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1.
Gen Comp Endocrinol ; 287: 113350, 2020 02 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31794732

RESUMO

Since its discovery in birds, gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) has triggered investigation in the other groups of vertebrates. In the present study, we have identified a single gnih gene in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), a representative species of a basal group of teleosts (Elopomorphs). We have also retrieved a single gnih gene in Osteoglossomorphs, as well as in more recently emerged teleosts, Clupeocephala. Phylogeny and synteny analyses allowed us to infer that one of the two gnih paralogs emerged from the teleost-specific whole genome duplication (TWGD or 3R), would have been lost shortly after the 3R, before the emergence of the basal groups of teleosts. This led to the presence of a single gnih in extant teleosts as in other vertebrates. Two gnih paralogs were still found in some teleost species, such as in salmonids, but resulting from the additional whole genome duplication that specifically occurred in this lineage (4R). Eel gnih was mostly expressed in the diencephalon part of the brain, as analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR. Cloning of eel gnih cDNA confirmed that the sequence of the GnIH precursor encoded three putative mature GnIH peptides (aaGnIH-1, aaGnIH-2 and aaGnIH-3), which were synthesized and tested for their direct effects on eel pituitary cells in vitro. Eel GnIH peptides inhibited the expression of gonadotropin subunits (lhß, fshß, and common a-subunit) as well as of GnRH receptor (gnrh-r2), with no effect on tshß and gh expression. The inhibitory effect of GnIH peptides on gonadotropic function in a basal teleost is in agreement with an ancestral inhibitory role of GnIH in the neuroendocrine control of reproduction in vertebrates.


Assuntos
Hormônio Liberador de Gonadotropina/antagonistas & inibidores , Hipófise/metabolismo , Animais , Enguias , Feminino , Filogenia , Sintenia
2.
Cancer Res ; 48(17): 4892-6, 1988 Sep 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2900676

RESUMO

Drugs that disorganize or overstabilize cytoplasmic microtubules (colchicine, vinblastine, griseofulvin, or taxol) can at certain concentrations totally block proliferation of SV40 and polyoma virus transformants with only a minimal effect on the proliferation of the parental rat 3T3 cells. This difference in sensitivity is not due to a more active drug uptake by transformed cells. Examination of cytoplasmic microtubules in actively proliferating normal or transformed cells reveals two categories in each case: cells with microtubules and cells without distinct microtubules. The proportion of cells without distinct microtubules did not differ much between normal and transformed cells. However, transformed cells with a clear microtubule network appear to have fewer microtubules than normal cells. This may contribute to the higher sensitivity of transformed cells. These results render even more rational the use of antimicrotubule drugs in cancer chemotherapy.


Assuntos
Divisão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Transformação Celular Viral , Microtúbulos/efeitos dos fármacos , Alcaloides/farmacologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Microtúbulos/patologia , Paclitaxel , Ratos , Vimblastina/farmacocinética , Vimblastina/farmacologia
3.
Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1574(2): 145-51, 2002 Mar 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11955623

RESUMO

PC2 prohormone convertases are enzymes involved in the proteolytic maturation of neuropeptide precursors. In the present work, a cDNA encoding a PC2-like enzyme (OrlPC2) was cloned from crayfish eyestalk ganglia (medulla terminalis) containing the X-organ, a major neuroendocrine center. The predicted 634 amino acid preproprotein exhibits highest sequence identity, especially in the catalytic domain, with PC2s from arthropods and nematodes, and less with mollusc and vertebrate enzymes. It was demonstrated by in situ hybridization on crayfish medulla terminalis sections that OrlPC2 is expressed in a large number of neuron perikarya, including those producing the well known crustacean hyperglycemic hormone.


