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Kar S, Wang M, Carr BI. α-Thrombin inhibits DNA synthesis in rat hepatocytes but not in hepatoma cells by receptor activation and proteolysis. Mol Cell Biochem 2007; 304:189-97. [PMID: 17516031 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-007-9499-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2006] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Prothrombin is a plasma protein, which after tissue injury is converted to alpha-thrombin and is mainly involved in blood clot formation. It has also been shown to have a mitogenic effect on primary endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts and some tumor cells, but is an inhibitor of rat hepatocyte DNA synthesis on fibronectin matrix in cell culture. We now report that prothrombin is converted to alpha-thrombin by primary cultures of normal adult rat hepatocytes and alpha-thrombin is also a potent inhibitor of hepatocytes DNA synthesis. In contrast, rat hepatoma cells cultured under similar conditions were resistant to alpha-thrombin mediated DNA synthesis inhibition. The inhibitory effect of alpha-thrombin on DNA synthesis was antagonized by hirudin and antithrombin, two specific alpha-thrombin inhibitors or by the presence of collagen-I matrix. A thrombin receptor activating peptide (TRAP6) also inhibited EGF-mediated rat hepatocyte DNA synthesis, suggesting a role of the thrombin receptors in this process. Matrix fibronectin was degraded by alpha-thrombin. However, no appreciable cell detachment was observed. These results suggest a role of alpha-thrombin as a potent growth inhibitor of normal hepatocytes, possibly through control of fibronectin or other matrix protein(s).
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- Siddhartha Kar
- Liver Cancer Center, T. E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, E1550, BST, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Mbebi C, Hantaï D, Jandrot-Perrus M, Doyennette MA, Verdière-Sahuqué M. Protease nexin I expression is up-regulated in human skeletal muscle by injury-related factors. J Cell Physiol 1999; 179:305-14. [PMID: 10228949 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4652(199906)179:3<305::aid-jcp8>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Protease nexin I is a 43-50 kDa glycoprotein capable of inhibiting a number of serine proteases. In cultured differentiated human skeletal muscle (myotubes), we previously found that protease nexin I was localized in patches at their surface where it was active and able to inhibit thrombin. To understand the role of skeletal muscle protease nexin I after injury or in inflammatory conditions where thrombin might be extravasated by blood vessels, we examined the role of inflammatory factors on protease nexin I synthesis and secretion by myotubes in culture. By enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blotting, we found that this serine protease inhibitor is secreted by cultured human myotubes. Protease nexin I secretion is stimulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha, transforming growth factor-beta and interleukin-1. Complex formation experiments with labeled thrombin reveal active protease nexin I bound to the surface of the treated cells. Secreted protease nexin I-thrombin complex was enhanced in the presence of transforming growth factor-beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Protease nexin I mRNA was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Northern blot analysis. Whatever the conditions, no significantly different levels were observed, indicating that the changes in cell and media protease nexin I concentration are elicited at the translational/posttranslational levels. Immunocytochemical studies on human skeletal muscle biopsies of patients suffering from inflammatory myopathies showed an overexpression of protease nexin I together with the above inflammatory factors. These findings suggest that skeletal muscle protease nexin I might play a role after injury or inflammatory pathologies.
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MESH Headings
- Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
- Biopsy
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Carrier Proteins/analysis
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Nucleus/pathology
- Cells, Cultured
- Culture Media
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/immunology
- Humans
- Interleukin-1/metabolism
- Iodine/pharmacology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle, Skeletal/injuries
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Protease Nexins
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Serine Proteinase Inhibitors/analysis
- Serine Proteinase Inhibitors/genetics
- Serine Proteinase Inhibitors/metabolism
- Thrombin/metabolism
- Thrombin/pharmacology
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
- Wound Healing/immunology
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- C Mbebi
- INSERM Unité 523 (formerly 153), Institut de Myologie, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Seasholtz TM, Majumdar M, Kaplan DD, Brown JH. Rho and Rho kinase mediate thrombin-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cell DNA synthesis and migration. Circ Res 1999; 84:1186-93. [PMID: 10347093 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.84.10.1186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aberrant regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration is associated with the pathophysiology of vascular disorders such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, restenosis, and graft rejection. To elucidate molecular mechanisms that regulate proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells, we determined whether signaling through the small G protein Rho is involved in thrombin- and phenylephrine-stimulated proliferation and migration of rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMCs). Thrombin and the thrombin peptide SFLLRNP stimulated DNA synthesis of RASMCs as measured by [3H]thymidine incorporation. Both ligands also increased cell migration as measured by the Boyden chamber method. L-Phenylephrine failed to induce either of these responses but increased inositol phosphate accumulation and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in these cells, which indicated that the cells were responsive to alpha1-adrenergic stimulation. The C3 exoenzyme, which ADP-ribosylates and inactivates Rho, fully inhibited both thrombin-stimulated proliferation and migration but had no effect on inositol phosphate accumulation. In addition, Y-27632, an inhibitor of the Rho effector p160ROCK/Rho kinase, decreased thrombin-stimulated DNA synthesis and migration. To directly examine Rho activation, Rho-[35S]GTPgammaS binding was measured. The addition of the thrombin peptide SFLLRNP, but not phenylephrine, to RASMC lysates resulted in a significant increase in Rho-[35S]GTPgammaS binding. Thrombin and SFLLRNP, but not phenylephrine, also increased membrane-associated Rho in intact RASMCs, consistent with selective activation of Rho by thrombin. These results indicate that thrombin activates Rho in RASMCs and establish Rho as a critical mediator of thrombin receptor effects on DNA synthesis and cell migration in these cells.
