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Selective inhibition of cotranslational translocation of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Besemer J Harant H Wang S Oberhauser B Marquardt K Foster CA Schreiner EP de Vries JE Dascher-Nadel C Lindley IJ 《Nature》2005,436(7048):290-293
Increased expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM1) is associated with a variety of chronic inflammatory conditions, making its expression and function a target for therapeutic intervention. We have recently identified CAM741, a derivative of a fungus-derived cyclopeptolide that acts as a selective inhibitor of VCAM1 synthesis in endothelial cells. Here we show that the compound represses the biosynthesis of VCAM1 in cells by blocking the process of cotranslational translocation, which is dependent on the signal peptide of VCAM1. CAM741 does not inhibit targeting of the VCAM1 nascent chains to the translocon channel but prevents translocation to the luminal side of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), through a process that involves the translocon component Sec61beta. Consequently, the VCAM1 precursor protein is synthesized towards the cytosolic compartment of the cells, where it is degraded. Our results indicate that the inhibition of cotranslational translocation with low-molecular-mass compounds, using specificity conferred by signal peptides, can modulate the biosynthesis of certain secreted and/or membrane proteins. In addition, they highlight cotranslational translocation at the ER membrane as a potential target for drug discovery. 相似文献
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Rasmann S Köllner TG Degenhardt J Hiltpold I Toepfer S Kuhlmann U Gershenzon J Turlings TC 《Nature》2005,434(7034):732-737
Plants under attack by arthropod herbivores often emit volatile compounds from their leaves that attract natural enemies of the herbivores. Here we report the first identification of an insect-induced belowground plant signal, (E)-beta-caryophyllene, which strongly attracts an entomopathogenic nematode. Maize roots release this sesquiterpene in response to feeding by larvae of the beetle Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, a maize pest that is currently invading Europe. Most North American maize lines do not release (E)-beta-caryophyllene, whereas European lines and the wild maize ancestor, teosinte, readily do so in response to D. v. virgifera attack. This difference was consistent with striking differences in the attractiveness of representative lines in the laboratory. Field experiments showed a fivefold higher nematode infection rate of D. v. virgifera larvae on a maize variety that produces the signal than on a variety that does not, whereas spiking the soil near the latter variety with authentic (E)-beta-caryophyllene decreased the emergence of adult D. v. virgifera to less than half. North American maize lines must have lost the signal during the breeding process. Development of new varieties that release the attractant in adequate amounts should help enhance the efficacy of nematodes as biological control agents against root pests like D. v. virgifera. 相似文献
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Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio Ivan Prates Pedro L. V. Peloso Renato Recoder Francisco Dal Vechio Sergio Marques-Souza 《Journal of Natural History》2020,54(1-4):43-62
ABSTRACT Few studies have focused on the diverse fauna of southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. This region, spared from large-scale human occupation until the second half of the twentieth century, has been threatened by expanding agriculture, logging, and mining. Here, we describe a new nurse frog (Allobates, Aromobatidae) from the open highland habitats of Serra dos Pacaás Novos, one of the few large remnants of relatively intact native vegetation in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. The new species is diagnosed by its metallic orange dorsal colouration, weakly expanded discs on hands, and presence of two subarticular tubercles on Finger IV. A phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequence data recovered the new species as more closely related to nurse frogs from the Madeira and Tapajós River basins; this pattern may reflect a history of dispersal uphill from a lowland ancestor. Our results also indicate that the generic assignment of Allobates alessandroi (Grant and Rodriguez, 2001), a high-elevation species from the Andes of Peru, needs to be reassessed; we discuss the phylogenetic affinities of this species based on morphological attributes. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:79131D82-B1B6-455D-AD9A-676D7E0783BC 相似文献
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Ivan M. Havel 《Foundations of Science》1998,3(2):375-394
Certain cognitive and philosophical aspects of the concept of conceivability with intended or established diversion from (putative)
reality are discussed. The “coherence gap problem” arises when certain fragments of the real world are replaced with imaginary
situations while most details are (intentionally or not) ignored. Another issue, “the spectator problem”, concerns the participation
of the conceiver himself in the world conceived. Three different examples of conceivability are used to illustrate our points,
namely thought experiments in physics, a hypothetical world devoid of consciousness (zombie world), and virtual reality.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Ivan Fialík 《南京邮电大学学报(自然科学版)》2011,31(2):69-73
Communication complexity is an area of classical computer science which studies how much communication is necessary to solve various distributed computational problems.Quantum information processing can be used to reduce the amount of communication required to carry out some distributed problems.We speak of pseudo-telepathy when it is able to completely eliminate the need for communication.Since it is generally very hard to perfectly implement a quantum winning strategy for a pseudo-telepathy game,quantum players are almost certain to make errors even though they use a winning strategy.After introducing a model for pseudotelepathy games,we investigate the impact of erroneously performed unitary transformations on the quantum winning strategy for the Mermin-GHZ game.The question of how strong the unitary noise can be so that quantum players would still be better than classical ones is also dealt with. 相似文献
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Suppression of inflammation by a synthetic histone mimic 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Nicodeme E Jeffrey KL Schaefer U Beinke S Dewell S Chung CW Chandwani R Marazzi I Wilson P Coste H White J Kirilovsky J Rice CM Lora JM Prinjha RK Lee K Tarakhovsky A 《Nature》2010,468(7327):1119-1123
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