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  • 101
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): In situ hybridization ; Immunohistochemistry ; Corticotropin-releasing factor ; Messenger RNA ; Preoptic nucleus ; Catostomus commersoni (Teleostei)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary In situ hybridization procedure with a 32P-labelled synthetic oligonucleotide probe was used to detect corticotropin-releasing factor-encoding messenger RNA (CRF mRNA) in the hypothalamus of the white sucker, Catostomus commersoni. Adjacent sections were immunostained by a sucker CRF-specific antiserum. CRF mRNA-containing neurons were identified by autoradiography in the magnocellular and parvocellular subdivisions of the preoptic nucleus (PON). Many of these neurons were also immunostained by sucker antiserum, showing the same distribution patterns. These results confirm the presence of CRF mRNA and CRF peptide in the white sucker hypothalamus and support the view that the magnocellular and parvocellular neurons of the PON may be involved in the control of adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion from the pituitary in the white sucker.
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  • 102
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 270 (1992), S. 87-93 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Ovarian nerves ; Development ; Folliculogenesis ; Tyrosine hydroxylase ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy ; Rat (Sprague Dawley)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Sympathetic neurotransmitters have been shown to be present in the ovary of the rat during early postnatal development and to affect steroidogenesis before the ovary becomes responsive to gonadotropins, and before the first primordial follicles are formed. This study was undertaken to determine if development of the ovarian innervation is an event that antedates the initiation of folliculogenesis in the rat, Rattus norvegicus. Serial sections of postnatal ovaries revealed a negligible frequency of follicles 24 h after birth (about 1 primordial follicle per ovary). Twelve hours later there were about 500 follicles per ovary, a number that more than doubled to about 1300 during the subsequent 12 h, indicating that an explosive period of follicular differentiation occurs between the end of postnatal days 1 and 2. Electron microscopy demonstrated that before birth the ovaries are already innervated by fibers containing clear and dense-core vesicles. Immunohistochemistry performed on either fetal (day 19) or newborn (less than 15h after birth) ovaries showed the presence of catecholaminergic nerves, identified by their content of immunoreactive tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis. While some of these fibers innervate blood vessels, others are associated with primordial ovarian cells, thereby suggesting their participation in non-vascular functions. Since prefollicular ovaries are insensitive to gonadotropins, the results suggest that the developing ovary becomes subjected to direct neurogenic influences before it acquires responsiveness to gonadotropins.
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  • 103
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Human cycling endometrium ; Type-2 chain ABO antigens ; Immunohistochemistry ; Genetic and hormonal regulation ; Genetic regulation ; Hormonal regulation ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The blood group ABO(H) determinants are major allogenic antigens in both erythrocytes and tissue of man. These antigens and related carbohydrates are markers of cellular maturation and differentiation in many epithelial tissues and have recently attracted great interest as tumor-associated antigens. Previous studies of endometrial tissues have indicated that glycosylation in this tissue may be related to hormonal stimulation. We have investigated the immunohistochemical distribution of type-2 chain histo-blood group-related carbohydrates in specimens of normal, cycling endometria obtained from hysterectomies on women with known ABO/Lewis erythrocyte type and saliva secretor status. N-acetyllactosamine and Lex were demonstrated to be uninfluenced by the genetic background. A and Aley antigens were exclusively demonstrated in endometria from blood group A individuals, while Ley was expressed in endometria from blood group 0 individuals mainly. The precursor N-acetyllactosamine as well as the terminal H, A, and ALey antigens were shown in only a few cells. In contrast, N-acetyllactosamine substituted by sialic acid and/or fucose residues (Lex, sialosyl-Lex, Ley) were demonstrated in epithelial cells of normal, cycling endometrium, but with both quantitative and qualitative differences in staining relating to the menstrual cycle, indicating that type-2 chain antigens are expressed under both genetic and hormonal influence in human cycling endometrium.
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  • 104
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Cervix ; Uterus ; Eosinophils ; Major basic protein, eosinophil ; Immunohistochemistry ; Parturition ; Rat (Wistar, IFFA-Credo)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Distribution of the eosinophil major basic protein (MBP) was studied in the rat uterus horn and cervix by means of immunohistochemistry using an antiserum raised against rat MBP. Various hormonal contexts were investigated: pre- and post-parturition, the estrous cycle, and ovariectomy followed by hormonal treatment or without treatment. MBP was detectable in the cervix as early as 12 h post-partum, appearing in the stroma close to the myometrium. The MBP had spread throughout the stroma toward the luminal epithelium after a few days. In contrast, no MBP was seen in sections of the corresponding pre- and post-partum uteri and in the pre-partum cervix. In cycling rats, MBP was distributed equally in the cervix and uterus and was more abundant during proestrus and estrus. In ovariectomized rats and in ovariectomized rats subsequently treated with progesterone, no MBP was detected in the cervix or uterus. In the cervix of ovariectomized rats treated with estradiol, MBP first appeared in the muscle layer situated between the two cervical lumina and then reached the stroma; within a few days only the stroma was stained. Inversely, in the uterus MBP-staining first appeared in the stroma. In conclusion, analysis of the distribution of MBP in rat uterus revealed a marked difference in the response of the cervix and horn to a hormonal environment.
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  • 105
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Xenopsin ; Xenopsin precursor fragment ; Immunohistochemistry ; Skin ; Gastrointestinal tract ; Xenopus laevis (Anura)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Xenopsin (Xp) and xenopsin precursor fragment (XPF) are bioactive peptides derived from a single precursor molecule; both were isolated previously from extracts of Xenopus laevis skin. The present immunohistochemical study was undertaken to determine the specific cellular localization of these two peptides in the skin and also in the gastrointestinal tract of adult Xenopus. We report here that Xp-like and XPF-like immuno-reactivities co-exist in the granular glands of the skin and specific granular cells in the lower esophagus and stomach. However, only Xp-like immunoreactivity, not XPF-like immunoreactivity, was detected in tall, thin cells of the duodenum and in club-shaped cells of the large intestine. The immunochemical co-localization of the two peptides in specific cells of the skin, lower esophagus and stomach suggests that the same gene is expressed in each of these cells, and that the precursor molecule undergoes similar post-translational processing. In contrast, the observation that certain cells of the duodenum and large intestine display only one peptide immunoreactivity suggests an alternative phenomenon, possibly involving selective peptide accumulation or expression of a different gene.
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  • 106
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 270 (1992), S. 273-279 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Macrophages ; Small intestine ; Large intestine ; External muscle layer ; Immunohistochemistry ; Histochemistry ; Electron microscopy ; Man
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary In the external layers of human small and large intestine macrophage-like cells were characterized by immunohistochemical, histochemical and electronmicroscopical methods. Using immunohistochemistry and a number of monoclonal antibodies, the presence and distribution of phenotypic subpopulations of macrophages were evaluated. In all locations macrophage-like cells were identified with antibody EBM11, which recognizes CD68 antigen, C3bi which recognizes CD11b, and partly with an antibody which recognizes protein 150,95 (CD11c). Macrophage-like cells in the external muscle layer were HLA-DR-positive (expressing the MHC class-II antigen), in contrast to macrophage-like cells in the subserosa and submucosa. Macrophage-like cells in the external muscle layer were mostly acid phosphatase-negative, and at the electron-microscopic level they were found to have features of macrophages: primary lysosomes, coated vesicles and pits. However, very few secondary lysosomes were present. Birbeck granules were not observed. It is concluded that in the external muscle layer of human small and large intestine numerous macrophages of a special type are present. It is discussed whether this cell type plays a role in gastrointestinal motility and/or has an immunological function.
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  • 107
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Brain, vertebrate ; Catecholamines ; Tyrosine hydroxylase ; Immunohistochemistry ; Anolis carolinensis (Lacertilia)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Using traditional as well as whole-mount immunohistochemistry, we described the location of tyrosine hydroxylase-and dopamine beta hydroxylase-positive cells and fibers in the brain of the lizard Anolis carolinensis. Major catecholaminergic cell groups were in the ependyma in certain ventricular regions, alous coeruleus, anterior hypothalamic and lateral hypothalamic areas, and in the mesencephalic tegmental region, locus coeruleus, nucleus of the solitary tract, vagal motor nucleus, and rhombencephalic reticular formation. Major catecholaminergic fibers, tracts and varicosities included tuberohypophysial, mesolimbic, nigrostriatal, isthmocortical, medullohypothalamic, and coeruleospinal systems. Although the catecholaminergic systems in A. carolinensis are similar to those in the brains of other lizards studied, there are a few species differences. Our information about A. carolinensis will be used to help localize the hypothalamic asymmetry in catecholamine metabolism previously described in this lizard.
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  • 108
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Sensilla ; Immunohistochemistry ; Cryofixation ; Freeze-substitution ; Thermoreceptors ; Hygroreceptors ; Sensory transduction ; Ion pumps ; Antheraea pernyi (Insecta)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary In an attempt to identify and localize the components of voltage sources involved in sensory transduction in insect sensilla, the thermo-/hygrosensitive sensilla of the moth Antheraea pernyi were probed with a polyclonal antiserum against Na+,K+-ATPase in cryofixed and freeze-substituted preparations. The antiserum recognized epitopes on the cytoplasmic membranes of the dendritic inner segments and somata of the sensory cells and also on the cytoplasmic membranes of glial cells surrounding the initial axon segments. The findings support the current concept that ion pumps in the cytoplasmic membranes of the dendritic inner segments and somata of the sensory cells contribute to the maintenance of the resting potential of the sensory cells and to the driving forces generating the receptor currents in response to stimulation of the sensillum. Morphological features and immunohistochemical characteristics of the region of the initial axon segment are also discussed with respect to the initiation of action potentials in these sensilla.
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  • 109
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 269 (1992), S. 195-204 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Degeneration ; Histochemistry ; Immunohistochemistry ; Morphometry ; Muscle ; Stimulation, chronic ; Rabbit
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The purpose of this study was to examine the contention that stimulation-induced damage, resulting in degeneration with subsequent regeneration, plays a major role in the transformation of fibre type brought about by chronic electrical stimulation. Data from histological and histochemical sections of 9-day-stimulated rabbit fast-twitch muscles were analysed with multivariate statistical techniques. Fibre degeneration and regeneration varied non-systematically between sample areas at any given cross-sectional level. In the extensor digitorum longus muscle, but not in the tibialis anterior, there was more degeneration in proximal than in distal portions of the muscle. The extensor digitorum longus muscle consistently showed more degeneration than the tibialis anterior muscle. Degeneration was less extensive for an intermittent pattern of stimulation that delivered half the aggregate number of impulses of continuous stimulation. Degeneration and regeneration varied markedly between individual rabbits in each of the groups. Sections that revealed the most degeneration and regeneration also had more fibres that reacted positively with an anti-neonatal antibody. Rigorous analysis of different sources of variation has helped to explain apparent conflicts in the literature. The incidence of muscle fibre damage in the stimulated tibialis anterior muscle is low, showing that the contribution of degenerative-regenerative phenomena to fibre type conversion in this muscle is insignificant.
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  • 110
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Calcitonin gene-related peptide ; Renal pelvis ; Ureter ; Whole-mount preparation ; Immunohistochemistry ; Ureteral ligature ; Rat (Wistar)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the renal pelvis and ureter was examined by immunohistochemistry using whole-mount preparations and cryostat sections. The patterns of innervation were contrasted between the pelvis and ureter; the immunoreactive nerve fibers in the pelvis ran parallel to the long axis of each of the circular and longitudinal muscle layers, causing a lattice-like appearance of the nerve fibers. In the ureter, the immunoreactive fibers were accumulated in the subepithelial region and the longitudinal muscle. In both the pelvis and ureter, a portion of the nerve fibers of smaller caliber showed a swollen or beaded structure; they were located in the musculature and beneath the epithelium extending for considerable distances. Ligation of the ureter caused a marked decrease in the immunoreactive nerves in the pelvis and the proximal portion of the ureter, suggesting that the axonal flow in the calcitonin gene-related peptide-containing neurons of the ureter runs towards the pelvis.
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  • 111
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 267 (1992), S. 11-16 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Kidney ; Distal tubule ; Tamm-Horsfall protein ; Cytokeratin ; Immunohistochemistry ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Various antibodies and lectins were used in a histological study of the human renal tubule, particularly of the distal end of the thick limb of the loop of Henle. The thick limb, identified by antibody to Tamm-Horsfall protein, ended abruptly, either at the macula densa or at a variable distance after it. At this point there was an abrupt change in cell size. Confocal microscopy and other techniques showed that this point marked an abrupt beginning of tubular staining by the cytokeratin antibody PKK 2 and the lectin UEA 1, with an abrupt end of staining by the lectin DBA. Distal from this point, there were gradual changes in staining of the tubule by various reagents including other antibodies to cytokeratins. These structural findings suggest that there is a fundamental change in the tubule at the end of the thick limb. The abrupt end to the thick limb in man resembles that seen in the rat and the rabbit.
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  • 112
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 267 (1992), S. 185-192 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Retina ; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy ; Epiretinal membrane ; Fibronectin ; In situ hybridisation ; Immunohistochemistry ; Man
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The distribution of fibronectin mRNA and fibronectin in adult human retina and epiretinal membranes was investigated by in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemical techniques. The cells in normal adult retina contained little or no fibronectin mRNA and the retina only showed fibronectin immunoreactivity in retinal vessels. The cells in detached neuroretina did not contain fibronectin message but the vitreoretinal interface of the detached retina exhibited variable fibronectin immunoreactivity. Retinal glia, retinal pigment epithelium and fibroblast-like cells in membranes at the vitreoretinal juncture (epiretinal membranes) showed variable labelling with the fibronectin mRNA probe and all the membranes immunostained for fibronectin. No difference could be detected between membrane cell types in the intensity of labelling with the mRNA probe or for fibronectin immunoreactivity. The results indicate that cells in situ in attached and detached adult human retina do not produce fibronectin. Although fibronectin at the vitreoretinal juncture in retinal detachment is probably partly derived from plasma fibronectin resulting from breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier, ectopic retinal cells produce fibronectin and contribute to the glycoprotein in epiretinal membranes.
