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Anderson KC, Teuber SS. Ellagic acid and polyphenolics present in walnut kernels inhibit in vitro human peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation and alter cytokine production. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010; 1190:86-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05259.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Gene expression profiles of sporadic canine hemangiosarcoma are uniquely associated with breed. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5549. [PMID: 19461996 PMCID: PMC2680013 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The role an individual's genetic background plays on phenotype and biological behavior of sporadic tumors remains incompletely understood. We showed previously that lymphomas from Golden Retrievers harbor defined, recurrent chromosomal aberrations that occur less frequently in lymphomas from other dog breeds, suggesting spontaneous canine tumors provide suitable models to define how heritable traits influence cancer genotypes. Here, we report a complementary approach using gene expression profiling in a naturally occurring endothelial sarcoma of dogs (hemangiosarcoma). Naturally occurring hemangiosarcomas of Golden Retrievers clustered separately from those of non-Golden Retrievers, with contributions from transcription factors, survival factors, and from pro-inflammatory and angiogenic genes, and which were exclusively present in hemangiosarcoma and not in other tumors or normal cells (i.e., they were not due simply to variation in these genes among breeds). Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 1 (VEGFR1) was among genes preferentially enriched within known pathways derived from gene set enrichment analysis when characterizing tumors from Golden Retrievers versus other breeds. Heightened VEGFR1 expression in these tumors also was apparent at the protein level and targeted inhibition of VEGFR1 increased proliferation of hemangiosarcoma cells derived from tumors of Golden Retrievers, but not from other breeds. Our results suggest heritable factors mold gene expression phenotypes, and consequently biological behavior in sporadic, naturally occurring tumors.
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McCue JM, Lazis S, John Cohen J, Modiano JF, Freed BM. Hydroquinone and catechol interfere with T cell cycle entry and progression through the G1 phase. Mol Immunol 2003; 39:995-1001. [PMID: 12749906 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(03)00046-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cigarette smoking causes profound suppression of pulmonary T cell responses, which is associated with increased susceptibility to respiratory tract infections and decreased tumor surveillance. Hydroquinone (HQ) and catechol, at concentrations comparable to those found in cigarette smoke, are potent inhibitors of T cell activation and proliferation. We have previously shown that HQ and catechol inhibit ribonucleotide reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in DNA synthesis. In this report we demonstrate that HQ and catechol also inhibit blastogenesis by interfering with T cell cycle entry and progression through the G(1) phase. In an attempt to localize the point in the cell cycle where arrest occurred, a set of key markers of activation and cell cycle progression were examined, including induction of c-Myc, up regulation of RNA synthesis, surface expression of CD71, and induction of E2F-dependent gene expression. Addition of HQ or catechol prior to stimulation inhibited each of these events without decreasing cell viability. However, production of IL-2 and surface expression of CD69 and CD25 were not affected, indicating that HQ and catechol inhibit only certain cell cycle events. These studies provide further indication of the regulatory pathways by which cigarette smoke inhibits T cell responses in the lungs of smokers.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Catechols/pharmacology
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- E2F Transcription Factors
- G1 Phase/drug effects
- Humans
- Hydroquinones/pharmacology
- Interleukin-2/biosynthesis
- Lectins, C-Type
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/metabolism
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Transferrin
- Resting Phase, Cell Cycle/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- Jesica M McCue
