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Marthe-Susanna Wegner Nina Schömel Lisa Gruber Stephanie Beatrice Örtel Matti Aleksi Kjellberg Peter Mattjus Jennifer Kurz Sandra Trautmann Bing Peng Martin Wegner Manuel Kaulich Robert Ahrends Gerd Geisslinger Sabine Grösch 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2018,75(18):3393-3410
The UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase (UGCG) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of glycosylated sphingolipids, since this enzyme generates the precursor for all complex glycosphingolipids (GSL), the GlcCer. The UGCG has been associated with several cancer-related processes such as maintaining cancer stem cell properties or multidrug resistance induction. The precise mechanisms underlying these processes are unknown. Here, we investigated the molecular mechanisms occurring after UGCG overexpression in breast cancer cells. We observed alterations of several cellular properties such as morphological changes, which enhanced proliferation and doxorubicin resistance in UGCG overexpressing MCF-7 cells. These cellular effects seem to be mediated by an altered composition of glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains (GEMs), especially an accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) and glucosylceramide (GlcCer), which leads to an activation of Akt and ERK1/2. The induction of the Akt and ERK1/2 signaling pathway results in an increased gene expression of multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1) and anti-apoptotic genes and a decrease of pro-apoptotic gene expression. Inhibition of the protein kinase C (PKC) and phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3K) reduced MDR1 gene expression. This study discloses how changes in UGCG expression impact several cellular signaling pathways in breast cancer cells resulting in enhanced proliferation and multidrug resistance. 相似文献
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Kerstin Buttler Muhammad Badar Virginia Seiffart Sandra Laggies Gerhard Gross Jörg Wilting Herbert A. Weich 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2014,71(8):1513-1527
Cellular pro-angiogenic therapies may be applicable for the treatment of peripheral vascular diseases. Interactions between mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) may provide such a treatment option. With the exception of some studies in man, experiments have only been performed in immunodeficient mice and rats. We studied an immunocompetent syngeneic mouse model. We isolated MSCs from bone marrow and EPCs from the lung of adult C57/Bl.6 mice and co-injected them in Matrigel subcutaneously in adult C57/Bl.6 mice. We demonstrate development of both blood vessels and lymphatics. Grafted EPCs integrated into the lining of the two vessel types, whereas MSCs usually did not incorporate into the vessel wall. Injections of each separate cell type did not, or hardly, reveal de novo angiogenesis. The release of VEGF-A by MSCs has been shown before, but its inhibitors, e.g., soluble VEGF receptors, have not been studied. We performed qualitative and quantitative studies of the proteins released by EPCs, MSCs, and cocultures of the cells. Despite the secretion of VEGF inhibitors (sVEGFR-1, sVEGFR-2) by EPCs, VEGF-A was secreted by MSCs at bioavailable amounts (350 pg/ml). We confirm the secretion of PlGF, FGF-1, MCP-1, and PDGFs by EPCs/MSCs and suggest functions for VEGF-B, amphiregulin, fractalkine, CXCL10, and CXCL16 during MSC-induced hem- and lymphangiogenesis. We assume that lymphangiogenesis is induced indirectly by growth factors from immigrating leukocytes, which we found in close association with the lymphatic networks. Inflammatory responses to the cellular markers GFP and cell-tracker red (CMPTX) used for tracing of EPCs or MSCs were not observed. Our studies demonstrate the feasibility of pro-angiogenic/lymphangiogenic therapies in immunocompetent animals and indicate new MSC/EPC-derived angiogenic factors. 相似文献
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Reynaud CA Descatoire M Dogan I Huetz F Weller S Weill JC 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2012,69(10):1625-1634
Humoral memory is maintained by two types of persistent cells, memory B cells and plasma cells, which have different phenotypes
and functions. Long-lived plasma cells can survive for a lifespan within a complex niche in the bone marrow and provide continuous
