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Cell ; 133(3): 401-2, 2008 May 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18455981

RESUMO

Proteins with death effector domains (DED) are key signal transducers involved in cell death and inflammation. In this issue of Cell, Sun et al. (2008) describe TIPE2, a DED protein that negatively regulates both T cell receptor and Toll-like receptor signaling. These findings reveal a new element critical to the maintenance of homeostasis in both the adaptive and innate immune systems.


Assuntos
Homeostase , Imunidade Inata , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/imunologia , Animais , Caspases/metabolismo , Morte Celular , Humanos , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/química , Camundongos , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Transdução de Sinais , Receptores Toll-Like/imunologia
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J Neurovirol ; 22(3): 336-48, 2016 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26631080

RESUMO

Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) infects the central nervous system of mice and causes a demyelinating disease that is a model for multiple sclerosis. During the chronic phase of the disease, TMEV persists in oligodendrocytes and macrophages. Lack of remyelination has been attributed to insufficient proliferation and differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), but the molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we employed pluripotent stem cell technologies to generate pure populations of mouse OPCs to study the temporal and molecular effects of TMEV infection. Global transcriptome analysis of RNA sequencing data revealed that TMEV infection of OPCs caused significant up-regulation of 1926 genes, whereas 1853 genes were significantly down-regulated compared to uninfected cells. Pathway analysis revealed that TMEV disrupted many genes required for OPC growth and maturation. Down-regulation of Olig2, a transcription factor necessary for OPC proliferation, was confirmed by real-time PCR, immunofluorescence microscopy, and western blot analysis. Depletion of Olig2 was not found to be specific to viral strain and did not require expression of the leader (L) protein, which is a multifunctional protein important for persistence, modulation of gene expression, and cell death. These data suggest that direct infection of OPCs by TMEV may inhibit remyelination during the chronic phase of TMEV-induced demyelinating disease.


Assuntos
Doenças Desmielinizantes/virologia , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Células Precursoras de Oligodendrócitos/virologia , Fator de Transcrição 2 de Oligodendrócitos/genética , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/virologia , Theilovirus/genética , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Linhagem Celular , Cricetinae , Doenças Desmielinizantes/patologia , Células Epiteliais/virologia , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Camundongos , Anotação de Sequência Molecular , Células Precursoras de Oligodendrócitos/metabolismo , Fator de Transcrição 2 de Oligodendrócitos/deficiência , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/metabolismo , Cultura Primária de Células , Theilovirus/metabolismo , Transcriptoma
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Nat Methods ; 8(11): 957-62, 2011 Sep 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21946668

RESUMO

Myelin-related disorders such as multiple sclerosis and leukodystrophies, for which restoration of oligodendrocyte function would be an effective treatment, are poised to benefit greatly from stem cell biology. Progress in myelin repair has been constrained by difficulties in generating pure populations of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) in sufficient quantities. Pluripotent stem cells theoretically provide an unlimited source of OPCs, but current differentiation strategies are poorly reproducible and generate heterogenous populations of cells. Here we provide a platform for the directed differentiation of pluripotent mouse epiblast stem cells (EpiSCs) through defined developmental transitions into a pure population of highly expandable OPCs in 10 d. These OPCs robustly differentiate into myelinating oligodendrocytes in vitro and in vivo. Our results demonstrate that mouse pluripotent stem cells provide a pure population of myelinogenic oligodendrocytes and offer a tractable platform for defining the molecular regulation of oligodendrocyte development and drug screening.


Assuntos
Oligodendroglia/citologia , Células-Tronco/citologia , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Humanos
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Nat Neurosci ; 27(4): 656-665, 2024 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38378993

RESUMO

Disease, injury and aging induce pathological reactive astrocyte states that contribute to neurodegeneration. Modulating reactive astrocytes therefore represent an attractive therapeutic strategy. Here we describe the development of an astrocyte phenotypic screening platform for identifying chemical modulators of astrocyte reactivity. Leveraging this platform for chemical screening, we identify histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) inhibitors as effective suppressors of pathological astrocyte reactivity. We demonstrate that HDAC3 inhibition reduces molecular and functional characteristics of reactive astrocytes in vitro. Transcriptional and chromatin mapping studies show that HDAC3 inhibition disarms pathological astrocyte gene expression and function while promoting the expression of genes associated with beneficial astrocytes. Administration of RGFP966, a small molecule HDAC3 inhibitor, blocks reactive astrocyte formation and promotes neuroprotection in vivo in mice. Collectively, these results establish a platform for discovering modulators of reactive astrocyte states, inform the mechanisms that control astrocyte reactivity and demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of modulating astrocyte reactivity for neurodegenerative diseases.