Assuntos
Astacoidea/genética , Subtilisinas/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Clonagem Molecular , Primers do DNA , DNA Complementar/biossíntese , DNA Complementar/química , Hibridização In Situ , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Pró-Proteína Convertase 2 , Alinhamento de Sequência , Subtilisinas/biossíntese , Subtilisinas/química
4.
Exp Cell Res ; 177(2): 319-28, 1988 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3391246

RESUMO

When separated and proliferating rat 3T3 cells are treated with butyrate (6 mM), DNA synthesis stops within 24 h, while RNA and protein synthesis proceed unaffected. This gradually converts normal cells into giant ones in the presence of butyrate (volume up to 30-fold greater). The giant cells stop growing when cell to cell contact is established. By studying the rate of synthesis of 300 cell proteins, we have identified two proteins (39 kDa, PI = 6.2, and 60 kDa, pI = 5.6) whose synthesis rises at least 10-fold when DNA replication and mitosis are prevented following intercellular contact or butyrate treatment, and another (64 kDa, pI = 5.6) whose synthesis rises at least 10-fold when cell growth stops by contact, both in the presence of butyrate and in the absence of butyrate (untreated confluent cells). The synthesis of some cellular oncogenes increases when the cell transits from G0 to S phase; the two proteins of 39 and 60 kDa described here are regulated in the opposite direction, their synthesis is enhanced when the cell leaves the proliferation cycle to enter G0.


Assuntos
Replicação do DNA , Biossíntese de Proteínas , Animais , Butiratos/farmacologia , Comunicação Celular , Divisão Celular , Linhagem Celular , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Interfase , Ponto Isoelétrico , Peso Molecular , Ratos
5.
J Virol ; 61(5): 1546-51, 1987 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3033281

RESUMO

Elevated exogenous and intracellular levels of cyclic AMP could totally block proliferation of polyomavirus (PyV) transformants derived from rat 3T3 cells without affecting proliferation of normal cells or simian virus 40 (SV40)-induced transformants. Concanavalin A (ConA) had the opposite effect; it could totally block proliferation of both normal cells and SV40 transformants but reduced proliferation of PyV transformants only twofold. Adenylate cyclase was threefold less active in membranes of PyV transformants, and the number of ConA receptors was similar to that of normal cells. Proliferating PyV transformants contained threefold less cyclic AMP than did proliferating SV40 transformants. The sensitivity to cyclic AMP did not correlate with the degree of transformation: cells transformed by Rous sarcoma virus and tumor cells derived from SV40 transformants were not sensitive to cyclic AMP. The differential effect of cyclic AMP and ConA on proliferation was probably due to the activity of an intact middle t protein. The presence of both large T and small t together with middle t was also required for cyclic AMP sensitivity.


Assuntos
Divisão Celular , Transformação Celular Viral , AMP Cíclico/fisiologia , Polyomavirus/fisiologia , Adenilil Ciclases/metabolismo , Animais , Antígenos Virais de Tumores/fisiologia , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Concanavalina A/farmacologia , Ratos , Receptores de Concanavalina A/metabolismo , Vírus 40 dos Símios
6.
Exp Cell Res ; 162(2): 326-34, 1986 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2417871

RESUMO

Butyrate inhibits proliferation of rat 3T3 cells by blocking the cell cycle in late G1. In these cells, DNA synthesis is completely arrested 24 h after butyrate addition, whereas RNA and protein synthesis proceed unaffected. This partial inhibition of proliferation progressively converts normal cells into giant ones. Transcription and protein synthesis are both more intense in the giant cells than in normal cells. Cell enlargement is inhibited by cell-to-cell contact and the conversion of a normal into a giant cell is reversible. Giant cells may be of use when designing new approaches to the study of cell structure and motility as well as differentiation and proliferation.


Assuntos
Butiratos/farmacologia , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Ácido Butírico , Adesão Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos , Citoesqueleto/efeitos dos fármacos , Citoesqueleto/ultraestrutura , DNA/biossíntese , Biossíntese de Proteínas , RNA/biossíntese , Ratos
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