@article{WinklerWittbrodtLammersetal.1994, author = {Winkler, Christoph and Wittbrodt, Joachim and Lammers, Reiner and Ullrich, Axel and Schartl, Manfred}, title = {Ligand-dependent tumor induction in medakafish embryos by a Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase transgene}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-87107}, year = {1994}, abstract = {Xmrk encodes a subclass 1 receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) which has been cloned from the melanomainducing locus Tu of the poeciliid fish Xiphophorus. To demonstrate a high oncogenic potential in vivo we transferred the gene into early embryos of the closely related medakafish. Ectopic expression of the Xmrk oncogene under the control of a strong, constitutive promoter (CMVTk) led to the induction of embryonic tumors with high incidence, after short latency periods, and with a specific pattern of affected tissues. We demonstrate ligand-dependent transformation in vivo using a chimeric receptor consisting of the extracellular and transmembrane domains of the human EGF receptor (HER) and the cytoplasmatic domain of Xmrk. Expression of the chimeric receptor alone does not lead to ldnase activation or induction of tumors. Coexpression of the chimera with its corresponding ligand, human transforming growth factor alpha (bTGF(X), however, results in the activation of the chimeric RTK. In injected fish embryos the induction of the neoplastic growth is observed with similar incidence and tissue distribution as in embryos carrying the native Xmrk oncogene suggesting that the ligand as well as factors downstream of tbe RTK are required for tumor formation. In this study we show single-step induction of tumors by ectopic expression of RTKs in vivo substantiating tbe significance of autocrine stimulation in RTK induced tumors in vertebrales.}, subject = {Japank{\"a}rpfling}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SchreibmanSchartlKallmanetal.1994, author = {Schreibman, Martin P. and Schartl, Manfred and Kallman, Klaus D. and Magliulo-Cepriano, Lucia}, title = {Molecular approaches to study the genetic regulation of the fish reproductive system}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86679}, year = {1994}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Fische}, language = {en} } @incollection{AltschmiedSchartl1994, author = {Altschmied, Joachim and Schartl, Manfred}, title = {Genetics and molecular biology of tumour formation in Xiphophorus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-69752}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {1994}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1994, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Harold Garnet Callan 1917-1993}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-80789}, year = {1994}, abstract = {Professor Harold Gamet Callan, honorary member of the German Society for Cell Biology, died on the 3rd November 1993, at the age of 76. His name is inseparably connected with lampbrush chromosomes, the most spectacular and aesthetically ailuring form of chromosomes, which occupied the major part of his scientific career. " Mick" Callan's pioneering studies led to fruitful new concepts, served as a building block for many subsequent studies by others, and contributed enormously to our current understanding of chromosome organization and activity ...}, subject = {Harold Garnet Callan}, language = {en} } @article{LubjuhnSchartlEpplen1994, author = {Lubjuhn, T. and Schartl, Manfred and Epplen, J. T.}, title = {Methodik und Anwendungsgebiete des genetischen Fingerabdruckverfahrens}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61978}, year = {1994}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Physiologische Chemie}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{GotzSchartl1994, author = {Gotz, R. and Schartl, Manfred}, title = {The conservation of neurotrophic factors during vertebrate evolution}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61964}, year = {1994}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Physiologische Chemie}, language = {en} } @article{SchartlDimitrijevicSchartl1994, author = {Schartl, A. and Dimitrijevic, N. and Schartl, Manfred}, title = {Evolutionary origin and molecular biology of the melanoma-inducing oncogene of Xiphophorus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61954}, year = {1994}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Physiologische Chemie}, language = {en} } @article{MuellerDieckmannSebaldetal.1994, author = {M{\"u}ller, T. and Dieckmann, T. and Sebald, Walter and Oschkinat, H.}, title = {Aspects of receptor binding and signalling of interleukin-4 investigated by site-directed mutagenesis and NMR spectroscopy}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62444}, year = {1994}, abstract = {Cytokines are hormones that carry information from ceJI to ceH. This information is read from their surface upon binding to transmembrane receptors and by the subsequent initiation of receptor oligomerization. An inftuence on this process through mutagenesis on the hormone surface is highly desirab)e for medical reasons. However, an understanding of hormone-receptor interactions requires insight into the structural changes introduced by the mutations. In this line structural studies on human TL-4 and the medically important IL-4 antagonists YI24D and Y124G are presented. The site a.round YI24 is an important epitope responsible for the a.bility of 11-4 t.o ca.use a signal in the target cells. It is shown that the local main-chain structure around residue 124 in the variants remains unchanged. A strategy is presented here which allows the study of these types of proteins and their variants by NMR which does not require carbon Iabeiied sa.mples.}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{LehrnbecherPootOrschescheketal.1994, author = {Lehrnbecher, T. and Poot, M. and Orscheschek, K. and Sebald, Walter and Feller, A. C. and Merz, H.}, title = {Interleukin 7 as interleukin 9 drives phytohemagglutinin-activated T cells through several cell cycles; no synergism between interleukin 7, interleukin 9 and interleukin 4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62438}, year = {1994}, abstract = {The effects of the interlenkins IL-7 and IL-9 on cell cycle progression were investigated by conventional [3H]thymidine incorporation and by the bivariate BrdU/Hoechst technique. 8oth ILĀ· 7 and IL-9 drive phytohemagglutinin-activated T cells through more than one cell cycle, but IL-7 wasmorepotent on cell cycle progression than IL-9. Neither synergistic nor inhibitory effects were seen between various combinations of the lymphokines IL-7, IL-9 and IL-4 compared to each lymphokine alone. When T cells are activated with phytohemagglutinin for 3 days, all or most IL-4 responsive cells respond to IL-7 as weil, whereas only a part of IL-7 responders are IL-4 responders. In contrast, when T cells are activated with phytohemagglutinin for 7 days, the quantitative data of the cell cycle distribution soggest that the population of IL-7 responders is at least an overlapping, if not a real subset of the population of the IL-4 responders.}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{DemchukMuellerOschkinatetal.1994, author = {Demchuk, E. and Mueller, T. and Oschkinat, H. and Sebald, Walter and Wade, R. C.}, title = {Receptor binding properties of four-helix-bundle growth factors deduced from electrostatic analysis}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62424}, year = {1994}, abstract = {Hormones of the hematopoietin class mediate signal transduction by binding to specific transmembrane receptors. Structural data show that the human growth hormone (hGH) forms a complex with a homodimeric receptor and that hGH is a member of a class of hematopoietins possessing an antiparallel 4-a-helix bundle fold. Mutagenesis experiments suggest that electrostatic interactions may have an important influence on hormonereceptor recognition. In order to examine the specificity of hormone-receptor complexation, an analysis was made of the electrostatic potentials of hGH, interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-4 (IL-4), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and the hGH and IL-4 receptors. The binding surfaces of hGH and its receptor, and of IL-4 and its receptor, show complementary electrostatic potentials. The potentials of the hGH and its receptor display approximately 2-fold rotational symmetry because the receptor subunits are identical. In contrast, the potentials of GM-CSF and IL-2 Iack such symmetry, consistent with their known high affinity for hetero-oligomeric receptors. Analysis of the electrostatic potentials supports a recently proposed hetero-oligomeric model for a high-affinity IL-4 receptor and suggests a possible new receptor binding mode for G-CSF; it also provides valuable information for guiding structural and mutagenesis studies of signal-transducing proteins and their receptors.}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} }