... Regulation of actin microfilament integrity in living nonmuscle cells by the cAMPdependent protein kinase and the myosinlightchainkinase J Cell Biol 106, 1955–1971 Glass, W.F & Kreisberg, J.I (1993) ... (78.6 ± 11.4 mean grey value) (A) substratum in many cell types [9,29] Protein kinase A, once activated, phosphorylates myosinlightchainkinase (MLCK), thus inhibiting its activity and causing ... Adelstein, R.S (1981) Regulation of human platelet myosinlightchainkinase by the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP- dependent protein kinase Nature 291, 252– 256 Klages, B., Brandt, U., Simon,...
... (1998) Myosinlightchain kinase: functional domains and structural motifs Acta Physiol Scand 164, 471–482 Kamm KE & Stull JT (2000) Dedicated myosinlightchain kinases with diverse cellular ... factor-induced long myosinlightchainkinase transcription is regulated by differentiation-dependent signaling events: characterization of the human long myosinlightchainkinase promoter J Biol ... light- chainkinase content is increased in human sensitized airways Am J Respir Crit Care Med 161, 257–263 15 Aromolaran AS, Albert AP & Large WA (2000) Evidence for myosinlightchain kinase...
... MLC2 (MLC2v), myosin regulatory lightchain 2, ventricular ⁄ cardiac muscle isoform MLC2, myosin regulatory lightchain 2, skeletal muscle isoform MLC2 (MLC2v), myosin regulatory lightchain 2, ventricular ... lightchain subunits is the most studied post-translational modification of myosin Phosphorylation of the regulatory myosinlightchain (MLC) is catalysed by a calmodulin-dependent kinase (MLC kinase) , ... Journal 272 (2005) 5771–5785 ª 2005 FEBS 5773 Myosin phosphorylation and denervation C Bozzo et al Fig Myosin heavy chain (MHC) and myosinlightchain (MLC) expression in soleus (left side of...
... Catalytic features of anti-HpU-9 mAb lightchainlight and ⁄ or heavy chains from mAbs such as i41–7 [13], i41SL1-2 [14], and ECL2B [15] The lightchain of ECL2B mAb was capable of cleaving ... acids by the consecutive reaction [11,18] Therefore, the lightchain can cleave peptides with low specificity, suggesting that the lightchain possesses two functional sites, recognition and catalysis ... of anti-HpU-9 mAb lightchain SDS ⁄ PAGE and western blotting as a possible cause of this difference However, we concluded this was unlikely as we could show that the lightchain (HpU9-L) was...
... King SM & Mooseker MS (2000) The lightchain composition of chicken brain myosinVa: calmodulin, myosin- II essential light chains, and 8-kDa dynein lightchain ⁄ PIN Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 47, 269–281 ... dynein lightchain with the nuclear-pore complex Nat Cell Biol 9, 788–796 den Hollander P & Kumar R (2006) Dynein lightchain contributes to cell cycle progression by increasing cyclin-dependent kinase ... dynein light chains J Biol Chem 282, 17272–17279 Vadlamudi RK, Bagheri-Yarmand R, Yang Z, Balasenthil S, Nguyen D, Sahin AA, den Hollander P & Kumar R (2004) Dynein lightchain 1, a p21-activated kinase...
... in SH-SY5Y cells [26] The present study was undertaken to study the mechanisms by which chronic high doses of morphine inhibit cell proliferation and induce cell death in SH-SY5Y cells, which ... inhibited SH-SY5Y cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis Previous studies reported that morphine inhibited the growth of various human cancer cells, including neuroblastoma cells, with IC50 ... Morphine-induced cell death in a naloxone-irreversible and PTX-irreversible manner in SH-SY5Y cells (A) Cells were treated with various concentrations of morphine (Mor) for 48 h, and cell viability...
... classified into three major groups mediated by the following kinases: extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 MAPK [9,10] Another signaling pathway ... chondroprogenitor cells, a BrdU assay was performed as described previously [7] In brief, N1511 cells were seeded at a density of · 104 cells per well in 96-well plates and grown for 24 h The cells were ... Excellence Program from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan References Western blot analysis Total cellular protein was prepared by lysing cells in CelLytic...
... with a k lightchain The number of known structures of immunoglobulins with a j-type lightchain stored in PDB is much higher (930) We removed all single -chain immunoglobulins and lightchain dimers, ... of 640 structures with j light chains In order to obtain a balanced dataset for j and k light chains, whilst, at the same time, preserving diversity among the j light chains, we grouped together ... observed a bias in the usage of lightchain V germline genes, whereas this was not the case for the heavy chain V genes There is no intersection between the lightchain germlines used in cluster...
... King SM & Mooseker MS (2000) The lightchain composition of chicken brain myosin- Va: calmodulin, myosin- II essential light chains, and 8-kDa dynein lightchain ⁄ PIN Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 47, 269–281 ... novel cellular proteins that bind to the LC8 dynein lightchain using a pepscan technique FEBS Lett 503, 135–141 15 Lo KW, Naisbitt S, Fan JS, Sheng M & Zhang M (2001) The 8-kDa dynein lightchain ... recognition by the kDa dynein lightchain J Mol Biol 306, 97–108 12 Wang W, Lo KW, Kan HM, Fan JS & Zhang M (2003) Structure of the monomeric 8-kDa dynein lightchain and mechanism of the domain-swapped...
... productive lightchain gene rearrangements amplified by PCR from genomic DNA As a result, a number of differences became apparent between parotid gland B cells and peripheral blood B cells of this ... were further processed for B -cell analysis Preparation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells FACS sorting of individual B cells and the method of PCR amplification of VL chain gene rearrangements ... distinct B -cell subpopulation accumulated in the parotid gland The mutational frequency and the percentage of mutated lightchain genes were greater in the productive VL chain rearrangements of B cells...
