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Mei J, Zhou F, Qiao H, Li H, Tang T. Nerve modulation therapy in gouty arthritis: targeting increased sFRP2 expression in dorsal root ganglion regulates macrophage polarization and alleviates endothelial damage. Am J Cancer Res 2019; 9:3707-3722. [PMID: 31281508 PMCID: PMC6587340 DOI: 10.7150/thno.33908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Gouty arthritis (GA) is a form of arthritis caused by uric acid deposition in the joints that result in intense inflammation and pain. Accumulating evidence showed the importance of the sensory neurons signal upon immune cells by releasing neuropeptides and chemokines to regulate associated immune-inflammatory response. In this study, we investigated the significance of sensory neuron neuropeptides and chemokine signals on inflammation-induced macrophages polarization during GA. Methods: We screened the mRNA expression profile during GA in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons to identify the most likely candidate that mediates the neuro-immune communication. Then, we silenced specific gene expression in the DRG by lentiviral vectors in the monosodium urate (MSU)-induced ankle GA mouse model and evaluated alterations in the inflammatory response. In vitro, primary macrophages were used to investigate the neural impact on M1/M2 subtype polarization, proinflammatory cytokine production and downstream endothelial damage. Mechanism by which macrophage inflammation is induced in the DRG was evaluated by Western blot, immunofluorescence, and immunoprecipitation. Results: We found that secreted frizzled-related protein 2 (sFRP2) was the most upregulated gene in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in response to monosodium urate (MSU) deposition. Injection of LV-sFRP2-shRNA into the L4 and L5 DRG significantly suppressed inflammatory cell infiltration and M1 polarization in the synovial membrane, attenuating hyperalgesia and ankle swelling in the GA mouse model. In vitro, DRG neurons-derived sFRP2 promoted M1 polarization and macrophage migration, thereby upregulating the production of proinflammatory cytokines and preventing endothelial apoptosis. Furthermore, DRG-derived sFRP2 activated the nuclear factor (NF)-κB pathway by destabilizing the β-catenin and p65 complex. Conclusion: We demonstrated the involvement of a sensory neuron-macrophage axis in GA pathology that was regulated by sFRP2 expression in a paracrine manner. Targeting increased sFRP2 expressions in DRG provide novel insights for future GA research in both pain alleviation and treatment of gout inflammation.
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Shiino M, Hoshi H, Kawashima T, Ishikawa Y, Takayanagi M, Murakami K, Kishi K, Sato F. Quantitative analysis of development and aging of genital corpuscles in glans penis of the rat. Tissue Cell 2014; 47:27-32. [PMID: 25441617 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2014.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The aim of the present postnatal developmental study was to determine densities of unique genital corpuscles (GCs) in glans penis of developing and aged rats. GCs were identified as corpuscular endings consisting of highly branched and coiled axons with many varicosities, which were immunoreactive for protein gene product 9.5. In addition, GCs were immunoreactive for calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P, but not for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and neuropeptide Y. GCs were not found in the glans penis of 1 week old rats. Densities of GCs were low at 3 weeks, significantly increased at 5 and 10 weeks, reached the peak of density at 40 weeks, and tended to decrease at 70 and 100 weeks. Sizes of GCs were small in 3 weeks old rats, increased at 5 and 10 weeks, reached the peak-size at 40 weeks and reduced in size at 70 and 100 weeks. Considering sexual maturation of the rat, the results reveal that GCs of the rat begins to develop postnatal and reaches to the peak of their development after puberty and continues to exist until old age, in contrast to prenatal and early postnatal development of other sensory receptors of glabrous skin.
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- Mizuho Shiino
- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan.
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- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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Reduced neurons in the ileum of proctocolectomized rat models. Med Mol Morphol 2014; 48:155-63. [PMID: 25432768 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-014-0093-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the operation of choice following proctocolectomy for patients who suffer from ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis. The aim of this study was to morphologically examine the neurons, endocrine cells and mast cells in the ileum of rats subjected to proctocolectomy followed by three different types of ileoanal anastomosis. Rats were subjected to either sham operation or proctocolectomy followed by ileoanal anastomosis end-to-end, side-to-end or IPAA (J-pouch). In comparison to sham-operated rats, the body weight was reduced in rats that underwent proctocolectomy with end-to-end or side-to-end, but not IPAA procedure. In all three models of ileoanal anastomosis, the ileum displayed crypt hyperplasia with a chronic inflammatory infiltrate located in the interstitium, hyperplasia of goblet cells, but reduced protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5)-immunoreactive neurons in the mucosa as well as submucosa. Numbers of endocrine cells in the mucosa (chromogranin A immunostaining) and mast cells in the mucosa and submucosa (Astra blue staining) were unchanged after proctocolectomy. In conclusion, neurons, but neither endocrine cells nor mast cells, were reduced in the ileum of proctocolectomized rats followed by either of three different types of ileoanal anastomosis.
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Srivastava D, Chakrabarti O. Mahogunin-mediated α-tubulin ubiquitination via noncanonical K6 linkage regulates microtubule stability and mitotic spindle orientation. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1064. [PMID: 24556679 PMCID: PMC3944237 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mahogunin ring finger-1 (MGRN1) is a cytosolic ubiquitin ligase whose disruption or interaction with some isoforms of cytosolically exposed prion protein leads to spongiform neurodegeneration and also lack of which results in reduced embryonic viability due to mispatterning of the left–right (LR) axis during development. Here we demonstrate an interaction between the cytoskeletal protein α-tubulin and MGRN1. In cultured cell systems, loss of the ubiquitin E3 ligase activity of MGRN1 results in spindle misorientation and decreased α-tubulin polymerization, an effect also seen in primary cells. α-Tubulin was post-translationally modified by MGRN1 via noncanonical K6-linked polyubiquitination. This was significant because expression of catalytically inactive MGRN1 and/or ubiquitin mutant capable of only monoubiquitination resulted in similar mitotic spindle misorientation. The modulatory effect of MGRN1 was specific for α-tubulin and similar changes could not be detected in β- or γ-tubulin. However, catalytic inactivation of MGRN1 did not abrogate monoubiquitination of α-tubulin, thus unraveling a unique dual mode of ubiquitination by an unknown E3 ligase and MGRN1. MGRN1-mediated α-tubulin modification, and hence its stability, may highlight a key event in the LR patterning during embryogenesis.
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- D Srivastava
- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
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- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
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Campello L, Esteve-Rudd J, Cuenca N, Martín-Nieto J. The ubiquitin-proteasome system in retinal health and disease. Mol Neurobiol 2013; 47:790-810. [PMID: 23339020 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-012-8391-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is the main intracellular pathway for modulated protein turnover, playing an important role in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. It also exerts a protein quality control through degradation of oxidized, mutant, denatured, or misfolded proteins and is involved in many biological processes where protein level regulation is necessary. This system allows the cell to modulate its protein expression pattern in response to changing physiological conditions and provides a critical protective role in health and disease. Impairments of UPS function in the central nervous system (CNS) underlie an increasing number of genetic and idiopathic diseases, many of which affect the retina. Current knowledge on the UPS composition and function in this tissue, however, is scarce and dispersed. This review focuses on UPS elements reported in the retina, including ubiquitinating and deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs), and alternative proteasome assemblies. Known and inferred roles of protein ubiquitination, and of the related, SUMO conjugation (SUMOylation) process, in normal retinal development and adult homeostasis are addressed, including modulation of the visual cycle and response to retinal stress and injury. Additionally, the relationship between UPS dysfunction and human neurodegenerative disorders affecting the retina, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases, are dealt with, together with numerous instances of retina-specific illnesses with UPS involvement, such as retinitis pigmentosa, macular degenerations, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy (DR), and aging-related impairments. This information, though still basic and limited, constitutes a suitable framework to be expanded in incoming years and should prove orientative toward future therapy design targeting sight-affecting diseases with a UPS underlying basis.
