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Elati K, Tajeri S, Obara I, Mhadhbi M, Zweygarth E, Darghouth MA, Nijhof AM. Dual RNA-seq to catalogue host and parasite gene expression changes associated with virulence of T. annulata-transformed bovine leukocytes: towards identification of attenuation biomarkers. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18202. [PMID: 37875584 PMCID: PMC10598219 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45458-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The apicomplexan parasite Theileria annulata is transmitted by Hyalomma ticks and causes an acute lymphoproliferative disease that is invariably lethal in exotic cattle breeds. The unique ability of the schizont stage of T. annulata to transform infected leukocytes to a cancer-like phenotype and the simplicity of culturing and passaging T. annulata-transformed cells in vitro have been explored for live vaccine development by attenuating the transformed cells using lengthy serial propagation in vitro. The empirical in vivo evaluation of attenuation required for each batch of long-term cultured cells is a major constraint since it is resource intensive and raises ethical issues regarding animal welfare. As yet, the molecular mechanisms underlying attenuation are not well understood. Characteristic changes in gene expression brought about by attenuation are likely to aid in the identification of novel biomarkers for attenuation. We set out to undertake a comparative transcriptome analysis of attenuated (passage 296) and virulent (passage 26) bovine leukocytes infected with a Tunisian strain of T. annulata termed Beja. RNA-seq was used to analyse gene expression profiles and the relative expression levels of selected genes were verified by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis. Among the 3538 T. annulata genes analysed, 214 were significantly differentially expressed, of which 149 genes were up-regulated and 65 down-regulated. Functional annotation of differentially expressed T. annulata genes revealed four broad categories of metabolic pathways: carbon metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. It is interesting to note that of the top 40 genes that showed altered expression, 13 were predicted to contain a signal peptide and/or at least one transmembrane domain, suggesting possible involvement in host-parasite interaction. Of the 16,514 bovine transcripts, 284 and 277 showed up-regulated and down-regulated expression, respectively. These were assigned to functional categories relevant to cell surface, tissue morphogenesis and regulation of cell adhesion, regulation of leucocyte, lymphocyte and cell activation. The genetic alterations acquired during attenuation that we have catalogued herein, as well as the accompanying in silico functional characterization, do not only improve understanding of the attenuation process, but can also be exploited by studies aimed at identifying attenuation biomarkers across different cell lines focusing on some host and parasite genes that have been highlighted in this study, such as bovine genes (CD69, ZNF618, LPAR3, and APOL3) and parasite genes such as TA03875.
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- Khawla Elati
- Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 7, 14163, Berlin, Germany.
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 8, 14163, Berlin, Germany.
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, Univ. Manouba, 2020, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
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- Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 7, 14163, Berlin, Germany
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 8, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 7, 14163, Berlin, Germany
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 8, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, Univ. Manouba, 2020, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia
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- Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 7, 14163, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, Univ. Manouba, 2020, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia
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- Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 7, 14163, Berlin, Germany.
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Von-Ostertag-Str. 8, 14163, Berlin, Germany.
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Bai H, Zhou T, Zhao J, Chen B, Pu F, Bai Y, Wu Y, Chen L, Shi Y, Ke Q, Yu X, Xu P. Transcriptome analysis reveals the temporal gene expression patterns in skin of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) in response to Cryptocaryon irritans infection. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 99:462-472. [PMID: 32070786 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) is one of the most important mariculture fish in China. In the past decades, cryptocaryonosis caused by Cryptocryon irritans has led to huge economic losses, posing great threat to the healthy and sustainable development of L. crocea mariculture industry. As the largest immunologically active mucosal organ in fish, skin provides the first defense line against external pathogens. To better understand the gene expression dynamics, the large yellow croakers were artificially infected with C. irritans and their skin tissues were collected at 0 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h and 96 h post infection. The total RNA in the skin tissues were extracted and the transcriptome were sequenced. After sequencing, a total of 1,131, 311, 140 million high quality RNA-seq reads were collected. A set of 215, 473, 968, 1055 differentially expressed genes were identified at 24 h, 48 h, 72 h and 96 h post infection respectively. Further analysis clustered these DEGs into six profiles and 75 hub genes for six profiles were identified. Among these hub genes, 18 immune related genes including TLR5, TOPK, NFKBIZ, MAPK14A were identified post C. irritans infection. Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction was the only pathway that significantly enriched at four timepoints post infection. This study provides an in-depth understanding of skin transcriptome variance of large yellow croaker after C. irritans infection, which would be helpful for further understanding of the molecular mechanism of L. crocea in response to C. irritans infection.
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- Huaqiang Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China; State Key Laboratory of Large Yellow Croaker Breeding, Ningde Fufa Fisheries Company Limited, Ningde, 352130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Large Yellow Croaker Breeding, Ningde Fufa Fisheries Company Limited, Ningde, 352130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China; State Key Laboratory of Large Yellow Croaker Breeding, Ningde Fufa Fisheries Company Limited, Ningde, 352130, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organisms, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
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Hao M, Barlogie B, Tricot G, Liu L, Qiu L, Shaughnessy JD, Zhan F. Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Aberrant T-cell Marker Expression on Tumor Cells of Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia. Clin Cancer Res 2018; 25:201-209. [PMID: 30279229 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-1435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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PURPOSE That the malignant clone of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM) demonstrates significant intraclonal heterogeneity with respect to plasmacytoid differentiation indicates the mechanistic complexity of tumorigenesis and progression. Identification of WM genes by comparing different stages of B cells may provide novel druggable targets. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The gene expression signatures of CD19+ B cells (BC) and CD138+ plasma cells (PC) from 19 patients with WM were compared with those of BCs from peripheral blood and tonsil and to those of PCs from the marrow of healthy (N-PC) and multiple myeloma donors (MM-PC), as well as tonsil (T-PC). Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence were used to examine T-cell marker expression on WM tumor cells. RESULTS Consistent with defective differentiation, both BCs and PCs from WM cases expressed abnormal differentiation markers. Sets of 55 and 46 genes were differentially expressed in WM-BC and WM-PC, respectively; and 40 genes uniquely dysregulated in WM samples were identified. Dysregulated genes included cytokines, growth factor receptors, and oncogenes not previously implicated in WM or other plasma cell dyscrasias. Interestingly, strong upregulation of both IL6 and IL6R was confirmed. Supervised cluster analysis of PC revealed that marrow-derived WM-PC was either MM-PC-like or T-PC-like, but not N-PC-like. The aberrant expression of T-cell markers was confirmed at the protein level in WM-BC. CONCLUSIONS We showed that comparative microarray profiles allowed gaining more comprehensive insights into the biology of WM. The data presented here have implications for the development of novel therapies, such as targeting aberrant T-cell markers in WM.