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. 9th Ave, B-164, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Modiano JF, Smith R, Wojcieszyn J, Thomas JS, Rosenbaum BA, Ball C, Nicholds EA, Anthony MA, Barton CL. The use of cytochemistry, immunophenotyping, flow cytometry, and in vitro differentiation to determine the ontogeny of a canine monoblastic leukemia. Vet Clin Pathol 2002; 27:40-49. [PMID: 12075547 DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165x.1998.tb01014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We evaluated the utility of cytochemistry, immunophenotyping, flow cytometry, and in vitro culture with forced differentiation of leukemic cells as diagnostic aids to identify the malignant cell ontogeny in a dog with leukemia. A tentative diagnosis of monoblastic leukemia was established by microscopic examination of Romanowsky-stained blood smears and bone marrow aspirate smears. This diagnosis also was supported by the light scatter signature that identified the blast cells as large, non-granular monocytic cells using a CellDyn 3500 automated hematology analyzer; as well as by the detection of N-butyrate esterase and the lack of choloroacetate esterase or leukocyte peroxidase by cytochemical staining. Subsequently, leukemic cells were isolated from the dog's peripheral blood and placed into tissue culture or cryopreserved. The leukemic cells grew in suspension cultures and proliferated spontaneously for up to 4 days. By day 7, proliferation was negligible. Upon culture with conditioned supernatant using mitogen-stimulated human T cells as a source of cytokines, an increased proportion of cells entered S phase by day 2 of culture; however, proliferation declined markedly by day 4, at which time the cells had apparently differentiated to adherent, vacuolated macrophages. The cytokine-stimulated leukemic cells were positive for the monocyte/macrophage specific markers alpha-1-antitrypsin, alpha-1-antichymotrypsin, lysozyme, CD14, MHC class II, and calprotectin, an antigen found in differentiated macrophages and granulocytes. Despite the strong tendency of the leukemic cells towards monocytic differentiation, our results suggested that they retained some features of a myelomonocytic precursor. These data show that cytochemistry, immunophenotyping, flow cytometry, and in vitro differentiation of canine leukemia cells are useful tools for confirming the lineage of malignant hematopoietic cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jaime F. Modiano
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Gómez-Angelats M, Cidlowski JA. Protein kinase C regulates FADD recruitment and death-inducing signaling complex formation in Fas/CD95-induced apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:44944-52. [PMID: 11581255 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104919200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) triggers cellular signals that inhibit Fas/CD95-induced cell death in Jurkat T-cells by poorly defined mechanisms. Previously, we have shown that one effect of PKC on Fas/CD95-dependent cell death occurs through inhibition of cell shrinkage and K(+) efflux (Gómez-Angelats, M., Bortner, C. D., and Cidlowski, J. A. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 19609-19619). Here we report that PKC alters Fas/CD95 signaling from the plasma membrane to the activation of caspases by exerting a profound action on survival/cell death decisions. Specific activation of PKC with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate or bryostatin-1 induced translocation of PKC from the cytosol to the membrane and effectively inhibited cell shrinkage and cell death triggered by anti-Fas antibody in Jurkat cells. In contrast, inhibition of classical PKC isotypes with Gö6976 exacerbated the effect of Fas activation on both apoptotic volume decrease and cell death. PKC activation/inhibition did not affect anti-Fas antibody binding to the cell surface, intracellular levels of FADD (Fas-associated protein with death domain), or c-FLIP (cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein) expression. However, processing/activation of both caspase-8 and caspase-3 and BID cleavage were markedly blocked upon PKC activation and, conversely, were augmented during PKC inhibition, suggesting a role for PKC upstream of caspase-8 processing and activation. Analysis of death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) formation was carried out to examine the influence of PKC on recruitment of both FADD and procaspase-8 to the Fas receptor. PKC activation blocked FADD recruitment and caspase-8 activation and thus DISC formation in both type I and II cells. In contrast, inhibition of classical PKCs promoted the opposite effect on the Fas pathway by rapidly increasing FADD recruitment, caspase-8 activation, and DISC formation. Together, these data show that PKC finely modulates Fas/CD95 signaling by altering the efficiency of DISC formation.
