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Nagaoka A, Sakurai M, Kamiie K, Masumi A. Sorghum (<i>Sorghum bicolor</i>) Extract-Induced Adipogenesis Is Independent of PPARγ Ser273 Phosphorylation in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes. Biol Pharm Bull 2022; 45:659-663. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b22-00087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Aozora Nagaoka
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Aomori University
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Aomori University
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Aomori University
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Aomori University
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Masumi A, Ozawa S. Knowledge of Drug Interactions to Take Advantage in the Pharmacist. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2018; 138:335-336. [DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.17-00191-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Atsuko Masumi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aomori University
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- School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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Masumi A, Mochida K, Takizawa K, Mizukami T, Kuramitsu M, Tsuruhara M, Mori S, Shibayama K, Yamaguchi K, Hamaguchi I. Mycobacterium avium infection induces the resistance of the interferon-γ response in mouse spleen cells at late stages of infection. Inflamm Regen 2016; 36:21. [PMID: 29259694 PMCID: PMC5725973 DOI: 10.1186/s41232-016-0024-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background Bacterial infections cause an increase in the population of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). To investigate the downstream factors associated with hematopoietic stem cells, mice are infected with Mycobacterium avium (M. avium). Results Mycobacterium avium (M. avium) infection induces the enlargement of the spleen and changes in histopathology, including changes to the lineage populations. A dramatic expansion of Lin−c-kit+Sca-1+ (KSL) cells in mouse bone marrow cells and spleen cells was detected 4 weeks after infection with M. avium; however, there was no difference in the engraft activity between infected and un-infected mouse bone marrow cells. We tested the cytokine and cytokine-related gene expression after M. avium infection and found that IFN-γ expression increased and peaked at 4 weeks in both bone marrow and spleen cells. The expression of Sca-1 gene peaked at 4 weeks in the bone marrow but peaked at 2 weeks in spleen cells, although the Sca-1 surface marker peaked at 4 weeks after infection in both bone marrow and spleen cells. Interferon regulatory factor-2 (IRF-2) expression did not change in the bone marrow cells, whereas it decreased in spleen cells at 4 weeks and IRF-1 expression was up-regulated in both bone marrow and spleen cells after infection. However, the up-regulation of IRF-1 was not correlated with IFN-γ expression in the M. avium-infected mouse spleen cells. Conclusions This finding suggests that the IFN-γ production mediated by M. avium infection alters the population of KSL cells during host defense, and the down-regulation of the IFN-γ response in spleen cells occurs at the late stage after M. avium infection.
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- Atsuko Masumi
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.,Present address: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aomori University, 2-3-1, Kohbata, Aomori-shi, Aomori, 030-0943 Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1, Gakuen Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, 208-0011 Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1, Gakuen Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, 208-0011 Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1, Gakuen Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, 208-0011 Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Momose H, Mizukami T, Kuramitsu M, Takizawa K, Masumi A, Araki K, Furuhata K, Yamaguchi K, Hamaguchi I. Establishment of a new quality control and vaccine safety test for influenza vaccines and adjuvants using gene expression profiling. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124392. [PMID: 25909814 PMCID: PMC4409070 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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We have previously identified 17 biomarker genes which were upregulated by whole virion influenza vaccines, and reported that gene expression profiles of these biomarker genes had a good correlation with conventional animal safety tests checking body weight and leukocyte counts. In this study, we have shown that conventional animal tests showed varied and no dose-dependent results in serially diluted bulk materials of influenza HA vaccines. In contrast, dose dependency was clearly shown in the expression profiles of biomarker genes, demonstrating higher sensitivity of gene expression analysis than the current animal safety tests of influenza vaccines. The introduction of branched DNA based-concurrent expression analysis could simplify the complexity of multiple gene expression approach, and could shorten the test period from 7 days to 3 days. Furthermore, upregulation of 10 genes, Zbp1, Mx2, Irf7, Lgals9, Ifi47, Tapbp, Timp1, Trafd1, Psmb9, and Tap2, was seen upon virosomal-adjuvanted vaccine treatment, indicating that these biomarkers could be useful for the safety control of virosomal-adjuvanted vaccines. In summary, profiling biomarker gene expression could be a useful, rapid, and highly sensitive method of animal safety testing compared with conventional methods, and could be used to evaluate the safety of various types of influenza vaccines, including adjuvanted vaccine.
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- Haruka Momose
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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Naito M, Masumi A. Pharmaceutical Basic Researches Aiming at Clinical Applications. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2013; 133:1361-2. [DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.13-00232-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fukazawa H, Masumi A. The conserved 12-amino acid stretch in the inter-bromodomain region of BET family proteins functions as a nuclear localization signal. Biol Pharm Bull 2012; 35:2064-8. [PMID: 22971749 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) family is a group of chromatin-binding proteins characterized by two bromodomains, an extraterminal (ET) domain, and several other conserved regions of unknown function. In humans, the BET family consists of four members, BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and BRDT, that all normally localize to the nucleus. We identified a 12-amino acid stretch in the inter-bromodomain region that is perfectly conserved among the BET family members. We deleted these residues and expressed the mutant proteins in HEK293T cells to investigate the function of this motif. We found that the deletion of this motif alters the localization of BET proteins. Mutated BRD3 and BRD4 were excluded from the nucleus, and BRDT was found to be diffused throughout the nucleus and cytoplasm. Although the mutant BRD2 remained predominantly in the nucleus, a punctate distribution was also observed in the cytosol. It has been reported that a conserved motif between the second bromodomain and the ET domain serves as a nuclear localization signal for BRD2. Nevertheless, BET mutants lacking the reported nuclear localization signal motif but retaining the 12-amino acid stretch resided in the nucleus. Furthermore, these mutants were diffused throughout the cytoplasm when the 12 residues were removed. These results indicate that the conserved amino acid stretch in the inter-bromodomain region of the BET family functions as a nuclear localization signal.
