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Wang XJ, Lin XL, Liu J, Bao J. [Invasive micropapillary carcinoma in the ampulla of Vater: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:905-907. [PMID: 36097914 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20220304-00149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- X J Wang
- Department of Pathology, Weifang Heart Hospital, Shandong Province, Weifang 261201, China
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- Department of Pathology, Weifang Heart Hospital, Shandong Province, Weifang 261201, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Weifang Heart Hospital, Shandong Province, Weifang 261201, China
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- Department of Pathology, Weifang Heart Hospital, Shandong Province, Weifang 261201, China
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Lin XL, Sun QC, Lu Y, Han XQ, Zhao T, Zhou XH. [Proteomic analysis and verification of protein expression after upregulation of human CD99 in Hodgkin lymphoma cell line L428]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2019; 40:490-496. [PMID: 31340622 PMCID: PMC7342398 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2019.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the proteins expression difference after upregulation of human CD99 in Hodgkin Lymphoma cell line, L428 cell, and verify the function of differential proteins. Methods: The differential proteins were detected by two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry analysis, cluster analysis was done by GOfact. Results: There were 38 proteins screened out, of which 21 proteins were positively associated with CD99, while 17 proteins were negative. Among the 38 proteins, 32 proteins participated in biological process, and 35 proteins were involved in the composition and construction. And 28 proteins participated in multifaceted biological activities including antioxidation, protein binding, catalytic activity, regulation of enzyme, signal transduction, molecular structure, regulation of translation and ion transport. Conclusions: The changes of the differential proteins, correlated with cytoskeleton, cell differentiation, signal pathway and regulating gene expression, are closely relevant to the translation between Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg and B lymphocyte cell.
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- X L Lin
- Department of Pathology, Southern Medical University, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Pathology, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Xiong Y, Xia HX, Wang YS, Lin XL, Zhu TT, Zhao Y, Li XT. [High risk factors analysis of stillbirth]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2017; 52:811-817. [PMID: 29325264 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-567x.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the high risk factors of stillbirth. Methods: 176 cases of stillbirth were collected in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University from January 1(st), 2010 to December 31(st), 2016. All cases were analyzed retrospectively, including general profile, high risk factors of stillbirth in different years and pregnancy periods. Results: (1) The incidence of stillbirth was 0.178%(176/98 785). Stillbirth occured mostly at 28-28(+6) gestational weeks (10.8%,19/176), and the second peak was 29-29(+6) weeks(10.2%,18/176), while the third common period was 37-37(+6) weeks (9.1%,16/176). After 39 weeks, it maintained at a low level. (2) The top 5 high risk factors of stillbirth were infection (18.2%,32/176), unexplained (13.6%,24/176), hypertention disorders in pregnancy (13.1%, 23/176), umbilical cord torsion (12.5%, 22/176) and fetal malformations (10.2%, 18/176). (3) From 2010 to 2012, the top 3 high risk factors were unexplained, the umbilical cord torsion and infection, while hypertention in pregnancy, infection and fetal malformation became the top 3 high risk factors after 2013. (4) Early stillbirth (20-27(+6) weeks) accounted for 21.6%(38/176); and unexplained (47.4%, 18/38), fetal edema (13.2%, 5/38),infection (13.2%, 5/38), umbilical cord torsion (5.3%, 2/38) were the top 4 high risk factors. Late stillbirth (≥28 weeks) accounted for 78.4%(138/176), with infection (19.6%,27/138), hypertention in pregnancy (15.9%,22/138), umbilical cord torsion (14.5%,20/138) and fetal malformation(12.3%,17/138)being the top 4 high risk factors. Conclusions: More attention should be paid to maternal complications, especially infection and hypertension in pregnancy. Antenatal fetal monitoring, timely termination of pregnancy, standard management of stillbirth and looking for the causes may help reduce the incidence of stillbirth.
