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Protective role of phospholipid oxidation products in endotoxin-induced tissue damage 总被引:21,自引:0,他引:21
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an outer-membrane component of Gram-negative bacteria, interacts with LPS-binding protein and CD14, which present LPS to toll-like receptor 4 (refs 1, 2), which activates inflammatory gene expression through nuclear factor kappa B (NF kappa B) and mitogen-activated protein-kinase signalling. Antibacterial defence involves activation of neutrophils that generate reactive oxygen species capable of killing bacteria; therefore host lipid peroxidation occurs, initiated by enzymes such as NADPH oxidase and myeloperoxidase. Oxidized phospholipids are pro-inflammatory agonists promoting chronic inflammation in atherosclerosis; however, recent data suggest that they can inhibit expression of inflammatory adhesion molecules. Here we show that oxidized phospholipids inhibit LPS-induced but not tumour-necrosis factor-alpha-induced or interleukin-1 beta-induced NF kappa B-mediated upregulation of inflammatory genes, by blocking the interaction of LPS with LPS-binding protein and CD14. Moreover, in LPS-injected mice, oxidized phospholipids inhibited inflammation and protected mice from lethal endotoxin shock. Thus, in severe Gram-negative bacterial infection, endogenously formed oxidized phospholipids may function as a negative feedback to blunt innate immune responses. Furthermore, identified chemical structures capable of inhibiting the effects of endotoxins such as LPS could be used for the development of new drugs for treatment of sepsis. 相似文献
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Simpson AJ Reinach FC Arruda P Abreu FA Acencio M Alvarenga R Alves LM Araya JE Baia GS Baptista CS Barros MH Bonaccorsi ED Bordin S Bové JM Briones MR Bueno MR Camargo AA Camargo LE Carraro DM Carrer H Colauto NB Colombo C Costa FF Costa MC Costa-Neto CM Coutinho LL Cristofani M Dias-Neto E Docena C El-Dorry H Facincani AP Ferreira AJ Ferreira VC Ferro JA Fraga JS França SC Franco MC Frohme M Furlan LR Garnier M Goldman GH Goldman MH Gomes SL Gruber A Ho PL Hoheisel JD Junqueira ML Kemper EL 《Nature》2000,406(6792):151-159
Xylella fastidiosa is a fastidious, xylem-limited bacterium that causes a range of economically important plant diseases. Here we report the complete genome sequence of X. fastidiosa clone 9a5c, which causes citrus variegated chlorosis--a serious disease of orange trees. The genome comprises a 52.7% GC-rich 2,679,305-base-pair (bp) circular chromosome and two plasmids of 51,158 bp and 1,285 bp. We can assign putative functions to 47% of the 2,904 predicted coding regions. Efficient metabolic functions are predicted, with sugars as the principal energy and carbon source, supporting existence in the nutrient-poor xylem sap. The mechanisms associated with pathogenicity and virulence involve toxins, antibiotics and ion sequestration systems, as well as bacterium-bacterium and bacterium-host interactions mediated by a range of proteins. Orthologues of some of these proteins have only been identified in animal and human pathogens; their presence in X. fastidiosa indicates that the molecular basis for bacterial pathogenicity is both conserved and independent of host. At least 83 genes are bacteriophage-derived and include virulence-associated genes from other bacteria, providing direct evidence of phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer. 相似文献
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Spatial coupling of nitrogen inputs and losses in the ocean 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Nitrogen fixation is crucial for maintaining biological productivity in the oceans, because it replaces the biologically available nitrogen that is lost through denitrification. But, owing to its temporal and spatial variability, the global distribution of marine nitrogen fixation is difficult to determine from direct shipboard measurements. This uncertainty limits our understanding of the factors that influence nitrogen fixation, which may include iron, nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratios, and physical conditions such as temperature. Here we determine nitrogen fixation rates in the world's oceans through their impact on nitrate and phosphate concentrations in surface waters, using an ocean circulation model. Our results indicate that nitrogen fixation rates are highest in the Pacific Ocean, where water column denitrification rates are high but the rate of atmospheric iron deposition is low. We conclude that oceanic nitrogen fixation is closely tied to the generation of nitrogen-deficient waters in denitrification zones, supporting the view that nitrogen fixation stabilizes the oceanic inventory of fixed nitrogen over time. 相似文献
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The MLH1 D132H variant is associated with susceptibility to sporadic colorectal cancer 总被引:18,自引:0,他引:18
Lipkin SM Rozek LS Rennert G Yang W Chen PC Hacia J Hunt N Shin B Fodor S Kokoris M Greenson JK Fearon E Lynch H Collins F Gruber SB 《Nature genetics》2004,36(7):694-699