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- Laura Campello
- Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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Larsen K, Madsen LB, Bendixen C. Porcine UCHL1: genomic organization, chromosome localization and expression analysis. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:1095-103. [PMID: 21567194 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0836-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The human UCHL1 gene encodes the ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase UCHL1, which comprises more than 2% of total brain protein. UCHL1 is a component of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, which degrades overexpressed and damaged proteins. Mutations in the UCHL1 gene are associated with susceptibility to and protection from Parkinson's disease. Here we report cloning, characterization, expression analysis and mapping of porcine UCHL1. The UCHL1 cDNA was amplified by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using oligonucleotide primers derived from in silico sequences. The porcine cDNA codes for a protein of 223 amino acids which shows a very high similarity to human (98%) and to mouse (97%) UCHL1. In addition, the genomic organization of the porcine UCHL1 gene was determined. The porcine UCHL1 gene was mapped to chromosome 8(½p21)-p23. Three SNPs were found in the porcine UCHL1 sequence. Expression analysis by quantitative real time RT-PCR demonstrated that porcine UCHL1 mRNA is differentially expressed in various organs and tissues and similar to its human counterpart. UCHL1 transcript is most abundant in brain tissues and in the spinal cord. The UCHL1 mRNA expression was also investigated in developing porcine embryos. UCHL1 transcript was detected as early as 40 days of gestation. A significant decrease in UCHL1 transcript was detected in basal ganglia from day 60 to day 115 of gestation.
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- Knud Larsen
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Aarhus University, Blichers Alle 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark.
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Bheda A, Gullapalli A, Caplow M, Pagano JS, Shackelford J. Ubiquitin editing enzyme UCH L1 and microtubule dynamics: implication in mitosis. Cell Cycle 2010; 9:980-94. [PMID: 20160478 DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.5.10934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Microtubules are essential components of the cytoskeleton and are involved in many aspects of cell responses including cell division, migration, and intracellular signal transduction. Among other factors, post-translational modifications play a significant role in the regulation of microtubule dynamics. Here, we demonstrate that the ubiquitin-editing enzyme UCH L1, abundant expression of which is normally restricted to brain tissue, is also a part of the microtubule network in a variety of transformed cells. Moreover, during mitosis, endogenous UCH L1 is expressed and tightly associated with the mitotic spindle through all stages of M phase, suggesting that UCH L1 is involved in regulation of microtubule dynamics. Indeed, addition of recombinant UCH L1 to the reaction of tubulin polymerization in vitro had an inhibitory effect on microtubule formation. Unexpectedly, western blot analysis of tubulin fractions after polymerization revealed the presence of a specific approximately 50 kDa band of UCH L1 (not the normal approximately 25 kDa) in association with microtubules, but not with free tubulin. In addition, we show that along with 25 kDa UCH L1, endogenous high molecular weight UCH L1 complexes exist in cells, and that levels of 50 kDa UCH L1 complexes are increasing in cells during mitosis. Finally, we provide evidence that ubiquitination is involved in tubulin polymerization: the presence of ubiquitin during polymerization in vitro by itself inhibited microtubule formation and enhanced the inhibitory effect of added UCH L1. The inhibitory effects of UCH L1 correlate with an increase in ubiquitination of microtubule components. Since besides being a deubiquitinating enzyme, UCH L1 as a dimer has also been shown to exhibit ubiquitin ligase activity, we discuss the possibility that the approximately 50 kDa UCH L1 observed is a dimer which prevents microtubule formation through ubiquitination of tubulins and/or microtubule-associated proteins.
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- Anjali Bheda
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Day IN, Thompson RJ. UCHL1 (PGP 9.5): Neuronal biomarker and ubiquitin system protein. Prog Neurobiol 2010; 90:327-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Revised: 10/18/2009] [Accepted: 10/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Bock P, Rohn K, Beineke A, Baumgärtner W, Wewetzer K. Site-specific population dynamics and variable olfactory marker protein expression in the postnatal canine olfactory epithelium. J Anat 2009; 215:522-35. [PMID: 19788548 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01147.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The main olfactory epithelium is a pseudostratified columnar epithelium that displays neurogenesis over the course of a lifetime. New olfactory neurons arise basally and are transferred to the middle third of the epithelium during maturation. It is generally believed that this pattern is present throughout the olfactory area. In the present study, we show that the postnatal canine olfactory epithelium is composed of two distinct types of epithelium, designated A and B, which not only differ in olfactory neuron morphology, marker expression and basal cell proliferation but also display a patchy distribution and preferential localization within the nasal cavity. Type A epithelium, abundant in the caudal part of the olfactory area, contains well-differentiated olfactory neurons positive for olfactory marker protein but low numbers of immature neurons and proliferating basal cells, as visualized by TrkB/Human Natural Killer-1 (HNK-1) glyco-epitope and Ki-67 immunostaining, respectively. In contrast, type B epithelium is mainly found in the rostral part and contains smaller and elongated neurons that display increased levels of TrkB/Human Natural Killer-1 (HNK-1) glyco-epitope immunoreactivity and a higher number of Ki-67-positive basal cells but lower and variable levels of olfactory marker protein. The vomeronasal organ displays a uniform distribution of molecular markers and proliferating basal cells. The observation that olfactory marker protein in type A and B epithelium is preferentially localized to the nucleus and cytoplasm, respectively, implies correlation between subcellular localization and olfactory neuron maturation and may indicate distinct functional roles of olfactory marker protein. Whether the site-specific population dynamics in the postnatal canine olfactory epithelium revealed in the present study are modulated by physiological parameters, such as airflow, has to be clarified in future studies.
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- Patricia Bock
- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Bheda A, Yue W, Gullapalli A, Whitehurst C, Liu R, Pagano JS, Shackelford J. Positive reciprocal regulation of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 and beta-catenin/TCF signaling. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5955. [PMID: 19536331 PMCID: PMC2694282 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 05/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are involved in the regulation of distinct critical cellular processes. Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase L1 (UCH L1) has been linked to several neurological diseases as well as human cancer, but the physiological targets and the regulation of UCH L1 expression in vivo have been largely unexplored. Here we demonstrate that UCH L1 up-regulates beta-catenin/TCF signaling: UCH L1 forms endogenous complexes with beta-catenin, stabilizes it and up-regulates beta-catenin/TCF-dependent transcription. We also show that, reciprocally, beta-catenin/TCF signaling up-regulates expression of endogenous UCH L1 mRNA and protein. Moreover, using ChIP assay and direct mutagenesis we identify two TCF4-binding sites on the uch l1 promoter that are involved in this regulation. Since the expression and deubiquitinating activity of UCH L1 are required for its own basic promoter activity, we propose that UCH L1 up-regulates its expression by activation of the oncogenic beta-catenin/TCF signaling in transformed cells.
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- Anjali Bheda
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Ootsuka S, Asami S, Sasaki T, Yoshida Y, Nemoto N, Shichino H, Chin M, Mugishima H, Suzuki T. Useful markers for detecting minimal residual disease in cases of neuroblastoma. Biol Pharm Bull 2008; 31:1071-4. [PMID: 18520032 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.31.1071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neuroblastoma (NB), which is a malignant tumor of young children derived from neural crest cells that occurs in children, exhibits a wide range of clinical behaviors, from spontaneous regression to rapid progression. Advanced NB patients have a poor prognosis, and recently, autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) have been attempted to improve the prognosis of these patients. In this study, we attempted to detect the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), neuroendocrine protein gene product (PGP) 9.5, ELAVL-4 and GD2 synthetase (GALGT), all of which are highly expressed in NBs, by the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique in order to detect minimal residual disease (MRD) in the bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB). Analysis of various tumor cell lines (Ewing's sarcoma, hepatoma, leukemias, and breast cancer cell lines in addition to NBs), and human normal samples (BM and PB cells) revealed that TH was the most specific marker for the detection of NB. On the other hand, PGP9.5 was the most sensitive marker, and was detected even when there was only one positive cell per 10(7) negative cells. We concluded that TH is a better marker before the diagnosis of NB while PGP9.5 is a better marker to detect MRD after the diagnosis. Here, we describe our results on useful markers to detect MRD in patients with NB.