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  • 113
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Atrial natriuretic peptides ; mRNA ; Diabetes, type I ; Immunohistochemistry ; Morphometry ; Mouse (NOD)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels in cardiocytes and plasma were examined by using immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and radioimmunoassay in non-obese diabetic mice (NOD). Cardiocyte ANP mRNA expression was measured by the polymerase chain reaction method. ANP immunoreactivity in the auricular cardiocytes was more prominent in hyperglycemic mice (NOD-h) than in normoglycemic mice (NOD-n). Ultrastructural examination showed that auricular cardiocytes of the NOD-h group contained more cytoplasmic granules than cells of the NOD-n group. Ultrastructural morphometry indicated that the number of granules per auricular cardiocyte was significantly larger in the NOD-h group than in the NOD-n group. (P〈0.01), whereas the granule diameter was significantly smaller in the NOD-h group (P〈0.01). Radioimmunoassay showed that ANP levels in the NOD-h auricular cardiocytes were significantly higher than those in the NOD-n cardiocytes (P〈0.01); the opposite was true in plasma. Cardiocyte ANP mRNA expression was lower in the NOD-h group than in the NOD-n group.
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  • 114
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    Digitale Medien
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    Cell & tissue research 267 (1992), S. 301-306 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Luteinizing hormone beta-messenger RNA ; In situ hybridization ; Immunohistochemistry ; Pars tuberalis ; Sheep
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The localization of luteinizing hormone beta (LHβ)-mRNA was studied by in situ hybridization in the pars tuberalis of sheep using a homologous sheep double-stranded 32P-or 35S-cDNA. The labelled cDNA probe detected one mRNA sequence in the pars tuberalis by Northern blot analysis; this sequence was similar to that detected in the pituitary. In situ, the labelling of LHβ-mRNA in the horizontal and sagittal tissue sections was found throughout the pars tuberalis. This labelling was prevented by adding an excess of cold probe or treating the sections by ribonuclease before in situ hybridization. Controls showed a labelling in the pars distalis, but not in the median eminence, hypothalamus, cerebral cortex and liver sections. Double labelling by using a specific LHβ-antiserum indicated that the labelling of LHβ-mRNA appeared more intense in LH-containing cells that were found only in the ventral part of the pars tuberalis. These results suggest that the entire pars tuberalis is able to produce the LHβ subunit, but that the level of translation greatly varies according to the location of the cells.
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  • 115
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    Cell & tissue research 268 (1992), S. 167-177 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Mammary gland ; Extracellular matrix ; Menstrual cycle ; Breast cancer ; Immunohistochemistry ; Epithelial cell behaviour ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The normal human mammary gland undergoes a well defined sequence of histological changes in both epithelial and stromal compartments during the menstrual cycle. Studies in vitro have suggested that the extracellular matrix surrounding the individual cells plays a central role in modulating a wide variety of cellular events, including proliferation, differentiation and gene expression. We therefore investigated the distribution of a number of extracellular matrix molecules in the normal breast during the menstrual cycle. By use of indirect immunofluorescence, with specific antibodies, we demonstrated that laminin, heparan sulphate proteoglycan, type IV collagen, type V collagen, chondroitin sulphate and fibronectin undergo changes in distribution during the menstrual cycle, whereas collagen types I, III, VI and VII remain unchanged. These changes were most marked in the basement membrane, sub-basement membrane zone and delimiting layer of fibroblasts surrounding the ductules where basement membrane markers such as laminin, heparan sulphate proteoglycan, and type IV and V collagens appear greatly reduced during the mid-cycle period (days 8 to 22). These results suggest that some extracellular matrix molecules may act as medittors in the hormonal control of the mammary gland, whereas others may have a predominantly structural role.
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  • 116
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Vitamin A deficiency ; Cytokeratins ; Epithelial cells ; Immunohistochemistry ; Rat (BN/BiRij)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Normal epithelial cell differentiation is charactezied by the production of distinct cytokeratin proteins. It is well known that epithelia of several organs show squamous metaplasia in a vitamin A-deficient status. It is not yet known whether these histological changes are concomitant with a change in cytokeratin expression. Therefore, 3-week-old female rats (BN/BiRij) were fed a vitamin A-deficient diet for 8 weeks. The cytokcratin expression in epithelia of various organs was monitored immunohistochemically during the induction of vitamin A deficiency. Therefore, monoclonal antibodies specific for human cytokeratin 4, 5, 5+8, 7, 10, 14, 18 and 19 were used. In a normal vitamin A status, the distributional pattern for the different cytokeratins in rats was similar to that reported for human tissue. No change in cytokeratin expression was seen in trachea, skin, liver and colon at any time point studied. Squamous metaplasia in urinary bladder and salivary glands was observed after six weeks on the vitamin A-deficient diet. This was concomitant with a substitution of cytokeratins 4, 5+8, 7, 18 and 19 by cytokeratin 10. The latter cytokeratin is specific for keratinzed squamous epithelium. A change in cytokeratin expression was observed in bladder, ureter, kidney, salivary glands, uterus and conjunctiva before histological alterations appeared. In conclusion, the changes in cytokeratin expression observed under vitamin A deficiency in epithelia in vivo are in agreement with those described in other studies for epithelial cells in vitro. The changes in cytokeratin expression and the subsequent differentiation into squamous cells occurs in basal cells of the bladder but not in transitional cells. Furthermore, histological alterations are preceded by changes in cytokeratin expression indicating that vitamin A status controls cytokeratin expression in vivo.
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  • 117
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    Schlagwort(e): Spleen ; Transplantation ; Immunohistochemistry ; Lymphocytes ; Macrophages ; Stimulation ; Cytokines ; Rat (Lewis) ; Rat (Wistar)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Inbred animals (Lewis rats) were used to investigate the regeneration of autologously implanted splenic tissue at intra-omental and subcutaneous sites. Quantitative immunohistology with monoclonal antibodies against lymphocytes and macrophages was performed to analyse the cell density of red pulp (RP), periarteriolar lymphoid sheath (PALS), marginal zone (MZ) and follicle, 7–180 days after transplantation. Antigenic, allogeneic and mitogenic stimulation and Northern blotting were also performed. Transplant groups differed from spleen only in the reduced size of PALS; however, quantitative analysis demonstrated subtle differences between spleen and transplants. The cell density of B-cells and ED-1+ macrophages was reduced in the RP, Tsupp/cyt-cells were decreased and B-cells increased in PALS, and B-cells and Thelper-cells reduced in the MZ. No differences could be detected between the transplant groups. Flow-cytometric analysis of cell suspensions from spleen and transplants revealed a reduction of T-cells (OX-19+), MHC-I and transferrin-receptor-bearing cells in both transplant groups, and a decrease in the number of Thelper-cells and ED-3+ macrophages in subcutaneous transplants. Both transplant groups were defective regarding the allogeneic and pokeweed mitogen response. Aberration of the lipopolysaccharide response was restricted to subcutaneous transplants, which additionally showed abnormal expression of interferon-gamma, interleukin-5 and interleukin-6 mRNA. Thus, subtle alterations of the newly developed microenvironment and/or lymphocyte-homing may influence the regeneration of splenic tissue; the implantation site may represent an important parameter in functional reorganisation.
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  • 118
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    Cell & tissue research 269 (1992), S. 79-85 
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    Schlagwort(e): Carotid labyrinth ; Ontogeny ; Substance P ; CGRP ; VIP ; Immunohistochemistry ; Rana catesbeiana (Anura)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The ontogeny of substance P, CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide), and VIP (vasoactive intestinal polypeptide) containing nerve fibers in the carotid labyrinth of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, was examined by the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. The time of appearance of these three peptides was different for each. First, CGRP fibers appeared in the wall of the carotid arch and external carotid arteries, and in a thin septum between these two arteries at an early stage of larval development (stage III). At stage V, substance P immunoreactive fibers appeared, and VIP fibers were detected at the early metamorphic stage (stage XXII). Up to the completion of metamorphosis, the number of these fibers remained low. From 1 to 5 weeks after metamorphosis, substance P, CGRP, and VIP fibers increased in number to varying degrees. By 8 weeks after metamorphosis, the distribution and abundance of these fibers closely resembled those of the adults. Some CGRP and VIP immunoreactive glomus cells were found at the stages immediately before and after the completion of metamorphosis. These findings suggest that substance P, CGRP, and VIP fibers during larval development and metamorphosis may be nonfunctional, and start to participate in vascular regulation only after metamorphosis. The transient CGRP and VIP in some glomus cells may be important for the development of the labyrinth, or may take part in vascular regulation through the close apposition of the glomus and smooth muscle cells (g-s connection).
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  • 119
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    Cell & tissue research 269 (1992), S. 151-158 
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    Schlagwort(e): Atrial natriuretic peptide ; Brain natriuretic peptide ; C-type natriuretic peptide ; Heart ; Brain vertebrate ; Immunohistochemistry ; Opsanus beta (Teleostei)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The distribution of natriuretic peptide immunoreactivity was determined in the heart and brain of the gulf toadfish Opsanus beta using the avidin-biotin peroxidase technique. Four antisera were used: the first raised against porcine brain natriuretic peptide which cross-reacts with atrial natriuretic and C-type natriuretic peptides (termed natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactivity); the second raised against porcine brain natriuretic peptide which cross-reacts with C-type natriuretic peptide but not with atrial natriuretic peptide (termed porcine brain natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactivity); the third raised against rat atrial natriuretic peptide; and the fourth raised against eel atrial natriuretic peptide. Natriuretic peptide- and porcine brain natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactivity was observed in all cardiac muscle cells of the atrium. In the ventricle, natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactivity was found in all cardiac muscle cells, however porcine brain natriuretic peptidelike immunoreactivity was confined to muscle cells adjacent to the epicardium. There was no discernible difference in the distribution of natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactivity and porcine brain natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactivity in the brain. Immunoreactive perikarya were observed only in the preoptic region of the diencephalon, and many immunoreactive fibres were found in the telencephalon, preoptic area, and rostral hypothalamus, lateral to the thalamic region. There was no immunoreactivity in any region of the hypophysis. A pair of distinct immunoreactive fibre tracts ran caudally from the preoptic area to the thalamic region, from which fibres extended to the posterior commissure, area praetectalis, dorsolateral regions of the midbrain tegmentum, and tectum. Many immunoreactive fibres were present in the rostral regions of the inferior lobes of the hypothalamus and in the dorsolateral and ventrolateral aspects of the rhombencephalon. No immunoreactivity was observed in the heart and brain using rat atrial natriuretic and eel natriuretic peptide antisera. Although the chemical structure of natriuretic peptides in the heart and brain of toadfish is unknown, these observations show that a component of the natriuretic peptide complement is similar to porcine brain natriuretic and/or porcine C-type natriuretic peptides. The presence of natriuretic peptides in the brain suggests that they could be important neuromodulators and/or neurotransmitters.
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    Cell & tissue research 270 (1992), S. 1-6 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Estradiol receptor ; Endometrium ; Ovariectomy ; Immunohistochemistry ; Ultrastructure ; Pig
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Serial sections of resting porcine endometrium were analyzed with the monoclonal antibody 13H2 using goat antimouse IgG/5 nm gold as secondary reagent or with either polyclonal antibodies from goat #402 or the rat monoclonal antibody H222, both in combination with protein G/12 nm gold. A modestly higher labelling of nuclei than of cytoplasm was seen only with the monoclonal antibody H222. Polyclonal #402 and monoclonal 13H2 showed fewer attachments over nuclear than over cytoplasmic areas. The highest densities of attachment and of predominantly cytoplasmic labelling were obtained with the monoclonal antibody 13H2. The results confirm the earlier assumption of a restricted accessiblity of estradiol receptor in the cytoplasm of resting cells for immunoreagents.
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    Cell & tissue research 269 (1992), S. 167-174 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Schlagwort(e): Invertebrate immunity ; Coelomocytes ; Encapsulation ; Melanin ; Cytochemistry ; Immunohistochemistry ; Nereis diversicolor (Annelida)
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary We attempted to identify the nature and origin of the pigment produced by the marine worm Nereis diversicolor in order to isolate, in inert brown capsules, foreign objects introduced into its body cavity. This brown pigment, characterized by cytochemical techniques, could be a melanin. The activity of the enzyme phenoloxidase responsible for melanin biosynthesis was detected by enzyme cytochemistry techniques in vacuoles and the Golgi apparatus of coelomocytes activated by the presence of foreign bodies. Morphological techniques combined with a monoclonal immunological probe enabled us to establish that the “G2” granulocytes contain both the precursor of the pigment in dense bodies and the capacity for phenoloxidase synthesis when activated to encapsulate foreign bodies. The “G2” granulocyte may therefore be compared to a melanocyte in which melanin is not stored as in mammals, but immediately extruded following synthesis in the form of a thick fluid.
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  • 122
    ISSN: 1437-1596
    Schlagwort(e): Fibronectin ; Immunohistochemistry ; Wound age
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    Thema: Medizin , Rechtswissenschaft
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Zusammenfassung Es wurden 53 vitale Hautwunden mit einem Wundalter von wenigen Sekunden/Minuten
    Notizen: Summary We analyzed the distribution of fibronectin in routinely embedded tissue specimens from 53 skin wounds and 6 postmortem wounds. In postmortem wounds a faint but focal positive staining was exclusively found at the margin of the specimens which dit not extend into the adjacent stroma. Vital wounds were classified into 3 groups. The first comprising lesions with wound ages ranging from a few seconds to 30 min, the second comprising those with wound ages upt to 3 weeks, and the third group with lesions more than 3 weeks old. Ten out of 17 lesions with a wound age up to 30 min showed a clear positive reaction within the wound area. Three specimens in this group were completely negative, while in 4 additional cases the result was not significantly different from postmortem lesions. These 7 cases were characterized by acute death with extremely short survival times (only seconds). In wounds up to 3 weeks old fibronectin formed a distinct network containing an increasing number of inflammatory cells corresponding to the wound age. In 2 cases with a survival time of 17 days and in all wounds older than 3 weeks fibronectin was restricted to the surface of fibroblasts and to parallel arranged fibers in the granulation tissue without any network structures. We present evidence that fibronectin is a useful marker for vital wounds with a survival time of more than a few minutes. Fibronectin appears before neutrophilic granulocytes migrate into the wound area. Since a faint positive fibronectin staining is seen in postmortem lesions and bleedings, we propose that only those wounds which show strong positive fibronectin staining also extending into the adjacent stroma should be regarded as vital.
