966 resultados para Cloning of cDNA encoding Large isoform of rubisco activase


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Many neuropeptide transmitters require the presence of a carboxy-terminal alpha-amide group for biological activity. Amidation requires conversion of a glycine-extended peptide intermediate into a C-terminally amidated product. This post-translational modification depends on the sequential action of two enzymes (peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase or PHM, and peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lyase or PAL) that in most eukaryotes are expressed as separate domains of a single protein (peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase or PAM). We identified a cDNA encoding PHM in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Transient expression of schistosome PHM (smPHM) revealed functional properties that are different from other PHM proteins; smPHM displays a lower pH-optimum and, when expressed in mammalian cells, is heavily N-glycosylated. In adult worms, PHM is found in the trans-Golgi network and secretory vesicles of both central and peripheral nerves. The widespread occurrence of PHM in the nervous system confirms the important role of amidated neuropeptides in these parasitic flatworms. The differences between schistosome and mammalian PHM suggest that it could be a target for new chemotherapeutics.

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Cytokines regulate lymphocyte development and differentiation, but precisely how they control these processes is still poorly understood. By using microarray technology to detect cytokine-induced genes, we identified a cDNA encoding Cybr, which was increased markedly in cells incubated with IL-2 and IL-12. The mRNA was most abundant in hematopoietic cells and tissues. The predicted amino acid sequence is similar to that of GRP-1-associated protein (GRASP), a recently identified retinoic acid-induced cytohesin-binding protein. Physical interaction, dependent on the coiled-coil domains of Cybr and cytohesin-1, was demonstrated by coimmunoprecipitation of the overexpressed proteins from 293T cells. Cytohesin-1, in addition to its role in cell adhesion, is a guanine nucleotide-exchange protein activator of ARF GTPases. Acceleration of guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) binding to ARF by cytohesin-1 in vitro was enhanced by Cybr. Because the binding protein modified activation of ADP ribosylation factor by cytohesin-1, we designate this cytokine-inducible protein Cybr (cytohesin binder and regulator).

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While structural studies of reptile venom toxins can be achieved using lyophilized venom samples, until now the cloning of precursor cDNAs required sacrifice of the specimen for dissection of the venom glands. Here we describe a simple and rapid technique that unmasks venom protein mRNAs present in lyophilized venom samples. To illustrate the technique we have RT-PCR-amplified a range of venom protein transcripts from cDNA libraries derived from the venoms of a hemotoxic snake, the Chinese copperhead (Deinagkistrodon acutus), a neurotoxic snake, the black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), and a venomous lizard, the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum). These include a metalloproteinase and phospholipase A2 from D. acutus, a potassium channel blocker, dendrotoxin K, from D. polylepis, and exendin-4 from H. suspectum. These findings imply that the apparent absence and/or lability of mRNA in complex biological matrices is not always real and paves the way for accelerated acquisition of molecular genetic data on venom toxins for scientific and potential therapeutic purposes without sacrifice of endangered herpetofauna.

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The tribe Gymnothamnieae Kajimura was proposed for the monotypic ceramiacean genus Gymnothamnion J. Agardh, previously placed either in the Ptiloteae Cramer or the Antithamnieae Hommersand. A bisporangial isolate of G. elegans (Schousboe ex C. Agardh) J. Agardh from Morocco formed only bisporangia in culture. Its smaller uninucleate cells and sporangia than those of tetrasporophytes suggested that bisporophytes may be haploid as in another member of the Ceramiaceae, Aglaothamnion diaphanum L'Hardy-Halos et Maggs. Phylogenetic analyses of the gene for the large subunit of rubisco (rbcL) from Gymnothamnion and representatives of eight other tribes of the Ceramiaceae confirmed that the removal of Gymnothamnion from the Ptiloteae and the Antithamnieae was warranted. Whereas all tribes with two or more representatives in our analyses were moderately or robustly resolved, Gymnothamnion did not form a strong clade with any other taxa. Analysis of rbcL sequences failed to resolve relationships between tribes, probably due to saturation at the high levels of sequence divergence found. In addition to reproductive features previously reported and interpreted as primitive, G. elegans shows a primitive vegetative feature and it is suggested that Gymnothamnion may be one of the most basal of the taxa presently included in the Ceramiaceae.