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- T M Seasholtz
- University of California, San Diego, Department of Pharmacology, La Jolla, CA 92093-0636, USA
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Vasta V, Meacci E, Romiti E, Farnararo M, Bruni P. A role for phospholipase D activation in the lipid signalling cascade generated by bradykinin and thrombin in C2C12 myoblasts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1391:280-6. [PMID: 9555059 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(98)00013-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In the present study evidence is provided for a rapid activation of lipid signalling pathways induced by thrombin and bradykinin (BK) in C2C12 myoblasts. Both agonists were able to increase [3H]inositol phosphates (InsP), 1,2-[3H]diacylglycerol (DAG) and [3H]phosphatidic acid (PtdOH) levels. In particular [3H]PtdOH values were rapidly increased and maintained at significantly high values at prolonged times of incubation. BK and thrombin were able to activate phospholipase D (PLD) in vivo as demonstrated by the accumulation of [3H]phosphatidylethanol (PtdEtOH) through the transphoshatidylation reaction catalyzed by the enzyme in the presence of ethanol. The observation that ethanol could significantly reduce [3H]PtdOH formation in myoblasts stimulated with BK and thrombin indicates that stimulation of PLD has a major role. The two agonists appear to stimulate PLD activity through a common molecular mechanism, involving the activation of protein kinase C (PKC). In addition, BK and thrombin appear able to activate DAG kinase at early times of incubation and also this pathway may contribute to determine the increase in [3H]PtdOH levels. This is the first report which describes activation of lipid signalling pathways by BK and thrombin in myoblast cells and it is possible that these early signals may have an important role in mediating the biological effects of the two agonists.
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- V Vasta
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, University of Florence, Viale G. B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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Suidan HS, Niclou SP, Dreessen J, Beltraminelli N, Monard D. The thrombin receptor is present in myoblasts and its expression is repressed upon fusion. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:29162-9. [PMID: 8910573 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.46.29162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cultured myoblasts derived from limb muscle of newborn rats express thrombin receptor immunoreactivity on their surface. Receptor expression is repressed upon myoblast fusion. This is due at least in part to a decrease in the amount of the thrombin receptor mRNA. Addition of thrombin triggers calcium transients only in mono- but not multinucleated muscle cells. Furthermore, thrombin increases the rate of myoblast proliferation that coincides with an activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase. Northern analysis of thrombin receptor mRNA expression in skeletal muscle showed that the transcript is present at a relatively high level at birth, but is almost undetectable in the adult. By in situ hybridization, the mRNA at birth appeared to be present mostly in mononucleated cells grouped in clusters, but not in muscle fibers. Very few nuclei surrounded by a mRNA signal were present on muscle sections of rats 24 days postnatally. These results suggest that the thrombin receptor plays a role in muscle development.
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- H S Suidan
- Friedrich Miescher-Institut, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
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PEPTIDE GROWTH FACTORS AND OXYGEN IN THE HEALING CASCADE. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3699(20)30920-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Duchosal MA, Rothermel AL, McConahey PJ, Dixon FJ, Altieri DC. In vivo immunosuppression by targeting a novel protease receptor. Nature 1996; 380:352-6. [PMID: 8598931 DOI: 10.1038/380352a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Membrane receptors for blood proteases govern the clotting and fibrinolytic cascades, regulate signal transduction and control the growth of mesenchymal cells. Despite their importance in the development of vascular injury, it is unclear whether these mechanisms participate in the generation of an immune response. Here we report that targeting a factor Xa receptor, designated effector cell protease receptor-1 (EPR-1), with antisense oligonucleotide or with a monoclonal antibody (mAB 2E1) inhibited CD3/T-cell receptor-dependent lymphocyte proliferation. Immunosuppression was mediated by abolishing cytokine production and down-modulating membrane expression of the interleukin (IL)-2 receptor. In vivo administration of mAb 2E1 to severe-combined-immunodeficient mice injected with human peripheral blood leukocytes suppressed production of human immunoglobulin, abolished graft-versus-host disease, and protected these xenochimaeric mice from Epstein-Barr-virus-induced human lymphoproliferative disease. These observations indicate a new role for protease receptors in the regulation of the immune response, and identify a potential target for therapeutic immunosuppression in humans.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Base Sequence
- CD3 Complex/immunology
- Factor Xa
- Graft vs Host Disease/immunology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G/blood
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins
- Leukocyte Transfusion
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, SCID
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/genetics
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Cell Surface/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/immunology
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/immunology
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/metabolism
- Survivin
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transplantation, Heterologous
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- M A Duchosal
- Division of Haematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Centre-Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Molecular cloning of effector cell protease receptor-1, a novel cell surface receptor for the protease factor Xa. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)41838-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Scott GK. Proteinases and proteinase inhibitors as modulators of animal cell growth. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 103:785-93. [PMID: 1478061 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(92)90195-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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1. Three distinct lines of evidence indicate that proteinases are involved in the growth of cultured animal cells. 2. Endogenous growth-related proteinases have been identified, and exogenous proteinases can also stimulate cell proliferation, probably by different mechanisms. In some cases, higher concentrations of proteinases are cytotoxic. 3. Proteinase inhibitors, not surprisingly, inhibit cell growth, but can also be mitogenic at sub-inhibitory concentrations. 4. There must, therefore, be at least three major cellular processes in which proteinases or proteinase inhibitors can operate to exert a direct effect on cell proliferation. 5. Details of one action of an exogenous proteinase, typified by thrombin and the thrombin receptor, are becoming clear at the molecular level, but thrombin probably activates at least two intracellular signalling systems, as well as acting as a growth inhibitor in some situations. 6. Much remains to be investigated in other examples.