protective serum antibody levels. Memory B cells reside in secondary lymphoid organs, where they can be rapidly mobilized
upon a new antigenic encounter. Surface IgG has long been taken as a surrogate marker for memory in the mouse. Recently, however,
we have brought evidence for a long-lived IgM memory B cell population in the mouse, while we have also argued that, in humans,
these same cells are not classical memory B cells but marginal zone (MZ) B cells which, as opposed to their mouse MZ counterpart,
recirculate and carry a mutated B cell receptor. In this review, we will discuss these apparently paradoxical results. 相似文献
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Raychaudhuri S Remmers EF Lee AT Hackett R Guiducci C Burtt NP Gianniny L Korman BD Padyukov L Kurreeman FA Chang M Catanese JJ Ding B Wong S van der Helm-van Mil AH Neale BM Coblyn J Cui J Tak PP Wolbink GJ Crusius JB van der Horst-Bruinsma IE Criswell LA Amos CI Seldin MF Kastner DL Ardlie KG Alfredsson L Costenbader KH Altshuler D Huizinga TW Shadick NA Weinblatt ME de Vries N Worthington J Seielstad M Toes RE Karlson EW Begovich AB Klareskog L Gregersen PK Daly MJ Plenge RM 《Nature genetics》2008,40(10):1216-1223
To identify rheumatoid arthritis risk loci in European populations, we conducted a meta-analysis of two published genome-wide association (GWA) studies totaling 3,393 cases and 12,462 controls. We genotyped 31 top-ranked SNPs not previously associated with rheumatoid arthritis in an independent replication of 3,929 autoantibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis cases and 5,807 matched controls from eight separate collections. We identified a common variant at the CD40 gene locus (rs4810485, P = 0.0032 replication, P = 8.2 x 10(-9) overall, OR = 0.87). Along with other associations near TRAF1 (refs. 2,3) and TNFAIP3 (refs. 4,5), this implies a central role for the CD40 signaling pathway in rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis. We also identified association at the CCL21 gene locus (rs2812378, P = 0.00097 replication, P = 2.8 x 10(-7) overall), a gene involved in lymphocyte trafficking. Finally, we identified evidence of association at four additional gene loci: MMEL1-TNFRSF14 (rs3890745, P = 0.0035 replication, P = 1.1 x 10(-7) overall), CDK6 (rs42041, P = 0.010 replication, P = 4.0 x 10(-6) overall), PRKCQ (rs4750316, P = 0.0078 replication, P = 4.4 x 10(-6) overall), and KIF5A-PIP4K2C (rs1678542, P = 0.0026 replication, P = 8.8 x 10(-8) overall). 相似文献
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Kozyrev SV Abelson AK Wojcik J Zaghlool A Linga Reddy MP Sanchez E Gunnarsson I Svenungsson E Sturfelt G Jönsen A Truedsson L Pons-Estel BA Witte T D'Alfonso S Barrizzone N Danieli MG Gutierrez C Suarez A Junker P Laustrup H Francisca González-Escribano M Martin J Abderrahim H Alarcón-Riquelme ME 《Nature genetics》2008,40(4):484
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Replication of signals from recent studies of Crohn's disease identifies previously unknown disease loci for ulcerative colitis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Franke A Balschun T Karlsen TH Hedderich J May S Lu T Schuldt D Nikolaus S Rosenstiel P Krawczak M Schreiber S 《Nature genetics》2008,40(6):713-715
Following up on recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of Crohn's disease, we investigated 50 previously reported susceptibility loci in a German sample of individuals with Crohn's disease (n = 1,850) or ulcerative colitis (n = 1,103) and healthy controls (n = 1,817). Among these loci, we identified variants in 3p21.31, NKX2-3 and CCNY as susceptibility factors for both diseases, whereas variants in PTPN2, HERC2 and STAT3 were associated only with ulcerative colitis in our sample collection. 相似文献
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Schulz O Diebold SS Chen M Näslund TI Nolte MA Alexopoulou L Azuma YT Flavell RA Liljeström P Reis e Sousa C 《Nature》2005,433(7028):887-892
