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To characterize the process by which glycolipids are shed from cell membranes, the cellular and supernatant glycolipids were compared from a variant of the mouse lymphoma L5178Y which had been selected for strong expression of the neutral glycolipid gangliotriaosylceramide (GgOse3Cer). This glycolipid was present in three forms which differed in their fatty acid composition. Whereas the major cell-associated form of GgOse3Cer contained C24 fatty acids, the predominant form shed into the culture supernatant contained C16 fatty acids. Ultracentrifugation of the culture medium yielded a pellet with a GgOse3Cer profile similar to that of the cells and a supernatant enriched in the C16 fatty acid form. Gel filtration of the culture medium revealed two GgOse3Cer-containing pools. The first was excluded from Sepharose CL-2B and had a GgOse3Cer profile similar to that of the cells, while the second migrated with proteins in the range of 25,000-500,000 daltons and was enriched in the C16 fatty acid form. These results suggest two forms in which glycolipids are released from cell membranes. The first is in a large complex, possibly a membrane vesicle, which retains the glycolipid profile of the membrane of intact cells while the second form appears to result from the preferential release of particular glycolipid components. 相似文献
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Ganoderma microsporum immunomodulatory protein induces apoptosis and potentiates mitomycin C‐induced apoptosis in urinary bladder urothelial carcinoma cells 下载免费PDF全文
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The role of site-specific N-glycosylation in secretion of soluble forms of rabies virus glycoprotein 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Wojczyk BS; Stwora-Wojczyk M; Shakin-Eshleman S; Wunner WH; Spitalnik SL 《Glycobiology》1998,8(2):121-130
Rabies virus glycoprotein is important in the biology and pathogenesis of
neurotropic rabies virus infection. This transmembrane glycoprotein is the
only viral protein on the surface of virus particles, is the viral
attachment protein that facilitates virus uptake by the infected cell, and
is the target of the host humoral immune response to infection. The
extracellular domain of this glycoprotein has N- glycosylation sequons at
Asn37, Asn247, and Asn319. Appropriate glycosylation of these sequons is
important in the expression of the glycoprotein. Soluble forms of rabies
virus glycoprotein were constructed by insertion of a stop codon just
external to the transmembrane domain. Using site-directed mutagenesis and
expression in transfected eukaryotic cells, it was possible to compare the
effects of site-specific glycosylation on the cell-surface expression and
secretion of transmembrane and soluble forms, respectively, of the same
glycoprotein. These studies yielded the surprising finding that although
any of the three sequons permitted cell surface expression of full-length
rabies virus glycoprotein, only the N-glycan at Asn319 permitted secretion
of soluble rabies virus glycoprotein. Despite its biological and medical
importance, it has not yet been possible to determine the crystal structure
of the full-length transmembrane form of rabies virus glycoprotein which
contains heterogeneous oligosaccharides. The current studies demonstrate
that a soluble form of rabies virus glycoprotein containing only one sequon
at Asn319 is efficiently secreted in the presence of the N-glycan
processing inhibitor 1-deoxymannojirimycin. Thus, it is possible to purify
a conformationally relevant form of rabies virus glycoprotein that contains
only one N-glycan with a substantial reduction in its microheterogeneity.
This form of the glycoprotein may be particularly useful for future studies
aimed at elucidating the three-dimensional structure of this important
glycoprotein.
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Avian seed preference and weight loss experiments: the effect of fungal endophyte-infected tall fescue seeds 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Summary The impact of endophytic fungus-infected seeds on seed predators is poorly understood. In this multiple trophic level investigation, seed preference experiments were conducted to determine whether five species of passerines (dark-eyed juncos, Junco hyemalis; American tree sparrows, Spizella arborea; song sparrows, Melospiza melodia; chipping sparrows, Spizella pusilla; and house sparrows, Passer domesticus) recognize and preferentially consume noninfected (NI) over infected (I) seeds of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). We predicted that the birds would refrain from eating I seeds because those seeds contain high concentrations of fungal alkaloids. When given a choice of NI fescue seeds and control seeds (millet), all bird species showed a significant preference for millet. However, individuals of all species consumed some NI seeds. When given a choice of NI and I fescue seeds, all species except the chippig sparrow ate significatly more NI than I fescue seed and the chipping sparrow showed the same trend. Thus, birds were able to distinguish between the two seed types and preferred NI seeds in choice tests. Additional experiments investigated weight changes in dark-eyed juncos fed diets containing different proportions of millet, NI, and I fescue seed. Significant differences in weight loss were observed for the various diets. Juncos showed greater weight loss when the proportion of fescue seed, especially the proportion of I seed, in their diet was greater. The potential significance of the finding that abundant grass seeds are made unavailable to predators by fungal infection is discussed in relation to foraging and competition in avian communities. 相似文献
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The immunophenotype of HT29 human colon cancer cells implanted into severe combined immunodeficient mice was assessed in primary
tumours and their metastases in the lungs using an indirect immunohistochemical method. After primary tumours were surgically
removed, the metastases were given time to develop, thus paralleling the clinical situation. While vimentin was negative in
both primary and secondary tumours, E-cadherin was present as membrane-bound labelling in the primary tumours only. Whereas
the markers p53, MIB1, PCNA and CEA were consistently positive in both primary and metastatic tumours, CD44 variant 6 and
CA125 were negative in metastases but positive in the primary tumours. There was a significant increase in the percentage
of cells labelled for p53 in the primary tumours compared with the metastases. For the proliferation markers, there was no
significant difference in labelling between primary tumours and metastases for MIB1. Of the cytokeratins examined, CK 20 gave
the strongest and most consistent reaction in both primary and secondary tumours. The results indicate that, for certain immunohistochemical
markers, results are the same in both primary tumours and metastases. Hence, in these cases, antigens that are expressed on
the primary tumour as well as on the metastases can serve as target molecules for immunologically based forms of treatment
of metastases.
