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2. Quantitative read-out of Al2O3:C,Mg-based fluorescent nuclear track detectors using a commercial confocal microscope
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Greilich, Steffen, Osinga, Julia-Maria, Niklas, Martin, Lauer, Florian, Bestvater, Felix, and Jäkel, Oliver
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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Physics - Medical Physics - Abstract
Fluorescent nuclear track detectors (FNTD) show great potential for applications in ion-beam therapy research, such as dosimetry, advanced beam characterization, in-vivo use or as radiobiological assay. A essential feature of FNTDs is their ability to assess the energy loss of single ions yielding for example LET estimations. This article describes the basic characterisations of FNTDs and our read-out system (a Zeiss LSM710 confocal laser scanning microscope) to enable quantative measurements of energy loss., Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures
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- 2014
3. Therapeutic targeting of the PLK1-PRC1-axis triggers cell death in genomically silent childhood cancer
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Li, Jing, Ohmura, Shunya, Marchetto, Aruna, Orth, Martin F., Imle, Roland, Dallmayer, Marlene, Musa, Julian, Knott, Maximilian M. L., Hölting, Tilman L. B., Stein, Stefanie, Funk, Cornelius M., Sastre, Ana, Alonso, Javier, Bestvater, Felix, Kasan, Merve, Romero-Pérez, Laura, Hartmann, Wolfgang, Ranft, Andreas, Banito, Ana, Dirksen, Uta, Kirchner, Thomas, Cidre-Aranaz, Florencia, and Grünewald, Thomas G. P.
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- 2021
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4. Translational evidence for RRM2 as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in Ewing sarcoma
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Ohmura, Shunya, Marchetto, Aruna, Orth, Martin F., Li, Jing, Jabar, Susanne, Ranft, Andreas, Vinca, Endrit, Ceranski, Katharina, Carreño-Gonzalez, Martha J., Romero-Pérez, Laura, Wehweck, Fabienne S., Musa, Julian, Bestvater, Felix, Knott, Maximilian M. L., Hölting, Tilman L. B., Hartmann, Wolfgang, Dirksen, Uta, Kirchner, Thomas, Cidre-Aranaz, Florencia, and Grünewald, Thomas G. P.
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- 2021
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5. Sphinganine recruits TLR4 adaptors in macrophages and promotes inflammation in murine models of sepsis and melanoma.
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Hering, Marvin, Madi, Alaa, Sandhoff, Roger, Ma, Sicong, Wu, Jingxia, Mieg, Alessa, Richter, Karsten, Mohr, Kerstin, Knabe, Nora, Stichling, Diana, Poschet, Gernot, Bestvater, Felix, Frank, Larissa, Utikal, Jochen, Umansky, Viktor, and Cui, Guoliang
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SEPSIS ,MEMBRANE proteins ,TOLL-like receptors ,ADAPTOR proteins ,MYELOID cells ,MELANOMA - Abstract
After recognizing its ligand lipopolysaccharide, Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) recruits adaptor proteins to the cell membrane, thereby initiating downstream signaling and triggering inflammation. Whether this recruitment of adaptor proteins is dependent solely on protein-protein interactions is unknown. Here, we report that the sphingolipid sphinganine physically interacts with the adaptor proteins MyD88 and TIRAP and promotes MyD88 recruitment in macrophages. Myeloid cell-specific deficiency in serine palmitoyltransferase long chain base subunit 2, which encodes the key enzyme catalyzing sphingolipid biosynthesis, decreases the membrane recruitment of MyD88 and inhibits inflammatory responses in in vitro bone marrow-derived macrophage and in vivo sepsis models. In a melanoma mouse model, serine palmitoyltransferase long chain base subunit 2 deficiency decreases anti-tumor myeloid cell responses and increases tumor growth. Therefore, sphinganine biosynthesis is required for the initiation of TLR4 signal transduction and serves as a checkpoint for macrophage pattern recognition in sepsis and melanoma mouse models. The interaction of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) results in recruitment of proteinacious adapter molecules to the cell membrane. Here Hering and colleagues show that sphinganine recruits adaptor protein MyD88 to TLR4 in the macrophage membrane and the absence of sphinganine in murine models disrupts TLR4 driven inflammation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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6. Nano-Architecture of Persistent Focal DNA Damage Regions in the Minipig Epidermis Weeks after Acute γ-Irradiation
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Scherthan, Harry, primary, Geiger, Beatrice, additional, Ridinger, David, additional, Müller, Jessica, additional, Riccobono, Diane, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Port, Matthias, additional, and Hausmann, Michael, additional
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- 2023
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7. Self-Antigen Presentation by Keratinocytes in the Inflamed Adult Skin Modulates T-Cell Auto-Reactivity
