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Psychol Med ; 49(14): 2287-2306, 2019 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31474244

RESUMO

Music performance anxiety (MPA) is one of the most common disorders among professional musicians, nevertheless, little is known about the disease. With this systematic review, prevalence, risk factors and treatment procedures for MPA were assessed, and for the first time, quality assessments were carried out for all studies using standardized assessment tools. A systematic literature search was conducted via search algorithms in the databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycArticles, PsycInfo and ERIC. Included were case reports, case-control, cohort, cross-sectional and intervention studies examining professional musicians with MPA. For quality assessment, adapted tools of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute were used. A total of 43 studies were included (10 case reports, 21 intervention, 11 cross-sectional, one cohort study). Quality ratings ranged from -11 to 6 out of a maximum of 15/16 points for cross-sectional/cohort studies and -4 to 11 out of 18 points for intervention studies. The prevalence of MPA was between 16.5% and 60%. More women than men were affected and musicians older than 45-50 years reported less MPA than younger musicians. Regarding treatment cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and ß-blockers were most often researched with beneficial results for CBT. However, studies with adequate control groups for CBT interventions are needed to clarify its efficacy. Studies showed methodological weaknesses, especially in the selection of participants, recording of influencing factors, blinding of interventions, randomization of participants and analysis of comorbidity. Recommendations for further research are made.


Assuntos
Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental , Música , Ansiedade de Desempenho/epidemiologia , Ansiedade de Desempenho/terapia , Fatores Etários , Humanos , Prevalência , Fatores de Risco , Fatores Sexuais
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Transl Anim Sci ; 3(Suppl 1): 1812, 2019 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32704958

RESUMO

The objective was to develop a protocol for a noninvasive behavioral test to assess goat-human interactions. Boer goats (n = 45) were housed in groups of 3 at the K-State Sheep and Meat Goat Unit. A 3-min human approach test (HAT) was conducted after their first- and seventh-handling experience (i.e., moved by group through the chute and scale). Video footage was analyzed using specialized software (Observer 11.5 XT, Leesburg, VA, USA). The ethogram included three main categories (mutually exclusive within category): 1) spatial (close, middle, far); 2) orientation (facing vs. turned-away); and 3) structural (lie, stand, and nutritive and nonnutritive oral behaviors). The durations of these behavior outcomes were converted to percent, and then applied to a weighted formula to create an approach index (AI). This index placed behaviors on a 0 to 100% scale (0 = lying in back of the pen; 100 = closest to the human, performing oral behaviors). The Proc Univariate (SAS v.9.3, SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC, USA) was used to evaluate descriptive statistics and calculate sample size for future projects from all behavior outcomes. In addition, each goat AI categorized as great approach (GA; ≥75% quartile), moderate approach (MA; 25% to 75% quartiles), or least approach (LA; ≤ 25%) and the 1st vs. 7th handling experience was evaluated using Chi-square (χ 2) analysis. The CV% was low for the AI outcome; therefore, less animals are needed if the AI is used rather than other behavior outcomes used. After the first-handling experience, there were less GA-goats than what was expected from the χ 2 analysis (χ 2 = 17.6; P ≤ 0.01; residual = 0.26; expected = 24.5). After the seventh-handling experience, there were more MA-goats than expected (χ 2 = 17.6; P ≤ 0.01; residual = 1.92; expected = 52.0). Repeated handling appeared to moderately improve goat approach to humans, which indicates that this protocol is a promising behavioral test to assess welfare of goats.