This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Background
The dynamic growing and shortening behaviors of microtubules are central to the fundamental roles played by microtubules in essentially all eukaryotic cells. Traditionally, microtubule behavior is quantified by manually tracking individual microtubules in time-lapse images under various experimental conditions. Manual analysis is laborious, approximate, and often offers limited analytical capability in extracting potentially valuable information from the data.Results
In this work, we present computer vision and machine-learning based methods for extracting novel dynamics information from time-lapse images. Using actual microtubule data, we estimate statistical models of microtubule behavior that are highly effective in identifying common and distinct characteristics of microtubule dynamic behavior.Conclusion
Computational methods provide powerful analytical capabilities in addition to traditional analysis methods for studying microtubule dynamic behavior. Novel capabilities, such as building and querying microtubule image databases, are introduced to quantify and analyze microtubule dynamic behavior.28.
JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) is a common human pathogen that results in a chronic asymptomatic infection in healthy adults. Under conditions of immunosuppression, JCPyV spreads to the central nervous system and can cause the fatal demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a disease for which there are no vaccines or antiviral therapies. Retro-2 is a previously identified small molecule inhibitor that was originally shown to block retrograde transport of toxins such as ricin toxin from endosomes to the Golgi apparatus and endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and Retro-2.1 is a chemical analog of Retro-2 that has been shown to inhibit ricin intoxication of cells at low nanomolar concentrations. Retro-2 has previously been shown to prevent retrograde transport of JCPyV virions to the ER, but the effect of Retro-2.1 on JCPyV infectivity is unknown. Here it is shown that Retro-2.1 inhibits JCPyV with an EC50 of 3.9 μM. This molecule inhibits JCPyV infection at dosages that are not toxic to human tissue culture cells. Retro-2.1 was also tested against two other polyomaviruses, the human BK polyomavirus and simian virus 40, and was also shown to inhibit infection at similar concentrations. Viral uncoating studies demonstrate that Retro-2.1 inhibits BKPyV infectivity in a manner similar to Retro-2. These studies demonstrate that improved analogs of Retro-2 can inhibit infection at lower dosages than Retro-2 and further optimization of these compounds may lead to effective treatment options for those suffering from JCPyV infection and PML. 相似文献
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A likelihood approach for comparing synonymous and nonsynonymous nucleotide substitution rates, with application to the chloroplast genome 总被引:5,自引:24,他引:5
A model of DNA sequence evolution applicable to coding regions is
presented. This represents the first evolutionary model that accounts for
dependencies among nucleotides within a codon. The model uses the codon, as
opposed to the nucleotide, as the unit of evolution, and is parameterized
in terms of synonymous and nonsynonymous nucleotide substitution rates. One
of the model's advantages over those used in methods for estimating
synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution rates is that it completely
corrects for multiple hits at a codon, rather than taking a parsimony
approach and considering only pathways of minimum change between homologous
codons. Likelihood-ratio versions of the relative-rate test are constructed
and applied to data from the complete chloroplast DNA sequences of Oryza
sativa, Nicotiana tabacum, and Marchantia polymorpha. Results of these
tests confirm previous findings that substitution rates in the chloroplast
genome are subject to both lineage-specific and locus-specific effects.
Additionally, the new tests suggest tha the rate heterogeneity is due
primarily to differences in nonsynonymous substitution rates. Simulations
help confirm previous suggestions that silent sites are saturated, leaving
no evidence of heterogeneity in synonymous substitution rates.
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Yulia Anita Muhammad Radifar Leonardus BS Kardono Muhammad Hanafi Enade P Istyastono 《Bioinformation》2012,8(19):901-906
Eugenol is an essential oil mainly found in the buds and leaves of clove (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merrill and Perry), which has
been reported to have activity on inhibition of cell proliferation and apoptosis induction in human MCF-7 breast cancer cells. This
biological activity is correlated to its activity as an estrogen receptor antagonist. In this article, we present the construction and
validation of structure-based virtual screening (SBVS) protocols to identify the potent estrogen receptor α (ER) antagonists. The
selected protocol, which gave acceptable enrichment factors as a virtual screening protocol, subsequently used to virtually screen
eugenol, its analogs and their dimers. Based on the virtual screening results, dimer eugenol of 4-[4-hydroxy-3-(prop-2-en-1-
yl)phenyl]-2-(prop-2-en-1-yl)phenol is recommended to be developed further in order to discover novel and potent ER antagonists. 相似文献