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Meister, Michael, Tounsi, Amel, Gaffal, Evelyn, Bald, Tobias, Papatriantafyllou, Maria, Ludwig, Julia, Pougialis, Georg, Bestvater, Felix, Klotz, Luisa, Moldenhauer, Gerhard, Tüting, Thomas, Hämmerling, Günter J., Arnold, Bernd, and Oelert, Thilo
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- 2015
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8. TRIM67 drives tumorigenesis in oligodendrogliomas through Rho GTPase-dependent membrane blebbing
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Demirdizen, Engin, primary, Al-Ali, Ruslan, additional, Narayanan, Ashwin, additional, Sun, Xueyuan, additional, Varga, Julianna Patricia, additional, Steffl, Bianca, additional, Brom, Manuela, additional, Krunic, Damir, additional, Schmidt, Claudia, additional, Schmidt, Gabriele, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Taranda, Julian, additional, and Turcan, Şevin, additional
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- 2022
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9. A Clathrin light chain A reporter mouse for in vivo imaging of endocytosis
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Grimm, Elisabeth, primary, van der Hoeven, Franciscus, additional, Sardella, Donato, additional, Willig, Katrin I., additional, Engel, Ulrike, additional, Veits, Nisha, additional, Engel, Robert, additional, Cavalcanti-Adam, Elisabetta Ada, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Bordoni, Luca, additional, Jennemann, Richard, additional, Schönig, Kai, additional, Schiessl, Ina Maria, additional, and Sandhoff, Roger, additional
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- 2022
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10. Incorporation of Low Concentrations of Gold Nanoparticles: Complex Effects on Radiation Response and Fate of Cancer Cells
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Dobešová, Lucie, Gier, Theresa, Kopečná, Olga, Pagáčová, Eva, Vičar, Tomáš, Bestvater, Felix, Toufar, Jiří, Bačíková, Alena, Kopel, Pavel, Fedr, Radek, Hildenbrand, Georg, Falková, Iva, Falk, Martin, Hausmann, Michael, Dobešová, Lucie, Gier, Theresa, Kopečná, Olga, Pagáčová, Eva, Vičar, Tomáš, Bestvater, Felix, Toufar, Jiří, Bačíková, Alena, Kopel, Pavel, Fedr, Radek, Hildenbrand, Georg, Falková, Iva, Falk, Martin, and Hausmann, Michael
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(1) Background: In oncology research, a long-standing discussion exists about pros and cons of metal nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy and real mechanisms behind the tumor cell response to irradiation (IR) in presence of gold nanoparticles (GNPs). A better understanding of this response is, however, necessary to develop more efficient and safety nanoparticle (NP) types designed to disturb specific processes in tumor cells. (2) Aims and Methods: We combined 3D confocal microscopy and super-resolution single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) to analyze, at the multiscale, the early and late effects of 10 nm-GNPs on DNA double strand break (DSB) induction and repair in tumor cells exposed to different doses of photonic low-LET (linear energy transfer) radiation. The results were correlated to different aspects of short and long-term cell viability. SkBr3 breast cancer cells (selected for the highest incidence of this cancer type among all cancers in women, and because most breast tumors are treated with IR) were incubated with low concentrations of GNPs and irradiated with Co-60 gamma-rays or 6 MV X-rays. In numerous post-irradiation (PI) times, ranging from 0.5 to 24 h PI, the cells were spatially (3D) fixed and labeled with specific antibodies against gamma H2AX, 53BP1 and H3K9me3. The extent of DSB induction, multi-parametric micro- and nano-morphology of gamma H2AX and 53BP1 repair foci, DSB repair kinetics, persistence of unrepaired DSBs, nanoscale clustering of gamma H2AX and nanoscale (hetero)chromatin re-organization were measured by means of the mentioned microscopy techniques in dependence of radiation dose and GNP concentration. (3) Results: The number of gamma H2AX/53BP1 signals increased after IR and an additional increase was observed in GNP-treated (GNP(+)) cells compared to untreated controls. However, this phenomenon reflected slight expansion of the G2-phase cell subpopulation in irradiated GNP(+) specimens instead of enhanced DNA damage induct
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- 2022
11. MEOX2 homeobox gene promotes growth of malignant gliomas
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Schönrock, Anna, primary, Heinzelmann, Elisa, additional, Steffl, Bianca, additional, Demirdizen, Engin, additional, Narayanan, Ashwin, additional, Krunic, Damir, additional, Bähr, Marion, additional, Park, Jong-Whi, additional, Schmidt, Claudia, additional, Özduman, Koray, additional, Pamir, M Necmettin, additional, Wick, Wolfgang, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Weichenhan, Dieter, additional, Plass, Christoph, additional, Taranda, Julian, additional, Mall, Moritz, additional, and Turcan, Şevin, additional
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- 2022
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12. TRIM67 drives tumorigenesis in oligodendrogliomas through Rho GTPase-dependent membrane blebbing.
