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1.
Respir Res ; 24(1): 279, 2023 Nov 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37964265

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Mediastinal lymph node enlargement is prevalent in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Studies investigating whether this phenomenon reflects specific immunologic activation are lacking. METHODS: Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/ programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression in mediastinal lymph nodes and lung tissues was analyzed. PD-1, PD-L1 mRNA expression was measured in tracheobronchial lymph nodes of mice following bleomycin-induced injury on day 14. Finally, the effect of the PD-1 inhibitor, pembrolizumab, in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis was investigated. RESULTS: We analyzed mediastinal lymph nodes of thirty-three patients (n = 33, IPF: n = 14, lung cancer: n = 10, concomitant IPF and lung cancer: n = 9) and lung tissues of two hundred nineteen patients (n = 219, IPF: 123, controls: 96). PD-1 expression was increased, while PD-L1 expression was decreased, in mediastinal lymph nodes of patients with IPF compared to lung cancer and in IPF lungs compared to control lungs. Tracheobronchial lymph nodes isolated on day 14 from bleomycin-treated mice exhibited increased size and higher PD-1, PD-L1 mRNA levels compared to saline-treated animals. Pembrolizumab blunted bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis, as indicated by reduction in Ashcroft score and improvement in respiratory mechanics. CONCLUSIONS: Mediastinal lymph nodes of patients with IPF exhibit differential expression profiles than those of patients with lung cancer indicating distinct immune-mediated pathways regulating fibrogenesis and carcinogenesis. PD-1 expression in mediastinal lymph nodes is in line with lung tissue expression. Lower doses of pembrolizumab might exert antifibrotic effects. Clinical trials aiming to endotype patients based on mediastinal lymph node profiling and accordingly implement targeted therapies such as PD-1 inhibitors are greatly anticipated.


Assuntos
Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Humanos , Camundongos , Animais , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/genética , Antígeno B7-H1/genética , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Pulmão/metabolismo , Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática/induzido quimicamente , Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática/tratamento farmacológico , Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática/metabolismo , Bleomicina/toxicidade , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Linfonodos/patologia , RNA Mensageiro/genética
2.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 120(33): e2221601120, 2023 08 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37549261

RESUMO

Tumors constantly interact with their microenvironment. Here, we present data on a Notch-induced neural stem cell (NSC) tumor in Drosophila, which can be immortalized by serial transplantation in adult hosts. This tumor arises in the larva by virtue of the ability of Notch to suppress early differentiation-promoting factors in NSC progeny. Guided by transcriptome data, we have addressed both tumor-intrinsic and microenvironment-specific factors and how they contribute to tumor growth and host demise. The growth promoting factors Myc, Imp, and Insulin receptor in the tumor cells are important for tumor expansion and killing of the host. From the host's side, hemocytes, professional phagocytic blood cells, are found associated with tumor cells. Phagocytic receptors, like NimC1, are needed in hemocytes to enable them to capture and engulf tumor cells, restricting their growth. In addition to their protective role, hemocytes may also increase the host's morbidity by their propensity to produce damaging extracellular reactive oxygen species.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Encefálicas , Proteínas de Drosophila , Animais , Drosophila , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Hemócitos , Diferenciação Celular , Larva , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Drosophila melanogaster/fisiologia , Microambiente Tumoral
3.
Int J Dev Biol ; 66(1-2-3): 211-222, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34881794

