简介：小道，肿瘤坏死因素相关的导致apoptosisligand，是一个新奇有势力通过房间表面死亡受体Trail-R1和Trail-R2的激活的房间死亡小径的内长的使活跃之物。它的角色象在导致激活的房间死亡(AICD)的FasL一样，在免疫系统被表明了。然而，小道的机制导致了apoptosis遗体不清楚。在这份报告，重组体小道蛋白质被表示并且净化。导致apoptosis活动和JurkatT房间上的重组体小道的规定机制是探索试管内。Trypan蓝排除试金证明重组体小道蛋白质活跃地以一种剂量依赖者方式杀死了JurkatT房间。在JurkatT房间的导致小道的apoptosis被Bcl-2显著地在Bcl-2基因transfected房间在表示上减少。有PMA(phorbol12十四酸盐13醋酸盐)的处理，PKC使活跃之物，在JurkatT房间的压制的导致小道的apoptosis。由PMA的apoptosis的抑制被预告的处理与二度废除，一个PKC禁止者。总起来说，Bcl-2在表示上和PMA激活PKC，这被建议活跃地下面调整在JurkatT的调停小道的apoptosis房间。

简介：ApoptosisplaysanessentialroleinTcellbiology.ThymocytesexpressingnonfunctionalorautoreactiveTCRsareeliminatedbyapoptosisduringdevelopment.ApoptosisalsoleadstothedeletionofexpandedeffectorTcellsduringimmuneresponses.Thedysregulationofapoptosisintheimmunesystemresultsinautoimmunity,tumorogenesisandimmunodeficiency.Twomajorpathwaysleadtoapoptosis:theintrinsiccelldeathpathwaycontrolledbyBcl-2familymembersandtheextrinsiccelldeathpathwaycontrolledbydeathreceptorsignaling.Thesetwopathwaysworktogethertoregu

简介：Immunotherapythatspecificallytargetstumorcellsisthepreferredapproachtoinducetumorregression.Overthepastdecade,significantprogresshasbeenmadeindevisingvariousmethodstodirecttheimmunesystemtorespondtotumorcells.Themajorhurdleforsuccessfulimmunotherapyistoovercomeimmunetoleranceinthetumormicroenvironment.Recentclinicaltrialswithdendriticcell-basedvaccination[1,2]andCTLA4blockingantibodies[3]haveshowngreatpromise,thoughcompletecancerregressionisnotalwaysachieved[4].Currently,alternativestrategiespotentiallyleadingtocancereradicationorregressioninanimalorclinicalmodelsarebeingenthusiasticallypursued.InthisissueofCellResearch,Wangetal.reportanovelwaytoinducetumorimmunitybytheuseofirradiatedautologousTcells[5].

简介：Granulocyte巨噬细胞刺激殖民地的因素(GM-CSF)是一个重要造血的生长因素和有免疫力的调节的人。GM-CSF也在各种各样的传播白血球的功能的活动有深刻效果。它被许多房间类型在收到有免疫力的刺激之上包括T房间，巨噬细胞，endothelial房间和成纤维细胞生产。尽管GM-CSF局部地被生产，它能以一种paracrine方式行动到在主人防卫提高他们的功能的成员传播neutrophils，单核白血球和淋巴细胞。最近的集中的调查为它增加树枝状的房间(DC)成熟和功能以及巨噬细胞活动的能力作为一个有免疫力的助手在GM-CSF的应用程序上被集中。在经历化疗的癌症病人对待嗜中性白血球减少症临床上被使用，在在治疗期间的爱滋病病人，并且在在骨髓移植以后的病人。有趣地，GM-CSF-deficient老鼠的造血的系统看起来正常；最重要的变化在一些特定的T房间回答。尽管GM-CSF的分子的克隆用T房间的cDNA图书馆被执行，T房间在激活以后生产GM-CSF，是众所周知的，在T房间功能上有在由T房间和它的效果的生产的这cytokine的系统的调查的缺乏。在这篇文章，我们将在T房间主要集中于GM-CSF的免疫生物学。

