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J Biosci ; 40(2): 325-38, 2015 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25963260

RESUMO

Mammals have three HP1 protein isotypes HP1 beta (CBX1), HP1 alpha (CBX3) and HP1 alpha (CBX5) that are encoded by the corresponding genes Cbx1, Cbx3 and Cbx5. Recent work has shown that reduction of CBX3 protein in homozygotes for a hypomorphic allele (Cbx3hypo) causes a severe postnatal mortality with around 99 percent of the homozygotes dying before weaning. It is not known what the causes of the postnatal mortality are. Here we show that Cbx3hypo/hypo conceptuses are significantly reduced in size and the placentas exhibit a haplo-insufficiency. Late gestation Cbx3hypo/hypo placentas have reduced mRNA transcripts for genes involved in growth regulation, amino acid and glucose transport. Blood vessels within the Cbx3hypo/hypo placental labyrinth are narrower than wild-type. Newborn Cbx3hypo/hypo pups are hypoglycemic, the livers are depleted of glycogen reserves and there is almost complete loss of stored lipid in brown adipose tissue (BAT). There is a 10-fold reduction in expression of the BAT-specific Ucp1 gene, whose product is responsible for nonshivering themogenesis. We suggest that it is the small size of the Cbx3hypo/hypo neonates, a likely consequence of placental growth and transport defects, combined with a possible inability to thermoregulate that causes the severe postnatal mortality.


Assuntos
Animais Recém-Nascidos/anormalidades , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/genética , Retardo do Crescimento Fetal/genética , Hipoglicemia/genética , Placenta/patologia , Tecido Adiposo Marrom/patologia , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos/genética , Proliferação de Células/genética , Feminino , Retardo do Crescimento Fetal/mortalidade , Glicogênio/metabolismo , Haploinsuficiência/genética , Homeostase/genética , Lipídeos , Fígado/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Gravidez
2.
Sci Rep ; 4: 4789, 2014 Apr 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24763337

RESUMO

We measured the dynamics of an essential epigenetic modifier, HP1ß, in human cells at different stages of differentiation using Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP). We found that HP1ß mobility is similar in human embryonic stem cells (hES) and iPS cells where it is more mobile compared to fibroblasts; HP1ß is less mobile in senescent fibroblasts than in young (dividing) fibroblasts. Introduction of "reprogramming factors", Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, cMyc and Lin28, into senescent fibroblasts and measuring the changes in HP1ß mobility as reprogramming proceeds shows that the mobility of HP1ß in senescent cells increases and by day 9 is the same as that found in young fibroblasts. Thus the dynamics of a key epigenetic modifier can be rejuvenated without de-differentiation through an embryonic stage. Future work will test whether other aspects of cellular physiology that age can be so rejuvenated without de-differentiation.


Assuntos
Cromatina/genética , Cromatina/metabolismo , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/metabolismo , Epigênese Genética , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/metabolismo , Transporte Ativo do Núcleo Celular , Diferenciação Celular , Linhagem Celular , Reprogramação Celular , Senescência Celular/genética , Homólogo 5 da Proteína Cromobox , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/genética , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/citologia , Células-Tronco Embrionárias/metabolismo , Epigenômica , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/citologia , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas/metabolismo , Fator 4 Semelhante a Kruppel , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/citologia , Transporte Proteico
3.
Genes Cells ; 17(5): 337-43, 2012 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22487104

RESUMO

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have provided a rational means of obtaining histo-compatible tissues for 'patient-specific' regenerative therapies (Hanna et al. 2010; Yamanaka & Blau 2010). Despite the obvious potential of iPS cell-based therapies, there are certain problems that must be overcome before these therapies can become safe and routine (Ohi et al. 2011; Pera 2011). As an alternative, we have recently explored the possibility of using 'epigenetic rejuvenation', where the specialized functions of an old cell are rejuvenated in the absence of any change in its differentiated state (Singh & Zacouto 2010). The mechanism(s) that underpin 'epigenetic rejuvenation' are unknown and here we discuss model systems, using key epigenetic modifiers, which might shed light on the processes involved. Epigenetic rejuvenation has advantages over iPS cell techniques that are currently being pursued. First, the genetic and epigenetic abnormalities that arise through the cycle of dedifferentiation of somatic cells to iPS cells followed by redifferentiation of iPS cells into the desired cell type are avoided (Gore et al. 2011; Hussein et al. 2011; Pera 2011): epigenetic rejuvenation does not require passage through the de-/redifferentiation cycle. Second, because the aim of epigenetic rejuvenation is to ensure that the differentiated cell type retains its specialized function it makes redundant the question of transcriptional memory that is inimical to iPS cell-based therapies (Ohi et al. 2011). Third, to produce unrelated cell types using the iPS technology takes a long time, around three weeks, whereas epigenetic rejuvenation of old cells will take only a matter of days. Epigenetic rejuvenation provides the most safe, rapid and cheap route to successful regenerative medicine.