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  • 123
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    International journal of legal medicine 105 (1992), S. 75-80 
    ISSN: 1437-1596
    Schlagwort(e): Immunohistochemistry ; ABH-related antigens ; Human male genital tract ; Immunohistochemistry ; Antigene des ABH-Komplexes ; Männlicher Genitaltrakt
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin , Rechtswissenschaft
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Zusammenfassung Die Lokalisation (and Verteilung) der Antigene des ABH-Komplexes im Bereich der inneren Geschlechtsorgane des Mannes wurde mittels monoklonaler Antikörper unter Benutzung einer Avidin-Biotin Technik untersucht. Dabei konnten positive Reaktionen im Hoden und im Ductus epididymidis lediglich an Erythrozyten und Endothelzellen beobachtet werden. Die Expression von ABH-Antigenen in den Ductuli efferentes testis, im Ductus epididymidis, in den Samenbläschen und der Prostata wird offensichtlich komplex durch H-, Se-, Le- und X-Gene kodiert. Die Resultate der vorliegenden Untersuchungen zeigen, daß die ABH-Antigene der Spermienoberfläche offensichtlich aus der Samenflüssigkeit stammen und die ABO-, H-, Se-, Le-und X-Gene gewebsabhängig unterschiedlich exprimiert werden.
    Notizen: Summary The localization of ABH related antigens in human male reproductive tract was examined using monoclonal antibodies and an avidin biotin complex method. No positive reaction with blood group antibodies on spermatozoa was observed in testis and ductus epididymidis apart from erythrocytes and endothelial cells. The expression of ABH and ABH related antigens in ductuli efferentes testis, ductus epididymidis, seminal vesicle and prostate was complexly coded by a combination of H, Se, Le and X genes. The results obtained in this study indicate that the ABH antigens detected on spermatozoa of seminal stains are coating antigens and not inherent to the cell membrane, and the ABO, H, Se, Le and X genes are subjected to a tissue-dependent differential expression.
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  • 124
    ISSN: 1437-1596
    Schlagwort(e): Immunohistochemistry ; Collagen IV and VII ; Basement Membrane ; Wound Age ; Immunhistochemie ; Kollagen IV ; Kollagen VII ; Basalmembran ; Wundalter
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin , Rechtswissenschaft
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Zusammenfasssung Es wurden 62 menschliche Hautwunden (Operationsnähte, chirurgisch versorgte Stich-und Riß-Quetsch-Wunden) untersucht. Neben Kollagen IV wurde in 27 Fällen zusätzlich Kollagen VII immunhistochemisch dargestellt. Es zeigte sich hierbei eine weitgehende Co-Verteilung von Kollagen IV und VII im Wundgebiet ohne daß relevante wundaltersabhängige Unterschiede bezüglich der Lokalisation im Bereich des Epithel-Defektes feststellbar waren. Basalmembran-Fragmente traten erstmals in 4 Tage alten Hautwunden auf. Frühestens 8 Tage nach Verletzung fanden wir eine komplette epidermale Basalmembran. Dies war in allen Präparaten mit einem Wundalter über 21 Tagen der Fall. Der Zeitraum zwischen dem B. und 21. Tag nach Wundsetzung war charakterisiert durch eine erhebliche Variabilität der Befunde mit teils kompletter, teils fragmentiert vorliegender, teils auch noch vollständig fehlender Basalmembran im Defekt-Bereich.
    Notizen: Summary In 62 human skin wounds (surgical wounds, stab wounds and lacerations after surgical treatment) we analyzed the immunohistochemical localization of collagen IV in the epithelial basement membrane. In 27 of these wounds the distribution of collagen VII, which represents a specific component of the basement membrane of stratified epithelia, was also analyzed. We were able to demonstrate a virtually identical co-distribution of both collagen IV and VII in the wound area with no significant time-dependent differences in the appearance of both collagen types. Fragments of the epithelial basement membrane could be detected in the wound area from as early as 4 days after wounding and after 8 days a complete restitution of the epithelial basement membrane was observed. In all cases with a wound age of more than 21 days the basement membrane was completely reformed over the former lesional area. The period between 8 and 21 days after wounding was characterized by a wide variability ranging from complete restitution to deposition of basement membrane fragments or total lack of the epidermal basement membrane.
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  • 125
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    International journal of legal medicine 105 (1992), S. 99-103 
    ISSN: 1437-1596
    Schlagwort(e): Myofibroblasts ; Alpha-smooth muscle actin ; Desmin ; Immunohistochemistry ; Wound age ; Myofibroblasten ; Alpha-Aktin ; Desmin ; Immunhistochemie ; Wundalter
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin , Rechtswissenschaft
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Zusammenfassung Es wurden 66 menschliche Hautwunden mit einem Wundalter zwischen 20 Stunden und 7 Monaten sowie komplikationsloser Wundheilung ausgewertet. Nach immunhistochemischer Darstellung von alpha-Aktin und Desmin wurde das zeitabhängige Auftreten positiv reagierender Myofibroblasten im Wundgebiet untersucht. Es zeigte sich hierbei, daß in Hautwunden mit einem Wundalter unter 5 Tagen keine positiv anfärbbaren Zellen zu beobachten waren. In 57% (25 von 44 Fällen) der Hautverletzungen, die zwischen 5 und 31 Tagen überlebt worden waren, fanden sich im Granulationsgewebe alpha-Aktin haltige Myofibroblasten. Besonders zahlreiche, positiv reagierende Zellen traten zwischen ca. 16 bis 31 Tagen nach Wundsetzung auf, konnten jedoch auch bereits in Hautwunden jüngeren Alters beobachtet werden. In 2 von 7 Fällen mit einem Wundalter zwischen 1 und 7 Monaten (29%) liesen sich ebenfalls alpha-Aktin positive Myofibroblasten im Wundgebiet nachweisen. Desmin-haltige Myofibroblasten konnten nicht beobachtet werden. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß alpha-Aktin positive Myofibroblasten bereits mit Ausbildung typischen Granulationsgewebes ab ca. dem 5. Tag nach Verletzung im Wundgebiet auftreten. Der Nachweis positiv reagierender Zellen im Wundgebiet läßt jedoch aufgrund der Variabilität der Befunde keine weitere Differenzierung des Wundalters zu. Da alpha-Aktin-positive Myofibroblasten im Untersuchungsgut auch noch in einer Hautwunde mit einem Alter von 2 Monaten und 13 Tagen beobachtet werden konnten, ist die im Tierexperiment gefundene maximale Nachweisbarkeitsdauer von 30 Tagen auf das Granulationsgewebe menschlicher Hautwunden nicht übertragbar.
    Notizen: Summary Human skin wounds (66) inflicted between 20 h and 7 months prior to biopsy were studied. In order to identify the type of cellular differentiation of the fibroblastic cells in the granulation tissue, alpha-smooth muscle actin and desmin were immunohistochemically localized. The value of any presumed time-dependent appearance and/or disappearance of positively stained cells was tested for the estimation of wound age. In skin specimens with a wound age less than 5 days (n =15) no typical granulation tissue had developed and no alpha-actin-positive myofibroblasts could be detected. The first appearance of positively reacting myofibroblasts was noted in a 5-day-old wound. In 57% of the lesions with a wound age between 5 and 31 days (25 out of 44 cases) typical granulation tissue formation was present and myofibroblasts with positive reaction for alpha-smooth muscle actin could be identified. Numerous positively reacting cells could generally be found in wounds aged between 16 and 31 days, but also in wounds less than 16 days old. In 29% of the cases with a wound age of more than 31 days (2 out of 7 cases) alpha-sma-positive myofibroblasts also occured. Fibroblastic cells positive for desmin could not be seen at all in our series. Our results demonstrate the appearance of alpha-sma-positive myofibroblasts with the initial formation of typical granulation tissue in human skin lesions as early as approximately 5 days after wounding. In contrast to recent experimental results these cells remained detectable in wounds aged more than 2 months in some cases. The immunohistochemical detection of actin-positive cells, therefore, demonstrates whether an unknown skin wound is aged approximately 5 days or more. Even though a time-dependent decrease of myofibroblasts in human granulation tissue after 31 days in human wounds seems probable, the extended presence (up to about 2 months) of these cells allows no further exact age determination of older wounds.
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  • 126
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 249 (1992), S. 24-27 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Immune-mediated otitis media ; T-cell subsets ; Immunohistochemistry ; Mouse
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary To examine the role of T-cell subsets in immune-mediated otitis media with effusion induced by keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), we used immuno-histochemical methods to investigate the kinetics of immunocytes of the middle ear (ME) and eustachian tube (ET) in healthy BALB/c mice. Antibodies against murine macrophages and granulocytes (anti-Mac-1), helper T cells (anti-Lyt-1), suppressor T cells (anti-Lyt-2), immunoglobulins (anti-IgG, -IgM, -IgA), secretory component (SC) and KLH were used. The ME exhibited a substantial immune response, whereas the response of the ET was minor and was associated with a secondary ME immune response. After KLH challenge, an effusion with an extensive infiltration of inflammatory cells (Mac-1, IgG+ and IgM+ cells) was observed at days 1 and 3 in the ME cavity and rapidly disappeared by day 7. Within the ME mucosa, a large number of cells was observed at days 1 and 3, peaking on day 7 when a submucosal lymphoid infiltration was detected. In the immune response of the ME mucosa, Mac-1 cells were the predominant cell type followed by helper T cells, IgG+ cells, IgA+ cells and then IgM+ cells. Suppressor T cells were rarely detected after KLH challenge. SC was present within ME epithelial cells from days 1 to 14. From these findings, we conclude (1) that the majority of infiltrating cells in the ME cavity originate from circulating blood; (2) that the ME mucosa has an excellent capacity to mount a strong immune response, including mucosal immunity, through the accumulation of immunocytes for antigen processing and antibody production; (3) that elimination of antigen appears to be the most important factor for returning the immune response to a quiescent state.
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 249 (1992), S. 40-43 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Immunohistochemistry ; Tyrosine hydroxylase ; Sympathetic nerve ; Larynx-Dog
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The sympathetic innervation of the canine larynx was investigated using tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunohistochemistry. Many tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive (TH-IR) nerve fibers were observed around arteries and arterioles in the laryngeal mucosa and intrinsic laryngeal muscles. In the glandular region, TH-IR fibers were also found, with some of these fibers terminating around the basement membranes of the glandular cells. The quantity of TH-IR fibers in the mucosa differed among regions of the larynx. Many of these fibers could be found in the laryngeal surface of the epiglottis as well as the posterior glottis. These findings suggest that TH-IR fibers may directly innervate muscles in the intrinsic larynx.
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  • 128
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 249 (1992), S. 52-55 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Calcitonin gene-related peptide ; Canine larynx ; Immunohistochemistry
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Immunohistochemistry was used to investigate the distribution pattern of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) nerve fibers in the laryngeal mucosa, glands and intrinsic muscles of the dog. CGRP immunoreactive nerve fibers were found more frequently than substance P immunoreative nerve fibers in every region of the larynx. In the epithelia, CGRP nerve fibers were mainly found in the epiglottis, arytenoid region and subglottis. Many taste buds were observed in the arytenoid region and were densely innervated by the CGRP nerve fibers. In the lamina propria, the plexus of CGRP nerve fibers was present, with some of these fibers associated with blood vessels. Laryngeal glands were also innervated by a few CGRP nerve fibers. In the intrinsic laryngeal muscles, abundant immunoreactivity was observed and many motor end-plate-like structures were found with CGRP immunoreactivity. These findings strongly suggest that CGRP plays an important role in all of the sensory, motor and autonomic nervous systems of the larynx.
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  • 129
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 249 (1992), S. 393-399 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Olfactory epithelia ; Olfactory disorder ; Immunohistochemistry ; Classification
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary We have previously demonstrated that human olfactory epithelia can be classified into five grades according to the degree of degeneration present in patients with various kinds of olfactory disorders. In practice, however, the occurrence of additional types of cell changes in other kinds of olfactory disorders and findings with immunohistochemical techniques have led us to re-evaluate our previous classification. In the present study, changes in olfactory epithelia from ten patients with various kinds of olfactory disorders are discussed and a revised classification is proposed. Microvillar and differentiating cells were also evaluated in the epithelium studied.
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  • 130
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 249 (1992), S. 87-90 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Cholesteatomas ; Macrophages ; Immunohistochemistry
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Since a heavy cellular infiltrate is seen in the stroma of most aural cholesteatomas, we attempted to characterize this cell population in more detail using monocyte/macrophage-specific monoclonal antibodies. KiM1+ (specific for CD 11c antigen, the 150kDa α-chain of a leukocyte integrin), and KiM6+ phagocytes were present in two- or fourfold higher numbers in the stroma of the six excised cholesteatomas than in the control tissues. Since the stroma of the cholesteatoma is devoid of microvessles, the typical perivascular localization of dermal macrophages was not seen in the cholesteatomas studied. The density of the macrophages in the normal ear skin was much higher in the upper dermis than in the lower dermis. In the cholesteatomatous specimens, the phagocytes were evenly scattered within the connective tissue and the cellular infiltrate. In contrast to diseased skin, no Mac 387+ macrophages were detected in the cholesteatomas. A great number of phagocytic cells closely resembling dermal macrophages was found in the stroma of the cholesteatomas and probably contributes to an active autoimmune process.
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  • 131
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 249 (1992), S. 243-247 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Epidermal growth factor receptor expression ; Normal oral mucosa ; Dysplastic epithelia ; Squamous cell carcinomas ; Immunohistochemistry
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The expression of the receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been determined on oral squamous cell carcinomas. Immunoreactive receptor was localized using a monoclonal anti-EGF-receptor antibody which reacts with sequences in the external domain of the receptor. Frozen sections were studied from 40 patients with squamous cell carcinomas. In 16 sections from the patients with the squamous cell carcinomas, normal differentiated oral mucosa was included and in 7 of these the patients had received preoperative radiotherapy. Sections from 6 other patients with squamous cell carcinoma contained dysplastic epithelia. EGF-receptor-positive cells were present in the basal cell layer on normal differentiated oral mucosa. In sections from patients receiving preoperative radiotherapy the EGF-receptor-positive cells were also found in the spinous cells. In dysplastic epithelia nearly all cells stained for the receptor. The distribution and staining intensity of the EGF receptor varied in the oral squamous cell carcinomas, 36 were positive. The staining pattern in the carcinomas obtained from patients receiving preoperative radiotherapy was not altered qualitatively. Nearly all poorly differentiated cells were stained, but when the tumor was moderately to well differentiated a reduction in the extent of staining in certain areas was seen, paralleling the findings observed in the differentiated upper layers of the normal oral mucosa. This was most pronounced for the epithelial pearls, where the EGF-receptor-positive cells were localized to the undifferentiated cells in the periphery. The results of the present investigation confirm the presence of the EGF receptor on undifferentiated cells, with the extent of the staining reaction on oral squamous cell carcinomas varying inversely with cellular differentiation.