简介：ThemuscleproteinmyosinbindingproteinC(MyBPC)isalargemulti-domainproteinwhoseroleinthesarcomereiscomplexandnotyetfullyunderstood.MutationsinMyBPCarestronglyassociatedwiththeheartdiseasefamilialhypertrophiccardiomyopathy(FHC)andtheseexperimentsofnaturehaveprovidedsomeinsightintotheintricateworkingsofthisproteinintheheart.WhilesomeregionsoftheMyBPCmoleculehavebeenassignedafunctionintheregulationofmusclecontraction,theinteractionofotherregionswithvariouspartsofthemyosinmoleculeandthesarcomericproteins,actinandtitin,remainobscure.Inadditicn,severalintra-domaininteractionsbetweenadjacentMyBPCmoleculeshavebeenidentified.Althoughthebasicstructureofthemolecule(aseriesofimmunoglobulinandfibronectindomains)hasbeenelucidated,theassemblyofMyBPCinthesarcomereisatopicfordebate.ByanalysingtheMyBPCsequencewithrespecttoFHC-causingmutationsitispossibletoidentifyindividualresiduesorregionsofeachdomainthatmaybeimportanteitherforbindingorregulation.Thisreviewlooksatthecurrentliterature,inconcertwithalignmentsandthestructuralmodelsofMyBPC,inanattempttounderstandhowFHCmutationsmayleadtothediseasestate.

简介：Amurinemacrophage-likecelllineJ774,acquired,inresponsetoLPS,anabilitytokilltumornecrosisfactor(TNF)-insensitivetargetP815mastocytomacellswhereasanothercellline,P388D1didnot,LPStriggeredsignalingmechanismsbetweenthetwocelllineswerecomparedwithanaimtoinquireaboutthepossiblenatureoftheabove-mentioneddifference,TheresultswhowedthattwocelllinesrespondtoLPS-treatmentbyparallelactivationofbothphospholipasesCandA2(PLCandPLA2)toapproximatelythesameextent.ThemaximumresponseoftothenzymesofJ774cellswasnotedwithin10minthetreatmentwhereasthatofP388D1cellsrequiredmorethan20min,TheotherpropertiesofLPS-responsiveenzymesstudiedweresimilarbetweentwocelllines,includingActivationofPLCandPLA2andPKCinmacrophagesbyLPS.Ca2+augmentationofenzymeactivation,participationofguaninenucleotidebinding(G)proteinsintheinitialactivationpreocesses,andinhibitionofenzymeactivationbythepriortreatmentofcellswithcholeraorpertussistoxinsetc.Moreover,LPS-triggeredactivationofPLCandPLA2wasfoundtobefollowedbytheincreaseofPKCactivitiesinbothcelllines.Inspiteofthesesimilarities.J774cellspossessedbothbasicandacidicformsofPKCactivities,whileP388D1cellsownedonlyPKCofbasicform,Nevertheless,thequestionwhyJ774cellsbutnotP388D1cells,canacquirethetumoricidalactivity,aganistP815,cellsfollowingLPStreatmentrematinstobeanswered.

简介：ExperimentalautoimmuneencephalomyelitiscanbeinitiatedspontaneouslyanddevelopedprogressivelyinTCRtransgenicmicespecificformyelinbasicproteinwhenexposedtonon-sterileenvironment,thusmorecloselymimickinghumanmultiplesclerosis.Byintravenousadministrationofmyelinbasicprotein,wesucceededinrapidlyreversingtheclinicalandpathologicalsignsofprogressivespontaneousdiseaseinthesemice.ThemajorityoftransgenicTcellsofMBP-injectedmicewasdeleted,withdramaticallyincreasednumbersofapoptoticcells,inlymphnodesandspleen,butnotinthymus.Proliferativeresponsesofsingle

简介：Thenorepinephrinetransporter(NET)isamemberoftheNa^+/Cl^-dependentneurotransmittertransporterfamilyandconstitutesthetargetofseveralclinicallyimportantantidepressants.TodelineatethecriticalaminoacidresiduesandthefunctionofC-terminalinregulatingtransportactivityofNET,hereweconstructedtwositemutants(V70F,F72V;V70I,F72V)andoneC-terminaltruncatedmutant(Δ611-617).ThewildtypeandmutantsofNETwereexpressedinXenopusoocytesbyinjectionoftheircRNA.Wefoundthatallofthesemutantslosttheirtransportactivity.TheseresultsindicatethattheaminoacidresiduesofV70andF72,andthelastsevenaminoacidsofC-terminalareessentialtothetransportactivityofNET.