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- Mu Hao
- Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.,Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Hematology-Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- Hematology-Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Chakraborty S, Roy S, Mistry HU, Murthy S, George N, Bhandari V, Sharma P. Potential Sabotage of Host Cell Physiology by Apicomplexan Parasites for Their Survival Benefits. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1261. [PMID: 29081773 PMCID: PMC5645534 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium, Babesia, and Theileria are the major apicomplexan parasites affecting humans or animals worldwide. These pathogens represent an excellent example of host manipulators who can overturn host signaling pathways for their survival. They infect different types of host cells and take charge of the host machinery to gain nutrients and prevent itself from host attack. The mechanisms by which these pathogens modulate the host signaling pathways are well studied for Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium, and Theileria, except for limited studies on Babesia. Theileria is a unique pathogen taking into account the way it modulates host cell transformation, resulting in its clonal expansion. These parasites majorly modulate similar host signaling pathways, however, the disease outcome and effect is different among them. In this review, we discuss the approaches of these apicomplexan to manipulate the host–parasite clearance pathways during infection, invasion, survival, and egress.
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- National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB-DBT), Hyderabad, India
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- National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB-DBT), Hyderabad, India
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- National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB-DBT), Hyderabad, India
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- National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB-DBT), Hyderabad, India
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- National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB-DBT), Hyderabad, India
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Cheeseman K, Weitzman JB. Host–parasite interactions: an intimate epigenetic relationship. Cell Microbiol 2015; 17:1121-32. [DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Kevin Cheeseman
- Sorbonne Paris Cité Epigenetics and Cell Fate UMR 7216 CNRS Université Paris Diderot Paris France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité Epigenetics and Cell Fate UMR 7216 CNRS Université Paris Diderot Paris France
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Poh AR, O'Donoghue RJ, Ernst M. Hematopoietic cell kinase (HCK) as a therapeutic target in immune and cancer cells. Oncotarget 2015; 6:15752-71. [PMID: 26087188 PMCID: PMC4599235 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The hematopoietic cell kinase (HCK) is a member of the SRC family of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases (SFKs), and is expressed in cells of the myeloid and B-lymphocyte cell lineages. Excessive HCK activation is associated with several types of leukemia and enhances cell proliferation and survival by physical association with oncogenic fusion proteins, and with functional interactions with receptor tyrosine kinases. Elevated HCK activity is also observed in many solid malignancies, including breast and colon cancer, and correlates with decreased patient survival rates. HCK enhances the secretion of growth factors and pro-inflammatory cytokines from myeloid cells, and promotes macrophage polarization towards a wound healing and tumor-promoting alternatively activated phenotype. Within tumor associated macrophages, HCK stimulates the formation of podosomes that facilitate extracellular matrix degradation, which enhance immune and epithelial cell invasion. By virtue of functional cooperation between HCK and bona fide oncogenic tyrosine kinases, excessive HCK activation can also reduce drug efficacy and contribute to chemo-resistance, while genetic ablation of HCK results in minimal physiological consequences in healthy mice. Given its known crystal structure, HCK therefore provides an attractive therapeutic target to both, directly inhibit the growth of cancer cells, and indirectly curb the source of tumor-promoting changes in the tumor microenvironment.
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- Ashleigh R. Poh
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, La Trobe University School of Cancer Medicine, Victoria, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, La Trobe University School of Cancer Medicine, Victoria, Australia
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Hrdinka M, Horejsi V. PAG - a multipurpose transmembrane adaptor protein. Oncogene 2013; 33:4881-92. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ma M, Baumgartner M. Filopodia and membrane blebs drive efficient matrix invasion of macrophages transformed by the intracellular parasite Theileria annulata. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75577. [PMID: 24086576 PMCID: PMC3782453 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recent technical advances have broadened our understanding of processes that govern mammalian cell migration in health and disease but many of the molecular and morphological alterations that precede and accompany movement of cells - in particular in three-dimensional (3D) environments - are still incompletely understood. In this manuscript, using high-resolution and time-lapse microscopy imaging approaches, we describe morphodynamic processes during rounded/amoeboid cell invasion and molecules associated with the cellular invasion structures. We used macrophages infected with the intracellular protozoan parasite Theileria annulata, which causes Tropical Theileriosis in susceptible ruminants such as domestic cattle. T. annulata transforms its host cell that, as a result, acquires many characteristics of human cancer cells including a markedly increased potential to migrate, disseminate and expand in the body of the host animal. Hence, virulence of the disease is associated with the capability of infected cells to disseminate inside the host. Using T. annulata-transformed macrophages as a model system, we described a novel mode of rounded/amoeboid macrophage migration. We show that filopodia-like membrane extensions at the leading edge lead the way and further evolve in blebbing membrane protrusions to promote progressive expansion of the matrix. Associated with focal invasion structures we detected ezrin, radixin, moesin-family proteins and their regulatory kinase MAP4K4. Furthermore, we linked Rho-kinase activity to contractile force generation, which is essential for infected cell motility. Thus, the motility mode of these parasite-transformed macrophages contrasts with those described so far in human macrophages such as the tunneling or mesenchymal modes, which require engulfment, compaction and ingestion of matrix or proteolytic matrix degradation, respectively. Together, our data reveal protrusion dynamics at the leading edge of invading cells in 3D at unprecedented temporal and spatial resolution and suggest a novel mode of rounded/amoeboid invasive cell motility that exploits actin-driven filopodia formation in combination with pressure-driven membrane blebs.