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- G K Scott
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Altieri DC, Etingin OR, Fair DS, Brunck TK, Geltosky JE, Hajjar DP, Edgington TS. Structurally homologous ligand binding of integrin Mac-1 and viral glycoprotein C receptors. Science 1991; 254:1200-2. [PMID: 1957171 DOI: 10.1126/science.1957171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Three spatially distant surface loops were found to mediate the interaction of the coagulation protein factor X with the leukocyte integrin Mac-1. This interacting region, which by computational modeling defines a three-dimensional macromotif in the catalytic domain, was also recognized by glycoprotein C (gC), a factor X receptor expressed on herpes simplex virus (HSV)-infected endothelial cells. Peptidyl mimicry of each loop inhibited factor X binding to Mac-1 and gC, blocked monocyte generation of thrombin, and prevented monocyte adhesion to HSV-infected endothelium. These data link the ligand recognition of Mac-1 to established mechanisms of receptor-mediated vascular injury.
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- D C Altieri
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Lubega J. Thrombin receptor on the placental syncytiotrophoblastic plasma membrane. LA RICERCA IN CLINICA E IN LABORATORIO 1990; 20:203-8. [PMID: 2173125 DOI: 10.1007/bf02877606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Purified placental syncytiotrophoblastic membrane has been used in a radioreceptor assay to study the binding of tritium radiolabeled human thrombin. Binding was found to be saturable at higher membrane concentrations when using a fixed amount of ligand and showed a hyperbola analogous to enzyme-substrate binding. A Scatchard plot was linear and revealed homogeneous binding sites with a high-affinity constant Ka = 3 X 10(10) M-1 and capacity of 3.05 X 10(11) sites/mg of membrane protein. This high-affinity compares well with chick and embryo cell thrombin receptor which has homogeneous sites and high-affinity in contrast to platelet thrombin receptor which exhibits multiple binding sites and cooperative effects as previously noted. A thrombin receptor on the placenta might serve to mobilize thrombin into placental tissue leading to conversion of fibrinogen into fibrin, fibrinoid necrosis being so common in certain placentae. A receptor-mediated transplacental passage of thrombin into the fetal circulation is also proposed.
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- J Lubega
- Department of Chemical Pathology, Leicester Royal Infirmary
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Chawla RK, Lawson DH, Travis J. Plasma inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor-related urinary glycoprotein EDC1 inhibits the growth of a Burkitt's lymphoma cell line. J Cell Biochem 1990; 42:207-17. [PMID: 1692840 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240420404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A homogeneous preparation of a urinary glycoprotein has been isolated from urine of patients with malignant melanoma and advanced adenocarcinomas of colon and lung. This molecule, Mr 30 kDa, is homologous to EDC1, a proteinase inhibitor antigenically related to plasma inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor (IATI) originally isolated from the urine of a leukemic patient, E.D. The newly isolated EDC1 inhibits cellular proliferation of a Burkitt's lymphoma cell line, Raji, growing in serum-free medium supplemented with insulin, transferrin, selenium, and linoleic acid. This concentration-dependent inhibitory effect was monitored in terms of change in cell number and 3H-thymidine incorporation. The growth of cells treated with approximately 3.3 pmol EDC1/ml was 50% that of the control group by both assays. EDC1 was not cytotoxic to the cells because the EDC1-treated cells excluded trypan blue and resumed normal growth after removal of EDC1. In addition, EDC1 treatment of Raji cells prelabeled with 3H-labeled DNA did not release more radioactivity into the conditioned medium than the untreated labeled cells. EDC1 did not affect the growth of Hs2B2, a B-lymphoblast cell line, and Hs294T, a human malignant melanoma cell line. Equimolar and larger quantities of other proteinase inhibitors with inhibitory profiles similar to that of EDC1 (alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor, soybean trypsin inhibitor, lima bean trypsin inhibitor, and turkey ovomucoid) did not affect the growth of Raji cells. Raji cells have an absolute requirement of transferrin as a nutrient and require insulin to modulate the expression of transferrin receptors. The cells also synthesize interleukin-1 as an autocrine growth stimulator. EDC1 did not form a detectable complex with transferrin, insulin, or any autocrine factor synthesized by the cells.
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- R K Chawla
- Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Decatur, Georgia
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Naquet P, Vivier I, Gorvel JP, Brekelmans P, Barad M, Bernard AM, Pierres M. Activation of mouse T lymphocytes by a monoclonal antibody to a developmentally regulated surface aminopeptidase (THAM). Immunol Rev 1989; 111:177-93. [PMID: 2560764 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1989.tb00546.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- P Naquet
- Centre d'Immunologie INSERM-CNRS de Marseille-Luminy, France
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Vila J, Weber MJ. Mitogen-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of a 42-kD cellular protein: evidence for a protein kinase-C requirement. J Cell Physiol 1988; 135:285-92. [PMID: 3259583 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041350216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Tyrosine phosphorylation of a 42-kD, cytosolic protein is a rapid consequence when quiescent cells are stimulated with any one of a diverse group of mitogenic agents. Among the inducers of this tyrosine phosphorylation are activators of protein kinase C, raising the possibility that this serine/threonine-specific protein kinase plays a role in mitogen-induced tyrosine phosphorylation. Using fibroblastic cells depleted of protein kinase C by chronic treatment with the tumor promoter tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (TPA), we now show that protein kinase C is required for the tyrosine phosphorylation of the 42-kD protein, even when epidermal growth factor (EGF), whose receptor is a tyrosine-specific protein kinase, provides the initial stimulus. EGF is able to induce other cellular phosphorylations independent of protein kinase C, whereas thrombin appears to require the protein kinase C-dependent pathway. These findings suggest that phosphorylation of the 42-kD protein is part of a protein kinase C-dependent kinase cascade involved in intracellular signalling.
