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Neuropeptide modulation of single calcium and potassium channels detected with a new patch clamp configuration 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Calcium channel activity is crucial for secretion and synaptic transmission, but it has been difficult to study Ca2+ channel modulation because survival and regulation of some of these channels require cytoplasmic constituents that are lost with the formation of cell-free patches. Here we report a new patch clamp configuration in which activity and regulation of channels are maintained after removal from cells. A pipette containing the pore-forming agent nystatin is sealed onto a cell and withdrawn to form an enclosed vesicle. The resulting perforated vesicle, formed from pituitary tumour cells, contains Ca2+ and K+ channels. Ca2(+)-activated K+ channels in the vesicle are activated by cyclic AMP analogues, and by a neuropeptide (thyrotropin-releasing hormone) that stimulates phosphatidylinositol turnover and inositol trisphosphate-gated Ca2+ release from intracellular organelles. Thus, the perforated vesicle retains signal transduction systems necessary for ion channel modulation. Functional dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channels (L-type) are maintained in the vesicle, and their gating is inhibited by thyrotropin-releasing hormone. Hence, this new patch clamp configuration has allowed a direct detection of the single-channel basis of transmitter-induced inhibition of L-type Ca2+ channels. The modulation of Ca2(+)-channel gating may be an important mechanism for regulating hormone secretion from pituitary cells. 相似文献
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Interleukin 21 and its receptor are involved in NK cell expansion and regulation of lymphocyte function 总被引:64,自引:0,他引:64
Parrish-Novak J Dillon SR Nelson A Hammond A Sprecher C Gross JA Johnston J Madden K Xu W West J Schrader S Burkhead S Heipel M Brandt C Kuijper JL Kramer J Conklin D Presnell SR Berry J Shiota F Bort S Hambly K Mudri S Clegg C Moore M Grant FJ Lofton-Day C Gilbert T Rayond F Ching A Yao L Smith D Webster P Whitmore T Maurer M Kaushansky K Holly RD Foster D 《Nature》2000,408(6808):57-63
Cytokines are important in the regulation of haematopoiesis and immune responses, and can influence lymphocyte development. Here we have identified a class I cytokine receptor that is selectively expressed in lymphoid tissues and is capable of signal transduction. The full-length receptor was expressed in BaF3 cells, which created a functional assay for ligand detection and cloning. Conditioned media from activated human CD3+ T cells supported proliferation of the assay cell line. We constructed a complementary DNA expression library from activated human CD3+ T cells, and identified a cytokine with a four-helix-bundle structure using functional cloning. This cytokine is most closely related to IL2 and IL15, and has been designated IL21 with the receptor designated IL21 R. In vitro assays suggest that IL21 has a role in the proliferation and maturation of natural killer (NK) cell populations from bone marrow, in the proliferation of mature B-cell populations co-stimulated with anti-CD40, and in the proliferation of T cells co-stimulated with anti-CD3. 相似文献
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Mutations in the chromatin modifier gene KANSL1 cause the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Koolen DA Kramer JM Neveling K Nillesen WM Moore-Barton HL Elmslie FV Toutain A Amiel J Malan V Tsai AC Cheung SW Gilissen C Verwiel ET Martens S Feuth T Bongers EM de Vries P Scheffer H Vissers LE de Brouwer AP Brunner HG Veltman JA Schenck A Yntema HG de Vries BB 《Nature genetics》2012,44(6):639-641
We show that haploinsufficiency of KANSL1 is sufficient to cause the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome, a multisystem disorder characterized by intellectual disability, hypotonia and distinctive facial features. The KANSL1 protein is an evolutionarily conserved regulator of the chromatin modifier KAT8, which influences gene expression through histone H4 lysine 16 (H4K16) acetylation. RNA sequencing studies in cell lines derived from affected individuals and the presence of learning deficits in Drosophila melanogaster mutants suggest a role for KANSL1 in neuronal processes. 相似文献