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- Hidesuke Fukazawa
- Department of Bioactive Molecules, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1–23–1 Toyama, Tokyo162–8640, Japan.
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Masumi A, Takizawa K, Mizukami T, Kuramitsu M, Momose H, Yamaguchi K, Hamaguchi I. P039 Interferon regulatory factor-2 regulates hematopoietic stem cell in mouse bone marrow. Cytokine 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.06.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Masumi A, Nishijima M. [Efficacy and safety of vaccine adjuvants: a review from a pharmaceutical perspective]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2011; 131:1721-2. [PMID: 22129865 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.131.1721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Atsuko Masumi
- Natinal Institute of Infectious Diseases, Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan.
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Ito M, Masumi A, Mochida K, Kukihara H, Moriishi K, Matsuura Y, Yamaguchi K, Mizuochi T. Peripheral B cells may serve as a reservoir for persistent hepatitis C virus infection. J Innate Immun 2010; 2:607-17. [PMID: 20714117 DOI: 10.1159/000317690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A recent study by our group indicated that peripheral B cells in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). This raised the logical question of how HCV circumvents the antiviral immune responses of B cells. Because type I interferon (IFN) plays a critical role in the innate antiviral immune response, IFNβ expression levels in peripheral B cells from CHC patients were analyzed, and these levels were found to be comparable to those in normal B cells, which suggested that HCV infection failed to trigger antiviral immune responses in B cells. Sensing mechanisms for invading viruses in host immune cells involve Toll-like receptor-mediated and retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I)-mediated pathways. Both pathways culminate in IFN regulatory factor-3 (IRF-3) translocation into the nucleus for IFNβ gene transcription. Although the expression levels of RIG-I and its adaptor molecule, IFN promoter-stimulator-1, were substantially enhanced in CHC B cells, dimerization and subsequent nuclear translocation of IRF-3 were not detectable. TANK-binding kinase-1 (TBK1) and IκB kinase ε (IKKε) are essential for IRF-3 phosphorylation. Constitutive expression of both kinases was markedly enhanced in CHC B cells. However, reduced expression of heat shock protein of 90 kDa, a TBK1 stabilizer, and enhanced expression of SIKE, an IKKε suppressor, were observed in CHC B cells, which might suppress the kinase activity of TBK1/IKKε for IRF-3 phosphorylation. In addition, the expression of vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein-C, a putative inhibitor of HCV replication, was negligible in B cells. These results strongly suggest that HCV utilizes B cells as a reservoir for persistent infection.
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- Masahiko Ito
- Department of Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Uchiumi F, Enokida K, Shiraishi T, Masumi A, Tanuma SI. Characterization of the promoter region of the human IGHMBP2 (Smubp-2) gene and its response to TPA in HL-60 cells. Gene 2010; 463:8-17. [PMID: 20441787 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Revised: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 04/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Immunoglobulin mu-binding protein 2 (IGHMBP2/Smubp-2) is a helicase motif-containing DNA-binding protein that has been suggested to regulate various nuclear functions. Recent studies indicated that mutations in the IGHMBP2 gene are responsible for spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type I (SMARD1). However, the mechanism of regulation of IGHMBP2 gene expression remains unclear. In the present study, a 2.0-kb fragment of the 5'-flanking (promoter) region of the human IGHMBP2 gene was isolated from the HL-60 genome by PCR and ligated into a luciferase (Luc) expression vector, pGL3, to generate the pSmu-Luc plasmid. Deletion analyses revealed that a 108-bp region is essential for basal promoter activity with a response to TPA in HL-60 cells. TF-SEARCH analysis showed that overlapping ets (GGAA) motifs are located upstream of the transcription start sites. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay, electropheretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and competition analyses indicated that PU.1 (Spi-1) recognizes and binds to the duplicated ets motifs in this 108-bp region. Moreover, co-transfection of the PU.1 expression plasmid and pSmu-Luc into HL-60 cells revealed that PU.1 modulates TPA-induced IGHMBP2 promoter activity. Taken together, these observations suggest that the duplicated GGAA motifs are essential for the IGHMBP2 promoter activity and its positive response to TPA in HL-60 cells.
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- Fumiaki Uchiumi
- Department of Gene Regulation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 270-8510 Japan.
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Momose H, Imai JI, Hamaguchi I, Kawamura M, Mizukami T, Naito S, Masumi A, Maeyama JI, Takizawa K, Kuramitsu M, Nomura N, Watanabe S, Yamaguchi K. Induction of Indistinguishable Gene Expression Patterns in Rats by Vero Cell-Derived and Mouse Brain-Derived Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines. Jpn J Infect Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.7883/yoken.63.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Haruka Momose
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Informatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Informatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Biological Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Informatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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Masumi A, Ito M, Mochida K, Hamaguchi I, Mizukami T, Momose H, Kuramitsu M, Tsuruhara M, Takizawa K, Kato A, Yamaguchi K. Enhanced RIG-I expression is mediated by interferon regulatory factor-2 in peripheral blood B cells from hepatitis C virus-infected patients. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 391:1623-8. [PMID: 20034464 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chronic hepatitis C patients carry the risk of developing into B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL). To clarify the mechanisms underlying this association, we first investigated the molecular markers of B cells from hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients. CD19-positive cells were isolated as B cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients infected with the hepatitis C virus and IFN-related gene expression was analyzed. We found that RIG-I and IRF-2 expression were up-regulated in CD19-positive cells from the infected patients. In vitro luciferase reporter analysis using human cell lines indicated that IRF-2 activates the human RIG-I promoter. IRF-2 expression levels were enhanced by HCV cDNA transfection in Huh7 cells. In addition, we observed much less induction in the interferon stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) after Sendai virus (SenV) stimulation of CD19-positive cells from infected patients versus healthy controls, thereby suggesting an impairment of RIG-I downstream signaling in HCV-infected patients. Hence, we found that the failure of the anti-viral response with enhanced IRF-2 oncogenic protein expression in blood B cells from HCV-infected patients. Our results provide important information to better understand the role of IRFs in the cause of HCV chronic infection.