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J Psychiatr Res ; 105: 153-163, 2018 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30237105

RESUMO

The use of d-cycloserine (DCS) to augment exposure based therapy for anxiety disorders has shown mixed, although overall positive effects. Aim of the present study was to examine post-exposure administration of DCS in patients with agoraphobia with or without panic disorder. 73 patients with agoraphobia (with or without panic disorder) were treated with 12 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) including 3 exposures. Following successful exposure patients were given double blind either placebo or 50 mg of DCS. Primary outcome criterion was change in the Panic and Agoraphobia Scale (PAS) between CBT session t1, t4 (+∼2 months), t10 (+∼3 months) und t11 (+∼4 months). During the course of CBT the patients' symptomatology decreased significantly as measured by primary and secondary outcome criteria, however, without an additional benefit for DCS treated patients. Exploratory sub-group analyses for severely ill patients and patients with high anxiety and strong habituation during exposure showed that DCS administration was associated with increased improvement during the 1-month follow-up period (t10 - t11) with medium to large effect sizes (range in effect size η2p from .06 to .25). Our study results are consistent with recent research on DCS, indicating a beneficial augmentative effect for sub-groups of anxiety patients. The lack of an overall DCS effect for the whole patient sample might be explained by a dual mechanism in fear conditioning and extinction with different cognitive processes being involved during exposure depending on the degree of anxiety experienced by the patient.


Assuntos
Agorafobia/terapia , Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental/métodos , Ciclosserina/farmacologia , Agonistas de Aminoácidos Excitatórios/farmacologia , Extinção Psicológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Terapia Implosiva/métodos , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Adulto , Terapia Combinada , Ciclosserina/administração & dosagem , Agonistas de Aminoácidos Excitatórios/administração & dosagem , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Transtorno de Pânico/terapia , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/agonistas
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Mucosal Immunol ; 7(4): 842-56, 2014 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24280935

RESUMO

Chronic inflammation has been associated with increased risk for developing gastrointestinal cancer. Interleukin-23 (IL-23) receptor signaling has been correlated with inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis, as well as promotion of tumor growth. However, little is known about the relative potential for IL-23-directed causality in gut tumorigenesis. We report that IL-23 transgene expression was sufficient to induce rapid (3-4 weeks) de novo development of intestinal adenomas with 100% incidence. Initiation of tumorigenesis was independent of exogenous carcinogens, Helicobacter colonization, or pre-existing tumor-suppressor gene mutations. Tumorigenesis was mediated by Thy1(+)IL-23R(+) innate lymphoid cells (ILC3), in part, through IL-17 responses as tumor development was inhibited in RAG(-/-) × IL-17(-/-) double knockout mice. Remarkably, IL-23 initiation of tumorigenesis by resident ILCs consistently occurred before recruitment of conspicuous inflammatory infiltrates. Our results reveal an explicit role for IL-23-mediated initiation of gut tumorigenesis and implicate a key role for IL-23R(+) ILC3 in the absence of overt cellular infiltrate recruitment.


Assuntos
Transformação Celular Neoplásica/genética , Transformação Celular Neoplásica/imunologia , Imunidade Inata , Interleucina-23/genética , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Linfócitos/imunologia , Adenoma/genética , Adenoma/patologia , Animais , Carcinógenos , Proliferação de Células , Citocinas/metabolismo , Duodeno/metabolismo , Duodeno/patologia , Expressão Gênica , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Interleucina-17/metabolismo , Interleucina-23/metabolismo , Mucosa Intestinal/imunologia , Mucosa Intestinal/metabolismo , Mucosa Intestinal/patologia , Camundongos , Fenótipo , Receptores de Interleucina/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais
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Oncogene ; 27(45): 5913-9, 2008 Oct 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18836472

RESUMO

During the last decade, it has become clear that the mammalian immune system is able to recognize and partially suppress nascent tumors. Human T cells specific to oncogenes and onco-fetal antigens are present in human cancer patients and their tumors. At the same time, molecular links between tumor-associated inflammation and tumor progression have been uncovered, providing an explanation for the long recognized epidemiological link between inflammation and cancer. The synopsis of these findings suggests a new interpretation of tumor immunity. It appears that antigen recognition or antigen-specific T-cell expansion at large is not as profoundly impaired in tumor patients as the correct polarization, the survival and the effector function of tumor-infiltrating T cells. This review will focus on pro-inflammatory cytokines likely to contribute to the deregulation of tumor-specific immunity and its consequences.


