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Thibault ST Singer MA Miyazaki WY Milash B Dompe NA Singh CM Buchholz R Demsky M Fawcett R Francis-Lang HL Ryner L Cheung LM Chong A Erickson C Fisher WW Greer K Hartouni SR Howie E Jakkula L Joo D Killpack K Laufer A Mazzotta J Smith RD Stevens LM Stuber C Tan LR Ventura R Woo A Zakrajsek I Zhao L Chen F Swimmer C Kopczynski C Duyk G Winberg ML Margolis J 《Nature genetics》2004,36(3):283-287
With the availability of complete genome sequence for Drosophila melanogaster, one of the next strategic goals for fly researchers is a complete gene knockout collection. The P-element transposon, the workhorse of D. melanogaster molecular genetics, has a pronounced nonrandom insertion spectrum. It has been estimated that 87% saturation of the approximately 13,500-gene complement of D. melanogaster might require generating and analyzing up to 150,000 insertions. We describe specific improvements to the lepidopteran transposon piggyBac and the P element that enabled us to tag and disrupt genes in D. melanogaster more efficiently. We generated over 29,000 inserts resulting in 53% gene saturation and a more diverse collection of phenotypically stronger insertional alleles. We found that piggyBac has distinct global and local gene-tagging behavior from that of P elements. Notably, piggyBac excisions from the germ line are nearly always precise, piggyBac does not share chromosomal hotspots associated with P and piggyBac is more effective at gene disruption because it lacks the P bias for insertion in 5' regulatory sequences. 相似文献
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Lin JS Anaclet C Sergeeva OA Haas HL 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2011,68(15):2499-2512
Wakefulness and consciousness depend on perturbation of the cortical soliloquy. Ascending activation of the cerebral cortex
is characteristic for both waking and paradoxical (REM) sleep. These evolutionary conserved activating systems build a network
in the brainstem, midbrain, and diencephalon that contains the neurotransmitters and neuromodulators glutamate, histamine,
acetylcholine, the catecholamines, serotonin, and some neuropeptides orchestrating the different behavioral states. Inhibition
of these waking systems by GABAergic neurons allows sleep. Over the past decades, a prominent role became evident for the
histaminergic and the orexinergic neurons as a hypothalamic waking center. 相似文献
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Macroautophagy, the process by which cytosolic components and organelles are engulfed and degraded by a double-membrane structure,
could be viewed as a specialized, multistep membrane transport process. As such, it intersects with the exocytic and endocytic
membrane trafficking pathways. A number of Rab GTPases which regulate secretory and endocytic membrane traffic have been shown
to play either critical or accessory roles in autophagy. The biogenesis of the pre-autophagosomal isolation membrane (or phagophore)
is dependent on the functionality of Rab1. A non-canonical, Atg5/Atg7-independent mode of autophagosome generation from the
trans-Golgi or endosome requires Rab9. Other Rabs, such as Rab5, Rab24, Rab33, and Rab7 have all been shown to be required,
or involved at various stages of autophagosomal genesis and maturation. Another small GTPase, RalB, was very recently demonstrated
to induce isolation membrane formation and maturation via its engagement of the exocyst complex, a known Rab effector. We
summarize here what is now known about the involvement of Rabs in autophagy, and discuss plausible mechanisms with future
perspectives. 相似文献
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Van Heuverswyn F Li Y Neel C Bailes E Keele BF Liu W Loul S Butel C Liegeois F Bienvenue Y Ngolle EM Sharp PM Shaw GM Delaporte E Hahn BH Peeters M 《Nature》2006,444(7116):164
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) from west central Africa are recognized as the reservoir of simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVcpzPtt) that have crossed at least twice to humans: this resulted in the AIDS pandemic (from human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 group M) in one instance and infection of just a few individuals in Cameroon (by HIV-1 group N) in another. A third HIV-1 lineage (group O) from west central Africa also falls within the SIVcpzPtt radiation, but the primate reservoir of this virus has not been identified. Here we report the discovery of HIV-1 group O-like viruses in wild gorillas. 相似文献
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Mazelin L Bernet A Bonod-Bidaud C Pays L Arnaud S Gespach C Bredesen DE Scoazec JY Mehlen P 《Nature》2004,431(7004):80-84
The expression of the protein DCC (deleted in colorectal cancer) is lost or markedly reduced in numerous cancers and in the majority of colorectal cancers due to loss of heterozygosity in chromosome 18q, and has therefore been proposed to be a tumour suppressor. However, the rarity of mutations found in DCC, the lack of cancer predisposition of DCC mutant mice, and the presence of other tumour suppressor genes in 18q have raised doubts about the function of DCC as a tumour suppressor. Unlike classical tumour suppressors, DCC has been shown to induce apoptosis conditionally: by functioning as a dependence receptor, DCC induces apoptosis unless DCC is engaged by its ligand, netrin-1 (ref. 3). Here we show that inhibition of cell death by enforced expression of netrin-1 in mouse gastrointestinal tract leads to the spontaneous formation of hyperplastic and neoplastic lesions. Moreover, in the adenomatous polyposis coli mutant background associated with adenoma formation, enforced expression of netrin-1 engenders aggressive adenocarcinomatous malignancies. These data demonstrate that netrin-1 can promote intestinal tumour development, probably by regulating cell survival. Thus, a netrin-1 receptor or receptors function as conditional tumour suppressors. 相似文献
