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Réponse transcriptionnelle de différents porte-greffes de vigne à l’inoculation par le champignon mycorhizien à arbuscules Rhizophagus irregularis
2022
La vigne (Vitis vinifera) est l'une des cultures arboricoles les plus importantes au monde. Cependant, la vigne est soumise à de multiples stress biotiques et abiotiques liés, entre autres, au changement climatique. La mycorhize à arbuscules, est une symbiose mutualiste entre la majorité des plantes terrestre (>80%) et certains champignons telluriques. Du fait de son système racinaire de faible densité et constitué de racines relativement épaisses, la vigne est une plante fortement dépendante de la symbiose mycorhizienne à arbuscule (SMA) pour sa croissance et son développement. Dans cette étude, nous avons conduit une étude transcriptomique par RNAseq pour analyser les effets de la colonis…
Caracterización molecular del melanoma maligno mediante una aproximación genética y epigenética
2019
El melanoma es un tumor procedente de los melanocitos cuya incidencia ha ido en ascenso en las últimas décadas. La clasificación clásica del melanoma establece cuatro subtipos principales: melanoma de extensión superficial, melanoma nodular, léntigo maligno melanoma, y melanoma lentiginoso acral. Esta clasificación se basa principalmente en la presentación clínica e histopatológica, y el patrón de crecimiento del melanoma; sin embargo, su utilidad es limitada ya que carece de valor pronóstico. El reciente desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías de secuenciación como la secuenciación masiva o next-generation sequencing (NGS), ha permitido realizar un cribado exhaustivo de las alteraciones molecular…
Context-dependent Pax-5 repression of a PU.1/NF-κB regulated reporter gene in B lineage cells
2001
Enhancers located in the 3' end of the locus in part regulate immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene expression. One of these enhancers, HS 1,2, is developmentally regulated by DNA binding proteins like NF-kappaB, Pax-5 and the protein complex NF-alphaP in B lineage cells. Here we report that NF-alphaP is the ets protein PU.1. A glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-pulldown assay demonstrated that PU.1 can physically interact with NF-kappaB in solution. Experiments in COS cells showed that PU.1 and NF-kappaB (p50/c-Rel) can activate transcription of an enhancer linked reporter gene. The paired domain protein Pax-5 has previously been shown to repress enhancer-dependent transcription. Additional c…
Preclinical characterization of antagomiR-218 as a potential treatment for myotonic dystrophy
2021
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a rare neuromuscular disease caused by expansion of unstable CTG repeats in a non-coding region of the DMPK gene. CUG expansions in mutant DMPK transcripts sequester MBNL1 proteins in ribonuclear foci. Depletion of this protein is a primary contributor to disease symptoms such as muscle weakness and atrophy and myotonia, yet upregulation of endogenous MBNL1 levels may compensate for this sequestration. Having previously demonstrated that antisense oligonucleotides against miR-218 boost MBNL1 expression and rescue phenotypes in disease models, here we provide preclinical characterization of an antagomiR-218 molecule using the HSALR mouse model and patient-d…
Anaerobās mikrobiotas kultivēšana un analīze, pielietojot zarnas uz čipa bez PDMS polimēra
2022
Ir pierādīts, ka zarnu mikrobiota korelē ar vēža attīstību, kas iespējams notiek pateicoties baktēriju ārpusšūnu vezikulām (BEV). Taču šobrīd cilvēka mikrobiotas komunikācijas mehānismu izpēta ar saimniekorganimsa šūnām ir komplicēta. Kā viena no perspektīvākām in vitro testa sistēmām šo metožu petīšanai ir zarnas uz čipa (GOC) modeļsistēmas. Līdz ar to šī darba mērķis ir izveidot GOC modeli, kas ļautu kultivēt anaerobu cilvēka zarnu mikrobiotu izdalītu no fēču parauga. Darba laikā tika izveidots inovatīvs GOC modelis, lai kultivētu un analizētu cilvēka anaerobu mikrobiotu un to BEV. Pēc rezultātiem tika secināts, ka ir izdevies izdalīt anaerobu mikrobiotu un ka jaunizveidotie GOC ir pielie…
Theoretical studies of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibition
2012
Computational methods for accurately calculating the binding affinity of a ligand for a protein play a pivotal role in rational drug design. We herein present a theoretical study of the binding of five different ligands to one of the proteins responsible for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) cycle replication; the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT). Two types of approaches are used based on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations within hybrid QM/MM potentials: the alchemical free energy perturbation method, FEP, and the pathway method, in which the ligand is physically pulled away from the binding site, thus rendering a potential of mean force (PMF) for the binding process. Our com…
Modulation of Nuclear Matrix-associated 2′,5′-Oligoadenylate Metabolism and Ribonuclease L Activity in H9 Cells by Human Immunodeficiency Virus
1989
Human T cells (H9), infected with the HTLV-IIIB strain of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), have been used to study the alteration of 2',5'-oligoadenylate [2'-5')A) metabolism in relation to virus production. The synthesis of (2'-5')A was determined to proceed in close association with the nuclear matrix. After HIV infection the (2'-5')A synthetase activity increased from 1.1 to 1.5 pmol of (2'-5')A synthesized/100 micrograms of nuclear matrix protein (during a 3-h in vitro incubation period) to 8.2 pmol at day 3 after infection. Then the activity dropped to the initial values. In non-infected H9 cells the (2'-5')A synthetase activity remained unchanged. Simultaneously with the decr…
Genome-wide chromosomal association of Upf1 is linked to Pol II transcription in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
2021
AbstractAlthough the RNA helicase Upf1 has hitherto been examined mostly in relation to its cytoplasmic role in nonsense mediated mRNA decay (NMD), here we report high-throughput ChIP data indicating genome-wide association of Upf1 with active genes in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. This association is RNase sensitive and it correlates with Pol II transcription and mRNA expression levels. While changes in Pol II occupancy were detected at only some genes in a Upf1-deficient (upf1Δ) strain, there is an increased Ser2 Pol II signal at all highly transcribed genes examined by ChIP-qPCR. Furthermore, upf1Δ cells are hypersensitive to the transcription elongation inhibitor 6-azauracil and display Po…
Non-Coding RNA Networks as Potential Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Sepsis and Sepsis-Related Multi-Organ Failure.
2022
According to “Sepsis-3” consensus, sepsis is a life-threatening clinical syndrome caused by a dysregulated inflammatory host response to infection. A rapid identification of sepsis is mandatory, as the extent of the organ damage triggered by both the pathogen itself and the host’s immune response could abruptly evolve to multiple organ failure and ultimately lead to the death of the patient. The most commonly used therapeutic strategy is to provide hemodynamic and global support to the patient and to rapidly initiate broad-spectrum empiric antibiotic therapy. To date, there is no gold standard diagnostic test that can ascertain the diagnosis of sepsis. Therefore, once sepsis is suspected, t…
The Impact of Moyamoya Disease and
2019
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a rare cerebrovascular disorder characterized by occlusion of bilateral internal carotid and intracerebral arteries with the compensatory growth of fragile small vessels. MMD patients develop recurrent infarctions in the basal ganglia and subcortical regions. Symptoms include transient ischemic attack or stroke, seizures, and headaches, which may occur suddenly or in a stepwise progression. Mutations in Ring Finger Protein 213 (RNF213), a Zinc ring finger protein, have been identified in some MMD patients but the etiology of MMD is still largely unknown. To gain insight into the pathophysiology of MMD, we characterized the impact of the RNF213 mutations on plasma p…