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- Min Ma
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Oncology Department, University Children’s Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Oncology Department, University Children’s Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Smida M, Cammann C, Gurbiel S, Kerstin N, Lingel H, Lindquist S, Simeoni L, Brunner-Weinzierl MC, Suchanek M, Schraven B, Lindquist JA. PAG/Cbp suppression reveals a contribution of CTLA-4 to setting the activation threshold in T cells. Cell Commun Signal 2013; 11:28. [PMID: 23601194 PMCID: PMC3763844 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-11-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background PAG/Cbp represents a ubiquitous mechanism for regulating Src family kinases
by recruiting Csk to the plasma membrane, thereby controlling cellular
activation. Since Src kinases are known oncogenes, we used RNA interference
in primary human T cells to test whether the loss of PAG resulted in
lymphocyte transformation. Results PAG-depletion enhanced Src kinase activity and augmented proximal T-cell
receptor signaling; exactly the phenotype expected for loss of this negative
regulator. Surprisingly, rather than becoming hyper-proliferative,
PAG-suppressed T cells became unresponsive. This was mediated by a
Fyn-dependent hyper-phosphorylation of the inhibitory receptor CTLA-4, which
recruited the protein tyrosine phosphatase Shp-1 to lipid rafts.
Co-suppression of CTLA-4 abrogates this inhibition and restores
proliferation to T cells. Conclusion We have identified a fail-safe mechanism as well as a novel contribution of
CTLA-4 to setting the activation threshold in T cells.
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- Michal Smida
- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany.
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Kühni-Boghenbor K, Ma M, Lemgruber L, Cyrklaff M, Frischknecht F, Gaschen V, Stoffel M, Baumgartner M. Actin-mediated plasma membrane plasticity of the intracellular parasite Theileria annulata. Cell Microbiol 2012; 14:1867-79. [PMID: 22891986 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Revised: 06/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Pathogen-host interactions are modulated at multiple levels by both the pathogen and the host cell. Modulation of host cell functions is particularly intriguing in the case of the intracellular Theileria parasite, which resides as a multinucleated schizont free in the cytosol of the host cell. Direct contact between the schizont plasma membrane and the cytoplasm enables the parasite to affect the function of host cell proteins through direct interaction or through the secretion of regulators. Structure and dynamics of the schizont plasma membrane are poorly understood and whether schizont membrane dynamics contribute to parasite propagation is not known. Here we show that the intracellular Theileria schizont can dynamically change its shape by actively extending filamentous membrane protrusions. We found that isolated schizonts bound monomeric tubulin and in vitro polymerized microtubules, and monomeric tubulin polymerized into dense assemblies at the parasite surface. However, we established that isolated Theileria schizonts free of host cell microtubules maintained a lobular morphology and extended filamentous protrusions, demonstrating that host microtubules are dispensable both forthe maintenance of lobular schizont morphology and for the generation of membrane protrusions. These protrusions resemble nanotubes and extend in an actin polymerization-dependent manner; using cryo-electron tomography, we detected thin actin filaments beneath these protrusions, indicating that their extension is driven by schizont actin polymerization. Thus the membrane of the schizont and its underlying actin cytoskeleton possess intrinsic activity for shape control and likely function as a peri-organelle to interact with and manipulate host cell components.
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Xu Y, Huntington ND, Harder KW, Nandurkar H, Hibbs ML, Tarlinton DM. Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase activity in B cells is negatively regulated by Lyn tyrosine kinase. Immunol Cell Biol 2012; 90:903-11. [PMID: 22777522 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2012.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) activity is essential for normal B-cell receptor (BCR)-mediated responses. To understand the mechanisms of PI3K regulation during B-cell activation, we performed a series of biochemical analysis on primary B cells, and found that activity of Src family tyrosine kinases (SFK) is crucial for the activation of PI3K following BCR ligation and this is regulated by the SFK Lyn. We show that the hyperresponsive phenotype of B cells lacking Lyn is predicated on significantly increased basal and inducible PI3K activity that correlates with the constitutive hypophosphorylation of PAG/Cbp (phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains/Csk-binding protein), a concomitant reduction in bound Csk in Lyn(-/-) B cells and elevated levels of active Fyn. Regulating SFK activity may thus be a central mechanism by which Lyn regulates PI3K activity in B cells. This study defines the molecular connection between the BCR and PI3K and reveals this to be a point of Lyn-mediated regulation.
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- Yuekang Xu
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia
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Baumgartner M. Enforcing host cell polarity: an apicomplexan parasite strategy towards dissemination. Curr Opin Microbiol 2011; 14:436-44. [PMID: 21795099 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
The propagation of apicomplexan parasites through transmitting vectors is dependent on effective dissemination of parasites inside the mammalian host. Intracellular Toxoplasma and Theileria parasites face the challenge that their spread inside the host depends in part on the motile capacities of their host cells. In response, these parasites influence the efficiency of dissemination by altering adhesive and/or motile properties of their host cells. Theileria parasites do so by targeting signalling pathways that control host cell actin dynamics. The resulting enforced polar host cell morphology facilitates motility and invasiveness, by establishing focal adhesion and invasion structures at the leading edge of the infected cell. This parasite strategy highlights mechanisms of motility regulation that are also likely relevant for immune or cancer cell motility.
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- Martin Baumgartner
- University of Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Molecular Pathobiology, Länggassstrasse 122, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
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Bamberger M, Santos AM, Gonçalves CM, Oliveira MI, James JR, Moreira A, Lozano F, Davis SJ, Carmo AM. A new pathway of CD5 glycoprotein-mediated T cell inhibition dependent on inhibitory phosphorylation of Fyn kinase. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:30324-30336. [PMID: 21757751 PMCID: PMC3162391 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.230102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Triggering of the T cell receptor initiates a signaling cascade resulting in the activation of the T cell. These signals are integrated alongside those resulting from the triggering of other receptors whose function is to modulate the overall response. CD5 is an immunotyrosine-based inhibition motif-bearing receptor that antagonizes the overt T cell receptor activation response by recruiting inhibitory intracellular mediators such as SHP-1, RasGAP, or Cbl. We now propose that the inhibitory effects of CD5 are also mediated by a parallel pathway that functions at the level of inhibition of Fyn, a kinase generally associated with T cell receptor-mediated activation. After CD5 ligation, phosphorylation of the negative regulatory tyrosine (Tyr(531)) of Fyn increases, and this correlates with a substantial reduction in the kinase activity of Fyn and a profound inhibition of ZAP-70 activation. The effect requires the last 23 amino acids of the cytoplasmic domain of the receptor, strongly implying the involvement of a new CD5-interacting signaling or adaptor protein. Furthermore, we show that upon CD5 ligation there is a profound shift in its distribution from the bulk fluid phase to the lipid raft environment, where it associates with Fyn, Lck, and PAG. We suggest that the relocation of CD5, which we also show is capable of forming homodimers, to the proximity of raft-resident molecules enables CD5 to inhibit membrane proximal signaling by controlling the phosphorylation and activity of Fyn, possibly by interfering with the disassembly of C-terminal Src kinase (Csk)-PAG-Fyn complexes during T cell activation.