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- Atsuko Masumi
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1, Gakuen Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
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Masumi A. The role for interferon regulatory factor-2 on mouse hematopoietic stem cells in an inflammation state. Inflamm Regen 2010. [DOI: 10.2492/inflammregen.30.531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Momose H, Imai JI, Hamaguchi I, Kawamura M, Mizukami T, Naito S, Masumi A, Maeyama JI, Takizawa K, Kuramitsu M, Nomura N, Watanabe S, Yamaguchi K. Induction of indistinguishable gene expression patterns in rats by Vero cell-derived and mouse brain-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccines. Jpn J Infect Dis 2010; 63:25-30. [PMID: 20093758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Transcriptomics is an objective index that reflects the overall condition of cells or tissues, and transcriptome technology, such as DNA microarray analysis, is now being introduced for the quality control of medical products. In this study, we applied DNA microarray analysis to evaluate the character of Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccines. When administered into rat peritoneum, Vero cell-derived and mouse brain-derived JE vaccines induced similar gene expression patterns in liver and brain. Body weights and blood biochemical findings were also similar after administration of the two vaccines. Our results suggest that the two JE vaccines are likely to have equivalent characteristics with regard to reactivity in rats.
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- Haruka Momose
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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Masumi A, Hamaguchi I, Kuramitsu M, Mizukami T, Takizawa K, Momose H, Naito S, Yamaguchi K. Interferon regulatory factor-2 induces megakaryopoiesis in mouse bone marrow hematopoietic cells. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:3493-500. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Revised: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 10/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Masumi A, Hamaguchi I, Kuramitsu M, Mizukami T, Takizawa K, Momose H, Naito S, Yamaguchi K. 206 The role for interferon regulatory factor-2 on megakaryopoiesis mediated by IFN-γ induction. Cytokine 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2008.07.269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kuramitsu M, Hamaguchi I, Takuo M, Masumi A, Momose H, Takizawa K, Mochizuki M, Naito S, Yamaguchi K. Deficient RPS19 protein production induces cell cycle arrest in erythroid progenitor cells. Br J Haematol 2008; 140:348-59. [PMID: 18217898 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06930.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The gene encoding ribosomal protein S19 (RPS19) is one of the responsible genes for Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA), a congenital erythroblastopenia. Although haplo-insufficiency of RPS19 has been suggested to be the onset mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of DBA, the sequential mechanism has not been elucidated. In order to analyse the consequences of the missense mutation of RPS19 specific for DBA patients, we made mutated RPS19 expression vectors. Twelve C-terminally Flag-tagged missense mutants were exogenously expressed from retroviral vectors and analysed by Western blot analysis and flow cytometry. When these 12 mutants were expressed in the erythro-leukaemic cell lines K562 and human bone marrow CD34(+) cells, almost all of the mutant proteins (except for G120R) were unstable, and the levels of mutated RPS19 protein were significantly low. To address the effect of deficient RPS19 expression on cell proliferation, RPS19 was downregulated by siRNA. Repressive expression of RPS19 in human CD34(+) cells produced an elevated number of cells at G0 and induced erythroid progenitor-specific defects in BM cells. These results suggest that abnormal ribosomal biogenesis causes inadequate cell cycle arrest in haematopoietic progenitors, and that, subsequently, erythroid progenitors are specifically hampered. These in vitro phenotypes of genetically manipulated CD34(+) cells mimic DBA pathogenesis.
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- Madoka Kuramitsu
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Disease, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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Mizukami T, Kuramitsu M, Takizawa K, Momose H, Masumi A, Naito S, Iwama A, Ogawa T, Noce T, Hamaguchi I, Yamaguchi K. Identification of transcripts commonly expressed in both hematopoietic and germ-line stem cells. Stem Cells Dev 2008; 17:67-80. [PMID: 18240954 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2007.0077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Germ-line stem cells (GSCs) constitute a stem cell population with remarkable stability and proliferative potential in vitro and are a useful model for studying the mechanism of self-renewal and "stemness" function of committed tissue stem cells. To identify GSC-specific genes, we performed subtractive hybridization using cDNA from GSCs, testis, and embryonic stem (ES) cells, and successfully identified 11 genes highly expressed in GSCs. Histological analysis confirmed expression of Cry alpha b, Mcpt8, Cxcl5, Fth1, Ctla2 alpha, and Spp1 in undifferentiated spermatogonia on the basement membrane area of the seminiferous epithelium of the testis, where the GSC niche is thought to be located. Among GSC-specific genes, quantitative PCR analysis showed seven genes-Fth1, Cry alpha b, Spp1, Bcap31, Arhgap1, Ctla2 alpha, and Serpina3g-to be common transcripts highly expressed in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Histological analysis confirmed that Ctla2 alpha-, Serpina3g-, and Spp1-expressing cells were observed in the trabecular bone region of the bone marrow, where the HSC niche is located. Furthermore, histological analysis revealed that only Spp1 was expressed in the hair follicle bulge in the area of the hair follicle stem cell niche. Thus, identifying stemness genes by comparative analysis to GSCs is a powerful tool with which to explore the fundamental commonalities of HSCs and other stem cell types.