Assuntos
Epigenômica , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Senescência Celular , Heterocromatina/metabolismo , Humanos , Rejuvenescimento
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J Immunol ; 182(6): 3522-9, 2009 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19265130

RESUMO

Rho GTPases are essential regulators of signaling networks emanating from many receptors involved in innate or adaptive immunity. The Rho family member RhoA controls cytoskeletal processes as well as the activity of transcription factors such as NF-kappaB, C/EBP, and serum response factor. The multifaceted host cell activation triggered by TLRs in response to soluble and particulate microbial structures includes rapid stimulation of RhoA activity. RhoA acts downstream of TLR2 in HEK-TLR2 and monocytic THP-1 cells, but the signaling pathway connecting TLR2 and RhoA is still unknown. It is also not clear if RhoA activation is dependent on a certain TLR adapter. Using lung epithelial cells, we demonstrate TLR2- and TLR3-triggered recruitment and activation of RhoA at receptor-proximal cellular compartments. RhoA activity was dependent on TLR-mediated stimulation of Src family kinases. Both Src family kinases and RhoA were required for NF-kappaB activation, whereas RhoA was dispensable for type I IFN generation. These results suggest that RhoA plays a role downstream of MyD88-dependent and -independent TLR signaling and acts as a molecular switch downstream of TLR-Src-initiated pathways.


Assuntos
NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Receptor 2 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Receptor 3 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Proteína rhoA de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Quinases da Família src/metabolismo , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Linhagem Celular Transformada , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Ativação Enzimática/imunologia , Humanos , Ligantes , Camundongos , Fator 88 de Diferenciação Mieloide/metabolismo , Fator 88 de Diferenciação Mieloide/fisiologia , NF-kappa B/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/imunologia , Receptor 2 Toll-Like/fisiologia , Receptor 3 Toll-Like/fisiologia , Quinases da Família src/fisiologia
5.
Eur J Immunol ; 35(3): 911-21, 2005 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15714590

RESUMO

Lipoproteins or lipopeptides (LP) are bacterial cell wall components detected by the innate immune system. For LP, it has been shown that TLR2 is the essential receptor in cellular activation. However, molecular mechanisms of LP recognition are not yet clear. We used a FLAG-labeled derivative of the synthetic lipopeptide N-palmitoyl-S-[2,3-bis(palmitoyloxy)-(2R,S)-propyl]-(R)-cysteinyl-seryl-(lysyl)(3)-lysine (Pam(3)CSK(4)) to study the roles of CD14, TLR2 and TLR1 in binding and signaling of LP and their molecular interactions in human cells. The activity of Pam(3)CSK(4)-FLAG was TLR2 dependent, whereas the binding was enabled by CD14, as evaluated by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. Using FRET and FRAP imaging techniques to study molecular associations, we could show that after Pam(3)CSK(4)-FLAG binding, CD14 and Pam(3)CSK(4)-FLAG associate with TLR2 and TLR1, and TLR2 is targeted to a low-mobility complex. Thus, LP binding to CD14 is the first step in the LP recognition, inducing physical proximity of CD14 and LP with TLR2/TLR1 and formation of the TLR2 signaling complex.