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Osteopontin is a secreted, integrin-binding and phosphorylated acidic glycoprotein, which has an important role in tumour progression. We have shown that Wnt, Ets, AP-1, c-jun and beta-catenin/Lef-1/Tcf-1 stimulates OPN transcription in rat mammary carcinoma cells by binding to a specific promoter sequence. However, co-repressors of OPN have not been identified. In this study, we have used the bacterial two-hybrid system to isolate cDNA-encoding proteins that bind to OPN and modulate its role in malignant transformation. Using this approach we isolated interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 gene (IFITM3) as a potential protein partner. We show that IFITM3 and OPN interact in vitro and in vivo and that IFITM3 reduces osteopontin (OPN) mRNA expression, possibly by affecting OPN mRNA stability. Stable transfection of IFITM3 inhibits OPN, which mediates anchorage-independent growth, cell adhesion and cell invasion. Northern blot analysis revealed an inverse mRNA expression pattern of IFITM3 and OPN in human mammary cell lines. Inhibition of IFITM3 by antisense RNA promoted OPN protein expression, enhanced cell invasion by parental benign non-invasive Rama 37 cells, indicating that the two proteins interact functionally as well. We also identified an IFITM3 DNA-binding domain, which interacts with OPN, deletion of which abolished its inhibitive effect on OPN. This work has shown for the first time that IFITM3 physically interacts with OPN and reduces OPN mRNA expression, which mediates cell adhesion, cell invasion, colony formation in soft agar and metastasis in a rat model system. Oncogene (2010) 29, 752-762; doi: 10.1038/onc.2009.379; published online 9 November 2009

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Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) produces the well known and remarkably complex dimeric anticancer alkaloids vinblastine and vincristine that are derived by coupling vindoline and catharanthine monomers. This thesis describes the novel application of carborundum abrasion (CA) technique as a tool for large scale isolation of leaf epidermis enriched proteins. This technique was used to facilitate the purification to apparent homogeneity of 16-hydroxytabersonine-16-0-methyltransferse (l60MT) that catalyses the second step in the 6 step pathway that converts tabersonine into vindoline. This versatile tool was also used to harvest leaf epidermis enriched mRNAs that facilitated the molecular cloning of the 160MT. Functional expression and biochemical characterization of recombinant 160MT enzyme showed that it had a very narrow substrate specificity and high affinity for 16-hydroxytabersonine, since other closely related monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs) did not act as substrates. In addition to allowing the cloning of this gene, CA technique clearly showed that 160MT is predominantly expressed in Catharanthus leaf epidermis, in contrast to several other OMTs that appear to be expressed in other Catharanthus tissues. The results provide compelling evidence that most of the pathway for vindoline biosynthesis including the 0- methylation of 16-hydroxytabersonine occurs exclusively in leaf epidermis, with subsequent steps occurring in other leaf cell types. Small molecule O-methyltransferases (OMTs) (E.C. 2.1.1.6.x) catalyze the transfer of the reactive methyl group of S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) to free hydroxyl groups of acceptor molecules. Plant OMTs, unlike their monomeric mammalian homologues, exist as functional homodimers. While the biological advantages for dimer fonnation with plant OMTs remain to be established, studies with OMTs from the benzylisoquinoline producing plant, Thalictrum tuberosum, showed that co-expression of 2 recombinant OMTs produced novel substrate specificities not found when each rOMT was expressed individually (Frick, Kutchan, 1999) . These results suggest that OMTs can fonn heterodimers that confer novel substrate specificities not possible with the homodimer alone. The present study describes a 160MT model based strategy attempting to modify the substrate specificity by site-specific mutagenesis. Our failure to generate altered substrate acceptance profiles in our 160MT mutants has lead us to study the biochemical properties ofhomodimers and heterodimers. Experimental evidence is provided to show that active sites found on OMT dimers function independently and that bifunctional heterodimeric OMTs may be fonned in vivo to produce a broader and more diverse range of natural products in plants.

