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  • 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.
101

Regulation of RhoA Activation and Actin Reorganization by Diacylglycerol Kinase

Ard, Ryan 22 March 2012 (has links)
Rho GTPases are critical regulators of actin cytoskeletal dynamics. The three most well characterized Rho GTPases, Rac1, RhoA and Cdc42 share a common inhibitor, RhoGDI. It is only recently becoming clear how upstream signals cause the selective release of individual Rho GTPases from RhoGDI. For example, our laboratory showed that diacylglycerol kinase zeta (DGKz), which converts diacylglycerol (DAG) to phosphatidic acid (PA), activates PAK1-mediated RhoGDI phosphorylation on Ser-101/174, causing selective Rac1 release and activation. Phosphorylation of RhoGDI on Ser-34 by PKCa has recently been demonstrated to selectively release RhoA, promoting RhoA activation. Here, I show DGKz is required for optimal RhoA activation and RhoGDI Ser-34 phosphorylation. Both were substantially reduced in DGKz-null fibroblasts and occurred independently of DGKz activity, but required a function DGKz PDZ-binding motif. In contrast, Rac1 activation required DGKz-derived PA, but not PDZ-interactions, indicating DGKz regulates these Rho GTPases by two distinct regulatory complexes. Interestingly, RhoA bound directly to the DGKz C1A domain, the same region known to bind Rac1. By direct interactions with RhoA and PKCa, DGKz was required for the efficient co-precipitation of these proteins, suggesting it is important to assemble a signalling complex that functions as a RhoA-specific RhoGDI dissociation complex. Consequently, cells lacking DGKz exhibited decreased RhoA signalling downstream and disrupted stress fibers. Moreover, DGKz loss resulted in decreased stress fiber formation following the expression of a constitutively active RhoA mutant, suggesting it is also important for RhoA function following activation. This is consistent with the ability of DGKz to bind both active and inactive RhoA conformations. Collectively, these findings suggest DGKz is central to two distinct Rho GTPase activation complexes, each having different requirements for DGKz activity and PDZ interactions, and might regulate the balance of Rac1 and RhoA activity during dynamic changes to the actin cytoskeleton.
102

Involvement of reduced sensitivity to Ca2+ in b-adrenergic action on airway smooth muscle

Oguma, Tetsuya, Kume, Hiroaki, Ito, Satoru, Takeda, Naoya, Honjo, Haruo, Kodama, Itsuo, Shimokata, Kaoru, Kamiya, Kaichiro, 神谷, 香一郎 02 1900 (has links)
No description available.
103

Study of B to rho pi decays with the Belle detector

Gordon, Ascelin January 2004 (has links) (PDF)
This thesis presents an investigation of the charged B meson decay to the pseudoscalar-vector final state p°π±..The results presented in this thesis have been published in Physics Letters B, Volume 542, Issues 3-4, 29 August 2002, Pages 183-192.
104

Analyse der TGF-beta 1-induzierten MAPK- und RhoA-Aktivierung in epithelialen ZellennElektronische Ressource /

Waidmann, Oliver, January 2006 (has links)
Ulm, Univ. Diss., 2006.
105

Preoptic regulatory factor 2 inhibits proliferation and enhances drug induced apoptosis in neural stem cells /

Ma, Shuang. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, March, 2009. / Release of full electronic text on OhioLINK has been delayed until April 1, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-108)
106

Preoptic regulatory factor 2 inhibits proliferation and enhances drug induced apoptosis in neural stem cells

Ma, Shuang. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, March, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Release of full electronic text on OhioLINK has been delayed until April 1, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-108)
107

Oxidant-induced cell death mediated by a Rho GTPase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Singh, Komudi. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-158).
108

Building gene regulatory networks in development deploying small GTPases /

Beane, Wendy Scott, January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.
109

Investigation of exclusive photoproduction of j-r0 and 0-r0 meson pairs at HERA

Tomasz, Filip. Unknown Date (has links)
University, Diss., 2005--Heidelberg.
110

Régulation de l'expression de ligands de l'immunité par la voie Rho/ROCK sur les mélanomes / Regulation of immune ligands' expression by Rho/rock pathway on melanoma