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Neural stem cells (NSC) in divide asymmetrically to generate one cell that retains stem cell identity and another that is routed to differentiation. Prolonged mitotic activity of the NSCs gives rise to the plethora of neurons and glial cells that wire the brain and nerve cord. Genetic insults, such as excess of Notch signaling, perturb the normal NSC proliferation programs and trigger the formation of NSC hyperplasias, which can subsequently progress to malignancies. Hes proteins are crucial mediators of Notch signaling, and in the NSC context they act by repressing a cohort of early pro-differentiation transcription factors. Downregulation of these pro-differentiation factors makes NSC progeny cells susceptible to adopting an aberrant stem cell program. We have recently shown that Hes overexpression in Drosophila leads to NSC hyperplasias that progress to malignant tumours after allografting to adult hosts. METHODS: We have combined genetic analysis, tissue allografting and transcriptomic approaches to address the role of Hes genes in NSC malignant transformation. RESULTS: We show that the E (spl) genes are important mediators in the progression of Notch hyperplasias to malignancy, since allografts lacking the E (spl) genes grow much more slowly. We further present RNA profiling of Hes-induced tumours at two different stages after allografting. We find that the same cohort of differentiation-promoting transcription factors that are repressed in the primary hyperplasias continue to be downregulated after transplantation. This is accompanied by an upregulation of stress-response genes and metabolic reprogramming. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of dedifferentiation and cell physiology changes most likely drive tumour growth.


Assuntos
Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos , Neoplasias , Células-Tronco Neurais , Animais , Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos/genética , Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular , Proliferação de Células , Drosophila/genética , Drosophila/metabolismo , Hiperplasia/metabolismo , Neoplasias/genética , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Receptores Notch/genética , Receptores Notch/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo
4.
Cell Mol Life Sci ; 79(1): 1, 2021 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34910257

RESUMO

Intestinal mesenchymal cells encompass multiple subsets, whose origins, functions, and pathophysiological importance are still not clear. Here, we used the Col6a1Cre mouse, which targets distinct fibroblast subsets and perivascular cells that can be further distinguished by the combination of the CD201, PDGFRα and αSMA markers. Developmental studies revealed that the Col6a1Cre mouse also targets mesenchymal aggregates that are crucial for intestinal morphogenesis and patterning, suggesting an ontogenic relationship between them and homeostatic PDGFRαhi telocytes. Cell depletion experiments in adulthood showed that Col6a1+/CD201+ mesenchymal cells regulate homeostatic enteroendocrine cell differentiation and epithelial proliferation. During acute colitis, they expressed an inflammatory and extracellular matrix remodelling gene signature, but they also retained their properties and topology. Notably, both in homeostasis and tissue regeneration, they were dispensable for normal organ architecture, while CD34+ mesenchymal cells expanded, localised at the top of the crypts, and showed increased expression of villous-associated morphogenetic factors, providing thus evidence for the plasticity potential of intestinal mesenchymal cells. Our results provide a comprehensive analysis of the identities, origin, and functional significance of distinct mesenchymal populations in the intestine.


Assuntos
Colágeno Tipo VI/metabolismo , Receptor de Proteína C Endotelial/metabolismo , Intestinos/metabolismo , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Linhagem da Célula , Plasticidade Celular , Proliferação de Células , Colite/induzido quimicamente , Colite/patologia , Colágeno Tipo VI/deficiência , Colágeno Tipo VI/genética , Embrião de Mamíferos/citologia , Embrião de Mamíferos/metabolismo , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/citologia , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Intestinos/citologia , Intestinos/fisiologia , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/citologia , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Receptor alfa de Fator de Crescimento Derivado de Plaquetas/metabolismo , Regeneração
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Nat Immunol ; 21(9): 1058-1069, 2020 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32719520

RESUMO

Innate T cells, including invariant natural killer T (iNKT) and mucosal-associated innate T (MAIT) cells, are a heterogeneous T lymphocyte population with effector properties preprogrammed during their thymic differentiation. How this program is initiated is currently unclear. Here, we show that the transcription factor BCL-6 was transiently expressed in iNKT cells upon exit from positive selection and was required for their proper development beyond stage 0. Notably, development of MAIT cells was also impaired in the absence of Bcl6. BCL-6-deficient iNKT cells had reduced expression of genes that were associated with the innate T cell lineage, including Zbtb16, which encodes PLZF, and PLZF-targeted genes. BCL-6 contributed to a chromatin accessibility landscape that was permissive for the expression of development-related genes and inhibitory for genes associated with naive T cell programs. Our results revealed new functions for BCL-6 and illuminated how this transcription factor controls early iNKT cell development.