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Rivière JB Mirzaa GM O'Roak BJ Beddaoui M Alcantara D Conway RL St-Onge J Schwartzentruber JA Gripp KW Nikkel SM Worthylake T Sullivan CT Ward TR Butler HE Kramer NA Albrecht B Armour CM Armstrong L Caluseriu O Cytrynbaum C Drolet BA Innes AM Lauzon JL Lin AE Mancini GM Meschino WS Reggin JD Saggar AK Lerman-Sagie T Uyanik G Weksberg R Zirn B Beaulieu CL;Finding of Rare Disease Genes 《Nature genetics》2012,44(8):934-940
Megalencephaly-capillary malformation (MCAP) and megalencephaly-polymicrogyria-polydactyly-hydrocephalus (MPPH) syndromes are sporadic overgrowth disorders associated with markedly enlarged brain size and other recognizable features. We performed exome sequencing in 3 families with MCAP or MPPH, and our initial observations were confirmed in exomes from 7 individuals with MCAP and 174 control individuals, as well as in 40 additional subjects with megalencephaly, using a combination of Sanger sequencing, restriction enzyme assays and targeted deep sequencing. We identified de novo germline or postzygotic mutations in three core components of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT pathway. These include 2 mutations in AKT3, 1 recurrent mutation in PIK3R2 in 11 unrelated families with MPPH and 15 mostly postzygotic mutations in PIK3CA in 23 individuals with MCAP and 1 with MPPH. Our data highlight the central role of PI3K-AKT signaling in vascular, limb and brain development and emphasize the power of massively parallel sequencing in a challenging context of phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity combined with postzygotic mosaicism. 相似文献
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The genome of Theobroma cacao 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Argout X Salse J Aury JM Guiltinan MJ Droc G Gouzy J Allegre M Chaparro C Legavre T Maximova SN Abrouk M Murat F Fouet O Poulain J Ruiz M Roguet Y Rodier-Goud M Barbosa-Neto JF Sabot F Kudrna D Ammiraju JS Schuster SC Carlson JE Sallet E Schiex T Dievart A Kramer M Gelley L Shi Z Bérard A Viot C Boccara M Risterucci AM Guignon V Sabau X Axtell MJ Ma Z Zhang Y Brown S Bourge M Golser W Song X Clement D Rivallan R Tahi M Akaza JM Pitollat B Gramacho K D'Hont A Brunel D Infante D Kebe I Costet P 《Nature genetics》2011,43(2):101-108
We sequenced and assembled the draft genome of Theobroma cacao, an economically important tropical-fruit tree crop that is the source of chocolate. This assembly corresponds to 76% of the estimated genome size and contains almost all previously described genes, with 82% of these genes anchored on the 10 T. cacao chromosomes. Analysis of this sequence information highlighted specific expansion of some gene families during evolution, for example, flavonoid-related genes. It also provides a major source of candidate genes for T. cacao improvement. Based on the inferred paleohistory of the T. cacao genome, we propose an evolutionary scenario whereby the ten T. cacao chromosomes were shaped from an ancestor through eleven chromosome fusions. 相似文献
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Morgan NV Westaway SK Morton JE Gregory A Gissen P Sonek S Cangul H Coryell J Canham N Nardocci N Zorzi G Pasha S Rodriguez D Desguerre I Mubaidin A Bertini E Trembath RC Simonati A Schanen C Johnson CA Levinson B Woods CG Wilmot B Kramer P Gitschier J Maher ER Hayflick SJ 《Nature genetics》2006,38(7):752-754
Neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron include Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease and several childhood genetic disorders categorized as neuroaxonal dystrophies. We mapped a locus for infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) to chromosome 22q12-q13 and identified mutations in PLA2G6, encoding a calcium-independent group VI phospholipase A2, in NBIA, INAD and the related Karak syndrome. This discovery implicates phospholipases in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders with iron dyshomeostasis. 相似文献
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