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    Revisiting the role of IRF3 in inflammation and immunity by conditional and specifically targeted gene ablation in mice
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2018
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 115, No. 20 ( 2018-05-15), p. 5253-5258
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 115, No. 20 ( 2018-05-15), p. 5253-5258
    Kurzfassung: IFN regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) is a transcription regulator of cellular responses in many cell types that is known to be essential for innate immunity. To confirm IRF3’s broad role in immunity and to more fully discern its role in various cellular subsets, we engineered Irf3 -floxed mice to allow for the cell type-specific ablation of Irf3 . Analysis of these mice confirmed the general requirement of IRF3 for the evocation of type I IFN responses in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, immune cell ontogeny and frequencies of immune cell types were unaffected when Irf3 was selectively inactivated in either T cells or B cells in the mice. Interestingly, in a model of lipopolysaccharide-induced septic shock, selective Irf3 deficiency in myeloid cells led to reduced levels of type I IFN in the sera and increased survival of these mice, indicating the myeloid-specific, pathogenic role of the Toll-like receptor 4–IRF3 type I IFN axis in this model of sepsis. Thus, Irf3 -floxed mice can serve as useful tool for further exploring the cell type-specific functions of this transcription factor.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1803936115
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publikationsdatum: 2018
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    Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC ; 2022
    In:  Nature Vol. 602, No. 7896 ( 2022-02-10), p. 300-306
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    In: Nature, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 602, No. 7896 ( 2022-02-10), p. 300-306
    Kurzfassung: During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a variety of mutations have accumulated in the viral genome of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and, at the time of writing, four variants of concern are considered to be potentially hazardous to human society 1 . The recently emerged B.1.617.2/Delta variant of concern is closely associated with the COVID-19 surge that occurred in India in the spring of 2021 (ref. 2 ). However, the virological properties of B.1.617.2/Delta remain unclear. Here we show that the B.1.617.2/Delta variant is highly fusogenic and notably more pathogenic than prototypic SARS-CoV-2 in infected hamsters. The P681R mutation in the spike protein, which is highly conserved in this lineage, facilitates cleavage of the spike protein and enhances viral fusogenicity. Moreover, we demonstrate that the P681R-bearing virus exhibits higher pathogenicity compared with its parental virus. Our data suggest that the P681R mutation is a hallmark of the virological phenotype of the B.1.617.2/Delta variant and is associated with enhanced pathogenicity.
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    ISSN: 0028-0836 , 1476-4687
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04266-9
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publikationsdatum: 2022
    ZDB Id: 120714-3
    ZDB Id: 1413423-8
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    Hypoxia induces adhesion molecules on cancer cells: A missing link between Warburg effect and induction of selectin-ligand carbohydrates
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2004
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 101, No. 21 ( 2004-05-25), p. 8132-8137
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 101, No. 21 ( 2004-05-25), p. 8132-8137
    Kurzfassung: Cancer cells undergo distinct metabolic changes to cope with their hypoxic environment. These changes are achieved at least partly by the action of transcriptional factors called hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). We investigated gene expression in cultured human colon cancer cells induced by hypoxic conditions with special reference to cell-adhesion molecules and carbohydrate determinants having cell-adhesive activity by using DNA-microarray and RT-PCR techniques. Hypoxic culture of colon cancer cells induced a marked increase in expression of selectin ligands, the sialyl Lewis x and sialyl Lewis a determinants at the cell surface, which led to a definite increase in cancer cell adhesion to endothelial E-selectin. The transcription of genes for fucosyltransferase VII ( FUT7 ), sialyltransferase ST3Gal-I ( ST3O ), and UDP-galactose transporter-1 ( UGT1 ), which are all known to be involved in the synthesis of the carbohydrate ligands for E-selectin, was significantly induced in cancer cells by hypoxic culture. In addition, a remarkable induction was detected in the genes for syndecan-4 ( SDC4 ) and α5-integrin ( ITGA5 ), the cell-adhesion molecules involved in the enhanced adhesion of cancer cells to fibronectin. The transcriptional induction by hypoxia was reproduced in the luciferase-reporter assays for these genes, which were significantly suppressed by the co-transfection of a dominant-negative form of HIF. These results indicate that the metabolic shifts of cancer cells partly mediated by HIFs significantly enhance their adhesion to vascular endothelial cells, through both selectin- and integrin-mediated pathways, and suggest that this enhancement further facilitates hematogenous metastasis of cancers and tumor angiogenesis.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402088101
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publikationsdatum: 2004
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    Paternal allelic mutation at the Kcnq1 locus reduces pancreatic β-cell mass by epigenetic modification of Cdkn1c
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2015
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 112, No. 27 ( 2015-07-07), p. 8332-8337
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 112, No. 27 ( 2015-07-07), p. 8332-8337
