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We introduce a new experimental system combining adenovirus-mediated gene transfer and fetal thymic organ culture (FTOC). This system allowed us to efficiently express in developing thymocytes a mutant form of the NF-kappa B inhibitor I kappa B alpha (mut-I kappa B) and to study the maturation defects occurring when NF-kappa B activation is inhibited during fetal development. Fetal thymocytes infected with adenovirus containing mut-I kappa B were found to develop normally until the CD44-CD25+, CD4-CD8- double-negative stage, while production of more mature double-positive and single-positive populations was strongly decreased. Proliferation, as measured by the percentage of cells in cycle appeared normal, as did rearrangement and expression of the TCR beta-chain. However, apoptosis was much higher in FTOC infected with adenovirus containing mut-I kappa B than in FTOC infected with a control virus. Taken together, these results suggest that NF-kappa B plays a crucial role in ensuring the differentiation and survival of thymocytes in the early stages of their development. 相似文献
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Expression of the tumor necrosis factor locus is not necessary for the cytolytic activity of T lymphocytes 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
C V Jongeneel S A Nedospasov G Plaetinck P Naquet J C Cerottini 《Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)》1988,140(6):1916-1922
In order to test whether tumor necrosis factors alpha (TNF-alpha) or beta (TNF-beta, also known as lymphotoxin) are involved in the lysis of target cells by cytolytic T lymphocytes, we probed for the presence of the TNF mRNAs in several quiescent and activated CTL clones. No TNF mRNA could be found in constitutively cytolytic Lyt-2+ clones, and only two out of three clones tested accumulated TNF mRNA after stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate and ionomycin. Of two L3T4+ clones that can be induced to become cytolytic by a combination of antigen and IL-1, only one accumulated TNF-beta mRNA in the process. The PC60 rat X mouse T cell hybrid, which becomes cytolytic in response to a combination of IL-1 and IL-2, also failed to accumulate TNF mRNA after stimulation with these agents. Our results strongly suggest that TNF-alpha or -beta are not necessary agents of the cytolytic activity exhibited by antigen-specific T lymphocytes. 相似文献
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The warm-season perennial switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a candidate bioenergy crop. To be successful, switchgrass production must be maintained on low-quality landscapes with minimal inputs while facing future climates that are expected to be more extreme and more variable. We propose that antecedent rainfall constrains how plants respond to drought, as well as subsequently recover from drought. To test this idea, we examined how six switchgrass genotypes responded to a 1-year severe drought and then recovered under normal rainfall in the following year. These plants had previously grown for 3 years under a range of dry to wet rainfall levels in a shallow-soil common garden with no fertilizer. Plants previously exposed to drought produced less biomass, and basal area after the severe drought was relieved compared to previously well-watered plants. In addition, there were legacy effects caused by plant size: plants that were larger pre-drought were more likely to survive the severe drought, and plants that were larger during the severe drought recovered more biomass, basal area, and tillers post-drought. Although genotypes differed somewhat in their responses, the size constraint was consistent across genotypes. These findings suggest that we can establish more drought-resilient switchgrass stands by, for example, planning for initial irrigation or planting during a wet year to allow plants to grow larger prior to experiencing drought. Additional studies are needed to understand whether these rainfall and size legacies persist or are transient. 相似文献
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Pathogenicity of fibroblast- and lymphocyte-specific variants of minute virus of mice. 总被引:14,自引:14,他引:0
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We tested two strains of the minute virus of mice (MVM) for pathogenic effects and patterns of infection in laboratory mice. The two strains differ in their ability to infect differentiated cultured cells: the prototype virus, MVMp, infects only fibroblasts, while its variant, MVMi, is restricted to lymphocytes. We find that neither strain has any demonstrable effects on the T-cell function of mice infected as adults. In contrast, MVMi, but not MVMp, is able to induce a runting syndrome accompanied by mild immune deficiencies upon the infection of newborn mice. After neonatal infection, MVMi spreads to many organs, and the presence of viral replicative form DNA is evident in nucleic acid hybridization experiments. In contrast, replication of MVMp can be detected only by the seroconversion of infected animals. Newborn mice that grow abnormally as a result of MVMi infection also have low circulating antibody titers to the virus. This phenomenon may be a consequence of the lymphotropism of MVMi. 相似文献
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The genes for tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) and lymphotoxin (TNF-beta) are tandemly arranged on chromosome 17 of the mouse 总被引:9,自引:1,他引:8
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S A Nedospasov B Hirt A N Shakhov V N Dobrynin E Kawashima R S Accolla C V Jongeneel 《Nucleic acids research》1986,14(19):7713-7725
We have isolated clones containing the gene for tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) from a mouse genomic library. Four out of five clones containing the TNF-alpha gene also hybridized to a human lymphotoxin (TNF-beta) probe. We constructed a restriction enzyme cleavage map of a 6.4 kb region from one of the genomic clones. From partial sequencing data and hybridizations with exon-specific oligonucleotide probes, we conclude that this region contains the mouse TNF-alpha and TNF-beta genes in a tandem arrangement, that they are separated by only about 1100 bases, and that their intron-exon structure is very similar to that seen in man. We probed genomic blots of DNA from human/mouse hybrids containing single mouse chromosomes for the presence of the mouse TNF genes. The results show that the genes are located on mouse chromosome 17, which also contains the major histocompatibility complex. Therefore, both the mouse and the human TNF genes are tandemly arranged and located on the same chromosome as the MHC. 相似文献
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We have investigated the molecular anatomy of the herpes simplex virus replicative intermediates by cleavage with the restriction endonuclease BglII. We find that in populations of multiply infected cells, pulse-labeled replicating herpes simplex virus DNA contains at least two and probably all four sequence isomers. Also, it contains no detectable termini. In pulse-chase experiments, we show that endless replicative intermediates are the precursors to virion DNA and that maturation is a relatively slow process. The results are discussed in terms of their significance to possible models of herpes simplex virus DNA replication. 相似文献
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Sami J Savio Lara CV Harrison Tiina Luukkaala Tomi Heinonen Prasun Dastidar Seppo Soimakallio Hannu J Eskola 《Biomedical engineering online》2010,9(1):60
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The accuracy of texture analysis in clinical evaluation of magnetic resonance images depends considerably on imaging arrangements and various image quality parameters. In this paper, we study the effect of slice thickness on brain tissue texture analysis using a statistical approach and classification of T1-weighted images of clinically confirmed multiple sclerosis patients. 相似文献10.