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- M Gómez-Angelats
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Molecular Endocrinology Group, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Modiano JF, Mayor J, Ball C, Fuentes MK, Linthicum DS. CDK4 expression and activity are required for cytokine responsiveness in T cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:6693-702. [PMID: 11120786 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.12.6693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Stimulation of lymphocytes through the Ag receptor can lead to cytokine responsiveness or unresponsiveness. We examined the importance of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)4 to establish and maintain IL-2 responsiveness in human T cells. Our results show that a herbimycin A- and staurosporine-sensitive phase of CDK4 expression and activity preceded the acquisition of IL-2-responsiveness in mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood T cells. Intriguingly, CDK4 expression and activity were demonstrable in purified unstimulated peripheral blood T cells from approximately 30% (5/16) of healthy individuals examined for this study. These T cells proliferated in response to IL-2 without additional mitogens, and both the expression and activity of CDK4 and the ability to respond to cytokines were resistant to herbimycin A and staurosporine. The pattern of CDK4 expression and response to IL-2 in this subset of individuals resembled that seen in the human IL-2-dependent Kit-225 T cell line. However, in contrast to normal T cells, Kit-225 cells were rendered unresponsive to IL-2 by stimulation through the Ag receptor. In these cells, PHA, anti-CD3, or PMA induced marked reductions of CDK4 expression and activity that paralleled IL-2 unresponsiveness, and these effects were not reversible by IL-2. Furthermore, IL-2-dependent proliferation could be similarly inhibited in Kit-225 cells by overexpression of the CDK inhibitors p16/Ink4-a or p21/Waf-1a or by overexpression of a kinase-inactive CDK4 mutant. The data indicate that CDK4 expression and activity are necessary to induce and maintain cytokine responsiveness in T cells, suggesting that CDK4 is important to link T cell signaling pathways to the machinery that controls cell cycle progression.
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- J F Modiano
- Center for Cancer Causation and Prevention, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, CO 80214, USA.
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Ahnadi CE, Giguère P, Gravel S, Gagné D, Goulet A, Fülöp T, Payet MD, Dupuis G. Chronic PMA treatment of Jurkat T lymphocytes results in decreased protein tyrosine phosphorylation and inhibition of CD3‐ but not Ti‐dependent antibody‐triggered Ca
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signaling. J Leukoc Biol 2000. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.68.2.293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Charaf E. Ahnadi
- Departments of Biochemistry, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Physiology and Biophysics, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Clinical Research Center, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Departments of Biochemistry, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Physiology and Biophysics, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Departments of Biochemistry, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Modiano JF, Mayor J, Ball C, Chitko-McKown CG, Sakata N, Domenico-Hahn J, Lucas JJ, Gelfand EW. Quantitative and qualitative signals determine T-cell cycle entry and progression. Cell Immunol 1999; 197:19-29. [PMID: 10555992 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1999.1563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Cell growth and proliferation as well as cell cycle arrest and apoptosis all play integral roles in the cellular immune response. The signals that lead to cytokine production by antigen- or mitogen-stimulated T cells have been studied in detail. However, it is not fully understood how these signals promote cell cycle entry and progression to DNA synthesis in T lymphocytes, especially in primary cells. We used a model distinguishing between competence and progression phases to examine quantitative and qualitative differences in signal transduction that resulted in cell cycle entry and G1 phase arrest or led to DNA synthesis in human T cells. Resting peripheral blood T cells were rendered competent by stimulation with submitogenic concentrations of phytohemagglutinin (PHA) or they were stimulated to proliferate using mitogenic concentrations of PHA. The competent state (that is, the capacity to proliferate in response to exogenous IL-2) was characterized by calcium mobilization, a protein kinase C-dependent internalization of CD3, increased mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity, transient translocation of AP-1 transcription factors to the nucleus, expression of immediate early genes, activation of G1-phase cyclin-dependent kinases, and increased CD25 (IL-2Ralpha) expression. However, all of these events were of lesser magnitude in T cells rendered competent than in T cells stimulated to proliferate. Furthermore, the mitogenic stimulus induced a different pattern of MAPK activation and sustained translocation of AP-1 to the nucleus with concomitant IL-2 production. The data indicate that quantitative and qualitative differences in early signaling events distinguish the acquisition of the competent state or the induction of cytokine production with a commitment to T-cell proliferation.
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- J F Modiano
- Department of Pathobiology, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas.
