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These results suggest that irisin may play an important role in regulating lymphocyte adhesion and migration in the inflamed vasculature.The activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) is important for synaptic plasticity and the normal function of the brain. Arc interacts with neuronal postsynaptic proteins, but the mechanistic details of its function have not been fully established. The C-terminal domain of Arc consists of tandem domains, termed the N- and C-lobe. The N-lobe harbours a peptide binding site, able to bind multiple targets. By measuring the affinity of human Arc towards various peptides from stargazin and guanylate kinase-associated protein (GKAP), we have refined its specificity determinants. GLPG0634 price We found two sites in the GKAP repeat region that bind to Arc and confirmed these interactions by X-ray crystallography. Phosphorylation of the stargazin peptide did not affect binding affinity but caused changes in thermodynamic parameters. Comparison of the crystal structures of three high-resolution human Arc-peptide complexes identifies three conserved C-H…π interactions at the binding cavity, explaining the sequence specificity of short linear motif binding by Arc. We further characterise central residues of the Arc lobe fold, show the effects of peptide binding on protein dynamics, and identify acyl carrier proteins as structures similar to the Arc lobes. We hypothesise that Arc may affect protein-protein interactions and phase separation at the postsynaptic density, affecting protein turnover and re-modelling of the synapse. The present data on Arc structure and ligand binding will help in further deciphering these processes.Activation of receptor tyrosine kinases needs tight control by tyrosine phosphatases to keep their normal function. In this study, we investigated the regulation of activation of the type III receptor tyrosine kinase KIT by protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type E (PTPRE). We found that PTPRE can associate with wild-type KIT and inhibit KIT activation in a dose-dependent manner, although the activation of wild-type KIT is dramatically inhibited even when PTPRE is expressed at low level. The D816V mutation of KIT is the most frequently found oncogenic mutation in mastocytosis, and we found that PTPRE can associate and inhibit the activation of KIT/D816V in a dose dependent manner, but the inhibition is much weaker compared with wild-type KIT. Similar to mastocytosis, KIT mutations are the main oncogenic mutations in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) although GISTs carry different types of KIT mutations. We further studied the regulation of the activation of GISTs-type KIT mutants and other mastocytosis-type KIT mutants by PTPRE. Indeed, PTPRE can almost block the activation of GISTs-type KIT mutants, while the activation of mastocytosis-type KIT mutants is more resistant to the inhibition of PTPRE. Taken together, our results suggest that PTPRE can associate with KIT, and inhibit the activation of both wild-type KIT and GISTs-type KIT mutants, while the activation of mastocytosis-type KIT mutants is more resistant to PTPRE.Aristaless-related homeobox (ARX) has important functions in the development of various organs including the brain. Mutations of the human ARX gene have been associated with malformations of the cerebral cortex such as microcephaly and lissencephaly. Although the expression patterns of ARX in the lissencephalic cerebral cortex of mice have been intensively investigated, those in expanded gyrencephalic brains remained unclear. Here, we show the expression patterns of ARX in the developing cerebral cortex of gyrencephalic carnivore ferrets. We found that ARX was expressed not only in intermediate progenitor (IP) cells but also in outer radial glial (oRG) cells, which are neural progenitors preferentially observed in the gyrencephalic cerebral cortex. We found that the majority of ARX-positive oRG cells expressed the proliferating cell marker Ki-67. These results may indicate that ARX in oRG cells mediates the expansion of the gyrencephalic cerebral cortex during development and evolution.Obesity-induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress contributes to low-grade chronic inflammation in adipose tissue and may cause metabolic disorders such as diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia. Identification of high serpina A1 (alpha-1 antitrypsin, A1AT) expression in mouse adipose tissue and adipocytes prompted us to explore the role of A1AT in the inflammatory response of adipocytes under ER stress. We aimed to determine the role of A1AT expression in adipocytes with ER stress during regulation of adipocyte homeostasis and inflammation. To this end, we chemically induced ER stress in A1AT small interfering RNA-transfected differentiating adipocytes using thapsigargin. Induction of CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP), an ER stress marker, by thapsigargin was lower in A1AT-deficient SW872 adipocytes. Thapsigargin or the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α increased basal expression of cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-8 in both SW872 and primary omental adipocytes. This thapsigargin- or TNFα-induced expression of proinflammatory genes was increased by A1AT deficiency. These findings indicate that adipose A1AT may suppress the ER stress response to block excessive expression of proinflammatory factors, which suggests that A1AT protects against adipose tissue dysfunction associated with ER stress activation.β-Glucosidases are enzymes present in all living organisms, playing a pivotal role in diverse biological processes. These enzymes cleave β-glycosidic bonds between carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety, which may result in the liberation of volatile aglycones. Released compounds execute diverse physiological roles, while the industry takes advantage of exogenously added β-glucosidases for aroma enrichment during food and beverage production. β-Glucosidase enzymatic activity has been reported in human saliva and given the fact that these enzymes are involved in aroma release, we investigated here the correlation between β-glucosidase activity in human saliva and the occurrence of halitosis. Measurement of salivary enzyme activity of 48 volunteers was performed using p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucopyranoside as substrate. Each volunteer was clinically evaluated by a dental surgeon and clinical and laboratorial data were statistically analyzed. Gas-chromatography of saliva headspace allowed the analysis of the direct role of exogenous β-glucosidase on aromatic /volatile profile of saliva samples.
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