Assuntos
Citocinas/efeitos adversos , Vigilância Imunológica/fisiologia , Inflamação/complicações , Neoplasias/etiologia , Animais , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Citocinas/fisiologia , Humanos , Inflamação/imunologia , Interleucina-12/fisiologia , Interleucina-23/fisiologia , Interleucina-6/efeitos adversos , Interleucina-6/farmacologia , Interleucina-6/fisiologia , Modelos Biológicos , Neoplasias/imunologia , Neoplasias/patologia , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/fisiologia , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/efeitos adversos , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/fisiologia
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J Biol Chem ; 276(43): 40268-73, 2001 Oct 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11518718

RESUMO

Oncogenic forms of Notch1, Notch2, and Notch4 appear to mimic signaling intermediates of Notch1 and suggest that the role of proteolysis in Notch signaling has been conserved. Here we demonstrate that extracellularly truncated Notch homologs are substrates for a presenilin-dependent gamma-secretase activity. Despite minimal conservation within the transmembrane domain, the requirement for a specific amino acid (P1' valine) and its position at the cleavage site relative to the cytosolic border of the transmembrane domain are preserved. Cleaved, untethered Notch intracellular domains from each receptor translocate to the nucleus and interact with the transcriptional regulatory protein CSL. All four Notch proteins display presenilin-dependent transactivating potential on a minimal promoter reporter. Thus, this study increases the number of biochemically characterized gamma-secretase substrates from two to five. Despite a high degree of structural homology and the presenilin-dependent activity of truncated Notch proteins, the extent that this reflects functional redundancy is unknown.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Drosophila , Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Secretases da Proteína Precursora do Amiloide , Animais , Ácido Aspártico Endopeptidases , Quimiocina CCL4 , Quimiocinas CC , Sequência Conservada , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Proteína de Ligação a Sequências Sinal de Recombinação J de Imunoglobina , Proteínas Inflamatórias de Macrófagos , Camundongos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Transporte Proteico , Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais
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Viral Immunol ; 14(1): 59-69, 2001.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11270597

RESUMO

The functional status of virus-specific CD8+ T cells is important for the outcome and the immunopathogenesis of viral infections. We have developed an assay for the direct functional analysis of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells, which does not require prolonged in vitro cultivation and amplification of T cells. Whole blood samples were incubated with peptide antigens for <5 h, followed by staining with peptide-MHC tetramers to identify epitope-specific T cells. The cells were also stained for the activation marker CD69 or for the production of cytokines such as interferon-gamma (IFNgamma) or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha). With the combined staining with tetramer and antibodies to CD69 or cytokines the number of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells as well as the functional response of each individual cell to the cognate antigen can be determined in a single experiment. Virus-specific CD8+ T cells that are nonfunctional, as well as those that are functional under the same stimulating conditions can be simultaneously detected with this assay, which is not possible by using other T-cell functional assays including cytotoxicity assay, intracellular cytokine staining, and enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay.


Assuntos
Antígenos Virais/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Citomegalovirus/imunologia , Epitopos de Linfócito T/imunologia , Hepacivirus/imunologia , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/imunologia , Hepatite C/imunologia , Humanos , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Complexo Principal de Histocompatibilidade/fisiologia , Peptídeos/metabolismo , Ficoeritrina/metabolismo , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Coloração e Rotulagem
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Nature ; 405(6789): 966-70, 2000 Jun 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10879540

RESUMO

The Notch genes encode single-pass transmembrane receptors that transduce the extracellular signals responsible for cell fate determination during several steps of metazoan development. The mechanism by which extracellular signals affect gene transcription and ultimately cell fate decisions is beginning to emerge for the Notch signalling pathway. One paradigm is that ligand binding to Notch triggers a Presenilin1-dependent proteolytic release of the Notch intracellular domain from the membrane, resulting in low amounts of Notch intracellular domain which form a nuclear complex with CBF1/Su(H)/Lag1 to activate transcription of downstream targets. Not all observations clearly support this processing model, and the most rigorous test of it is to block processing in vivo and then determine the ability of unprocessed Notch to signal. Here we report that the phenotypes associated with a single point mutation at the intramembranous processing site of Notch1, Val1,744-->Gly, resemble the null Notch1 phenotype. Our results show that efficient intramembranous processing of Notch1 is indispensable for embryonic viability and proper early embryonic development in vivo.