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- Takuo Mizukami
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Hamaguchi I, Imai JI, Momose H, Kawamura M, Mizukami T, Kato H, Naito S, Maeyama JI, Masumi A, Kuramitsu M, Takizawa K, Mochizuki M, Ochiai M, Yamamoto A, Horiuchi Y, Nomura N, Watanabe S, Yamaguchi K. Two vaccine toxicity-related genes Agp and Hpx could prove useful for pertussis vaccine safety control. Vaccine 2007; 25:3355-64. [PMID: 17280746 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.12.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2006] [Revised: 12/21/2006] [Accepted: 12/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Conventional animal tests such as leukocytosis promoting tests have been used for decades to evaluate toxicity of pertussis vaccine. Here, we examined gene expression in relation to the vaccine toxicity using a DNA microarray. Comparison of conventional animal test data with the DNA microarray-based gene expression data revealed a gene expression pattern highly correlated with leukocytosis in animals. Of 10,490 rat genes analyzed, two genes, alpha1-acid-glycoprotein (Agp) and hemopexin (Hpx), were found up-regulated by the toxin administration in a dose-dependent manner (assayed by a quantitative PCR based on the microarray). Variation of the gene expression was very small amongst the test animals, and the results were highly reproducible. These findings suggest that gene expression analysis of vaccine-treated animals can be used as an accurate and simple method of pertussis vaccine safety assessment.
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- Isao Hamaguchi
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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Masumi A, Fukazawa H, Shimazu T, Yoshida M, Ozato K, Komuro K, Yamaguchi K. Nucleolin is involved in interferon regulatory factor-2-dependent transcriptional activation. Oncogene 2006; 25:5113-24. [PMID: 16582966 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2005] [Revised: 02/22/2006] [Accepted: 02/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We have previously shown that interferon regulatory factor-2 (IRF-2) is acetylated in a cell growth-dependent manner, which enables it to contribute to the transcription of cell growth-regulated promoters. To clarify the function of acetylation of IRF-2, we investigated the proteins that associate with acetylated IRF-2. In 293T cells, the transfection of p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF) enhanced the acetylation of IRF-2. In cells transfected with both IRF-2 and PCAF, IRF-2 associated with endogenous nucleolin, while in contrast, minimal association was observed when IRF-2 was transfected with a PCAF histone acetyl transferase (HAT) deletion mutant. In a pull-down experiment using stable transfectants, acetylation-defective mutant IRF-2 (IRF-2K75R) recruited nucleolin to a much lesser extent than wild-type IRF-2, suggesting that nucleolin preferentially associates with acetylated IRF-2. Nucleolin in the presence of PCAF enhanced IRF-2-dependent H4 promoter activity in NIH3T3 cells. Nucleolin knock-down using siRNA reduced the IRF-2/PCAF-mediated promoter activity. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis indicated that PCAF transfection increased nucleolin binding to IRF-2 bound to the H4 promoter. We conclude that nucleolin is recruited to acetylated IRF-2, thereby contributing to gene regulation crucial for the control of cell growth.
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- A Masumi
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan.
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Masumi A, Aizaki H, Suzuki T, DuHadaway JB, Prendergast GC, Komuro K, Fukazawa H. Reduction of hepatitis C virus NS5A phosphorylation through its interaction with amphiphysin II. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 336:572-8. [PMID: 16139795 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.08.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2005] [Accepted: 08/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus non-structural protein 5A (NS5A) is a pleiotropic protein with key roles in viral RNA replication, modulation of cellular-signaling pathways and interferon (IFN) responses. To search for possible host factors involved in mediating these functions of NS5A, we adopted an affinity purification approach coupled with mass spectrometry to examine protein-protein interactions, and found that human amphiphysin II (also referred to as Bin1) specifically interacts with NS5A in mammalian cells. Pull-down assays showed that the Src homology 3 (SH3) domain of amphiphysin II is required for NS5A interaction and that c-Src also interacts with NS5A in cells. IFN-alpha treatment reduced the interaction of NS5A with c-Src, but not amphiphysin II, suggesting that the latter is independent of the IFN-signaling pathway. NS5A is a phosphoprotein and its phosphorylation status is considered to have an effect on viral RNA replication. In vitro kinase assays demonstrated that its interaction with amphiphysin II inhibits phosphorylation of NS5A. These results suggest that amphiphysin II participates in the HCV life cycle by modulating the phosphorylation of NS5A.
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- Atsuko Masumi
- Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
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Fukazawa H, Noguchi K, Masumi A, Murakami Y, Uehara Y. BimEL is an important determinant for induction of anoikis sensitivity by mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase inhibitors. Mol Cancer Ther 2004. [DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.1281.3.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Loss of contact with substratum triggers apoptosis in many normal cell types, a phenomenon termed anoikis. We reported previously that mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitors induced apoptosis in nonanchored MDA-MB231 and HBC4 human breast cancer cells, whereas anchored cells remained viable. Here, we report that activation of the BH3-only protein BimEL is the major mechanism for induction of anoikis sensitivity by MEK inhibitors in MDA-MB231 and HBC4 cells. On treatment with MEK inhibitors, BimEL in MDA-MB231 and HBC4 cells rapidly increased, irrespective of the state of anchorage. However, it translocated to mitochondria only in nonanchored cells, explaining why attached cells remain viable. MDA-MB231 and HBC4 cells had exceedingly low basal levels of BimEL compared with other breast cancer cells, suggesting that maintenance of low BimEL amount is important for survival of these cells. MEK inhibitors also induced the electrophoretic mobility shift of BimEL, indicative of reduced phosphorylation. In vitro, BimEL was phosphorylated by extracellular signal-regulated kinase on Ser69, which resides in the BimEL-specific insert region. Using phosphospecific antibody against this site, we show that this residue is actually phosphorylated in cells. We also show that phosphorylation of Ser69 promotes ubiquitination of BimEL. We conclude that MEK inhibitors sensitize MDA-MB231 and HBC4 cells to anoikis by blocking phosphorylation and hence degradation of BimEL, a mechanism that these cells depend on to escape anoikis.