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Une cascade de facteurs de transcription composée de SIM1, ARNT2, OTP, BRN2 et SIM2 est requise pour la différenciation des cinq types cellulaires qui peuplent le noyau paraventriculaire (PVN) de l’hypothalamus, un régulateur critique de plusieurs processus physiologiques essentiels à la survie. De plus, l’haploinsuffisance de Sim1 est aussi une cause d’hyperphagie isolée chez la souris et chez l’homme. Nous désirons disséquer le programme développemental du PVN, via une approche intégrative, afin d’identifier de nouveaux gènes qui ont le potentiel de réguler l’homéostasie chez l’individu adulte. Premièrement, nous avons utilisé une approche incluant l’analyse du transcriptome du PVN à différents stades du développement de la souris pour identifier de tels gènes. Nous avons comparé les transcriptomes de l’hypothalamus antérieur chez des embryons de souris Sim1+/+ et Sim1-/- à E12.5 issus de la même portée. De cette manière, nous avons identifié 56 gènes agissant en aval de Sim1 dont 5 facteurs de transcription - Irx3, Sax1, Rxrg, Ror et Neurod6. Nous avons également proposé un modèle de développement à deux couches de l’hypothalamus antérieur. Selon ce modèle, les gènes qui occupent un domaine médial dans la zone du manteau caractérisent des cellules qui peupleront le PVN alors que les gènes qui ont une expression latérale identifient des cellules qui donneront plus tard naissance aux structures ventrolatérales de l’hypothalamus. Nous avons aussi démontré que Sim1 est impliqué à la fois dans la différenciation, la migration et la prolifération des neurones qui peuplent le PVN tout comme Otp. Nous avons également isolé par microdissection au laser le PVN et l’hypothalamus médiobasal chez des souris de type sauvage à E14.5 pour en comparer les transcriptomes. Ceci nous a permis d’identifier 34 facteurs de transcription spécifiques au PVN et 76 facteurs spécifiques à l’hypothalamus médiobasal. Ces gènes représentent des régulateurs potentiels du développement hypothalamique. Deuxièmement, nous avons identifié 3 blocs de séquences au sein de la région 5’ d’Otp qui sont conservés chez l’homme, la souris et le poisson. Nous avons construit un transgène qui est composé d’un fragment de 7 kb contenant ces blocs de séquences et d’un gène rapporteur. L’analyse de 4 lignées de souris a montré que ce transgène est uniquement exprimé dans le PVN en développement. Nous avons généré un deuxième transgène dans lequel le fragment de 7 kb est inséré en amont de l’ADNc de Brn2 ou Sim1 et de Gfp. Nous avons obtenu quatre lignées de souris dans lesquels le profil d’expression de Brn2 et de Gfp reproduit celui d’Otp. Nous étudierons le développement du PVN et la prise alimentaire chez ces souris. En parallèle, nous croisons ces lignées avec les souris déficientes en Sim1 pour déterminer si l’expression de Brn2 permet le développement des cellules du PVN en absence de Sim1. En résumé, nous avons généré le premier transgène qui est exprimé spécifiquement dans le PVN. Ce transgène constitue un outil critique pour la dissection du programme développemental de l’hypothalamus. Troisièmement, nous avons caractérisé le développement de l’hypothalamus antérieur chez l’embryon de poulet qui représente un modèle intéressant pour réaliser des études de perte et de gain de fonction au cours du développement de cette structure. Il faut souligner que le modèle de développement à deux couches de l’hypothalamus antérieur semble être conservé chez l’embryon de poulet où il est aussi possible de classer les gènes selon leur profil d’expression médio-latéral et le devenir des régions qu’ils définissent. Finalement, nous croyons que cette approche intégrative nous permettra d’identifier et de caractériser des régulateurs du développement du PVN qui pourront potentiellement être associés à des pathologies chez l’adulte telles que l’obésité ou l’hypertension.