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    European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck 249 (1992), S. 385-388 
    ISSN: 1434-4726
    Schlagwort(e): Regeneration ; Recurrent laryngeal nerve ; Immunohistochemistry
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Summary The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) consists of various motor, sensory and autonomic nerve fibers, although it has not been established whether different neuronal types exhibit a similar ability to regenerate. To address this question, freezing was used to injure the cat RLN fibers and the presence or absence of immunoreactivity for neuropeptides or transmitter-synthesizing enzymes was then examined as a marker to classify the fibers. In the control RLN, calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive (CGRP-IR) fibers were the highest in number and were distributed throughout the nerve fascicles. The number of substance P-immunoreactive (SP-IR) fibers was about 40% that of CGRP-IR fibers, while a portion of CGRP-IR fibers was found to contain SP immunoreactivity. Relatively low numbers of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive (TH-IR) and neuropeptide Y (NPY-IR) nerve fibers were seen which tended to form clusters. The distribution pattern of NPY-IR fibers was very similar to that of TH-IR fibers. In the regenerating RLN 1 week after the freezing injury, the fastest growing axons were CGRP-IR, while the regenerating rates of SP-IR, TH-IR and NPY-IR fibers were slower than that of CGRP-IR fibers. These results suggest that the ability for neurite regeneration varies among neuron types and that CGRP-IR fibers possess the most rapid ability to regenerate.
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  • 133
    ISSN: 1432-136X
    Schlagwort(e): Stanniocalcin purification ; Amino acid sequencing ; Immunohistochemistry ; Intestinal Ca2+ influx ; Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Summary Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) stanniocalcin was purified, partially identified and tested for bioactivity in an assay on the intestinal calcium uptake in a marine teleost (Gadus morhua). Basic ethanol extraction, ion exchange chromatography, gel filtration and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography resulted in the isolation of a homogenous glycoprotein that appears as a 46-kDa product under non-reducing conditions and as a 23-kDa product under reducing conditions after sodium dodecylsulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The glycoprotein is likely to be a homodimer composed of two subunits of 23 kDa each. Further characterization indicates homology to Australian eel, sockeye salmon, coho salmon and rainbow trout stanniocalcin, and the glycoprotein is thus concluded to be stanniocalcin. Stanniocalcin-like immunoreactivity was demonstrated in the corpuscles of Stannius of the Atlantic cod, with a specific antiserum raised against purified chum salmon stanniocalcin. The physiological importance and the biological activity of chum salmon stanniocalcin was tested by evaluating its effect on intestinal calcium uptake by the Atlantic cod in vitro. The intestine was perfused, both vascularly and through the intestinal lumen, and the calcium mucosa-to-serosa flux was measured using 45Ca2+ as a tracer. Stanniocalcin decreased the intestinal calcium uptake in a dose-related manner by 13.5% and 22.4% at doses of 2.2 and 10.9 nM stanniocalcin, respectively. The results establish the intestine as a target organ for stanniocalcin in marine teleosts.
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  • 134
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 111-116 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; multiple minima problem ; peptide conformation ; energy calculation ; helices ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We have investigated the conformational properties of a truncated analogue of mastoparan and of mastoparan X, both peptides from wasp venom. The electrostatically driven Monte Carlo method was used to explore the conformational space of these short peptides. The initial conformations used in this study, mainly random ones, led to α-helical conformations. The α-helical conformations thus found exhibit an amphipathic character. These results are in accord with experimental data from NMR and CD spectroscopy.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992) 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Medizin
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    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 324-330 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): X-ray diffraction analysis ; hydrogen bonds ; peptide conformation ; 310/α-helix transition ; antiparallel helix packing ; leucyl-leucyl interaction ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The packing of peptide helices in crystals of the leucine-rich decapeptide Boc-Aib-Leu-Aib-Aib-Leu-Leu-Leu-Aib-Leu-Aib-OMe provides an example of ladder-like leucylleucyl interactions between neighboring molecules. The peptide molecule forms a helix with five 5→1 hydrogen bonds and two 4→1 hydrogen bonds near the C terminus. Three head-to-tail NH ċ O = C hydrogen bonds between helices form continuous columns of helices in the crystal. The helicial columns associate in an antiparallel fashion, except for the association of Leu ċ Leu side chains, which occurs along the diagonal of the cell where the peptide helices are parallel. The peptide, with formula C56H102N10O13, crystallizes in space group P212121 with Z = 4 and cell parameters a = 16.774(3) Å, b = 20.032(3) Å and c = 20.117(3) Å; overall agreement factor R = 10.7% for 2014 data with |Fobs| 〈 3σ(F); resolution 1.0 Å.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 339-344 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; pro region ; protease inhibition ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: α-Lytic protease, an extracellular bacterial serine protease, is synthesized with a large pro region that is required in vivo for the proper folding of the protease domain. To allow detailed mechanistic study, we have reconstituted pro region-dependent folding in vitro. The pro region promotes folding of the protease domain in the absence of other protein factors or exogenous energy sources. Surprisingly, we find that the pro region is a high affinity inhibitor of the mature protease. The pro region also inhibits the closely related Streptomyces griseus protease B, but not the more distantly related, yet structurally similar protease, elastase. Based on these data, we suggest a mechanism in which pro region binding reduces the free energy of a late folding transition state having native-like structure.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992) 
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    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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  • 139
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 1-25 
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    Schlagwort(e): aspartic proteinase zymogen ; molecular replacement ; structure-function ; activation peptide ; acid activation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The structure of porcine pepsinogen at pH 6.1 has been refined to an R-factor of 0.173 for data extending to 1.65 Å. The final model contains 180 solvent molecules and lacks density for residues 157-161. The structure of this aspartic proteinase zymogen possesses many of the characteristics of pepsin, the mature enzyme. The secondary structure of the zymogen consists predominantly of β-sheet, with an approximate 2-fold axis of symmetry. The activation peptide packs into the active site cleft, and the N-terminus (IP-9P) occupies the position of the mature N-terminus (1-9). Thus changes upon activation include excision of the activation peptide and proper relocation of the mature N-terminus. The activation peptide or residues of the displaced mature N-terminus make specific interactions with the substrate binding subsites. The active site of pepsinogen is intact; thus the lack of activity of pepsinogen is not due to a deformation of the active site. Nine ion pairs in pepsinogen may be important in the advent of activation and involve the activation peptide or regions of the mature N-terminus which are relocated in the mature enzyme. The activation peptide-pepsin junction, 44P-1, is characterized by high thermal parameters and weak density, indicating a flexible structure which would be accessible to cleavage. Pepsinogen is an appropriate model for the structures of other zymogens in the aspartic proteinase family. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 140
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992) 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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  • 141
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 70-85 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): major histocompatibility complex ; antigenic peptide ; molecular dynamics ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Computer simulation of the conformations of short antigenic peptides (5-10 residues) either free or bound to their receptor, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-encoded glycoprotein H-2 Ld, was employed to explain experimentally determined differences in the antigenic activities within a set of related peptides. Starting for each sequence from the most probable conformations disclosed by a pattern-recognition technique, several energy-minimized structures were subjected to molecular dynamics simulations (MD) either in vacuo or solvated by water molecules. Notably, antigenic potencies were found to correlate to the peptides propensity to form and maintain an overall α-helical conformation through regular i,i+4 hydrogen bonds. Accordingly, less active or inactive peptides showed a strong tendency to form i,i+3 hydrogen bonds at their N-terminal end. Experimental data documented that the C-terminal residue is critical for interaction of the peptide with H-2 Ld. This finding could be satisfactorily explained by a 3-D Q.S.A.R. analysis postulating interactions between ligand and receptor by hydrophobic forces. A 3-D model is proposed for the complex between a high-affinity nonapeptide and the H-2 Ld receptor. First, the H-2 Ld molecule was built from X-ray coordinates of two homologous proteins: HLA-A2 and HLA-Aw68, energy-minimized and studied by MD simulations. With HLA-A2 as template, the only realistic simulation was achieved for a solvated model with minor deviations of the MD mean structure from the X-ray conformation. Water simulation of the H-2 Ld protein in complex with the antigenic nonapeptide was then achieved with the template-derived optimal parameters. The bound peptide retains mainly its α-helical conformation and binds to hydrophobic residues of H-2 Ld that correspond to highly polymorphic positions of MHC proteins. The orientation of the nonapeptide in the binding cleft is in accordance with the experimentally determined distribution of its MHC receptor-binding residues (agretope residues). Thus, computer simulation was successfully employed to explain functional data and predicts α-helical conformation for the bound peptide. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 142
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 112-119 
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    Schlagwort(e): analytical affinty chromatography ; self-association ; HIV p24gag ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Analytical affinity chromatography (AAC) was used to detect and quantitate the self-association of p24gag, the major structural capsid protein of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). p24gag was immobilized on a hydrophilic polymer (methacrylate) chromatographic support. The resulting affinity column was able to interact with soluble p24, as judged by the chromatographic retardation of the soluble protein upon isocratic elution undernonchaotropic binding conditions. The variation of elution volume with soluble protein concentration fit to a monomer-dimer model for self-association. The soluble p24-immobilized p24 association process was observed using both frontal and zonal elution AAC at varying pH values; the dissociation constant was 3-4 × 10-5 M at pH 7. That p24 monomer associates to dimers was determined in solution using analytical ultracentrifugation. The solution Kd was 1.3 × 10-5 M at pH 7. AAC in the zonal elution mode provides a simple and rapid means to screen for other HIV-1 macromolecules that may interact with p24 as well as for modulators, including antagonists, of HIV p24 protein assembly. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 143
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 132-140 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein stability ; insertion mutations ; substitution mutations ; guanidine hydrochloride denaturation ; conformational changes ; circular dichroism spectroscopy ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: In a previous study, the small protein staphylococcal nuclease was shown to readily accommodate single alanine and glycine insertions, with average losses in stability comparable to substitutions at the same sites (PROT. 7:29-305, 1990). To more fully explore this unexpected adaptability to changes in residue spacing, 2 double amino acid insertions (alanyl-glycine, glycyl-glycine) and 3 additional single amino acid insertions with dissimilar side chains (proline, leucine, and glutamine) were constructed at 10 of the sites previously studied. At 8 of these sites, the type of amino acid side chain on the inserted residue significantly influenced the stability of the mutant protein. However, at 9 of the 10 sites, the double insertions were found to be no more destabilizing than the single alanine or glycine insertions. In contrast, double substitution mutations of staphylococcal nuclease, which replace two adjacent residues with alanine, do not show this striking degree of non-additivity. A comparison of the effects of single glutamine and single glycine insertions with alanyl-glycine insertions indicates that insertion of alanine into the peptide backbone is, on average, less destabilizing than appending the equivalent atoms onto the side chain of a glycine insertion. To explain their very different energetic effects, we propose that, unlike most substitutions, the inserted residue(s) must induce lateral displacements of the polypeptide chain, forcing the folded conformation away from that of wild type. The resulting obligatory shifts in the positioning of residues flanking the insertion generate a large number of degrees of freedom around which the mutant structure can relax. From the many alternative packing and bonding arrangements thus made available to the polypeptide chain, the energetically most favorable is selected. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 144
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 213-223 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; protein structure ; rotamers ; simulated annealing ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: An unknown protein structure can be predicted with fair accuracy once an evolutionary connection at the sequence level has been made to a protein of known 3-D structure. In model building by homology, one typically starts with a backbone framework, rebuilds new loop regions, and replaces nonconserved side chains. Here, we use an extremely efficient Monte Carlo algorithm in rotamer space with simulated annealing and simple potential energy functions to optimize the packing of side chains on given backbone models. Optimized models are generated within minutes on a workstation, with reasonable accuracy (average of 81% side chain χ1 dihedral angles correct in the cores of proteins determined at better than 2.5 Å resolution). As expected, the quality of the models decreases with decreasing accuracy of backbone coordinates. If the backbone was taken from a homologous rather than the same protein, about 70% side chain X1 angles were modeled correctly in the core in a case of strong homology and about 60% in a case of medium homology. The algorithm can be used in automated, fast, and reproducible model building by homology. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 145
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    Schlagwort(e): protein structure ; protein sequences ; protein design de novo ; protein engineering ; computer algorithms ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: What is the current state of the art in protein design? This question was approached in a recent two-week protein design workshop sponsored by EMBO and held at the EMBL in Heidelberg. The goals were to test available design tools and to explore new design strategies. Five novel proteins were designed: Shpilka, a sandwich of two four-stranded β-sheets, a scaffold on which to explore variations in loop topology; Grendel, a four-helical membrane anchor, ready for fusion to water-soluble functional domains; Fingerclasp, a dimer of interdigitating β-β-α units, the simplest variant of the “handshake” structural class; Aida, an antibody binding surface intended to be specific for flavodoxin; Leather - a minimal NAD binding domain, extracted from a larger protein. Each design is available as a set of three-dimensional coordinates, the corresponding amino acid sequence and a set of analytical results. The designs are placed in the public domain for scrutiny, improvement, and possible experimental verification.
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  • 146
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 145-157 
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    Schlagwort(e): thermal diffuse X-ray scattering ; protein disorder ; molecular dynamics ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Diffuse scattering data have been collected on two crystal forms of lysozyme, tetragonal and triclinic, using synchrotron radiation. The observed diffraction patterns were simulated using an exact theory for simple model crystals which relates the diffuse scattering intensity distribution to the amplitudes and correlations of atomic movements. Although the mean square displacements in the tetragonal form are twice that in the triclinic crystal, the predominent component of atomic movement in both crystals is accounted for by short-range coupled motions where displacement correlations decay exponentially as a function of atomic separation, with a relaxation distance of ≈ 6 Å. Lattice coupled movements with a correlation distance ≈ 50 Å account for only about 5-10% of the total atomic mean square displacements in the protein crystals. The results contradict various presumptions that the disorder in protein crystals can be modeled predominantly by elastic vibrations or rigid body movements.
