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Identification of four distinct subunit types in the unique 6 x 6 hemocyanin of the centipede Scutigera coleoptrata.
1999
We isolated 6 x 6 hemocyanin, dissociated it into subunits, and examined it by electron microscopy. The subunits were separated by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), sodium dodecyl sulfate PAGE, and crossed immunoelectrophoresis. Single subunits were isolated by gel cutting from native PAGE and identified as hemocyanin by measuring their ultraviolet spectrum. A total of four distinct hemocyanin subunits were identified, and the subunit pattern of the three electrophoresis systems assigned to each other. The relative proportion of subunits a:b:c:d were 2 : 2 :: 1 as determined by densitometry. Presumably, c and d act as linkers between hexamers.
Refractory coeliac disease: one step closer to the origin of aberrant lymphocytes.
2012
Aberrant intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) are the key feature of refractory coeliac disease type II (RCDII), but the cellular origin of these aberrant IELs remains unclear. In a recent paper Schmitz et al 1 further explored previously characterised aberrant IEL cell lines from four patients with RCDII by using a broad spectrum of cell specific markers, RNA array and immunological techniques, to compare these cell lines to IELs from the fetal intestine, the intestine of children and adults and the thymus. IELs are a heterogeneous population of lymphocytes with innate and adaptive features that inhabit the small and large intestine. IELs are important for the maintenance of tolerance to com…
The Histone Acetyl-Transferase MOZ Cooperates with the Histone Methyl-Transferase MLL to Regulate HOX Gene Expression in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cel…
2008
Abstract MOZ (MOnocytic leukaemia Zinc finger protein) (also called MYST3 or KAT6A) is a member of the MYST family of HATs which likely acetylate H4K16. The MLL (MixedLineageLeukemia) gene is a frequent target for recurrent chromosomal translocations found in AML and ALL. MLL (KMT2A) is a methyl-transferase targeting H3K4. It was shown that MOZ/CBP leukemia, as observed in MLL-rearranged leukemias, harbors abnormal levels of homeobox (HOX) genes expression. HOX transcription factors have a crucial function in hematopoiesis regulation. In addition, HOXA5, HOXA7, and HOXA9 are often considered to be pivotal HOX genes for MLL transformation, constituting downstream targets of MLL. In our study…
The CD38-Positive and CD38-Negative Subsets of CD34(high)-Positive Primary Acute Myeloid Leukemia Blasts Differ Considerably in the Expression of Imm…
2008
Abstract Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is thought to arise from a rare putative ‘leukemic stem cell’ that is capable of self-renewal and formation of leukemic blasts. Serial xenotransplantation studies in immunodeficient mice have shown that this leukemia-initiating cell resides at very low numbers within CD34(high)-positive CD38-negative AML cells. Thus, immunotherapeutic approaches successfully eradicating this cell compartment should result in cure from disease. The objective of our study was to characterize the immune phenotype of the CD38-negative and CD38-positive subsets of primary CD34(high)-positive AML blasts ex vivo. We obtained therapeutic leukapheresis products from 17 AML patie…
EFFECT OF M-LOCUS DEPENDENT T-CELL PROLIFERATION UPON THE INDUCTION OF ANTI H-2 CYTOTOXIC T EFFECTOR CELLS
1975
SUMMARY The influence of M-locus dependent T cell proliferation on the induction of anti H-2 cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) was tested in an in vitro murine cytotoxic allograft model. BALB/c (or CBA/H) derived responder cells (H-2d or H-2k) were cultured together with either C57BL derived fibroblasts or C57BL derived (H-2b), U.V. light irradiated, splenic lymphocytes. These stimulator cells lack functionally active lymphocyte activating determinants (LADs), but display serologically defined (SD) H-2 antigenic specificities. The cytotoxic anti SD-activity obtained was weak. Under certain experimental conditions, the addition of stimulator cells which are H-2 identical to the responder cells b…
Electron microscopy and biochemical characterization of a 350-kDa annular hemolymph protein from the keyhole limpet Megathura crenulata
1994
The isolation and biochemical characterization of an annular non-hemocyanin hemolymph protein from a marine gastropod, the Californian giant keyhole limpet (Megathura crenulata) is presented. By analytical ultracentrifugation, the protein has a sedimentation coefficient of 12S and molecular mass of approximately 350 kDa. The subunit mass, obtained by SDS/PAGE in the presence of -SH reagent and 8 M urea, is approximately 35 kDa, thereby indicating the presence of 10 subunits in the native molecule. By negative staining, the protein is revealed in one predominant image projection as a pentagonal approximately 8 nm ring-like structure with an approximately 2-nm stain-filled centre and, in anot…
Ophiobolin Sesterterpenoids and Pyrrolidine Alkaloids from the Sponge-Derived Fungus Aspergillus ustus
2011
Chemical examination of the fungus Aspergillus ustus isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Suberites domuncula yielded the five new ophiobolin-type sesterterpenoids 1–5 and the two new pyrrolidine alkaloids 6 and 7, together with the known compound aurantiamine and cerebroside D. The structures of the new compounds were unambiguously elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic-data analysis (1D- and 2D-NMR, MS, and UV) and comparison with literature data. All compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against murine lymphoma cell line L5178Y.
Spirocurcasone, a diterpenoid with a novel carbon skeleton from Jatropha curcas.
2010
Spirocurcasone (14), a diterpenoid possessing the unprecedented "spirorhamnofolane" skeleton, was isolated from the root barks of Jatropha curcas, a plant extensively cultivated throughout the world, along with 11 known and two other new diterpenoids. The stereostructure of spirocurcasone was established using HRESIMS, NMR, and quantum mechanical calculation of the electronic circular dichroic (ECD) spectrum. Some of the isolated diterpenoids showed a potent activity against L5178Y, a mouse lymphoma cell line.
Antigen dose-dependent suppression of murine IgE responses is mediated by CD4−CD8− double-negative T cells
2010
Background The IgE response against protein antigens is profoundly influenced by the dose used for sensitization. Objective The aim of the study was to identify immune cells that are involved in antigen dose-dependent regulation of IgE formation. Methods Wild-type mice as well as T helper (Th)1-deficient IL-12p40(-/-) and IFN-gamma(-/-) mice were immunized by repeated intraperitoneal injection of either low doses (K01 mice) or high doses (K100 mice) of keyhole limpet haemocyanin adsorbed to aluminium hydroxide. Splenocytes of immunized mice were restimulated in vitro and antigen-dependent T cell proliferation and cytokine production were measured. The frequency of regulatory T cell subsets …
New bioactive alkaloids from the marine sponge Stylissa sp.
2012
Abstract Chemical investigation of the Indonesian marine sponge Stylissa species, which was collected at 2008 from Derawan Islands, Berau, NE Kalimantan, Indonesia offered four new brominated alkaloids, including 12-N-methyl stevensine (1), 12-N-methyl-2-debromostevensine (2), 3-debromolatonduine B methyl ester (3), 3-debromolatonduine A (4) together with eight known alkaloids identified as Z-hymenialdisine, Z-debromohymenialdisine, Stevensine, 2-debromostevensine, 3-bromoaldizine, 3,4-dibromopyrrole-2-carbamide, latonduine A, and latonduine B methyl ester (5–12), respectively. The structures of all isolated compounds were unambiguously elucidated based on extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectrosco…