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Evidence Of A Role For G Protein Signaling Modulator 3 In Cell Division, Drew C. Wallace
Evidence Of A Role For G Protein Signaling Modulator 3 In Cell Division, Drew C. Wallace
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Components of G protein-mediated signaling are associated with positioning and orienting the mitotic spindle in the process of cell division. However, a functional role for G protein signaling modulator 3 (GPSM3) in cell division has yet to be defined. The purpose of this study was to investigate a potential role for GPSM3 in cell division. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) from Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats, that are known to express GPSM3, were used as a model system. Here I report that GPSM3 mRNA and protein levels varied during different stages of the cell cycle in SHR VSMCs. …
Nucleoporin-Mediated Regulation Of The Kcnq1ot1 Imprinted Domain, Saqib Sachani
Nucleoporin-Mediated Regulation Of The Kcnq1ot1 Imprinted Domain, Saqib Sachani
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Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that restricts gene expression to one parental allele while the other copy is silent. How this duality is regulated is not fully understood. Using the Kcnq1ot1 imprinted domain as a model, previous work in the laboratory identified nucleoporin 107 as a candidate regulator of imprinted domain regulation. Within the Kcnq1ot1 domain resides the imprinting control region, the paternally expressed Kcnq1ot1 (Kcnq1 opposite transcript 1) noncoding RNA, nine maternal-expressed protein-coding genes, as well as genes that escape imprint regulation. On the maternal allele, the Kcnq1ot1 imprinting control region is methylated, silencing the embedded Kcnq1ot1 …
Panx1 And Panx3 Regulate Adipocyte Development And Fat Accumulation In Vivo, Vanessa R. Lee
Panx1 And Panx3 Regulate Adipocyte Development And Fat Accumulation In Vivo, Vanessa R. Lee
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The obesity epidemic is a growing concern due to its various comorbidities and associated risk factors. Pannexins 1 and 3 (Panx1 and Panx3), are members of a family of channel-forming glycoproteins that have been reported to be important in paracrine signaling and development. Panx1 and Panx3 are homologous and are regulated in many different cell types, mediating cell proliferation and differentiation. We have shown that Panx1 and Panx3 are expressed in adipocytes and adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) throughout the process of differentiation. Mice globally lacking Panx1 (Panx1 KO) have significantly greater total fat mass compared to wildtype (WT) mice under …
Inhibition Of Mt1-Mmp Proteolytic Function And Erk1/2 Signalling Influences Breast Cancer Cell Migration And Invasion Through Changes In Mmp-2 And Mmp-9 Expression, Caitlin L. Evered
Inhibition Of Mt1-Mmp Proteolytic Function And Erk1/2 Signalling Influences Breast Cancer Cell Migration And Invasion Through Changes In Mmp-2 And Mmp-9 Expression, Caitlin L. Evered
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Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) is a multifunctional protease that invokes changes extracellularly via cleavages of ECM substrates, and intracellularly through induction of cell signalling cascades, both to influence cell behaviour and motility. The effects of MT1-MMP activation, MMP catalytic activity, and ERK1/2 signalling were examined by chemically or genetically altering each parameter. Regardless of treatment, expression of the two gelatinases, MMP-2 and -9, were always altered in an inverse relationship. This work proposes a pathway through active MT1-MMP initiation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation and subsequent targeting the NF-κB transcription factor, to ultimately influence MMP-9 expression. Modulation of MT1-MMP activation, …
The Role Of Nadph Oxidase In Ros Mediated Differentiation, Benjamin J. Dickson
The Role Of Nadph Oxidase In Ros Mediated Differentiation, Benjamin J. Dickson
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Mouse teratocarcinoma F9 cells differentiate into primitive endoderm (PrE) when treated with retinoic acid (RA) or H2O2 and these changes are accompanied by an upregulation of Wnt6 and activation of the canonical WNT/β-catenin pathway. Data from our lab shows PrE differentiation is accompanied by an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS), which induces a conformational change in Nucleoredoxin preventing its ability to bind and inhibit Dishevelled. This in turn positively impacts on the WNT/β- catenin signaling pathway leading to differentiation. The source of endogenous ROS seen following RA treatment was investigated and members of the NADPH oxidase (NOX) family were …
A Genetic Test Of A Model For Two Activities Of Fushi Tarazu Protein In Drosophila Melanogaster, Alaa Briek
A Genetic Test Of A Model For Two Activities Of Fushi Tarazu Protein In Drosophila Melanogaster, Alaa Briek
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The important pair-rule segmentation gene fushi tarazu (ftz) encodes a homeodomain (HD)-containing protein involved in the establishment of even-numbered parasegments during embryonic development. The D. melanogaster ftz is a derived homeotic selector (Hox) gene which lost its homeotic function during the evolution of arthropods. Genetic analyses have shown that FTZ has two distinct activities required during development: HD-dependent and HD-independent FTZ activities. The aim of this study was to test the interaction of the two FTZ activities proposed by Hyduk and Percival-Smith (1996), by generating site-specific mutant ftz alleles for intragenic complementation. CRISPR-mediated homology directed repair (HDR) was used to …