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À partir des ovocytes de la palourde Spisula solidissima, un ADNc codant un récepteur nommé Spi-OAR a été cloné et séquencé. Une analyse de la séquence en acides aminés a indiqué que ce nouveau récepteur possède une forte similarité avec les récepteurs β-adrénergiques et les récepteurs à octopamine. En effet, il est étroitement lié à la classe des récepteurs à octopamine « β-adrénergique-like » couplés à une protéine Gs. L’ADNc de Spi-OAR a été introduit dans un vecteur d'expression (pCEP4) et un épitope reconnaissable par un anticorps commercial a été ajouté au segment N-terminal. Cette construction a été transfectée dans des cellules hôtes (HEK 293) et des études d’immunofluorescence ont montré une expression efficace du récepteur au niveau membranaire. Également, des mesures d'AMPc pour les cellules exprimant Spi-OAR ont révélé une augmentation de ce messager secondaire lors de l'ajout de l'octopamine, et dans une moindre mesure, la tyramine, tandis que la dopamine, la sérotonine et l'histamine n’ont engendré aucun effet. Une légère activité constitutive de ce récepteur dans les cellules hôtes a été observée. De plus, une analyse RT-PCR avec des oligonucléotides spécifiques a révélé l'ARNm de Spi-OAR non seulement dans les ovocytes, mais aussi dans les gonades, le cœur, les muscles adducteurs, les branchies et les ganglions suggérant que ce récepteur soit exprimé de façon ubiquitaire dans divers tissus et dans différents stades embryonnaires chez la palourde. En outre, des études avec des ovocytes isolés n'ont montré aucun effet de l’octopamine sur la réactivation méiotique. Des études éventuelles pourront finalement confirmer le rôle fonctionnel de Spi-OAR.

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The beta-glucosidase enzyme purified from the marine fungus, Aspergillus sydowii BTMFS 55 showed a good yield of enzyme production under solid state fermentation. The statistical optimization of the media components revealed that moisture content, concentration of peptone and inoculum are the major parameters which supported the maximal enzyme production. The purified enzyme showed low pH activity and stability, glucose tolerance and activation by ethanol. It could produce ethanol from wheat bran and rice straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation with yeast.The glucosidase purified from Aspergillus sydowii BTMFS 55 shows great potential for several biotechnological applications such as the production of bio-ethanol from agricultural biomass and improvement in the aromatic character of wines and fruit juices through the hydrolysis of flavour glucosidic precursors. There is immense scope for the application of this marine fungus in the biofuel production besides in other industries provided further studies are pursued in exploiting this enzyme and the organism particularly scale up studies with respect to application. There is also ample scope for cloning of the gene encoding beta-glucosidase in domesticated hosts such as Pichia pastoris or S. cerevisiae that can produce ethanol directly from cellulosic biomass.

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P>A cDNA encoding a small lysine-rich protein of unknown function was identified in a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) stigma/style suppression subtractive hybridization cDNA library. After its characterization, the corresponding gene was designated stigma/style cell cycle inhibitor 1 (SCI1). Fluorescence microscopy with an SCI1-GFP protein fusion demonstrated its nuclear localization, which was confined to the interchromatic region. Real-time RT-PCR and in situ hybridization experiments showed that SCI1 is stigma/style-specific and developmentally regulated. SCI1 RNAi knockdown and overexpression plants had stigmas/styles with remarkably enlarged and reduced areas, respectively, which was attributable to differences in cell numbers. These results indicate that SCI1 is a tissue-specific negative cell cycle regulator. The differences in cell division had an effect on the timing of the differentiation of the stigmatic papillar cells, suggesting that their differentiation is coupled to stigma cell divisions. This is consistent with a role for SCI1 in triggering differentiation through cell proliferation control. Our results revealed that SCI1 is a novel tissue-specific gene that controls cell proliferation/differentiation, probably as a component of a developmental signal transduction pathway.

