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The basic question which drove our whole work was to find a meaningful noncommutative gauge theory even for the time-like case ($\theta^{0 i} \neq 0$). In order to be able to tackle questions regarding unitarity, it is not sufficient to consider theories which include the noncommutative parameter only up to a finite order. The reason is that in order to investigate tree-level unitarity or the optical theorem in loops one has to know the behavior of the noncommutative theory for center-of-mass energies much greater than the noncommutative scale. Therefore an effective theory, that is by construction only valid up to the noncommutative scale, isn't sufficient for our purpose. Our model is based on two fundamental assumptions. The first assumption is given by the commutation relations \eqref{eq:ncalg}. This led to the Moyal-Weyl star-product \eqref{eq:astproduct2} which replaces all point-like products between two fields. The second assumption is to assume that the model built this way is not only invariant under the noncommutative gauge transformation but also under the commutative one. In order to obtain an action of such a model one has to replace the fields by their appropriate \swms. We chose the gauge fixed action \eqref{eq:actioncgf} as the fundamental action of our model. After having constructed the action of the NCQED including the {\swms} we were confronted with the problem of calculating the {\swms} to all orders in $\tMN$. By means of \cite{bbg} we could calculate the {\swms} order by order in the gauge field, where each order in the gauge field contains all orders in the noncommutative parameter (\cf chapter \ref{chapter:swms}). By comparing the maps with the result we obtained from an alternative ansatz \cite{bcpvz}, we realized that already the simplest {\swm} for the gauge field is not unique. In chapter \ref{chapter:ambiguities} we examined this ambiguity, which we could parametrised by an arbitrary function $\astf$. The next step was to derive the Feynman rules for our NCQED. One finds that the propagators remain unchanged so that the free theory is equal to the commutative QED. The fermion-fermion-photon vertex contains not only a phase factor coming from the Moyal-Weyl star-product but also two additional terms which have their origin in the \swms. Beside the 3-photon vertex which is already present in NCQED without {\swms} and which has also additional terms coming from the \swms, too, one has a contact vertex which couples two fermions with two photons. After having derived all the vertices we calculated the pair annihilation scattering process $e^+ e^- \rightarrow \gamma \gamma$ at Born level. By choosing the parameter $\kggg = 1$ (\cf section \ref{sec:represent}), we found that the amplitude of the pair annihilation process becomes equal to the amplitude of the NCQED without \swms. This means that, at least for this process, the NCQED excluding {\swms} is only a special case of NCQED including \swms. On the basis of the pair annihilation process, we afterwards investigated tree-level unitarity. In order to satisfy the tree-level unitarity we had to constrain the arbitrary function $\astf$. We found that the series expansion of $\astf$ has to start with unity. In addition, the even part of the function must not increase faster than $s^{-1/2} \log(s)$ for $s \rightarrow \infty$, whereas the odd part of the $\astf$-function can't be constrained, at least by the process we considered. By assuming these constrains for the $\astf$-function, we could show that tree-level unitarity is satisfied if one incorporates the uncertainties present in the energy and the momenta of the scattered particles, \ie the uncertainties of the center-of-mass energy and the scattering angles. This uncertainties are not exclusively present due to the finite experimental resolution. A delta-like center-of-mass energy as well as delta-like momenta are in general not possible because the scattered particles are never exact plane waves.