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- Susumu Ootsuka
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Nihon University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
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Lennerz JK, Rühle V, Ceppa EP, Neuhuber WL, Bunnett NW, Grady EF, Messlinger K. Calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CLR), receptor activity-modifying protein 1 (RAMP1), and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) immunoreactivity in the rat trigeminovascular system: Differences between peripheral and central CGRP receptor distribution. J Comp Neurol 2008; 507:1277-99. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Barrachina M, Moreno J, Juvés S, Moreno D, Olivé M, Ferrer I. Target genes of neuron-restrictive silencer factor are abnormally up-regulated in human myotilinopathy. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2007; 171:1312-23. [PMID: 17823282 PMCID: PMC1988880 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2007.070520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Myotilinopathy is a subgroup of myofibrillar myopathies caused by mutations in the myotilin gene in which there is aggregation of abnormal cytoskeletal proteins and ubiquitin. We report here on the accumulation of neuron-related proteins such as ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1), synaptosomal-associated protein 25, synaptophysin, and alpha-internexin in aberrant protein aggregates in myotilinopathy. We have determined that the neuron-restrictive silencer factor (NRSF)/RE1 silencing transcription factor (REST), a transcription factor expressed in non-neuronal tissues repressing the expression of several neuronal genes, is reduced in myotilinopathies. Moreover, NRSF transfection reduces UCHL1, synaptosomal-associated protein 25, synaptophysin, and alpha-internexin mRNA levels in DMS53 cells, whereas short interferring NRSF transfection increases UCHL1 and synaptophysin mRNA levels in U87-MG cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays have shown that NRSF interacts with the UCHL1 promoter in U87-MG and HeLa cells. In silico analysis of the UCHL1 gene promoter sequence using the MatInspector software has predicted three potential neuron-restrictive silencer elements (NRSEs): NRSE1 located in the complementary DNA chain and NRSE2 and NRSE3 in intron 1, in the coding and complementary chains, respectively. Together, these findings show, for the first time, abnormal regulation of NRSF/REST as a mechanism associated with the aberrant expression of selected neuron-related proteins, which in turn accumulate in abnormal protein aggregates, in myotilinopathy.
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- Marta Barrachina
- Institut de Neuropatologia, Servei Anatomia Patològica, IDIBELL-Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, carrer Feixa Llarga sn, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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Yi YJ, Manandhar G, Sutovsky M, Li R, Jonáková V, Oko R, Park CS, Prather RS, Sutovsky P. Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-activity is involved in sperm acrosomal function and anti-polyspermy defense during porcine fertilization. Biol Reprod 2007; 77:780-93. [PMID: 17671268 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.061275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The 26S proteasome, which is a multi-subunit protease with specificity for substrate proteins that are postranslationally modified by ubiquitination, has been implicated in acrosomal function and sperm-zona pellucida (ZP) penetration during mammalian fertilization. Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases (UCHs) are responsible for the removal of polyubiquitin chains during substrate priming for proteasomal proteolysis. The inhibition of deubiquitination increases the rate of proteasomal proteolysis. Consequently, we have hypothesized that inhibition of sperm acrosome-borne UCHs increases the rate of sperm-ZP penetration and polyspermy during porcine in vitro fertilization (IVF). Ubiquitin aldehyde (UA), which is a specific nonpermeating UCH inhibitor, significantly (P < 0.05) increased polyspermy during porcine IVF and reduced (P < 0.05) UCH enzymatic activity measured in motile boar spermatozoa using a specific fluorometric UCH substrate, ubiquitin-AMC. Antibodies against two closely related UCHs, UCHL1 and UCHL3, detected these UCHs in the oocyte cortex and on the sperm acrosome, respectively, and increased the rate of polyspermy during IVF, consistent with the UA-induced polyspermy surge. In the oocyte, UCHL3 was primarily associated with the meiotic spindle. Sperm-borne UCHL3 was localized to the acrosomal surface and coimmunoprecipitated with a peripheral acrosomal membrane protein, spermadhesin AQN1. Recombinant UCHs, UCHL3, and isopeptidase T reduced polyspermy when added to the fertilization medium. UCHL1 was detected in the oocyte cortex but not on the sperm surface, and was partially degraded 6-8 h after fertilization. Enucleated oocyte-somatic cell electrofusion caused polarized redistribution of cortical UCHL1. We conclude that sperm-acrosomal UCHs are involved in sperm-ZP interactions and antipolyspermy defense. Modulation of UCH activity could facilitate the management of polyspermy during IVF and provide insights into male infertility.
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- Young-Joo Yi
- Department of Anatomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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Berruti G, Martegani E. The Deubiquitinating Enzyme mUBPy Interacts with the Sperm-Specific Molecular Chaperone MSJ-1: The Relation with the Proteasome, Acrosome, and Centrosome in Mouse Male Germ Cells1. Biol Reprod 2005; 72:14-21. [PMID: 15342353 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.030866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The mouse USP8/mUBPy gene codifies a deubiquitinating enzyme expressed preferentially in testis and brain. While the ubiquitin-specific processing proteases (UBPs) are known to be important for the early development in invertebrate organisms, their specific functions remain still unclear in mammals. Using specific antibodies, raised against a recombinant mUBPy protein, we studied mUBPy in mouse testis. The mUBPy is expressed exclusively by the germ cell component and is maintained in epididymal spermatozoa. The enzyme is functionally active, being able to detach ubiquitin moieties from endogenous protein substrates. Protein interaction assays showed that sperm UBPy interacts with MSJ-1, the sperm-specific DnaJ protein evolutionarily conserved for spermiogenesis. Immunocytochemistry revealed that mUBPy shares with MSJ-1 the intracellular localization during spermatid cell differentiation; intriguingly, we show here that the proteasomes also locate in mUBPy/MSJ-1-positive sites, such as the cytoplasmic surface of the developing acrosome and the centrosomal region. These colocalization sites are maintained in epididymal spermatozoa. The demonstration of a protein interaction between a deubiquitinating enzyme and a molecular chaperone and the documentation on the proteasomes in both differentiating and mature mouse male germ cells suggest that members of the chaperone and ubiquitin/proteasome systems could cooperate in the fine control of protein quality to yield functional spermatozoa.
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- Giovanna Berruti
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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Bonin M, Poths S, Osaka H, Wang YL, Wada K, Riess O. Microarray expression analysis of gad mice implicates involvement of Parkinson's disease associated UCH-L1 in multiple metabolic pathways. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 126:88-97. [PMID: 15207921 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is thought to be caused by environmental and genetic factors. Mutations in four genes, alpha-synuclein, parkin, DJ-1, and UCH-L1, have been identified in autosomal inherited forms of PD. The pathogenetic cause for the loss of neuronal cells in PD patients, however, remains to be determined. Due to the rarity of mutations in humans with PD, the analysis of animal models might help to further gain insights into the pathogenesis of familial PD. For UCH-L1, deficiency has been described in gad mice leading to axonal degeneration and formation of spheroid bodies in nerve terminals. Here, we investigated the gene expression pattern of the brain of 3-month-old Uch-l1-deficient gracile axonal dystrophy (gad) mice by microarray analysis. A total of 146 genes were differentially regulated by at least a 1.4-fold change with 103 being up-regulated and 43 being down-regulated compared with age and sex matched wildtype littermate mice. The gene products with altered expression are involved in protein degradation, cell cycle, vesicle transport, cellular structure, signal transduction, and transcription regulation. Most of the genes were modestly regulated, which is in agreement that severe alteration of these pathways might be lethal. Among the genes most significantly down-regulated is the brain-derived neurotrophic factor which might be one aspect of the pathogenesis in gad mice. Interestingly, several subunits of the transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein are up-regulated, which plays a central role in most altered pathways.