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- J Vila
- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908
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Lerner UH, Gustafson GT. Blood coagulation and bone metabolism: some characteristics of the bone resorptive effect of thrombin in mouse calvarial bones in vitro. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1988; 964:309-18. [PMID: 3126818 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(88)90031-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Chronic inflammatory processes are often associated with bone resorption. Stimulated by the current great interest in the role of coagulation factors in inflammation and immune injury, we have studied the effect of thrombin on mouse calvarial bones in vitro. Thrombin caused a dose-dependent (0.1-7 U/ml) stimulation of 45Ca release from neonatal mouse calvarial bones. Thrombin also stimulated the mobilization of stable calcium and inorganic phosphate, the release of 3H from [3H]proline-labelled calvaria, the production of lactate and the release of the lysosomal enzymes, beta-glucuronidase and beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase. Thrombin also enhanced 45Ca release from fetal rat long bones, although this bone resorption assay was less sensitive to thrombin than the mouse calvarial system. The bone resorption stimulatory activity of thrombin in mouse calvaria could be inhibited by calcitonin and an increased concentration of phosphate in the culture medium. Thrombin-induced 45Ca release in mouse calvaria was sensitive to inhibition by hydrocortisone and dexamethasone. By contrast, 45Ca release response to parathyroid hormone was insensitive to corticosteroids. The prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors indomethacin, meclofenamic acid and naproxen and 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid reduced 45Ca release from thrombin-stimulated calvaria. However, significant stimulation by thrombin could be achieved also in bones treated with inhibitors of arachidonate metabolism. The results obtained suggest that thrombin can stimulate cell-mediated bone resorption by an osteoclast-dependent mechanism. The mechanism of action may involve both prostaglandin-dependent and prostaglandin-independent pathways. Our findings indicate that thrombin may contribute to the bone resorptive processes seen in periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
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- U H Lerner
- Department of Oral Pathology, University of Umeå, Sweden
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Scott GK. Proteinases and eukaryotic cell growth. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1987; 87:1-10. [PMID: 3038457 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(87)90462-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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It is clear that there are a number of different types of reactions between thrombin and the cell surface (TABLE 6). In one type, thrombin binds to cell-surface receptors resulting in cellular activation. In other types of reactions, there are at least two components to the thrombin-specific pathway of cellular activation: a classical receptor to which thrombin binds, and a protein that is cleaved. In both types of reactions, thrombin binding and/or proteolysis is linked to changes in GTP-binding proteins, protein kinase C, or other pathways. In most cases, the receptor and membrane substrates involved in cellular activation are not well characterized. In another type of reaction, the interaction between thrombin and proteins in the extracellular fluid is regulated by cell-surface receptors. Binding of thrombin to these receptors can result in acceleration or inhibition of the reactions with the soluble proteins. In the fourth type of reaction, thrombin cleaves a cell-membrane protein that is involved in reactions with plasma proteins. Recognition of the different types of interactions between thrombin and the cell surface is necessary for the correct interpretation of experimental observations. Although the term receptor has classically referred to a cell-surface component to which an agonist binds, it is now clear that there are additional membrane components that specifically bind potential agonists not leading to cellular activation.
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Bascom CC, Sharifi BG, Johnson TC. Receptor occupancy by a bovine sialoglycopeptide inhibitor correlates with inhibition of protein synthesis. J Cell Physiol 1986; 128:202-8. [PMID: 3733887 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041280210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We have isolated from bovine cerebral cortex cells and purified to homogeneity an 18,000 dalton, pl 3.0 sialoglycopeptide that inhibits protein synthesis and DNA synthesis of nontransformed but not transformed cells without affecting uptake of radiolabeled precursors. In this paper, we examine the relationship between the binding of the sialoglycopeptide inhibitor to 3T3 cells and inhibition of protein synthesis. Binding of the sialoglycopeptide to 3T3 cells was rapid at 37 degrees C and reached a maximum at 30 min; the binding at 37 degrees C was shown to be saturable and specific. Scatchard analysis of the binding indicated that 3T3 cells contained about 2 X 10(4) receptors/cell with a dissociation constant of 1.0-1.5 nM. Several lines of evidence indicated that receptor occupancy on 3T3 cells correlated with the protein synthesis inhibitory activity of the sialoglycopeptide. A comparison of the kinetics of inhibitor binding with the kinetics of protein synthesis inhibition demonstrated that binding directly correlated with the inhibition of protein synthesis, concentration-dependent inhibition of protein synthesis directly correlated with concentration-dependent receptor occupancy, and a direct correlation was also observed between the kinetics of inhibitor dissociation from its specific cell surface receptor and the kinetics of recovery from protein synthesis inhibition.