In this thesis we have investigated the effect of NFAT (Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cell) transcription factors on the expression of Rag-(Recombination Activating Genes) genes in murine thymus. The protein products of Rag genes, RAG1 and RAG2, are critical for the recombination and generation of the TCR (T Cell Receptor) repertoire during thymocyte development, and their expression can be suppressed by the activity of NFAT factors. In thymus, the expression of Rag1 and Rag2 genes is induced at the double-negative (DN, CD4-8-) 3 stage, down-regulated at the DN4 stage, re-induced at the double-positive (DP, CD4+8+) stage, and suppressed again at the single-positive (SP, CD4+8- or CD4-8+) stage. Although it is known that TCR signaling suppresses the expression of Rag1 and Rag2 at the SP stage, the signals that mediate the Rag gene down-reulation remain elusive. Here we report that both the calcineurin-NFAT-signaling and MAPKinase signaling pathways, which are activated by TCR signaling during positive selection, mediate the Rag gene down-regulation in DP thymocytes. The calcineurin-NFAT pathway suppresses both the Rag1 and the Rag2 gene expression. This pathway has a stronger suppressive effect on the Rag1 than the Rag2 gene. A synergistic activity between the two NFAT factors NFATc2 and NFATc3 is essential for calcineurin-NFAT signaling to efficiently suppress the Rag gene expression in DP thymocytes. It is likely that the calcineurin-NFAT signaling down-regulates Rag gene expression by suppressing both the Rag anti-silencer element (ASE) activity and the Rag promoter activity. Similarly, MEK-ERK signaling of MAPK signaling pathway mediates the Rag gene suppression in DP thymocytes although the mechanism through which MEK-ERK mediates the Rag gene down-regulation has to be elucidated. In DN thymocytes, it appears that neither the calcineurin-NFAT signaling nor MAPK signaling is involved in the Rag gene down-regulation. However, a role for these two signaling pathways in the Rag gene up-regulation in DN thymocytes is not excluded. In DN thymocytes, pre-TCR signaling stimulates the expression both Nfatc1 and Nfatc2 genes but has no effect on Nfatc3 gene expression. In DN thymocytes, pre-TCR signaling activates Nfatc1α expression but not Nfatc1ß expression, i.e. the two promoters controling Nfatc1 gene xpression are differently controled by pre-TCR signals. Nfatc1α gene expression in DN thymocytes is mainly regulated by the MAPK signaling pathway because activation of Nfatc1α is mediated by MEK-ERK signaling but opposed by JNK signaling. Calcineuirn-NFAT and p38 signaling pathways are not involved in Nfatc1α promoter regulation in DN thymocytes. In DP thymocytes, TCR signaling up-regulates Nfatc1 and Nfatc2 expression but down-regulates Nfatc3 expression. In DP thymocytes, TCR signaling activates Nfatc1α expression. The activation of Nfatc1α in DP thymocytes is mediated by NFATc1, but not or to a less degree by NFATc2 and NFATc3. MEK-ERK, JNK, and p38 signaling pathways are involved in Nfatc1α gene activation in DP thymocytes, probably by activating NFAT trans-activation activity. All these findings illustrate that in thymocytes the expression of NFAT transcription factors – which are essential for thymic development - is controled at multiple levels.
Integrins are transmembrane receptors transmitting mechanical signals from the extracellular matrix (ECM) to the cytoskeleton (outside-in-signaling). Many molecular defects in the link between cytoskeleton and ECM are known to induce cardiomyopathies. alpha v integrin appears to play a major role in several processes relevant to remodeling, such as binding and activation of matrix metalloproteinases as well as regulation of cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation. We hypothesized that alpha v integrin-mediated signaling is required for the compensatory hypertrophy after aortic banding (AB) and associated with the modulation of ECM protein expression. Mice were treated in vivo with a specific integrin alpha v inhibitor or vehicle via osmotic minipumps starting 1 day prior to aortic banding (AB). At day 2 and day 7 following AB or sham-operation, the mice were examined by echocardiography and hemodynamic analyses were performed. Treatment of alpha v Integrin inhibitor led to a dilated cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure in AB mice (dilated left ventricle, depressed LV function, and pulmonary congestion), but not to hypertrophy as observed in mice without inhibitor treatment. Investigation of downstream signaling revealed significant activation of the p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK), the Extracellular signal-Regulated Kinases 1 and 2 (Erk 1/2), Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) and tyrosine-phosphorylation of c-Src in mice 7 days after AB. This response was blunted in mice treated with integrin alpha v inhibitor. Microarrays probing for a total of 96 cell adhesion and ECM genes identified various genomic targets of integrin alpha v mediated signalling. 7 days after AB 18 ECM genes were up-regulated more than 2-fold (n=6), e.g. collagen (8.11 ± 2.2), fibronectin (2.32 ± 0.94), secreted protein, acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC, 3.78 ± 0.12), A disintegrin-like and metalloprotease (reprolysin type) with trombospondin type 1 (Adamts-1, 3.51 ± 0.81) and Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP2, 2.23 ± 0.98), whereas this up-regulation was abolished in mice that were treatd by integrin alpha v inhibitor via mini pumps. We conclude that signaling downstream of integrin alpha v is mediated by the MAPK, FAK and c-Src pathways leading to an up-regulation of extracelluar matrix components necessary for the compensatory response of the heart under a condition of pressure overload.