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- M Bonin
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Tübingen, Calwerstrasse 7, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Huang Y, Cheung L, Rowe D, Halliday G. Genetic contributions to Parkinson's disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 46:44-70. [PMID: 15297154 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/05/2004] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by the loss of midbrain dopamine neurons and Lewy body inclusions. It is thought to result from a complex interaction between multiple predisposing genes and environmental influences, although these interactions are still poorly understood. Several causative genes have been identified in different families. Mutations in two genes [alpha-synuclein and nuclear receptor-related 1 (Nurr1)] cause the same pathology, and a third locus on chromosome 2 also causes this pathology. Other familial PD mutations have identified genes involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome system [parkin and ubiquitin C-terminal hydroxylase L1 (UCHL1)], although such cases do not produce Lewy bodies. These studies highlight critical cellular proteins and mechanisms for dopamine neuron survival as disrupted in Parkinson's disease. Understanding the genetic variations impacting on dopamine neurons may illuminate other molecular mechanisms involved. Additional candidate genes involved in dopamine cell survival, dopamine synthesis, metabolism and function, energy supply, oxidative stress, and cellular detoxification have been indicated by transgenic animal models and/or screened in human populations with differing results. Genetic variation in genes known to produce different patterns and types of neurodegeneration that may impact on the function of dopamine neurons are also reviewed. These studies suggest that environment and genetic background are likely to have a significant influence on susceptibility to Parkinson's disease. The identification of multiple genes predisposing to Parkinson's disease will assist in determining the cellular pathway/s leading to the neurodegeneration observed in this disease.
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- Yue Huang
- Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and the University of New South Wales, Barker Street, Randwick, Sydney 2031, Australia
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Suda O, Tsutsui M, Morishita T, Tanimoto A, Horiuchi M, Tasaki H, Huang PL, Sasaguri Y, Yanagihara N, Nakashima Y. Long-term treatment with N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester causes arteriosclerotic coronary lesions in endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice. Circulation 2002; 106:1729-35. [PMID: 12270870 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000029749.16101.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) is widely used to inhibit endothelial synthesis of NO in vivo. However, it is controversial whether the long-term vascular effects of l-NAME are mediated primarily by inhibition of endothelial NO synthesis. We addressed this point in mice that are deficient in the endothelial NO synthase gene (eNOS-KO mice). METHODS AND RESULTS Wild-type and eNOS-KO mice received l-NAME in drinking water for 8 weeks. In wild-type mice, long-term treatment with l-NAME caused significant medial thickening and perivascular fibrosis in coronary microvessels but not in large coronary arteries. Importantly, in eNOS-KO mice, treatment with l-NAME also caused an extent of medial thickening and perivascular fibrosis in coronary microvessels that was comparable to that in wild-type mice and that was not prevented by supplementation of L-arginine. Vascular NO and cGMP levels were not significantly reduced by l-NAME treatment, and no expression of inducible or neuronal NO synthase was noted in microvessels of eNOS-KO mice, suggesting an involvement of NO-independent mechanisms. Treatment with l-NAME caused an upregulation of vascular ACE and an increase in cardiac lucigenin chemiluminescence that were comparable in both strains and that were abolished by simultaneous treatment with temocapril (ACE inhibitor) or CS866 (angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist) along with the suppression of vascular lesion formation. CONCLUSIONS These results provide the first direct evidence that the long-term vascular effects of l-NAME are not mediated by simple inhibition of endothelial NO synthesis. Direct upregulation of local ACE and increased oxidative stress appear to be involved in the long-term vascular effects of l-NAME in vivo.
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- Osamu Suda
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Inoue M, Fujii Y, Furukawa K, Okada M, Okumura K, Hayakawa T, Furukawa K, Sugiura Y. Refractory skin injury in complex knock-out mice expressing only the GM3 ganglioside. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:29881-8. [PMID: 12023957 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201631200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We generated double knock-out mice lacking the GM2/GD2 and the GD3 synthase gene by mating single gene mutants, and we analyzed the abnormal phenotypes of the mutant mice expressing only the GM3 ganglioside. We observed a refractory skin lesion that appeared primarily on the face of the mutant mice at 25 weeks after birth or later. Frequent scratching of the wound sites was observed in mutant mice with the skin injury, suggesting that it is a triggering factor that exacerbates the injury. This was confirmed by isolating mice in special cages for metabolic study in which the skin injury developed more rapidly. Characteristic proliferation of nerve fibers was found in the epidermis and subepidermis at the injured sites of the mutants, probably a result of continuous skin injury. Peripheral nerve degeneration was observed in young mutant mice, suggesting that reduced sensory function induced over-scratching and the resulting skin lesion. The fact that sensory response to mechanical stimuli decreased while that to hot stimuli increased in the mutant mice supports this interpretation. Thus, only GM3-expressing mice displayed the important role of gangliosides in maintaining skin integrity via regulation of the peripheral nerves.
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- Masahiro Inoue
- Department of Biochemistry II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-0065, Japan
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Linghu B, Callis J, Goebl MG. Rub1p processing by Yuh1p is required for wild-type levels of Rub1p conjugation to Cdc53p. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2002; 1:491-4. [PMID: 12455997 PMCID: PMC118023 DOI: 10.1128/ec.1.3.491-494.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rub1p, like ubiquitin, is conjugated to proteins. Before protein conjugation, the carboxyl-terminal asparagine residue of Rub1p is removed. Rub1p conjugation is dependent on the carboxyl-terminal processing enzyme Yuh1p, whereas Rub1p lacking the asparagine residue is conjugated without Yuh1p. Thus, Yuh1p is the major processing enzyme for Rub1p.
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- Bolan Linghu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine and the Walther Oncology Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Lowe J, Mayer J, Landon M, Layfield R. Ubiquitin and the molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2001; 487:169-86. [PMID: 11403157 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1249-3_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Ubiquitin plays a central role in normal cellular function as well as in disease. It is possible to group ubiquitin-immunostained structures into several main groups, the most distinctive being the ubiquitin/intermediate filament/alphaB crystallin family of inclusions that seem to represent a general cellular response to abnormal proteins recently termed the aggresomal response. While ubiquitin immunohistochemistry is a very useful technique for detecting pathological changes and inclusion bodies in the nervous system this alone is not enough to classify inclusions, and a panel of antibodies is recommended to clarify any findings made by screening tissues with anti-ubiquitin. Several mechanistic possibilities now exist to explain the accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins in cells of the nervous system, understanding of which should lead to new therapeutic advances in the group of chronic neurodegenerative diseases.
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- J Lowe
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, UK.
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Osawa Y, Wang YL, Osaka H, Aoki S, Wada K. Cloning, expression, and mapping of a mouse gene, Uchl4, highly homologous to human and mouse Uchl3. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 283:627-33. [PMID: 11341770 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolases (UCHs) are implicated in the proteolytic processing of polymeric ubiquitin. We have isolated a novel mouse gene for ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozyme L4. The gene named Uchl4 encodes a novel member of the family of ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolases (UCHs) whose predicted amino acid sequence shows 95% identity to mouse UCH-L3 and 94% identity to human UCH-L3. Genomic structure, chromosome localization, and expression pattern of Uchl3 and Uchl4 were characterized in the mouse. Both Uchl3 and Uchl4 were expressed in various tissues examined; however, expression level was quite lower in Uchl4. While Uchl3 consists of at least 9 exons spanning about 12 kb, Uchl4 was an intronless gene with a size of about 2 kb. By PCR-based analysis with T31 radiation hybrid mapping panel, Uchl3 and Uchl4 were mapped on mouse chromosome 9 and 14, respectively.
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- Y Osawa
- Department of Degenerative Neurological Diseases, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan
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Solano SM, Miller DW, Augood SJ, Young AB, Penney JB. Expression of ?-synuclein, parkin, and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 mRNA in human brain: Genes associated with familial Parkinson's disease. Ann Neurol 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200002)47:2<201::aid-ana10>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Voges D, Zwickl P, Baumeister W. The 26S proteasome: a molecular machine designed for controlled proteolysis. Annu Rev Biochem 2000; 68:1015-68. [PMID: 10872471 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.68.1.1015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1377] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In eukaryotic cells, most proteins in the cytosol and nucleus are degraded via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The 26S proteasome is a 2.5-MDa molecular machine built from approximately 31 different subunits, which catalyzes protein degradation. It contains a barrel-shaped proteolytic core complex (the 20S proteasome), capped at one or both ends by 19S regulatory complexes, which recognize ubiquitinated proteins. The regulatory complexes are also implicated in unfolding and translocation of ubiquitinated targets into the interior of the 20S complex, where they are degraded to oligopeptides. Structure, assembly and enzymatic mechanism of the 20S complex have been elucidated, but the functional organization of the 19S complex is less well understood. Most subunits of the 19S complex have been identified, however, specific functions have been assigned to only a few. A low-resolution structure of the 26S proteasome has been obtained by electron microscopy, but the precise arrangement of subunits in the 19S complex is unclear.