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Ritt MG, Wojcieszyn J, Modiano JF. Functional loss of p21/Waf-1 in a case of benign canine multicentric melanoma. Vet Pathol 1998; 35:94-101. [PMID: 9539362 DOI: 10.1177/030098589803500202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mutations of tumor suppressor genes remove mechanisms that normally arrest proliferation of transformed cells, resulting in tumor formation. The p53 gene product functions as a tumor suppressor that induces p21/Waf-1, the 21-kDa product of the waf-1/cip-1/mda-6 gene. p21/Waf-1 is a pan-cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor that arrests cell cycle progression under a variety of circumstances. We examined tissues from a dog with multiple primary pigmented proliferative lesions (benign, multicentric melanoma consisting of three distinct dermal lesions and a matrical cyst) for p21/Waf-1 and p53 expression by immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting. p21/Waf-1 and p-53 proteins were undetectable in the tumor cells and in the cyst but were present in adjacent normal tissues. Abundant cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (Cdk4), a protein related functionally to p21/Waf-1, also was present in the cyst. A somatic mutation of the waf-1 gene or of the p53 gene may have resulted in the loss of p21/Waf-1 expression in a common precursor of pigment-producing cells from the affected dog. Furthermore, this functional loss of p21/Waf-1 may play an important role in the genesis of canine benign melanoma.
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- M G Ritt
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4467, USA
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Modiano JF, Amran D, Lack G, Bradley K, Ball C, Domenico J, Gelfand EW. Posttranscriptional regulation of T-cell IL-2 production by human pooled immunoglobin. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1997; 83:77-85. [PMID: 9073539 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We evaluated the mechanism by which human pooled gamma-globulin for intravenous use (hIVIG) inhibits interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by human T cells. hIVIG reduced by 70-95% the amount of IL-2 in culture supernatants from mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood T cells or Jurkat cells. This reduction was not apparent at the transcriptional level: hIVIG had no effect on the levels of IL-2 mRNA or on the accumulation of firefly luciferase when its gene was linked to the IL-2 promoters. In contrast, hIVIG inhibited IL-2 protein synthesis, and the intracellular IL-2 was not restored by monensin. Our results indicate that the inhibition of IL-2 production by hIVIG occurred post-transcriptionally, and also suggest that secretion was unaffected, and that this effect of hIVIG was specific for IL-2 (and possibly other related cytokines). The data identify a previously uncharacterized regulatory mechanism of IL-2 production and predict that this immunomodulatory effect of hIVIG may be significant for its therapeutic actions in immune-mediated diseases.
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- J F Modiano
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
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Buc HA, Moncion A, Pérignon JL. Staurosporine and herbimycin A augment agonist-induced elevation of cAMP in Jurkat T-lymphoblasts. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1996; 18:135-9. [PMID: 8799363 DOI: 10.1016/0192-0561(95)00116-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cross-talk between signalling pathways appears to play an important role in T-lymphocyte activation. In the present work, we have studied the effects of different inhibitors of protein tyrosine kinases or protein serine/ threonine kinases on the agonist-induced cAMP accumulation in the human T-lymphoblast cell line Jurkat. Staurosporine, a potent but nonspecific inhibitor of protein kinases, produced a ten-fold enhancement of the response to PGE2. No significant effect was obtained with two specific protein kinase C inhibitors (GF 109203X and H7), whereas herbimycin A, a specific protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor, markedly enhanced the PGE2-induced cAMP accumulation: its effect was approximately 60% that of staurosporine. It was confirmed that both staurosporine and herbimycin A inhibited by more than 90% the release of IP3 induced by ligation of the T-cell receptor, a known protein tyrosine kinase-dependent mechanism. To our knowledge, this study provides the first indication of a protein tyrosine kinase-mediated inhibition of agonist-induced cAMP accumulation. The possible targets of this inhibition are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- H A Buc
- Laboratoire de Biochimie Métabolique et Pharmacologique, INSERM U75, Paris, France
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Modiano JF, Domenico J, Szepesi A, Terada N, Lucas JJ, Gelfand EW. Symmetry of the activation of cyclin-dependent kinases in mitogen and growth factor-stimulated T lymphocytes. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1995; 766:134-48. [PMID: 7486650 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb26657.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The entry of resting T cells into the G1 phase of the cell cycle after stimulation by mitogens is controlled by a series of biochemical events that are independent of growth factors. These events follow the initial signals stimulated through the engagement of the T-cell receptor and include activation of the cyclin-dependent kinases Cdk6, Cdk4, and Cdk2, as well as a transient phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma gene product (p110Rb) by one or several of these proteins. A progression signal such as that delivered by interleukin-2 then induces a second phase of Cdk6, Cdk4, and Cdk2 activation, along with sustained phosphorylation of p110Rb in the activated T cells. This second signal is required to carry the cells into the S phase and beyond. Quantitative and qualitative differences in the expression and activity of these proteins may be critical to maintain the delicate balance that is necessary to ensure the normal progression of T cells through the cell cycle.