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  • 147
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 180-187 
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    Schlagwort(e): fibronectin ; domain ; collagen ; folding ; disulfide ; fluorescence ; GdmCl ; renaturation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The gelatin-binding region of fibronectin is easily isolated as a stable and functional 42-kDa fragment (42-kDa GBF) containing four type I “finger” modules and two type II “kringle-like” modules arranged in the order I6-II1-II2-I7-I8-I9, where the numbers designate the order of these modules in each of the two polypeptide chains. Each module forms an independently folded domain stabilized by two disulfide bonds. Reduction of disulfides caused large changes in the intrinsic fluorescence and abolished the gelatin-binding activity of 42-kDa GBF and two nonoverlapping gelatin-binding subfragments, 30-kDa GBF (I6-II1-II2-I7) and 21-kDa GBF (I8-I9). However, high yields of active material could be regenerated, without diluting the protein, by dialysis into GdmCl followed by slow overnight removal of GdmCl while maintaining the redox potential with a mixture of oxidized and reduced glutathione. Fluorescence spectroscopic analysis indicated that the tertiary structure and thermodynamic stability of the refolded fragments were similar to those of the originals. The refolded fragments were quantitatively indistinguishable from the originals with respect to their dissociation constants for binding to a fluorescent-labeled collagen fragment. The results suggest that all or most of the cystines, a total of 24 in 42-kDa GBF, are correctly paired in the refolded products and that the tertiary structure was completely recovered. The fact that the 30- and 21-kDa fragments bind with a similar affinity proves the existence of at least two nonoverlapping sites in 42-kDa GBF that recognize gelatin.
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  • 148
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 278-298 
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    Schlagwort(e): folding nucleation ; hydrophobic cluster ; conserved loop length ; structure-sequence relationship ; sequence patterns ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The Greek key β-barrel topology is a folding motif observed in many proteins of widespread evolutionary origin. The arthropodan hemocyanins also have such a Greek key β-barrel, which forms the core of the third domain of this protein. The hemocyanin β-barrel was found to be structurally very similar to the β-barrels of the immunoglobulin domains, Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase and the chromophore carrying antitumor proteins. The structural similarity within this group of protein families is not accompanied by an evolutionary or functional relationship. It is therefore possible to study structure-sequence relations without bias from nonstructural constraints. The present study reports a conserved pattern of features in these Greek key β-barrels that is strongly suggestive of a folding nucleation site. This proposed nucleation site, which we call a “β-zipper,” shows a pattern of well-conserved, large hydrophobic residues on two sequential β-strands joined by a short loop. Each β-zipper strand is near the center of one of the β-sheets, so that the two strands face each other from opposite sides of the barrel and interact through their hydrophobic side chains, rather than forming a hydrogen-bonded β-hairpin. Other protein families with Greek key β-barrels that do not as strongly resemble the immunoglobulin fold - such as the azurins, plastocyanins, crystallins, and prealbumins - also contain the β-zipper pattern, which might therefore be a universal feature of Greek key β-barrel proteins.
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  • 149
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 314-323 
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    Schlagwort(e): structure analysis ; graph theory ; protein structure ; β sheet ; retrieval ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: In order to find rules for the secondary structure prediction of proteins which describe the (sequentially) long-range interactions in sheet structures methods of applied graph theory were used. The so called β graph which describes the sheet topology was defined for every protein in the Brookhaven Data Bank containing β sheets. The resemblance of proteins at that topological level is discussed, and four notations and graphic representations of sheets which describe the sequential and topological neighborhoods of the strands were derived. This description level supports the usage of data structures which allow the implementation of efficient algorithms for the analysis and comparison of β structures in proteins. A computer program for the representation and retrieval of bibliographic data and β sheet structures was implemented. Some examples for substructure search illustrate the usefulness of the program. Two graphic catalogues were compiled: one contains all β graphs of PDB proteins and the other all occurring different greek key descriptions.
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  • 150
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 345-364 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein structure ; crystallography ; errors ; φ,ψ distribution ; χ1 angles ; stereochemical parameters ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Methods have been developed to assess the stereochemical quality of any protein structure both globally and locally using various criteria. Several parameters can be derived from the coordinates of a given structure. Global parameters include the distribution of φ,ψ and χ1 torsion angles, and hydrogen bond energies. There are clear correlations between these parameters and resolution; as the resolution improves, the distribution of the parameters becomes more clustered. These features show a broad distribution about ideal values derived from high-resolution structures. Some structures have tightly clustered distributions even at relatively low resolutions, while others show abnormal scatter though the data go to high resolution. Additional indicators of local irregularity include proline φ angles, peptide bond planarities, disulfide bond lengths, and their χ3 torsion angles. These stereochemical parameters have been used to generate measures of stereochemical quality which provide a simple guide as to the reliability of a structure, in addition to the most important measures, resolution and R-factor. The parameters used in this evaluation are not novel, and are easily calculated from structure coordinates. A program suite is currently being developed which will quickly check a given structure, highlighting unusual stereochemistry and possible errors.
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  • 151
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 382-399 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein secondary structure ; amino acid sequence ; distributions ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The conditional probability, P(σ|x), is a statement of the probability that the value of σ will be found given the prior information that a value of x has been observed. Here σ represents any one of the secondary structure types, α, β, τ, and ρ for helix, sheet, turn, and random, respectively, and x represents a sequence attribute, including, but not limited to: (1) hydropathy; (2) hydrophobic moments assuming helix and sheet; (3) Richardson and Richardson helical N-cap and C-cap values; (4) Chou-Fasman conformational parameters for helix, Pα, for sheet, Pβ, and for turn, Pτ; and (5) Garnier, Osguthorpe, and Robson (GOR) information values for helix, Iα, for sheet, Iβ, for turn, I,τ, and for random structure, Iρ.Plots of P (σ|x) vs. x are demonstrated to provide information about the correlation between structure and attribute, σ and x. The separations between different P (σ|x) vs. x curves indicate the capacity of a given attribute to discriminate between different secondary structural types and permit comparison of different attributes. P (α|x), P (β|x), P (τ|x) and P (ρ|x) vs. x plots show that the most useful attributes for discriminating helix are, in order: hydrophobic moment assuming helix 〉 Pα » N-cap 〉 C-cap ≈ Iα ≈ Iτ. The information value for turns, Iτ, was found to discriminate helix better than turns. Discrimination for sheet was found to be in the following order: Iβ » Pβ ≈ hydropathy 〉 Iρ ≈ hydrophobic moment assuming sheet.Three attributes, at their low values, were found to give significant discrimination for the absence of helix: Iα ≈ Pα ≈ hydrophobic moment assuming helix. Also, three other attributes were found to indicate the absence of sheet: Pβ » Iτ ≈ hydropathy. Indications of the absence of σ could be as useful for some applications as the indication of the presence of σ.
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  • 152
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 26-37 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): norcamphor ; P450CIA1 ; substrate specificity ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: While cytochrome P-450cam, catalyzes the hydroxylation of camphor to 5-exo-hydroxycamphor with 100% stereospecificity, norcamphor is hydroxylated by this enzyme yielding 45% 5-exo-, 47% 6-exo-, and 8% 3-exo-hydroxynorcamphor (Atkins, W.M., Sligar, S.G., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109:3754-3760, 1987). The present study describes a 201-psec molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of norcamphorbound cytochrome P-450cam to elucidate the relationship between substrate conformational mobility and formation of alternative products. First, these data suggest that the product specificity is, at least partially, due to the mobility of the substrate within the active site. Second, the high mobility of norcamphor in the active site leads to an average increase in separation between the home iron and the substrate of about 1.0 Å; this increase in separation may be the cause of the uncoupling of electron transfer when norcamphor is the substrate. Third, the active site water located in the norcamphor-bound crystal structure possesses mobility that correlates well with the spin-state equilibrium of this enzyme-substrate complex. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 153
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 57-69 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein conformation ; aromatic contribution ; disulfide contribution ; CD spectra of the main secondary structural elements in proteins ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: A recently developed algorithm, called Convex Constraint Analysis (CCA), was successfully applied to determine the circular dichroism (CD) spectra of the pure β-pleated sheet in globular proteins. On the basis of X-ray diffraction determined secondary structures, the original data set used (Perczel, A., Hollosi, M., Tusnady, G. Fasman, G.D. Convex constraint analysis: A natural deconvolution of circular dichroism curves of proteins, Prot. Eng., 4:-669-679, 1991), was improved by the addition of proteins with high β-pleated sheet content. The analysis yielded CD curves of the pure components of the main secondary structural elements (α-helix, antiparallel β-pleated sheet, β-turns, and unordered conformation), as well as a curve attributed to the “aromatic contribution” in the wavelength range of 195-240 nm. Upon deconvolution the curves obtained were assigned to various secondary structures. The calculated weights (percentages determining the contributions of each pure component curve in the measured CD spectra of a given protein) were correlated with the X-ray diffraction determined percentages in an assignment procedure and were evaluated. The Pearson product correlation coefficients (R) are significant for all five components. The new pure component curves, which were obtained through deconvolution of the protein CD spectra alone, are promising candidates for determining the percentages of the secondary structural components in globular proteins without the necessity of adopting an X-ray database. The CD spectrum of the CheY protein was interesting because it has the characteristic shape associated with the α-helical structure, but upon analysis yielded a considerable amount of β-sheet in agreement with the X-ray structure. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 154
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 120-131 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; α-helix ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: A computational study of the role of all ionizable groups of the C-peptide in its helix-coil transition is performed within the framework of continuum electrostatics. The method employed in our computations involves a numeric solution of the Poisson equation with the Boundary Element Method. Our calculations correctly predict the experimentally observed trends in the helix-coil equilibrium of the C-peptide, and suggest that the mechanisms involved are more complex than usually presumed in the literature. Our results suggest that electrostatic interactions in the unfolded conformation are often more important than in the helix, total electrostatic contribution to the helix-coil transition due to the side chains of the C-peptide destabilizes the helix, changes in the helix stability produced by the changes in the ionization state of the side chains are dominated by side chain effects, the effect of the helix dipole on the energetics of the helix-coil transition of the C-peptide is either minor or similar to other contributions in magnitude; while the formation of a salt bridge is electrostatically favorable, formation of the hydrogen bond between a charged and a polar side chains is not. Factors limiting the accuracy of the computations are discussed. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 155
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 152-157 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Staphylococcus aureus ; bacterial toxins ; structure-function ; protein structure ; crystallography ; pyrogenic toxins ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The Type C staphylococcal enterotoxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus strain FRI-909 has been crystallized using a combination of two precipitants, ammonium sulfate and polyethylene glycol 400, with the addition of small amounts of detergent. Two related crystal forms have been obtained, one triclinic, and one tetragonal, both with one toxin molecule per asymmetric unit. These crystals are stable for at least 75 hr in the X-ray beam and diffract to at least 2.2 and 2.6 Å, respectively. The triclinic crystals have unit cell parameters a = 38.5 Å, b = 43.7 Å, c = 36.9 Å, and interaxial angles α = 99.9°, β = 95.8°, and γ = 98.5°. The tetragonal crystals are of space group P4122 with unit cell parameters a = 43.4 Å and c = 278.0 Å. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 156
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 162-173 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; folding intermediates ; time resolved fluorescence ; nonradiative excitation energy transfer ; BPTI ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The structure of BPTI and reduced BPTI in concentrated guanidinium HCI (GUHCl) in the presence of glycerol has been probed by measurements of dynamic nonradiative excitation energy transfer between probes attached to its amino groups. Inter probe distance distributions were obtained from analysis of donor fluorescence decay curves and used to characterize local structures in unordered states of the protein. Site specifically fluorescently labeled BPTI derivatives (1-n)BPTI (n = 15, 20, 41, 46) were used, each carrying a 2-methoxy-naphthyl-1-methylenyl group (MNA) at the N-terminal amino group of arg1 and 7-(dimethylamino)-coumarin-4-yl-acetyl residue (DA-coum) at one of its ε-NH2 groups of the lysine side chains. Analysis of donor fluorescence decay kinetics gave the interprobe distance distributions in the native and denatured states.The N-terminal-segment, residues 1-15, is in an extended conformation (with an average interprobe distance of 34 ± 2 Å) in the native state. Upon unfolding by reduction with DTT or β-mercapto ethanol in 6 M GUHCl/glycerol mixture, the conformation of this segment relaxed to a state characterized by a reduced averageinterprobe distance and a larger width of the distances distribution. The average distance between residues 1 and 26, i.e., between the N-terminus and the turn of the twisted β sheet element (residues 18-35), increased upon unfolding. At -30°C in the above solvent, the distribution between these two sites was probably composed of two conformational subpopulations. About 45 ±20% of the molecules were characterized by a short interprobe distance (like the native state) representing a compact conformation, and 55 ± 20% of the molecules showed large interprobe distances representing an expanded (unfolded) conformation.Thus local structures seem to exist in reduced denatured BPTI even underdenaturing conditions in 6 M GUHCl/glycerol mixtures. Some of those structures are unstable in guanidinium isothiocyanate (GUSCN). The method introduced here is suitable for probing local structures and very long range interactions in unfolded folded proteins and for search for folding initiation sites (FISs) and early folding intermediates. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 157
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 206-222 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): molecular docking ; Monte Carlo ; simulated annealing ; rational drug-design ; dihydrofolate reductase ; proteinase inhibitors ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We present a method to search for possible binding modes of molecular fragments at a specific site of a potential drug target of known structure. Our method is based on a Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm applied tothe translational and rotational degrees of freedom of the probe fragment. Starting from a randomly generated initial configuration, favorable bindingmodes are generated using a two-step process. An MC run is first prformed in which the energy in the Metropolis algorithm is substituted by a score function that measures the average distance of the probe to the targetsurface. This has the effect of making buried probes move toward the targetsurface and also allows enhanced sampling of deep pockets. In a second MC run, a pairwise atom potential function is used, and the temperature parameter is slowly lowered during the run (Simulated Annealing). We repeat this procedure starting from a large number of different randomly generated initial configurations in order to find all energetically favourable docking modes in a specified region around the target. We test this method using two inhibitor-receptor systems: Streptomyces griseus Proteinase B in complex with the third domain of the ovomucoid inhibitor from turkey, and dihydrofolate reductase from E. Coli in complex with methotrexate. The method could consistently reproduce the complex found in thecrystal structure searching from random initial positions in cubes ranging from 25 Å to 50 Å about the binding site. In the case of SGPB, we were also successful in docking to the native structure. In addition, we were successful in docking small probes in a search that included the entire protein surface. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 158
