13 research outputs found

    Contribution of cell culture additives to the two-dimensional protein patterns of mouse macrophages

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    Low levels of fetal calf serum (FCS), used as protein supplement in cell culture medium, were traced in preparations of primary murine macrophages (bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMM) and peritoneal macrophages (PM)). Main components of this common additive were mapped in 2-DE by means of differential image gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. Additional washing steps in cell preparation helped to decrease the levels of the four highest abundance foetal serum proteins (serum albumin (SA), α1-fetoprotein (AFP), α1-antitrypsin (α1AT) and transferrin (Tf)) to less than 1% of total protein. Macrophage spot pattern was recorded in parallel and showed little variation. Results presented are supposed to be of general interest for cell preparations with similar background

    Identification of a promising pig intestinal health marker as regenerating islet-derived 3-gamma (REG3g)

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    Identification of a promising pig intestinal health marker as regenerating islet-derived 3-gamma (REG3g). 1. Symposium of the Belgian Proteomics Associatio

    Effect of the use of OTC as feed additive in the pig serum proteome

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    Effect of the use of OTC as feed additive in the pig serum proteome. 5. Management Committee Meeting and 4 Meeting of Working Groups 1,2 & 3 of COST Action FA 100

    On the long way towards finding potential "marker" proteins: the example of porcine saliva

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    On the long way towards finding potential "marker" proteins: the example of porcine saliva. 10. Austrian Proteomic Research Symposiu

    The impact of tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) on the proteome of murine macrophages and their response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

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    Tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) belongs to the Janus kinase (Jak) family and is involved in signalling via a number of cytokines. Tyk2-deficient mice are highly resistant to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced endotoxin shock. Macrophages are key players in the pathogenesis of endotoxin shock and, accordingly, defects in the LPS responses of Tyk2−/− macrophages have been reported. In the present study, the molecular role of Tyk2 is investigated in more detail using a proteomics approach. 2-D DIGE was applied to compare protein patterns from wild-type and Tyk2−/− macrophages and revealed significant differences in protein expression patterns between the genotypes before and after LPS treatment. Twenty-one proteins deriving from 25 differentially expressed spots were identified by MALDI/ESI MS. Among them, we show for N-myc interactor that its mRNA transcription/stability is positively influenced by Tyk2. In contrast, LPS-induced expression of plasminogen activator 2 protein but not mRNA is strongly enhanced in the absence of Tyk2. Our data furthermore suggest an influence of Tyk2 on the subcellular distribution of elongation factor 2 and on LPS-mediated changes in the peroxiredoxin 1 spot pattern. Thus, our results imply regulatory roles of Tyk2 at multiple levels and establish novel connections between Tyk2 and several cellular proteins

    Tyrosine kinase 2 controls IL-1beta production at the translational level.

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    IL-1beta is an important proinflammatory cytokine with a major role in several inflammatory diseases. Expression of IL-1beta is tightly regulated at the level of transcription, mRNA stability, and proteolytic processing. In this study, we report that IL-1beta expression in response to LPS is also regulated at the translational level. LPS-induced IL-1beta protein levels in macrophages derived from murine bone marrow are markedly increased in the absence of tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2). Increased IL-1beta is found intra- and extracellularly, irrespective of the efficiency of IL-1beta processing. We show that the absence of Tyk2 results both in higher translational rates and in enhanced association of IL-1beta mRNA with polysomes. Induction and stability of IL-1beta mRNA are not affected by the lack of Tyk2. We show further that the Tyk2-dependent translational inhibition is mediated by autocrine/paracrine type I IFN signaling and requires signal transducer and activator of transcription 1. Enhanced IL-1beta production in Tyk2- and IFN receptor 1-deficient macrophages is also observed following Listeria monocytogenes infection. Taken together, the data describe a novel mechanism for the control of IL-1beta synthesis
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