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Wound repair of the integument is reviewed in the context of new developments in cell biology and biochemistry. Injury of the skin and concomitant blood vessel disruption lead to extravasation of blood constituents, followed by platelet aggregation and blood clotting. These events initiate inflammation and set the stage for repair processes. The macrophage plays a pivotal role in the transition between wound inflammation and repair (granulation tissue formation), since this cell both scavenges tissue debris and releases a plethora of biologically active substances that include growth factors. Although concrete evidence is lacking, growth factors are probably at least partially responsible for the angiogenesis and fibroplasia (granulation tissue) that gradually fill the wound void. If the epidermal barrier is disrupted during injury, reepithelialization begins within 24 hours and proceeds first over the margin of residual dermis and subsequently over granulation tissue. The signals for angiogenesis, fibroplasia, neomatrix formation, and reepithelialization in wound repair are not known, but a number of possibilities are discussed. Matrix remodeling is the last stage of wound repair and gradually increases the scar tensile strength to 70% to 80% of normal skin.
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Scott GK, Seow HF. Further evidence for a cell surface proteinase essential to the growth of cultured fibroblasts. Exp Cell Res 1985; 158:41-52. [PMID: 3888646 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(85)90429-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Specific antibodies and protein proteinase inhibitors will inhibit cell-surface proteinase activity on human fibroblasts and cause a concomitant inhibition of DNA synthesis and of cell multiplication. An insolubilized proteinase inhibitor also inhibits cell multiplication. The same reagents partially inhibit the multiplication of mouse L cells, both in monolayer and suspension culture, and inhibit the mitogenic effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on both types of cell.
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Fibach E, Treves A, Kidron M, Mayer M. Induction of differentiation in human myeloid leukemic cells by proteolytic enzymes. J Cell Physiol 1985; 123:228-34. [PMID: 3884635 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041230212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Exogenous serine proteases were found to induce differentiation in human myeloid leukemic cells from either in vitro established long-term cell lines or in primary cultures of cells derived directly from patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Exposure of the human promyelocytic cell line HL-60 to trypsin, chymotrypsin, or elastase induced the appearance, within 3-6 days, of neutrophilic granulocytes defined by their morphology, their ability to reduce nitroblue tetrazolium, and their efficient phagocytosis of latex particles. Upon further incubation monocyte-like cells appeared. While these cells developed into fully mature macrophages other types of cells disappeared and on day 12 the culture consisted of a pure macrophage population. The inducing effect could be observed when the enzyme was presented alone, whereas a synergistic effect was noted when the protease was added in the presence of subthreshold concentrations of chemicals known to induce differentiation in this cell line such as dimethylsulfoxide, retinoic acid, butyric acid, or hexamethylene bisacetamide. Optimal induction of differentiation by trypsin required a 48 hr continuous exposure to the enzyme. When the protease was removed earlier no appreciable differentiation was noticed. The protease-induced differentiation involved a direct interaction with the cells and was not due to a proteolytic cleavage of a serum component because it could be obtained in serum-free cultures. The enzymatic activity of the protease was needed for its effect on cell maturation: Addition of protease inhibitors such as soybean-trypsin inhibitor or trasylol completely blocked differentiation induced by the proteases but had no effect on differentiation induced by the other inducers. It is still to be determined whether a proteolytic process is a general molecular event in cell differentiation or induction by chemicals involves a mechanism different from that initiated by exogenous proteases.
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Diverse mitogenic agents induce the phosphorylation of two related 42,000-dalton proteins on tyrosine in quiescent chick cells. Mol Cell Biol 1984. [PMID: 6199661 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.4.1.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Incubation of quiescent chicken embryo cells with platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, or serum was found to stimulate phosphorylation of two proteins of ca. 42,000 daltons on tyrosine. These proteins are structurally related to each other and to two proteins phosphorylated on tyrosine under similar conditions in mitogen-treated mouse fibroblasts. Three other very different mitogenic agents, the protease trypsin and the chemically unrelated tumor promoters 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate and teleocidin, stimulated phosphorylation of the same proteins. In all cases, phosphotyrosine was detected in these phosphoproteins. Although additional changes in protein phosphorylation were evident, no other proteins were observed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis which contained increased amounts of phosphotyrosine in mitogen-treated chicken embryo cells. One of these 42,000-dalton proteins was shown previously to be phosphorylated on tyrosine in chicken embryo cells transformed with various retroviruses whose transforming proteins possess tyrosine protein kinase activity. Phosphorylation of the 42,000-dalton proteins could be important in the regulation of cell division.
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Carney DH, Stiernberg J, Fenton JW. Initiation of proliferative events by human alpha-thrombin requires both receptor binding and enzymic activity. J Cell Biochem 1984; 26:181-95. [PMID: 6098590 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240260306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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To determine the role of thrombin high-affinity receptor occupancy and enzymic activity in thrombin initiation of cell proliferation, we have utilized thrombin derivatives which separate these functions. We previously showed that enzymically active gamma-thrombin stimulates ion fluxes without binding to high-affinity sites, whereas proteolytically inhibited DIP-alpha-thrombin which binds to high-affinity receptors does not. Since neither derivative initiates DNA synthesis by itself, this suggested that two separate sequences of events might be necessary for a complete initiation signal. We now report that the combination of DIP-alpha-thrombin and gamma-thrombin initiate DNA synthesis and cell proliferation to levels approaching the maximal initiation by native alpha-thrombin. This combinatory effect is dose-dependent for both gamma-thrombin and DIP-alpha-thrombin in the same concentration range as alpha-thrombin alone. Thus, these same concentrations of alpha-thrombin alone may be required to initiate each sequence of events. The combinatory stimulation could be achieved even if the derivatives were added individually up to 8 hr apart. Moreover, preincubation with either derivative shortened the lag period for initiation of DNA synthesis by native alpha-thrombin. These results indicate that both receptor occupancy and enzymic activity are necessary for thrombin initiation of cell proliferation and that each action initiates a sequence of early events which moves the cell forward toward entry into a proliferative cycle.
