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Positional identification of Ncf1 as a gene that regulates arthritis severity in rats 总被引:15,自引:0,他引:15
The identification of genes underlying quantitative-trait loci (QTL) for complex diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, is a challenging and difficult task for the human genome project. Through positional cloning of the Pia4 QTL in rats, we found that a naturally occurring polymorphism of Ncf1 (encoding neutrophil cytosolic factor 1, a component of the NADPH oxidase complex) regulates arthritis severity. The disease-related allele of Ncf1 has reduced oxidative burst response and promotes activation of arthritogenic T cells. Pharmacological treatment with substances that activate the NADPH oxidase complex is shown to ameliorate arthritis. Hence, Ncf1 is associated with a new autoimmune mechanism leading to severe destructive arthritis, notably similar to rheumatoid arthritis in humans. 相似文献
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Mishra R Olofsson L Karlsson M Carlsson U Nicholls IA Hammarström P 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2008,65(5):827-839
The basis for the stability of thermophilic proteins is of fundamental interest for extremophile biology. We investigated
the folding and unfolding processes of the homotetrameric Thermoanaerobacter brockii alcohol dehydrogenase (TBADH). TBADH subunits were 4.8 kcal/mol less stable towards guanidinium chloride (GdmCl) unfolding
compared to urea, indicating ionic modulation of TBADH stability. Strongly denaturing conditions promoted mono-exponential
unfolding kinetics with linear dependence on denaturant concentration. Here TBADH unfolded >40-fold slower when extrapolated
from urea as compared to GdmCl unfolding. A marked unfolding hysteresis was shown when comparing refolding and unfolding in
urea. An unusual biphasic unfolding trajectory with an exceptionally slow phase at intermediate concentrations of GdmCl and
urea was also observed. We advocate that TBADH forms two distinctly different tetrameric isoforms, and likely an ensemble
of native states. This unusual supramolecular folding behavior has been shown responsible for formation of amyloidotic yeast
prion strains and can have functional importance for TBADH.
Received 9 November 2007; received after revision 19 December 2007; accepted 8 January 2008 相似文献
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B Lu T Nakamura K Inouye J Li Y Tang P Lundbäck SI Valdes-Ferrer PS Olofsson T Kalb J Roth Y Zou H Erlandsson-Harris H Yang JP Ting H Wang U Andersson DJ Antoine SS Chavan GS Hotamisligil KJ Tracey 《Nature》2012,488(7413):670-674
The inflammasome regulates the release of caspase activation-dependent cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-18 and high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1). By studying HMGB1 release mechanisms, here we identify a role for double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR, also known as EIF2AK2) in inflammasome activation. Exposure of macrophages to inflammasome agonists induced PKR autophosphorylation. PKR inactivation by genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition severely impaired inflammasome activation in response to double-stranded RNA, ATP, monosodium urate, adjuvant aluminium, rotenone, live Escherichia coli, anthrax lethal toxin, DNA transfection and Salmonella typhimurium infection. PKR deficiency significantly inhibited the secretion of IL-1β, IL-18 and HMGB1 in E. coli-induced peritonitis. PKR physically interacts with several inflammasome components, including NOD-like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3), NLRP1, NLR family CARD domain-containing protein 4 (NLRC4), absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2), and broadly regulates inflammasome activation. PKR autophosphorylation in a cell-free system with recombinant NLRP3, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD (ASC, also known as PYCARD) and pro-caspase-1 reconstitutes inflammasome activity. These results show a crucial role for PKR in inflammasome activation, and indicate that it should be possible to pharmacologically target this molecule to treat inflammation. 相似文献
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