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Affiliation(s)
- J F Modiano
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
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Modiano JF, Getzy DM, Akol KG, Van Winkle TJ, Cockerell GL. Retrovirus-like activity in an immunosuppressed dog: pathological and immunological findings. J Comp Pathol 1995; 112:165-83. [PMID: 7539463 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9975(05)80059-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A putative retrovirus was isolated from a dog with a severe, acquired immunodeficiency-like syndrome. The haematological abnormalities and immunological deficiencies included anaemia, leucopenia (lymphopenia and neutropenia), thrombocytopenia, decreased humoral immunity, and ineffective T-cell responses in-vitro. The necropsy findings included generalized lymphoid depletion, severe bone marrow hypoplasia, plasmacytic infiltrates in lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs, and severe secondary infections. Supernates of peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures from the affected dog contained an agent with manganese-dependent reverse transcriptase (RT) activity that sedimented at a density of 1.122 g/ml. RT activity was also found post-mortem in extracts prepared from the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and small intestine. The lymph nodes and small intestine expressed a 3.8 kb mRNA that was recognized by a bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) pol DNA probe by Northern blotting. DNA isolated from the lymph nodes and small intestine from the affected dog showed distinct band patterns by Southern analysis, suggesting an exogenous retrovirus. The retrovirus could be propagated in normal canine peripheral blood mononuclear cells or short-term canine lymphocyte cell lines in-vitro, and was cytopathogenic for cells of canine, but not human, origin. These results suggest the existence of a pathogenic canine retrovirus capable of producing disease of the type associated with retroviruses in other species.
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- J F Modiano
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Ting CC, Hargrove ME, Wang J, Patel AD. Differential requirement of protein tyrosine kinase and protein kinase C in the generation of IL-2-induced LAK cell and alpha CD3-induced CD3-AK cell responses. Cell Immunol 1995; 160:286-96. [PMID: 7536636 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(95)80040-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This study examined the role of protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) and protein kinase C (PKC) in the signal transduction pathways for lymphocyte activation through IL-2R to generate LAK cells and through TCR-CD3 to generate CD3-AK cells. Two PTK inhibitors [herbimycin A and genistein (PTK-I)] and two PKC inhibitors [calphositin C and staurosporine (PKC-I)] were used in the experiments. It was found that the primary activation pathway through IL-2R was PTK-dependent; that is, generation of both the IL-2-induced proliferative and the cytotoxic responses was completely abrogated by PTK-I and not by PKC-I. Quite different results were obtained with the alpha CD3-induced CD3-AK cell response. First, the alpha CD3-induced proliferation was only partially inhibited by PTK-I or PKC-I alone. Second, generation of CD3-AK cytotoxic response was primarily PKC-dependent; that is, only PKC-I induced significant inhibition. Genistein was found to reduce protein tyrosine phosphorylation in both LAK cells and CD3-AK cells, indicating that CD3-AK cells were also susceptible to PTK-I treatment. Further studies showed that PTK-I and not PKC-I suppressed perforin mRNA expression and N-2-benzyoxycarbonyl-L-lysine thiobeneylester esterase production in LAK cells, and the opposite was true for CD3-AK cells. These results indicate that different pathways were employed in lymphocyte activation through IL-2R and TCR-CD3. The former pathway is primarily PTK-dependent. Activation through TCR-CD3 is a more complex event.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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MESH Headings
- Alkaloids/pharmacology
- Animals
- Benzoquinones
- Female
- Genistein
- Interleukin-2/pharmacology
- Isoflavones/pharmacology
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated/drug effects
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated/enzymology
- Lactams, Macrocyclic
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Naphthalenes
- Perforin
- Polycyclic Compounds/pharmacology
- Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Kinase C/physiology
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/physiology
- Quinones/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/drug effects
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/physiology
- Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