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- D Voges
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany
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Saigoh K, Wang YL, Suh JG, Yamanishi T, Sakai Y, Kiyosawa H, Harada T, Ichihara N, Wakana S, Kikuchi T, Wada K. Intragenic deletion in the gene encoding ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase in gad mice. Nat Genet 1999; 23:47-51. [PMID: 10471497 DOI: 10.1038/12647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The gracile axonal dystrophy (gad) mouse is an autosomal recessive mutant that shows sensory ataxia at an early stage, followed by motor ataxia at a later stage. Pathologically, the mutant is characterized by 'dying-back' type axonal degeneration and formation of spheroid bodies in nerve terminals. Recent pathological observations have associated brain ageing and neurodegenerative diseases with progressive accumulation of ubiquitinated protein conjugates. In gad mice, accumulation of amyloid beta-protein and ubiquitin-positive deposits occur retrogradely along the sensory and motor nervous systems. We previously reported that the gad mutation was transmitted by a gene on chromosome 5 (refs 10,11). Here we find that the gad mutation is caused by an in-frame deletion including exons 7 and 8 of Uchl1, encoding the ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase (UCH) isozyme (Uch-l1) selectively expressed in the nervous system and testis. The gad allele encodes a truncated Uch-l1 lacking a segment of 42 amino acids containing a catalytic residue. As Uch-l1 is thought to stimulate protein degradation by generating free monomeric ubiquitin, the gad mutation appears to affect protein turnover. Our data suggest that altered function of the ubiquitin system directly causes neurodegeneration. The gad mouse provides a useful model for investigating human neurodegenerative disorders.
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- K Saigoh
- Department of Degenerative Neurological Diseases, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan
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Koch M, Olson PF, Albus A, Jin W, Hunter DD, Brunken WJ, Burgeson RE, Champliaud MF. Characterization and expression of the laminin gamma3 chain: a novel, non-basement membrane-associated, laminin chain. J Cell Biol 1999; 145:605-18. [PMID: 10225960 PMCID: PMC2185082 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.3.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Laminins are heterotrimeric molecules composed of an alpha, a beta, and a gamma chain; they have broad functional roles in development and in stabilizing epithelial structures. Here, we identified a novel laminin, composed of known alpha and beta chains but containing a novel gamma chain, gamma3. We have cloned gene encoding this chain, LAMC3, which maps to chromosome 9 at q31-34. Protein and cDNA analyses demonstrate that gamma3 contains all the expected domains of a gamma chain, including two consensus glycosylation sites and a putative nidogen-binding site. This suggests that gamma3-containing laminins are likely to exist in a stable matrix. Studies of the tissue distribution of gamma3 chain show that it is broadly expressed in: skin, heart, lung, and the reproductive tracts. In skin, gamma3 protein is seen within the basement membrane of the dermal-epidermal junction at points of nerve penetration. The gamma3 chain is also a prominent element of the apical surface of ciliated epithelial cells of: lung, oviduct, epididymis, ductus deferens, and seminiferous tubules. The distribution of gamma3-containing laminins on the apical surfaces of a variety of epithelial tissues is novel and suggests that they are not found within ultrastructurally defined basement membranes. It seems likely that these apical laminins are important in the morphogenesis and structural stability of the ciliated processes of these cells.
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- M Koch
- The Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
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Piccinini M, Merighi A, Bruno R, Cascio P, Curto M, Mioletti S, Ceruti C, Rinaudo MT. Affinity purification and characterization of protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5) from retina. Biochem J 1996; 318 ( Pt 2):711-6. [PMID: 8809066 PMCID: PMC1217676 DOI: 10.1042/bj3180711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5) is a cytosolic protein that is highly expressed in vertebrate neurons, which is now included in the ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase subclass (UCH) on the basis of primary-structure homology and hydrolytic activity on the synthetic substrate ubiquitin ethyl ester (UbOEt). Some UCHs show affinity for immobilized ubiquitin, a property exploited to purify them. In this study we show that this property can also be applied to PGP9.5, since a protein has been purified to homogeneity from bovine retina by affinity chromatography on a ubiquitin-Sepharose column that can be identified with: (a) PGP9.5 with respect to molecular mass, primary structure and immunological reactivity; (b) the known UCHs with respect to some catalytic properties, such as hydrolytic activity on UbOEt, (which also characterizes PGP9.5), Km value and reactivity with cysteine and histidine-specific reagents. However, it differs with respect to other properties, e.g. inhibition by UbOEt and a wider pH range of activity.
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- M Piccinini
- Dipartimento di Morfofisiologia Veterinaria, Universit di Torino, Italy
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Larsen CN, Price JS, Wilkinson KD. Substrate binding and catalysis by ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases: identification of two active site residues. Biochemistry 1996; 35:6735-44. [PMID: 8639624 DOI: 10.1021/bi960099f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases (UCH's) are a newly-defined class of thiol proteases implicated in the proteolytic processing of polymeric ubiquitin. They are important for the generation of monomeric ubiquitin, the active component of the eukaryotic ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic system. There are at least three mammalian isozymes which are tissue specific and developmentally regulated. To study the structure and functional roles of these highly homologous enzymes, we have subcloned and overexpressed two of these isozymes, UCH-L1 and UCH-L3. Here, we report their purification, physical characteristics, and the mutagenesis of UCH-L1. Site-directed mutagenesis of UCH-L1 reveals that C90 and H161 are involved in catalytic rate enhancement. Data from circular dichroic and Raman spectroscopy, as well as secondary structure prediction algorithms, indicate that both isozymes have a significant amount of alpha-helix (> 35%), and contain no disulfide bonds. Both enzymes are reasonably stable, undergoing a reversible thermal denaturation at 52 degrees C. These transitions are characterized by thermodynamic parameters typical of single domain globular proteins. Substrate binding affinity to UCH-L3 was directly measured by equilibrium gel filtration (Kd = 0.5 microM), and the results are similar to the kinetically determined Km for ubiquitin ethyl ester (o.6 microM). The binding is primarily electrostatic in nature and indicates the existence of a specific and extensive binding site for ubiquitin on the surface of the enzyme.
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- C N Larsen
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Maki A, Mohammad RM, Smith M, Al-Katib A. Role of ubiquitin carboxyl terminal hydrolase in the differentiation of human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, Reh. Differentiation 1996; 60:59-66. [PMID: 8935929 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1996.6010059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have previously demonstrated that the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), induces differentiation of the acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, Reh, to a mature non-dividing state. Associated with this differentiation is the expression of ubiquitin carboxyl terminal hydrolase (UCH-L1). To investigate the role of UCH-L1 in TPA-induced Reh differentiation and apoptosis, molecular and chemical inhibition was used. Molecularly, a sequence-specific antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (AODN) directed against UCH-L1 transcript was used to inhibit the expression of the gene. In addition, its complementary sense oligodeoxynucleotide (SODN) was used to indicate the specificity of AODN action. Chemically, sodium borohydride (NaBH4), an inhibitor of UCH-L, was used to block the transcript product. TPA-induced changes in Reh cell growth and morphology, UCH-L1 protein expression, apoptosis contour, surface phenotype, and enzymatic profile were assessed in the presence or absence of NaBH4, AODN or SODN. As previously reported, TPA induced Reh cells to differentiate into monocytoid B lymphocytes and stimulated the apoptotic pathway. However, adding NaBH4 or AODN inhibited the TPA effect on all parameters measured except apoptosis. The sequence in which NaBH4 or AODN were added in relation to TPA did not affect any of the response variables measured. The use of SODN did not influence any of the parameters measured, indicating the specificity of the action. Thus, we conclude that UCH-L1 is involved in the differentiation process of the lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, Reh. Our data suggest that TPA-induced apoptosis of Reh cells has a separate pathway from that of differentiation or that UCH-L1 expression is independent of the apoptotic pathway.