Assuntos
Cromatina/metabolismo , Células T Invariantes Associadas à Mucosa/imunologia , Células T Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-6/metabolismo , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Células Cultivadas , Seleção Clonal Mediada por Antígeno , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Imunidade Inata , Ativação Linfocitária , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Proteína com Dedos de Zinco da Leucemia Promielocítica/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-6/genética
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Hum Mol Genet ; 27(13): 2244-2261, 2018 07 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29659825

RESUMO

Neurodegenerative dementias collectively known as Tauopathies involve aberrant phosphorylation and aggregation of the neuronal protein Tau. The largely neuronal 14-3-3 proteins are also elevated in the central nervous system (CNS) and cerebrospinal fluid of Tauopathy patients, suggesting functional linkage. We use the simplicity and genetic facility of the Drosophila system to investigate in vivo whether 14-3-3s are causal or synergistic with Tau accumulation in precipitating pathogenesis. Proteomic, biochemical and genetic evidence demonstrate that both Drosophila 14-3-3 proteins interact with human wild-type and mutant Tau on multiple sites irrespective of their phosphorylation state. 14-3-3 dimers regulate steady-state phosphorylation of both wild-type and the R406W mutant Tau, but they are not essential for toxicity of either variant. Moreover, 14-3-3 elevation itself is not pathogenic, but recruitment of dimers on accumulating wild-type Tau increases its steady-state levels ostensibly by occluding access to proteases in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. In contrast, the R406W mutant, which lacks a putative 14-3-3 binding site, responds differentially to elevation of each 14-3-3 isoform. Although excess 14-3-3ζ stabilizes the mutant protein, elevated D14-3-3ɛ has a destabilizing effect probably because of altered 14-3-3 dimer composition. Our collective data demonstrate the complexity of 14-3-3/Tau interactions in vivo and suggest that 14-3-3 attenuation is not appropriate ameliorative treatment of Tauopathies. Finally, we suggest that 'bystander' 14-3-3s are recruited by accumulating Tau with the consequences depending on the composition of available dimers within particular neurons and the Tau variant.


Assuntos
Proteínas 14-3-3/genética , Neurônios/metabolismo , Tauopatias/genética , Proteínas tau/genética , Proteínas 14-3-3/química , Animais , Sistema Nervoso Central/metabolismo , Sistema Nervoso Central/patologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Drosophila/genética , Humanos , Mutação , Neurônios/patologia , Fosforilação , Mapas de Interação de Proteínas/genética , Proteômica , Tauopatias/patologia , Proteínas tau/química
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Neurobiol Dis ; 105: 74-83, 2017 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28502805

RESUMO

Tau exists as six closely related protein isoforms in the adult human brain. These are generated from alternative splicing of a single mRNA transcript and they differ in the absence or presence of two N-terminal and three or four microtubule binding domains. Typically all six isoforms have been considered functionally similar. However, their differential involvement in particular tauopathies raises the possibility that there may be isoform-specific differences in physiological function and pathological role. To explore this, we have compared the phenotypes induced by the 0N3R and 0N4R isoforms in Drosophila. Expression of the 3R isoform causes more profound axonal transport defects and locomotor impairments, culminating in a shorter lifespan than the 4R isoform. In contrast, the 4R isoform leads to greater neurodegeneration and impairments in learning and memory. Furthermore, the phosphorylation patterns of the two isoforms are distinct, as is their ability to induce oxidative stress. These differences are not consequent to different expression levels and are suggestive of bona fide physiological differences in isoform biology and pathological potential. They may therefore explain isoform-specific mechanisms of tau-toxicity and the differential susceptibility of brain regions to different tauopathies.