Assuntos
Desenvolvimento Embrionário e Fetal/fisiologia , Proteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Receptores de Superfície Celular , Fatores de Transcrição , Alelos , Animais , Clonagem Molecular , Embrião de Mamíferos , Desenvolvimento Embrionário e Fetal/genética , Morte Fetal/genética , Marcação de Genes , Mutação em Linhagem Germinativa , Homozigoto , Imunoglobulinas , Hibridização In Situ , Ligantes , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Fenótipo , Mutação Puntual , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional/genética , Receptor Notch1 , Receptores de Citocinas/biossíntese
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Mol Cell ; 5(2): 197-206, 2000 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10882062

RESUMO

Gamma-secretase-like proteolysis at site 3 (S3), within the transmembrane domain, releases the Notch intracellular domain (NICD) and activates CSL-mediated Notch signaling. S3 processing occurs only in response to ligand binding; however, the molecular basis of this regulation is unknown. Here we demonstrate that ligand binding facilitates cleavage at a novel site (S2), within the extracellular juxtamembrane region, which serves to release ectodomain repression of NICD production. Cleavage at S2 generates a transient intermediate peptide termed NEXT (Notch extracellular truncation). NEXT accumulates when NICD production is blocked by point mutations or gamma-secretase inhibitors or by loss of presenilin 1, and inhibition of NEXT eliminates NICD production. Our data demonstrate that S2 cleavage is a ligand-regulated step in the proteolytic cascade leading to Notch activation.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Drosophila , Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Secretases da Proteína Precursora do Amiloide , Sequência Conservada , Cisteína/genética , Desintegrinas/metabolismo , Ligantes , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Metaloendopeptidases/metabolismo , Mutação , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/genética , Presenilina-1 , Receptor Notch1 , Receptores de Superfície Celular/genética , Transdução de Sinais
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J Biol Chem ; 274(51): 36801-7, 1999 Dec 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10593990

RESUMO

Presenilin-1 (PS1), a polytopic membrane protein primarily localized to the endoplasmic reticulum, is required for efficient proteolysis of both Notch and beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) within their trans- membrane domains. The activity that cleaves APP (called gamma-secretase) has properties of an aspartyl protease, and mutation of either of the two aspartate residues located in adjacent transmembrane domains of PS1 inhibits gamma-secretase processing of APP. We show here that these aspartates are required for Notch processing, since mutation of these residues prevents PS1 from inducing the gamma-secretase-like proteolysis of a Notch1 derivative. Thus PS1 might function in Notch cleavage as an aspartyl protease or di-aspartyl protease cofactor. However, the ER localization of PS1 is inconsistent with that hypothesis, since Notch cleavage occurs near the cell surface. Using pulse-chase and biotinylation assays, we provide evidence that PS1 binds Notch in the ER/Golgi and is then co-transported to the plasma membrane as a complex. PS1 aspartate mutants were indistinguishable from wild-type PS1 in their ability to bind Notch or traffic with it to the cell surface, and did not alter the secretion of Notch. Thus, PS1 appears to function specifically in Notch proteolysis near the plasma membrane as an aspartyl protease or cofactor.