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Demirdizen, Engin, Al-Ali, Ruslan, Narayanan, Ashwin, Sun, Xueyuan, Varga, Julianna Patricia, Steffl, Bianca, Brom, Manuela, Krunic, Damir, Schmidt, Claudia, Schmidt, Gabriele, Bestvater, Felix, Taranda, Julian, and Turcan, Şevin
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- 2023
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13. Radiotherapy orchestrates natural killer cell dependent antitumor immune responses through CXCL8
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Walle, Thomas, primary, Kraske, Joscha A., additional, Liao, Boyu, additional, Lenoir, Bénédicte, additional, Timke, Carmen, additional, von Bohlen und Halbach, Emilia, additional, Tran, Florian, additional, Griebel, Paul, additional, Albrecht, Dorothee, additional, Ahmed, Azaz, additional, Suarez-Carmona, Meggy, additional, Jiménez-Sánchez, Alejandro, additional, Beikert, Tizian, additional, Tietz-Dahlfuß, Alexandra, additional, Menevse, Ayse Nur, additional, Schmidt, Gabriele, additional, Brom, Manuela, additional, Pahl, Jens H. W., additional, Antonopoulos, Wiebke, additional, Miller, Matthias, additional, Perez, Ramon Lopez, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Giese, Nathalia A., additional, Beckhove, Philipp, additional, Rosenstiel, Philip, additional, Jäger, Dirk, additional, Strobel, Oliver, additional, Pe’er, Dana, additional, Halama, Niels, additional, Debus, Jürgen, additional, Cerwenka, Adelheid, additional, and Huber, Peter E., additional
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- 2022
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14. Incorporation of Low Concentrations of Gold Nanoparticles: Complex Effects on Radiation Response and Fate of Cancer Cells
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Dobešová, Lucie, primary, Gier, Theresa, additional, Kopečná, Olga, additional, Pagáčová, Eva, additional, Vičar, Tomáš, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Toufar, Jiří, additional, Bačíková, Alena, additional, Kopel, Pavel, additional, Fedr, Radek, additional, Hildenbrand, Georg, additional, Falková, Iva, additional, Falk, Martin, additional, and Hausmann, Michael, additional
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- 2022
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15. Pathomorphological sequence of nephron loss in diabetic nephropathy
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Löwen, Jana, primary, Gröne, Elisabeth F., additional, Groß-Weißmann, Marie-Luise, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Gröne, Hermann-Josef, additional, and Kriz, Wilhelm, additional
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- 2021
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16. Blockade of Glycosphingolipid Synthesis Inhibits Cell Cycle and Spheroid Growth of Colon Cancer Cells In Vitro and Experimental Colon Cancer Incidence In Vivo
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Jennemann, Richard, primary, Volz, Martina, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Schmidt, Claudia, additional, Richter, Karsten, additional, Kaden, Sylvia, additional, Müthing, Johannes, additional, Gröne, Hermann-Josef, additional, and Sandhoff, Roger, additional
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- 2021
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17. An Experimental Workflow for Studying Barrier Integrity, Permeability, and Tight Junction Composition and Localization in a Single Endothelial Cell Monolayer: Proof of Concept
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Bartosova, Maria, primary, Ridinger, David, additional, Marinovic, Iva, additional, Heigwer, Jana, additional, Zhang, Conghui, additional, Levai, Eszter, additional, Westhoff, Jens H., additional, Schaefer, Franz, additional, Terjung, Stefan, additional, Hildenbrand, Georg, additional, Krunic, Damir, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Hausmann, Michael, additional, Schmitt, Claus Peter, additional, and Zarogiannis, Sotirios G., additional
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- 2021
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18. CD73 Overexpression in Podocytes: A Novel Marker of Podocyte Injury in Human Kidney Disease
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Popovic, Zoran V., primary, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Krunic, Damir, additional, Krämer, Bernhard K., additional, Bergner, Raoul, additional, Löffler, Christian, additional, Hocher, Berthold, additional, Marx, Alexander, additional, and Porubsky, Stefan, additional
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- 2021
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19. MO683EXPRESSION OF PARACELLULAR JUNCTION COMPONENTS AND TRANSCELLULAR TRANSPORTERS IN HEALTH, CKD5 AND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
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Marinovic, Iva, primary, Bartosova, Maria, additional, Lévai, Eszter, additional, Ridinger, David, additional, Schaefer, Betti, additional, Zhang, Conghui, additional, Herzog, Rebecca, additional, Sallay, Peter, additional, Vondrak, Karel, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Hausmann, Michael, additional, Kratochwill, Klaus, additional, Zarogiannis, Sotirios G, additional, and Schmitt, Claus, additional
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- 2021
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20. Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Analyses of DNA-Repair Foci and Clusters Detected Along Particle Damage Tracks
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Hausmann, Michael, primary, Neitzel, Charlotte, additional, Bobkova, Elizaveta, additional, Nagel, David, additional, Hofmann, Andreas, additional, Chramko, Tatyana, additional, Smirnova, Elena, additional, Kopečná, Olga, additional, Pagáčová, Eva, additional, Boreyko, Alla, additional, Krasavin, Evgeny, additional, Falkova, Iva, additional, Heermann, Dieter W., additional, Pilarczyk, Götz, additional, Hildenbrand, Georg, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, and Falk, Martin, additional
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- 2020
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21. Alanyl-Glutamine Restores Tight Junction Organization after Disruption by a Conventional Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid
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Bartosova, Maria, primary, Herzog, Rebecca, additional, Ridinger, David, additional, Levai, Eszter, additional, Jenei, Hanna, additional, Zhang, Conghui, additional, González Mateo, Guadalupe T., additional, Marinovic, Iva, additional, Hackert, Thilo, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Hausmann, Michael, additional, López Cabrera, Manuel, additional, Kratochwill, Klaus, additional, Zarogiannis, Sotirios G., additional, and Schmitt, Claus Peter, additional
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- 2020
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22. Reply to the letter to the editor: 'Deep learning outperformed 11 pathologists in the classification of histopathological melanoma images'
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Hekler, Achim, Utikal, Jochen S., Solass, Wiebke, Schmitt, Max, Klode, Joachim, Schadendorf, Dirk, Sondermann, Wiebke, Franklin, Cindy, Bestvater, Felix, Krahl, Dieter, von Kalle, Christof, Froehling, Stefan, Brinker, Titus J., Hekler, Achim, Utikal, Jochen S., Solass, Wiebke, Schmitt, Max, Klode, Joachim, Schadendorf, Dirk, Sondermann, Wiebke, Franklin, Cindy, Bestvater, Felix, Krahl, Dieter, von Kalle, Christof, Froehling, Stefan, and Brinker, Titus J.