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References. Mol Aspects Med 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-033239-0.50027-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Szego CM, Pietras RJ. Lysosomal functions in cellular activation: propagation of the actions of hormones and other effectors. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1984; 88:1-302. [PMID: 6145684 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62759-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Cooper JA, Sefton BM, Hunter T. Diverse mitogenic agents induce the phosphorylation of two related 42,000-dalton proteins on tyrosine in quiescent chick cells. Mol Cell Biol 1984; 4:30-7. [PMID: 6199661 PMCID: PMC368654 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.4.1.30-37.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Incubation of quiescent chicken embryo cells with platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, or serum was found to stimulate phosphorylation of two proteins of ca. 42,000 daltons on tyrosine. These proteins are structurally related to each other and to two proteins phosphorylated on tyrosine under similar conditions in mitogen-treated mouse fibroblasts. Three other very different mitogenic agents, the protease trypsin and the chemically unrelated tumor promoters 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate and teleocidin, stimulated phosphorylation of the same proteins. In all cases, phosphotyrosine was detected in these phosphoproteins. Although additional changes in protein phosphorylation were evident, no other proteins were observed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis which contained increased amounts of phosphotyrosine in mitogen-treated chicken embryo cells. One of these 42,000-dalton proteins was shown previously to be phosphorylated on tyrosine in chicken embryo cells transformed with various retroviruses whose transforming proteins possess tyrosine protein kinase activity. Phosphorylation of the 42,000-dalton proteins could be important in the regulation of cell division.
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It is shown that thrombin (0.1-7 units/ml) stimulates calcium mobilization and bone matrix degradation, as indicated by release of [3H]proline, from cultured calvarial bones. The second finding in this paper, that indomethacin blocks the stimulating effect of thrombin on bone resorption, is consistent with the concept that prostaglandin synthesis may be involved in this process. It is suggested that thrombin is a potential mediator of bone resorption associated with inflammatory and malignant processes.
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Moss M, Wiley HS, Fenton JW, Cunningham DD. Photoaffinity labeling of specific alpha-thrombin binding sites on Chinese hamster lung cells. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)32766-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Clement LT. Purification and characterization of guinea pig antithrombin III. PREPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1983; 13:1-20. [PMID: 6856582 DOI: 10.1080/00327488308068731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Antithrombin III (AT III) is a serine esterase inhibitor which regulates the activity of a number of coagulation factors. In this report, a three-step procedure for the purification of guinea pig AT III is described. This method, which involves affinity chromatography with heparin-Sepharose, ion exchange chromatography using DEAE-Sepharose, and Sephadex G-100 gel chromatography, results in purified, functionally active AT III with a 39% yield. The potential role of this molecule in the regulation of lymphocyte activation is discussed.
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Baker JB, Low DA, Eaton DL, Cunningham DD. Thrombin-mediated mitogenesis: the role of secreted protease nexin. J Cell Physiol 1982; 112:291-7. [PMID: 7119026 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041120220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A novel method for measuring cell surface-bound thrombin. Detection of iodination-induced changes in thrombin-binding affinity. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)68275-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Weinstein R, Hoover GA, Majure J, van der Spek J, Stemerman MB, Maciag T. Growth of human foreskin fibroblasts in a serum-free, defined medium without platelet-derived growth factor. J Cell Physiol 1982; 110:23-8. [PMID: 7040423 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041100105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The hormones which support growth, in vitro, of normal, neonatal human foreskin fibroblasts were determined. Whereas thrombin and hydrocortisone were major growth stimulants, platelet-derived growth factor was not. Human foreskin fibroblasts grew in a serum-free, biochemically defined medium consisting of epidermal growth factor (100 ng/ml), insulin (100 ng/ml), transferrin 10 micrograms/ml), thrombin (1 microgram/ml), ascorbic acid (10 micrograms/ml), and hydrocortisone (5 x 10(-5) M) in a 1:1 mixture of Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium and Ham's F-12, supplemented with ovalbumin (1 mg/ml) and trace elements. The growth achieved was comparable to that achieved with 5% fetal bovine serum. Neither platelet-derived growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, nor somatomedin activity increased proliferation. This serum-free medium, designated Defined Medium F, provides a biochemically defined system for growth and limited subcultivation of human foreskin fibroblasts in vitro.
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Kittlick PD, Neupert G. Effect of thrombin on glycosaminoglycans in fibroblast cultures. EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 1982; 21:263-7. [PMID: 7117492 DOI: 10.1016/s0232-1513(82)80041-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Embryonic rat fibroblasts were incubated with thrombin of different concentrations for 48 hrs. in the absence of calf serum. Cell proliferation was increased in dense cultures only. In low and high density cultures there were increased glucose consumption as well as increased GAG turnover rates and GAG total concentration. In the GAG distribution pattern DS was decreased, but HA was increased in low density and CS in high density cultures. The possible correlation between CS increase and cell proliferation is discussed.--Experiments with plasmin were without stronger effects on the fibroblast cultures.