... or lightchain amyloidosis (AL) is characterized by a clonal population of plasma cells in the bone marrow that produce monoclonal lightchain of kappa or lambda type Amyloidogenic light chains ... Landauh@mskcc.org Abstract: Lightchain (AL) amyloidosis is a plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by the pathologic production of fibrillar proteins comprised of monoclonal light chains which deposit ... (Figure 1) The source of the amyloidogenic light chains is a clone of plasma cells, histologically identical to those seen in the more common plasma cell dyscrasia, multiple myeloma Given these...
... M, Nimer S, Comenzo RL: Risk-adapted autologous stem cell transplantation with adjuvant dexamethasone +/- thalidomide for systemic light- chain amyloidosis: results of a phase II trial Br J Haematol ... et al.: Successful management of refractory pleural effusion due to systemic immunoglobulin lightchain amyloidosis by vincristine adriamycin dexamethasone chemotherapy: a case report Journal ... DJ, Venning MC, Ackrill P, Scarffe JH: The treatment of nephrotic syndrome caused by primary (light chain) amyloid with vincristine, doxorubicin and dexamethasone Br J Cancer 1998, 78:774-776 Berk...
... plasma cell proliferative disorders characterized by tissue deposition of lightchain fragments, leading to organ impairment Myeloma is diagnosed in about 40% of patients with LCDD [2] In LCDD light ... patients with LCDD [2] In LCDD lightchain fragments not form amyloid fibrils; they are defined as non-amyloid immunoglobulin light chains, and are mostly kappa chains They cause renal failure and ... A, Gallo G: Charge differences between in vivo deposits in immunoglobulin lightchain amyloidosis and nonamyloid lightchain deposition disease Br J Haematol 2007, 136:723-728 Tennents GA, Lovat...
... Cytotoxicity of myeloma light chains in cultured human kidney proximal tubule cells Am J Kidney Dis 2000, 36:735-744 Li M, Hering-Smith KS, Simon EE, Batuman V: Myeloma light chains induce epithelial-mesenchymal ... serum lightchain load, casts continually precipitate However, in the presence of sustained glomerular ultrafiltrate, they pass through and out of the intranephronal compartment Indeed, lightchain ... diagnostic ranges for free kappa and free lambda immunoglobulin light chains: relative sensitivity for detection of monoclonal light chains Clin Chem 2002, 48:1437-1444 Cheson BD, De Bellis CC,...
... Dejana E: Endothelial cell- cell junctions: happy together Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2004, 5:261-270 Dewi BE, Takasaki T, Kurane I: In vitro assessment of human endothelial cell permeability: effects ... L-NAME on PIC-induced permeability Effect of4 Effect of L-NAME on PIC-induced permeability Prior to PIC infection, L-NAME was added to HMEC-1 cells at a concentration of 10 nM Permeability was quantified ... confluent HMEC-1 cells were treated with an inhibitor and subsequently infected with PIC at an MOI of Cells were incubated for 72 hrs The cells were then lysed using a bifunctional cell lysis/activity...
... strategy by pairing FMs with SCAbs To generate the SCAb for this study, we first PCR-amplified the lightchain and heavy chain variable regions of the aCD20 and linked them with a GS linker To allow ... 293T/CD20 cell line, but not to the control 293T cell line In contrast, the lentiviral vector FUW/VSVG was able to bind to both 293T and 293T/ CD20 cell lines In addition, a quantitative virus -cell ... transfected cells Solid line, analysis on transfected 293T/CD20 cells; shaded area, analysis on 293T cells (B) Analysis of co-expression of the FM and antibody on gated GFP-positive cells FM was...
... hybridization of myosin heavy chain mRNA and enzyme histochemistry in rat skeletal muscles Cell Mol Biol 1997, 43:319-327 Sugiura T, Morimoto A, Sakata Y, Watanabe T and Murakami N Myosin heavy chain isoform ... fails to change myosin heavy -chain distribution of diaphragm Respir Physiol 1996, 104:39-43 Larsson L, Biral D, Campione M and Schiaffino S An age-related type IIB to IIX myosin heavy chain switching ... AM Slow myosin in developing rat skeletal muscle J Cell Biol 1987, 104:447-459 Schiaffino S, Gorza L, Sartore S, Saggin L, Ausoni S, Vianello M, Gundersen K and Lomo T Three myosin heavy chain...
... RasMol viewer [18] Three myosin heavy chain structures were identified: 2MYS, Chicken adult skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain; 1BR2, chicken gizzard smooth muscle myosin heavy chain; and 1B7T, Aequipecten ... beta polypeptide) ITK (IL2-inducible T -cell kinase) FGR (Gardner-Rasheed feline sarcoma viral (v-fgr) oncogene homolog) 719 Lck Kinase Abl Kinase Itk SH2 Src Kinase LCK ABL1 ITK SRC No No No Yes ... RABIT/Q28641 Myos in heavy chain s keletal m us cle juvenile m yh1 PIG/Q9TV61 Myos in heavy chain 2x 983 m yh1 BOVIN/Q9BE40 Myos in heavy chain 2x m yh1 EQUPR/Q8MJV0 Myos in heavy chain 2x 682 622 m...
... 1988) Being phosphorylated by myosinlightchain kinases or Rho kinases, the myosinlightchain can regulate the function of myosin by changing the conformation of myosin heads to detach from actin, ... (Alberts et al, 2001) Each myosin protein was composed with one or two MHCs and myosinlight chains Myosin II, a subclass of myosin, for example, contains two heavy chains with each about 2000 ... this structure can hold the two heavy chains together Therefore, myosin II has two heads It also contains light chains (2 per head), which bind the heavy chains in the "neck" region between the...