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- 2020
23. Alanyl-Glutamine Restores Tight Junction Organization after Disruption by a Conventional Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid
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Bartosova, Maria, Herzog, Rebecca, Ridinger, David, Levai, Eszter, Jenei, Hanna, Zhang, Conghui, González Mateo, Guadalupe T, Marinovic, Iva, Hackert, Thilo, Bestvater, Felix, López-Cabrera, Manuel, Kratochwill, Klaus, Zarogiannis, Sotirios G., Schmitt, Claus Peter, Bartosova, Maria, Herzog, Rebecca, Ridinger, David, Levai, Eszter, Jenei, Hanna, Zhang, Conghui, González Mateo, Guadalupe T, Marinovic, Iva, Hackert, Thilo, Bestvater, Felix, López-Cabrera, Manuel, Kratochwill, Klaus, Zarogiannis, Sotirios G., and Schmitt, Claus Peter
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Understanding and targeting the molecular basis of peritoneal solute and protein transport is essential to improve peritoneal dialysis (PD) ecacy and patient outcome. Supplementation of PD fluids (PDF) with alanyl-glutamine (AlaGln) increased small solute transport and reduced peritoneal protein loss in a recent clinical trial. Transepithelial resistance and 10 kDa and 70 kDa dextran transport were measured in primary human endothelial cells (HUVEC) exposed to conventional acidic, glucose degradation products (GDP) containing PDF (CPDF) and to low GDP containing PDF (LPDF) with and without AlaGln. Zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and claudin-5 were quantified byWestern blot and immunofluorescence and in mice exposed to saline and CPDF for 7 weeks by digital imaging analyses. Spatial clustering of ZO-1 molecules was assessed by single molecule localization microscopy. AlaGln increased transepithelial resistance, and in CPDF exposed HUVEC decreased dextran transport rates and preserved claudin-5 and ZO-1 abundance. Endothelial clustering of membrane bound ZO-1 was higher in CPDF supplemented with AlaGln. In mice, arteriolar endothelial claudin-5 was reduced in CPDF, but restored with AlaGln, while mesothelial claudin-5 abundance was unchanged. AlaGln supplementation seals the peritoneal endothelial barrier, and when supplemented to conventional PD fluid increases claudin-5 and ZO-1 abundance and clustering of ZO-1 in the endothelial cell membrane.
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- 2020
24. Alanyl-glutamine restores tight junction organization after disruption by a conventional peritoneal dialysis fluid
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European Commission, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Research Foundation, Bartosova, Maria, Herzog, Rebecca, Ridinger, David, Levai, Eszter, Jenei, Hanna, Zhang, Conghui, González-Mateo, Guadalupe, Marinovic, Iva, Hackert, Thilo, Bestvater, Felix, Hausmann, Michael, López Cabrera, Manuel, Kratochwill, Klaus, Zarogiannis, Sotirios G., Schmitt, Claus Peter, European Commission, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Research Foundation, Bartosova, Maria, Herzog, Rebecca, Ridinger, David, Levai, Eszter, Jenei, Hanna, Zhang, Conghui, González-Mateo, Guadalupe, Marinovic, Iva, Hackert, Thilo, Bestvater, Felix, Hausmann, Michael, López Cabrera, Manuel, Kratochwill, Klaus, Zarogiannis, Sotirios G., and Schmitt, Claus Peter
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Understanding and targeting the molecular basis of peritoneal solute and protein transport is essential to improve peritoneal dialysis (PD) efficacy and patient outcome. Supplementation of PD fluids (PDF) with alanyl-glutamine (AlaGln) increased small solute transport and reduced peritoneal protein loss in a recent clinical trial. Transepithelial resistance and 10 kDa and 70 kDa dextran transport were measured in primary human endothelial cells (HUVEC) exposed to conventional acidic, glucose degradation products (GDP) containing PDF (CPDF) and to low GDP containing PDF (LPDF) with and without AlaGln. Zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and claudin-5 were quantified by Western blot and immunofluorescence and in mice exposed to saline and CPDF for 7 weeks by digital imaging analyses. Spatial clustering of ZO-1 molecules was assessed by single molecule localization microscopy. AlaGln increased transepithelial resistance, and in CPDF exposed HUVEC decreased dextran transport rates and preserved claudin-5 and ZO-1 abundance. Endothelial clustering of membrane bound ZO-1 was higher in CPDF supplemented with AlaGln. In mice, arteriolar endothelial claudin-5 was reduced in CPDF, but restored with AlaGln, while mesothelial claudin-5 abundance was unchanged. AlaGln supplementation seals the peritoneal endothelial barrier, and when supplemented to conventional PD fluid increases claudin-5 and ZO-1 abundance and clustering of ZO-1 in the endothelial cell membrane.