Teiti, Lotefa 29 April 2015 (has links)
Ma thèse porte sur l'étude des rôles régulateurs des GTPases Rho et de leurs effecteurs ROCK sur l'expression de ligands du système immunitaire, sur des cellules de mélanomes murins et humains ainsi que les conséquences sur le développement tumoral de modulateurs de la voie RhoA/ROCK. A l'heure actuelle, les traitements du mélanome métastatique ont une efficacité limitée, c'est pourquoi les nouvelles stratégies s'orientent vers l'immunothérapie notamment en recherchant de nouvelles molécules pharmacologiques capables d'amplifier les réponses immunes anti mélanome. Mon travail a porté sur l'étude de trois ligands de l'immunité modulés par la voie RhoA/ROCK : - Nous avons étudié la régulation du ligand MICA qui est exprimé sur des mélanomes humains, mais qui est reconnu par les cellules NK humaines et murines du système immun inné. En utilisant des statines, qui sont des inhibiteurs de l'activité des Rho, nous avons induit une surexpression membranaire de MICA sans toxicité cellulaire. Cette surexpression s'accompagne d'une sensibilisation des mélanomes à la lyse par les cellules NK. Elle induit également un ralentissement de leur croissance tumorale sous-cutanée en souris NMRI nu/nu et une diminution de l'implantation des métastases pulmonaires. Nous avons aussi montré que cette régulation de MICA induite par les statines ne dépendait pas de l'inhibition des GTPases Ras ou Rho mais de la voie de PPAR?. - Nous avons ensuite étudié la régulation de la molécule de costimulation CD70 par les GTPases Rho sur des mélanomes humains et son rôle dans ces tumeurs. Nous avons montré que les mélanomes primitifs expriment CD70, que cette expression diminue au cours de la maladie et que la GTPase RhoA et la voie des MAPK contrôlent positivement l'expression de CD70 sur nos lignées de mélanome humain. De façon surprenante, nous avons aussi montré que CD70 possède une fonction non immunologique dans ces tumeurs. En effet, la trimérisation de CD70 favorise l'invasion tumorale et l'apparition de métastases en activant la voie de signalisation BRAF/MEK/ERK/RhoE et en inhibant les fibres de stress d'actine et des points focaux d'adhésion. - Enfin, nous nous sommes intéressés aux conséquences de la modulation de FasL sur le développement tumoral du mélanome murin B16F10. Des travaux précédents de l'équipe ont montré que la protéine RhoA et ses effecteurs ROCK régulent de façon négative l'expression de FasL à la membrane des cellules B16F10. Nous avons étudié le rôle in vivo de la surexpression de FasL induite par l'inhibition de ROCK par le H1152. Nous avons mis en évidence un ralentissement de la croissance tumorale in vivo chez les souris immunocompétentes. Ce contrôle du développement tumoral est dépendant de la voie Fas/FasL et de l'activité des lymphocytes TCD8+ et de l'IFN-?. De plus, l'inhibition de ROCK réduit le nombre de métastases pulmonaires sans intervention de la réponse immune adaptative. L'ensemble de mes travaux montre que le ciblage de la voie des GTPases Rho et de leurs effecteurs ROCK constitue une approche nouvelle pour amplifier les réponses immunes protectrices innées et adaptatives anti mélanome, suggérant que des inhibiteurs de cette voie pourraient être envisagés dans de nouveaux protocoles d'immunothérapie du mélanome / My thesis focuses on the study of the regulatory roles of Rho GTPases and their effectors ROCK on the expression of immune system ligands in murine and human melanoma cell lines and the impact on tumor development of modulators of the RhoA/ROCK pathway. Current therapies for metastatic melanoma have poor efficiency. It is the reason why new immunotherapeutic strategies are developed for to find new pharmacological molecules that could improve anti-melanoma immune responses. My work is based on the study of three immune ligands: - We studied the regulation by Rho GTPases of MICA ligand expression in human melanoma cell lines and their recognition by NK cells. Using statins, inhibitors of Rho GTPases activity, we have induced MICA over-expression without any cell toxicity. This MICA over-expression enhanced melanoma cells sensitivity to NK cells lysis, then reduced subcutaneous tumor growth in NMRI nu/nu mice and also decreased pulmonary metastases implantation. We also showed that statins-induced MICA over-expression was not linked to Ras or Rho GTPases inhibition but to PPAR? pathway. - Then, we studied the expression and the function of a co-stimulatory molecule, CD70, and its regulation by the Rho pathway in human melanomas. We demonstrated that the RhoA GTPase and MAPK pathway positively regulate CD70 expression in our melanoma cell lines. Surprisingly, we observed a non-immunological function of CD70 in melanoma. Indeed, CD70 trimerization enhanced melanomas invasion and metastatic capacities through an activation of BRAF/MEK/ERK/RhoE pathway, which inhibited stress fibers and focal adhesions. - Finally, we analyzed the consequences of FasL over-expression on B16F10 murine melanoma development in vivo. Our previous studies have showed that RhoA/ROCK pathway negatively regulates membrane FasL expression on B16F10 cells. We studied in vivo the role of this FasL over-expression induced by ROCK inhibitor H1152, on melanoma cells. We showed tumor growth shrinkage in immunocompetent mice, when B16F10 cells were pretreated with H1152. The Fas/FasL pathway and the activity of TCD8+ cells and IFN- ? induced this tumor slowing down. Moreover, ROCK inhibition induced a reduction of pulmonary metastases implantation independently of T lymphocytes response. Altogether, my work showed that targeting Rho GTPases/ROCK pathway could be interesting in order to improve innate and adaptative anti melanoma immune responses, suggesting that inhibitors of this pathway could be envisaged in new melanoma immunotherapy protocols

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