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- 2Safety Research on Blood and Biologics, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Fukazawa H, Noguchi K, Masumi A, Murakami Y, Uehara Y. BimEL is an important determinant for induction of anoikis sensitivity by mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase inhibitors. Mol Cancer Ther 2004; 3:1281-8. [PMID: 15486195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Loss of contact with substratum triggers apoptosis in many normal cell types, a phenomenon termed anoikis. We reported previously that mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitors induced apoptosis in nonanchored MDA-MB231 and HBC4 human breast cancer cells, whereas anchored cells remained viable. Here, we report that activation of the BH3-only protein BimEL is the major mechanism for induction of anoikis sensitivity by MEK inhibitors in MDA-MB231 and HBC4 cells. On treatment with MEK inhibitors, BimEL in MDA-MB231 and HBC4 cells rapidly increased, irrespective of the state of anchorage. However, it translocated to mitochondria only in nonanchored cells, explaining why attached cells remain viable. MDA-MB231 and HBC4 cells had exceedingly low basal levels of BimEL compared with other breast cancer cells, suggesting that maintenance of low BimEL amount is important for survival of these cells. MEK inhibitors also induced the electrophoretic mobility shift of BimEL, indicative of reduced phosphorylation. In vitro, BimEL was phosphorylated by extracellular signal-regulated kinase on Ser(69), which resides in the BimEL-specific insert region. Using phosphospecific antibody against this site, we show that this residue is actually phosphorylated in cells. We also show that phosphorylation of Ser(69) promotes ubiquitination of BimEL. We conclude that MEK inhibitors sensitize MDA-MB231 and HBC4 cells to anoikis by blocking phosphorylation and hence degradation of BimEL, a mechanism that these cells depend on to escape anoikis.
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- Hidesuke Fukazawa
- Department of Bioactive Molecules, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
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Nishikawa K, Kobayashi M, Masumi A, Lyons SE, Weinstein BM, Liu PP, Yamamoto M. Self-association of Gata1 enhances transcriptional activity in vivo in zebra fish embryos. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:8295-305. [PMID: 14585986 PMCID: PMC262353 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.22.8295-8305.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gata1 is a prototype transcription factor that regulates hematopoiesis, yet the molecular mechanisms by which Gata1 transactivates its target genes in vivo remain unclear. We previously showed, in transgenic zebra fish, that Gata1 autoregulates its own expression. In this study, we characterized the molecular mechanisms for this autoregulation by using mutations in the Gata1 protein which impair autoregulation. Of the tested mutations, replacement of six lysine residues with alanine (Gata1KA6), which inhibited self-association activity of Gata1, reduced the Gata1-dependent induction of reporter gene expression driven by the zebra fish gata1 hematopoietic regulatory domain (gata1 HRD). Furthermore, overexpression of wild-type Gata1 but not Gata1KA6 rescued the expression of Gata1 downstream genes in vlad tepes, a germ line gata1 mutant fish. Interestingly, both GATA sites in the double GATA motif in gata1 HRD were critical for the promoter activity and for binding of the self-associated Gata1 complex, whereas only the 3'-GATA site was required for Gata1 monomer binding. These results thus provide the first in vivo evidence that the ability of Gata1 to self-associate critically contributes to the autoregulation of the gata1 gene.
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- Keizo Nishikawa
- Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, and Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
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We have previously shown that interferon regulatory factor-2 (IRF-2) is acetylated by p300 and PCAF in vivo and in vitro. In this study we identified, by mass spectrometry, two lysine residues in the DNA binding domain (DBD), Lys-75 and Lys-78, to be the major acetylation sites in IRF-2. Although acetylation of IRF-2 did not alter DNA binding activity in vitro, mutation of Lys-75 diminished the IRF-2-dependent activation of histone H4 promoter activity. Acetylation of IRF-2 and IRF-2-stimulated H4 promoter activity were inhibited by the adenovirus E1A, indicating the involvement of p300/CBP. Mutation of Lys-78, a residue conserved throughout the IRF family members, led to the abrogation of DNA binding activity independently of acetylation. H4 is transcribed only in rapidly growing cells and its promoter activity is dependent on cell growth. Consistent with a role for acetylated IRF-2 in cell growth control, IRF-2 was acetylated only in growing NIH 3T3 cells, but not in growth-arrested counterparts. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed that IRF-2 interacted with p300 and bound to the endogenous H4 promoter only in growing cells, although the levels of total IRF-2 were comparable in both growing and growth-arrested cells. These results indicate that IRF-2 is acetylated in a cell growth-dependent manner, which enables it to contribute to transcription of cell growth-regulated promoters.
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- Atsuko Masumi
- Department of Safety Research on Biologics, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
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Caillaud A, Prakash A, Smith E, Masumi A, Hovanessian AG, Levy DE, Marié I. Acetylation of interferon regulatory factor-7 by p300/CREB-binding protein (CBP)-associated factor (PCAF) impairs its DNA binding. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:49417-21. [PMID: 12374802 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m207484200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7) is an interferon-inducible transcription factor required for induction of delayed early interferon alpha genes and the onset of a potent antiviral state. After induction of IRF7 by autocrine interferon, latent IRF7 is activated by virus-induced phosphorylation on serine residues within the C-terminal regulatory domain. Although it is likely that IRF7 is subjected to a cascade of events responsible for regulating its biological activity, to date no mechanism other than phosphorylation has been reported to modulate IRF7 activity. Here, we report that IRF7 is acetylated in vivo by the histone acetyltransferases p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF) and GCN5. The single lysine residue target for acetylation, lysine 92, is located in the DNA-binding domain and is conserved throughout the entire IRF family. Mutation of lysine 92 resulted in complete abolition of DNA binding ability. However, a mutant that cannot be acetylated by PCAF due to a change in the surrounding amino acid context of lysine 92 showed increased DNA binding and activity compared with wild type IRF7. Conversely, we showed that acetylated IRF7 displayed impaired DNA binding capability and that over-expression of PCAF led to decreased IRF7 activity. Together, our results strongly suggest that acetylation of lysine 92 negatively modulates IRF7 DNA binding.