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 272-272 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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  • 159
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 258-271 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; protein modeling ; knowledge-based prediction ; molecular force field ; statistical mechanics ; globins ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We present an approach which can be used to identify native-like folds in a data base of protein conformations in the absence of any sequence homology to proteins in the data base. The method is based on a knowledge-based force field derived from a set of known protein conformations. A given sequence is mounted on all conformations in the data base andthe associated energies are calculated. Using several conformations and sequences from the globin family we show that the native conformation is identified correctly. In fact the resolution of the force field is high enough to discriminate between a native fold and several closely related conformations. We then apply the procedure to several globins of known sequence but unknown three dimensional structure. The homology of these sequences to globins of known structures in the data base ranges from 49 to 17%. Withone exception we find that for all globin sequences one of the known globinfolds is identified as the most favorable conformation. These results are obtained using a force field derived from a data base devoid of globins of known structure. We briefly discuss useful applications in protein structurlresearch and future development of our approach. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 160
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992) 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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  • 161
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 364-368 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): pancreatic spasmolytic polypeptide ; porcine pancreas ; hanging drop vapor diffusion method ; crystallization ; circular dichroism analysis ; porcine insulin ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Pancreatic spasmolytic polypeptide (PSP) isolated from porcine pancreas has been crystallized by the hanging drop vapor diffusion method. Crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis were grown at pH 4.7 from a solution of 6% saturated ammonium sulfate. The space group is orthorhombic I222 or I212121 with unit cell parameters a = 54.38 Å, b = 72.29 Å, and c = 180.85 Å. There are three molecules of PSP per asymmetric unit and a water content of 46.9%. The crystals diffracts to an estimated resolution of 2.7 Å.The far-UV CD spectrum of PSP shows some exceptional features which cannot be accounted for thoroughly in terms of standard secondary structures commonly seen in protein CD spectroscopy. With this limitation, the secondary structure analysis predicts 15% α-helix, between 10 and 20% antiparallel β-strand, 10% parallel β-strand, 15% turn, and 25 to 40% of other structures. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 162
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 1-9 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein engineering ; cassette mutagenesis ; peptide hormone ; molecular modeling ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: By inserting appropriate peptide ligands into surface loops on globular proteins, we expect to develop probes for the location, accessibility, and steric and electrostatic environment of these ligand-binding sites on their membrane-bound receptors. Three residues in a loop on the surface of E. coli alkaline phosphatase were substituted by an 18-residue peptide containing the receptor-binding segment of somatostatin-14 without significantly affecting the catalytic properties of the enzyme. This hybrid protein was then used to investigate the ligand-binding site of somatostatin receptors. Tryptic cleavage of the hybrid protein within the inserted sequence, and binding of the hybrid protein to antisomatostatin antibodies demonstrated the surface accessibility of the guest peptide. Both the wild-type enzyme and the hormone-enzyme hybrid displaced 125I-labeled somatostatin from rat brain membrane receptors only at high concentrations. How-ever, chemical cationization of the hybrid protein, which again did not disturb the phosphatase activity, enhanced its receptor-binding potency to a level only 23 times lower than that of somatostatin itself and 280 times higher than that of the cationized wild-type protein. This alkaline phosphatase/somatostatin hybrid protein appears, therefore, to be a suitable starting point for the development of probes for the steric and electrostatic environment of the ligand-binding site of somatostatin receptors. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 163
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 168-177 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein structure ; helix-turn-helix motif ; Tet represser ; mutagenesis ; structure predictions ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The Tn10derived Tet represser contains an amino acid segment with high homology to the α-helix-turn-α-helix motif (HTH) of other DNA binding proteins. The five most conserved amino acids in HTH are probably involved in structural formation of the motif. Their functional role was probed by saturation mutagenesis yielding 95 single amino acid replacement mutants of Tet repressor. Their binding efficiencies to tet operator were quantitatively determined in vivo. All functional mutants contain amino acid substitutions consistent with their proposed role in a HTH. In particular, only the two smallest amino acids (serine, glycine) can substitute a conserved alanine in the proposed first α-helix without loss of activity. The last position of the first α-helix, the second position in the turn, and the fourth position in the second α-helix require mostly hydrophobic residues. The proposed C-terminus of the first α-helix is supported by a more active asparagine compared to glutamine replacement mutant of the wt leucine residue. The turn is located close to the protein surface as indicated by functional lysine and arginine replacements for valine. A glycine residue at the first position in the turn can be replaced by any amino acid yielding mutants with at least residual tet operator affinity. A structural model of the HTH of Tet repressor is presented. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 164
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 191-201 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): common protein fold ; protein architecture ; close packing ; p-sheet twist ; galactose oxidase ; influenza virus neuraminidase ; methylamine dehydrogenase ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Twisted β-sheets, packed face to face, may be arranged in circular formation like blades of a propeller or turbine. This β-pro-peller fold has been found in three proteins: that in neuraminidase consists of six β-sheets while those in methylamine dehydrogenase and galactose oxidase are composed of seven β-sheets. A model for multisheet packing in the β-propeller fold is proposed. This model gives both geometrical parameters of the β-propellers composed of different numbers of sheets and patterns of residue packing at their sheet-to-sheet interfaces. All the known β-propeller structures have been analyzed, and the observed geometries and residue packing are found to be in good agreement with those predicted by models. It is shown that unusual seven-fold symmetry is preferable to six- or eight-fold symmetry for propeller-like multisheet assembly. According to the model, a six β-sheet propeller has to have predominantly small residues in the β-strands closed to its sixfold axis, but no strong sequence constraints are necessary for a seven-fold β-propeller. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 165
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 178-190 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): flavoenzymes ; monooxygenase ; FAD ; reduced flavin ; flavin planarity ; Pseudomonas fluorescens ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The crystal structure of the reduced form of the enzyme p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase from Pseudomonasm fluorescens, complexed with its substrate p-hydroxybenzoate, has been obtained by protein X-ray crystallography. Crystals of the reduced form were prepared by soaking crystals of the oxidized enzyme-substrate complex in deaerated mother liquor containing 300-400 mM NADPH. A rapid bleaching of the crystals indicated the reduction of the enzyme-bound FAD by NADPH. This was confirmed by single crystal spectroscopy.X-ray data to 2.3 Å were collected on oscillation films using a rotating anode generator as an X-ray source. After data processing and reduction, restrained least squares refinement using the 1.9 Å structure of the oxidized enzyme-substrate complex as a starting model, yielded a crystallographic R-factor of 14.8% for 11,394 reflections. The final model of the reduced complex contains 3,098 protein atoms, the FAD molecule, the substrate p-hydroxybenzoate and 322 solvent molecules.The structures of the oxidized and reduced forms of the enzyme-substrate complex were found to be very similar. The root-mean-square discrepancy for all atoms between both structures was 0.38 Å. The flavin ring is almost completely planar in the final model, although it was allowed to bend or twist during refinement. The observed angle between the benzene and the pyrimidine ring is 2° This value should be compared with observed values of 10° for the oxidized enzyme-substrate complex and 19° for the enzyme-product complex. The position of the substrate is virtually unaltered with respect to its position in the oxidized enzyme. No trace of a bound NADP+ or NADPH molecule was found. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 166
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 202-212 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): semisynthesis ; protein structure ; ligand binding ; amino acid substitution ; solid-phase peptide synthesis ; hydrophobicity ; reduction potentials ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Tyr-67 of mitochondrial cytochrome c is thought to be involved in important hydrogen bonding interactions in the hydrophobic heme pocket of the protein (Takano, T., Dickerson, R.E. (1981) J. Mol. Biol. 153:95-115). The role of this highly conserved residue in heme pocket stability was studied by comparing properties of semisynthetic (Phe-67) and (p-F-Phe-67) analogs with those of native cytochrome c and a “control” analog, (Hse-65)cytochrome c. The (Phe-67) and (p-F-Phe-67) analogs have well-developed 695-nm visible absorption bands and are active in a cytochrome c oxidase assay. The reduction potentials of both analogs are lower than the native protein by approximately 50 mV. Although both analogs bind imidazole with higher affinity than the native protein, only the (p-F-Phe-67) analog has a 3- to 5-fold lower binding constant for cyanide. Only the (Phe-67) analog was significantly more stable toward alkaline isomerization. These results are not consistent with stabilization of the native protein heme pocket via hydrogen bonding of Tyr-67 to Met-80. An alternative steric role for Tyr-67 is proposed in which the residue controls the heme reduction potential by limiting the number of internal H2O molecules in the heme pocket. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 167
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 224-236 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): subdomain ; kinetics ; unfolding ; stabilization ; autolysis ; protein engineering ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Variants of the thermolabile neutral protease (Npr) of B. subtilis (Npr-sub) and the thermostable neutral protease of B. stearothermophilus (Npr-ste) were produced by means of site-directed mutagenesis and the effects of the mutations on thermostability were determined. Mutations were designed to alter the interaction between the middle and C-terminal subdomain of these enzymes. In all Nprs a cluster of hydrophobic contacts centered around residue 315 contributes to this interaction. In thermostable Nprs (like Npr-ste) a 10 residue β-hairpin, covering the domain interface, makes an additional contribution. The hydrophobic residue at position 315 was replaced by smaller amino acids. In addition, the β-hairpin was deleted from Npr-ste and inserted into Npr-sub. The changes in thermostability observed after these mutations confirmed the importance of the hydrophobic cluster and of the β-hairpin for the structural integrity of Nprs. Combined mutants showed that the effects of individual mutations affecting the inter action between the subdomains were not additive. The effects on thermostability decreased as the strength of the subdomain interaction increased. The results show that once the subdomain interface is sufficiently stabilized, additional stabilizing mutations at the same interface do not further increase thermostability. The results are interpreted on the basis of a model for the thermal inactivation of neutral proteases, in which it is assumed that inactivation results from the occurrence of local unfolding processes that render these enzymes susceptible to autolysis. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 168
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 249-264 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): fuzzy clustering ; molecular dynamics ; simulations ; nonequilibrium ; protein conformation ; parathyroid hormone (PTH) ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: We propose fuzzy clustering as a method to analyze molecular dynamics (MD) trajectories, especially of proteins and polypeptides. A fuzzy cluster analysis locates classes of similar three-dimensional conformations explored during a molecular dynamics simulation. The method can be readily applied to results from both equilibrium and nonequilibrium simulations, with clustering on either global or local structural parameters. The potential of this technique is illustrated by results from fuzzy cluster analyses of trajectories from MD simulations of various fragments of human parathyroid hormone (PTH). For large molecules, it is more efficient to analyze the clustering of root-mean-square distances between conformations comprising the trajectory. We found that the results of the clustering analysis were unambiguous, in terms of the optimal number of clusters of conformations, for the majority of the trajectories examined. The conformation closest to the cluster center can be chosen as being representative of the class of structures making up the cluster, and can be further analyzed, for example, in terms of its secondary structure. The CPU time used by the cluster analysis was negligible compared to the MD simulation time. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 169
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 237-248 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): protein folding ; denatured states ; hydrogen exchange ; NMR ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The hydrogen exchange kinetics of 68 individual amide protons in the native state of hen lysozyme have been measured at pH 7.5 and 30°C by 2D NMR methods. These constitute the most protected subset of amides, with exchange half lives some 105-107 times longer than anticipated from studies of small model peptides. The observed distribution of rates under these conditions can be rationalized to a large extent in terms of the hydrogen bonding of individual amides and their burial from bulk solvent. Exchange rates have also been measured in a reversibly denatured state of lysozyme; this was made possible under very mild conditions, pH 2.0 35°C, by lowering the stability of the native state through selective cleavage of the Cys-6-Cys-127 disulfide crosslink (CM6-127 lysozyme). In this state the exchange rates for the majority of amides approach, within a factor of 5, the values anticipated from small model peptides. For a few amides, however, there is evidence for significant retardation (up to nearly 20-fold) relative to the predicted rates. The pattern of protection observed under these conditions does not reflect the behavior of the protein under strongly native conditions, suggesting that regions of native-like structure do not persist significantly in the denatured state of CM6-127 lysozyme. The pattern of exchange rates from the native protein at high temperature, pH 3.8 69°C, resembles that of the acid-denatured state, suggesting that under these conditions the exchange kinetics are dominated by transient global unfolding. The rates of folding and unfolding under these conditions were determined independently by magnetization transfer NMR methods, enabling the intrinsic exchange rates from the denatured state to be deduced on the basis of this model, under conditions where the predominant equilibrium species is the native state. Again, in the case of most amides these rates showed only limited deviation from those predicted by a simple random coil model. This reinforces the view that these denatured states of lysozyme have little persistent residual order and contrasts with the behavior found for compact partially folded states of proteins, including an intermediate detected transiently during the refolding of hen lysozyme. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 170
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 265-276 