    Kurzfassung: Genetic factors are important determinants of the onset and progression of diabetes mellitus. Numerous susceptibility genes for type 2 diabetes, including potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily Q, member1 ( KCNQ1 ), have been identified in humans by genome-wide analyses and other studies. Experiments with genetically modified mice have also implicated various genes in the pathogenesis of diabetes. However, the possible effects of the parent of origin for diabetes susceptibility alleles on disease onset have remained unclear. Here, we show that a mutation at the Kcnq1 locus reduces pancreatic β-cell mass in mice by epigenetic modulation only when it is inherited from the father. The noncoding RNA KCNQ1 overlapping transcript1 ( Kcnq1ot1 ) is expressed from the Kcnq1 locus and regulates the expression of neighboring genes on the paternal allele. We found that disruption of Kcnq1 results in reduced Kcnq1ot1 expression as well as the increased expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1C ( Cdkn1c ), an imprinted gene that encodes a cell cycle inhibitor, only when the mutation is on the paternal allele. Furthermore, histone modification at the Cdkn1c promoter region in pancreatic islets was found to contribute to this phenomenon. Our observations suggest that the Kcnq1 genomic region directly regulates pancreatic β-cell mass and that genomic imprinting may be a determinant of the onset of diabetes mellitus.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1422104112
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publikationsdatum: 2015
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    Allosteric regulation of γ-secretase activity by a phenylimidazole-type γ-secretase modulator
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2014
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 111, No. 29 ( 2014-07-22), p. 10544-10549
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 29 ( 2014-07-22), p. 10544-10549
    Kurzfassung: γ-Secretase is an intramembrane-cleaving protease responsible for the generation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides. Recently, a series of compounds called γ-secretase modulators (GSMs) has been shown to decrease the levels of long toxic Aβ species (i.e., Aβ42), with a concomitant elevation of the production of shorter Aβ species. In this study, we show that a phenylimidazole-type GSM allosterically induces conformational changes in the catalytic site of γ-secretase to augment the proteolytic activity. Analyses using the photoaffinity labeling technique and systematic mutational studies revealed that the phenylimidazole-type GSM targets a previously unidentified extracellular binding pocket within the N-terminal fragment of presenilin (PS). Collectively, we provide a model for the mechanism of action of the phenylimidazole-type GSM in which binding at the luminal side of PS induces a conformational change in the catalytic center of γ-secretase to modulate Aβ production.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402171111
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publikationsdatum: 2014
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    Alterations of the gut ecological and functional microenvironment in different stages of multiple sclerosis
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2020
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 117, No. 36 ( 2020-09-08), p. 22402-22412
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 117, No. 36 ( 2020-09-08), p. 22402-22412
    Kurzfassung: Multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, generally starts as the relapsing remitting form (RRMS), but often shifts into secondary progressive MS (SPMS). SPMS represents a more advanced stage of MS, characterized by accumulating disabilities and refractoriness to medications. The aim of this study was to clarify the microbial and functional differences in gut microbiomes of the different stages of MS. Here, we compared gut microbiomes of patients with RRMS, SPMS, and two closely related disorders with healthy controls (HCs) by 16S rRNA gene and whole metagenomic sequencing data from fecal samples and by fecal metabolites. Each patient group had a number of species having significant changes in abundance in comparison with HCs, including short-chain fatty acid (SCFA)-producing bacteria reduced in MS. Changes in some species had close association with clinical severity of the patients. A marked reduction in butyrate and propionate biosynthesis and corresponding metabolic changes were confirmed in RRMS compared with HCs. Although bacterial composition analysis showed limited differences between the patient groups, metagenomic functional data disclosed an increase in microbial genes involved in DNA mismatch repair in SPMS as compared to RRMS. Together with an increased ratio of cysteine persulfide to cysteine in SPMS revealed by sulfur metabolomics, we postulate that excessive DNA oxidation could take place in the gut of SPMS. Thus, gut ecological and functional microenvironments were significantly altered in the different stages of MS. In particular, reduced SCFA biosynthesis in RRMS and elevated oxidative level in SPMS were characteristic.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011703117
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publikationsdatum: 2020
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    Reconstitution of functional L-selectin ligands on a cultured human endothelial cell line by cotransfection of α1→3 fucosyltransferase VII and newly cloned GlcNAcβ:6-sulfotransferase cDNA
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 1999
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 96, No. 8 ( 1999-04-13), p. 4530-4535
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 96, No. 8 ( 1999-04-13), p. 4530-4535