Assuntos
Astrócitos , Doenças Neurodegenerativas , Camundongos , Animais , Astrócitos/metabolismo , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/metabolismo , Envelhecimento/metabolismo , Sistema Nervoso Central
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Ann Neurol ; 72(4): 517-24, 2012 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23109146

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: The lesions of Parkinson disease spread through the brain in a characteristic pattern that corresponds to axonal projections. Previous observations suggest that misfolded α-synuclein could behave as a prion, moving from neuron to neuron and causing endogenous α-synuclein to misfold. Here, we characterized and quantified the axonal transport of α-synuclein fibrils and showed that fibrils could be transferred from axons to second-order neurons following anterograde transport. METHODS: We grew primary cortical mouse neurons in microfluidic devices to separate somata from axonal projections in fluidically isolated microenvironments. We used live-cell imaging and immunofluorescence to characterize the transport of fluorescent α-synuclein fibrils and their transfer to second-order neurons. RESULTS: Fibrillar α-synuclein was internalized by primary neurons and transported in axons with kinetics consistent with slow component-b of axonal transport (fast axonal transport with saltatory movement). Fibrillar α-synuclein was readily observed in the cell bodies of second-order neurons following anterograde axonal transport. Axon-to-soma transfer appeared not to require synaptic contacts. INTERPRETATION: These results support the hypothesis that the progression of Parkinson disease can be caused by neuron-to-neuron spread of α-synuclein aggregates and that the anatomical pattern of progression of lesions between axonally connected areas results from the axonal transport of such aggregates. That the transfer did not appear to be trans-synaptic gives hope that α-synuclein fibrils could be intercepted by drugs during the extracellular phase of their journey.


Assuntos
Transporte Axonal/fisiologia , Neurofibrilas/fisiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Transmissão Sináptica/fisiologia , alfa-Sinucleína/fisiologia , Peptídeos beta-Amiloides/metabolismo , Animais , Corantes Fluorescentes , Imuno-Histoquímica , Maleimidas , Camundongos , Técnicas Analíticas Microfluídicas , Microscopia Confocal , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Neuroglia/fisiologia , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo
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J Virol ; 84(2): 1097-109, 2010 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19889773

RESUMO

The genome of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) contains eight open reading frames (ORFs) that encode novel proteins. These accessory proteins are dispensable for in vitro and in vivo replication and thus may be important for other aspects of virus-host interactions. We investigated the functions of the largest of the accessory proteins, the ORF 3a protein, using a 3a-deficient strain of SARS-CoV. Cell death of Vero cells after infection with SARS-CoV was reduced upon deletion of ORF 3a. Electron microscopy of infected cells revealed a role for ORF 3a in SARS-CoV induced vesicle formation, a prominent feature of cells from SARS patients. In addition, we report that ORF 3a is both necessary and sufficient for SARS-CoV-induced Golgi fragmentation and that the 3a protein accumulates and localizes to vesicles containing markers for late endosomes. Finally, overexpression of ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (Arf1), a small GTPase essential for the maintenance of the Golgi apparatus, restored Golgi morphology during infection. These results establish an important role for ORF 3a in SARS-CoV-induced cell death, Golgi fragmentation, and the accumulation of intracellular vesicles.


Assuntos
Membrana Celular , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/patogenicidade , Proteínas Estruturais Virais/metabolismo , Fator 1 de Ribosilação do ADP/genética , Fator 1 de Ribosilação do ADP/metabolismo , Animais , Morte Celular , Membrana Celular/patologia , Membrana Celular/virologia , Chlorocebus aethiops , Vesículas Citoplasmáticas/metabolismo , Vesículas Citoplasmáticas/virologia , Deleção de Genes , Complexo de Golgi/metabolismo , Complexo de Golgi/patologia , Humanos , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/genética , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/metabolismo , Transfecção , Células Vero/patologia
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J Immunol ; 182(2): 1033-40, 2009 Jan 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19124746

RESUMO

NKT cells recognize lipid Ags presented by CD1d molecules and play an important role in the regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses. In this study, we report the identification of a membrane-associated protein, Ig-like transcript 4 (ILT4), as a novel human CD1d receptor that inhibits CD1d-mediated immune responses. We found that native CD1d tetramer generated by mammalian cells was able to specifically bind human monocytes in the peripheral blood, and this binding was at least partly mediated by monocyte-expressed ILT4. The interaction between ILT4 and CD1d involves the two N-terminal domains of ILT4 and the Ag-binding groove of CD1d (alpha1/alpha2 domain). This interaction has been identified on the cell surface as well as in the endosomal and lysosomal compartments. Functional analysis showed that ILT4 could block the loading of lipid Ags such as alpha-GalCer, and consequently inhibited NKT recognition. The interaction between ILT4 and CD1d may provide new insights into the regulation of NKT-mediated immunity.