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- Department of Obstetrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, China
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- Xian-Liang Lin
- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Department of Cardiology, FuzhouGeneral Hospital of Nanjing Command, Fuzhou, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, FuzhouGeneral Hospital of Nanjing Command, Fuzhou, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Wu WQ, Zhang LS, Liao SP, Lin XL, Zeng J, Du D. Association between XRCC1 polymorphisms and laryngeal cancer susceptibility in a Chinese sample population. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr8525. [PMID: 27808358 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15048525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Laryngeal cancer is the major malignant tumor affecting the upper respiratory tract. Previous studies have reported on the association between XRCC1 genetic polymorphisms and risk of laryngeal cancer, but with conflicting results. In this study, we attempted to assess the association between XRCC1 Arg194Trp, Arg280His and Arg399Gln polymorphisms and risk of laryngeal cancer in a Chinese population. A total of 126 laryngeal cancer patients and 254 control subjects were recruited to this study from the Second Medical College of Jinan University between December 2013 and May 2015. The XRCC1 Arg194Trp, Arg280His, and Arg399Gln polymorphic sites were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Our results revealed a significant association between the AA genotype of XRCC1 Arg280His [odds ratio (OR) = 2.51, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.29-4.87, P = 0.01] and an increased risk of laryngeal cancer susceptibility compared to the GG genotype. Moreover, the A allele showed a higher risk of laryngeal cancer susceptibility compared to the G allele (OR = 1.63, 95%CI = 1.19-2.50, P = 0.002). In conclusion, the results of our study suggest that the AA genotype and A allele of the XRCC1 Arg280His polymorphism are associated with an increased laryngeal cancer risk in a Chinese population.
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- Department of Health management, The Second Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Otolaryngological Department, Zhumadian Central Hospital of Henan Province, Zhumadian, China
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- Department of Health management, The Second Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Health management, The Second Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Central Laboratory, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Health management, The Second Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Lin N, Lin Y, Huang HL, Lin XL, He DQ, He SQ, Guo DH, Li Y, Xu LP. [Prenatal diagnosis of Thailand deletion of α-thalassemia 1 families]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2016; 96:1919-22. [PMID: 27373361 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2016.24.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To conduct analysis and prenatal diagnosis on 11 couples carrying Thailand deletion (--(THΑI)) α-thalassemia 1, so as to provide information for clinical genetic counseling on α-thalassemia 1. METHODS Altogether 11 Thailand deletion (--(THΑI)) α-thalassemia 1 families were collected from Fujian Maternal and Children Health Hospital from May 2009 to September 2015. Gap-polymerase chain reaction (gap-PCR) and reverse dot blot (RDB) technology were used to detect the thalassemia mutations in the couples and fetuses. RESULTS In one family, Thailand deletion α-thalassemia 1 was detected in both the pregnant woman and her husband. In 10 families, Thailand deletion α-thalassemia 1 was detected in either the pregnant women or the husband, while the spouses had α-thalassemia heterozygote (1 combined with β thalassemia heterozygote). Thailand deletion α-thalassemia 1 family members all had lower mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH). In prenatal diagnosis of the 12 fetuses, 4 fetuses were found with hemoglobin(Hb) Bart's hydrops fetalis syndrome, 5 were with α-thalassemia heterozygote, and 3 were normal. CONCLUSIONS For couples with positive hematological phenotype but normal results in routine genetic examination of α-thalassemia, attention should be paid especially for with a history of having babies of hydrops fetalis syndrome or hemoglobin H disease. It is necessary to consider the possibility of the rare Thailand deletion (--(THΑI)) α-thalassemia 1. Prenatal diagnosis for high-risk families plays an important role.
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- Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Fujian Matenal and Children Health Hospital, Fujian Medical University Teaching Hospital, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fuzhou 350001, China
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Shao B, Li HP, DI LJ, Song GH, Jiang HF, Liang X, Wang CY, Yan Y, Lin XL, Wang LN, Wan FL, Yuan YH, You MN. [Predictive and prognostic value of monitoring lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood before and after chemotherapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2016; 48:304-309. [PMID: 27080286] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To detect the proportion of lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood of the advanced breast cancer patients before and after chemotherapy with docetaxel and thiotepa, as well as the association between the proportion of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets with the response rate and prognosis. METHODS The proportions of lymphocyte subsets (CD3+ T cell, CD3+/CD4+ T cell, CD3+/CD8+ T cell, CD3-/CD16+56+ NK cell, CD3+/CD16+56+ T cell, CD19+ B cell, CD4+/CD25+ T cell, CD8+/CD28- T cell, CD8+/CD28+ T cell) in the peripheral blood of 86 patients were analyzed with flowcytometry before and after chemotherapy. The result was analyzed in combination with clinicopathological data. RESULTS The proportion of regulatory T cells (Treg) after chemotherapy in the disease control patients decreased significantly compared with that of the progressive patients (P=0.034). The difference of the proportions of Treg before and after chemotherapy affected significantly the overall survival (OS). The OS of the patients with decreased proportion of Treg was significantly longer than that of the patients with increased proportion of Treg, which was 23.5 and 9.4 months respectively (P<0.05). CONCLUSION The patients with decreased proportion of Treg after chemotherapy had higher response rate and better survival benefit.
