The T cell antigen receptor (TCR) is a multisubunit complex composed of at least seven transmembrane chains. The predominant species in most T cells has the composition alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta 2. The roles of subunit assembly in transport out of the ER and in the recently described process of pre-Golgi degradation of newly synthesized TCR chains were analyzed in a T-cell line defici...

BACKGROUND The transporters for dopamine (DAT) and norepinephrine (NET) are members of the Na+- and Cl--dependent neurotransmitter transporter family SLC6. There is a line of evidence that alternative splicing results in several isoforms of neurotransmitter transporters including NET. However, its relevance to the physiology and pathology of the neurotransmitter reuptake system has not been ful...

A cDNA clone for the complete coding sequence for alpha-1,3(6)-mannosylglycoprotein beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GlcNAc-T V, EC 2.4.1.155) was isolated and expressed in COS-7 cells. Degenerate oligonucleotide primers for polymerase chain reaction were synthesized based on the amino acid sequence of three tryptic peptides isolated from affinity-purified GlcNAc-T V. Polymerase chai...

apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an essential physiological process that plays a critical role in development and tissue homeostasis. caspases, a family of cysteine-dependent aspartate-directed proteases, play a critical role in the initiation and execution of apoptosis. in this study, cytotoxicity and apoptogenic effect of 2-phenyl 4-carboxamide derivatives were evaluated in sknmc (huma...

We investigated the intracellular localization of CRH in transiently transfected COS-7 cells expressing the full-length rat corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) precursor cDNA. CRH synthesized by transfected COS-7 cells is mainly stored intracellularly. In contrast, CHO-K1 cells expressing the same CRH precursor stored and released equal amounts of immunoreactive (IR)-CRH. Ultrastructural anal...

abstract background: the aims of this study were to assay the activity of adenosine deaminase (ada) in estrogen receptor positive (mcf-7) and negative (mda-mb468) breast cancer cell lines. methods: mda-mb468 and mcf-7 breast cancer cell lines were cultured in complete medium, striped serum with and without 0.0 1~-lm diethylstilbestrol (des), complete medium in the presence and absence of 111m t...

3a An instructive toy model: two paradoxes We start with a very simple random trigonometric polynomial (even simpler than 1c12): (3a1) X(t) = ζ cos t+ η sin t where ζ, η are independent N(0, 1) random variables. Its distribution is the image of γ under the map (x, y) 7→ (t 7→ x cos t+ y sin t). Time shifts of the trigonometric polynomial correspond to rotations of R, (3a2) X(t− α) = ζ(cos t cos...

BACKGROUND Neurons are more likely to die through apoptosis in the immature brain after injury whereas adult neurons in the mature brain die by necrosis. Several studies have suggested that this maturational change in the mechanism of cell death is regulated, in part, by thyroid hormone. We examined the involvement of the hairless (Hr) gene which has been suspected of having a role in cell cycl...

Fragrant species of the genus Salvia have been attributed many medicinal properties, which include anticancer activity. In the present study, cytotoxic properties of total methanol extract of Salvia chloroleuca Rech. f. & Aellen and its fractions were investigated on MCF-7, a breast carcinoma cell line. Malignant and non-malignant cells were cultured in RPMI medium and incubated with different ...

Mutations in the proto-oncogene c-kit cause constitutive kinase activity of its product, KIT protein, and are associated with human mastocytosis and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Although currently available tyrosine kinase inhibitors are effective in the treatment of GISTs, there has been limited success in the treatment of mastocytosis. 17-Allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AA...