The live sciences currently undergo a paradigm shift to computer aided discoveries. Discoveries in the live sciences were historically made by either direct observation or as a result of chemical assays. Today we see a growing shift toward computer aided analysis and visualization. This gradual process happens in microscopy. Multidimensional laser scanning microscopy can acquire very complex multichannel data from fixed or live specimen. New probes such as visible fluorescent proteins let us observe the expression of genes and track protein localization. Ion sensitive dyes change intensity with the concentration of ions in the cell. The laser scanning confocal allows us to record these processes in three dimensions over time. This work demonstrates the application of software analysis to multidimensional microscopy data. We introduce methods for volume investigation, ion flux analysis and molecular modeling. The visualization methods are based on a multidimensional data model to accommodate complex datasets. The software uses vector processing and multiple processors to accelerate volume rendering and achieve interactive rendering. The algorithms are based on human visual perception and allow the observer a wide range of mixed render modes. The software was used to reconstruct the pituitary development in zebrafish and observe the degeneration of neurons after injury in a mouse model. Calicum indicator dyes have long been used to study calcium fluxes. We optimized the imaging method to minimize impact on the cell. Live cells were imaged continuously for 45 minutes and subjected to increasing does of a drug. We correlated the amplitude of calcium oscillations to increasing doses of a drug and obtain single cell dose response curves. Because this method is very sensitive and measures single cell responses it has potential in drug discovery and characterization. Microtubules form a dynamic cytoskeleton, which is responsible for cell shape, intracellular transport and has an integral role in mitosis. A hallmark of microtubule organization is lateral interactions. Microtubules are bundles by proteins into dense structures. To estimate the contribution of this bundling process, we created a fractal model of microtubule organization. This model demonstrates that morphology of complex microtubule arrays can be explained by bundling alone. In summary we showed that advances in software for visualization, data analysis and modeling lead to new discoveries.
- 77/83 allerdings inaktiv in Kulturen und Embryonen von Medaka. Dieser Unterschied wird durch Daten aus humanen ES-Zellkulturen unterstützt. Letztere sind ebenfalls komplett STAT3 unabhängig. Die BMP-Smad Kaskade wiederum ist in Medaka-Stammzellen aktiv, Antidifferenzierungsgene wie id2, die durch BMP direkt kontrolliert werden, sind dementsprechend exprimiert. Diese Daten stimmen wiederum mit dem Maussystem überein, während humane ES-Zellen diesbezüglich bislang nicht untersucht wurden. Die Interaktion zwischen verschiedenen Signalwegen ist ein bisher noch nicht gut verstandenes Gebiet. Die Integration verschiedener Signale ist aber speziell für Stammzellen, die ihr Differenzierungsschicksal von winzigen Abweichungen in der Signalmixtur abhängig machen, von entscheidender Bedeutung. Im zweiten Teil der hier vorgelegten Arbeit konnte eine Interaktion zwischen dem BMP-Rezeptor 1a und STAT3 nachgewiesen werden. Diese Interaktion ist offenbar Teil eines variablen Komplexes. Zum ersten Mal war es auch möglich, funktionale Konsequenzen für STAT3 nach Stimulierung des BMP-Rezeptors 1a zu dokumentieren. Nach Belegung des BMP-Rezeptors 1a mit dem mutierten BMP2-A34D wird STAT3 trotz Aktivierung durch Phosphorylierung an Tyrosin 705 im Zytoplasma von Maus Stammzellen festgehalten. Zusammengenommen konnte hier gezeigt werden, dass eine Interaktion zwischen den bislang als isoliert betrachteten Signalwegen BMP-Smad und STAT3 besteht. Des Weiteren wurde das Medaka-Stammzellkultursystem benutzt, um zu zeigen, dass STAT3 für die Pluripotenz von Stammzellen nur im Maussystem eine Rolle spielt, wohingegen BMPZielgene wie id2 in bislang allen getesteten ES-Zellkultursystemen aktiv sind.