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- B Shao
- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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Fan Y, Li S, Li XL, Lin XL, Zhu CG, Xu RX, Qing P, Wu NQ, Jiang LX, Xu B, Gao RL, Li JJ. Plasma endothelin-1 level as a predictor for poor collaterals in patients with ≥95% coronary chronic occlusion. Thromb Res 2016; 142:21-5. [PMID: 27105310 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) plays an important role in protecting myocardium from ischemic damage. The studies on factors which impact on CCC might be of great clinical interest. The aim of the present study was to evaluate endothelin-1 (ET-1) as a potential predictor for poor or good CCC in patients with angiography-proven ≥95% coronary occlusion. METHODS We screened 1038 consecutive patients with ≥95% occlusion in at least one major epicardial coronary artery detected by coronary angiography. Of these, 663 patients were classified into the poor CCC group with Rentrop 0-2 grade collateral circulation and 375 patients into the good CCC group with Rentrop 3 grade. The association of plasma ET-1 levels with collateral status was assessed. RESULTS We found that patients in the poor CCC group had a higher ET-1 level than those in the good CCC group (0.59±0.48 vs. 0.39±0.32pmol/L, p<0.001), and the ET-1 values increased with the descent of the Rentrop grades (p for trend<0.001). Moreover, multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed an independent association between ET-1 and collateral status (odds ratio [95% CI] for poor CCC 2.27 [1.60-3.22], p<0.001). Additionally, the association presented significance in both men (odds ratio [95% CI] for poor CCC 3.18 [2.20-4.74], p<0.001) and women (odds ratio [95% CI] for poor CCC 3.10 [1.36-7.85], p=0.011) when the sex-specific analysis was performed. CONCLUSIONS Plasma ET-1 level may be a useful, easily available marker for predicting the degree of CCC in patients with ≥95% coronary chronic occlusion.
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- Ying Fan
- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China; Department of Cardiology, The Fifth Hospital of Wuhan & Affiliated Guangci Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430050, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Division of Dyslipidemia, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 167 Bei Li Shi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, China.
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Jackson-Bernitsas DG, Ichikawa H, Takada Y, Myers JN, Lin XL, Darnay BG, Chaturvedi MM, Aggarwal BB. Evidence that TNF-TNFR1-TRADD-TRAF2-RIP-TAK1-IKK pathway mediates constitutive NF-κB activation and proliferation in human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oncogene 2006; 26:1385-97. [PMID: 16953224 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [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: 12/13/2022]
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Constitutively activated nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) has been associated with a variety of aggressive tumor types, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC); however, the mechanism of its activation is not fully understood. Therefore, we investigated the molecular pathway that mediates constitutive activation of NF-kappaB in a series of HNSCC cell lines. We confirmed that NF-kappaB was constitutively active in all HNSCC cell lines (FaDu, LICR-LON-HN5 and SCC4) examined as indicated by DNA binding, immunocytochemical localization of p65, by NF-kappaB-dependent reporter gene expression and its inhibition by dominant-negative (DN)-inhibitory subunit of NF-kappaB (IkappaBalpha), the natural inhibitor of NF-kappaB. Constitutive NF-kappaB activation in HNSCC was found to be due to constitutive activation of IkappaBalpha kinase (IKK); and this correlated with constitutive expression of phosphorylated forms of IkappaBalpha and p65 proteins. All HNSCC showed the expression of p50, p52, p100 and receptor-interacting protein; all linked with NF-kappaB activation. The expression of constitutively active NF-kappaB in HNSCC is mediated through the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signaling pathway, as NF-kappaB reporter activity was inhibited by DN-TNF receptor-associated death domain (TRADD), DN-TNF receptor-associated factor (TRAF)2, DN-receptor-interacting protein (RIP), DN-transforming growth factor-beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1), DN-kappa-Ras, DN-AKT and DN-IKK but not by DN-TRAF5 or DN-TRAF6. Constitutive NF-kappaB activation was also associated with the autocrine expression of TNF, TNF receptors and receptor-activator of NF-kappaB and its ligand in HNSCC cells but not interleukin (IL)-1beta. All HNSCC cell lines expressed IL-6, a NF-kappaB-regulated gene product. Furthermore, treatment of HNSCC cells with anti-TNF antibody downregulated constitutively active NF-kappaB, and this was associated with inhibition of IL-6 expression and cell proliferation. Our results clearly demonstrate that constitutive activation of NF-kappaB is mediated through the TRADD-TRAF2-RIP-TAK1-IKK pathway, making TNF a novel target in the treatment of head and neck cancer.
