Inhibitors of DNA binding (IDs) antagonize basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors to inhibit differentiation and maintain stem cell fate. ID ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation ...occur in differentiated tissues, but IDs in many neoplasms appear to escape degradation. We show that the deubiquitinating enzyme USP1 promotes ID protein stability and stem cell-like characteristics in osteosarcoma. USP1 bound, deubiquitinated, and thereby stabilized ID1, ID2, and ID3. A subset of primary human osteosarcomas coordinately overexpressed USP1 and ID proteins. USP1 knockdown in osteosarcoma cells precipitated ID protein destabilization, cell-cycle arrest, and osteogenic differentiation. Conversely, ectopic USP1 expression in mesenchymal stem cells stabilized ID proteins, inhibited osteoblastic differentiation, and enhanced proliferation. Consistent with USP1 functioning in normal mesenchymal stem cells, USP1-deficient mice were osteopenic. Our observations implicate USP1 in preservation of the stem cell state that characterizes osteosarcoma and identify USP1 as a target for differentiation therapy.
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► USP1 deubiquitinates and stabilizes ID1, ID2, and ID3 ► USP1 and ID proteins are coordinately overexpressed in osteosarcomas ► USP1 or ID deficiency promotes osteogenic differentiation of osteosarcoma cells ► USP1 represents a target for tumor differentiation therapy
Identification of an enzyme that stabilizes inhibitors of differentiation opens up new avenues for tumor differentiation therapy.
A candidate reference measurement procedure (RMP) for measurement of unconjugated estriol in human serum has been developed and validated. The proposed method is highly reliable and uses isotope ...dilution coupled with liquid chromatography
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tandem mass spectrometry (ID
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LC
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MS/MS) and requires no derivatization. An appropriate amount of serum was accurately weighed and spiked with an isotopically labeled internal standard. Unconjugated estriol and its internal standard were extracted from serum matrix using liquid-liquid extraction prior to reversed-phase LC-MS/MS. Calibrator bracketing was used to give higher specificity and accuracy for assigning serum level. The accuracy of the candidate RMP was validated by split-sample comparison to established RMPs. The lowest limit of detection (LLoD) and lowest limit of quantification (LLoQ) for developed RMP was estimated to be 0.14 nmol/L and 0.35 nmol/L, respectively. Both intra- and inter-assay imprecisions were ≤2.19% at 1.39, 17.34 and 69.35 nmol/L, respectively. Recoveries were 98.54% to 100.34% and linear response ranged from 0.35 to 173.38 nmol/L. No interference was observed. Biases were 5.6% and 2.8% against the targets of RELA2015A (3.87 nmol/L) and RELA2015B (40.62 nmol/L), respectively. Moreover, the candidate RMP was successfully applied to measure level of unconjugated estriol in serum samples of pregnant women (
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= 3) and compared with two immunoassays in clinical laboratory. Our developed method is simple, accurate, and can be used as a candidate RMP to determine total unconjugated estriol level in human serum. Further improvement of certain immunoassays in accuracy and precision is needed.
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Selected ion chromatograms by LC-MS/MS using a C18 column for uE
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β-Catenin-dependent Wnt signaling is initiated as Wnt binds to both the receptor FZD and coreceptor LRP5/6, which then assembles a multimeric complex at the cytoplasmic membrane face to recruit and ...inactivate the kinase GSK3. The large number and sequence diversity of Wnt isoforms suggest the possibility of domain-specific ligand-coreceptor interactions, and distinct binding sites on LRP6 for Wnt3a and Wnt9b have recently been identified in vitro. Whether mechanistically different interactions between Wnts and coreceptors might mediate signaling remains to be determined. It is also not clear whether coreceptor homodimerization induced extracellularly can activate Wnt signaling, as is the case for receptor tyrosine kinases. We generated monoclonal antibodies against LRP6 with the unexpected ability to inhibit signaling by some Wnt isoforms and potentiate signaling by other isoforms. In cell culture, two antibodies characterized further show reciprocal activities on most Wnts, with one antibody antagonizing and the other potentiating. We demonstrate that these antibodies bind to different regions of LRP6 protein, and inhibition of signaling results from blocking Wnt binding. Antibody-mediated dimerization of LRP6 can potentiate signaling only when a Wnt isoform is also able to bind the complex, presumably recruiting FZD. Endogenous autocrine Wnt signaling in different tumor cell lines can be either antagonized or enhanced by the LRP6 antibodies, indicating expression of different Wnt isoforms. As anticipated from the roles of Wnt signaling in cancer and bone development, antibody activities can also be observed in mice for inhibition of tumor growth and in organ culture for enhancement of bone mineral density. Collectively, our results indicate that separate binding sites for different subsets of Wnt isoforms determine the inhibition or potentiation of signaling conferred by LRP6 antibodies. This complexity of coreceptor-ligand interactions may allow for differential regulation of signaling by Wnt isoforms during development, and can be exploited with antibodies to differentially manipulate Wnt signaling in specific tissues or disease states.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Priming of the organ-specific premetastatic sites is thought to be an important yet incompletely understood step during metastasis. In this study, we show that the metastatic tumors we examined ...overexpress granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), which expands and mobilizes Ly6G+Ly6C+ granulocytes and facilitates their subsequent homing at distant organs even before the arrival of tumor cells. Moreover, G-CSF—mobilized Ly6G+Ly6C+ cells produce the Bv8 protein, which has been implicated in angiogenesis and mobilization of myeloid cells. Anti—G-CSF or anti-Bv8 antibodies significantly reduced lung metastasis. Transplantation of Bv8 null fetal liver cells into lethally irradiated hosts also reduced metastasis. We identified an unexpected role for Bv8: the ability to stimulate tumor cell migration through activation of one of the Bv8 receptors, prokineticin receptor (PKR)-1. Finally, we show that administration of recombinant G-CSF is sufficient to increase the numbers of Ly6G+Ly6C+ cells in organ-specific metastatic sites and results in enhanced metastatic ability of several tumors.