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- A Maki
- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University-School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Schofield JN, Day IN, Thompson RJ, Edwards YH. PGP9.5, a ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase; pattern of mRNA and protein expression during neural development in the mouse. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1995; 85:229-38. [PMID: 7600671 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(94)00217-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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PGP9.5 is a neurone and neuro-endocrine specific ubiquitin carboxyl terminal hydrolase estimated to form 1-2% of total brain protein. We have examined the temporal and spatial distribution of PGP9.5 mRNA and protein in the developing mouse embryo. These studies show that PGP9.5 is present at high levels in all differentiated neurones throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems at all stages of development. The mRNA is detected in the neural tube 1 day prior to the protein and before neuronal differentiation is underway. Both mRNA and protein are present during the initial appearance of motor and sensory neurones, prior to their peak production. PGP9.5 immunoreactivity was detected using microwave pretreatment of sections in order to unmask epitopes. In general unmasking led to an overall enhancement of immunoreactivity although in some sites, for example the dorsal root and cranial nerve ganglia and the bundle of His, there was evidence for anatomical variation in the distribution of masked versus unmasked protein. The very early expression of PGP9.5 suggests that there is a role for ubiquitin hydrolases in the differentiation of neurone precursors as well as in the differentiated neurone.
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- J N Schofield
- MRC, Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, University College London, UK
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Dong JM, Smith P, Hall C, Lim L. Promoter region of the transcriptional unit for human alpha 1-chimaerin, a neuron-specific GTPase-activating protein for p21rac. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1995; 227:636-46. [PMID: 7867622 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20183.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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alpha 1-chimaerin is a neuron-specific GTPase-activating protein for p21rac, a protein involved in morphological events. The mRNA is highly expressed in certain brain regions. It is also detected in cultured neuronal, but not in non-neuronal cells. As a first step towards understanding the mechanisms underlying this regulation, genomic clones containing the 5'-flanking region of the human alpha 1-chimaerin transcriptional unit were isolated and characterised. A cluster of multiple transcription start sites of alpha 1-chimaerin mRNAs was detected by primer-extension and S1-mapping analyses. The cluster was mapped to nucleotides -464 to -434 (relative to nucleotide A in the initiation codon) in genomic DNA. The 5'-proximal region contained no TATA box, initiator motif and Sp1-binding site. A 210-bp fragment with approximately 110 bp 5'-flanking sequence could function as a minimal promoter upon analysis using hybrid chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter constructs and transient transfection. Internal deletion and point-mutation experiments revealed that a GGCCAATC sequence located at nucleotides -519 to -512 was essential for alpha 1-chimaerin promoter activity. Mobility-shift assay showed the specific binding of nuclear factor(s) to this region, which was competed by the oligonucleotides corresponding to wild-type but not mutant forms. The data also suggest the existence of possible novel CCAAT-binding factor(s) interacting with the alpha 1-chimaerin CCAAT box binding site. A cell-type-preferred suppressor located in the 5'-distal region was found which may play a role in controlling neuron-specific expression of alpha 1-chimaerin mRNA. These findings of a specific promoter for alpha 1-chimaerin transcription will facilitate further studies on its neuronal-specific expression and function.
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- J M Dong
- Glaxo/IMCB group, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore
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Mohammad RM, Vistisen K, al-Katib A. Protein study of T and B acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines. Electrophoresis 1994; 15:1218-24. [PMID: 7859731 DOI: 10.1002/elps.11501501184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE) was used to identify cellular proteins in T and B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cell lines. Five lines, REH and BALL-1 of B-cell lineage, CCRF-CEM and HPB-ALL of T-cell lineage, and a normal Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed line of B-origin (SKLN1) were studied. The lines were immunophenotyped using flow cytometry and lineage associated monoclonal antibodies. Whole cell lysates of the cell lines were subjected to 2-D PAGE analyses. 2-D gels were analyzed with an image scanning computer and the qualitative as well as quantitative differences of the protein patterns were studied. Despite the great similarities in the patterns of the B- and T-gels, three proteins were unique to B-cell lines, while eight were unique to T-cell lines. Using cell lines is the first step toward identifying potential markers in ALL and can provide important information regarding the human ALL databases. Whether these proteins are definite markers for B- or T-ALL or are unique to the cell lines studied needs further exploration.
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MESH Headings
- Algorithms
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Viral/analysis
- Burkitt Lymphoma/immunology
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Transformed
- DNA-Binding Proteins/analysis
- Databases, Factual
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional/methods
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel/methods
- Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens
- Flow Cytometry/methods
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping/methods
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/immunology
- Neoplasm Proteins/analysis
- Neoplasm Proteins/isolation & purification
- Reference Standards
- Software
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- R M Mohammad
- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
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Schumacher U, Mitchell BS, Kaiserling E. The neuronal marker protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5) is phenotypically expressed in human breast epithelium, in milk, and in benign and malignant breast tumors. DNA Cell Biol 1994; 13:839-43. [PMID: 8068207 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1994.13.839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to examine the expression of the well-established neuronal marker protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5) in nonneuroendocrine tissues of the human breast. Using antibodies directed against PGP 9.5 in an immunohistological technique, a positive staining of nerves and, surprisingly, a positive cytoplasmic reaction were obtained in normal breast epithelium, in all cases of fibroadenomata (n = 7) and in carcinoma cells in 5 out of 16 cases of breast cancers. In screening several human breast cancer cell lines, a positive immunoreaction was observed in 4 out of 6 of the cell lines. To exclude the possibility that this immunoreactivity was false, positive lysates from the same cell lines and preparations from human breast milk were subjected to NaDodSO4-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting. This study confirmed the presence of PGP 9.5 in both milk and breast cancer cell lines. Because any contamination with nerve fibers can be excluded having used cell culture material or milk, it can be concluded that the presence of PGP 9.5 in the normal epithelium and in breast cancer cells is genuine. PGP 9.5 expression is, therefore, a feature of normal breast epithelia and breast cancer cells and cannot be regarded as 'neuron' specific.
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Burchill SA, Bradbury FM, Smith B, Lewis IJ, Selby P. Neuroblastoma cell detection by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA. Int J Cancer 1994; 57:671-5. [PMID: 7910809 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910570510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The presence of tumour cells in peripheral blood of neuroblastoma patients is of considerable clinical importance. Nucleic acid amplification offers an opportunity to detect very small numbers of such cells, but in neuroblastoma a frequent specific abnormality in the tumour DNA suitable for this purpose has yet to be identified. To facilitate the detection of such cells we have developed RT-PCR using tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) as a tissue-specific target gene. TH mRNA was detected in 3 neuroblastoma cell lines and in all neuroblastoma tumours examined, but was undetectable in peripheral blood from children without neuroblastoma. The method was highly sensitive, detecting 1-10 neuroblastoma cells per 10(7) blood cells. Thirty blood samples from 24 patients were analysed and results were compared with known disease status. At diagnosis 4/7 patient blood specimens were positive; the four positive samples were from stage-4 patients. In blood samples from these patients 6-8 weeks after the initiation of treatment, TH mRNA was undetectable. Of 7 samples taken at the time of clinical relapse, 5 were positive; 4 of these were from patients with evidence of disseminating disease. Of 16 blood samples from disease-free patients, 14 were negative and 2 were positive. One positive patient in this group subsequently had a clinical relapse. These results show that this technique is of value for detecting neuroblastoma cells in peripheral blood. The significance of these cells at diagnosis, during treatment or on follow-up requires further evaluation.
