简介:组蛋白甲基化是参予细胞的过程的一个多样的数组的重要epigenetic现象并且被发现了与癌症被联系。几的Recentidentification嘘一demethylases证明了那嘘一甲基化是一个可逆过程。通过一条候选人途径,我们化学上有简历作为H3K27demethylase识别了JMJD3。进HeLa房间的JMJD3的Transfection引起了整齐的乙醇H3K27的特定的减小,但是没在di-和单音的甲基H3K27上有效果,或嘘H3K4和H3K9上的一离氨酸methylations。Theenzymatic活动要求JmjC域和被建议了为余因子绑定重要的保存组氨酸。试管内生物化学的实验证明那JMJD3directly催化demethylation。另外,我们发现JMJD3起来在前列腺癌症,和它的表示调整了在变形前列腺癌症是更高的。因此,我们作为能够把整齐的乙醇组从移开的ademethylase识别了JMJD3嘘一H3离氨酸27并且起来在前列腺癌症调整了。
简介:Thenon-classicalHLAclassIantigenHLA-GisanimmunemodulatorwhichinhibitsthefunctionsofTcells,NKcells,andtheDendriticcells(DC).Asaresult,HLA-Gexpressioninmalignantcellsmayprovidethemwithamechanismtoescapetheimmunesurveillance.Inmelanoma,HLA-Gantigenexpressionhasbeenfoundin30%ofsurgicallyremovedlesionsbutinlessthan1%ofestablishedcelllines.OnepossiblemechanismunderlyingthedifferentialHLAGexpressioninvivoandinvitroisthattheHLA-Ggeneisepigeneticallyrepressedinmelanomacellsinvitro.Totestthishypothesis,wetreatedtheHLA-GnegativemelanomacelllineOCM-1AwiththeDNAmethyltransferaseinhibitor5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine(5-AC)andanalyzedwhetherHLA-Gexpressioncanberestored.OurdatastronglysuggestthatHLA-GissilencedasaresultofCpGhypermethylationwithina5'regulatoryregionencompassing220bpupstreamofthestartcodon.Aftertreatment,HLA-GmRNAexpressionwasdramaticallyincreased.WesternblotandflowcytometryshowedthatHLA-Gproteinwasinduced.Interestingly,HLA-Gcellsurfaceexpressiononthe5-ACtreatedOCM-1AcellsismuchlessthanthatontheHLA-GpositiveJEG-3cellswhileasimilaramountoftotalHLA-Gwasobserved.Possiblemechanismsforthedifferencewereanalyzedinthestudysuchascellcold-treatment,peptideloadingandantigenprocessingmachinerycomponents(APM)aswellasβ2microglobulin(β2-m)expression.DatarevealedthattheAPMcomponentcalreticulinmightbeinvolvedinthelowerHLA-GsurfaceexpressiononOCM-1Acells.Takentogether,ourresultsindicatedthatDNAmethylationisanimportantepigeneticmechanismbywhichHLA-Gantigenexpressionismodulatedinmelanomacellsinvitro.Furthermore,tothefirsttime,wehypothesizedthatthedeficiencyofcalreticulinmightbeinvolvedinthelowHLA-Gsurfaceexpressiononthe5-ACtreatedOCM-lAcells.
简介:Uponencounteringtheantigen(Ag),theimmunesystemcaneitherdevelopaspecificimmuneresponseofenteraspecificstateofunresponsiveness,tolerance.TheresponseofBcellstotheirspecificAgcanbeactivationandproliferation,leadingtotheimmuneresponse,oranergyandactivation-inducedcelldeath(AICD),leadingtotolerance.AICDinBlymphocytesisahighlyregulatedeventinitiatedbycrosslinkingoftheBcellreceptor(BCR).BCRengagementinitiatesseveralsignalingeventssuchasactivationofPLCγ,Ras,andPI3K,whichgenerallyspeaking,leadtosurvival.However,intheabsenceofsurvivalsignals(CD40orIL-4Rengagement),BCRcrosslinkingcanalsopromoteapoptoticsignaltransductionpathwayssuchasactivationofeffectorcaspases,expressionofpro-apoptoticgenes,andinhibitionofpro-survivalgenes.ThecomplexinterplaybetweensurvivalanddeathsignalsdeterminestheBcellfateand,consequently,theimmuneresponse.
简介:ApoptosisproducedinBcellsthroughFas(APO-1,CD95)triggeringisregulatedbysignalsderivedfromothersurfacereceptors:CD40engagementproducesupregulationofFasexpressionandmarkedsusceptibilitytoFas-inducedcelldeath,whereasantigenreceptorengagement,orIL-4Rengagement,inhibitsFaskillingandinsodoinginducesastateofFas-resistance,eveninotherwisesensitive,CD40-stimulatedtargets.SurfaceimmunoglobulinandIL-4RutilizeatleastpartiallydistinctpathwaystoproduceFas-resistancethatdifferentiallydependonPKCandSTAT6,respectively.Further,surfaceimmunoglobulinsignalingforinducibleFas-resistancebypassesBtk,requiresNF-κB,andentailsnewmacromolecularsynthesis.TerminaleffectorsofBcellFas-resistanceincludetheknownanti-apoptoticgeneproducts,Bcl-XLandFLIP,andanovelanti-apoptoticgenethatencodesFAIM(FasApoptosisInhibitoryMolecule).faimwasidentifiedbydifferentialdisplayandexistsintwoalternativelysplicedforms;faim-Sisbroadlyexpressed,butfaim-Lexpressionistissue-specific.TheFAIMsequenceishighlyevolutionarilyconserved,suggestinganimportantroleforthismoleculethroughoutphylogeny.InducibleresistancetoFaskillingishypothesizedtoprotectforeignantigen-specificBcellsduringpotentiallyhazardousinteractionswithFasL-bearingTcells,whereasautoreactiveBcellsfailtobecomeFas-resistantandaredeletedviaFas-dependentcytotoxicity.InadvertentoraberrantacquisitionofFas-resistancemaypermitautoreactiveBcellstoescapeFasdeletion,andmalignantlymphocytestoimpedeanti-tumorimmunity.
简介:<正>ThesusceptibilityofprimaryBcellstoFas(APO-1,CD95)-mediatedapoptosisisregulatedbysignalsderivedfromadditionalsurfacereceptors.CD40engagementproducesupregulationofFasexpressionandinducesmarkedsensitivitytoFas-inducedcelldeath,whereasBcellantigenreceptor(BCR)engagementinhibitsFaskillingandtherebyproducesFas-resistance,eveninotherwisesusceptible,CD40-stimulatedtargets.BCRsignalingforinducibleFas-resistancedevelopsoveraperiodof12hoursanddependson
简介:<正>WeandothershavefirmlyestablishedthatsurfaceIgMreceptor(sIgM-R)crosslinkingwithantibodiestotheiheavychain(anti-i)leadstogrowtharrestandapoptosisinaseriesofwellcharacterizedB-celllymphomas.Thisrequiresablationofc-Mycproteinexpressionandtheconcomitantinductionofthecyclin-dependent-kinaseinhibitor,p27Kip1.Thesignalingmechanismsregulatingc-Mycandp27Kip1proteinexpressionarepoorlyunderstood.However,werecentlyestablishedthatsIgM-Rmediateddown-modulationofthePI-3Kpathwaydirectlyaffectedc-Mycandp27Kip1expressionandaccuratelypredictedgrowtharrest