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- Alexandre Caillaud
- Unité de Virologie et Immunologie Cellulaire, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France
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IRF-8/ICSBP and IRF-1 are IRF family members whose expression is induced in response to IFN-gamma in macrophages. IL-12 is a cytokine produced in macrophages that plays a critical role in host defense. IFN-gamma and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induce IL-12p40 transcription, which is necessary for the production of IL-12. We have previously shown that IL-12p40 expression is impaired in ICSBP-deficient mice and that transfection of ICSBP together with IRF-1 can activate IL-12p40 expression in mouse macrophage cells. To further study the role of ICSBP and IRF-1, we investigated murine IL-12p40 promoter activity in the macrophage cell line RAW 264.7. We show here that co-transfection of ICSBP and IRF-1 synergistically stimulates IL-12 promoter activity to a level comparable to that induced by IFN-gamma/LPS. Mutation of the Ets or NFkappaB site previously shown to be important for IL-12p40 transcription did not abolish the activation by ICSBP and IRF-1. However, mutation of the ISRE-like site found downstream from the NFkappaB and C/EBP sites abrogated the activation by ICSBP and IRF-1. Together, these results indicate that ICSBP and IRF-1 cooperatively stimulate murine IL-12 transcription through a novel regulatory element in the murine promoter.
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- Atsuko Masumi
- Department of Safety Research on Biologics, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan.
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Interferon regulatory factor-2 (IRF-2) is a transcription factor of the IRF family that represses interferon-mediated gene expression. In the present study, we show that human monocytic U937 cells express truncated forms of IRF-2 containing the DNA binding domain but lacking much of the C-terminal regulatory domain. U937 cells are shown to respond to phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) to induce expression of histone acetylases p300 and p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF). In addition, TPA treatment led to the appearance of full-length IRF-2, along with a reduction of the truncated protein. Interestingly, full-length IRF-2 in TPA-treated U937 cells occurred as a complex with p300 as well as PCAF and was itself acetylated. Consistent with these results, recombinant IRF-2 was acetylated by p300 and to a lesser degree by PCAF in vitro. Another IRF member, IRF-1, an activator of interferon-mediated transcription, was also acetylated in vitro by these acetylases. Finally, we demonstrate that the addition of IRF-2 but not IRF-1 inhibits core histone acetylation by p300 in vitro. The addition of IRF-2 also inhibited acetylation of nucleosomal histones in TPA-treated U937 cells. Acetylated IRF-2 may affect local chromatin structure in vivo by inhibiting core histone acetylation and may serve as a mechanism by which IRF-2 negatively regulates interferon-inducible transcription.
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- A Masumi
- Department of Safety Research on Biologics, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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Wang IM, Contursi C, Masumi A, Ma X, Trinchieri G, Ozato K. An IFN-gamma-inducible transcription factor, IFN consensus sequence binding protein (ICSBP), stimulates IL-12 p40 expression in macrophages. J Immunol 2000; 165:271-9. [PMID: 10861061 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.1.271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IL-12 is a cytokine that links innate and adaptive immunity. Its subunit p40 is induced in macrophages following IFN-gamma/LPS stimulation. Here we studied the role for IFN consensus sequence binding protein (ICSBP), an IFN-gamma/LPS-inducible transcription factor of the IFN regulatory factor (IRF) family in IL-12 p40 transcription. Macrophage-like cells established from ICSBP-/- mice did not induce IL-12 p40 transcripts, nor stimulated IL-12 p40 promoter activity after IFN-gamma/LPS stimulation, although induction of other inducible genes was normal in these cells. Transfection of ICSBP led to a marked induction of both human and mouse IL-12 p40 promoter activities in ICSBP+/+ and ICSBP-/- cells, even in the absence of IFN-gamma/LPS stimulation. Whereas IRF-1 alone was without effect, synergistic enhancement of promoter activity was observed following cotransfection of ICSBP and IRF-1. Deletion analysis of the human promoter indicated that the Ets site, known to be important for activation by IFN-gamma/LPS, also plays a role in the ICSBP activation of IL-12 p40. A DNA affinity binding assay revealed that endogenous ICSBP is recruited to the Ets site through protein-protein interaction. Last, transfection of ISCBP alone led to induction of the endogenous IL-12 p40 mRNA in the absence of IFN-gamma and LPS. Taken together, our results show that ICSBP induced by IFN-gamma/LPS, acts as a principal activator of IL-12p40 transcription in macrophages.
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- I M Wang
- Laboratory of Molecular Growth Regulation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Masumi A, Wang IM, Lefebvre B, Yang XJ, Nakatani Y, Ozato K. The histone acetylase PCAF is a phorbol-ester-inducible coactivator of the IRF family that confers enhanced interferon responsiveness. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:1810-20. [PMID: 10022868 PMCID: PMC83974 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.3.1810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Transcription factors of the interferon regulatory factor (IRF) family bind to the type I interferon (IFN)-responsive element (ISRE) and activate transcription from IFN-inducible genes. To identify cofactors that associate with IRF proteins, DNA affinity binding assays were performed with nuclear extracts prepared from tissue culture cells. The results demonstrated that the endogenous IRFs bound to the ISRE are complexed with the histone acetylases, PCAF, GCN5, and p300/CREB binding protein and that histone acetylase activities are accumulated on the IRF-ISRE complexes. By testing recombinant proteins, we show that PCAF directly binds to some but not all members of the IRF family through distinct domains of the two proteins. This interaction was functionally significant, since transfection of PCAF strongly enhanced IRF-1- and IRF-2-dependent promoter activities. Further studies showed that expression of PCAF and other histone acetylases was markedly induced in U937 cells upon phorbol ester treatment, which led to increased recruitment of PCAF to the IRF-ISRE complexes. Coinciding with the induction of histone acetylases, phorbol ester markedly enhanced IFN-alpha-stimulated gene expression in U937 cells. Supporting the role for PCAF in conferring IFN responsiveness, transfection of PCAF into U937 cells led to a large increase in IFN-alpha-inducible promoter activity. These results demonstrate that PCAF is a phorbol ester-inducible coactivator of the IRF proteins which contributes to the establishment of type I IFN responsiveness.