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- 2020
25. Validation of a novel, fully integrated and flexible microarray benchtop facility for gene expression profiling
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Baum, Michael, Bielau, Simone, Rittner, Nicole, Schmid, Kathrin, Eggelbusch, Kathrin, Dahms, Michael, Schlauersbach, Andrea, Tahedl, Harald, Beier, Markus, Güimil, Ramon, Scheffler, Matthias, Hermann, Carsten, Funk, Jörg-Michael, Wixmerten, Anke, Rebscher, Hans, Hönig, Matthias, Andreae, Claas, Büchner, Daniel, Moschel, Erich, Glathe, Andreas, Jäger, Evelyn, Thom, Marc, Greil, Andreas, Bestvater, Felix, Obermeier, Frank, Burgmaier, Josef, Thome, Klaus, Weichert, Sigrid, Hein, Silke, Binnewies, Tim, Foitzik, Volker, Müller, Manfred, Stähler, Cord Friedrich, and Stähler, Peer Friedrich
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- 2003
26. Subcellular Localization and in VivoSubunit Interactions of Ubiquitous μ-Calpain
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Gil-Parrado, Shirley, Popp, Oliver, Knoch, Tobias A., Zahler, Stefan, Bestvater, Felix, Felgenträger, Marcel, Holloschi, Andreas, Fernández-Montalván, Amaury, Auerswald, Ennes A., Fritz, Hans, Fuentes-Prior, Pablo, Machleidt, Werner, and Spiess, Eberhard
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- 2003
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27. Pathomorphological sequence of nephron loss in diabetic nephropathy.
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Löwen, Jana, Gröne, Elisabeth F., Groß-Weißmann, Marie-Luise, Bestvater, Felix, Gröne, Hermann-Josef, and Kriz, Wilhelm
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DIABETIC nephropathies ,BASAL lamina ,KIDNEY tubules ,GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS ,ENDOTHELIAL cells - Abstract
Following our previous reports on mesangial sclerosis and vascular proliferation in diabetic nephropathy (DN) (Kriz W, Löowen J, Federico G, van den Born J, Gröone E, Gröone HJ. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 312: F1101-F1111, 2017; Löowen J, Gröone E, Gröone HJ, Kriz W. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 317: F399-F410, 2019), we now describe the advanced stages of DN terminating in glomerular obsolescence and tubulointerstitial fibrosis based on a total of 918 biopsies. The structural aberrations emerged from two defects: 1) increased synthesis of glomerular basement membrane (GBM) components by podocytes and endothelial cells leading to an accumulation of GBM material in the mesangium and 2) a defect of glomerular vessels consisting of increased leakiness and an increased propensity to proliferate. Both defects may lead to glomerular degeneration. The progressing compaction of accumulated worn-out GBM material together with the retraction of podocytes out of the tuft and the collapse and hyalinosis of capillaries results in a shrunken tuft that fuses with Bowman's capsule (BC) to glomerular sclerosis. The most frequent pathway to glomerular decay starts with local tuft expansions that result in contacts of structurally intact podocytes to the parietal epithelium initiating the formation of tuft adhesions, which include the penetration of glomerular capillaries into BC. Exudation of plasma from such capillaries into the space between the parietal epithelium and its basement membrane causes the formation of insudative fluid accumulations within BC spreading around the glomerular circumference and, via the glomerulotubular junction, onto the tubule. Degeneration of the corresponding tubule develops secondarily to the glomerular damage, either due to cessation of filtration in cases of global sclerosis or due to encroachment of the insudative spaces. The degenerating tubules induce the proliferation of myofibroblasts resulting in interstitial fibrosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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28. Challenges and Contradictions of Metal Nano-Particle Applications for Radio-Sensitivity Enhancement in Cancer Therapy
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Pagáčová, Eva, Štefančíková, Lenka, Schmidt-Kaler, Franz, Hildenbrand, Georg, Vičar, Tomáš, Depeš, Daniel, Lee, Jin-Ho, Bestvater, Felix, Lacombe, Sandrine, Porcel, Erika, Roux, Stéphane, Wenz, Frederik, Kopečná, Olga, Falková, Iva, Hausmann, Michael, Falk, Martin, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IBP / CAS), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institute of Biophysics ASCR [Brno, Czech Republic], Kirchhoff Institut für Physik, Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Department of Cell Biology and Radiobiology, Institute of Biophysics of ASCR, Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace (SYRTE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pasteur Korea - Institut Pasteur de Corée, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty, Physiological Chemistry, Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix (FUNDP), and Linköping University (LIU)