Cross-presentation of cell-associated antigens plays an important role in regulating CD8+ T cell responses to proteins that are not expressed by antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Dendritic cells are the principal cross-presenting APCs in vivo and much progress has been made in elucidating the pathways that allow dendritic cells to capture and process cellular material. However, little is known about the signals that determine whether such presentation ultimately results in a cytotoxic T cell (CTL) response (cross-priming) or in CD8+ T cell inactivation (cross-tolerance). Here we describe a mechanism that promotes cross-priming during viral infections. We show that murine CD8alpha+ dendritic cells are activated by double-stranded (ds)RNA present in virally infected cells but absent from uninfected cells. Dendritic cell activation requires phagocytosis of infected material, followed by signalling through the dsRNA receptor, toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3). Immunization with virus-infected cells or cells containing synthetic dsRNA leads to a striking increase in CTL cross-priming against cell-associated antigens, which is largely dependent on TLR3 expression by antigen-presenting cells. Thus, TLR3 may have evolved to permit cross-priming of CTLs against viruses that do not directly infect dendritic cells. 相似文献
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WUSCHEL controls meristem function by direct regulation of cytokinin-inducible response regulators 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Leibfried A To JP Busch W Stehling S Kehle A Demar M Kieber JJ Lohmann JU 《Nature》2005,438(7071):1172-1175
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Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Jiao Y Wickett NJ Ayyampalayam S Chanderbali AS Landherr L Ralph PE Tomsho LP Hu Y Liang H Soltis PS Soltis DE Clifton SW Schlarbaum SE Schuster SC Ma H Leebens-Mack J dePamphilis CW 《Nature》2011,473(7345):97-100
Whole-genome duplication (WGD), or polyploidy, followed by gene loss and diploidization has long been recognized as an important evolutionary force in animals, fungi and other organisms, especially plants. The success of angiosperms has been attributed, in part, to innovations associated with gene or whole-genome duplications, but evidence for proposed ancient genome duplications pre-dating the divergence of monocots and eudicots remains equivocal in analyses of conserved gene order. Here we use comprehensive phylogenomic analyses of sequenced plant genomes and more than 12.6 million new expressed-sequence-tag sequences from phylogenetically pivotal lineages to elucidate two groups of ancient gene duplications-one in the common ancestor of extant seed plants and the other in the common ancestor of extant angiosperms. Gene duplication events were intensely concentrated around 319 and 192 million years ago, implicating two WGDs in ancestral lineages shortly before the diversification of extant seed plants and extant angiosperms, respectively. Significantly, these ancestral WGDs resulted in the diversification of regulatory genes important to seed and flower development, suggesting that they were involved in major innovations that ultimately contributed to the rise and eventual dominance of seed plants and angiosperms. 相似文献
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Determining the three-dimensional (3D) arrangement of atoms in crystalline nanoparticles is important for nanometre-scale device engineering and also for applications involving nanoparticles, such as optoelectronics or catalysis. A nanoparticle's physical and chemical properties are controlled by its exact 3D morphology, structure and composition. Electron tomography enables the recovery of the shape of a nanoparticle from a series of projection images. Although atomic-resolution electron microscopy has been feasible for nearly four decades, neither electron tomography nor any other experimental technique has yet demonstrated atomic resolution in three dimensions. Here we report the 3D reconstruction of a complex crystalline nanoparticle at atomic resolution. To achieve this, we combined aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy, statistical parameter estimation theory and discrete tomography. Unlike conventional electron tomography, only two images of the target--a silver nanoparticle embedded in an aluminium matrix--are sufficient for the reconstruction when combined with available knowledge about the particle's crystallographic structure. Additional projections confirm the reliability of the result. The results we present help close the gap between the atomic resolution achievable in two-dimensional electron micrographs and the coarser resolution that has hitherto been obtained by conventional electron tomography. 相似文献