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- A Masumi
- Laboratory of Molecular Growth Regulation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2753, USA
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Scharton-Kersten T, Contursi C, Masumi A, Sher A, Ozato K. Interferon consensus sequence binding protein-deficient mice display impaired resistance to intracellular infection due to a primary defect in interleukin 12 p40 induction. J Exp Med 1997; 186:1523-34. [PMID: 9348310 PMCID: PMC2199126 DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.9.1523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/1997] [Revised: 08/15/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mice lacking the transcription factor interferon consensus sequence binding protein (ICSBP), a member of the interferon regulatory factor family of transcription proteins, were infected with the intracellular protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii. ICSBP-deficient mice exhibited unchecked parasite replication in vivo and rapidly succumbed within 14 d after inoculation with an avirulent Toxoplasma strain. In contrast, few intracellular parasites were observed in wild-type littermates and these animals survived for at least 60 d after infection. Analysis of cytokine synthesis in vitro and in vivo revealed a major deficiency in the expression of both interferon (IFN)-gamma and interleukin (IL)-12 p40 in the T. gondii exposed ICSBP-/- animals. In related experiments, macrophages from uninfected ICSBP-/- mice were shown to display a selective impairment in the mRNA expression of IL-12 p40 but not IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-1Ra, IL-6, IL-10, or TNF-alpha in response to live parasites, parasite antigen, lipopolysaccharide, or Staphylococcus aureus. This selective defect in IL-12 p40 production was observed regardless of whether the macrophages had been primed with IFN-gamma. We hypothesize that the impaired synthesis of IL-12 p40 in ICSBP-/- animals is the primary lesion responsible for the loss in resistance to T. gondii because IFN-gamma-induced parasite killing was unimpaired in vitro and, more importantly, administration of exogenous IL-12 in vivo significantly prolonged survival of the infected mice. Together these findings implicate ICSBP as a major transcription factor which directly or indirectly regulates IL-12 p40 gene activation and, as a consequence, IFN-gamma-dependent host resistance.
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- T Scharton-Kersten
- Immunobiology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2753, USA
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Masumi A, Akamatsu Y, Kitagawa T. Alteration by transforming growth factor-beta 1 of asparagine-linked sugar chains in glucose transporter protein in Swiss 3T3 cells. Biochim Biophys Acta 1994; 1221:330-8. [PMID: 8167156 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(94)90258-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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GLUT1 protein in Swiss 3T3 cells is a 55-kDa glycoprotein with an N-linked oligosaccharide chain. We previously showed that the 65-kDa GLUT1 protein with modulated glycosylation was induced by transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) in Swiss 3T3 cells. To further investigate the altered structures of these sugar chains, the membrane glycoproteins solubilized with Triton X-100 were fractionated by lectin-affinity chromatography. The 55-kDa GLUT1 in control and TGF-beta 1-treated cells showed partial binding to Datura stramonium agglutinin (DSA), whereas the 65-kDa GLUT1 exclusively bound to DSA- and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA)-agarose. The 65-kDa GLUT1 in TGF-beta 1-treated cells was sensitive to endo-beta-galactosidase, which cleaves unsubstituted polylactosamine chains. While the 55-kDa GLUT1 in control 3T3 cells was similarly digested by endo-beta-galactosidase, that in TGF-beta 1-treated cells was resistant to this enzyme. These results suggest that the N-linked oligosaccharides of GLUT1 in Swiss 3T3 cells were altered by TGF-beta 1 to forms with more branched and/or repeated polylactosamines as well as with some substitution in the polylactosamines, resulting in a larger GLUT1 molecule. These GLUT1 proteins were exclusively located at the plasma membrane and served as a glucose transporter. However, the affinity to 2-deoxyglucose was significantly increased by TGF-beta 1, associated with the altered glycosylation of GLUT1 protein.
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- A Masumi
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan
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Masumi A, Akamatsu Y, Kitagawa T. Modulation of the synthesis and glycosylation of the glucose transporter protein by transforming growth factor-beta 1 in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts. Biochim Biophys Acta 1993; 1145:227-34. [PMID: 8431454 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(93)90293-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) stimulated growth and glucose uptake in Swiss mouse fibroblasts. DNA synthesis was increased 2-3-fold after 48 h incubation of growing 3T3 cells with TGF-beta 1 in calf serum-containing medium. Glucose transport activity in the cells was increased within 3 h after addition of TGF-beta 1 and this stimulation continued during incubation for 48 h. TGF-beta 1 also increased the levels of a brain type-glucose transporter (GLUT1) mRNA and the GLUT1 protein (55 kDa) in the membranes, consistent with the increase in glucose uptake. Furthermore, a longer exposure of TGF-beta 1 for 24-48 h induced a marked increase in the 65 kDa GLUT1 in 3T3 cell membranes. Other growth factors such as epidermal growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, transforming growth factor-alpha, and insulin did not elevate glucose uptake and the levels of 55 and 65 kDa GLUT1 proteins. Adding tunicamycin or deoxymannojirimycin to the TGF-beta 1-treated and untreated cells caused these 55 and 65 kDa glucose transporters to migrate as one band at 40-43 kDa. In addition, treating membrane proteins with glycopeptidase F, which removes N-linked oligosaccharides, also generated a glucose transporter of 40 kDa, suggesting that the 55 and 65 kDa GLUT1 proteins have a similar or identical core polypeptide but with different N-linked oligosaccharides. These results indicate that TGF-beta 1 modulates the synthesis of GLUT1 protein as well as its glycosylation in Swiss 3T3 cells, and that these changes may contribute to the control of cell proliferation by TGF-beta 1.