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damage to lysosomes ,DNA repair ,Metal Nanoparticles ,Gadolinium ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Article ,lcsh:Chemistry ,DNA repair foci ,super-resolution microscopy ,Cell Line, Tumor ,DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) ,single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) ,cancer radiotherapy ,Humans ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded ,metal nanoparticles ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Microscopy, Confocal ,tumor cell radiosensitization ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,lcsh:QD1-999 ,DNA damage ,Gold ,HeLa Cells - Abstract
From the very beginnings of radiotherapy, a crucial question persists with how to target the radiation effectiveness into the tumor while preserving surrounding tissues as undamaged as possible. One promising approach is to selectively pre-sensitize tumor cells by metallic nanoparticles. However, though the &ldquo, physics&rdquo, behind nanoparticle-mediated radio-interaction has been well elaborated, practical applications in medicine remain challenging and often disappointing because of limited knowledge on biological mechanisms leading to cell damage enhancement and eventually cell death. In the present study, we analyzed the influence of different nanoparticle materials (platinum (Pt), and gold (Au)), cancer cell types (HeLa, U87, and SKBr3), and doses (up to 4 Gy) of low-Linear Energy Transfer (LET) ionizing radiation (&gamma, and X-rays) on the extent, complexity and reparability of radiation-induced &gamma, H2AX + 53BP1 foci, the markers of double stand breaks (DSBs). Firstly, we sensitively compared the focus presence in nuclei during a long period of time post-irradiation (24 h) in spatially (three-dimensionally, 3D) fixed cells incubated and non-incubated with Pt nanoparticles by means of high-resolution immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. The data were compared with our preliminary results obtained for Au nanoparticles and recently published results for gadolinium (Gd) nanoparticles of approximately the same size (2&ndash, 3 nm). Next, we introduced a novel super-resolution approach&mdash, single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM)&mdash, to study the internal structure of the repair foci. In these experiments, 10 nm Au nanoparticles were used that could be also visualized by SMLM. Altogether, the data show that different nanoparticles may or may not enhance radiation damage to DNA, so multi-parameter effects have to be considered to better interpret the radiosensitization. Based on these findings, we discussed on conclusions and contradictions related to the effectiveness and presumptive mechanisms of the cell radiosensitization by nanoparticles. We also demonstrate that SMLM offers new perspectives to study internal structures of repair foci with the goal to better evaluate potential differences in DNA damage patterns.
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- 2019
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29. Nanostructure of Clustered DNA Damage in Leukocytes after In-Solution Irradiation with the Alpha Emitter Ra-223
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Scherthan, Harry, primary, Lee, Jin-Ho, additional, Maus, Emanuel, additional, Schumann, Sarah, additional, Muhtadi, Razan, additional, Chojowski, Robert, additional, Port, Matthias, additional, Lassmann, Michael, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, and Hausmann, Michael, additional
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30. Ionomycin-activated Calpain Triggers Apoptosis: A PROBABLE ROLE FOR Bcl-2 FAMILY MEMBERS
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Gil-Parrado, Shirley, Fernández-Montalván, Amaury, Assfalg-Machleidt, Irmgard, Popp, Oliver, Bestvater, Felix, Holloschi, Andreas, Knoch, Tobias A., Auerswald, Ennes A., Welsh, Katherine, Reed, John C., Fritz, Hans, Fuentes-Prior, Pablo, Spiess, Eberhard, Salvesen, Guy S., and Machleidt, Werner
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31. Deep learning outperformed 11 pathologists in the classification of histopathological melanoma images
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Hekler, Achim, Utikal, Jochen S., Enk, Alexander H., Solass, Wiebke, Schmitt, Max, Klode, Joachim, Schadendorf, Dirk, Sondermann, Wiebke, Franklin, Cindy, Bestvater, Felix, Flaig, Michael J., Krahl, Dieter, von Kalle, Christof, Froehling, Stefan, Brinker, Titus J., Hekler, Achim, Utikal, Jochen S., Enk, Alexander H., Solass, Wiebke, Schmitt, Max, Klode, Joachim, Schadendorf, Dirk, Sondermann, Wiebke, Franklin, Cindy, Bestvater, Felix, Flaig, Michael J., Krahl, Dieter, von Kalle, Christof, Froehling, Stefan, and Brinker, Titus J.