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- D G Jackson-Bernitsas
- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Wei XC, Wang XJ, Chen K, Zhang L, Liang Y, Lin XL. Killing effect of TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand regulated by tetracycline on gastric cancer cell line NCI-N87. World J Gastroenterol 2001; 7:559-62. [PMID: 11819829 PMCID: PMC4688673 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v7.i4.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To clone the cDNA fragment of human TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand) into a tetracycline-regulated gene expression system, the RevTet-On system, transduce expression vectors into a gastric carcinoma cell line-NCI-N87 and examine the effects of controlled expression of TRAIL in vitro on the gastric carcinoma cells.
METHODS: The full-length cDNA of TRAIL was inserted into a vector under the control of the tetracycline-responsive element (TRE) to obtain the plasmid pRevTRE-TRAIL, which was transfected into a packaging cell line PT67. In addition, vector pRev-Tet On and pRevTRE were also transfected into PT67 separately. After hygromycin and G418 selection, the viral titer was determined. The medium containing retroviral vectors was collected and used to transduce a gastric carcinoma cell line NCI-N87. The resulting cell line NCI-N87-Tet On TRE-TRAIL and a control cell line, NCI-N87 Tet On-TRE, were established. TRAIL expression in the cell line was induced by incubating cells with doxycycline (Dox), which is a tetracycline analogue. The killing effect on gastric carcinoma cells was analyzed after induction.
RESULTS: The recombinant plasmid pRev-TRE-TRAIL was constructed. After hygromycin or G418 selection, the producer cell lines PT67-TRE, PT67-TRE-TRAIL and PT67-Tet On were obtained, with titers of about 108 CFU·L-1. By transducing NCI-N87 cells with retroviral vectors from these cell lines, stable cell lines NCI-N87-Tet On TRE-TRAIL (NN3T) and control cell line NCI-N87-Tet On TRE (NN2T) were established. The growth curves of the selected cell lines were the same with the wild type NCI-N87. When Dox was added, cell death was obvious in the test groups (29%-77%), whereas no difference was observed in control and wild type cell lines. With the addition of a medium from the test group, human leukemia cell line Jurkat was activated till death (83%), indicating the secretion of active TRAIL proteins from the test cells to the medium.
CONCLUSION: With the use of the RevTet-On system, a regulated expression system for TRAIL was constructed. Using this system, the selected killing effect of TRAIL on gastric carcinoma cell line NCI-N87 could be observed.
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- X C Wei
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
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Lin XL, Li GB, Zhu CF, Wu P, Guan YF. [Enantioseparation of twelve pharmaceutical racemates with high performance capillary electrophoresis using L-leucine as chiral selector]. Se Pu 2001; 19:109-11. [PMID: 12541650] [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: 02/28/2023] Open
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A rapid enantiomeric separation method using L-leucine as chiral selector was established. Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) has been used for the enantiomeric separation of twelve pharmaceutical racemates with bare fused silica capillary and employing L-leucine as chiral selector. The enantiomeric resolution was influenced by L-leucine concentration and pH of background electrolyte (BGE). The effects of the BGE types and concentrations on the enantiomeric separation were also investigated. The results showed that in the solution containing 50 mmol/L borax and 70 mmol/L L-leucine (pH 9.0), all the twelve drugs were on baseline separated in less than 11 minutes.