Immunoassays for measuring 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) produce high rates of false positives that impact the identification of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in neonates. A confirmatory ...test with high analytical specificity employing liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) methodology is needed in newborn screening for CAH. 17-OHP and cortisol were extracted from dried blood spot (DBS) samples, resolved on a C18 column, and measured using tandem mass spectrometry. The results were compared with those determined using the AutoDELFIA immunoassay. The LC-MS/MS method had a limit of quantitation of 10.0 and 5.0 ng/mL for 17-OHP and cortisol, respectively. The method characteristics showed coefficient variation (%CV) ≤ 11.9% for both 17-OHP and cortisol, recoveries ranging from 83.1 to 101.5% for 17-OHP and from 95.1 to 102.8% for cortisol, and linearity with
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= 0.9994 for 17-OHP and
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= 0.9996 for cortisol, clinical sensitivity of 100.0% and a specificity of 96.4% as obtained by receiver operating characteristic analysis on 45 patient samples when 17-OHP > 39.1 ng/mL was selected as the cutoff value. Comparison between the LC-MS/MS and the AutoDELFIA immunoassay methods revealed a poor correlation for patient DBS samples (
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= 0.6784); however, an excellent correlation was obtained for QC and proficiency test (PT) DBS samples (
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= 0.9797). The LC-MS/MS method produced reliable results for 17-OHP and cortisol for the diagnosis of CAH. The AutoDELFIA immunoassay appears to be subject to matrix effects in the analysis for 17-OHP in DBS patient samples. The DBS samples of non-patient origin may not be suitable for assessing analytical accuracy of immunoassays.
Melanoma inhibitory activity member 3 (MIA3/TANGO1) corrected is an evolutionarily conserved endoplasmic reticulum resident transmembrane protein. Recent in vitro studies have shown that it is ...required for the loading of collagen VII, but not collagen I, into COPII-coated transport vesicles. In this paper, we show that mice lacking Mia3 are defective for the secretion of numerous collagens, including collagens I, II, III, IV, VII, and IX, from chondrocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and mural cells. Collagen deposition by these cell types is abnormal, and extracellular matrix composition is compromised. These changes are associated with intracellular accumulation of collagen and the induction of a strong unfolded protein response, primarily within the developing skeleton. Chondrocyte maturation and bone mineralization are severely compromised in Mia3-null embryos, leading to dwarfism and neonatal lethality. Thus, Mia3's role in protein secretion is much broader than previously realized, and it may, in fact, be required for the efficient secretion of all collagen molecules in higher organisms.
Signaling events that regulate central nervous system (CNS) angiogenesis and blood-brain barrier (BBB) formation are only beginning to be elucidated. By evaluating the gene expression profile of ...mouse vasculature, we identified DR6/TNFRSF21 and TROY/TNFRSF19 as regulators of CNS-specific angiogenesis in both zebrafish and mice. Furthermore, these two death receptors interact both genetically and physically and are required for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-mediated JNK activation and subsequent human brain endothelial sprouting in vitro. Increasing beta-catenin levels in brain endothelium upregulate DR6 and TROY, indicating that these death receptors are downstream target genes of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling, which has been shown to be required for BBB development. These findings define a role for death receptors DR6 and TROY in CNS-specific vascular development.
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► Angiogenesis and blood-brain barrier formation require death receptors DR6 and TROY ► DR6 and TROY physically and genetically interact ► DR6 and TROY regulate VEGF-induced JNK signaling in endothelial cells ► Wnt/beta-catenin signaling upregulates DR6 and TROY in brain endothelium
The signaling events that regulate central nervous system (CNS) angiogenesis and blood-brain barrier formation are only beginning to be elucidated. Tam et al. identify the TNF receptor family proteins DR6 and TROY as regulators of CNS-specific vascular development, acting cell-autonomously to modulate vascular sprouting and subsequent barrier formation.