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- Martina Bamberger
- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, and Department of Cell Biology, Immunology and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal.
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UNLABELLED Chlamydiae are well known for their species specificity and tissue tropism, and yet the individual species and strains show remarkable genomic synteny and share an intracellular developmental cycle unique in the microbial world. Only a relatively few chlamydial genes have been linked to specific disease or tissue tropism. Here we show that chlamydial species associated with human infections, Chlamydia trachomatis and C. pneumoniae, exhibit unique requirements for Src-family kinases throughout their developmental cycle. Utilization of Src-family kinases by C. trachomatis includes tyrosine phosphorylation of the secreted effector Tarp during the entry process, a functional role in microtubule-dependent trafficking to the microtubule organizing center, and a requirement for Src-family kinases for successful initiation of development. Nonhuman chlamydial species C. caviae and C. muridarum show none of these requirements and, instead, appear to be growth restricted by the activities of Src-family kinases. Depletion of Src-family kinases triggers a more rapid development of C. caviae with up to an 800% increase in infectious progeny production. Collectively, the results suggest that human chlamydial species have evolved requirements for tyrosine phosphorylation by Src-family kinases that are not seen in other chlamydial species. The requirement for Src-family kinases thus represents a fundamental distinction between chlamydial species that would not be readily apparent in genomic comparisons and may provide insights into chlamydial disease association and species specificity. IMPORTANCE Chlamydiae are well known for their species specificity and tissue tropism as well as their association with unique diseases. A paradox in the field relates to the remarkable genomic synteny shown among chlamydiae and the very few chlamydial genes linked to specific diseases. We have found that different chlamydial species exhibit unique requirements for Src-family kinases. These differing requirements for Src-family kinases would not be apparent in genomic comparisons and appear to be a previously unrecognized distinction that may provide insights to guide research in chlamydial pathogenesis.
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Baumgartner M. Theileria annulata promotes Src kinase-dependent host cell polarization by manipulating actin dynamics in podosomes and lamellipodia. Cell Microbiol 2010; 13:538-53. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01553.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Vieira FS, Corrêa G, Einicker-Lamas M, Coutinho-Silva R. Host-cell lipid rafts: a safe door for micro-organisms? Biol Cell 2010; 102:391-407. [PMID: 20377525 PMCID: PMC7161784 DOI: 10.1042/bc20090138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The lipid raft hypothesis proposed that these microdomains are small (10-200 nM), highly dynamic and enriched in cholesterol, glycosphingolipids and signalling phospholipids, which compartmentalize cellular processes. These membrane regions play crucial roles in signal transduction, phagocytosis and secretion, as well as pathogen adhesion/interaction. Throughout evolution, many pathogens have developed mechanisms to escape from the host immune system, some of which are based on the host membrane microdomain machinery. Thus lipid rafts might be exploited by pathogens as signalling and entry platforms. In this review, we summarize the role of lipid rafts as players in the overall invasion process used by different pathogens to escape from the host immune system.
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- Flávia Sarmento Vieira
- Laboratório de Imunofisiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, CCS, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Feng X, Lu X, Man X, Zhou W, Jiang LQ, Knyazev P, Lei L, Huang Q, Ullrich A, Zhang Z, Chen Z. Overexpression of Csk-binding protein contributes to renal cell carcinogenesis. Oncogene 2009; 28:3320-31. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Svojgr K, Burjanivova T, Vaskova M, Kalina T, Stary J, Trka J, Zuna J. Adaptor molecules expression in normal lymphopoiesis and in childhood leukemia. Immunol Lett 2009; 122:185-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2008.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Accepted: 12/23/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Svec A. Phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains/Csk-binding protein: A protein that matters. Pathol Res Pract 2008; 204:785-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Revised: 05/06/2008] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Guiet R, Poincloux R, Castandet J, Marois L, Labrousse A, Le Cabec V, Maridonneau-Parini I. Hematopoietic cell kinase (Hck) isoforms and phagocyte duties – From signaling and actin reorganization to migration and phagocytosis. Eur J Cell Biol 2008; 87:527-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2008.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2007] [Revised: 03/06/2008] [Accepted: 03/11/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Oncogenic association of the Cbp/PAG adaptor protein with the Lyn tyrosine kinase in human B-NHL rafts. Blood 2007; 111:2310-20. [PMID: 18070987 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-05-090985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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B-non-Hodgkin lymphomas (B-NHLs) use a raft-associated signalosome made of the constitutively active Lyn kinase, the tyrosine phosphorylated Cbp/PAG adaptor, and tyrosine phosphorylated STAT3 transcription factor. No such "signalosome" is found in rafts of ALK(+) T lymphoma and Hodgkin-derived cell lines, despite similar Cbp/PAG, Lyn, and STAT3 expression and similar amounts of raft sphingolipids. Stable association of the signalosome with B-NHL rafts requires (1) a Lyn kinase (auto)phosphorylated in its regulatory and active site tyrosines, (2) a Cbp/PAG adaptor phosphorylated at tyrosine 317 and bound to Lyn SH2 via phosphotyrosine 299 and neighboring residues, and (3) a tyrosine phosphorylated STAT3 linked via SH2 to the regulatory, C-terminal tyrosine of Lyn. No Csk appears to be part of this B-NHL signalosome. An oncogenic role for Lyn was shown after exposure of B-NHL lines to Lyn inhibitors that prevented Lyn and Cbp/PAG phosphorylation, dissociated the signalosome from rafts, and eventually induced death. Cell death followed decreases in Lyn or Cbp/PAG expression levels in one mantle cell lymphoma line, but not in a Hodgkin-derived one. The Lyn-Cbp/PAG signalosome appears to control proliferation and survival in most B-NHLs and constitutes a therapeutic target in B-NHL cells that exhibit oncogenic "addiction" to the Lyn kinase.