Assuntos
Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Células 3T3 , Secretases da Proteína Precursora do Amiloide , Animais , Ácido Aspártico Endopeptidases , Endopeptidases/genética , Humanos , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Mutação , Presenilina-1 , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Receptores Notch
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 96(10): 5692-7, 1999 May 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10318946

RESUMO

It is believed that the hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a role in the development of liver cell injury and in the clearance of the virus. To develop a direct binding assay for HCV-specific CTLs, we generated two peptide-MHC tetramers by using the recombinant HLA A2.1 molecule and A2-restricted T cell epitopes of the HCV NS3 protein. With these reagents we are able to detect specific CD8(+) cells in the blood of 15 of 20 HLA-A2(+), HCV-infected patients, at a frequency ranging from 0.01% to 1.2% of peripheral CD8(+) T cells. Phenotypic analysis of these specific cells indicated that there is a significant variation in the expression of the CD45 isoforms and CD27 in different patients. A 6-hour incubation of one patient's blood with NS3 peptides resulted in the activation of the epitope-specific CD8(+) cells, as indicated by their expression of CD69 and IFN-gamma. We also detected NS3-specific CD8(+) T cells in the intrahepatic lymphocyte population isolated from liver biopsies of two HCV-infected patients. The frequency of these specific CD8(+) cells in the liver was 1-2%, at least 30-fold higher than in the peripheral blood. All of the intrahepatic NS3-specific CD8(+) T cells were CD69(+), suggesting that they were activated CTLs. Direct quantitation and characterization of HCV-specific CTLs should extend our understanding of the immunopathogenesis and the mechanism of clearance or persistence of HCV.


Assuntos
Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Hepacivirus/imunologia , Fígado/virologia , Antígenos CD/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/virologia , Epitopos/imunologia , Citometria de Fluxo , Antígeno HLA-A2/imunologia , Complexo Principal de Histocompatibilidade/imunologia , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/imunologia , Proteínas Recombinantes/imunologia , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos/imunologia , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos/virologia , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/imunologia
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Nature ; 398(6727): 518-22, 1999 Apr 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10206645

RESUMO

Signalling through the receptor protein Notch, which is involved in crucial cell-fate decisions during development, requires ligand-induced cleavage of Notch. This cleavage occurs within the predicted transmembrane domain, releasing the Notch intracellular domain (NICD), and is reminiscent of gamma-secretase-mediated cleavage of beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP), a critical event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. A deficiency in presenilin-1 (PS1) inhibits processing of APP by gamma-secretase in mammalian cells, and genetic interactions between Notch and PS1 homologues in Caenorhabditis elegans indicate that the presenilins may modulate the Notch signalling pathway. Here we report that, in mammalian cells, PS1 deficiency also reduces the proteolytic release of NICD from a truncated Notch construct, thus identifying the specific biochemical step of the Notch signalling pathway that is affected by PS1. Moreover, several gamma-secretase inhibitors block this same step in Notch processing, indicating that related protease activities are responsible for cleavage within the predicted transmembrane domains of Notch and APP. Thus the targeting of gamma-secretase for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease may risk toxicity caused by reduced Notch signalling.


Assuntos
Proteínas Estimuladoras de Ligação a CCAAT , Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Fatores de Transcrição , Doença de Alzheimer/tratamento farmacológico , Secretases da Proteína Precursora do Amiloide , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/metabolismo , Animais , Ácido Aspártico Endopeptidases , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Neurônios/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Presenilina-1 , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Receptores Notch , Proteína de Ligação a Elemento Regulador de Esterol 1
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 96(6): 3263-8, 1999 Mar 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10077672