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- X L Lin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Light Industry, Jinan 250100, China
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Wei XC, Lin XL, Wang XJ. [TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand and its research progress on cancer treatment]. Sheng Li Ke Xue Jin Zhan 2001; 32:18-22. [PMID: 12545771] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand) belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) cytokine family, can induce apoptosis in a wide variety of tumor cell lines. This review introduces research progress on TRAIL from several aspects: the structure and function of TRAIL, the pathway of its inducing apoptosis, TRAIL and cancer treatment, and its foreground.
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- X C Wei
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100083
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Faro C, Ramalho-Santos M, Veríssimo P, Pissarra J, Frazão C, Costa J, Lin XL, Tang J, Pires E. Structural and functional aspects of cardosins. Adv Exp Med Biol 1998; 436:423-33. [PMID: 9580379 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- C Faro
- Departamento Bioquímica, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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- X L Lin
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104
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Lin XL, Lin YZ, Koelsch G, Gustchina A, Wlodawer A, Tang J. Enzymic activities of two-chain pepsinogen, two-chain pepsin, and the amino-terminal lobe of pepsinogen. J Biol Chem 1992; 267:17257-63. [PMID: 1512263] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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In order to study the relationships of aspartic proteases, we have modified pepsin, a single-chain eukaryotic enzyme, to a two-chain heterodimer, which resembles aspartic proteases from retrovirus, including human immunodeficiency virus. Two fragments of pepsinogen, residues 1P-172 and 173-326, were expressed separately in Escherichia coli. Mixtures of chains were refolded from urea solutions to generate an active two-chain pepsinogen, which was converted to two-chain pepsin in acid solutions. The intramolecular and bimolecular activation constants (k1 and k2) of two-chain pepsinogen are about 1.5-fold and one-sixth, respectively, of those for pepsinogen. Structural evidence suggests that the faster k1 of two-chain pepsinogen is due to decreased interaction of the propeptide with the pepsin moiety, implying that the rate-limiting step in the intramolecular activation of pepsinogen is the "conformational dissociation" of its propeptide. Two-chain pepsin has the same Km but only one-sixth of the kcat of pepsin. Both pepsinogen chains are capable of independent refolding. The refolding of the NH2-terminal chain, which contains the propeptide and the NH2-terminal lobe, generated a small amount of proteolytic activity which is likely derived from the homodimer of the NH2-terminal lobe. It has been postulated that mammalian aspartic proteases, which contain two structurally homologous lobes, are derived in evolution from a homodimer enzyme by gene duplication and fusion (Tang, J., James, M. N. G., Hsu, I.-N., Jenkins, J. A., and Blundell, T. L. (1978) Nature 271, 618-621). The observation of the homodimer activity of the NH2-terminal lobe of pepsinogen suggests that the interface of the lobes is conservative in evolution.
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- X L Lin
- Protein Studies Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104
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Chen Z, Koelsch G, Han HP, Wang XJ, Lin XL, Hartsuck JA, Tang J. Recombinant rhizopuspepsinogen. Expression, purification, and activation properties of recombinant rhizopuspepsinogens. J Biol Chem 1991; 266:11718-25. [PMID: 2050673] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A cDNA clone, which contained the complete rhizopuspepsin structure and the putative proregion, was placed in three different Escherichia coli expression vectors for the synthesis of rhizopuspepsinogen (Rpg). Recombinant Rpgs which were expressed in the cytosol of E. coli as inclusion bodies (cRpg and tRpg) were not active. After solubilization in 6 M urea and refolding by rapid dilution, both of these Rpgs were purified to homogeneity. The third zymogen, pRpg, which was secreted to the periplasmic space of E. coli with an omp leader, was fully active and also was purified. The expression level of pRpg was higher (over 40 mg/liter culture) than that of cRpg (about 1.5 mg/liter culture). Amino-terminal sequence analysis of the zymogens revealed that cRpg and pRpg contain 40 and 51 residues of prosequence, respectively. tRpg, which was expressed under the control of T7 promoter, was synthesized at 500 mg/liter culture and was purified at 50 mg/liter culture. This zymogen contained, in addition to 51 residues of proregion, 16 residues inherited from the expression vector construction. All of these Rpgs spontaneously converted to rhizopuspepsin in solutions of pH less than 5. Each of the conversions was associated with a change of molecular weight as monitored in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide electrophoresis. At least one intermediate of conversion was observed in the pH range of 2 to 3 for both the cRpg and pRpg zymogens. For pRpg and tRpg, kinetic data demonstrated that the Rpg to rhizopuspepsin conversion was accomplished by a first order, unimolecular reaction at pH 2. The first order kinetic constants in this pH at 15 degrees C were 1.1 and 2.4 min-1 for pRpg and tRpg, respectively. The activation rate decreased as pH was raised above pH 2. At pH greater than 3.0, rhizopuspepsin-catalyzed, second-order activation also takes place. Consequently, the recombinant Rpgs are activated by either of two cleavage mechanisms as is the case for pepsinogen. These results also support the hypothesis that Rpg is synthesized in Rhizopus chinensis as a zymogen. Rpg in the host fungus is probably activated by an acid environment of pH less than 5 in the secretory granules to become rhizopuspepsin before secretion.