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Lizundia R, Chaussepied M, Naissant B, Masse GX, Quevillon E, Michel F, Monier S, Weitzman JB, Langsley G. The JNK/AP-1 pathway upregulates expression of the recycling endosome rab11a gene in B cells transformed by Theileria. Cell Microbiol 2007; 9:1936-45. [PMID: 17388783 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00925.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lymphocyte transformation induced by Theileria parasites involves constitutive activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and the AP-1 transcription factor. We found that JNK/AP-1 activation is associated with elevated levels of Rab11 protein in Theileria-transformed B cells. We show that AP-1 regulates rab11a promoter activity in B cells and that the induction of c-Jun activity in mouse fibroblasts also leads to increased transcription of the endogenous rab11a gene, consistent with it being an AP-1 target. Pharmacological inhibition of the JNK pathway reduced Rab11 protein levels and endosome recycling of transferrin receptor (TfR) and siRNA knockdown of JNK1 and Rab11A levels also reduced TfR surface expression. We propose a model, where activation of the JNK/AP-1 pathway during cell transformation might assure that the regulation of recycling endosomes is co-ordinated with cell-cycle progression. This might be achieved via the simultaneous upregulation of the cell cycle machinery (e.g. cyclin D1) and the recycling endosome regulators (e.g. Rab11A).
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- Regina Lizundia
- Laboratory of Comparative Cell Biology of Apicomplexan Parasites, Département de Maladie Infectieuse, Institut Cochin, Inserm, U567, CNRS, UMR 8104, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Université Paris Descartes, UMR-S 8104, Paris, 75014 France
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Svec A. Expression of transmembrane adaptor protein PAG/Cbp in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: immunohistochemical study of 73 cases. Pathol Res Pract 2007; 203:193-8. [PMID: 17382485 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2006] [Revised: 01/17/2007] [Accepted: 01/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PAG/Cbp is a transmembrane adaptor protein involved in proximal immune signaling. It is expressed in reactive germinal centers (GC) of secondary lymphatic follicles and related malignant lymphomas. We studied PAG/Cbp expression in GC-like and non-GC-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) subtypes. Seventy-three cases of DLBCL identified among 155 malignant lymphomas were classified as GC-like DLBCL (CD10+ or CD10-, bcl-6+, and MUM1-) and non-GC-like DLBCL (CD10-, MUM1+ or CD10-, bcl-6+, MUM1+). PAG/Cbp was detected by monoclonal antibody MEM-255 following routine immunohistochemical procedures. Thirty-five of 40 GC-like DLBCLs (88%) and 20 of 33 non-GC-like DLBCL cases (61%) expressed PAG/Cbp. Four of 12 bcl-6-negative non-GC-like DLBCL cases (33%) were PAG/Cbp positive, and only 4 of 20 bcl-6-positive non-GC-like DLBCL cases (25%) were PAG/CBP negative. All 37 FL and all 5 Burkitt's lymphomas (BL) expressed PAG/Cbp, whereas all 6 mantle cell lymphomas (MCL) and 4 of 5 chronic lymphocytic leukemias (CLL/SLL) were PAG/Cbp negative. PAG/Cbp is a reliable GC marker. Its expression correlates with GC-like DLBC phenotype in a significant majority of cases. It is typically absent in MCL and SLL/CLL.
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- Alexandr Svec
- Department of Cellular Pathology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK.
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Lizundia R, Chaussepied M, Huerre M, Werling D, Di Santo JP, Langsley G. c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase/c-Jun signaling promotes survival and metastasis of B lymphocytes transformed by Theileria. Cancer Res 2006; 66:6105-10. [PMID: 16778183 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-3861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Theileria parasites infect and transform bovine lymphocytes resulting in tumors with metastatic/invasive potential. Importantly, cellular transformation is reversed upon drug-induced parasite death, and the infected lymphocyte dies of apoptosis within 48 hours. Theileria-dependent transformation leads to the constitutive activation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (both JNK1 and JNK2) and permanent induction of activator protein-1. Inactivation of JNK (following transfection of dominant-negative mutants, or treatment with a JNK-specific inhibitor) leads to lymphocyte apoptosis, suggesting an antiapoptotic role for JNK activation in Theileria-induced B cell transformation. Theileria-induced JNK activation also leads to constitutive c-Jun phosphorylation, and inhibition of c-Jun and activator protein-1 transactivation following the expression of a dominant-negative mutant of c-Jun sensitizes Theileria-transformed B cells to apoptosis, but does not significantly affect their proliferation. Thus, JNK activation and c-Jun induction have overlapping, but nonidentical antiapoptotic roles in Theileria-induced B cell transformation. Increased sensitivity to apoptosis may be related to the fact that the expression levels of antiapoptotic proteins such as Mcl-1 and c-IAP are reduced upon c-Jun inhibition. In addition, decreased c-Jun expression correlates with the impaired ability of transfected B cells to degrade synthetic matrix in vitro, and their injection into lymphoid mice gives rise to significantly less and smaller tumors. Combined, these data argue for a role for JNK and c-Jun induction in the survival and metastasis of Theileria-transformed B cells. The similarity between Theileria-transformed B cells with human B lymphomas argues that exploiting the reversible nature of Theileria-induced transformation could throw light on the mechanisms underlying human malignancies.
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- Regina Lizundia
- Institut Cochin, Département de Maladies Infectieuses, Paris, France
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Zhu F, Choi BY, Ma WY, Zhao Z, Zhang Y, Cho YY, Choi HS, Imamoto A, Bode AM, Dong Z. COOH-terminal Src kinase-mediated c-Jun phosphorylation promotes c-Jun degradation and inhibits cell transformation. Cancer Res 2006; 66:5729-36. [PMID: 16740711 PMCID: PMC2239244 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-4466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The oncoprotein c-Jun is a component of the activator protein-1 transcription factor complex, which is involved in cellular proliferation, transformation, and death. The stabilization of c-Jun is critically important for its function. The phosphorylation of c-Jun by c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase 1 and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases reduces c-Jun ubiquitination resulting in increased stabilization of c-Jun. In this report, we showed that COOH-terminal Src kinase (CSK) binds with and phosphorylates c-Jun at Y26 and Y170. Phosphorylation of c-Jun by CSK, in opposition to c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase 1 and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases, promoted c-Jun degradation and reduced stability. By promoting c-Jun degradation, CSK helps to maintain a low steady-state level of c-Jun, thereby inhibiting activator protein-1 activity and cell transformation caused by c-Jun. These results indicated that this function of CSK controls cell proliferation under normal growth conditions and may have implications for CSK loss of function in carcinogenesis.