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Crossin KL, Carney DH. Microtubule stabilization by taxol inhibits initiation of DNA synthesis by thrombin and by epidermal growth factor. Cell 1981; 27:341-50. [PMID: 6120766 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(81)90417-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Several observations have suggested that microtubule depolymerization might act as a regulator of cell proliferation. To determine whether microtubule depolymerization is required for growth-factor-induced initiation of DNA synthesis, we treated serum-free cultures of mouse embryo cells with taxol to stabilize their microtubules and measured the initiation of DNA synthesis by thrombin and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Pretreatment of quiescent cultures of mouse embryo cells with 10 microgram/ml taxol inhibited up to 60% of the thrombin-stimulated and 47% of the EGF-stimulated DNA synthesis. This inhibition was dose-dependent for taxol concentrations from 0.3 to 20 microgram/ml. Control experiments showed that taxol did not simply affect uptake of nucleotides, glucose or amino acids, nor did it nonspecifically affect protein synthesis, cell morphology or cell viability. Taxol did not affect binding and internalization of 125I-thrombin or 125I-EGF indicating that the drug does not alter receptor number, affinity or distribution after growth factor binding. Taxol also did not affect the proteolytic activity of thrombin. Thus it appears that the inhibitory effects of taxol are mediated by a direct effect of taxol on microtubules. To determine at what point microtubule stabilization was interrupting the initiation signal, we added taxol at various times after addition of thrombin or EGF. Taxol addition during the first 8 hr after growth factor addition inhibited initiation, but after 8 hr had little if any effect. These results confirm that taxol was not nonspecifically affecting transport or metabolism required for DNA synthesis and indicate that thrombin and EGF may initiate cell proliferation through a gradual microtubule depolymerization or rearrangement that is necessary to commit cells to a replicative cycle.
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Allen RJ, Rattray S, Scott GK. Preliminary evidence that thrombin may mimic a naturally occurring proteinase in cultured cells. Biosci Rep 1981; 1:881-4. [PMID: 7306689 DOI: 10.1007/bf01114822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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A neutral proteinase has been purified from the membranes of human leukocytes. Antibodies to this enzyme inhibit its proteolytic activity, and inhibit the growth of cultured human fibroblasts. This growth inhibition is apparently reversed by added thrombin.
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Isaacs J, Savion N, Gospodarowicz D, Shuman MA. Effect of cell density on thrombin binding to a specific site on bovine vascular endothelial cells. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1981; 90:670-4. [PMID: 7287820 PMCID: PMC2111896 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.90.3.670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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We studied thrombin binding to proliferating and confluent endothelial cells derived from bovine vascular endothelium. [125]thrombin was incubated with nonconfluent or confluent endothelial cells and both the total amount bound and the amount linked in a 77,000-dalton thrombin-cell complex were determined. Approximately 230,000 molecules of thrombin bound per cell in nonconfluent cultures compared to 12,800 molecules per cell in confluent cultures. Approximately 67,7000 thrombin molecules were bound in an apparently covalent complex, Mr = 77,000, with each cell in sparse cultures, whereas only 4,600 thrombin molecules per cell were bound in this complex with confluent cultures. Similar studies with [125I]thrombin and endothelial cells derived from bovine cornea revealed no difference either in the total amount of thrombin bound or in the amount bound in the 77,000-dalton complex using sparse or confluent cultures. When confluent vascular endothelial cultures were wounded, additional cellular binding sites for the 77,000-dalton complex with thrombin appeared within 24 h. A 237% increase in the amount of thrombin bound to these sites was induced by a wound which resulted in a 20% decrease in cell number in the monolayer. There was no significant increase in thrombin binding to other cellular sites at 24 h. These experiments provide evidence that the first change in thrombin binding after injury is an increase in the cellular sites involved in the 77,000-dalton complex, and suggest that thrombin binding to endothelial cells may be important in the vascular response to injury.
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Köttgen E, Fabricius HA, Stahn R, Gerok W. [T-lymphocyte activation. Studies on the function of mediator proteins (author's transl)]. KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 1981; 59:669-74. [PMID: 6789001 DOI: 10.1007/bf02593858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The functions of several mediator proteins involved in the T-cell blastogenesis have been investigated 1. Newly described is the Plasmatic Human IL-2 Inducing Protein (PHILIP), a glycoprotein from human serum with a molecular weight of about 85,000 D. Its presence is mandatory for the synthesis and/or secretion of Interleukin-2 (T-cell growth factor). The mediator protein can be distinguished from other known serum glycoproteins (e.g., transferrin and plasminogen) by affinity chromatography. Desialylation completely abolishes its biologic activity. 2. PMSF- and DFP-treatment of conditioned culture medium inhibit the blastogenesis in the peripheral mononuclear blood-cell fraction. However, the growth of a permanent T-cell line in the inhibitor-treated medium is not affected. This indicates the existence of a blastogenic factor with serine-protease activity.
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Isaacs JD, Savion N, Gospodarowicz D, Fenton JW, Shuman MA. Covalent binding of thrombin to specific sites on corneal endothelial cells. Biochemistry 1981; 20:398-403. [PMID: 6258640 DOI: 10.1021/bi00505a027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Binding of 125I-labeled human alpha-thrombin to endothelial cells derived from bovine corneas was studied in tissue culture. Specific and saturable binding to the cell surface occurred at 37 degrees C but to a much smaller extent at 4 degrees C. Binding of [125I]thrombin to a specific site on these cells with formation of a 77000-dalton complex was demonstrated by NaDodSO4 (sodium dodecyl sulfate)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Binding of [125I]thrombin was blocked by a 100-fold excess of unlabeled alpha-thrombin and by the thrombin inhibitor, hirudin. There are approximately 100000 of these thrombin binding sites on the cell surface. Formation of the complex could be detected as early as 15 s, increased rapidly over the next 20-30 min, and then continued at a slower rate for the next 2.5 h. The catalytically active site of the enzyme was required for formation of the NaDodSO4-stable complex as shown by the inability of diisopropyl phosphorofluoride inactivated thrombin to form stable complexes with these cells. The complex was dissociated in NaDodSO4 with 1.0 M hydroxylamine, suggesting an acyl linkage of the enzyme to the cellular binding site. The thrombin-endothelial cell complex was distinct from the thrombin-antithrombin III complex (Mr approximately 90000) on gel electrophoresis, and its formation was not enhanced by heparin. Additional thrombin-cell complexes (Mr less than 77000) were also identified; however, they represent a small fraction of the total thrombin bound to the cells. These observations demonstrate that alpha-thrombin is capable of reacting specifically with corneal endothelial cells to form a NaDod-SO4-stable complex which requires the catalytically active enzyme.