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    Schlagwort(e): representative PDB structures ; sequence clustering ; significance of sequence similarity ; classification of protein structures ; amino acid composition ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Reliable structural and statistical analyses of three dimensional protein structures should be based on unbiased data. The Protein Data Bank is highly redundant, containing several entries for identical or very similar sequences. A technique was developed for clustering the known structures based on their sequences and contents of α-and β-structures. First, sequences were aligned pairwise. A representative sample of sequences was then obtained by grouping similar sequences together, and selecting a typical representative from each group. The similarity significance threshold needed in the clustering method was found by analyzing similarities of random sequences. Because three dimensional structures for proteins of same structural class are generally more conserved than their sequences, the proteins were clustered also according to their contents of secondary structural elements. The results of these clusterings indicate conservation of α-and β-structures even when sequence similarity is relatively low.An unbiased sample of 103 high resolution structures, representing a wide variety of proteins, was chosen based on the suggestions made by the clustering algorithm. The proteins were divided into structural classes according to their contents and ratios of secondary structural elements. Previous classifications have suffered from subjectice view of secondary structures, whereas here the classification was based on backbone geometry. The concise view lead to reclassification of some structures. The representative set of structures facilitates unbiased analyses of relationships between protein sequence, function, and structure as well as of structural characteristics. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 277-287 
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    Schlagwort(e): α-helix ; lysine residues ; disaccharide units ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: A model of heparin bound to bovine platelet factor 4 (BPF4) was completed using a graphically designed heparin molecule and the crystallographic coordinates of the native bovine platelet factor 4 tetramer. The oligosaccharides had a chain length of at least eight disaccharide units with the major repeating disaccharide unit consisting of (I→4)-O-(α-L-idopyranosyluronic acid 2-sulfate)-(l→4)-(2-deoxy-2-sulfamino-2-D-glucopyra-nosyl 6-sulfate). Each disaccharide unit carried a -4.0 charge. The structure of BPF4 was solved to 2.6 Å resolution with R = 0.237. Each monomer of BPF4 contains an α-helix lying across 3 strands of antiparallel β-sheet. Each helix has four lysines, which have been implicated in heparin binding. These lysine residues are predominantly on one side of the helix and are solvent accessible. Electrostatic calculations performed on the BPF4 tetramer show a ring of strong, positive charge which runs perpendicularly across the helices. Included in this ring of density is His-38, which has been shown by NMR to have a large pKa shift when heparin binds to BPF4. Our model of heparin bound to PF4 has the anionic polysaccharide perpendicular to the α-helices, wrapped about the tetramer along the ring of positive charge, and salt linked to all four lysines on the helix of each monomer. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Schlagwort(e): amino acid-derived cofactor ; crystal structure ; methylamine dehydrogenase ; molecular replacement ; oxidoreductase ; Paracoccus denitrificans ; pyrroloquinoline quinone ; quinoprotein ; tryptophan tryptophylquinone ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The three-dimensional structure of the quinoprotein methylamine dehydrogenase from Paracoccus denitrificans (PD-MADH) has been determined at 2.8 Å resolution by the molecular replacement method combined with map averaging procedures, using data collected from an area detector. The structure of methylamine dehydrogenase from Thio-bacillus versutus, which contains an “X-ray” sequence, was used as the starting search model. MADH consists of 2 heavy (H) and 2 light (L) subunits related by a molecular 2-fold axis. The H subunit is folded into seven four-stranded β-segments, forming a disk-shaped structure, arranged with pseudo-7-fold symmetry. A 31-residue elongated tail exists at the N-terminus of the H subunit in MADH from T. versutus but is partially digested in this crystal form of MADH from P. denitrificans, leaving the H subunit about 18 residues shorter. Each L subunit contains 127 residues arranged into 10 β-strands connected by turns. The active site of the enzyme is located in the L subunit and is accessible via a hydrophobic channel between the H and L subunits. The redox cofactor of MADH, tryptophan tryptophylquinone is highly unusual. It is formed from two co-valently linked tryptophan side chains at positions 57 and 107 of the L subunit, one of which contains an orthoquinone. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 300-308 
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    Schlagwort(e): polyethylene glycol-400 ; phosphoglucomutase crystals ; salt solutions ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Although rabbit muscle phosphoglucomutase occasionally deposits tetragonal crystals from solutions of ammonium sulfate at about 47% of saturation, low concentrations of polyethylene glycol-400 (PEG), 1 to 4.5% w/v, must be included to sustain crystal growth. A comparison of long-term growth rates for macroscopic crystals in the presence and absence of added PEG suggests that at high salt concentration this cosolute exerts its primary effect on disordered protein aggregates, either in the external medium or at the surface of the crystal, and thereby allows the growth of much larger crystals. Since the observed effects may arise from a PEG-induced increase in the “solubility” of the aggregate that exceeds the induced increase in solubility of the crystalline phase under these conditions, the physical basis for a cosolute-induced increase in solubility in the presence of a precipitant is considered. The applicability of such a rationale to the present system is supported by an assessment of the relative effects of polyeth-yiene glycol and β-octylglucoside on amorphous, salt-induced precipitates of phosphoglucomutase. PEG also produces what appears to be a differential effect on nucleation efficiency and crystal growth rate. Thus, seed crystals cannot be enlarged at a significant rate at high salt concentration without producing showers of extraneous nucleation centers when the concentration of added PEG is 3% or less. But PEG concentrations of 4.5% essentially eliminate the showering problem, ostensibly by increasing the supersaturation required for nucleation to a greater extent than that required for crystal growth. The same type of effect is observed during de novo growth. Again a solubility-based mechanism is posed. Hysteretic effects related to properties of amorphous aggregates of the protein also are described. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 174
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 14 (1992), S. 309-323 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein structure comparison ; sequence alignment ; structure alignment ; dynamic programming ; dehydrogenase fold ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: An algorithm is presented for the accurate and rapid generation of multiple protein sequence alignments from tertiary structure comparisons. A preliminary multiple sequence alignment is performed using sequence information, which then determines an initial superposition of the structures. A structure comparison algorithm is applied to all pairs of proteins in the superimposed set and a similarity tree calculated. Multiple sequence alignments are then generated by following the tree from the branches to the root. At each branchpoint of the tree, a structure-based sequence alignment and coordinate transformations are output, with the multiple alignment of all structures output at the root The algorithm encoded in STAMP (Structural Alignment of Multiple Proteins) is shown to give alignments in good agreement with published structural accounts within the dehydrogenase fold domains, globins, and serine proteinases.In order to reduce the need for visual verification, two similarity indices are introduced to determine the quality of each generated structural alignment. Sc quantifies the global structural similarity between pairs or groups of proteins, whereas Pij′ provides a normalized measure of the confidence in the alignment of each residue. STAMP alignments have the quality of each alignment characterized by Sc and Pij′ values and thus provide a reproducible resource for studies of residue conservation within structural motifs. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 175
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992) 
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    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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  • 176
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 1-9 
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    Schlagwort(e): hematopoiesis ; colony-stimulating factors ; structure-function relationships ; GM-CSF ; IL-3 ; helical proteins ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The hematopoietic growth factors are a family of glycoproteins involved in the production of blood cells from their bone marrow precursors and in the activation of mature blood cells. Much has been learned about the structural features of these molecules responsible for their characteristic biological activities. Most studies have been based upon mutagenesis strategies of intact polypeptides and on epitope mapping of informative monoclonal antibodies to the growth factors. A more limited amount of physical data is available. This review will summarize these findings, highlight the growing body of evidence suggesting that many of these proteins share common evolutionary origins and structural elements, and hopefully point to the directions being taken for further investigations of these scientifically informative and clinically useful group of proteins.
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  • 177
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 49-62 
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    Schlagwort(e): β-helix ; circular dichroism ; tryptophan ; phenylalanine ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: In order to resolve whether gramicidin A channels are formed by right- or left-handed β-helices, we synthesized an optically reversed (or mirror image) analogue of gramicidin A, called gramicidin A-, to test whether it forms channels that have the same handedness as channels formed by gramicidin M- (F. Heitz et al., Biophys. J. 40:87-89, 1982). In gramicidin M- the four tryptophan residues have been replaced with phenylalanine, and the circular dichroism (CD) spectrum therfore reflects almost exclusively contributions from the polypeptide backbone. The CD spectrum of gramicidin M- in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles is consistent with a left-handed helical backbone folding motif (F. Heitz et al., Biophys. Chem. 24:149-160, 1986), and the CD spectra of gramicidins A and A- are essentially mirror images of each other. Based on hybrid channel experiments, gramicidin A- and M- channels are structurally equivalent, while gramicidin A and A- channels are nonequivalent, being of opposite helix sense. Gramicidin A- channels are therefore left-handed, and natural gramicidin A channels in phospholipid bilayers are right-handed β6.3-helical dimers.
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  • 178
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 87-90 
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    Schlagwort(e): crystallization ; X-ray diffraction ; immunoaffinity chromatography ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The class I major histocompatibility (MHC) antigen HLA-B27 was purified by immunoaffinity chromatography from the homozygous human B lymphoblastoid cell line LG-2. Detergent-soluble HLA-B27 was cleaved with the protease papain to remove the hydrophobic transmembrane region and the cytoplasmic tail. Crystals of the resulting water-soluble extracellular fragments were obtained in hanging drops by the vapor-diffusion method. The crystals are triclinic, space group P1, with unit cell dimensions a = 45.9 Å, b = 71.0 Å, c = 83.7 Å, α = 79.4°, β = 88.5°, γ = 89.9°, and diffract beyond 2.5 Å resolution.
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  • 179
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 10-23 
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    Schlagwort(e): crystallography ; molecular isomorphous replacement ; molecular dynamics ; refinement ; interleukin ; site-directed mutagenesis ; receptor-binding surface ; epitope ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The molecular structure of interleukin-1β, a hormone-like cytokine with roles in several disease processes, has been determined at 2.0 Å resolution and refined to a crystallographic R-factor of 0.19. The frame-work of this molecule consists of 12 antiparallel β-strands exhibiting pseudo-3-fold symmetry. Six of the strands make up a β-barrel with polar residues concentrated at either end. Analysis of the three-dimensional structure, together with results from site-directed mutagenesis and biochemical and immunological studies, suggest that the core of the β-barrel plays an important functional role. A large patch of charged residues on one end of the barrel is proposed as the binding surface with which IL-1 interacts with its receptor.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 42-48 
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    Schlagwort(e): calcium ; zinc ; tryptophan fluorescence ; denaturation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: A recombinant 19-kDa human fibroblast collagenase catalytic fragment modeled on a naturally occurring proteolytic product was purified from E. coli inclusion bodies. Following renaturation in the presence of zinc and calcium, the fragment demonstrated catalytic activity with the same primary sequence specificity against small synthetic substrates as the full-length collagenase. Unlike the parent enzyme, it rapidly cleaved casein and gelatin but not native type I collagen. Intrinsic fluorescence of the three tryptophan residues was used to monitor the conformational state of the enzyme, which underwent a 24-nm red shift in emission upon denaturation accompanied by quenching of the fluorescence and loss of catalytic activity. Low concentrations of denaturant unfolded the fragment while the full-length enzyme displayed a shallow extended denaturation curve. Calcium remarkably stabilized the 19-kDa fragment, zinc less so, while together they were synergistically stabilizing. Among divalent cations, calcium was the most effective stabilizer, EC50 ∼60 μM, and similar amounts were required for substrate hydrolysis. Catalytic activity was more sensitive to denaturation than was tryptophan fluorescence. Least sensitive was the polypeptide backbone secondary structure assessed by CD. These observations suggest that the folding of the 19-kDa collagenase fragment is a multistep process stabilized by calcium.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 100-100 
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    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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  • 182
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 24-30 
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    Schlagwort(e): interleukin-2 ; protein crystallography ; glycoprotein ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Glycosylated interleukin-2 (glyIL-2) has been crystallized in two crystal forms, and unglycosylated interleukin-2 (uIL-2) has been crystallized in three forms. The glycosylated form of the human recombinant IL-2 has been crystallized from 1.9 M ammonium sulfate, pH 6.5 to 7.0 in the hexagonal space group P6222 or its enantiomorph. The crystals diffract to 2.8 Å and contain two or three molecules per asymmetric unit. A second crystal form grows from 1.4 to 1.5 M ammonium sulfate in 0.2 M ammonium acetate, pH 5.0-5.5, as polycrystalline rosettes which are not suitable for even a preliminary crystallographic analysis. The uIL-2 crystallizes from 1.0 to 1.7 M ammonium sulfate, 0.2 M ammonium acetate, pH 4.5-5.6 in the monoclinic space group P21, and less frequently in the orthorhombic space group P212121 from 2.5 M ammonium sulfate, pH 4.5 to 5.7. Cross-seeding uIL-2 with seeds from hexagonal crystals of glyIL-2 promotes nucleation of trigonal crystals of unglycosylated IL-2. These trigonal crystals belong to the space group P3121 or its enantiomorph, with similar cell dimensions to the glyIL-2 hexagonal crystals.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992) 
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    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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  • 184
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 237-265 
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    Schlagwort(e): β-sheet-coil transition ; β-hairpin ; Langevin dynamics ; equilibrium properties ; quasiparticle ; effective potential ; autocorrelations ; cross-correlations ; time histories ; rate constants ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: A simplified model of a polypeptide chain is used to study the dynamics of the β-sheet-coil transition. Each amino acid residue is treated as a single quasiparticle in an effective potential that approximates the potential of mean force in solution. The model is used to study the equilibrium and dynamic aspects of the sheet-coil transition. Systems studied include ones with both strands free to move (two-strand sheet), and ones with either strand fixed in position (multistrand sheet). The equilibrium properties examined include sheet-coil equilibrium constants and their dependence on chain position. Dynamic properties are investigated by a stochastic simulation of the Brownian motion of the chain in its solvent surroundings. Time histories of the dihedral angles and residue-residue cross-strand distances are used to study the behavior of the sheet structure. Auto-and cross-correlation functions are calculated from the time histories with relaxation times of tens to hundreds of picoseconds. Sheet-coil rate constants of tens of ns-1 were found for the fixed strand cases.
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  • 185
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 12 (1992), S. 331-338 
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    Schlagwort(e): phospholipase C ; molecular modeling ; GRID ; substrate-enzyme interactions ; catalytic mechanism ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Based on the high-resolution X-ray crystallographic structure of phospholipase C from Bacillus cereus, the orientation of the phosphatidylcholine substrate in the active site of the enzyme is proposed. The proposal is based on extensive calculations using the GRID program and molecular mechanics geometry relaxations. The substrate model has been constructed by successively placing phosphate, choline and diacylglycerol moieties in the positions indicated from GRID calculations. On the basis of the resulting orientation of a complete phosphatidylcholine molecule, we propose a mechanism for the hydrolysis of the substrate.