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The centrosome is the major microtubule-organizing centre of animal cells and through its influence on the cytoskeleton is involved in cell shape, polarity and motility. It also has a crucial function in cell division because it determines the poles of the mitotic spindle that segregates duplicated chromosomes between dividing cells. Despite the importance of this organelle to cell biology and more than 100 years of study, many aspects of its function remain enigmatic and its structure and composition are still largely unknown. We performed a mass-spectrometry-based proteomic analysis of human centrosomes in the interphase of the cell cycle by quantitatively profiling hundreds of proteins across several centrifugation fractions. True centrosomal proteins were revealed by both correlation with already known centrosomal proteins and in vivo localization. We identified and validated 23 novel components and identified 41 likely candidates as well as the vast majority of the known centrosomal proteins in a large background of nonspecific proteins. Protein correlation profiling permits the analysis of any multiprotein complex that can be enriched by fractionation but not purified to homogeneity. 相似文献
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Desnues C Rodriguez-Brito B Rayhawk S Kelley S Tran T Haynes M Liu H Furlan M Wegley L Chau B Ruan Y Hall D Angly FE Edwards RA Li L Thurber RV Reid RP Siefert J Souza V Valentine DL Swan BK Breitbart M Rohwer F 《Nature》2008,452(7185):340-343
Viruses, and more particularly phages (viruses that infect bacteria), represent one of the most abundant living entities in aquatic and terrestrial environments. The biogeography of phages has only recently been investigated and so far reveals a cosmopolitan distribution of phage genetic material (or genotypes). Here we address this cosmopolitan distribution through the analysis of phage communities in modern microbialites, the living representatives of one of the most ancient life forms on Earth. On the basis of a comparative metagenomic analysis of viral communities associated with marine (Highborne Cay, Bahamas) and freshwater (Pozas Azules II and Rio Mesquites, Mexico) microbialites, we show that some phage genotypes are geographically restricted. The high percentage of unknown sequences recovered from the three metagenomes (>97%), the low percentage similarities with sequences from other environmental viral (n = 42) and microbial (n = 36) metagenomes, and the absence of viral genotypes shared among microbialites indicate that viruses are genetically unique in these environments. Identifiable sequences in the Highborne Cay metagenome were dominated by single-stranded DNA microphages that were not detected in any other samples examined, including sea water, fresh water, sediment, terrestrial, extreme, metazoan-associated and marine microbial mats. Finally, a marine signature was present in the phage community of the Pozas Azules II microbialites, even though this environment has not been in contact with the ocean for tens of millions of years. Taken together, these results prove that viruses in modern microbialites display biogeographical variability and suggest that they may be derived from an ancient community. 相似文献
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Barretina J Caponigro G Stransky N Venkatesan K Margolin AA Kim S Wilson CJ Lehár J Kryukov GV Sonkin D Reddy A Liu M Murray L Berger MF Monahan JE Morais P Meltzer J Korejwa A Jané-Valbuena J Mapa FA Thibault J Bric-Furlong E Raman P Shipway A Engels IH Cheng J Yu GK Yu J Aspesi P de Silva M Jagtap K Jones MD Wang L Hatton C Palescandolo E Gupta S Mahan S Sougnez C Onofrio RC Liefeld T MacConaill L Winckler W Reich M Li N Mesirov JP Gabriel SB Getz G Ardlie K Chan V Myer VE Weber BL Porter J 《Nature》2012,483(7391):603-607
The systematic translation of cancer genomic data into knowledge of tumour biology and therapeutic possibilities remains challenging. Such efforts should be greatly aided by robust preclinical model systems that reflect the genomic diversity of human cancers and for which detailed genetic and pharmacological annotation is available. Here we describe the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE): a compilation of gene expression, chromosomal copy number and massively parallel sequencing data from 947 human cancer cell lines. When coupled with pharmacological profiles for 24 anticancer drugs across 479 of the cell lines, this collection allowed identification of genetic, lineage, and gene-expression-based predictors of drug sensitivity. In addition to known predictors, we found that plasma cell lineage correlated with sensitivity to IGF1 receptor inhibitors; AHR expression was associated with MEK inhibitor efficacy in NRAS-mutant lines; and SLFN11 expression predicted sensitivity to topoisomerase inhibitors. Together, our results indicate that large, annotated cell-line collections may help to enable preclinical stratification schemata for anticancer agents. The generation of genetic predictions of drug response in the preclinical setting and their incorporation into cancer clinical trial design could speed the emergence of 'personalized' therapeutic regimens. 相似文献
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