Assuntos
Apresentação de Antígeno/imunologia , Antígenos CD1d/imunologia , Antígenos CD1d/metabolismo , Galactosilceramidas/imunologia , Galactosilceramidas/metabolismo , Tolerância Imunológica/imunologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Receptores Imunológicos/fisiologia , Animais , Células Apresentadoras de Antígenos/imunologia , Células Apresentadoras de Antígenos/metabolismo , Antígenos CD1d/química , Linhagem Celular , Membrana Celular/imunologia , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Citoplasma/imunologia , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Galactosilceramidas/antagonistas & inibidores , Humanos , Imunidade Celular , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/biossíntese , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Monócitos/imunologia , Monócitos/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica/imunologia , Ratos , Receptores Imunológicos/biossíntese , Receptores Imunológicos/genética , Receptores Imunológicos/metabolismo
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J Virol ; 83(13): 6631-40, 2009 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19403678

RESUMO

Viruses such as hepatitis C and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) encode proteins that are distributed between mitochondria and the nucleus, but little is known about the factors that control partitioning between these sites. SARS-CoV encodes a unique accessory gene called open reading frame (ORF) 3b that, like other unique accessory genes in SARS-CoV, likely contributes to viral pathogenicity. The ORF 3b protein is 154 amino acids and is predicted to express from the second ORF in subgenomic RNA3. In this report, we have characterized the molecular components that regulate intracellular localization of the ORF 3b protein. We demonstrate unique shuttling behavior of ORF 3b, whereby the protein initially accumulates in the nucleus and subsequently translocates to mitochondria. Following nuclear localization, ORF 3b traffics to the outer membrane of mitochondria via a predicted amphipathic alpha-helix. Additionally, ORF 3b contains a consensus nuclear export sequence, and we demonstrate that nuclear export and thus mitochondrial translocation are dependent on a leptomycin B-sensitive nuclear export mechanism. We further show that ORF 3b inhibits induction of type I interferon induced by retinoic acid-induced gene 1 and the mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein. Our observations provide insights into the cellular localization of ORF 3b that may enhance our understanding of the mechanisms by which ORF 3b contributes to SARS-CoV pathogenesis. The findings reported here reveal that for multilocalized proteins, consideration of the spatiotemporal distribution may be crucial for understanding viral protein behavior and function.


Assuntos
Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Fases de Leitura Aberta , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/metabolismo , Proteínas Estruturais Virais/metabolismo , Transporte Ativo do Núcleo Celular , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Chlorocebus aethiops , Humanos , Membranas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/genética , Células Vero , Proteínas Estruturais Virais/genética
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Front Microbiol ; 9: 2448, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30369921

RESUMO

Cardioviruses are members of the Picornaviridae family and infect a variety of mammals, from mice to humans. Replication of cardioviruses produces double stranded RNA that is detected by helicases in the RIG-I-like receptor family and leads to a signaling cascade to produce type I interferon. Like other viruses within Picornaviridae, however, cardioviruses have evolved several mechanisms to inhibit interferon production. In this review, we summarize recent findings that have uncovered several proteins enabling efficient detection of cardiovirus dsRNA and discuss which cell types may be most important for interferon production in vivo. Additionally, we describe how cardiovirus proteins L, 3C and L∗ disrupt interferon production and antagonize the antiviral activity of interferon effector molecules.

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J Clin Microbiol ; 43(7): 3471-3, 2005 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16000481

RESUMO

Enterovirus-specific genetic sequences were isolated from two Amblyomma americanum tick pools. Identical genetic sequences were later obtained from cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with aseptic meningitis and a recent history of tick attachment. These observations suggest the possibility of an emerging tick-borne human enterovirus associated with aseptic meningitis.


Assuntos
Infecções por Enterovirus/virologia , Enterovirus/isolamento & purificação , Ixodidae/virologia , Meningite Asséptica/virologia , Meningite Viral/virologia , Doenças Transmitidas por Carrapatos/virologia , Adulto , Animais , Líquido Cefalorraquidiano/virologia , Enterovirus/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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