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for measurements of steroids in human saliva has garnered increased interest in the area of clinical psychoneuroendocrinological research. ...However, performance characteristics of LC-MS/MS methods for the analysis of steroids in saliva are limited. Human saliva samples were collected via passive drool. Cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) in the samples were extracted together, resolved on a C18-A column, and analyzed using tandem mass spectrometry. The LC-MS/MS method had limits of quantitation of 0.03 and 0.06 ng/mL for DHEA-S and cortisol, respectively. Method evaluations showed coefficient variation (%CV) of inter-assay ranging 4.6–17.9% for DHEA-S and cortisol, recoveries of 102.4–109.5% for DHEA-S and 94.6–98.3% for cortisol, and assay linearity with
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= 0.9964 for DHEA-S (1.0–25.0 ng/mL) and
R
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= 0.997 (1.0–25.0 ng/mL) for cortisol. No cross contamination among samples was observed. Human saliva showed 20% and 18% ion enhancement effect for DHEA-S and cortisol assay, respectively. No interference by ten common steroids was detected. Regression analysis of method comparisons with laboratory-developed test (LDT) method revealed
R
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= 0.9688 (LC-MS/MS = 0.9665 LDT-LC-MS/MS − 0.7355) for cortisol, and
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= 0.9039 (LC-MS/MS = 1.0173 LDT-LC-MS/MS + 3.6797) for DHEA-S. Reference ranges for young adults were determined to be 0.3–5.9 ng/mL for females and 0.1–5.6 ng/mL for males for salivary cortisol, and 0.6–7.4 ng/mL for females and 0.6–10.1 ng/mL for males for salivary DHEA-S. An LC-MS/MS method for quantifying cortisol and DHEA-S in human saliva was developed and validated for clinical and psychoneuroendocrinological research that require noninvasive means of measuring these hormones.
•Traditional proficiency testing (PT) cannot identify inaccurate estradiol methods.•Estradiol results from commutable PT samples were compared to CDC target values.•Biases were 34% (−17% to 175%) and ...40% (−33% to 386%) for the two lowest samples.•Scores were affected by the acceptance limit criteria and use of peer-grouping.•Improvement in estradiol measurement is needed, particularly at low concentrations.
Accuracy of estradiol measurements is important but conventional proficiency testing (PT) cannot assess accuracy when possibly non-commutable samples are used and method peer-group means are the targets. Accuracy-based assessment of estradiol measurements is needed.
Five serum samples were prepared from single donors, frozen, and distributed overnight to 76 New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)-certified laboratories. Participants analyzed samples for estradiol. The biases of group means were assessed against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-defined targets, evaluated using the Hormone Standardization Program (HoSt) E2 performance criterion of ±12.5 %. Each laboratory’s performance was evaluated using total allowable error (acceptance limits) of target ±25 % or ±15 pg/mL (55 pmol/L) (whichever was greater, NYSDOH), target ±30 % (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments CLIA), and target ±26 % (minimal limit based on biological variation BV).
The biases (range) were 34 % (−17 % to 175 %), 40 % (−33 % to 386 %), 16 % (−45 % to 193 %), 5 % (−27 % to 117 %), and −4% (−31 % to 21 %), for samples at estradiol of 24.1, 28.4, 61.7, 94.1, and 127 pg/mL, or 89, 104, 227, 345, and 466 pmol/L, respectively. Large positive method/analytical systematic biases were revealed for 9 commonly used method/analytical systems in the United States at low estradiol concentrations. Of the 9 analytical systems, 0, 0, 3, 7 and 6 met the HoSt criterion for the samples with estradiol at the five respective concentrations. PT evaluation showed that 59 %, 69 % and 87 % of laboratories would receive a PT event passing (satisfactory) score when the CDC-defined target and a criterion of NYSDOH, CLIA or BV was used, respectively. However, >95 % laboratories would obtain PT passing score if method peer-group means were used as targets regardless of the criterion used.
Improvement in accuracy of estradiol measurements is needed, particularly at low estradiol concentrations. Accuracy-based PT provides unambiguous information about the accuracy of methods/analytical systems.
In many organ systems such as the skin, gastrointestinal tract and hematopoietic system, homeostasis is dependent on the continuous generation of differentiated progeny from stem cells. The rodent ...incisor, unlike human teeth, grows throughout the life of the animal and provides a prime example of an organ that rapidly deteriorates if newly differentiated cells cease to form from adult stem cells. Hedgehog (Hh) signaling has been proposed to regulate self-renewal, survival, proliferation and/or differentiation of stem cells in several systems, but to date there is little evidence supporting a role for Hh signaling in adult stem cells. We used in vivo genetic lineage tracing to identify Hh-responsive stem cells in the mouse incisor and we show that sonic hedgehog (SHH), which is produced by the differentiating progeny of the stem cells, signals to several regions of the incisor. Using a hedgehog pathway inhibitor (HPI), we demonstrate that Hh signaling is not required for stem cell survival but is essential for the generation of ameloblasts, one of the major differentiated cell types in the tooth, from the stem cells. These results therefore reveal the existence of a positive-feedback loop in which differentiating progeny produce the signal that in turn allows them to be generated from stem cells.
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