scholarly journals Cell Cycle Perturbation Induces Collagen Production in Fibroblasts

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 958-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Wake ◽  
Norihiko Takeda ◽  
Takayuki Isagawa ◽  
Tatsuyuki Sato ◽  
Yu Nakagama ◽  
...  
2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (22) ◽  
pp. 10843-10855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Paiardini ◽  
Domenico Galati ◽  
Barbara Cervasi ◽  
Giuseppe Cannavo ◽  
Luca Galluzzi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-induced immunodeficiency is characterized by progressive loss of CD4+ T cells associated with functional abnormalities of the surviving lymphocytes. Increased susceptibility to apoptosis and loss of proper cell cycle control can be observed in lymphocytes from HIV-infected individuals and may contribute to the lymphocyte dysfunction of AIDS patients. To better understand the relation between T-cell activation, apoptosis, and cell cycle perturbation, we studied the effect of exogenous interleukin-2 (IL-2) administration on the intracellular turnover of phase-dependent proteins. Circulating T cells from HIV-infected patients display a marked discrepancy between a metabolic profile typical of G0 and a pattern of expression of phase-dependent proteins that indicates a more-advanced position within the cell cycle. This discrepancy is enhanced by in vitro activation with ConA and ultimately results in a marked increase of apoptotic events. Conversely, treatment of lymphocytes with IL-2 alone restores the phase-specific pattern of expression of cell cycle-dependent proteins and is associated with low levels of apoptosis. Interestingly, exogenous IL-2 administration normalizes the overall intracellular protein turnover, as measured by protein synthesis, half-life of newly synthesised proteins, and total protein ubiquitination, thus providing a possible explanation for the effect of IL-2 on the intracellular kinetics of cell cycle-dependent proteins. The beneficial effect of IL-2 administration is consistent with the possibility of defective IL-2 function in vivo, which is confirmed by the observation that lymphocytes from HIV-infected patients show abnormal endogenous IL-2 paracrine/autocrine function upon in vitro mitogen stimulation. Overall these results confirm that perturbation of cell cycle control contributes to HIV-related lymphocyte dysfunction and, by showing that IL-2 administration can revert this perturbation, suggest a new mechanism of action of IL-2 therapy in HIV-infected patients.


Life Sciences ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 80-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena Benedetti ◽  
Simona Catalani ◽  
Francesco Palma ◽  
Barbara Canonico ◽  
Francesca Luchetti ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 110571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafaa S Ramadan ◽  
Ekram M Saleh ◽  
Varsha Menon ◽  
Cijo George Vazhappilly ◽  
Hajjaj H.M. Abdu-Allah ◽  
...  

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