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Background: The diagnosis of most cancers is made by a board-certified pathologist based on a tissue biopsy under the microscope. Recent research reveals a high discordance between individual pathologists. For melanoma, the literature reports on 25-26% of discordance for classifying a benign nevus versus malignant melanoma. A recent study indicated the potential of deep learning to lower these discordances. However, the performance of deep learning in classifying histopathologic melanoma images was never compared directly to human experts. The aim of this study is to perform such a first direct comparison. Methods: A total of 695 lesions were classified by an expert histopathologist in accordance with current guidelines (350 nevi/345 melanoma). Only the haematoxylin & eosin (H&E) slides of these lesions were digitalised via a slide scanner and then randomly cropped. A total of 595 of the resulting images were used to train a convolutional neural network (CNN). The additional 100 H&E image sections were used to test the results of the CNN in comparison to 11 histopathologists. Three combined McNemar tests comparing the results of the CNNs test runs in terms of sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were predefined to test for significance (p < 0.05). Findings: The CNN achieved a mean sensitivity/specificity/accuracy of 76%/60%/68% over 11 test runs. In comparison, the 11 pathologists achieved a mean sensitivity/specificity/accuracy of 51.8%/66.5%/59.2%. Thus, the CNN was significantly (p = 0.016) superior in classifying the cropped images. Interpretation: With limited image information available, a CNN was able to outperform 11 histopathologists in the classification of histopathological melanoma images and thus shows promise to assist human melanoma diagnoses. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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32. The C-terminal subunit of artificially truncated human cathepsin B mediates its nuclear targeting and contributes to cell viability
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Dallner Claudia, Bestvater Felix, and Spiess Eberhard
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Cytology ,QH573-671 - Abstract
Abstract Background Splicing variants of human cathepsinB primary transcripts (CB(-2,3)) result in an expression product product which lacks the signal peptide and parts of the propeptide. This naturally truncated Δ51CB is thus unable to follow the regular CB processing and sorting pathway. It is addressed to the mitochondria through an activated N-terminal mitochondrial targeting signal instead. Although Δ51CB is supposed to be devoid of the typical CB enzymatic activity, it might play a role in malignancies and trigger cell death/apoptosis independent from the function of the regular enzyme. Cytoplasmic presence of the mature CB might occur as a result of lysosomal damage. Results We investigated such "aberrant" proteins by artificial CB-GFP chimeras covering various sequence parts in respect to their enzymatic activity, their localization in different cell types, and the effects on the cell viability. Unlike the entire full length CB form, the artificial single chain form was not processed and did not reveal typical enzymatic CB activity during transient overexpression in large cell lung carcinoma cells. Δ51CB was found predominantly in mitochondria. In contrast, the shorter artificial CB constructs localized in the cytoplasm, inside the cell nucleus, and in the midbodies of dividing cells. Bleaching experiments revealed both mobile and immobile fractions of these constructs in the nucleus. Nuclear accumulation of artificially truncated CB variants led to disintegration of nuclei, followed by cell death. Conclusion We propose that cell death associated with CB is not necessarily triggered by its regular enzymatic activity but alternatively by a yet unknown activity profile of truncated CB. Cytoplasmic CB might be able to enter the cell nucleus. According to a mutational analysis, the part of CB that mediates its nuclear import is a signal patch within its heavy chain domain. The results suggest that besides the N-terminal signal peptide also other CB domains contain patterns which are responsible for a differentiated targeting of the molecule, e.g. to the mitochondria, to the nucleus, or to vesicles. We propose a hierarchy of targeting signals depending on their strength and availability. This implies other possible transport mechanisms besides the usual trafficking via the mannose-6-℗ pathway.
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33. Dose enhancement effects of gold nanoparticles specifically targeting RNA in breast cancer cells
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Hildenbrand, Georg, Metzler, Philipp, Pilarczyk, Götz, Bobu, Vladimir, Kriz, Wilhelm, Hosser, Hiltraud, Fleckenstein, Jens, Krufczik, Matthias, Bestvater, Felix, Wenz, Frederik, and Hausmann, Michael
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Cytoplasm ,Cell Enumeration Techniques ,Metal Nanoparticles ,lcsh:Medicine ,Breast Neoplasms ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Endoplasmic Reticulum ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Nanotechnology ,Humans ,Electron Microscopy ,RNA, Neoplasm ,lcsh:Science ,Cell Nucleus ,Microscopy ,Secretory Pathway ,Physics ,lcsh:R ,Magnetism ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Cell Biology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Probability Theory ,Magnetic Fields ,Cell Processes ,Physical Sciences ,Engineering and Technology ,Nanoparticles ,Transmission Electron Microscopy ,lcsh:Q ,Gold ,Cellular Structures and Organelles ,Mathematics ,Research Article ,Statistical Distributions - Abstract
Localization microscopy has shown to be capable of systematic investigations on the arrangement and counting of cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles (GNP) with nanometer resolution. In this article, we show that the application of specially modified RNA targeting gold nanoparticles ("SmartFlares") can result in ring like shaped GNP arrangements around the cell nucleus. Transmission electron microscopy revealed GNP accumulation in vicinity to the intracellular membrane structures including them of the endoplasmatic reticulum. A quantification of the radio therapeutic dose enhancement as a proof of principle was conducted with γH2AX foci analysis: The application of both-SmartFlares and unmodified GNPs-lead to a significant dose enhancement with a factor of up to 1.2 times the dose deposition compared to non-treated breast cancer cells. This enhancement effect was even more pronounced for SmartFlares. Furthermore, it was shown that a magnetic field of 1 Tesla simultaneously applied during irradiation has no detectable influence on neither the structure nor the dose enhancement dealt by gold nanoparticles.
