proteolipids increased during explant culture of human fetal lung and was further enhanced by glucocorticoid. Developmental and hormonal regulation of the surfactant proteolipids may be important factors in surfactant function at birth. 相似文献
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Two novel gene orders and the role of light-strand replication in rearrangement of the vertebrate mitochondrial genome 总被引:22,自引:8,他引:14
Macey JR; Larson A; Ananjeva NB; Fang Z; Papenfuss TJ 《Molecular biology and evolution》1997,14(1):91-104
Two novel mitochondrial gene arrangements are identified in an agamid
lizard and a ranid frog. Statistical tests incorporating phylogeny indicate
a link between novel vertebrate mitochondrial gene orders and movement of
the origin of light-strand replication. A mechanism involving errors in
light-strand replication and tandem duplication of genes is proposed for
rearrangement of vertebrate mitochondrial genes. A second mechanism
involving small direct repeats also is identified. These mechanisms
implicate gene order as a reliable phylogenetic character. Shifts in gene
order define major lineages without evidence of parallelism or reversal.
The loss of the origin of light-strand replication from its typical
vertebrate position evolves in parallel and, therefore, is a less reliable
phylogenetic character. Gene junctions also evolve in parallel. Sequencing
across multigenic regions, in particular transfer RNA genes, should be a
major focus of future systematic studies to locate novel gene orders and to
provide a better understanding of the evolution of the vertebrate
mitochondrial genome.
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Actin has evolved from a single protein into a family of more than six distinct isoforms in mammals. Based on amino acid sequence data, actins segregate into two major classes, the "cytoplasmic" or nonmuscle actins, present in all animals, and the "a-" or muscle actins, a group restricted to vertebrate muscle. We have recently identified two unique actin isoforms in rat intestinal brush border which combine features of these two classes. The amino terminal regions of these actins indicate that they are of a cytoplasmic type and yet the carboxy terminal regions contain an epitope (defined by Mab HUC 1-1) which, among mammalian actins, is restricted to the muscle isoforms. We report here that in addition to the rat, all species thus far examined which have an intestinal "brush border" express actins containing the HUC 1-1 epitope in this region. Furthermore, we show that the actins present in the muscle tissue of nonvertebrate eumetazoans, which are all of the cytoplasmic type, also contain this epitope. Thus these findings suggest that the HUC 1-1 epitope appeared early on a subset of cytoplasmic-type actins and was retained among actins expressed in muscle tissue throughout the evolutionary divergence of these cytoplasmic-type actins to the "a-" muscle actins. 相似文献
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In cell suspension of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans B-1388, oxidation of CO as the only energy source is associated with reduction of SO42-. After a 2-h incubation of cells in 8% CO, 81% of the gas is converted. Oxidation of 1 mole CO results in formation of 0.23 mole H2S. Intracellular ATP content increases from 2.5 (control) to 8.3 nmoles/mg (during CO conversion). Dinitrophenol inhibits sulfate reduction and CO oxidation. CO dehydrogenase was detected in cytoplasmic and membrane cell fractions (59 and 34%, respectively). 相似文献
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Chattopadhyay MB Mukherjee S Kulkarni I Vijayan V Doloi M Kanjilal N Chatterjee M 《Cancer cell international》2005,5(1):16
Combined effect of vanadium and beta-carotene on rat liver DNA-chain break and Proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) analysis
was studied during a necrogenic dose (200 mg/kg of body weight) of Diethyl Nitrosamine (DENA) induced rat liver carcinogenesis.
Morphological and histopathological changes were observed as an end point biomarker. Supplementation of vanadium (0.5 ppm
ad libitum) in drinking water and beta-carotene in the basal diet (120 mg/Kg of body weight) were performed four weeks before DENA treatment
and continued till the end of the experiment (16 weeks). PIXE analysis revealed the restoration of near normal value of zinc,
copper, and iron, which were substantially altered when compared to carcinogen treated groups. Supplementation of both vanadium
and beta-carotene four weeks before DENA injection was found to offer significant (64.73%, P < 0.001) protection against generation
of single-strand breaks when compared with the carcinogen control counter parts. A significant stabilization of hepatic architecture
of the cells was observed as compared to carcinogen control in vanadium plus beta-carotene treated group. This study thus
suggests that vanadium, a prooxidant but potential therapeutic agent yield safe and effective pharmacological formulation
with beta-carotene, an antioxidant, in the inhibition of experimental rat hepatocarcinogenesis. 相似文献
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Recent work on electrosensory systems in fish has combined traditional neuroethological approaches with quantitative methods for characterizing neural coding. These studies have shed light on general issues in sensory processing, including how peripheral sensory receptors encode external stimuli and how these representations are transformed at subsequent stages of processing. 相似文献