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  • 1
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    Clusterin (Apo J) Protects Against In Vitro Amyloid-β(1–40) Neurotoxicity (1996)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 67 (1996), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Clusterin is a secreted glycoprotein that is markedly induced in many disease states and after tissue injury. In the CNS, clusterin expression is elevated in neuropathological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), where it is found associated with amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques. Clusterin also coprecipitates with Aβ from CSF, suggesting a physiological interaction with Aβ. Given this interaction with Aβ, the goal of this study was to determine whether clusterin could modulate Aβ neurotoxicity. A mammalian recombinant source of human clusterin was obtained by stable transfection of hamster kidney fibroblasts with pADHC-9, a full-length human cDNA clone for clusterin. Recombinant clusterin obtained from this cell line, as well as a commercial source of native clusterin purified from serum, afforded dose-dependent neuroprotection against Aβ(1–40) when tested in primary rat mixed hippocampal cultures. Clusterin afforded substoichiometric neuroprotection against several lots of Aβ(1–40) but not against H2O2 or kainic acid excitotoxicity. These results suggest that the elevated expression of clusterin found in AD brain may have effects on subsequent amyloid-β plaque pathology.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67031324.x
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    Biochemical and kinetic characterization of BACE1: investigation into the putative species-specificity for β- and β′-cleavage sites by human and murine BACE1 (2004)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 91 (2004), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: β-amyloid peptides (Aβ) are produced by a sequential cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β- and γ-secretases. The lack of Aβ production in beta-APP cleaving enzyme (BACE1)–/– mice suggests that BACE1 is the principal β-secretase in mammalian neurons. Transfection of human APP and BACE1 into neurons derived from wild-type and BACE1–/– mice supports cleavage of APP at the canonical β-secretase site. However, these studies also revealed an alternative BACE1 cleavage site in APP, designated as β′, resulting in Aβ peptides starting at Glu11. The apparent inability of human BACE1 to make this β′-cleavage in murine APP, and vice versa, led to the hypothesis that this alternative cleavage was species-specific. In contrast, the results from human BACE1 transgenic mice demonstrated that the human BACE1 is able to cleave the endogenous murine APP at the β′-cleavage site. To address this discrepancy, we designed fluorescent resonance energy transfer peptide substrates containing the β- and β′-cleavage sites within human and murine APP to compare: (i) the enzymatic efficiency; (ii) binding kinetics of a BACE1 active site inhibitor LY2039911; and (iii) the pharmacological profiles for human and murine recombinant BACE1. Both BACE1 orthologs were able to cleave APP at the β- and β′-sites, although with different efficiencies. Moreover, the inhibitory potency of LY2039911 toward recombinant human and native BACE1 from mouse or guinea pig was indistinguishable. In summary, we have demonstrated, for the first time, that recombinant BACE1 can recognize and cleave APP peptide substrates at the postulated β′-cleavage site. It does not appear to be a significant species specificity to this cleavage.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02764.x
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    Identification of heme as the ligand for the orphan nuclear receptors REV-ERBα and REV-ERBβ (2007)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature structural & molecular biology 14 (2007), S. 1207-1213 
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    ISSN: 1545-9985
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: [Auszug] The nuclear receptors REV-ERBα (encoded by NR1D1) and REV-ERBβ (NR1D2) have remained orphans owing to the lack of identified physiological ligands. Here we show that heme is a physiological ligand of both receptors. Heme associates with the ligand-binding domains of the REV-ERB receptors ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsmb1344
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    Characterization by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry of Human Ca 2+ –sensitive Cytosolic Phospholipase A 2 Produced in Baculovirus–infected Insect Cells (1994)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Company
    Nature biotechnology 12 (1994), S. 69-74 
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    ISSN: 1546-1696
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: [Auszug] The 85–kD cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) is a novel receptor–regulated phospholipase that is thought to initiate the production of inflammatory lipid mediators. Since cPLA2 is present only in minute amounts (less than 0.01% of total cellular protein) in various cells and tissues, we ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt0194-69
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    Characterization and Novel Purification of Recombinant Human Protein C from Three Mammalian Cell Lines (1990)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Company
    Nature biotechnology 8 (1990), S. 655-661 
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    ISSN: 1546-1696
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: [Auszug] Human Protein C (HPC), an antithrombotic factor with potential clinical utility, is a vitamin K-dependent protein that has several complex post-translational modifications. In an effort to define the functional roles of these modifications, recombinant HPC (rHPC) was expressed in and characterized ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt0790-655
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    Cultivation of mammalian cells as aggregates in bioreactors: Effect of calcium concentration of spatial distribution of viability (1993)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 41 (1993), S. 179-187 
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    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: animal cell bioreactor ; confocal microscopy ; aggregates ; mammalian cells ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Recombinant human kidney epithelial 293 cells were cultivated as aggregates in suspension. The concentration calcium ion, in the range of 100 μM to 1mM, affected the rate of aggregate formation. During the course of cultivation the size distribution of aggregates shifted and the fraction of larger aggregates increased. This effect was more profound in cultures with a high calcium concentration. Scanning and transmission microscopic examination of the aggregates revealed that cell packing was greater in the high calcium cultures and that ultrastructural integrity was retained in aggregates from both low and high calcium cultures. Confocal microscopy was applied to examine the viability of cells in the interior of the aggregates. High viability was observed in the aggregates obtained from exponentially growing cultures. Aggregates from the high calcium culture in the stationary phase exhibited lower viability in the interior. With its ease of retention in a perfusion bioreactor, aggregate cultures offer an alternative choice for large-scale operation. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260410203