    Kurzfassung: Recently, we proposed sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X as a major carbohydrate-capping group of the L-selectin ligands on high endothelial venules in human lymph nodes. In this study we succeeded in reconstituting functional L-selectin ligands on a cultured human endothelial cell line, ECV304, by transfecting the α1→3fucosyltranseferase VII (Fuc-T VII) and newly cloned GlcNAcβ:6-sulfotransferase (6-Sul-T) cDNAs. The ECV304 cells transfected with Fuc-T VII cDNA expressed conventional sialyl Lewis X detected with specific antibodies including 2H5, whereas the cells transfected with 6-Sul-T cDNA expressed sialyl 6-sulfo lactosamine as well as MECA-79-defined carbohydrate determinants, but these singly transfected cells failed to express sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X, as detected with the antisialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X mAb G152. Sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X appeared only on the cells that were cotransfected with both 6-Sul-T and Fuc-T VII cDNAs. Significant adhesion of L-selectin-expressing cells was seen only to the doubly transfected ECV304 cells and was inhibited by G152. No adhesion was observed to the cells transfected either with 6-Sul-T or with Fuc-T VII cDNA alone. The mRNAs of the two enzymes were expressed or were inducible upon interleukin 1 stimulation in human endothelial cells. These results indicate that a set of carbohydrate determinants synthesized by the concerted action of the two enzymes, as typically represented by the sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X-capping group, serves as an essential component of the ligand for L-selectin and that the reagents 2H5 and MECA-79, utilized in earlier studies to detect L-selectin ligand on high endothelial venules, recognize two different aspects of the same set of synthetic products.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.8.4530
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publikationsdatum: 1999
    ZDB Id: 209104-5
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    Functional calcium-responsive parathyroid glands generated using single-step blastocyst complementation
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 2023
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 120, No. 28 ( 2023-07-11)
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 120, No. 28 ( 2023-07-11)
    Kurzfassung: Patients with permanent hypoparathyroidism require lifelong replacement therapy to avoid life-threatening complications, The benefits of conventional treatment are limited, however. Transplanting a functional parathyroid gland (PTG) would yield better results. Parathyroid gland cells generated from pluripotent stem cells in vitro to date cannot mimic the physiological responses to extracellular calcium that are essential for calcium homeostasis. We thus hypothesized that blastocyst complementation (BC) could be a better strategy for generating functional PTG cells and compensating loss of parathyroid function. We here describe generation of fully functional PTGs from mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) with single-step BC. Using CRISPR-Cas9 knockout of Glial cells missing2 ( Gcm2 ), we efficiently produced aparathyroid embryos for BC. In these embryos, mESCs differentiated into endocrinologically mature PTGs that rescued Gcm2 −/− mice from neonatal death. The mESC-derived PTGs responded to extracellular calcium, restoring calcium homeostasis on transplantation into mice surgically rendered hypoparathyroid. We also successfully generated functional interspecies PTGs in Gcm2 −/− rat neonates, an accomplishment with potential for future human PTG therapy using xenogeneic animal BC. Our results demonstrate that BC can produce functional endocrine organs and constitute a concept in treatment of hypoparathyroidism.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216564120
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    Verlag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publikationsdatum: 2023
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    Regulation of selectin binding activity by cyclization of sialic acid moiety of carbohydrate ligands on human leukocytes
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; 1999
    In:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 96, No. 4 ( 1999-02-16), p. 1597-1602
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 96, No. 4 ( 1999-02-16), p. 1597-1602
    Kurzfassung: We provide here evidence that supports the occurrence of a biologically dormant form of selectin ligand carbohydrate, the sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X containing modified sialic acid, in human leukocytes. The modification of sialic acid involves first de- N -acetylation of sialic acid moiety through ubiquitous de- N -acetylation/re- N -acetylation cycle, followed by the dehydrative cyclization of de- N -acetyl sialic acid to form “cyclic sialic acid.” The enzyme involved in the dehydration of de- N -acetyl sialic acid is a calcium-dependent enzyme having neutral–alkaline pH optimum. De- N -acetyl sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X retained selectin binding activity as well as parental sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X, but cyclic sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X was devoid of selectin binding activity. Sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X carrying the cyclic sialic acid is specifically recognized by the newly generated mAb, G159. The determinant was distributed widely among normal human leukocytes, especially on monocytes and subsets of lymphocytes including NK cells, helper memory T cells, Tcr-γδ T cells, and a part of B cells. The determinant was detected also on several cultured lymphocytic leukemia cell lines and O -tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate-activated lymphoid cells. Cyclic sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X is efficiently formed by the action of the partly membrane-bound calcium-dependent enzyme, tentatively called “sialic acid cyclase,” and a possible physiological significance of this reaction could be a rapid inactivation of selectin binding activity at the cell surface. Conversely, the accumulated intracellular cyclic sialyl 6-sulfo Lewis X determinant may function as a dormant pool of selectin ligands, which, on appropriate stimulation, is hydrolyzed and becomes active in selectin-dependent cell adhesion.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.4.1597
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publikationsdatum: 1999
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