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In vitro and in animal models, APE1, OGG1, and PARP-1 have been proposed as being involved with inflammatory response. In this work, we have investigated if the SNPs APE1 Asn148Glu, OGG1 Ser326Cys, and PARP-1 Val762Ala are associated to meningitis and also developed a system to enable the functional analysis of polymorphic proteins. Patients with bacterial meningitis (BM), aseptic meningitis (AM) and controls (non-infected) genotypes were investigated by PIRA-PCR or PCR-RFLP. DNA damages were detected in genomic DNA by Fpg treatment. IgG and IgA were measured from plasma and the cytokines and chemokines were measured from cerebrospinal fluid samples using Bio-Plex assays. The levels of NF-κB and c-Jun were measured in CSF by dot blot assays. A significant (P<0.05) increase in the frequency of APE1 148Glu allele in BM and AM patients was observed. A significant increase in the genotypes Asn/Asn in control group and Asn/Glu in BM group was also found. For the SNP OGG1 Ser326Cys, the genotype Cys/Cys was more frequent (P<0.05) in BM group. The frequency of PARP-1 Val/Val genotype was higher in control group (P<0.05). The occurrence of combined SNPs increased significantly in BM patients, indicating that these SNPs may be associated to the disease. Increasing in sensitive sites to Fpg was observed in carriers of APE1 148Glu allele or OGG1 326Cys allele, suggesting that SNPs affect DNA repair activity. Alterations in IgG production were observed in the presence of SNPs APE1Asn148Glu, OGG1Ser326Cys or PARP-1Val762Ala. Reductions in the levels ofIL-6, IL-1Ra, MCP-1/CCL2and IL-8/CXCL8 were observed in the presence of APE1148Glu allele in BM patients, however no differences were observed in the levels of NF-κB and c-Jun considering genotypes and analyzed groups. Using APE1 as model, a system to enable the analysis of cellular effects and functional characterization of polymorphic proteins was developed using strategies of cloning APE1 cDNA in pIRES2-EGFP vector, cellular transfection of the construction obtained, siRNA for endogenous APE1 and cellular cultures genotyping. In conclusion, we obtained evidences of an effect of SNPs in DNA repair genes on the regulation of immune response. This is a pioneering work in the field that shows association of BER variant enzymes with an infectious disease in human patients, suggesting that the SNPs analyzed may affect immune response and damage by oxidative stress level during brain infection. Considering these data, new approaches of functional characterization must be developed to better analysis and interactions of polymorphic proteins in response to this context

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Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, triggering dangerous complications in immunocompromised patients and pregnant women, as well as having great economic impact for the livestock. So far the control of toxoplasmosis is made primarily by chemotherapy. However, most drugs used routinely have some limitations. In order to control this disease, several research groups, including ours, has been working to develop a medical-veterinary vaccine based on parasite antigens, vectors and protocols of immunization. In this study were implemented and standardized methodologies for amplification and cloning of recombinant immunogens in the system for the development of a prototype vaccine, based on the surface antigens of T. gondii and recombinant adenovirus encoding these antigens. Genes encoding BAG1, GRA2 and SAG1 proteins were amplified. We established a strategy for cloning SAG1, SAG2, SAG3 and TgAMA1- genes in recombinant system. The genes encoding SAG1 and SAG2 were cloned and their sequences showed high similarity with sequences from GenBank. The virtual translation of these proteins showed polymorphisms in the amino acid sequence, which can be correlated with levels of antigenicity. Simultaneously, the adenovirus encoding the SAGs (HAdSAGs) were expanded, purificated and characterizated. Immunization of C57bl/6 mice, using viral supernatant was not enought to elicit immune responses at high levels, being required HAdSAGs titration for future immunizations. Therefore, this study allowed the cloning of the two genes important for the development of a prototype vaccine. Besides, implementations methodologies that permit advancements in the development of a vaccine against toxoplasmosis using adenovirus to express proteins of the parasite