Assuntos
Modelos Animais de Doenças , Sequências de Repetição em Tandem/genética , Tauopatias/genética , Tauopatias/fisiopatologia , Proteínas tau/genética , Fatores Etários , Animais , Animais Geneticamente Modificados , Transporte Axonal , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Proteínas de Drosophila/metabolismo , Drosophila melanogaster , Feminino , Humanos , Larva/genética , Aprendizagem/fisiologia , Locomoção/genética , Masculino , Memória/fisiologia , Fenótipo , Fosforilação , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Tauopatias/mortalidade , Tauopatias/patologia , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Vias Visuais/metabolismo , Proteínas tau/metabolismo
8.
Eur J Immunol ; 41(10): 3054-62, 2011 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21728169

RESUMO

The cylindromatosis tumor suppressor gene (Cyld) encodes an enzyme (CYLD) with deubiquitinating activity that has been implicated in the regulation of thymocyte selection in an NF-κB-essential-modulator (NEMO)-dependent manner. The main known molecular defects in thymocytes with inactive CYLD (LckCre-Cyld(flx9/flx9) ) are the aberrant hyperactivation of NF-κB and JNK pathways. In order to dissect further the molecular mechanism of CYLD-dependent thymocyte selection and address the role of NF-κB specifically, we generated double mutant mice (LckCre-Cyld(flx9/flx9) -Ikk2(flx/flx) ) in which CYLD was inactivated concomitantly with IKK2 (IκB-kinase 2) in thymocytes. Interestingly, thymic development and NF-κB activity in double mutant mice were fully restored, indicating that an IKK2-dependent function of CYLD that leads to the hyperactivation of the NF-κB pathway is primarily responsible for the defective selection of thymocytes. Intriguingly, we observed a greater reduction of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in the periphery of LckCre-Cyld(flx9/flx9) -Ikk2(flx/flx) mice compared with LckCre-Ikk2(flx/flx) mice. Collectively, our data establish CYLD as a critical regulator of thymocyte selection in a manner that depends on IKK2 and NF-κB activation. In addition, our data uncover an IKK2-independent role for CYLD in the establishment of physiological T-cell populations in the periphery.


Assuntos
Cisteína Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Quinase I-kappa B/metabolismo , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/metabolismo , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Animais , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/metabolismo , Cisteína Endopeptidases/deficiência , Cisteína Endopeptidases/genética , Enzima Desubiquitinante CYLD , Ensaio de Desvio de Mobilidade Eletroforética , Citometria de Fluxo , Quinase I-kappa B/deficiência , Quinase I-kappa B/genética , Immunoblotting , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Transdução de Sinais , Timo/imunologia
9.
Biochem Soc Trans ; 38(4): 981-7, 2010 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20658989

RESUMO

The heterogeneous pathology of tauopathies and the differential susceptibility of different neuronal types to WT (wild-type) and mutant tau suggest that phosphorylation at particular sites rather than hyperphosphorylation mediates toxicity or dysfunction in a cell-type-specific manner. Pan-neuronal accumulation of tau in the Drosophila CNS (central nervous system) specifically affected the MBs (mushroom body neurons), consistent with neuronal type-specific effects. The MB aberrations depended, at least in part, on occupation of two novel phosphorylation sites: Ser(238) and Thr(245). The degree of isoform-specific MB aberrations was paralleled by defects in associative learning, as blocking putative Ser(238) and Thr(245) phosphorylation yielded structurally normal, but profoundly dysfunctional, MBs, as animals accumulating the mutant protein exhibited strongly impaired associative learning. Similarly dysfunctional MBs were obtained by temporally restricting tau accumulation to the adult CNS, which also altered the tau phosphorylation pattern. Our data clearly distinguish tau-dependent neuronal degeneration and dysfunction and suggest that temporal differences in occupation of the same phosphorylation sites are likely to mediate these distinct effects of tau.


Assuntos
Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Tauopatias/metabolismo , Proteínas tau/metabolismo , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Drosophila/genética , Drosophila/metabolismo , Drosophila/fisiologia , Humanos , Degeneração Neural/metabolismo , Degeneração Neural/patologia , Fosforilação/fisiologia , Tauopatias/patologia , Proteínas tau/fisiologia
10.
J Immunol ; 185(4): 2032-43, 2010 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20644164