Assuntos
Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , Receptores de Lipopolissacarídeos/metabolismo , Lipoproteínas/metabolismo , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Animais , Células CHO , Linhagem Celular , Cricetinae , Cricetulus , Citometria de Fluxo , Recuperação de Fluorescência Após Fotodegradação , Humanos , Leucócitos Mononucleares/imunologia , Receptores de Lipopolissacarídeos/imunologia , Lipoproteínas/imunologia , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/imunologia , Microscopia Confocal , Ligação Proteica/fisiologia , Receptores de Superfície Celular/imunologia , Receptor 1 Toll-Like , Receptor 2 Toll-Like , Receptores Toll-Like , Transfecção
6.
J Immunol ; 173(4): 2683-91, 2004 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15294986

RESUMO

LPS binding protein (LBP) is an acute-phase protein synthesized predominantly in the liver of the mammalian host. It was first described to bind LPS of Gram-negative bacteria and transfer it via a CD14-enhanced mechanism to a receptor complex including TLR-4 and MD-2, initiating a signal transduction cascade leading to the release of proinflammatory cytokines. In recent studies, we found that LBP also mediates cytokine induction caused by compounds derived from Gram-positive bacteria, including lipoteichoic acid and peptidoglycan fragments. Lipoproteins and lipopeptides have repeatedly been shown to act as potent cytokine inducers, interacting with TLR-2, in synergy with TLR-1 or -6. In this study, we show that these compounds also interact with LBP and CD14. We used triacylated lipopeptides, corresponding to lipoproteins of Borrelia burgdorferi, mycobacteria, and Escherichia coli, as well as diacylated lipopeptides, corresponding to, e.g., 2-kDa macrophage activating lipopeptide of Mycoplasma spp. Activation of Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with TLR-2 by both lipopeptides was enhanced by cotransfection of CD14. Responsiveness of human mononuclear cells to these compounds was greatly enhanced in the presence of human LBP. Binding of lipopeptides to LBP as well as competitive inhibition of this interaction by LPS was demonstrated in a microplate assay. Furthermore, we were able to show that LBP transfers lipopeptides to CD14 on human monocytes using FACS analysis. These results support that LBP is a pattern recognition receptor transferring a variety of bacterial ligands including the two major types of lipopeptides to CD14 present in different receptor complexes.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Fase Aguda/imunologia , Proteínas de Fase Aguda/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Receptores de Lipopolissacarídeos/imunologia , Lipoproteínas/imunologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Peptídeos/imunologia , Acilação , Animais , Antígenos de Bactérias/imunologia , Antígenos Virais/imunologia , Células CHO , Proteínas de Transporte/imunologia , Células Cultivadas , Cricetinae , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Imunidade Inata , Leucócitos Mononucleares/imunologia , Receptores de Lipopolissacarídeos/genética , Receptores de Lipopolissacarídeos/metabolismo , Lipoproteínas/química , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/imunologia , Peptídeos/química , Receptores de Superfície Celular/genética , Receptores de Superfície Celular/imunologia , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Receptor 1 Toll-Like , Receptor 2 Toll-Like , Receptor 4 Toll-Like , Receptores Toll-Like , Transfecção
7.
J Biol Chem ; 279(39): 40882-9, 2004 Sep 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15247273

RESUMO

Lipoteichoic acid (LTA), a key cell wall component of Gram-positive bacteria, seems to function as an immune activator with characteristics very similar to lipopolysaccharide from Gram-negative bacteria. It has been shown that LTA binds CD14 and triggers activation via Toll-like receptor 2, but whether the activation occurs at the cell surface or internalization is required to trigger signaling has yet to be demonstrated. In this work we have investigated LTA binding and internalization and found that LTA and its receptor molecules accumulate in lipid rafts and are subsequently targeted rapidly to the Golgi apparatus. This internalization seems to be lipid raft-dependent because raft-disrupting drugs inhibited LTA/Toll-like receptor 2 colocalization in the Golgi. Similarly to lipopolysaccharide, LTA activation occurs at the cell surface, and the observed trafficking is independent of signaling.


Assuntos
Complexo de Golgi/metabolismo , Lipopolissacarídeos/química , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/química , Microdomínios da Membrana/metabolismo , Receptores de Superfície Celular/química , Ácidos Teicoicos/química , Animais , Células CHO , Linhagem Celular , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Cricetinae , Transferência de Energia , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Transferência Ressonante de Energia de Fluorescência , Gangliosídeo G(M1)/metabolismo , Genes Reporter , Humanos , Receptores de Lipopolissacarídeos/química , Lipopolissacarídeos/metabolismo , Luciferases/metabolismo , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Microdomínios da Membrana/química , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Plasmídeos/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Staphylococcus aureus/metabolismo , Receptor 2 Toll-Like , Receptores Toll-Like , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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