RESUMO

Genetic analyses in Caenorhabditis elegans demonstrate that sel-12 and hop-1, homologues of the Alzheimer's disease-associated presenilin genes, modify signaling through LIN-12 and GLP-1, homologues of the Notch cell surface receptor. To gain insight into the biochemical basis of this genetic interaction, we tested the possibility that presenilin-1 (PS1) physically associates with the Notch1 receptor in mammalian cells. Notch1 and PS1 coimmunoprecipitated from transiently transfected human embryonic kidney 293 cell lysates in a detergent-sensitive manner, consistent with a noncovalent physical association between the two proteins. The interaction predominantly occurred early in the secretory pathway prior to Notch cleavage in the Golgi, because PS1 immunoprecipitation preferentially recovered the full-length Notch1 precursor. When PS1 was immunoprecipitated from 293 cells that had been metabolically labeled with [35S]methionine and [35S]cysteine, Notch1 was the primary protein detected in PS1 immunoprecipitates, suggesting that this interaction is specific. Furthermore, endogenous Notch and presenilin coimmunoprecipitated from cultured Drosophila cells, indicating that physical interaction can occur at physiological expression levels. These results suggest that the genetic relationship between presenilins and the Notch signaling pathway derives from a direct physical association between these proteins in the secretory pathway.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Receptores de Superfície Celular , Fatores de Transcrição , Doença de Alzheimer/genética , Animais , Caenorhabditis elegans , Linhagem Celular , Drosophila , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Presenilina-1 , Ligação Proteica , Receptor Notch1 , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Transfecção
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J Neurobiol ; 36(2): 190-205, 1998 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9712304

RESUMO

The vertebrate olfactory epithelium (OE) is a system in which behavior of neuronal progenitor cells can be observed and manipulated easily. It is morphologically and functionally similar to embryonic germinal neuroepithelia, but is simpler in that it produces large numbers of a single type of neuron, the olfactory receptor neuron (ORN). The OE is amenable to tissue culture, gene transfer, and in vivo surgical approaches, and these have been exploited in experiments aimed at understanding the characteristics of OE neuronal progenitor cells. This has led to the realization that the ORN lineage contains at least three distinct stages of proliferating neuronal progenitor cells (including a stem cell), each of which represents a point at which growth control can be exerted. Neurogenesis proceeds continually in the OE, and studies in vivo have shown that this is a regulated process that serves to maintain the number of ORNs at a particular level. These studies suggest that OE neuronal progenitors-which are in close physical proximity to ORNs-can "read" the number of differentiated neurons in their environment and regulate production of new neurons accordingly. Putative neuronal stem cells of the OE have been identified in vitro, and studies of these cells indicate that ORNs produce a signal that feeds back to inhibit neurogenesis. This inhibitory signal may be exerted at the level of the stem cell itself. Recent studies to identify this signal, as well as endogenous stimulatory signals that may be important in regulating OE neurogenesis, are also discussed.


Assuntos
Neurônios/fisiologia , Mucosa Olfatória/citologia , Células-Tronco/fisiologia , Animais , Comunicação Celular/fisiologia , Divisão Celular/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular/fisiologia
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Ann N Y Acad Sci ; 855: 226-9, 1998 Nov 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9929610

RESUMO

To identify factors regulating neurogenesis and programmed cell death in mouse olfactory epithelium (OE), and to determine the mechanisms by which these factors act, we have studied mouse OE using two major experimental paradigms: tissue culture of embryonic OE and cell types isolated from it; and ablation of the olfactory bulb ('bulbectomy') of adult mice, a procedure that induces programmed cell death of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNS) and a subsequent surge of neurogenesis in the OE in vivo. Such experiments have been used to characterize the cellular stages in the ORN lineage, leading to the realization that there are at least two distinct stages of proliferating neuronal progenitor cells interposed between the ORN and the stem cell that ultimately gives rise to it. The identification of a number of different factors that act to regulate proliferation and survival of ORNs and progenitor cells suggests that these multiple cell stages may each serve as a control point at which neuron number in the OE is regulated. Our recent studies of neuronal colony-forming progenitors (putative stem cells) of the OE suggest that even these cells, at the earliest stage in the ORN lineage so far identified, are subject to such regulation: if colony-forming progenitors are cultured in the presence of a large excess of differentiated ORNs, then the production of new neurons by progenitors is dramatically inhibited. This result suggests that differentiated ORNs produce a signal that feeds back to inhibit neurogenesis by their own progenitors, and provides a possible explanation for the observation that ORN death, consequent to bulbectomy, results in increased neurogenesis in the OE in vivo: death of ORNs may release neuronal progenitor cells from this inhibitory signal, produced by the differentiated ORNs that lie near them in the OE. Our current experiments are directed toward identifying the molecular basis of this inhibitory signal, and the cellular mechanism(s) by which it acts.