RESUMO

The cylindromatosis tumor suppressor gene (Cyld) encodes a deubiquitinating enzyme (CYLD) with immunoregulatory function. In this study, we evaluated the role of Cyld in T cell ontogeny by generating a mouse (Cyld(Delta9)) with a thymocyte-restricted Cyld mutation that causes a C-terminal truncation of the protein and reciprocates catalytically inactive human mutations. Mutant mice had dramatically reduced single positive thymocytes and a substantial loss of peripheral T cells. The analyses of polyclonal and TCR-restricted thymocyte populations possessing the mutation revealed a significant block in positive selection and an increased occurrence of apoptosis at the double-positive stage. Interestingly, in the context of MHC class I and II restricted TCR transgenes, lack of functional CYLD caused massive deletion of thymocytes that would have been positively selected, which is consistent with an impairment of positive selection. Biochemical analysis revealed that Cyld(Delta9) thymocytes exhibit abnormally elevated basal activity of NF-kappaB and JNK. Most importantly, inactivation of NF-kappaB essential modulator fully restored the NF-kappaB activity of Cyld(Delta9) thymocytes to physiologic levels and rescued their developmental and survival defect. This study identifies a fundamental role for functional CYLD in establishing the proper threshold of activation for thymocyte selection by a mechanism dependent on NF-kappaB essential modulator.


Assuntos
Cisteína Endopeptidases/metabolismo , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Timo/imunologia , Timo/metabolismo , Animais , Sítios de Ligação/genética , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/citologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/citologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/metabolismo , Cisteína Endopeptidases/genética , Enzima Desubiquitinante CYLD , Feminino , Citometria de Fluxo , Immunoblotting , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/genética , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Endogâmicos , Camundongos Knockout , Camundongos Transgênicos , Mutação , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/genética , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Timo/citologia , Ubiquitinação
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J Neurosci ; 30(2): 464-77, 2010 Jan 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20071510

RESUMO

Tauopathies are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative dementias involving perturbations in the levels, phosphorylation, or mutations of the microtubule-binding protein Tau. The heterogeneous pathology in humans and model organisms suggests differential susceptibility of neuronal types to wild-type (WT) and mutant Tau. WT and mutant human Tau-encoding transgenes expressed pan-neuronally in the Drosophila CNS yielded specific and differential toxicity in the embryonic neuroblasts that generate the mushroom body (MB) neurons, suggesting cell type-specific effects of Tau in the CNS. Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17-linked mutant isoforms were significantly less toxic in MB development. Tau hyperphosphorylation was essential for these MB aberrations, and we identified two novel putative phosphorylation sites, Ser(238) and Thr(245), on WT hTau essential for its toxic effects on MB integrity. Significantly, blocking putative Ser(238) and Thr(245) phosphorylation yielded animals with apparently structurally normal but profoundly dysfunctional MBs, because animals accumulating this mutant protein exhibited strongly impaired associative learning. Interestingly, the mutant protein was hyperphosphorylated at epitopes typically associated with toxicity and neurodegeneration, such as AT8, AT100, and the Par-1 targets Ser(262) and Ser(356), suggesting that these sites in the context of adult intact MBs mediate dysfunction and occupation of these sites may precede the toxicity-associated Ser(238) and Thr(245) phosphorylation. The data support the notion that phosphorylation at particular sites rather than hyperphosphorylation per se mediates toxicity or dysfunction in a cell type-specific manner.


Assuntos
Aprendizagem por Discriminação/fisiologia , Memória/fisiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Proteínas tau/metabolismo , Animais , Animais Geneticamente Modificados , Antígeno B7-1/genética , Antígeno B7-1/metabolismo , Comportamento Animal , Drosophila , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Embrião não Mamífero , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento/fisiologia , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Humanos , Larva , Corpos Pedunculados/citologia , Corpos Pedunculados/embriologia , Corpos Pedunculados/metabolismo , Mutação/genética , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Condutos Olfatórios/fisiologia , Fosforilação , Serina/metabolismo , Treonina/metabolismo , Proteínas tau/genética
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J Biol Chem ; 285(3): 1692-700, 2010 Jan 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19920133