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- Z Chen
- Protein Studies Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
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Lowther WT, Chen Z, Lin XL, Tang J, Dunn BM. Substrate specificity study of recombinant Rhizopus chinensis aspartic proteinase. Adv Exp Med Biol 1991; 306:275-9. [PMID: 1812717 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-6012-4_33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- W T Lowther
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610
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Lin XL, Fusek M, Chen Z, Koelsch G, Han HP, Hartsuck JA, Tang J. Studies on pepsin mutagenesis and recombinant rhizopuspepsinogen. Adv Exp Med Biol 1991; 306:1-8. [PMID: 1812694 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-6012-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- X L Lin
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City 73104
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Fusek M, Lin XL, Tang J. Enzymic properties of thermopsin. J Biol Chem 1990; 265:1496-501. [PMID: 2104844] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The specificity of thermopsin, a thermostable acid protease from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, was studied using oxidized insulin B chain as substrate followed by peptide isolation and identification. The following bonds were hydrolyzed: Leu-Val, Leu-Tyr, Phe-Phe, Phe-Tyr, and Tyr-Thr. Thus, the specificity of thermopsin is similar to that of pepsin, that is, it prefers large hydrophobic residues at both sides of the scissile bond. We confirmed this by the use of a synthetic substrate, Lys-Pro-Ala-Glu-Phe-p-nitro-phenylalanyl-Ala-Leu, which was cleaved by thermopsin between Phe and p-nitro-phenylalanyl. Using this substrate, enzyme inhibition and kinetic properties of thermopsin have been studied. Thermopsin optimally hydrolyzes this substrate at 75 degrees C and pH 2 with Km and kcat values under these conditions of 5.3 x 10(-5) M and 14.3 s-1, respectively. Pepstatin competitively inhibits thermopsin with a Ki of 2 x 10(-7) M. Other known aspartic protease inhibitors, diazoacetylnorleucine ethyl ester and 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane inhibited thermopsin only slowly and with nonspecific reactions. Although thermopsin contains a single cysteine, iodoacetic acid and p-chloromercuric benzoate had no effect on activity. Mercuric chloride inhibited the enzyme, and the inhibition was reversible by mercaptoethanol. However, the enzyme was not labeled by [14C]iodoacetic acid either before or after sodium dodecyl sulfate denaturation. Thus, the thiol group is likely blocked, and the inhibition effect of mercuric ion is unrelated to the thiol group. These observations suggest that thermopsin has a different active site than the aspartic protease family but may have a similar transition state structure. The temperature dependence of Km and kcat was studied for thermopsin hydrolysis of the synthetic substrate between 26-78 degrees C. Both parameters increased with temperature, and the rise of kcat value was particularly sharp above 65 degrees C. Hydrolysis activity measured at high substrate concentration has a maximum at 76 degrees C, which is near the physiological temperature for the optimal growth of this organism. Thus, thermopsin appears to function best at high temperature and high substrate concentration. It may be utilized by the organism to response to the presence of high substrate concentration in the medium. Thermopsin is also competitively inhibited by urea, acetamide, and phenylalaninamide with Ki values of 0.5, 0.4, and 0.01 M, respectively.
