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  • 1
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: T-lymphocyte activation ; protein kinase C and gene regulation ; lymphocyte receptor expression ; protein kinase C ; 5-azacytidine ; IL-2:recetor ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Resting human T lymphocytes do not express receptors for interleukin-2, but expression is rapidly induced by exposure to PHA. After maximal expression 2-3 days after stimulation, a progressive decline in receptor number is observed. Receptor expression can be augmented by reexposure to PHA. In this study we show that activators of protein kinase C including phorbol diester, phospholipase C, and the diacylglycerol congener diC8 also increase IL-2 receptor expression. Moreover, 5-azacytidinc, which inhibits cytosine methyltransferase, and hydroxy-urea, which inhibits ribonucleotide reductase, also increased receptor number. These studies demonstrate that IL-2 receptor expression can be altered in vitro, and that IL-2 receptor number, in combination with IL-2 secretion, may contribute to the regulation of IL-2-dependent immune responses.
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  • 2
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Physiology 125 (1985), S. 485-491 
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Macrophage activation for tumoricidal and microbicidal functions can be achieved in part by treatment with recombinant interferon gamma (IFNγ) in vitro. We have previously demonstrated that IFNγ treatment of murine peritoneal macrophages results in a two- to five-fold increase in the activity of Ca++, phospholipid dependent protein kinase C (Hamilton et al., J. Biol. Chem., 260: 1378, 1985). We now report that this effect was not dependent upon continuing protein synthesis since treatment with cycloheximide under conditions where normal protein synthesis was inhibited by greater than 95% had no effect upon the development of increased enzyme activity. Examination of Ca++ and phospholipid requirements revealed no differences between enzyme isolated from control or IFNγ-treated cells could not be distinguished in terms of the diacyglycerol (DG) or phorbol diester (PMA) concentration required for stimulation of activity. Kinetic analysis of the ATP (as substrate)concentration dependence revealed that both control and treated enzyme preparations (either basal or stimulated) had comparable Km values. Maximum velocity (Vmax) was increased both by IFNγ treatment and also by stimulation with DG or PMA. The major difference which could be discerned between protein kinase C derived from control versus IFNγ-treated macro-phages was the magnitude of the response to DG or PMA; IFNγ treatment increased the stimulation index (i.e., ratio of basal to stimulated activity) by a factor of two to four fold. These results suggest that IFNγ treatment leads to reversible modulation of existing protein kinase C resulting in increased catalytic efficiency when exposed to an appropriate stimulant.
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  • 3
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    Electronic Resource
    Chichester [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Developmental Genetics 6 (1985), S. 39-58 
    ISSN: 0192-253X
    Keywords: Drosophila melanogaster ; trisomy 3L ; dosage compensation ; heat shock ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Production of trisomic-3L Drosophila melanogaster has allowed further investigation of compensated levels of gene expression in autosomal trisomies. We find that four enzyme loci on this arm produce diploid levels of gene product in trisomic-3L larvae. For one of these genes, we show that all three alleles are expressed at similar levels. Two genes on 3L display dose-dependent levels of gene product, and their location, relative to the four compensating loci, indicates that these two classes of genes are not regionally separated. In trisomic-2R larvae, the level of enzyme produced from on 2R-linked gene was dose dependent. In contrast, measurements of five loci on the X chromosome in metafemales (X trisomies) suggest that most genes are compensated in these individuals. Heat-shock gene expression in trisomic-3L salivary glands was qualitatively similar to diploids. The quantities of the small hsps (from the 67B cluster on 3L) suggest that these four genes respond independently to the trisomic condition; two produce compensated levels of protein, whereas the other two produce dose-dependent levels of protein. The amount of hsp 83 produced in trisomies was similar to diploids (compensated). However, quantification of hsp 83 RNA showed that a dose-dependent level of transcript was produced. This implies that hsp 83 compensation is controlled post-transcriptionally.
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  • 4
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    Electronic Resource
    Hoboken, NJ [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Orthopaedic Research 3 (1985), S. 160-169 
    ISSN: 0736-0266
    Keywords: Matrix vesicles ; Cartilage ; Calcification ; Matrix vesicle enzymes ; Osteoarthritis ; Life and Medical Sciences
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The enzymatic activities and in vitro calcification properties of matrix vesicle fractions isolated from normal and osteoarthritic (OA) human articular cartilage were compared to determine the essential conditions for calcification in these tissues. Four groups of human cartilage were examined, I, normal articular cartilage from aged, nonOA joints; II, discolored or fibrillated cartilage from OA joints; III, osteophytic cartilage from OA joints; IV, loose body cartilage from OA joints. Fetal bovine growth plate cartilage was also studied. Both ATP- and 5′-AMP-dependent in vitro matrix vesicle calcification occurs in all cartilage groups examined and, for human articular cartilage, these activities increase progressively from Groups I to II to III. Calcification does not occur in the absence of either phosphate or pyrophosphate. Alkaline phosphatase, 5′-AMPase, and ATP:pyrophosphohydrolase activities are increased in Groups III and IV cartilage compared with Group I and are detected at high levels in fetal bovine growth plate cartilage. Pyrophosphatase activity occurs in only those cartilage groups juxtaposed to areas of new bone formation (osteophytic, loose body, and bovine growth plate). These results suggest that OA, growth plate, and even normal articular cartilage all have the potential to undergo calcification as long as both phosphate and pyrophosphate ions can be generated at sufficiently high levels. However, the capacity for cartilage to deposit hydroxyapatite, as it does during bone formation, may depend on the presence of pyrophosphatase activity.
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