RESUMO

Members of the conserved 14-3-3 protein family spontaneously self-assemble as homo- and heterodimers via conserved sequences in the first four (alphaA-alphaD) of the nine helices that comprise them. Dimeric 14-3-3s bind conserved motifs in diverse protein targets involved in multiple essential cellular processes including signaling, intracellular trafficking, cell cycle regulation, and modulation of enzymatic activities. However, recent mostly in vitro evidence has emerged, suggesting functional and regulatory roles for monomeric 14-3-3s. We capitalized on the simplicity of the 14-3-3 family in Drosophila to investigate in vivo 14-3-3zeta monomer properties and functionality. We report that dimerization is essential for the stability and function of 14-3-3zeta in neurons. Moreover, we reveal the contribution of conserved amino acids in helices A and D to homo- and heterodimerization and their functional consequences on the viability of animals devoid of endogenous 14-3-3zeta. Finally, we present evidence suggesting endogenous homeostatic adjustment of the levels of the second family member in Drosophila, D14-3-3epsilon, to transgenic monomeric and dimerization-competent 14-3-3zeta.


Assuntos
Proteínas 14-3-3/química , Proteínas 14-3-3/metabolismo , Proteínas de Drosophila/química , Proteínas de Drosophila/metabolismo , Drosophila melanogaster , Multimerização Proteica , Proteínas 14-3-3/genética , Animais , Sequência Conservada , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Homeostase , Mutação , Estabilidade Proteica , Estrutura Quaternária de Proteína
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J Immunol ; 182(11): 6779-88, 2009 Jun 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19454673

RESUMO

HuR emerged as a posttranscriptional regulator of mRNAs involved in cellular control, stress, and immunity but its role in governing such responses remains elusive. In this study, we assessed HuR's role in the staged progression of thymic T cell differentiation by means of its genetic ablation. Mice with an early deletion of HuR in thymocytes possess enlarged thymi but display a substantial loss of peripheral T cells. We show that this discordant phenotype related to specific defects in thymic cellular processes, which demonstrated HuR's involvement in: 1) intrinsic checkpoint signals suppressing the cell cycle of immature thymocyte progenitors, 2) TCR and antigenic signals promoting the activation and positive selection of mature thymocytes, 3) antigenic and death-receptor signals promoting thymocyte deletion, and 4) chemokine signals driving the egress of postselection thymocytes to the periphery. The cellular consequences of HuR's dysfunction were underlined by the aberrant expression of selective cell cycle regulators, TCR, and death-receptor signaling components. Our studies reveal the signal-dependent context of HuR's cellular activities in thymocytes and its importance in the generation of a physiological T cell pool.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Superfície/fisiologia , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/fisiologia , Linfócitos T/citologia , Timo/imunologia , Animais , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Diferenciação Celular , Quimiocinas , Proteínas ELAV , Proteína Semelhante a ELAV 1 , Camundongos , Receptores de Morte Celular , Células-Tronco/citologia , Timo/citologia
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Genetics ; 177(1): 239-53, 2007 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17660572

RESUMO

The functional specialization or redundancy of the ubiquitous 14-3-3 proteins constitutes a fundamental question in their biology and stems from their highly conserved structure and multiplicity of coexpressed isotypes. We address this question in vivo using mutations in the two Drosophila 14-3-3 genes, leonardo (14-3-3zeta) and D14-3-3epsilon. We demonstrate that D14-3-3epsilon is essential for embryonic hatching. Nevertheless, D14-3-3epsilon null homozygotes survive because they upregulate transcripts encoding the LEOII isoform at the time of hatching, compensating D14-3-3epsilon loss. This novel homeostatic response explains the reported functional redundancy of the Drosophila 14-3-3 isotypes and survival of D14-3-3epsilon mutants. The response appears unidirectional, as D14-3-3epsilon elevation upon LEO loss was not observed and elevation of leo transcripts was stage and tissue specific. In contrast, LEO levels are not changed in the wing disks, resulting in the aberrant wing veins characterizing D14-3-3epsilon mutants. Nevertheless, conditional overexpression of LEOI, but not of LEOII, in the wing disk can partially rescue the venation deficits. Thus, excess of a particular LEO isoform can functionally compensate for D14-3-3epsilon loss in a cellular-context-specific manner. These results demonstrate functional differences both among Drosophila 14-3-3 proteins and between the two LEO isoforms in vivo, which likely underlie differential dimer affinities toward 14-3-3 targets.


