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Clethrionomys gapperi were captured in microhabitats with greater densities of overall cover than at noncapture or random sites within the study area. Variables describing cover density and distance from free water were selected in a discriminant function analysis to differentiate between vole capture and noncapture sites. Vole capture sites had greater amounts of cover within 4 dm above ground surface and were further from standing water than noncapture sites. The preferential use by C. gapperi of microhabitats with greater densities of cover is in agreement with laboratory and field assessments of habitat use reported in the literature. 相似文献
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Matthew A. Wheeler Alice Warley Roland G. Roberts Elisabeth Ehler Juliet A. Ellis 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2010,67(5):781-796
How mutations in the protein emerin lead to the cardiomyopathy associated with X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (X-EDMD) is unclear. We identified emerin at the adherens junction of the intercalated disc, where it co-localised with the catenin family of proteins. Emerin bound to wild type β-catenin both in vivo and in vitro. Mutating the GSK3β phosphorylation sites on β-catenin abolished this binding. Wild type but not mutant forms of emerin associated with X-EDMD were able to reduce β-catenin protein levels. Cardiomyocytes from emerin-null mice hearts exhibited erroneous β-catenin distribution and intercalated disc architecture. Treatment of wild type cardiomyocytes with phenylephrine, which inactivates GSK3β, redistributed emerin and β-catenin. Emerin was identified as a direct target of GSK3β activity since exogenous expression of GSK3β reduced emerin levels at the nuclear envelope. We propose that perturbation to or total loss of the emerin–β-catenin complex compromises both intercalated disc function and β-catenin signalling in cardiomyocytes. 相似文献
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Oxysterols direct immune cell migration via EBI2 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Hannedouche S Zhang J Yi T Shen W Nguyen D Pereira JP Guerini D Baumgarten BU Roggo S Wen B Knochenmuss R Noël S Gessier F Kelly LM Vanek M Laurent S Preuss I Miault C Christen I Karuna R Li W Koo DI Suply T Schmedt C Peters EC Falchetto R Katopodis A Spanka C Roy MO Detheux M Chen YA Schultz PG Cho CY Seuwen K Cyster JG Sailer AW 《Nature》2011,475(7357):524-527
Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 2 (EBI2, also known as GPR183) is a G-protein-coupled receptor that is required for humoral immune responses; polymorphisms in the receptor have been associated with inflammatory autoimmune diseases. The natural ligand for EBI2 has been unknown. Here we describe the identification of 7α,25-dihydroxycholesterol (also called 7α,25-OHC or 5-cholesten-3β,7α,25-triol) as a potent and selective agonist of EBI2. Functional activation of human EBI2 by 7α,25-OHC and closely related oxysterols was verified by monitoring second messenger readouts and saturable, high-affinity radioligand binding. Furthermore, we find that 7α,25-OHC and closely related oxysterols act as chemoattractants for immune cells expressing EBI2 by directing cell migration in vitro and in vivo. A critical enzyme required for the generation of 7α,25-OHC is cholesterol 25-hydroxylase (CH25H). Similar to EBI2 receptor knockout mice, mice deficient in CH25H fail to position activated B cells within the spleen to the outer follicle and mount a reduced plasma cell response after an immune challenge. This demonstrates that CH25H generates EBI2 biological activity in vivo and indicates that the EBI2-oxysterol signalling pathway has an important role in the adaptive immune response. 相似文献
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Arboleda VA Lee H Parnaik R Fleming A Banerjee A Ferraz-de-Souza B Délot EC Rodriguez-Fernandez IA Braslavsky D Bergadá I Dell'Angelica EC Nelson SF Martinez-Agosto JA Achermann JC Vilain E 《Nature genetics》2012,44(7):788-792
IMAGe syndrome (intrauterine growth restriction, metaphyseal dysplasia, adrenal hypoplasia congenita and genital anomalies) is an undergrowth developmental disorder with life-threatening consequences. An identity-by-descent analysis in a family with IMAGe syndrome identified a 17.2-Mb locus on chromosome 11p15 that segregated in the affected family members. Targeted exon array capture of the disease locus, followed by high-throughput genomic sequencing and validation by dideoxy sequencing, identified missense mutations in the imprinted gene CDKN1C (also known as P57KIP2) in two familial and four unrelated patients. A familial analysis showed an imprinted mode of inheritance in which only maternal transmission of the mutation resulted in IMAGe syndrome. CDKN1C inhibits cell-cycle progression, and we found that targeted expression of IMAGe-associated CDKN1C mutations in Drosophila caused severe eye growth defects compared to wild-type CDKN1C, suggesting a gain-of-function mechanism. All IMAGe-associated mutations clustered in the PCNA-binding domain of CDKN1C and resulted in loss of PCNA binding, distinguishing them from the mutations of CDKN1C that cause Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, an overgrowth syndrome. 相似文献
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All living organisms use ion channels to regulate the transport of ions across cellular membranes. Certain ion channels are classed as voltage-dependent because they have a voltage-sensing structure that induces their pores to open in response to changes in the cell membrane voltage. Until recently, the voltage-dependent K+, Ca2+ and Na+ channels were regarded as a unique development of eukaryotic cells, adapted to accomplish specialized electrical signalling, as exemplified in neurons. Here we present the functional characterization of a voltage-dependent K+ (K(V)) channel from a hyperthermophilic archaebacterium from an oceanic thermal vent. This channel possesses all the functional attributes of classical neuronal K(V) channels. The conservation of function reflects structural conservation in the voltage sensor as revealed by specific, high-affinity interactions with tarantula venom toxins, which evolved to inhibit eukaryotic K(V) channels. 相似文献
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The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Galagan JE Calvo SE Borkovich KA Selker EU Read ND Jaffe D FitzHugh W Ma LJ Smirnov S Purcell S Rehman B Elkins T Engels R Wang S Nielsen CB Butler J Endrizzi M Qui D Ianakiev P Bell-Pedersen D Nelson MA Werner-Washburne M Selitrennikoff CP Kinsey JA Braun EL Zelter A Schulte U Kothe GO Jedd G Mewes W Staben C Marcotte E Greenberg D Roy A Foley K Naylor J Stange-Thomann N Barrett R Gnerre S Kamal M Kamvysselis M Mauceli E Bielke C Rudd S Frishman D Krystofova S Rasmussen C Metzenberg RL 《Nature》2003,422(6934):859-868
Neurospora crassa is a central organism in the history of twentieth-century genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology. Here, we report a high-quality draft sequence of the N. crassa genome. The approximately 40-megabase genome encodes about 10,000 protein-coding genes--more than twice as many as in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and only about 25% fewer than in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Analysis of the gene set yields insights into unexpected aspects of Neurospora biology including the identification of genes potentially associated with red light photobiology, genes implicated in secondary metabolism, and important differences in Ca2+ signalling as compared with plants and animals. Neurospora possesses the widest array of genome defence mechanisms known for any eukaryotic organism, including a process unique to fungi called repeat-induced point mutation (RIP). Genome analysis suggests that RIP has had a profound impact on genome evolution, greatly slowing the creation of new genes through genomic duplication and resulting in a genome with an unusually low proportion of closely related genes. 相似文献
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