简介：Thec-erbB-2proto-oncogeneencodesa185kDaproteinp185,whichbelongstoepidermalgrowthfactorreceptorfamily.Amplificationofthisgenehasbeenshowntocorrelatewithpoorclinicalprognosisforcertaincancerpatients.ThemonoclonalantibodyA21whichdirectedagainstp185specificallyinhibitsproliferationoftumorcellsoverexpressingp185,henceallowsittobeacandidatefortargetedtherapy.InordertoovercomeseveraldrawbacksofmurineMAb,wecloneditsVHandVLgenesandconstructedthesingle-chainFv(scFv)throughapeptidelinker.TherecombinantscFvA21wasexpressedinEscherichiacoliandpurifiedbytheaffinitycolumn.SubsequentlyitwascharacterizedbyELISA,Westernblot,cellimmunohistochemistryandFACS.Alltheseassaysshowedthebindingactivitytoextracellulardomain(ECD)ofp185.BasedonthosepropertiesofscFvA21,wefurtherconstructedthescFv-Fcfusionmoleculewithahomodimerformandtherecombinantproductwasexpressedinmammaliancells.Inaseriesofsubsequentanalysisthisfusionproteinshowedidenticalantigenbindingsiteandactivitywiththeparentantibody.Theseanti-p185engineeredantibodieshavepromisedtobefurthermodifiedasatumortargetingdrugs,withaviewofapplicationinthediagnosisandtreatmentofhumanbreastcancer.

简介：Glucosetransporter4(GLUT4)isresponsibleforinsulin-stimulatedglucosetransportingintotheinsulin-sensitivefatandmusclecells.ThedynamicsofGLUT4storagevesicles(GSVs)remainstobeexploredanditisunclearhowGSVsarearrangedbasedontheirmobility.Weexaminedthisissuein3T3-L1cellsviainvestigatingthethree-dimensionalmobilityofsingleGSVlabeledwithEGFP-fusedGLUT4.Athinlayerofcytosolrightadjacenttotheplasmamembranewasilluminatedandsuccessivelyimagedat5Hzunderatotalinternalreflectionfluorescencemicroscopewithapenetrationdepthof136nm.Employingsingleparticletracking,thethree-dimensionalsubpixeldisplacementofsingleGSVwastrackedataspatialprecisionof22nm.Boththemeansquaredisplacementandthediffusioncoefficientwerecalculatedforeachvesicle.Trackingresultsrevealedthatvesiclesmovedasifrestrictedwithinacagethathasameanradiusof160nm,suggestingthepresenceofsomeintracellulartetheringmatrix.ByconstructingthehistogramofthediffusioncoefficientsofGSVs,weobservedasmoothdistributioninsteadoftheexistenceofdistinctgroups.TheresultindicatesthatGSVsaredynamicallyretainedinacontinuousandwiderangeofmobilityratherthanintoseparateclasses.

简介：ImmunizationwithinactivatedautoreactiveTcellsmayinduceidiotypeanti-idiotypicreactionstodepleteautoreac-tireTcells,whichareinvolvedinautoimmunediseases.However,itisunknownwhetherattenuatedactivatedhealthyautologousT-cellimmunizationcouldincreaseanti-tumorimmuneresponses.Tothisend,C57B1/6micewereimmunizedwithattenuatedactivatedautologousTcells.Thesplenocytesfromimmunizedmiceshowedahigherproliferativeabil-itythanthatfromnaivemice.ThespecialphenotypeanalysisshowedthatthereweremoreCDS+TcellsandCD62L+Tcellsinimmunizedmiceafter24hofculturewith10%fetalcalfserumcompletemediuminvitro(P<0.01).TheseresultsdemonstratedthatthisimmunizationmayactivateTcellsinvivo.Furthermore,thesplenocytesfromimmunizedmicerevealedresistancetoactivation-inducedcelldeath(AICD)invitro.TofurtherstudytherelativegenesthatareresponsibleforthehigherproliferationandresistancetoAICD,theexpressionofFas/Fasligand(FasL)andGADD45βwasmeasuredbyreal-timePCR.TheresultsindicatedthatGADD45βtranscriptionwashigherinthesplenocytesfromimmunizedmicethanthatinthenaivemice.Inaddition,theFasexpressionshowedaparallelhigher,butFasLdidnotchangeobviously.Toinvestigatethebiologicfunctionsinducedbyimmunizationinvivo,atumormodelwasestablishedbyEL-4tumorcellinoculationinC57/B1mice.MicereceivingautologousT-cellimmunizationhadsignificantlyinhibitedtumorgrowthinvivo(P<0.01).ThisstudyimplicatedthatimmunizationwithattenuatedactivatedautologousTcellsenhancesanti-tumorimmuneresponsesthatparticipateintumorgrowthinhibition.

