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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Simvastatin induces apoptosis in PTEN‑haploinsufficient lipoma cells

Kässner, Franziska, Sauer, Tina, Penke, Melanie, Richter, Sandy, Landgraf, Kathrin, Körner, Antje, Kiess, Wieland, Händel, Norman, Garten, Antje 03 March 2020 (has links)
Adipose tissue tumors (lipomas) frequently develop in patients with heterozygous germ line phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) mutations. simvastatin has been demonstrated to exhibit antitumor effects, and so the aim of the present study was to assess the effects of simvastatin on the growth of human PTEN haploinsufficient lipoma cells. Whether the effects of simvastatin in lipomas are mediated via PTEN upregulation was also assessed. The results of the present study revealed that simvastatin treatment reduced cell viability and induced apoptosis in human lipoma cells. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the expression of cellular PTEN mRNA and protein was increased following simvastatin stimulation. In addition, the phosphorylation of protein kinase B and downstream targets of mammalian target of rapamycin and 4E‑binding protein (4E‑BP)‑1 was attenuated. It was also demonstrated that simvastatin induced PTEN transcriptional upregulation by increasing peroxisome proliferator‑activated receptor (PPAR)γ expression. The small interfering RNA‑mediated knockdown of PPARγ abrogated the stimulatory effect of simvastatin on the PTEN protein, but did not influence apoptosis. The results of the present study suggest that simvastatin may be beneficial for patients with inoperable PTEN haploinsufficient lipomas.
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Implication de la lipide phosphatase SHIP1 dans les voies de signalisation du CD32a dans le neutrophile humain

Vaillancourt, Myriam 11 April 2018 (has links)
Tableau d'honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2005-2006 / Le neutrophile est spécialisé dans la chimiotaxie et la phagocytose. Ces deux phénomènes sont accompagnés d'une accumulation de phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)triphosphate. Ce dernier est formé par les phosphatidylinositols 3-kinases. Leur activation et la formation de phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)triphosphate sont bien caractérisés dans le neutrophile. La régulation du niveau de phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)triphosphate par les lipide phosphatases est peu étudiée. Nous avons examiné le rôle des lipide phosphatases SHIP1 et PTEN suite à la stimulation du CD32a, un FcyR, dans la régulation du niveau de phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)triphosphate. Ce dernier augmente suite à la stimulation du CD32a. La localisation cellulaire et la phosphorylation de SHIP1, mais pas de PTEN, sont modifiées en réponse à la stimulation du CD32a. Ces événements seraient dépendants des Src kinases. Par contre, ils seraient indépendants de l'activation des phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases. SHIP1, et non PTEN, pourrait donc être impliquée dans la régulation du phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)triphosphate formé suite à la stimulation du CD32a dans le neutrophile humain.

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