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- S A Burchill
- Candlelighters Children's Research Laboratory, St. James' University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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Fujiwara Y, Hatano K, Hirabayashi T, Miyazaki JI. Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase as a putative factor involved in sex differentiation of fish (temperate wrasse, Halichoeres poecilopterus). Differentiation 1994; 56:13-20. [PMID: 8026642 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1994.56120013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Temperate wrasse (Halichoeres poecilopterus) is known to undergo sex transition from female to male (protogyny). In order to detect factors related to male sex differentiation which appear during sex transition, we compared protein constituents between transitional and mature gonads by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Eight proteins were found to increase in amount considerably in the transitional gonads in comparison with the counterparts in ovaries. Five of the eight proteins were also found in mature testes. One of the proteins shared by testes and transitional gonads had an isoelectric point at pH 5.3 and an apparent molecular weight of 26 kDa. Thus we termed the protein p 26. It was abundant in degenerating ovary, transitional gonad, and mature testis and less abundant in mature ovary and brain. Therefore, the expression of p 26 seemed to start during sex transition and continue during maturation of the testis. Amino acid sequence analysis revealed high homology of p 26 to ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase, which is supposed to cleave ubiquitin associated with nuclear proteins and a transcriptional repressor. Therefore, p 26 was supposed to regulate gene expression through the mediation of ubiquitin. Proteins which seemed to be counterparts of p 26 were detected in testes of two other fish species by an antiserum against p 26. These results suggest that p 26 is a possible candidate for the factor which is related to sex differentiation.
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- Y Fujiwara
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Mitchell BS, Schumacher U, Stauber VV, Kaiserling E. Are breast tumours innervated? Immunohistological investigations using antibodies against the neuronal marker protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5) in benign and malignant breast lesions. Eur J Cancer 1994; 30A:1100-3. [PMID: 7654438 DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(94)90465-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to assess the innervation pattern of benign and malignant breast lesions using the neuronal marker protein gene product (PGP) 9.5. An unlabelled antibody technique (using streptavidin biotin complex formation) was used on paraffin wax sections of tissues fixed in neutral buffered formalin. In 2/4 cases of chronic mastopathy, PGP 9.5 immunoreactivity was seen in relation to blood vessels and the ductal system. No immunoreactivity for PGP 9.5 was seen in the affected tissues of 9/10 cases of fibroadenomata. In 9/16 breast cancers, PGP 9.5-labelled perivascular nerve fibres were detected in connective tissue stroma supporting carcinoma tissue, though not in the immediate vicinity of such tumour tissue. Labelled nerve fibres were detected in large bundles at the periphery of tumours, possibly unrelated to the latter. Our results indicate that the newly formed blood vessels within a tumour are not innervated, though major blood vessels which supply the tumour are innervated.
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- B S Mitchell
- Dept. of Human Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, U.K
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Santamaría L, Martín R, Paniagua R, Fraile B, Nistal M, Terenghi G, Polak JM. Protein gene product 9.5 and ubiquitin immunoreactivities in rat epididymis epithelium. HISTOCHEMISTRY 1993; 100:131-8. [PMID: 8244765 DOI: 10.1007/bf00572899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A quantitative immunohistochemical study was performed of the distribution of protein gene product 9.5 (PGP, a soluble protein localized in neurons and neuroendocrine cells as well as in some non-nervous cells) and ubiquitin along the rat epididymis. In the ductuli efferents, PGP immunoreaction was observed in the whole cytoplasm of some columnar cells; a smaller number of columnar cells showed ubiquitin immunoreactivity with limited apical and basal cytoplasmic localization. In the proximal caput epididymidis, the whole cytoplasm of all columnar cells showed PGP immunoreactivity, ubiquitin immunostaining was negative in this region. In the middle and distal caput epididymidis and the distal cauda, the apical cytoplasm of some columnar cells and the whole cytoplasm of some basal cells showed immunoreactivity to PGP. In these regions, immunoreactivity to ubiquitin was positive in the supranuclear cytoplasm of some columnar cells but not in the basal cells. No immunoreactivity to PGP or ubiquitin was detected in the corpus epididymis and the proximal cauda. Double immunostaining revealed that all the epididymal ubiquitin immunoreactive cells were also PGP immunoreactive, whereas most PGP immunoreactive cells did not immunoreact to ubiquitin. In ubiquitin-PGP immunoreactive cells, the site of the PGP immunoreaction differed from that of the ubiquitin immunoreaction. PGP-ubiquitin immunoreactive cells also seemed to be immunoreactive to anti-AE1/AE3 keratin antibodies. The spermatozoal heads were immunoreactive to PGP antibodies in the epididymal regions from proximal caput to distal cauda but not in the ductuli efferents. The findings suggest that non-ubiquitinated PGP immunoreactive proteins are secreted in the epididymis, mainly in the proximal caput, and attach to spermatozoa.
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- L Santamaría
- Department of Morphology (Histology), School of Medicine, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain
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Gray C, Hukkanen M, Konttinen YT, Terenghi G, Arnett TR, Jones SJ, Burnstock G, Polak JM. Rapid neural growth: calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P-containing nerves attain exceptional growth rates in regenerating deer antler. Neuroscience 1992; 50:953-63. [PMID: 1280352 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90218-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Deer antler is a unique mineralized tissue which can produce very high growth rates of > 1 cm/day in large species. On completion of antler growth, the dermal tissues which cover the antler are shed and the underlying calcified tissue dies. After several months the old antler is discarded and growth of a new one begins. It is known that deer antlers are sensitive to touch and are innervated. The major aims of this study were to identify and localize by immunohistochemical techniques the type of innervation present, and to find out whether nerve fibres could exhibit growth rates comparable to those of antler. We have taken tissue sections from the tip and shaft of growing Red deer (Cervus elaphus) antlers at three stages of development; shortly after the initiation of regrowth, the rapid growth phase, and near the end of growth. Incubation of tissue sections with antisera to protein gene product 9.5 (a neural cytoplasmic protein), neurofilament triplet proteins (a neural cytoskeletal protein), substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (both of which are present in and synthesized by sensory neurons) showed the presence of immunoreactive nerve fibres in dermal, deep connective and perichondrial/periosteal tissues at all stages of antler growth. The sparse distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity was found in dermal tissue only at the earliest stage of antler development. Nerve fibres immunoreactive to neuropeptide Y, C-flanking peptide of neuropeptide Y and tyrosine hydroxylase, all present in postganglionic sympathetic nerves, were not observed at any stage of antler growth. Nerves expressing immunoreactivity for any of the neural markers or peptides employed could not be found in cartilage, osteoid or bone. These results show that antlers are innervated mainly by sensory nerves and that nerves can attain the exceptionally high growth rates found in regenerating antler.
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- C Gray
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College, London, U.K
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Anderson VE, Hajimohammadreza I, Gallo JM, Anderton BH, Uney J, Brown AW, Nolan CC, Cavanagh JB, Leigh PN. Ubiquitin, PGP 9.5 and dense body formation in trimethyltin intoxication: differential neuronal responses to chemically induced cell damage. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1992; 18:360-75. [PMID: 1382241 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1992.tb00798.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Ubiquitin in normal cells may be important in degrading or transferring short-lived or aberrant proteins to lysosomal dense bodies. To examine its role in degrading proteins produced by a chemical insult, changes in the distribution of ubiquitin and the carboxy-terminal hydrolase, PGP 9.5, have been studied in rat hippocampal neurons and cerebellar Purkinje cells in trimethyltin intoxication. Here tubulovesicular dense bodies (TVBs) form from 12h onwards associated with vacuolation of the Golgi apparatus. Striking accumulations of lysosomal dense bodies follow in hippocampal pyramidal cells but not in cerebellar Purkinje cells; many of the hippocampal neurons later die, while the Purkinje cells generally survive. Ubiquitin immunoreactivity was diffusely increased in hippocampal pyramidal and Purkinje cells 6 h after dosing. By 12 h both diffuse and granular ubiquitin immunoreactivity was present that intensified over 24 and 48 h. Both by light and electron microscopy TVBs showed ubiquitin immunoreactivity, but dense bodies in hippocampal perikarya did not stain with an anti-ubiquitin antibody. PGP 9.5 immunoreactivity was not altered in hippocampal cells at any time, while Purkinje and Golgi cell dendrites and perikarya showed intensified labelling at 3 h that reached a peak of 12 h. At 48 h Western blot analysis of hippocampal homogenates showed significant increases in high molecular weight (HMW) ubiquitin conjugates, while cerebellar homogenates showed an increase in ubiquitin-histone conjugates. Northern blot analyses showed no change in ubiquitin or PGP9.5 gene expression in hippocampus or cerebellum. These findings suggest that the material in the TVBs in hippocampal cells is not being degraded by the ubiquitin system but passes ubiquitinated into the lysosomal system, while material in Purkinje cell TVBs is degraded by the ubiquitin system, suggesting it may have a different composition in each type of neuron.