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Das Elektronentransportsystem von E. coli enthält zwei verschiedene NADH-Dehydrogenasen. Die NADH-DehydrogenaseI (nuoA-N) koppelt im Gegensatz zur NADH-DehydrogenaseII die Oxidation von NADH an eine Protonentranslokation und trägt zur Energiekonservierung bei. Die NADH-DehydrogenaseI wird über die Promotoren P1 und P2 exprimiert und besitzt mehrere Bindestellen für verschiedene Regulatoren.Die separate Klonierung der Promotoren, lacZ-Fusionen, Inaktivierung von Transkriptionsfaktoren, sowie die Nutzung mutierter Regulatorbindestellen in vivo zeigen, dass P1 im wesentlichen die Expressionshöhe bestimmt und ist unter aeroben und anaeroben Bedingungen aktiv. P2 trägt in wesentlich geringerem Maße als P1 zur Expression des Enzyms bei. Er ist stark abhängig von ArcA und IHF. Beide Promotoren wirken nicht additiv.Unter anaeroben Bedingungen wird die Transkription von nuo durch das Zweikomponenten-System ArcB/A reprimiert. ArcA bindet unabhängig und mit unterschiedlicher Affinität an die beiden Bindestellen arc1 und arc2. Von den 8 ArcA-Konsensussequenzen führen nur Mutationen der Konsensussequenzen arc1ab in vitro zu verminderter Bindungsaffinität von ArcA an die Bindestelle arc1. Dieselben führen in vivo unter anaeroben Bedingungen zur Derepression des Promotors P1 bzw. P1+P2. Unter aeroben Bedingungen zeigen nur Mutationen in arc2 eine Derepression, die nicht durch ArcA vermittelt wird. Der veröffentliche ArcA-Konsensus scheint deshalb hier in dieser einfachen Form nicht gültig zu sein.

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Zielvorgaben der vorliegenden Arbeit war die Identifikation neuer selektiv in Tumoren aktivierter Gene sowie die Entwicklung eines methodischen Prozesses, um die molekularen Effekte der fehlerhaften Aktivierung solcher Gene zu untersuchen. Für die erste Fragestellung haben wir zwei komplementäre Methoden entwickelt. Zum einen haben wir nach neuen Mitglieder der Cancer/Germline (CG) Familie von Genen gesucht, die bereits attraktive Zielstrukturen laufender Phase I/IIa Studien sind. Zu diesem Zweck wurde ein bioinformatischer Data Mining Ansatz generiert. Dieser führte zur erfolgreichen in silico Klonierung neuer CG Gene. Zur Identifikation von in Tumorzellen überexprimierten Genen nutzten wir einen cDNA Mikroarray mit 1152 ausgewählten Genen mit direkter oder indirekter tumorimmunologischer oder tumorbiologischer Relevanz. Die komparative transkriptionelle Untersuchung von humanen Tumor- und Normalgeweben mit diesem Array führte zur Wiederentdeckung bereits bekannter, aber auch zur Aufdeckung bisher nicht beschriebener tumor-assoziierter Transkriptionsveränderungen. Der zweite große Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit war die Technologieentwicklung eines versatilen Prozesses zur Untersuchung von molekularen Effekten eines aberrant in Zellen exprimierten Gens. Zur Simulation dieser Situation stellten wir in vitro transkribierte RNA dieses Gens her und elektroporierten diese in Zielzellen. Transkriptionsanalysen solcher Transfektanden mit Affymetrix Oligonukleotid Mikroarray deckten auf gesamt-genomischer Ebene ganze Kaskaden konsekutiver, transkriptioneller Alterationen auf.