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- Feng Zhu
- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
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- The Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Oncology, The University of Chicago
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA and
- Requests for reprints: Zigang Dong, Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 801 16 Avenue NE, Austin, MN 55912. Tel: 507-437-9600; Fax: 507-437-9606; E-mail:
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Over the millennia, pathogens have coevolved with their hosts and acquired the ability to intercept, disrupt, mimic, and usurp numerous signaling pathways of those hosts. The study of host/pathogen interactions thus not only teaches us about the intricate biology of these parasitic invaders but also provides interesting insights into basic cellular processes both at the level of the individual cell and more globally throughout the organism. Host/pathogen relationships also provide insights into the evolutionary forces that shape biological diversity. Here we review a few recent examples of how viruses, bacteria, and parasites manipulate tyrosine kinase-mediated and Rho guanosine triphosphatase-mediated signaling pathways of their hosts to achieve efficient entry, replication, and exit during their infectious cycles.
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- Sylvia Münter
- Department of Parasitology, Hygiene Institute, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Jiang LQ, Feng X, Zhou W, Knyazev PG, Ullrich A, Chen Z. Csk-binding protein (Cbp) negatively regulates epidermal growth factor-induced cell transformation by controlling Src activation. Oncogene 2006; 25:5495-506. [PMID: 16636672 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and Src tyrosine kinase cooperate in regulating EGFR-mediated cell signaling and promoting cell transformation and tumorigenesis in pathological conditions. Activation of Src is tightly regulated by the C-terminal Src kinase (Csk). The Csk-binding protein (Cbp) is a ubiquitously expressed transmembrane protein. Its functions include suppression of T-cell receptor activation through recruiting Csk and inhibiting Src family kinase (SFK). However, a potential role of Cbp in EGF-induced cell activities has not been investigated. Here, we report that EGF-stimulation-induced Cbp tyrosine phosphorylation followed by Cbp-Csk association, in a SFK-dependent manner. Expression of wild-type (wt) Cbp remarkably suppressed EGF-induced activation of Src, ERK1/2, and Akt-1 enzymes, and NIH3T3 cell transformation, as well as colony formation of a breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-468) in soft agar. In contrast, expression of CbpY317F or knockdown endogenous Cbp in NIH3T3 cells by RNA interference significantly enhanced EGF-induced activation of these enzymes and cell transformation. In addition, overexpression of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)-induced Cbp tyrosine phosphorylation. These results demonstrate that Cbp functions as a negative regulator of cell transformation and tumor cell growth through downregulation of Src activation, suggesting that Cbp might be broadly involved in RTKs-activated signaling pathways and tumorigenesis.
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- L Q Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Heussler V, Sturm A, Langsley G. Regulation of host cell survival by intracellular Plasmodium and Theileria parasites. Parasitology 2006; 132 Suppl:S49-60. [PMID: 17018165 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182006000850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Plasmodium and Theileria parasites are obligate intracellular protozoa of the phylum Apicomplexa. Theileria infection of bovine leukocytes induces transformation of host cells and infected leukocytes can be kept indefinitely in culture. Theileria-dependent host cell transformation has been the subject of interest for many years and the molecular basis of this unique phenomenon is quite well understood. The equivalent life cycle stage of Plasmodium is the infection of mammalian hepatocytes, where parasites reside for 2-7 days depending on the species. Some of the molecular details of parasite-host interactions in P. berghei-infected hepatocytes have emerged only very recently. Similar to what has been shown for Theileria-infected leukocytes these data suggest that malaria parasites within hepatocytes also protect their host cell from programmed cell death. However, the strategies employed to inhibit host cell apoptotic pathways appear to be different to those used by Theileria. This review discusses similarities and differences at the molecular level of Plasmodium- and Theileria-induced regulation of the host cell survival machinery.
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- V Heussler
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
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Svec A, Velenská Z, Horejsí V. Expression pattern of adaptor protein PAG: correlation between secondary lymphatic follicle and histogenetically related malignant lymphomas. Immunol Lett 2005; 100:94-7. [PMID: 15975665 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2005.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2005] [Accepted: 05/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Transmembrane adaptor protein PAG, also known as Csk-binding protein (Cbp), which binds and activates the cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase Csk, the major negative regulator of Src-family kinases, was found to be expressed in germinal centers of lymphoid follicles as well as in follicular, but not mantle cell lymphomas. Expression of PAG may reflect its role in regulation of proliferation and differentiation of germinal center B-cells. From the routine histopathology point of view, PAG might be a new positive marker of follicular lymphoma and a negative marker of mantle cell lymphoma.
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- Alexandr Svec
- Department of Pathology, Faculty Hospital Královske Vinohrady and 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Srobarova 50, Prague 10, Czech Republic
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Tedoldi S, Paterson JC, Hansmann ML, Natkunam Y, Rüdiger T, Angelisova P, Du MQ, Roberton H, Roncador G, Sanchez L, Pozzobon M, Masir N, Barry R, Pileri S, Mason DY, Marafioti T, Horejsí V. Transmembrane adaptor molecules: a new category of lymphoid-cell markers. Blood 2005; 107:213-21. [PMID: 16160011 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-06-2273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Transmembrane adaptor proteins (of which 7 have been identified so far) are involved in receptor signaling in immune cells. They have only a short extracellular region, with most of the molecule comprising a substantial intracytoplasmic region carrying multiple tyrosine residues that can be phosphorylated by Src- or Syk-family kinases. In this paper, we report an immunohistologic study of 6 of these molecules in normal and neoplastic human tissue sections and show that they are restricted to subpopulations of lymphoid cells, being present in either T cells (LAT, LIME, and TRIM), B cells (NTAL), or subsets of both cell types (PAG and SIT). Their expression in neoplastic lymphoid cells broadly reflects that of normal lymphoid tissue, including the positivity of plasma cells and myeloma/plasmacytoma for LIME, NTAL, PAG, and SIT. However, this study also revealed some reactions that may be of diagnostic/prognostic value. For example, lymphocytic lymphoma and mantle-cell lymphoma showed similar profiles but differed clearly from follicle-center lymphoma, whereas PAG tended to be selectively expressed in germinal center-derived subsets of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. These molecules represent a potentially important addition to the panel of immunophenotypic markers detectable in routine biopsies that can be used in hematopathologic studies.