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- M Fusek
- Laboratory of Protein Studies, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
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Lin XL, Wong RN, Tang J. Synthesis, purification, and active site mutagenesis of recombinant porcine pepsinogen. J Biol Chem 1989; 264:4482-9. [PMID: 2494172] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In order to carry out studies on structure and function relationships of porcine pepsinogen using site-directed mutagenesis approaches, the cDNA of this zymogen was cloned, sequenced, expressed in Escherichia coli, and the protein refolded, and purified to homogeneity. Porcine pepsinogen cDNA, obtained from a lambda gt10 cDNA library of porcine stomach contains 1364 base pairs. It contains leader, pro, and pepsin regions of 14, 44, and 326 residues, respectively. In addition, it also contains 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions. Four differences are present between the sequence deduced from the cDNA and the pepsinogen sequence determined previously by protein chemistry methods. Residues P19 (in the pro region) and 263 are asparagines in the cDNA sequence instead of aspartic acids. Isoleucine 230 is not present in the cDNA sequence and residue 242 is a tyrosine in the cDNA instead of an aspartic acid. Porcine pepsinogen cDNA was placed under the control of a tac promoter in a plasmid and expressed in E. coli. The synthesis of pepsinogen was optimized to about 50 mg/liter of culture. The recombinant (r-) pepsinogen, which was insoluble, was recovered by centrifugation, washed, dissolved in 6 M urea in Tris-HCl, pH 8, and refolded by rapid dilution. r-pepsinogen was purified to homogeneity after chromatography on Sephacryl S-300 and fast protein liquid chromatography on a monoQ column. r-pepsinogen contains an additional methionine residue at the NH2 terminus as compared to native (n-) pepsinogen. However, r- and n-pepsinogens are indistinguishable in their intramolecular activation constants. After activation, r- and n-pepsins have the same NH2-terminal sequences as well as Km values. Based on these data, r-pepsinogen was judged suitable for mutagenesis studies. A mutant pepsinogen (D32A) with the active site aspartic acid changed to an alanine was produced and purified. D32A-pepsinogen did not convert to pepsin in acid solution but it bound to pepstatin with an apparent KD of about 5 x 10(-10) M. D32A-pepsinogen possesses no detectable proteolytic activity. These results indicate that (i) intramolecular pepsinogen activation is accomplished by the pepsin active site, and (ii) unlike subtilisin (Carter, P., and Wells, J. A. (1988) Nature 332, 564-568), the active site mutant of pepsin is not enzymically active.
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- X L Lin
- Laboratory of Protein Studies, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
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Lin XL, White RH. Structure of solfapterin (erythro-neopterin-3'-D-2-deoxy-2-aminoglucopyranoside) isolated from the thermophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:1396-8. [PMID: 3125154 PMCID: PMC210924 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.3.1396-1398.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [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] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The structure of the major fluorescent pterin present in thermophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus has been assigned, by analysis of the intact molecule and its hydrolytic and periodate cleavage products, as erythro-neopterin-3'-D-2-deoxy-2-aminoglucopyranoside. The trivial name solfapterin is proposed for this compound.
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- X L Lin
- Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061
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Analysis of the fluorescent compounds extracted from six different species of halobacteria and one species each of Sulfolobus and Thermoplasma revealed the universal occurrence of coenzyme F420, (N-[N-[O-[5-(8-hydroxy-5-deazaisoalloxazin-10-yl)-2,3,4-trihydroxy -4-pentoxyhydroxyphosphinyl]-L-lactyl]-L-gamma-glutamyl]-L -glutamic acid), or its gamma-monoglutamyl derivative or both. The total amount (approximately 100 pmol/mg [dry weight]) of these compounds found in the halobacteria studied was approximately 5% of the amount previously reported for methanogenic bacteria. The amount of F420 found in the Sulfolobus and Thermoplasma strains was approximately 1% of that found in the halobacteria. The major compound in all but one of the examined strains was the gamma-monoglutamyl derivative of F420; one strain of halobacteria contained only F420. For the halobacterium-derived samples, the additional glutamic acid was shown to be linked by a gamma-glutamyl peptide bond to the terminal glutamic acid of the F420 core structure by enzymatic hydrolysis of the samples with three different gamma-glutamyltranspeptidases. The product of this enzymatic hydrolysis was F420 with one less glutamic acid in the side chain.
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