Assuntos
Apoptose , Células Epiteliais/patologia , Neurônios Receptores Olfatórios/citologia , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Linhagem da Célula/fisiologia , Camundongos , Mucosa Olfatória/patologia , Mucosa Olfatória/fisiologia , Comunicação Parácrina
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 93(20): 11167-72, 1996 Oct 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8855327

RESUMO

The mammalian olfactory epithelium (OE) supports continual neurogenesis throughout life, suggesting that a neuronal stem cell exists in this system. In tissue culture, however, the capacity of the OE for neurogenesis ceases after a few days. In an attempt to identify conditions that support the survival of neuronal stem cells, a population of neuronal progenitors was isolated from embryonic mouse OE and cultured in defined serum-free medium. The vast majority of cells rapidly gave rise to neurons, which died shortly thereafter. However, when purified progenitors were co-cultured with cells derived from the stroma underlying the OE, a small subpopulation (0.07-0.1%) gave rise to proliferative colonies. A morphologically identifiable subset of these colonies generated new neurons as late as 7 days in vitro. Interestingly, development of these neuronal colonies was specifically inhibited when purified progenitors were plated onto stromal feeder cells in the presence of a large excess of differentiated OE neurons. These results indicate that a rare cell type, with the potential to undergo prolonged neurogenesis, can be isolated from mammalian OE and that stroma-derived factors are important in supporting neurogenesis by this cell. The data further suggest that differentiated neurons provide a signal that feeds back to inhibit production of new neurons by their own progenitors.


Assuntos
Mucosa Olfatória/citologia , Neurônios Receptores Olfatórios/citologia , Animais , Comunicação Celular , Diferenciação Celular , Divisão Celular , Separação Celular , Células Cultivadas , Camundongos , Células-Tronco/citologia
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J Neurobiol ; 30(1): 67-81, 1996 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8727984

RESUMO

The olfactory epithelium (OE) of the mammal is uniquely suited as a model system for studying how neurogenesis and cell death interact to regulate neuron number during development and regeneration. To identify factors regulating neurogenesis and neuronal death in the OE, and to determine the mechanisms by which these factors act, investigators studied OE using two major experimental paradigms: tissue culture of OE; and ablation of the olfactory bulb or severing the olfactory nerve in adult animals, procedures that induce cell death and a subsequent surge of neurogenesis in the OE in vivo. These studies characterized the cellular stages in the olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) lineage, leading to the realization that at least three distinct stages of proliferating neuronal precursor cells are employed in generating ORNs. The identification of a number of factors that act to regulate proliferation and survival of ORNs and their precursors suggests that these multiple developmental stages may serve as control points at which cell number is regulated by extrinsic factors. In vivo surgical studies, which have shown that all cell types in the neuronal lineage of the OE undergo apoptotic cell death, support this idea. These studies, and the possible coregulation of neuronal birth and apoptosis in the OE, are discussed.


Assuntos
Morte Celular/fisiologia , Mucosa Olfatória/patologia , Neurônios Receptores Olfatórios/citologia , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Ciclo Celular/fisiologia , Diferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Divisão Celular/fisiologia , Linhagem da Célula , Dados de Sequência Molecular
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Immunol Cell Biol ; 74(1): 96-104, 1996 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8934660