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- Sara Tedoldi
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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Dobbelaere DAE, Küenzi P. The strategies of the Theileria parasite: a new twist in host-pathogen interactions. Curr Opin Immunol 2005; 16:524-30. [PMID: 15245750 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2004.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Theileria parasites infect and transform cells of the ruminant immune system. Continuous proliferation and survival of Theileria-transformed cells involves the well-orchestrated activation of several host-cell signalling pathways. Constitutive NF-kappa B (nuclear factor kappa B) activation is accomplished by recruiting the IKK (I kappa B kinase) complex, a central regulator of NF-kappa B pathways, to the surface of the transforming schizont, where it becomes permanently activated. Constitutive activation of the PI-3K-PKB [phosphoinositide 3-kinase-(Akt) protein kinase B] pathway is likely to be indirect and is essential for continuous proliferation. Theileria-transformed T cells express a range of anti-apoptotic proteins that can be expected to provide protection against apoptosis induced by death receptors, as well as cellular control mechanisms that are mobilised to eliminate cells that entered a cycle of uncontrolled proliferation.
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- Dirk A E Dobbelaere
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
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Baumgartner M, Chaussepied M, Raposo G, Goud B, Langsley G. Accelerated recycling of transferrin receptor in Theileria-transformed B cells. Cell Microbiol 2005; 7:637-44. [PMID: 15839893 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00496.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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We found that phoshatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3-K) markedly contributes to the increased surface expression of bovine transferrin receptor (TfR) on Theileria-infected lymphocytes. We observed that all aspects of TfR turnover are upregulated in parasitized B cells and we were able to detect TfR colocalizing with EEA1 (early endosome antigen 1) and Rab11 at the ultrastructure level in Theileria-infected B cells. We demonstrated recycling of TfR through Rab5- and Rab11-positive compartments by transfection of dominant negative guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-on mutants of the GTPases. Therefore, in Theileria-transformed B cells constitutive PI3-K activity leads to accelerated TfR recycling through Rab5- and Rab11-positive compartments.
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- Martin Baumgartner
- URA CNRS 2581, Laboratoire de Signalisation Immunoparasitaire, Département de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris Cedex, France
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Dessauge F, Hilaly S, Baumgartner M, Blumen B, Werling D, Langsley G. c-Myc activation by Theileria parasites promotes survival of infected B-lymphocytes. Oncogene 2005; 24:1075-83. [PMID: 15580287 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Theileria parasites infect and transform bovine lymphocytes, but host cell immortalization is reversible, as upon parasite death the lymphocytes rapidly die of apoptosis. Infection leads to a marked augmentation in the levels of lymphocyte c-Myc, and the parasite achieves this by inducing increased c-myc transcription and by prolonging the half-life of the transcription factor. Reduction in c-Myc turnover can be ascribed to CK2-mediated phosphorylation of the transcription factor. A parasite-dependent GM-CSF autocrine loop activates a JAK2/STAT3 signalling pathway that contributes to heightened c-myc transcription, and inhibition of the pathway leads to caspase 9 activation and apoptosis that can be directly ascribed to a reduction in c-Myc. An antiapoptotic role for c-Myc was clearly demonstrated by specific inhibition of c-myc expression with antisense oligonucleotides, and this correlates with loss of the antiapoptotic protein Mcl-1, and, consistently, ectopic expression of c-Myc abrogates B-cell death induced upon JAK2 inhibition. Thus, Theileria parasites ensure the survival of their host lymphocytes via specific activation of c-Myc.
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- Frédéric Dessauge
- Laboratoire de Signalisation Immunoparasitaire, CNRS URA CNRS 2581, Département de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur, Batiment Elie Metchnikoff, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Lizundia R, Sengmanivong L, Guergnon J, Müller T, Schnelle T, Langsley G, Shorte SL. Use of micro-rotation imaging to study JNK-mediated cell survival inTheileria parva-infected B-lymphocytes. Parasitology 2005; 130:629-35. [PMID: 15977899 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182004007097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Lymphocytes infected with the protozoan parasiteTheileria parvaare transformed to permanently proliferating cells, an event underlying the pathology of the disease. However, the molecular signalling mediating this process is complex and poorly understood. Here, we show that down-regulation of JNK signalling by transient over expression of a dominant-negative mutant of JNK (JNK-APF) significantly increases Annexin-V-phycoerythrin (V-PE) labelling on infected B cell populations observed using flow cytometry. To establish whether this increase was specifically due to apoptosis, we used a novel single-cell imaging method: micro-rotation (MR)-imaging, designed to allow high-resolution 3-dimensional imaging of single cells in suspension. With this method we visualized subcellular patterns of V-PE uptake and chromatin organization in lymphocytes co-transfected with JNK-APF and GFP-tagged histone-H2B. This single-cell approach allowed us to clearly reveal characteristic apoptotic phenotypes, whose patterns reflected progressive states of programmed cell death due to JNK down-regulation. Our results strongly suggest a role for JNK in the survival ofTheileria-infected B cells, and demonstrate the powerful utility of a new and unique 3-dimensional imaging method for living cells in suspension.
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- R Lizundia
- Laboratoire du Signalisation Immunoparasitaire, URA CNRS 2851, Department Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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By mediating non-covalent protein-protein interactions, adaptors organize and assemble the multimolecular signalling complexes that coordinate intracellular programs leading to the activation and differentiation of lymphocytes. The co-ordinated interaction between adaptor and effector molecules is required for the propagation and dynamic modification of externally applied signals. Recent advances have been made regarding our understanding of how adaptors regulate signalling within lymphocytes. An unexpected function has been revealed for the well-known adaptor protein LAT in pre-B-cell receptor signalling. In addition, the adaptors BCAP, Bcl10, CARMA1 and Malt1 seem to regulate the development of particular B-cell subsets. In contrast to Shc, c-Cbl and LAT, which are involved in early signalling events, BCAP, Bcl10, CARMA1 and Malt1 seem to act more distally, by controlling NF-kappaB activation. Additional transmembrane adaptors, such as NTAL/LAB and LIME, have been identified and partially characterized. Finally, an involvement of the cytosolic adaptors ADAP, SKAP-55 and Cbl-b in the regulation of lymphocyte adhesion and migration has been demonstrated.