Introduction: This study investigates the role of Wolbachia bacteria in the pathogenesis of O. volvulus keratitis in a mouse model. Wolbachia bacteria are essential symbionts of most filarial nematodes of importance for mankind. Methods: Using a mouse model for river blindness in which soluble extracts of filarial nematodes are injected in the corneal stroma, changes in stromal thickness and haze of the cornea are observed by in vivo confocal microscopy, followed by immunohistochemical staining for neutrophils and PECAM-1, as well as ELISA of corneal chemokines. Reactions to filarial extracts containing Wolbachia are compared to those without the endosymbiont. Results: The approach of characterizing Wolbachia’s role in river blindness in this study is threefold. Firstly, Wolbachia-depleted extracts from doxycycline treated onchocerciasis patients led to a diminished inflammatory response in corneas of C57BL/6 mice compared to untreated, i.e. Wolbachia containing antigen. The decreased cell recruitment observed with doxycycline treated extracts involved neutrophils, but not eosinophils. This finding demonstrated that the presence of Wolbachia increases neutrophil recruitment. Secondly, extracts from Wolbachia-containing B. malayi revealed markedly more pathology than endosymbiont-free A. viteae antigen. This again pointed at the role of Wolbachia in development of disease. Thirdly, Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4) dependence was shown to exist for the inflammatory response to Wolbachia harboring O. volvulus antigen by looking at the corneal pathology in TLR4-mutant C3H/HeJ mice, compared to the wild-type C3H/HeN strain. Investigating further Wolbachia mediated mechanisms of neutrophil recruitment to the cornea, this study also showed that expression of the adhesion molecule PECAM-1 in limbal vessels, as well as upregulation of the CXC chemokines KC and MIP-2 were dependent on the presence of functional TLR4 and Wolbachia respectively. Conclusions: This study indicates that the innate immune system and Wolbachia endobacteria play an important role in the inflammatory response associated with the pathogenesis of onchocerca keratitis, suggesting a complete alteration in our understanding of the immunopathology of filariasis.
In radiation accidents biological methods are used in dosimetry, if the radiation dose could not be measured by physical methods. The knowledge of individual dose is a prerequisite for planning a medical treatment and for health risk evaluations. In the present work two biodosimetrical assays were calibrated in young patients who were treated with radioiodine for thyroid cancer. Patients were from Belarus. They suffered from radiation induced thyroid cancer as a consequence of the Chernobyl reactor accident. In radioiodine therapy (RIT) bone marrow and lymphatic organs are exposed to ionizing radiation at doses of 0.1 to 0.75 Sv within about 2 days. Since several RIT have to be applied with interval between each of them from 6 months up to approximately 1 year, total dose can be up to 2 Sv within 2 to 3 years. The dose for thyroid tissue is approximately 1000 times higher. The dose-response relationship was measured by the T-cell receptor test (TCR test) in T4 lymphocytes with and without in vitro incubation or by the micronucleus assay in transferrin receptor positive reticulocytes (MN-Tf-Ret test). In all these assays, the frequency of radiation-induced mutants of blood cells is measured using flow cytometry. The TCR test is a cumulative biodosimeter, which measures the total radiation dose within the last 5 to 10 years, whereas the result of the MN-Tf-Ret test reflects the radiation dose of approximately 24 hours interval. It takes 8 hours and 3 days to perform TCR and MN-Tf-Ret tests respectively. Calibration curves based on radioiodine treated patients can be used for dose estimation in humans, if the radiation conditions correspond to those in RIT. This limits their applicability to low dose-rate β- and γ-irradiation and to doses per session not higher than about 0.5 Sv. If higher doses or dose-rates as well as the other types of ionizing radiation are involved, calibration curves in animals are indispensable. In the case MN-Tf-Ret test mouse models are established and may be used. The TCR assay was performed in 72 thyroid cancer patients aged between 14 and 25. T-cell mutant frequency (Mf) reaches its maximum only after half a year following the RIT. Then it declines exponentially. This decline could be described by the 3 parameter single exponential decay function. Based on this equation, the radiation dose could be calculated when the Mf and the time interval since exposure are known. Furthermore, the experimentally measured Mf value, which significantly exceeds the corresponding calculated Mf value would indicate an individual with higher radiosensitivity. However, among our patients there were none. The reticulocytes micronuclei test (MN-Tf-Ret) was performed in 46 radioiodine treated patients. When measuring the MN frequency (f(MN-Tf-Ret)) the measured cell fraction should be limited only to the youngest cohort of reticulocytes, because all the micronucleated erythrocytes are quickly removed from the peripheral blood by spleen. Thus, the MN test was performed only in CD71 positive (having transferring receptor) reticulocytes. These reticulocytes just entered the peripheral blood flow from red marrow. The MN frequency was measured before the therapy and then every day after the irradiation until day 7. MN frequency curve has typical shape with latent period for days 0 to 3. Then there is a sharp increase in MN frequency which lasts for 24 hours and could start between days 3 and 4. In the following days the MN frequency is dropping to its base level that equals the one before the treatment. The decay of MN frequency is depending on the half-life of radioiodine in the patient organism. If the half-life is low, then the increased f(MN-Tf-Ret) lasts shorter and vice versa. It was shown that the MN frequency curve could be described by the model where all the micronuclei arise only through the last mitosis of erythroblasts in the red marrow and the MN frequency is proportional to the radiation dose in the last cell cycle. The shape of this curve depends on the cell kinetics of erythropoiesis on one side and the exponential decay of radioiodine activity on the other. To the best of our knowledge, the MN-Tf-Ret test was applied in the present study for the first time in biological dosimetry.