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- A Masumi
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan
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Kitagawa T, Masumi A, Akamatsu Y. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 stimulates glucose uptake and the expression of glucose transporter mRNA in quiescent Swiss mouse 3T3 cells. J Biol Chem 1991; 266:18066-71. [PMID: 1917944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) is a multifunctional polypeptide that regulates the proliferation and differentiation of various types of animal cells. TGF-beta 1 stimulated glucose uptake and the expression of a brain-type glucose transporter (GLUT1) mRNA in quiescent mouse 3T3 cells. TGF-beta 1 also synergistically stimulated these activities when given together with calf serum, phorbol ester, fibroblast growth factor, or epidermal growth factor. The increases in glucose uptake and the GLUT1 mRNA level were induced by picomolar concentrations of TGF-beta 1 within 3 h of stimulation, reached a peak between 6 and 9 h, and then decreased gradually to basal levels before an increase in DNA synthesis. The stimulation of GLUT1 mRNA expression was completely abolished by actinomycin D, but was not affected by cycloheximide, suggesting that new protein synthesis was not required for the expression of GLUT1 mRNA. TGF-beta 1 had little mitogenic activity and did not affect serum-induced DNA synthesis in quiescent 3T3 cells. However, it stimulated DNA synthesis synergistically when given with fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, phorbol ester, or insulin. These results suggest that TGF-beta 1 mediates the stimulation of glucose uptake, GLUT1 mRNA expression, and DNA synthesis via a pathway(s) and cellular components distinct from those for other growth factors. The possible role of the TGF-beta 1-induced stimulation of glucose transport activity in the control of mouse fibroblast proliferation is also discussed.
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- T Kitagawa
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan
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Kitagawa T, Masumi A, Akamatsu Y. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 stimulates glucose uptake and the expression of glucose transporter mRNA in quiescent Swiss mouse 3T3 cells. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)55237-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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RNA polymerase 1 activity and nucleolar volume have been reported to increase in hepatocytes from rats fed a protein-free diet. Phosphorylation in vitro of a 110-kDa protein was enhanced in nuclei and nucleoli from livers of rats fed a protein-free diet. In nuclear extracts the 110-kDa protein in heat-treated nuclei was much more phosphorylated than from control liver. In contrast, casein kinase activity in the nuclear extract from control liver was comparable to that from livers of rats fed a protein-free diet. Nuclear extracts from control rat liver and livers of rats fed a protein-free diet were fractionated by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. Casein kinase II (NII) eluted at around 0.17 M NaCl scarcely phosphorylates the 110-kDa protein. Chromatography of the nuclear extract from livers of rats fed a protein-free diet, but not from control liver, yielded fractions which eluted at 0.21-0.25 M NaCl and predominantly phosphorylated the 110-kDa protein. The phosphorylation of 110-kDa protein was not appreciably affected by a heparin concentration of 5 micrograms/ml, which completely inhibited casein kinase II. In addition, phosphorylation of the 110-kDa protein in liver nucleoli from rats fed a protein-free diet showed a lower sensitivity to heparin than that in control rat liver nucleoli. These results suggest that enhanced phosphorylation of the nuclear 110-kDa protein in livers from rats fed a protein-free diet is due to the induction of a 110-kDa protein kinase distinct from casein kinase II.
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- A Masumi
- Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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Masumi A, Aoi S, Shiga J, Tsukada K. Heat-shock proteins and nucleolar hypertrophy in the liver of rat infused with methionine-free total parenteral nutrition. Biochim Biophys Acta 1990; 1052:71-7. [PMID: 2108733 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(90)90059-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Infusing a methionine-free solution into rats for 7 days resulted in a marked enlargement of liver nucleoli. By the analysis of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, a spot 'a' (76 kDa, pI 5.3) stained with Coomassie blue was observed to accumulate highly in liver cytosol from rat infused with methionine-free solution. Metabolically labeling experiments with [35S]methionine showed that 'a' was more heavily labeled in primary hepatocytes of rats infused with methionine-free solution than in those of control rat. To ascertain whether 'a' is one of stress proteins, primary hepatocyte cultures were incubated at 42 degrees C for 2 h. 'a' (76 kDa, pI 5.3) was slightly induced in control hepatocytes but not appreciably in hepatocytes from the treated rat. In contrast, two other spots 'b' (74 kDa, pI 5.6) and 'c' (74 kDa, pI 5.3) were highly induced at 42 degrees C in hepatocytes from control and treated rats. The antibody against the consensus sequence peptide of hsp70 family reacted with 'a' (76 kDa, pI 5.3) as well as 'b' and 'c'. Immunoblot analysis revealed that 'a' accumulates highly in hepatocytes of treated rats. These results indicate that infusion of methionine-free solution into rats induces one member of the hsp70 family in hepatocytes.
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- A Masumi
- Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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Mitsuyama S, Masumi A, Katayama K, Kakemi M, Koizumi T. Pharmacokinetic evidence for blood flow depression in dose dependent disposition of 4-aminoantipyrine in rabbits. J Pharmacobiodyn 1985; 8:365-76. [PMID: 4045694 DOI: 10.1248/bpb1978.8.365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pharmacokinetic relationships have been developed to characterize a one-compartment drug disposition model which includes perfusion limited elimination processes. The derived expressions have been applied to plasma concentration and urinary excretion data obtained after rapid intravenous administration of 4-aminoantipyrine to rabbits. The mathematical relationships and experimental data demonstrate that dose dependent disposition of 4-aminoantipyrine is a result of reduced renal and hepatic blood flow caused by the drug itself.
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