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Franziska Todt Zeynep Cakir Frank Reichenbach Frederic Emschermann Joachim Lauterwasser Andrea Kaiser Gabriel Ichim Stephen WG Tait Stephan Frank Harald F Langer Frank Edlich 《The EMBO journal》2015,34(1):67-80
The Bcl-2 proteins Bax and Bak can permeabilize the outer mitochondrial membrane and commit cells to apoptosis. Pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins control Bax by constant retrotranslocation into the cytosol of healthy cells. The stabilization of cytosolic Bax raises the question whether the functionally redundant but largely mitochondrial Bak shares this level of regulation. Here we report that Bak is retrotranslocated from the mitochondria by pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins. Bak is present in the cytosol of human cells and tissues, but low shuttling rates cause predominant mitochondrial Bak localization. Interchanging the membrane anchors of Bax and Bak reverses their subcellular localization compared to the wild-type proteins. Strikingly, the reduction of Bax shuttling to the level of Bak retrotranslocation results in full Bax toxicity even in absence of apoptosis induction. Thus, fast Bax retrotranslocation is required to protect cells from commitment to programmed death. 相似文献
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David F Ten Cate Jolanda J Luime Nanno Swen Andreas H Gerards Mike H De Jager Natalja M Basoski Johanna MW Hazes Cees J Haagsma Johannes WG Jacobs 《Arthritis research & therapy》2013,15(1):R4
Introduction
Ultrasonography (US) might have an added value to clinical examination in diagnosing early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and assessing remission of RA. We aimed to clarify the added value of US in RA in these situations performing a systematic review.Methods
A systematic literature search was performed for RA, US, diagnosis and remission. Methodological quality was assessed; the wide variability in the design of studies prohibited pooling of results.Results
Six papers on the added value of US diagnosing early RA were found, in which at least bilateral metacarpophalangeal (MCP), wrists and metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints were scanned. Compared to clinical examination, US was superior with regard to detecting synovitis and predicting progression to persistent arthritis or RA. Eleven papers on assessing remission were identified, in which at least the wrist and the MCP joints of the dominant hand were scanned. Often US detected inflammation in patients clinically in remission, irrespective of the remission criteria used. Power Doppler signs of synovitis predicted X-ray progression and future flare in patients clinically in remission.Conclusions
US appears to have added value to clinical examination for diagnosing of RA when scanning at least MCP, wrist and MTP joints, and, when evaluating remission of RA, scanning at least wrist and MCP joints of the dominant hand. For both purposes primarily power Doppler US might be used since its results are less equivocal than those of greyscale US. 相似文献3.
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Bakker MF Verstappen SM Welsing PM Jacobs JW Jahangier ZN van der Veen MJ Bijlsma JW Lafeber FP;Utrecht Arthritis Cohort study group 《Arthritis research & therapy》2011,13(3):R70
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether serum biomarker levels of C2C, C1,2C, CS846, and CPII can predict the long-term course of disease activity and radiographic progression early in the disease course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 相似文献5.
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Seed dormancy release and germination of Corispermum lehmannianum Bunge were tested using various treatments: temperature, cold stratification, gibberelins (GA3), dry storage and sand burial. Results showed that temperature and light did not affect the germination of fresh seeds, cold stratification and GA3 could improve seed germination, whereas dry storage and sand burial did not. The germination percentage was highest at 35/20 °C after the cold stratification and GA3 treatments. Corispermum lehmannianum seeds were classified as non-deep, Type-2, physiological dormancy (PD), whose seed dormancy could be released by cold stratification and GA3. 相似文献
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Relationship between force and intracellular [Ca2+] in tetanized mammalian heart muscle 总被引:12,自引:3,他引:9
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To determine features of the steady state [Ca2+]-tension relationship in intact heart, we measured steady force and intracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) in tetanized ferret papillary muscles. [Ca2+]i was estimated from the luminescence emitted by muscles that had been microinjected with aequorin, a Ca2+-sensitive, bioluminescent protein. We found that by raising extracellular [Ca2+] and/or by exposing muscles to the Ca2+ channel agonist Bay K 8644, tension development could be varied from rest to an apparently saturating level, at which increases in [Ca2+]i produced no further rise in force. 95% of maximal Ca2+-activated force was reached at a [Ca2+]i of 0.85 +/- 0.06 microM (mean +/- SEM; n = 7), which suggests that the sensitivity of the myofilaments to [Ca2+]i is far greater than anticipated from studies of skinned heart preparations (or from previous studies using Ca2+-sensitive microelectrodes in intact heart). Our finding that maximal force was reached by approximately 1 microM also allowed us to calculate that the steady state [Ca2+]i-tension relationship, as it might be observed in intact muscle, should be steep (Hill coefficient of greater than 4), which is consistent with the Hill coefficient estimated from the entire [Ca2+]i-tension relationship derived from families of variably activated tetani (6.08 +/- 0.68; n = 7). Finally, with regard to whether steady state measurements can be applied directly toward understanding physiological contractions, we found that the relation between steady force and [Ca2+]i obtained during tetani was steeper than that between peak force and peak [Ca2+]i observed during physiological twitches. 相似文献
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Thin needle aspirates of 42 consecutive breast carcinomas were obtained at the time of excisional biopsy. Nuclear diameters of 100 cells from each case were measured, and the nuclear areas were calculated. The concomitantly acquired histologic sections were reviewed and assigned a histologic grade according to the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project protocol no. 4. Estrogen receptor (ER) content was analyzed by both the DCCA and SDGA techniques. The ER content of each case was then compared to both the mean nuclear area of the cells on the cytologic smears and the histologic grade. All 16 cases with mean nuclear areas of less than 60 sq micrometer contained significant levels of ER (greater than 10 fmol/mg protein), as did 6 of 11 cases with nuclei between 60 and 90 sq micrometer. Only 5 of 15 cases with nuclei larger than 90 sq micrometer contained significant ER levels. Comparison of the sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of both techniques suggests that a quantitative assessment of nuclear area in cytologic thin needle aspirates correlates more closely with ER content than does histologic grading. 相似文献
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Action of pancreatic DNase: requirements for activation of DNA as a template-primer for DNA polymerase. 总被引:13,自引:4,他引:9
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Pancreatic DNase requires both Ca2+ and Mg2+ for its activity as measured by formation of an activated DNA template for in vitro DNA polymerase alpha assay and by the hyperchromic shift. Mn2+ can partially satisfy the Mg2+ requirement of the DNase for activation of DNA but the resulting template is only 50% as active in the DNA polymerase assay. When precautions are taken to avoid divalent ion contamination, pancreatic DNase is not active in the presence of Ca2+ or Mg2+ alone. analysis of the DNA by sucrose gradient centrifugation shows that only in the presence of Ca2+ plus Mg2+ or Mn2+ does pancreatic DNase produce extensive strand breaks in the DNA. The activated DNA template that yields maximal DNA polymerase activity is low molecular weight material of 30,000 to 50,000 daltons. 相似文献