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- V E Anderson
- University Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Douglas AJ, Fox MF, Abbott CM, Hinks LJ, Sharpe G, Povey S, Thompson RJ. Structure and chromosomal localization of the human 2?,3?-cyclic nucleotide 3?-phosphodiesterase gene. Ann Hum Genet 1992; 56:243-54. [PMID: 1360194 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1992.tb01149.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Human brain cDNA clones for the myelin associated enzyme 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNPase) have been isolated and sequenced. The only 5' untranslated region (UTR) sequence found was that of a human CNPII mRNA, with no direct evidence for a CNPI mRNA. Human CNPase cDNAs were used to isolate genomic clones containing the human CNPase gene which is 9 kb long. Four exons were identified, separated by three introns, and the sequence of each exon and intron/exon boundary has been established. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect the presence of the human CNPase gene in DNA from a panel of rodent/human somatic cell hybrids. By this means the human CNPase gene was mapped to chromosome 17. In situ hybridization of a human CNPase genomic clone to metaphase chromosomes further localized this gene to chromosomal band 17q21.
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- A J Douglas
- University Clinical Biochemistry, Southampton General Hospital, U.K
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Konttinen YT, Hukkanen M, Segerberg M, Rees R, Kemppinen P, Sorsa T, Saari H, Polak JM, Santavirta S. Relationship between neuropeptide immunoreactive nerves and inflammatory cells in adjuvant arthritic rats. Scand J Rheumatol 1992; 21:55-9. [PMID: 1373904 DOI: 10.3109/03009749209095068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship of neuropeptide nerves and inflammatory leukocytes in PVG rats with adjuvant-induced arthritis. Substance P- and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-immunoreactive nerves and inflammatory leukocytes were studied, using peroxidase (ABC) and/or alkaline phosphatase (APAAP) staining. Inflamed synovial tissue proper was infiltrated with neutrophils, ED1 macrophages and focal accumulations of CD2 T lymphocytes. In such tissue, the relationship between peptide-immunoreactive nerves and inflammatory cells was such that substance P and CGRP nerves were absent in heavily infiltrated villous synovial tissue, whereas healthy synovial tissue and non-inflammatory areas in adjuvant arthritic rats were innervated by substance P and CGRP nerves close to normal synovial tissue resident cells. In order to elucidate an eventual mechanism for lost immunoreactivity, healthy synovial tissue was exposed to chymotrypsin or oxygen derived free radicals (ODFR) in vitro. The former treatment caused total loss of immunoreactivity. These findings suggest that neuropeptides and neuropeptide containing nerves may be destroyed by locally produced proteolytic enzymes and various reactive oxygen species in the vicinity of inflammatory cells.
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- Y T Konttinen
- Institute of Molecular Immunology, NYU Medical Center, New York
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Hukkanen M, Konttinen YT, Terenghi G, Polak JM. Peptide-containing innervation of rat femoral lymphatic vessels. Microvasc Res 1992; 43:7-19. [PMID: 1608341 DOI: 10.1016/0026-2862(92)90003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The lymphatic vessels conduct lymph fluid, proteins, and potentially antigenic material from the interstitium back to the bloodstream via lymph nodes, where solids are removed by phagocytic cells and recirculating lymphocytes and immunoglobulins are added. Immunostaining for two general neuronal markers, protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5), a cytoplasmic ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase, and synaptophysin, a calcium-binding four-span integral synaptic vesicle membrane glycoprotein, disclosed an abundant innervation of the large femoral lymphatic vessels in rats. This confirms and extends earlier findings based on nonspecific intravital methylene blue and silver impregnation staining methods. Nerves containing neuropeptide Y, C-flanking peptide of neuropeptide Y, and tyrosine hydroxylase, markers of noradrenergic postganglionic sympathetic fibers, were frequent whereas immunoreactivity to vasoactive intestinal peptide, a neuropeptide present in many cholinergic parasympathetic nerve fibers, was sparse suggesting possible sympathetic and parasympathetic influences. Furthermore, calcitonin gene-related peptide- and substance P-containing fibers were also present in the walls of lymphatic vessels suggesting a possible sensory influence in the coordinated myogenic responses. By comparison to normal light microscopy, confocal microscopy was found useful to trace the perihilar penetration of blood and afferent lymphatic vessels in lymph nodes. PGP 9.5-immunoreactive fibers were found in and around lymph nodes suggesting that there is a neural regulation of lymphoid node function. Because of their distribution, peptide-containing nerves may participate in regulating the capacity of the lymphatic pumping activity, and may possibly exert paracrine effects on lymphocytes.
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- M Hukkanen
- Department of Histochemistry, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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Edwards YH, Fox MF, Povey S, Hinks LJ, Thompson RJ, Day IN. The gene for human neurone specific ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (UCHL1, PGP9.5) maps to chromosome 4p14. Ann Hum Genet 1991; 55:273-8. [PMID: 1840236 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1991.tb00853.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ubiquitin carboxy terminal hydrolase 1, UCHL1, is a neurone-specific protein involved in the ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic pathway. The gene for human UCHL1 has been mapped to chromosome 4 using the polymerase chain reaction to amplify specifically the human UCHL1 sequences in rodent/human somatic cell hybrid DNA. A regional assignment of this locus to 4p14 has been made by in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes using both tritium and fluorescently labelled probes.
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- Y H Edwards
- M.R.C. Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, Galton Laboratory, London
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Peshavaria M, Day IN. Molecular structure of the human muscle-specific enolase gene (ENO3). Biochem J 1991; 275 ( Pt 2):427-33. [PMID: 1840492 PMCID: PMC1150071 DOI: 10.1042/bj2750427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The single human gene for muscle-specific enolase was isolated and its structure was characterized, from which the mature mRNA transcript and encoded protein were also deduced. The gene contains 12 exons, spans approx. 6 kb and encodes a protein of 433 residues. The gene structure is similar to that found for the rat neuron-specific enolase gene, and the deduced protein aligns precisely with other enolase sequences, including the sequence of the only published crystallized enolase, yeast eno-1. The 5' boundary of the gene includes a 5' non-coding exon and is characterized by an upstream TATA-like box and CpG-rich region. This region contains potential recognition motifs for general transcriptional regulation involving Sp1, activator protein 1 and 2, CCAAT box transcription factor/nuclear factor I and cyclic AMP, and for muscle-specific transcriptional regulation involving a CC(A + T-rich)6GG box, M-CAT-box CAATCCT and two myocyte-specific enhancer-binding factor 1 boxes.
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- M Peshavaria
- University Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Southampton General Hospital, U.K
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Honoré B, Rasmussen HH, Vandekerckhove J, Celis JE. Neuronal protein gene product 9.5 (IEF SSP 6104) is expressed in cultured human MRC-5 fibroblasts of normal origin and is strongly down-regulated in their SV40 transformed counterparts. FEBS Lett 1991; 280:235-40. [PMID: 1849484 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80300-r] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Neuronal protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5) most likely identical to ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozyme L1 (UCH-L1) has been reported to be expressed almost exclusively in neuronal and neuroendocrine tissues. By two-dimensional (2D) immunoblotting, comigration and microsequencing of proteins recovered from 2D gels we have identified PGP 9.5 UCH-L1 as polypeptide IEF SSP 6104 (Mr = 27,000, pI = 5.49) in the comprehensive 2D gel cellular protein database of human embryonal lung MRC-5 fibroblasts [(1989) Electrophoresis 10, 76 115; (1990) Electrophoresis 11, 1072 1113]. This protein is expressed at high levels in quiescent and proliferating cultured normal fibroblasts and is strongly down-regulated (about 10 times) in their transformed counterparts.
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- B Honoré
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
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New nucleotide sequence data on the EMBL File Server. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:5927-39. [PMID: 2216807 PMCID: PMC332381 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.19.5927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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