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Bernd Schmeck

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Rho protein inactivation induced apoptosis of cultured human endothelial cells.

2002

Small GTP-binding Rho GTPases regulate important signaling pathways in endothelial cells, but little is known about their role in endothelial cell apoptosis. Clostridial cytotoxins specifically inactivate GTPases by glucosylation [ Clostridium difficile toxin B-10463 (TcdB-10463), C. difficile toxin B-1470 (TcdB-1470)] or ADP ribosylation ( C. botulinum C3 toxin). Exposure of human umbilical cord vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) to TcdB-10463, which inhibits RhoA/Rac1/Cdc42, or to C3 toxin, which inhibits RhoA, -B, -C, resulted in apoptosis, whereas inactivation of Rac1/Cdc42 with TcdB-1470 was without effect, suggesting that Rho inhibition was responsible for endothelial apoptosis. Disruptio…

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicinerac1 GTP-Binding Proteinrho GTP-Binding ProteinsProgrammed cell deathUmbilical VeinsEndotheliumPhysiologyBacterial ToxinsCASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating ProteinApoptosisBcl-2-associated X proteinBacterial ProteinsPhysiology (medical)Proto-Oncogene ProteinsmedicineCyclic AMPIn Situ Nick-End LabelingHumanscdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinCells Culturedbcl-2-Associated X ProteinAdenosine Diphosphate RibosebiologyCaspase 3Intracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsCell BiologyCaspase 9Cell biologyNeoplasm ProteinsEndothelial stem cellmedicine.anatomical_structureCdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Cell cultureApoptosisCaspasesbiology.proteinMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinEndothelium VascularSignal transductionCarrier ProteinsrhoA GTP-Binding ProteinBH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist ProteinSignal TransductionAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology
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Reduction of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) related nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) translocation but not inhibitor kappa-B (Iκ-B)-degradation by …

2002

Degradation of inhibitor kappa-B (Ikappa-B) followed by translocation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) into the nucleus and activation of gene expression is essential in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-signaling. In order to analyze the role of Rho proteins in TNF-alpha-induced NF-kappaB-activation in human umbilical cord vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) we used Clostridium difficile toxin B-10463 (TcdB-10463) which inactivates RhoA/Rac1/Cdc42 by glucosylation and Clostridium botulinum C3-toxin which inhibits RhoA/B/C by ADP-ribosylation. Exposure of HUVEC to 10 ng/mL TcdB-10463 or 2.5 microg/mL C3-toxin inhibited TNF-alpha (100 ng/mL)-induced expression of a NF-kappaB-dependent r…

PharmacologyTRAF2RHOATumor Necrosis Factor-alphaNF-kappa BClostridium difficile toxin ABiological TransportRAC1Chromosomal translocationDNABiologyBiochemistryMolecular biologyRho kinase inhibitorbiology.proteinHumansI-kappa B ProteinsTumor necrosis factor alphaEndothelium VascularInterleukin 8rhoA GTP-Binding ProteinCells CulturedBiochemical Pharmacology
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Pro- and Antitumorigenic Capacity of Immunoproteasomes in Shaping the Tumor Microenvironment

2021

Abstract Apart from the constitutive proteasome, the immunoproteasome that comprises the three proteolytic subunits LMP2, MECL-1, and LMP7 is expressed in most immune cells. In this study, we describe opposing roles for immunoproteasomes in regulating the tumor microenvironment (TME). During chronic inflammation, immunoproteasomes modulated the expression of protumorigenic cytokines and chemokines and enhanced infiltration of innate immune cells, thus triggering the onset of colitis-associated carcinogenesis (CAC) in wild-type mice. Consequently, immunoproteasome-deficient animals (LMP2/MECL-1/LMP7–null mice) were almost completely resistant to CAC development. In patients with ulcerative c…

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