The RS1 protein, a 67 kDa protein, encoded by an intronless single copy gene that was only detected in mammals, mediates transcriptional and post-transcriptional down-regulation of the sodium-D-glucose co-transporter SGLT1. The short-term post-transcriptional down-regulation of SGTL1 by RS1 has been shown to occur at the trans-Golgi network (TGN). In the present study, two tripeptides from the human RS1 protein (hRS1), GlnCysPro and GlnSerPro, that induce the post-transcriptional down-regulation of SGLT1 at the TGN, were identified. The application of the tripeptides led to 40-50% reduction of the amount of the SGLT1 protein in the plasma membrane, which correlated to the degree of decrease in SGLT1-mediated glucose transport. For the short-term down-regulation of SGLT1 by the tripeptides, the effective intracellular concentrations IC50 values of 2.0 nM (GlnCysPro, QCP) and 0.16 nM (GlnSerPro, QSP) were estimated. The observed down-regulation of SGLT1 by the tripeptides QCP and QSP, similar to hRS1 protein, was attenuated by different intracellular monosaccharides including nonmetabolized methyl-α-D-glucopyranoside and 2-deoxyglucose. On the contrary, the short-term inhibition of the hOCT2 by QCP could only be observed after rising of intracellular concentration of AMG. QCP and QSP are transported by H+-peptide cotransporter PEPT1 that is co-located with SGLT1 in the small intestinal enterocytes and thereafter effectively down-regulate hSGLT1-mediated transport of AMG. The data indicates that orally applied tripeptides QCP or QSP can be used to down-regulate D-glucose absorption in small intestine and used for treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus.
Brassicaceae and a few related plant families are characterized by possession of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system. Glucosinolates are amino-acid derived allelochemicals which are hydrolysed upon tissue damage by myrosinase enzymes to produce various degradation products which can be toxic for generalist insects. The larvae of the crucifer-specialist Athalia rosae, the turnip sawfly, sequester glucosinolates into their haemolymph. The role of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system for the interaction of the turnip sawfly with Brassicaceae was examined in this study from two different perspectives: variation within individual plants and between plant species. The plant responses to the feeding by herbivores and the short-term effects this induction had on insect behaviour were investigated in white mustard. Furthermore, plants can use multiple defences. Hence correlations of glucosinolates and myrosinase activities with other defences and nutritional quality and their long-term effects on the development of the insects were investigated in seven different plant species.
This thesis is devoted to the study of computational complexity theory, a branch of theoretical computer science. Computational complexity theory investigates the inherent difficulty in designing efficient algorithms for computational problems. By doing so, it analyses the scalability of computational problems and algorithms and places practical limits on what computers can actually accomplish. Computational problems are categorised into complexity classes. Among the most important complexity classes are the class NP and the subclass of NP-complete problems, which comprises many important optimisation problems in the field of operations research. Moreover, with the P-NP-problem, the class NP represents the most important unsolved question in computer science. The first part of this thesis is devoted to the study of NP-complete-, and more generally, NP-hard problems. It aims at improving our understanding of this important complexity class by systematically studying how altering NP-hard sets affects their NP-hardness. This research is related to longstanding open questions concerning the complexity of unions of disjoint NP-complete sets, and the existence of sparse NP-hard sets. The second part of the thesis is also dedicated to complexity classes but takes a different perspective: In a sense, after investigating the interior of complexity classes in the first part, the focus shifts to the description of complexity classes and thereby to the exterior in the second part. It deals with the description of complexity classes through leaf languages, a uniform framework which allows us to characterise a great variety of important complexity classes. The known concepts are complemented by a new leaf-language model. To a certain extent, this new approach combines the advantages of the known models. The presented results give evidence that the connection between the theory of formal languages and computational complexity theory might be closer than formerly known.