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  • 186
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    Schlagwort(e): bacterial lactate dehydrogenase ; X-ray crystallography ; site-directed mutation ; stereospecificity ; image plates ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Bacillus stearothermophilus lactate dehydrogenase, one of the most thermostable bacterial enzymes known, has had its three-dimensional structure solved, the gene coding for it has been cloned, and the proteincan be readily overexpressed. Two mutants of the enzyme have been prepared. In one, Arg171 was changed to Trp (R171W) and Gln102 was changed to Arg (Q102R). In the other, the mutation Q102R was maintained, but Arg171 was changed to Tyr (R171Y). In addition, an inadvertent C97G mutant was present. Both mutants have been crystallized by the hanging drop vapor diffusion method at room temperature. Bipyrimidal crystals have been obtained against (NH4)2SO4in 50 mM piperazine HCI buffer. The crystals belong to space group P6622 (P6622) (whereas the native enzyme, the structure of which has been solved by Piontek et al., Proteins 7:74-92, 1990) crystallized in the space group (P61) with a = 102.3 Å, c = 168.6 Å for the R171W, Q102R, C97G triple mutant, and a = 98.2 Å; c = 162.1 Å for the R171Y, Q102R, C97G mutant. These crystal forms appear to contain one-quarter of a tetramer (Mr 135,000)in the asymmetric unit and have (VM values of 3.8 and 3.3 Å3/dalton, respectively). The R171W mutant diffracts to 2.5 Å and the R171Y mutant to approximately 3.5 Å © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 175-194 
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    Schlagwort(e): AIDS ; HIV-1 protease ; molecular dynamics ; atomic fluctuations ; domain communication ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Molecular dynamics simulations have been carried out based on the GROMOS force field on the aspartyl protease (PR) of the human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1. The principal simulation treats the HIV-1 PR dimer and 6990 water molecules in a hexagonal prism cell under periodic bundary conditions and was carried out for a trajectory of 100 psec. Corresponding in vacuo simulations, i.e., treating the isolated protein without solovent, were carried out to study the influence of solvent on the simulation. The results indicate that including waters explicitly in the simlation results in a model considerably closer to the crystal structure than when solvent is neglected. Detailed conformational and helicoidal analysis was perfomed on the solvated form to determine the exact nature of the dynamical model and the exact points of agreement and disagreement with the crystal structure. The calculated dynamical model was furthr elucidated by means of studies of the time evolution of the cross-correlation coefficients for atomic displacements of the atoms comprising the protein backbone. The cross-correlation analysis revealed significant aspects of structure originating uniquely in the dynamical motions of the molecule. In particular, an unanticipated troughspace, domain-domain correlation was found between the mobile flap region covering the active site and a remote regions of the structure, which collectively act somewhat like a molecular cantilever. The significance of these results is discussed with respect to the inactivation of the protease by site-specific mutagenesis, andin the design of inhibitors. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 231-245 
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    Schlagwort(e): protein structure ; modeling ; immunoglobulins ; loops ; data base screening ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Using database screening techniques we have examined the relationship between antigen-binding loops in immunoglobulins, and regions of similar conformation in other protein families. The conformations of most antigen-binding loops are not unique to immunoglobulins. But in many cases, the geometrical relationship between the loop and the peptides flanking it differs between the immunoglobulins and other structures with the same loop. We assess model building by data base screening, compared with thatbased on canonical structures. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 246-257 
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    Schlagwort(e): lipid-protein complexes ; molecular hydrophobicity potential ; protein hydrophobicity ; apolipoprotein ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: In this paper we propose a classification of the amphipathic helicalrepeats occurring in the plasma apolipoprotein sequences. It is based upon the calculation of the molecular hydrophobicity potential around the helical segments. The repeats were identified using a new autocorrelation matrix, based upon similarities of hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties of the amino acid residues within the apolipoprotein sequences. The helices were constructed by molecular modeling, the molecular hydrophobicity potential was calculated, and isopotential contour lines drawn around the helices yieldeda three-dimensional visualization of the hydrophobicity potential. Two classes of apolipoproteins could be differentiated by comparing the hydrophobic angles obtained by projection of the isopotential contour lines on a plane perpendicular to the long axis of the helix. The isopotential contour lines around apo AI, AIV, and E are more hydrophilic than hydrophobic, whereas they are of similar intensity for apo AII, CI, and CIII. In both cases discoidal lipid-protein complexes are generated, with the amphipathic helices around the edge of the lipid core. The long axis of the helices is oriented parallel to the phospholipid acyl chains and the hydrophilic side of the helix toward the aqueous phase. As a result of the differences in hydrophobicity potential, the contact between the hydrophobic side of the helices and the phospholipid acyl chains is larger for apo AII, CI, and CIII than for the other apolipoproteins. This might account for the greater stability of the discoidal complexes generated between phospholipids and these apoproteins. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 327-335 
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    Schlagwort(e): accessible surface area ; globin helices ; polyalanine helices ; helix-helix packing ; linear fit ; microdomains ; diffusion-collision model ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: The accessible surface areas of 53 high-resolution globin helices are correlated with molecular weight. The linear fit is assessed for satistical accuracy using a boot-strap analysis, and by comparison to the areas of 13 ideal polyalanine α-helices. The accessible area of the unfolded helices is compared with the folded values before helix-helix packing. An analytical physical model is presented to explain the correlation, and to provide an analytical value for the surface area parameter in the diffusion-collision model of protein folding. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 306-326 
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    Schlagwort(e): transforming growth factor α ; template algorithm ; NMR restraint analysis ; protein domain analysis ; structure refinement ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Structures of the protein, transforming growth factor α (TGF-α), have been derived from NMR data using distance geometry and subsequent energy refinement. Analysis of the sequential NOE distance bounds using a template algorithm provides a check for consistency in the calculation of bounds, stereospecific assignment of prochiral centers, and secondary structure assignment. Application of the template algorithm to the long range NOEs found within the NMR data sets collected at pH 6.3 and pH 3.4 is used to assess the confidence levels for the accuracy of the structures obtained from modeling. The method also provides critical insight in differentiating regions of the structure that are well defined from those that are not. Use of the restraint analysis protocol is shown to be a powerful adjunct to currently used methods for the assignment of protein structures from NMR data. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 352-363 
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    Schlagwort(e): tRNA suppressors ; evolutionary conservation ; protein structure-function ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notizen: Amino acid substitution analysis within a highly conserved region of Escherichia coli thymidylate synthase (TS), using suppression of amber mutations by tRNA suppressors, has yielded a bank of 124 new mutationally altered TS proteins. These mutant proteins have been used to study the structure-function relationship of the Escherichia coli TS protein at the N-terminus corresponding to residues 20 through 35. This region contains a block of amino acids whose sequence has been well conserved among other known TS proteins from various organisms. Positions 20 through 25 contain a surface loop structure and positions 26 through 35 encompass a β-strand. We find that residues surrounding a β-bulge structure within the β-strand are particularly sensitive to amino acid substitution, suggesting that this structure is maintained by a highly ordered packing arrangement. Three residues in the surface loop that are present at the base of the substrate binding pocket are also sensitive to amino acid substitution. The remainder of the conserved sites, including those at the dimer interface, are tolerant to most, if not all, of the substitutions tested. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Schlagwort(e): β-barrel ; protein engineering ; protein folding ; electrostatic interactions ; protein-ligand interaction ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Three-dimensional modeling of the complex between retinoic acid-binding protein (CRABP) and retinoic acid suggests thatbinding of the ligand is mediated by interaction between the carboxyl groupof retinoic acid and two charged amino acids (Arg-111 and Arg-131) whose side chains project into the barrel of the protein. To assess the contribution of these amino acids to protein-ligand interaction, amino acid substitutions were made by oligonucleotide-directed, site-specific mutagenesis. The wild-type and mutant proteins were expressed in E. coli and subsequently purified. Like wild-type CRABP, the mutant proteins are composed mainly of β-strands as determined by circular dichroism in the presence and absence of ligand, and thus presumably are folded into the same compact barrel structure as the wild-type protein. Mutants in which Arg-111 and Arg-131 are replaced by glutamine bind retinoic acid with significantly lower affinity than the wild-type protein, arguing that these two residues indeed interact with the ligand. The mutant proteins are more resistant to thermal denaturation than wild-type CRABP in the absence of retinoic acid, but they are not as thermostable as the CRABP-retinoic acid complex. These data suggest a model for CRABP-retinoic acid interaction in which the repulsive forces between the positively-charged arginine residues provide conformational flexibility to the native protein for retinoic acid to enter the binding pocket. Elimination of the positively-charged pair of amino acids produces a protein that is more thermostable than wild-type CRABP but less effective at ligand-binding. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 194
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    Schlagwort(e): serine protease ; MNDO Hamiltonian ; SCF charges ; energy minimization ; dissociation constant ; inhibitor design ; catalytic mechanism ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: A step leading to the formation of the covalent complexes between porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) and 7-[(alkylcarbamoyl)amino]-4-chloro-3-ethoxyisocoumarins (alkylHNCO-EICs) is the formation of the non-covalent Michaelis complex. No average structures are available for the Michaelis complexes of PPE with alkylHNCO-EICs. We present the results of an initial step in obtaining these structures and have determined kinetic constants as well. The kinetic results indicate that formation of the Michaelis complex is what differentiates the effectiveness of these inhibitors in inactivating PPE. The structural and kinetic results together suggest that the structure of the Michaelis complex is necessary for the design of potent alkylHNCO-EIC inhibitors of PPE. Two novel alkylHNCO-EICs are predicted to be the best inhibitors of this series. An alternate mechanism for serine protease inhibition is also proposed. Evidence for, and studies that may add support to, the hypothesized mechanism are discussed. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 195
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    Digitale Medien
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992) 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
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  • 196
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 195-205 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): aspartic proteinase ; renin inhibitors ; X-ray diffraction ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The three-dimensional structures of the complexes of the aspartic proteinase from Rhizopus chinensis (Rhizopuspepsin, EC 3.4.23.6) with pepstatin and two pepstatin like peptide inhibitors of renin have been detrmined by X-ray diffraction methods and refined by restrained least-squares procedures. The inhibitors adopt an extended conformation and lie in the deep groove located between the two domains of the enzyme. Inhibitor binding is accompanied by a conformational change at the “flap,” a β-hairpin loop regions, that projects over the binding cleft andcloses down over the inhibitor, excluding water molecules from the vicinityof the scissile bond. The hydroxyl group of the central statyl residue of the inhibitors replaces the water molecule found between the two active aspartates, Asp-35 and Asp-218, in the native structure. The refined structures provide additional data to define the specific subsites of the enzyme and also show a system of hydrogen bonding to the inhibitor backbone similar to that observed for a reduced inhibitor. Published 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 197
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 223-230 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): force field ; global optimization ; Metropolis criterion ; HIV-1 aspartic proteinase ; HLA-A2 MHC protein ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: A new two-step procedure has been developed for the docking of flexible oligopeptide chains of unkown conformation to static proteins ofknown structure. In the first step positions and conformations are sampled and the association energy, minimized starting from an approximate preselected docking position. The resulting conformations are further optimized in the second step by a Metropolis Monte Carlo minimization, which optimizes each of these structures. The method has been tested on the HIV-1 aspartic proteinase complex with an inhibitor, whose crystallographic structure is known at 2.3 Å resolution. Furthermore, the application of this method to the docking of the hendecapeptide 58-68 of the influenza A virus matrix protein to the HLA-A2 molecule produced results which are in agreement with experimental observations in identifying side chains critical for T cell recognition and residues responsible of MHC protein binding. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 198
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992) 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
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  • 199
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 288-305 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): molecular dynamics ; catalysis carboxypeptidase ; ligand binding ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Molecular dynamics (MD) calculations have been performed on carboxypeptidase A and on its adducts with inhibitors, such as d-phenylalanine (dPhe) and acetate. The catalytically essential zinc ion present in the protein was explicitly included in all the simulations. The simulation was carried out over a sphere of 15 Å centered on the zinc ion. The crystallographic water molecules were explicitly taken into account; then the protein was solvated with a 18 Å sphere of water molecules. MD calculations were carried out for 45-60 ps. There is no large deviation from the available X-ray structures of native and the dPhe adduct for the MD stuctures. Average MD structures were calculated starting from the X-ray structure of the dPhe adduct, and, from a structure obtained by docking the inhibitor in the native structure. Comparison between these two structures and with that of the native protein shows that some of the key variations produced by inhibitor binding are reproduced by MD calculations. Addition of acetate induces structural changes relevant for the understanding of the interaction network in the active cavity. The structural variations induced by different inhibitors are examined. The effects of these interactions on the catalytic mechanism and on the binding of substrate are discussed. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 200
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 13 (1992), S. 275-287 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Schlagwort(e): staphylococcal nuclease ; mechanism of ; ternary enzyme-La3+-dTdA complex ; active site ; trinucleotide complex of ; assignments of 1H aromatic resonances ; assignments of 15N resonances ; HMQC studies of ; NOESY-HMQC studies of ; energy minimization of ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The conformation of the staphylococcal nuclease-bound metal-dTdA complex, previously determined by NMR methods [Weber, D.J., Mullen, G.P., Mildvan, A.S. (1991) Biochemistry 30:7425-7437] was docked into the X-ray structure of the enzyme-Ca2+-3′,5′-pdTp complex [Loll, P.J., Lattman, E.E. (1989) Proteins: Struct., Funct., Genet. 5:183-201] by superimposing the metal ions, taking into account intermolecular nuclear Overhauser effects from assigned aromatic proton resonances of Tyr-85, Tyr-113, and Tyr-115 to proton resonances of the leaving dA moiety of dTdA, and energy minimization to relieve small overlaps. The proton resonances of the Phe, Tyr, and Trp residues of the enzyme in the ternary enzyme-La3+-dTdA complex were sequence specifically assigned by 2D phase-sensitive NOESY, with and without deuteration of the aromatic protons of the Tyr residues, and by 2D heteronu-clear multiple quantum correlation (HMQC) spectroscopy and 3D NOESY-HMQC spectros-copy with 15N labeling. While resonances of most Phe, Tyr and Trp residues were unshifted by the substrate dTdA from those found in the enzyme-La3+-3′,5′-pdTp complex and the enzyme-Ca2+-3′,5′-pdTp complex, proton resonances of Tyr-85, Tyr-113, Tyr-115, and Phe-34 were shifted by 0.08 to 0.33 ppm and the 15N resonance of Tyr-113 was shifted by 2.1 ppm by the presence of substrate. The optimized position of enzyme-bound dTdA shows the 5′-dA leaving group to partially overlap the inhibitor, 3′,5′-pdTp (in the X-ray structure). Tne 3′-TMP moiety of dTdA points toward the solvent in a channel defined by Ile-18, Asp-19, Thr-22, Lys-45, and His-46. The phosphate of dTdA is coordinated by the metal, and an adjacent inner sphere water ligand is positioned to donate a hydrogen bond to the general base Glu-43 and to attack the phosphorus with inversion. Arg-35 and Arg-87 donate monodentate hydrogen bonds to different phosphate oxygens of dTdA, with Arg-87 positioned to protonate the leaving 5′-oxygen of dA, thus clarifying the mechanism of hydrolysis. Model building of an additional 5′-dGMP onto the 3′-oxygen of dA placed this third nucleotide onto a surface cleft near residues Glu-80, Asp-83, Lys-84, and Tyr-115 with its 3′-OH group accessible to the solvent, thus defining the size of the substrate binding site as accommodating a trinucleotide. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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