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The immunosuppressant rapamycin represses human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication

The immunosuppressive macrolide rapamycin is used in humans to prevent graft rejection. This drug acts by selectively repressing the translation of proteins that are encoded by an mRNA bearing a 5'-polypyrimidine tract (e.g., ribosomal proteins,...

Authors: Roy J, Paquette JS, Fortin JF and Tremblay MJ

NPC1 and NPC2 regulate cholesterol homeostasis through generation of LDL cholesterol-derived oxysterols

Mutations in the Niemann-Pick disease genes cause lysosomal cholesterol accumulation and impaired low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol esterification. These findings have been attributed to a block in cholesterol movement from lysosomes to the...

Authors: Frolov A, Zielinski SE, Crowley JR, Dudley-Rucker N, Schaffer JE and Ory DS

Fas-associated Factor 1, FAF1, is a member of fas death-inducing signaling complex

FAF1 has been introduced as a Fas-binding protein. However, the function of FAF1 in apoptotic execution is not established. Based on the fact that FAF1 is a Fas-binding protein, we asked if FAF1 interacted with other members of the Fas-death-inducing...

Authors: Ryu SW, Lee SJ, Park MY, Jun JI, Jung YK and Kim E

The gene product Murr1 restricts HIV-1 replication in resting CD4+ lymphocytes

Although human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infects quiescent and proliferating CD4+ lymphocytes, the virus replicates poorly in resting T cells. Factors that block viral replication in these cells might help to prolong the asymptomatic phase of...

Authors: Ganesh L, Burstein E, Guha-Niyogi A, Louder MK, Mascola JR, Klomp LW, Wijmenga C, Duckett CS and...

Evidence that high teleromerase activity may induce a senescent-like growth arrest in human fibroblasts

Expression of the catalytic subunit of human telomerase (hTERT), in normal human fibroblasts allows them to escape replicative senescence. However, we have observed that populations of hTERT-immortalized human fibroblasts contain 3-20% cells with a...

Authors: Gorbunova V, Seluanov A and Pereira-Smith OM

Endothelial cells stimulate T cell NFAT nuclear translocation in the presence of cyclosporin A: involvement of the wnt/glycogen synthase kinase-3beta pathway

T cells resistant to the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A (CsA) may be important mediators of chronic graft rejection. We previously reported that T cells activated in the presence of endothelial cells (EC) develop resistance to CsA, and initiate...

Authors: Salazar Murphy LL and Hughes CCW

Efficient transfection method for primary cells

Transfection of primary cells and stem cells is a problem in the laboratory routine and further in tissue engineering and gene therapy. Most methods working effectively for cell lines in culture fail to transfect primary cells. Here we describe the...

Authors: Hamm A, Krott N, Breibach I, Blindt R and Bosserhoff AK

CD28 engagement promotes actin polymerization through the activation of the small Rho GTPase Cdc42 in human T cells

Engagement of the costimulatory molecule CD28 is an important step in the optimal activation of T cells. Nevertheless, the specific role of CD28 in the formation of the immunological synapse and cytoskeletal changes that occur upon TCR/CD3 complex...

Authors: Salazar-Fontana LI, Barr V, Samelson LE and Bierer BE

Weibel-Palade bodies recruit Rab27 by a content-driven, maturation-dependent mechanism that is independent of cell type

The identification of organelles is crucial for efficient cellular function, yet the basic underlying mechanisms by which this might occur have not been established. One group of proteins likely to be central to organelle identity is the Rab family...

Authors: Hannah MJ, Hume AN, Arribas M, Williams R, Hewlett LJ, Seabra MC and Cutler DF

Crucial role of DNA methylation in determination of clonally distributed killer cell Ig-like receptor expression patterns in NK cells

Human NK cells are characterized by the expression of surface receptors of the killer cell Ig-like receptor (KIR) family, which are involved in the specific recognition of pathogenic target cells. Each NK cell expresses and maintains an individual...

Authors: Santourlidis S, Trompeter HI, Weinhold S, Eisermann, Meyer KL, Wernet P and Uhrberg M

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