简介：Thec-erbB-2proto-oncogeneencodesa185kDaproteinp185,whichbelongstoepidermalgrowthfactorreceptorfamily.Amplificationofthisgenehasbeenshowntocorrelatewithpoorclinicalprognosisforcertaincancerpatients.ThemonoclonalantibodyA21whichdirectedagainstp185specificallyinhibitsproliferationoftumorcellsoverexpressingp185,henceallowsittobeacandidatefortargetedtherapy.InordertoovercomeseveraldrawbacksofmurineMAb,wecloneditsVHandVLgenesandconstructedthesingle-chainFv(scFv)throughapeptidelinker.TherecombinantscFvA21wasexpressedinEscherichiacoliandpurifiedbytheaffinitycolumn.SubsequentlyitwascharacterizedbyELISA,Westernblot,cellimmunohistochemistryandFACS.Alltheseassaysshowedthebindingactivitytoextracellulardomain(ECD)ofp185.BasedonthosepropertiesofscFvA21,wefurtherconstructedthescFv-Fcfusionmoleculewithahomodimerformandtherecombinantproductwasexpressedinmammaliancells.Inaseriesofsubsequentanalysisthisfusionproteinshowedidenticalantigenbindingsiteandactivitywiththeparentantibody.Theseanti-p185engineeredantibodieshavepromisedtobefurthermodifiedasatumortargetingdrugs,withaviewofapplicationinthediagnosisandtreatmentofhumanbreastcancer.

简介：MYB蛋白质在真核细胞的有机体起重要作用。在植物，R1R2R3类型MYB蛋白质在房间周期控制工作。然而，R2R3类型MYB蛋白质是否也涉及房间部门过程，仍然保持未知。这里，我们报导那R2R3类型抄写因素基因，AtMYB59，涉及房间周期前进和根生长的规定。AtMYB59蛋白质在洋葱的原子核是局部性的表皮的房间并且transactivation活动。在酵母房间的AtMYB59的表示压制房间增长，和transformants与更长的房间有更多的原子核和更高的aneuploidDNA内容。在AtMYB59的保存领域的变化在酵母细胞生长上废除它的效果。在同步Arabidopsis房间暂停，AtMYB59基因明确地在房间周期前进期间在S阶段被表示。表示和promoter-GUS分析表明AtMYB59基因富有地在根被表示。转基因的植物overexpressingAtMYB59更短的根与野类型的植物(Arabidopsis就职Col-0)相比，并且在在根尖端的有丝分裂的房间的一半附近在中期。相反地，空变异的myb59-1比关口在中期让更长的根和更少有丝分裂的房间，建议那AtMYB59可以由扩大有丝分裂的房间的中期禁止根生长。AtMYB59调整许多下游的基因，包括CYCB1；1基因，可能通过到MYB应答的元素的绑定。这些结果在细胞周期规定和植物根生长为AtMYB59支持一个角色。

简介：Amajorproblemwhichispoorlyunderstoodinthemanagementofbladdercancerislowsensitivitytochemotherapyandhighrecurrenceaftertransurethralresection.Insulin-likegrowthfactor1receptor(IGF-1R)signalingplaysaveryimportantroleinprogression,invasionandmetastasisofbladdercancercells.Inthisstudy,weinvestigatedwhetherIGF-1Rwasinvolvedinthegrowthstimulatingactivityanddrugresistanceofbladdercancercells.Theresultsshowed:ThemRNAsofIGF-1,IGF-2andIGF-1Rwerestronglyexpressedinserum-freeculturedT24cellline,whereasnormalurothelialcellsdidnotexpressthesefactors/receptorsoronlyintracelevels;T24cellrespondedfarbettertogrowthstimulationbyIGF-1thandidnormalurothelialcells;blockageofIGF1Rbyantisenseoligodeoxynucleotide(ODN)significantlyinhibitedthegrowthofT24cellandenhancedsensitivityandapoptosisofT24cellstomitomycin(MMC).TheseresultssuggestedthatblockageofIGF-IRsignalingmightpotentiallycontributetothetreatmentofbladdercancercellswhichareinsensitivetochemotherapy.