Assuntos
Proteínas 14-3-3/metabolismo , Proteínas de Drosophila/metabolismo , Drosophila melanogaster/embriologia , Proteínas 14-3-3/genética , Animais , Animais Geneticamente Modificados , Western Blotting , Sobrevivência Celular , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Teste de Complementação Genética , Homeostase , Homozigoto , Mutação/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Asas de Animais/embriologia , Asas de Animais/metabolismo
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FEBS Lett ; 580(19): 4602-6, 2006 Aug 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16875690

RESUMO

Accumulation of hyperphosphorylated Tau is associated with a number of neurodegenerative diseases collectively known as tauopathies. Differences in clinical and cognitive profiles among them suggest differential sensitivity of neuronal populations to Tau levels, phosphorylation and mutations. We used tissue specific expression of wild type and mutant human tau transgenes to demonstrate differential phosphorylation and stability in a cell type-specific manner, which includes different neuronal types and does not correlate with the level of accumulated protein. Rather, they likely reflect the spatial distribution or regulation of Tau-targeting kinases and phosphatases.


Assuntos
Drosophila/genética , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Proteínas tau/genética , Animais , Animais Geneticamente Modificados , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Olho/metabolismo , Humanos , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Proteínas tau/metabolismo
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 312(4): 1372-6, 2003 Dec 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14652025

RESUMO

We present a molecular study of the Drosophila melanogaster Mgat2 gene that codes for the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase II. Isolation and analysis of two cDNA clones indicated that the gene is alternatively spliced, generating two transcripts of 3.3 and 2.7kb. Developmental specificity was observed between the two alternative transcripts during the major developmental stages of D. melanogaster. The deduced amino acid sequences of the two proteins show significant homology to the equivalent mammalian proteins, especially in the carboxyterminal region. In situ hybridizations in embryos and embryonic imaginal discs showed that the gene is expressed mainly but not exclusively in the brain.


Assuntos
Encéfalo/metabolismo , Drosophila melanogaster/enzimologia , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento/fisiologia , Regulação Enzimológica da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , N-Acetilglucosaminiltransferases/genética , N-Acetilglucosaminiltransferases/metabolismo , Processamento de Proteína/fisiologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Encéfalo/embriologia , Drosophila melanogaster/embriologia , Drosophila melanogaster/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , N-Acetilglucosaminiltransferases/química , Ratos , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Distribuição Tecidual
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Nature ; 422(6927): 68-72, 2003 Mar 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12621434

RESUMO

The Saccharomyces 'sensu stricto' yeasts are a group of species that will mate with one another, but interspecific pairings produce sterile hybrids. A retrospective analysis of their genomes revealed that translocations between the chromosomes of these species do not correlate with the group's sequence-based phylogeny (that is, translocations do not drive the process of speciation). However, that analysis was unable to infer what contribution such rearrangements make to reproductive isolation between these organisms. Here, we report experiments that take an interventionist, rather than a retrospective approach to studying speciation, by reconfiguring the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome so that it is collinear with that of Saccharomyces mikatae. We demonstrate that this imposed genomic collinearity allows the generation of interspecific hybrids that produce a large proportion of spores that are viable, but extensively aneuploid. We obtained similar results in crosses between wild-type S. cerevisiae and the naturally collinear species Saccharomyces paradoxus, but not with non-collinear crosses. This controlled comparison of the effect of chromosomal translocation on species barriers suggests a mechanism for the generation of redundancy in the S. cerevisiae genome.


Assuntos
Evolução Biológica , Cromossomos Fúngicos/genética , Engenharia Genética , Saccharomyces/classificação , Saccharomyces/genética , Aneuploidia , Cruzamentos Genéticos , Evolução Molecular Direcionada , Fases de Leitura Aberta/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Reprodução/genética , Saccharomyces/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Saccharomyces/fisiologia , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/fisiologia , Especificidade da Espécie , Esporos Fúngicos/genética , Translocação Genética/genética
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