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    Effects of a serum spreading factor on growth and morphology of cells in serum-free medium (1980)
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Supramolecular Structure 14 (1980), S. 47-63 
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    ISSN: 0091-7419
    Keywords: serum spreading factor ; cell proliferation ; cell morphology ; cell substratum ; serum-free medium ; Life Sciences ; Molecular Cell Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: A heat-sensitive, trypsin-sensitive factor that promoted growth and spreading of cells in serum-free, hormone-supplemented medium was partially purified from human serum. The major portion of the proteins in these preparations migrated upon SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with a mobility consistent with molecular weights between 60,000 and 90,000. The spreading activity, which we have termed serum spreading factor, stimulated growth and spreading of a wide variety of cell types. The serum spreading factor was similar to fibronectin in that it showed an affinity for the plastic cell culture substrate but was shown to be distinct from fibronectin by several criteria. This factor may prove useful in studies of cell attachment and spreading and in studies of the relationship of cell shape and cell proliferation.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jss.400140106
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    The growth requirements of BHK-21 cells in serum-free culture (1983)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Physiology 114 (1983), S. 215-221 
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    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: A serum-free medium for serial culture of baby hamster kidney cell line 21 (BHK-21) as container-adherent cells was developed. The medium is a 1:1 (v/v) mixture of Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium and Ham's F-12 medium supplemented with fibroblast growth factor, fibronectin, insulin, oleic acid (preincubated with fatty-acid-free bovine serum albumin as carrier), and transferrin. The fibronectin was required for cell adherence, the other factors for optimal cell multiplication. When cell input was greater than about 1,900 cells/cm2, this serum-free medium supported cell multiplication at a rate approximately equal to the rate in medium with 10% serum. At lower cell input, growth in the serum-free medium was poor unless it was supplemented with serum-free medium which had been conditioned by BHK-21 cells. The conditioned medium contained a factor(s) which enabled or stimulated cell multiplication.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1041140211
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    Role of lipoproteins in growth of human adult arterial endothelial and smooth muscle cells in low lipoprotein-deficient serum (1986)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Physiology 129 (1986), S. 207-214 
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    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Recently improved culture conditions for human adult arterial endothelial and smooth muscle cells from a wide variety of donors have been used to study the effects of lipoproteins on proliferation of both cell types in low serum culture medium. Optimal growth of endothelial and smooth muscle cells in an optimal nutrient medium (MCDB 107) containing epidermal growth factor, a partially purified fraction from bovine brain, and 1% (v/v) lipoprotein-deficient serum was dependent on either high- or low-density lipoprotein. High- and low-density lipoprotein stimulated cell growth by three- and five-fold, respectively, over a 6-day period. Optimal stimulation of both endothelial and smooth muscle cell growth occurred between 20 and 60 μg/ml of high- and low-density lipoproteins, respectively. No correlation between the activation of 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity and lipoprotein-stimulated cell proliferation was observed. Lipid-free total apolipoproteins or apolipoprotein C peptides from high-density lipoprotein were partially effective and together with oleic acid effectively replaced native high-density lipoprotein for the support of endothelial cell growth. In contrast, apolipoproteins or apolipoprotein C peptides from high-density lipoprotein alone or with oleic acid had no effect on smooth muscle cell proliferation. The results suggest a functional role of high- and low-density lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in the proliferation of human adult endothelial and smooth muscle cells.
    Additional Material: 6 Ill.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1041290212
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    Purified HDL-apolipoproteins, A-I and C-III, substitute for HDL in promoting the growth of SV40-transformed REF52 cells in serum-free medium (1986)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Physiology 128 (1986), S. 413-420 
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    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The lipid-free apolipoproteins of human high density lipoprotein (HDL) have been assayed for their ability to substitute for native HDL in promoting the growth of a SV40-transformed REF52 cell line in serum-free medium. Total HDL-apolipoproteins (apoHDL) were found to mimic almost exactly the growth promoting effects of whole HDL. The apoHDL-associated growth promoting activity eluted from a Sephacryl S-200 column in two separate fractions coin-ciding with the protein peaks of apolipoprotein A-I and the C group of apolipoproteins. These two fractions, designated S-II and S-IV, respectively, acted additively in promoting WT1A cell growth when tested at saturating concentrations. The active component in the S-II fraction maximally stimulated WT1A cell growth at 40-60 μg/ml and was identified as apolipoprotein A-1 by NaDodSO4 polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and affinity chromatography on anti-(apoA-I). The active component in the S-IV fraction was maximally active at 1-2 μg/ml and was identified as apolipoprotein C-III by DEAE ion exchange high pressure liquid chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (at pH 8.3) in 6 M urea. These results indicate that the growth promoting effect of HDL on WT1A cells is mediated via the HDL-apolipoproteins, A-I and C-III, and that the mechanism responsible does not necessarily involve their participation in the uptake (or utilization) of HDL-associated lipids.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1041280310
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