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Moss M, Cunningham DD. Cleavage of cell surface proteins by thrombin. JOURNAL OF SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY 1981; 15:49-61. [PMID: 7253649 DOI: 10.1002/jsscb.1981.380150106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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This study was based on our previous findings that the mitogenic action of thrombin on cultured fibroblasts can result from interaction of thrombin with the cell surface in the absence of internalization, and that the proteolytic activity of thrombin is required for stimulation of cell division. This prompted us to look for thrombin-mediated cleavages using 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis of labeled cell surface proteins. Surface membrane components were labeled by 3 procedures: 1) proteins were labeled by lactoperoxidase-catalyzed iodination using 125I-; 2) galactose and galactosamine residues of glycoproteins were oxidized with galactose oxidase and reduced with 3H-NaBH4; and 3) glycoproteins were metabolically labeled by incubating cells with 3H-fucose. labeling with the first 2 procedures was carried out after thrombin treatment; in contrast, cells metabolically labeled with 3H-fucose were subsequently treated with thrombin to look for proteolytic cleavages. Collectively, these studies indicated that only about 5 cell surface proteins were thrombin-sensitive, consistent with the high specificity of this protease. Each of the labeling procedures revealed a thrombin-sensitive cell surface glycoprotein which was identified as fibronectin by immunoprecipitation experiments. In addition, cell surface proteins of about 140K and 55K daltons were thrombin-sensitive. However, cell surface proteins of about 45K daltons and 130K to 150K daltons were increased after thrombin treatment. These experiments were conducted on an established line of Chinese hamster lung cells with the eventual goal of studying thrombin-mediated cleavages of cell surface proteins in a large number or in cloned populations derived from this line that are either responsive or unresponsive to the mitogenic action of thrombin. This approach should permit identification of proteolytic cleavages tha are necessary for thrombin-stimulated cell division.
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Lollar P, Hoak J, Owen W. Binding of thrombin to cultured human endothelial cells. Nonequilibrium aspects. J Biol Chem 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)70461-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Cherington PV, Pardee AB. Synergistic effects of epidermal growth factor and thrombin on the growth stimulation of diploid Chinese hamster fibroblasts. J Cell Physiol 1980; 105:25-32. [PMID: 7000801 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041050105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The serum supplement used in the culture of a variety of mammalian cells can be replaced by known growth factors. Diploid Chinese hamster fibroblasts (CHEF/18) will grow for several days in a medium (4F) supplemented with four growth factors: epidermal growth factor (EGF), insulin, fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and transferrin. The growth rate is only about 50% as fast as when fetal calf serum is added. This difference is eliminated by thrombin (10--100 ng/ml; 0.3--3 nM). The CHEF/18 cell line is unique in that no other cell line responds to thrombin in this concentration range. Thrombin acts synergistically with other growth factors to stimulate CHEF/18 cell growth. By itself, thrombin is only mitogenic at elevated concentrations. Thrombin can largely compensate for the absence of EGF and partly for the absence of insulin in serum-free media. Chemically and "spontaneously" transformed cell lines related to CHEF/18 have lost requirements for both EGF and thrombin, and have retained requirements for insulin and transferrin expressed by CHEF/18. No CHEF cells in this work required FGF. These results suggest that the mechanisms by which EGF and thrombin stimulate cells to grow are related.
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Baker JB, Low DA, Simmer RL, Cunningham DD. Protease-nexin: a cellular component that links thrombin and plasminogen activator and mediates their binding to cells. Cell 1980; 21:37-45. [PMID: 6157479 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(80)90112-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This report identifies a component of normal human fibroblasts that forms a covalent linkage with thrombin and urokinase (urinary plasmingoen activator) and mediates most of the specific cellular binding of these proteases. This component, here named protease-nexin (PN), is both associated with the cell surface and released into the culture medium. In several ways PN resembles antithrombin III (AT3), a prominent inhibitor of thrombin in serum: PN links thrombin, probably via an ester bond; PN does not link thrombin blocked at its catalytic site serine; PN has a high-affinity heparin-binding site; and heparin greatly accelerates the rate of linkage between soluble PN and thrombin. Despite these similarities, PN and AT3 are distinct; they differ in size and are not immunologically cross-reactive. Whereas AT3 regulates the proteolytic activity of thrombin in serum, PN may regulates the activity of serine proteases at and near the cell surface.
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Thrombin active site regions required for fibroblast receptor binding and initiation of cell division. J Biol Chem 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)43613-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Wisher MH, Baron MD, Jones RH, Sönksen PH. Photoreactive insulin analogues used to characterise the insulin receptor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1980; 92:492-8. [PMID: 6986869 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(80)90360-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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