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简介：CT120,anovelmembrane-associatedgeneimplicatedinlungcarcinogenesis,waspreviouslyidentifiedfromchromosome17pl3.3locus,ahotmutationspotinvolvedinhumanmalignancies.Inthepresentstudy,wefurtherdeterminedthatCT120ectopicexpressioncouldpromotecellproliferationactivityofNIH3T3cellsusingMTSassay,andmonitoredthedownstreameffectsofCT120inNIH3T3cellswithAtlasmousecDNAexpressionarrays.Among588knowngenes,133geneswerefoundtobeupregulatedordownregulatedbyCT120.Twomajorsignalingpathwaysinvolvedincellproliferation,cellsurvivalandanti-apoptosiswereoverexpressedandactivatedinresponsetoCT120:OneistheRaf/MEK/ErksignalcascadesandtheotheristhePI3K/Aktsignalcascades,suggestingthatCT120mightcontribute,atleastinpart,totheconstitutivelyactivationofErkandAktinhumanlungcanercells.Inaddition,sometumormetastasisassociatedgenescathepsinB,cathepsinD,cathepsinL,MMP-2/TIMP-2werealsoupregulatedbyCT120,uponwhichCT120mightbeinvolvedintumorinvasivenessandmetastasis.Inaddition,CT120mightplayanimportantroleintumorprogressionthroughmodulatingtheexpressionofsomecandidate“LungTumorProgression”genesincludingB-Raf,Rab-2,BAX,BAG-1,YB-1,andCdc42.

简介：<正>Uponactivation,naiveT-helpercellscandifferentiateintotwomajordistinctsubsets,Thelper1(Th1)andThelper2(Th2),asdefinedbytheireffectorfunctionsandcytokinesecretionpatterns.CytokinemilieuandcostimulatorymoleculeshavebeenshowntoplayanessentialroleindeterminingThelperdifferentiation.However,itisstillunclearhowtheeffectsofsignalsofco-stimulatorymoleculesandcytokinesareexertedduringThelperdifferentiation.Weshowevidencesuggestingthatwhilecytokinesignalsinitiatedifferentiationprogram,theselectiveactionofdeatheffectorsdeterminestheendpointbalanceofdifferenti-

简介：Amurinemacrophage-likecellline,J774,acquried,inresponsetoLPS,anabilitytokilltumornecrosisfactor（TNF）-insensitivetargetP815mastocytomacells,whereasanothercellline,P388D1,didnot.LPS-triggeredsignalingmechanismsbetweenthetwocelllineswerecomparedwithanaimtoinquireaboutthepossiblenatureoftheabove-mentioneddifference.TheresultsshowedthattwocelllinesrespondtoLPS-treatmentbyparallelactivationofbothphospholipasesCandA2（PLCandPLA2）toapproximatelythesameextent.ThemaximumresponseofbothenzymesofJ774cellswasnotedwithin10minofthetreatment,whereasthatofP388D1cellsrequiredmorethan20min.TheotherpropertiesofLPS-responsiveenzymesstudiedweresimilarbetweentwocelllines,ineludingActivationofPLCandPLA2andPKCinmacrophagesbyLPSCa2+augmentationofenzymeactivation,participationofguaninenucleotidebinding（G）proteinsintheinitialactivationprocesses,andinhibitionofenzymeactivationbythepriortreatmentofcellswithcholeraorpartussistoxinsetc.Moreover,LPS-triggeredactivationofPLCandPLA2wasfoundtobefollowedbytheincreaseofPKCactivitiesinbothcelllines.Inspiteofthesesimilarities,J774cellspossessedbothbasicandacidicformsofPKCactivities,whileP388D1cellsownedonlyPKCofbasicform.Nevertheless,thequestionwhyJ774cells,butnotP388D1cells,canacquirethetumoricidalactiyity,aganistP815cellsfollowingLPS-treatmentremainstobeanswered.