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- Luca Simeoni
- Institute of Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Eric R James
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
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Horejsí V, Zhang W, Schraven B. Transmembrane adaptor proteins: organizers of immunoreceptor signalling. Nat Rev Immunol 2004; 4:603-16. [PMID: 15286727 DOI: 10.1038/nri1414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Václav Horejsí
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Horejsí V. Transmembrane adaptor proteins in membrane microdomains: important regulators of immunoreceptor signaling. Immunol Lett 2004; 92:43-9. [PMID: 15081526 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2003.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2003] [Accepted: 10/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Membrane microdomains enriched in glycosphingolipids, cholesterol, glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins and Src-family kinases (lipid rafts, GEMs) appear to play many important roles, especially in immunoreceptor signaling. Most transmembrane proteins are excluded from these specialized areas of membranes, notable exceptions being several palmitoylated proteins such as the T cell coreceptors CD4 and CD8, and several recently described transmembrane adaptor proteins, LAT, non-T cell activation linker (NTAL)/linker for activation of B cells (LAB), phosphoprotein associated with GEMs (PAG)/Csk-binding protein (Cbp) and LIME. All these molecules possess a very short N-terminal extracellular peptide (4-17 amino acids), transmembrane segment followed by a palmitoylation motif (CxxC) and cytoplasmic domain containing up to 10 tyrosine residues potentially phosphorylated by the Src- or Syk-family kinases. Tyrosine-phosphorylated transmembrane adaptors bind (directly via SH2 domains or indirectly) other signaling molecules such as several cytoplasmic adaptors and enzymes. LAT is indispensable for TCR signaling (and participates also at signal transduction initiated by some other receptors), NTAL/LAB appears to play a LAT-like role in signaling initiated by BCR and some Fc-receptors; PAG/Cbp cooperates with Csk, the cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase negatively regulating Src-family kinases. Additional transmembrane adaptors exist (TRIM, SIT, LAX) that are however not palmitoylated and therefore excluded from the lipid rafts; structurally and functionally, the zeta-chain family proteins tightly associated with immunoreceptors and activating NK-receptors may be also considered as transmembrane adaptors.
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- Václav Horejsí
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídenská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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Brdicková N, Brdicka T, Angelisová P, Horváth O, Spicka J, Hilgert I, Paces J, Simeoni L, Kliche S, Merten C, Schraven B, Horejsí V. LIME: a new membrane Raft-associated adaptor protein involved in CD4 and CD8 coreceptor signaling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 198:1453-62. [PMID: 14610046 PMCID: PMC2194115 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lymphocyte membrane rafts contain molecules critical for immunoreceptor signaling. Here, we report identification of a new raft-associated adaptor protein LIME (Lck-interacting molecule) expressed predominantly in T lymphocytes. LIME becomes tyrosine phosphorylated after cross-linking of the CD4 or CD8 coreceptors. Phospho-LIME associates with the Src family kinase Lck and its negative regulator, Csk. Ectopic expression of LIME in Jurkat T cells results in an increase of Csk in lipid rafts, increased phosphorylation of Lck and higher Ca2+ response to CD3 stimulation. Thus, LIME appears to be involved in regulation of T cell activation by coreceptors.
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- Nadezda Brdicková
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, AS CR, Vídenská 1083, 142 20 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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Guergnon J, Chaussepied M, Sopp P, Lizundia R, Moreau MF, Blumen B, Werling D, Howard CJ, Langsley G. A tumour necrosis factor alpha autocrine loop contributes to proliferation and nuclear factor-kappaB activation of Theileria parva-transformed B cells. Cell Microbiol 2003; 5:709-16. [PMID: 12969376 DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2003.00314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Theileria infection of bovine leucocytes induces uncontrolled proliferation and a transformed phenotype comparable to tumour cells. Infected cells have many characteristics of activated leucocytes and use autocrine loops to augment proliferation. We have shown previously that, in infected B cells, PI3-K controls a granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) autocrine loop to increase both proliferation and activation of the activator protein 1 (AP-1) transcription factor. We show here that the same infected B cells also use a tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha autocrine loop that again contributes to proliferation and augments nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB activation. Interestingly, both pharmacological inhibition of TNF synthesis and neutralizing anti-TNF antibodies lead to a reduction in proliferation and a 50% drop in NF-kappaB activation, without inducing apoptosis.
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- Julien Guergnon
- Laboratoire de Signalisation Immunoparasitaire, URA CNRS 1960, Département de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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The intracellular protozoan parasites Theileria parva and T. annulata transform the cells they infect, inducing uncontrolled proliferation. This is not a trivial event as, in addition to permanently switching on the complex pathways that govern all steps of the cell cycle, the built-in apoptotic safety mechanisms that prevent 'illegitimate' cell replication also need to be inactivated. Recent experiments show that the NF-kappa B and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PtdIns-3K) pathways are important participants in the transformation process. I kappa B kinase (IKK), a pivotal kinase complex in the NF-kappa B pathway, is recruited to the parasite surface where it becomes activated. The PtdIns-3K/Akt/PKB pathway is also constitutively activated in a parasite-dependent manner, but contrary to IKK, activation is probably not triggered by direct association with the parasite.
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- Dirk A E Dobbelaere
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
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Throughout evolution, organisms have developed immune-surveillance networks to protect themselves from potential pathogens. At the cellular level, the signalling events that regulate these defensive responses take place in membrane rafts--dynamic microdomains that are enriched in cholesterol and glycosphingolipids--that facilitate many protein-protein and lipid-protein interactions at the cell surface. Pathogens have evolved many strategies to ensure their own survival and to evade the host immune system, in some cases by hijacking rafts. However, understanding the means by which pathogens exploit rafts might lead to new therapeutic strategies to prevent or alleviate certain infectious diseases, such as those caused by HIV-1 or Ebola virus.
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- Santos Mañes
- Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid E-28049, Spain
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