Most susceptibility to colorectal cancer (CRC) is not accounted for by known risk factors. Because MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 mutations underlie high-penetrance CRC susceptibility in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC), we hypothesized that attenuated alleles might also underlie susceptibility to sporadic CRC. We looked for gene variants associated with HNPCC in Israeli probands with familial CRC unstratified with respect to the microsatellite instability (MSI) phenotype. Association studies identified a new MLH1 variant (415G-->C, resulting in the amino acid substitution D132H) in approximately 1.3% of Israeli individuals with CRC self-described as Jewish, Christian and Muslim. MLH1 415C confers clinically significant susceptibility to CRC. In contrast to classic HNPCC, CRCs associated with MLH1 415C usually do not have the MSI defect, which is important for clinical mutation screening. Structural and functional analyses showed that the normal ATPase function of MLH1 is attenuated, but not eliminated, by the MLH1 415G-->C mutation. The new MLH1 variant confers a high risk of CRC and identifies a previously unrecognized mechanism in microsatellite-stable tumors. These studies suggest that variants of mismatch repair proteins with attenuated function may account for a higher proportion of susceptibility to sporadic microsatellite-stable CRC than previously assumed. 相似文献
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An Earth-system perspective of the global nitrogen cycle 总被引:30,自引:0,他引:30
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Sandilands A Terron-Kwiatkowski A Hull PR O'Regan GM Clayton TH Watson RM Carrick T Evans AT Liao H Zhao Y Campbell LE Schmuth M Gruber R Janecke AR Elias PM van Steensel MA Nagtzaam I van Geel M Steijlen PM Munro CS Bradley DG Palmer CN Smith FJ McLean WH Irvine AD 《Nature genetics》2007,39(5):650-654
We recently reported two common filaggrin (FLG) null mutations that cause ichthyosis vulgaris and predispose to eczema and secondary allergic diseases. We show here that these common European mutations are ancestral variants carried on conserved haplotypes. To facilitate comprehensive analysis of other populations, we report a strategy for full sequencing of this large, highly repetitive gene, and we describe 15 variants, including seven that are prevalent. All the variants are either nonsense or frameshift mutations that, in representative cases, resulted in loss of filaggrin production in the epidermis. In an Irish case-control study, the five most common European mutations showed a strong association with moderate-to-severe childhood eczema (chi2 test: P = 2.12 x 10(-51); Fisher's exact test: heterozygote odds ratio (OR) = 7.44 (95% confidence interval (c.i.) = 4.9-11.3), and homozygote OR = 151 (95% c.i. = 20-1,136)). We found three additional rare null mutations in this case series, suggesting that the genetic architecture of filaggrin-related atopic dermatitis consists of both prevalent and rare risk alleles. 相似文献
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Laugwitz KL Moretti A Lam J Gruber P Chen Y Woodard S Lin LZ Cai CL Lu MM Reth M Platoshyn O Yuan JX Evans S Chien KR 《Nature》2005,433(7026):647-653
The purification, renewal and differentiation of native cardiac progenitors would form a mechanistic underpinning for unravelling steps for cardiac cell lineage formation, and their links to forms of congenital and adult cardiac diseases. Until now there has been little evidence for native cardiac precursor cells in the postnatal heart. Herein, we report the identification of isl1+ cardiac progenitors in postnatal rat, mouse and human myocardium. A cardiac mesenchymal feeder layer allows renewal of the isolated progenitor cells with maintenance of their capability to adopt a fully differentiated cardiomyocyte phenotype. Tamoxifen-inducible Cre/lox technology enables selective marking of this progenitor cell population including its progeny, at a defined time, and purification to relative homogeneity. Co-culture studies with neonatal myocytes indicate that isl1+ cells represent authentic, endogenous cardiac progenitors (cardioblasts) that display highly efficient conversion to a mature cardiac phenotype with stable expression of myocytic markers (25%) in the absence of cell fusion, intact Ca2+-cycling, and the generation of action potentials. The discovery of native cardioblasts represents a genetically based system to identify steps in cardiac cell lineage formation and maturation in development and disease. 相似文献
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Identification of the bioactive peptide PEC-60 in brain 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Norberg A Gruber S Angelucci F Renlund S Wadensten H Efendic S Ostenson CG Jörnvall H Sillard R Mathé AA 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2003,60(2):378-381
PEC-60 is a 60-residue peptide originally isolated from pig intestine. It inhibits glucose-induced insulin secretion from
perfused pancreas in a hormonal manner and also has biological activity in the immune system. PEC-60-like immunoreactive material
has been reported in catecholamine neurons of the central and peripheral nervous systems, but the peptide has not been identified
from that material. We have now isolated PEC-60 from pig and rat brains with a method that combines column purification procedures
with the specificity of a radioimmunoassay and the sensitivity of mass spectrometry to directly identify the peptide. The
results show that PEC-60, like many other peptides, is expressed in the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system.
The specific regional brain distribution and interaction with classical neurotransmitters raise the possibility that PEC-60may
play a role in the central nervous system disorders involving dopamine dysregulation.
Received 6 December 2002; received after revision 10 December 2002; accepted 11 December 2002
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