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Curr Biol. 2002 Sep 3;12(17):1507-12.
Conservation of intramembrane proteolytic activity and substrate specificity in prokaryotic and eukaryotic rhomboids.
Urban S, Schlieper D, Freeman M.
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, United Kingdom.
Rhomboid is an intramembrane serine protease responsible for the proteolytic activation of Drosophila epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ligands. Although nothing is known about the function of the approximately 100 currently known rhomboid genes conserved throughout evolution, a recent analysis suggests that a Rhomboid from the pathogenic bacterium Providencia stuartii is involved in the production of a quorum-sensing factor. This suggests that an intercellular signaling mechanism may have been conserved between prokaryotes and metazoans. However, the function of prokaryotic Rhomboids is unknown. We have examined the ability of eight prokaryotic Rhomboids to cleave the three Drosophila EGFR ligands. Despite their striking sequence divergence, Rhomboids from one Gram-positive and four Gram-negative species, including Providencia, specifically cleaved Drosophila substrates, but not similar proteins such as Transforming Growth Factor alpha (TGFalpha) and Delta. Although the sequence similarity between these divergent Rhomboids is very limited, all contain the putative serine catalytic triad residues, and their specific mutation abolished protease activity. Therefore, despite low overall homology, the Rhomboids are a family of ancient, functionally conserved intramembrane serine proteases, some of which also have conserved substrate specificity. Moreover, a function for Rhomboids in activating intercellular signaling appears to have evolved early.
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Eur J Intern Med. 2002 Sep;13(6):392.
Retroperitoneal fibrosis and p-ANCA-associated polyarteritis nodosa: coincidental or common etiology?
van Bommel E, Brouwers A, Makkus A, van Vliet A.
Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, PO Box 444, NL-3300 AK, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
We describe a 65-year-old female patient who presented with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis and polyarteritis nodosa. In addition, antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies were found with specificity for myeloperoxidase (p-ANCA; anti-MPO). Following immunosuppressive treatment, regression of signs and symptoms was observed, together with the disappearance of these specific antimyeloperoxidase antibodies. These findings, combined with data available in the literature, suggest a common pathogenesis of both disorders, possibly involving antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies.
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Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2002 Aug 15;104(2):210-9.
Expression patterns of tau mRNA isoforms correlate with susceptible lesions in progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration.
Takanashi M, Mori H, Arima K, Mizuno Y, Hattori N.
Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Deposition of hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) has been observed in several neurodegenerative diseases. The six isoforms of tau are divided into two main groups including three repeat (3R) and four repeat (4R) microtubule-binding domains. Using quantitative RT-PCR method and immunohistochemistry with phosphorylation dependent anti-tau antibody (AT8), we investigated the expression level of tau mRNA isoforms in the frontal cortex and globus pallidus of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) to determine whether altered expression patterns of tau mRNA isoforms correlate with p-tau accumulation. The 4R/3R ratios in frontal cortices of CBD and globus pallidus of PSP and CBD were significantly higher than the control (P<0.05). There was no correlation between the expression patterns of tau mRNA isoforms and p-tau accumulation. Our findings suggest that neurodegeneration of PSP and CBD could be regulated by alternative splicing of tau mRNA to yield high 4R/3R ratio. In addition, the lack of correlation between the expression pattern of tau mRNA isoforms and p-tau accumulation suggests that not only alternative splicing of tau mRNA, but also other factors such as post-transcriptional or translational modifications may play a role in the pathogenesis of specific neurodegeneration in PSP and CBD.
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The immunomodulatory potential of tiazofurin (TR) on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) was investigated. Given continuously, TR dose-dependently suppressed the development of EAE in Dark Agouti (DA) rats immunized with either rat spinal cord homogenate (SCH) or myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG). Amelioration of clinical signs was also obtained when the drug was administered during the inductive phase only (day 0 to 8), or during the effector phase (day 10 to 20) of the disease. Efficacy of TR was further evaluated by adoptive transfer of the disease with myelin basic protein (MBP)-sensitized draining lymph node cells (DLNC). Cells from TR-protected rats failed to transfer the disease into naive syngeneic recipients; in addition, TR treatment of recipient rats that had received MBP-sensitized lymphoid cells diminished the adoptively transferred EAE. A reduction of clinical EAE in TR-treated rats was accompanied with the absence of mononuclear infiltration in the spinal cord and defective adhesive cell-cell interactions. The anti-MOG autoAb production was also decreased. Importantly, no evidence for a generalized impairment of the T cell activity, nor decreased in vitro proliferative antigen specific response of LNC from TR-treated animals was found. These results suggest that TR exerts its EAE protective and suppressive effects by limiting adhesive interactions involved in the autoimmune pathogenic process, and due to the lack of general immunosuppressive activity, it should be considered as a candidate drug for the treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS).
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J Neuroimmunol. 2002 Sep;130(1-2):109-16.
Nitric oxide synthase I and VIP-activated signaling are affected in salivary glands of NOD mice.
Rosignoli F, Perez Leiros C.
Departamento de Quimica Biologica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The autoimmune sialadenitis developed by non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice is considered a suitable model to study the ethiopathogenic mechanisms leading to sicca symptoms in Sjogren's syndrome (SS). Evidence supporting a neural rather than immune origin of the secretory dysfunction has been provided. As both nitric oxide and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) are common messengers to nervous and immune systems mediating secretory and inflammatory responses, we examined nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity with special focus on VIP-mediated effects in salivary glands of NOD mice. We found a decreased NOS activity and expression in major salivary glands of NOD mice with respect to control mice. In addition, there was a deficient VIP-activated signaling associated with a reduced saliva and amylase secretion in response to VIP. Our results support the hypothesis of an impaired balance of neuroimmune interactions in salivary glands as early events to take place in the progressive loss of secretory function of NOD mice.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12225893&dopt=Abstract
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