RESUMO

The recognition of T cell receptors (TCR) by purified major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-peptide complexes in the absence of costimulatory signals leads to the induction of T cell non-responsiveness or anergy. In a recent study using human T cell clones, it was observed that prolonged incubation of resting T cells with soluble MHC II-peptide complexes appears to result in T cell apoptosis. The present study shows that the engagement of TCR by soluble MHC II-peptide complexes also results in antigen-specific apoptosis in immortalized T cells. Apoptosis was demonstrated in a herpes saimiri virus (HSV) transformed human T cell clone (SS8T) restricted for HLA-DR2 in association with an epitope from the myelin basic protein [MBP(84-102)]. A dose- and time-dependent T cell death was observed upon incubation of SS8T cloned T cells with purified complexes of native human HLA-DR2 and MBP(83-102)Y83 peptide. The specificity of T cell apoptosis was demonstrated by exposing SS8T cells with DR2 alone and DR2 bound to another high affinity epitope [MBP(124-143)] from the same MBP. Recently, we have shown that the complexes of HLA-DR2 and [MBP(83-102)Y83] can be reconstituted by refolding Escherichia coli expressed individual DR2 alpha and beta (B5*0101) polypeptide chains lacking the transmembrane region. When SS8T cloned T cells were exposed to purified reconstituted rDR2.MBP(83-102)Y83 complexes, similar apoptosis of T cells was observed. Agarose gel analysis of T cells incubated with complexes showed a degradation of celluar deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to oligonucleosomal bands, a characteristic of apoptosis. The quantitative detection of DNA strand breaks was performed by pulsing T cells with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) followed by the detection of BrdU-labelled DNA fragments using an antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immuno assay (ELISA). The fragmentation of DNA was also measured by double fluorescence flow cytometry by 3' end labelling of fragmented DNA with biotinylated-deoxyuridine triphosphate (dUTP) in the presence of terminal deoxynucleotide transferase (TdT) enzyme. The expression of the bcl-2 protein in SS8T cells following TCR engagement by soluble MHC II-peptide complexes was monitored by chemiluminescence blot analysis using anti-bcl-2 monoclonal antibody. Finally, the nucleosomal condensation of T cells following complex treatment, characteristics of typical apoptosis, was demonstrated by transmission electron microscopy. These results suggest that the binding of soluble MHC class II-peptide complexes to TCR induces antigen-specific apoptosis in transformed CD4 positive T cells in vitro. Such induction of apoptosis by soluble MHC II-peptide complexes may provide a novel therapeutic strategy to delete autoreactive T cells in various autoimmune diseases.


Assuntos
Apoptose , Antígeno HLA-DR2/imunologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Linhagem Celular Transformada , Dano ao DNA , Citometria de Fluxo , Microscopia Eletrônica , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Linfócitos T/fisiologia , Linfócitos T/ultraestrutura
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Ciba Found Symp ; 196: 188-205; discussion; 205-10, 1996.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8866135

RESUMO

To identify factors regulating neurogenesis and neuronal death in mammals and to determine the mechanisms by which these factors act, we have studied mouse olfactory epithelium using two different experimental paradigms: tissue culture of olfactory epithelium purified from mouse embryos; and ablation of the olfactory bulb in adult mice, a procedure that induces olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) death and neurogenesis in vivo. Studies of olfactory epithelium cultures have allowed us to characterize the cellular stages in olfactory neurogenesis and to identify factors regulating proliferation and differentiation of precursor cells in the ORN lineage. Studies of adult olfactory epithelium have enabled us to determine that all cell types in this lineage-proliferating neuronal precursors, immature ORNs and mature ORNs-undergo cell death following olfactory bulb ablation and that this death has characteristics of programmed cell death or apoptosis. In vitro studies have confirmed that neuronal cells of the olfactory epithelium undergo apoptotic death and have permitted identification of several polypeptide growth factors that promote survival of a fraction of ORNs. Using this information, we have begun to explore whether these factors, as well as genes known to play crucial roles in cell death in other systems, function to regulate apoptosis and neuronal regeneration in the adult olfactory epithelium following lesion-induced ORN death.


Assuntos
Morte Celular , Sobrevivência Celular , Neurônios/fisiologia , Condutos Olfatórios/citologia , Animais , Epitélio , Camundongos
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