- Rifabutin/analogs & derivatives
- Signal Transduction
- Staurosporine
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Affiliation(s)
- C C Ting
- Division of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- P A Philip
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Modiano JF, Domenico J, Szepesi A, Lucas JJ, Gelfand EW. Differential requirements for interleukin-2 distinguish the expression and activity of the cyclin-dependent kinases Cdk4 and Cdk2 in human T cells. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)30086-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Kloth S, Flad HD, Brandt E. Detection of intracellular interleukin 2: evidence for novel immunologically related forms of the lymphokine. Cytokine 1994; 6:349-57. [PMID: 7948741 DOI: 10.1016/1043-4666(94)90057-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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At present, few data are available on intracellular interleukin 2 (IL-2) and its posttranscriptional regulation. Unlike other lymphokines, IL-2 does not accumulate within the cell, but is rapidly secreted following its production. The process of detection and biochemical characterization of intracellular IL-2 involved using a high producer subclone of the Jurkat T-lymphoma line as a source for IL-2, in combination with a two-step separation protocol and a sensitive detection method. Following phytohemagglutinin (PHA)/4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13 acetate (TPA) stimulation, a 14 kDa molecule could be visualized in Western blots by means of two monoclonal anti-IL-2 antibodies possessing different epitope specificities. This molecule exhibited biological activity of IL-2 as determined by a murine cytotoxic T-cell proliferation assay. In addition to this biologically active form of the lymphokine, a strongly immunoreactive protein with a molecular weight of 54 kDa (P54) was found in Jurkat cell lysates. Further biochemical characterization of this intracellular variant revealed an isoelectric point similar to that of secreted forms of IL-2. All attempts to split the 54 kDa molecule into smaller subunits failed, and no biological IL-2 activity could be measured in response to P54. However, the appearance of this high molecular weight variant followed clear-cut time kinetics. The highest concentration of P54 was found to occur after 2 h of stimulation. Thereafter its concentration decreased continuously, while the amount of the biologically active 14 kDa variant increased under ongoing stimulation. One possible explanation for these results is that P54 may represent an immature form of IL-2 that is tightly linked to a carrier molecule.
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- S Kloth
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Forschungsinstitut Borstel, Germany
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Interleukin-1-induced signaling in T-cells. Evidence for the involvement of phosphatases PP1 and PP2A in regulating protein kinase C-mediated protein phosphorylation and interleukin-2 synthesis. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36894-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Gribble GW, Berthel SJ. A Survey of Indolo [2,3-a] carbazole Alkaloids and Related Natural Products. STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-89366-6.70015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Helfand SC, Modiano JF, Nowell PC. Immunophysiological studies of interleukin-2 and canine lymphocytes. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1992; 33:1-16. [PMID: 1632072 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2427(92)90030-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Interleukin-2-dependent pathways of lymphocyte activation were investigated in canine peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) following stimulation with T-cell mitogens including phytohemagglutinin, phorbol ester (TPA), calcium ionophore (ionomycin), and human recombinant interleukin-2 (hrIL-2). The ability of the stimulated cells to produce interleukin-2 (IL-2) was determined using murine indicator cell lines. IL-2 receptor expression by mitogen-stimulated canine PBL was confirmed by the binding of hrIL-2 with high affinity, and with characteristics comparable to those of the human and murine IL-2 receptor. Examination of serum and PBL from two dogs that were treated with hrIL-2 and human recombinant tumor necrosis factor for systemic mast cell tumors showed that in one dog, IL-2 could be measured in the serum. Concurrently, the in vitro mitogenic response of this dog's PBL to hrIL-2 occurred earlier, possibly reflecting an increase in the relative number of IL-2-responsive cells within the PBL population.
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- S C Helfand
- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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