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34. Spatial Arrangements of Connexin43 in Cancer Related Cells and Re-Arrangements under Treatment Conditions: Investigations on the Nano-Scale by Super-Resolution Localization Light Microscopy
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Pilarczyk, Götz, primary, Papenfuß, Franziska, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, and Hausmann, Michael, additional
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35. Recruitment of 53BP1 Proteins for DNA Repair and Persistence of Repair Clusters Differ for Cell Types as Detected by Single Molecule Localization Microscopy
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Bobkova, Elizaveta, primary, Depes, Daniel, additional, Lee, Jin-Ho, additional, Jezkova, Lucie, additional, Falkova, Iva, additional, Pagacova, Eva, additional, Kopecna, Olga, additional, Zadneprianetc, Mariia, additional, Bacikova, Alena, additional, Kulikova, Elena, additional, Smirnova, Elena, additional, Bulanova, Tatiana, additional, Boreyko, Alla, additional, Krasavin, Evgeny, additional, Wenz, Frederik, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Hildenbrand, Georg, additional, Hausmann, Michael, additional, and Falk, Martin, additional
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36. Patterned illumination single molecule localization microscopy (piSMLM): user defined blinking regions of interest
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Chen, Shih-Ya, primary, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Schaufler, Wladimir, additional, Heintzmann, Rainer, additional, and Cremer, Christoph, additional
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37. Localization Microscopy Analyses of MRE11 Clusters in 3D-Conserved Cell Nuclei of Different Cell Lines
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Eryilmaz, Marion, primary, Schmitt, Eberhard, additional, Krufczik, Matthias, additional, Theda, Franziska, additional, Lee, Jin-Ho, additional, Cremer, Christoph, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Schaufler, Wladimir, additional, Hausmann, Michael, additional, and Hildenbrand, Georg, additional
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38. Challenges for Super-Resolution Localization Microscopy and Biomolecular Fluorescent Nano-Probing in Cancer Research
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Hausmann, Michael, primary, Ilić, Nataša, additional, Pilarczyk, Götz, additional, Lee, Jin-Ho, additional, Logeswaran, Abiramy, additional, Borroni, Aurora, additional, Krufczik, Matthias, additional, Theda, Franziska, additional, Waltrich, Nadine, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Hildenbrand, Georg, additional, Cremer, Christoph, additional, and Blank, Michael, additional
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39. Localisation Microscopy of Breast Epithelial ErbB-2 Receptors and Gap Junctions: Trafficking after γ-Irradiation, Neuregulin-1β, and Trastuzumab Application
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Pilarczyk, Götz, primary, Nesnidal, Ines, additional, Gunkel, Manuel, additional, Bach, Margund, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, and Hausmann, Michael, additional
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40. Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy allows for the analysis of cancer metastasis-specific miRNA distribution on the nanoscale
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Oleksiuk, Olga, primary, Abba, Mohammed, additional, Tezcan, Kerem Can, additional, Schaufler, Wladimir, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Patil, Nitin, additional, Birk, Udo, additional, Hafner, Mathias, additional, Altevogt, Peter, additional, Cremer, Christoph, additional, and Allgayer, Heike, additional
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41. Characterisation of recombinant cathepsin B-fluorescent protein chimeras in lung tumour cells. Potentialities of new fluorescence spectroscopic methods
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Bestvater, Felix and Pfizenmaier, Klaus (Prof. Dr.)
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Zwei-Photonen-Mikroskopie , Alternatives Spleißen , trunkiertes Kathepsin B ,Lungenkrebs , Kathepsin B , Intrazellulärer Transport , RNS-Spleißen , Grün fluoreszierendes Protein , Fluoreszenzmikroskopie , Fluoreszenzspektrum ,two-photon microscopy , alternative splicing , truncated cathepsin B - Abstract
Genetische Konversion bei simultaner Kotransfektion GFP-Varianten mit hoher Sequenzidentität werden häufig für Mehrfachmarkierungen eingesetzt. Ihre simultane Kotransfektion kann zu einer Konversion der Fluoreszenzeigenschaften führen und so die Interpretation von Experimenten beeinträchtigen. Unter Standard-Transfektionsbedingungen ergaben ~8%, bei deren Variation bis zu 26% der permanent exprimierenden Zellen veränderte Fusionsproteine. Es wurde gezeigt, daß der Effekt auf der Rekombination homologer Nukleotidsequenzen basiert. Sukzessive Transfektion oder niedrige Sequenzidentität verhinderten die Rekombination. Die genaue und reproduzierbare Quantifizierung der Konversionsraten gestattet allgemeine Untersuchungen von Rekombinations- und Reparatur-Prozessen. Zwei-Photonen-Anregung Fluoreszenzspektren für zahlreiche zellbiologisch relevante abiotische Fluorochrome sowie Zellextrakte verschiedener GFP-Varianten wurden mittels der Zwei-Photonen-Anregung generiert. In den meisten Fällen gab es keine wesentlichen Unterschiede zwischen den Zwei-Photonen- und den Ein-Photonen-Emissionsspektren. Die Absorptionsmaxima der breiteren und differenzierteren Zwei-Photonen-Kurven waren jedoch meist um wenige Nanometer bis hin zu weitläufig abweichenden Spektralverläufen blau-verschoben. Die Fluoreszenzintensität der GFP-Varianten war bei beiden Anregungsarten pH-abhängig und hatte ihre maximale Emission im Alkalischen. Trotz einer unvollständigen Regenerierung der Fluoreszenz nach Ansäuerung blieb das Spektralprofil unverändert. Zwei-Photonen-Mikroskopie in Verbindung mit 3D-Rekonstruktion wurde erfolgreich eingesetzt, um subzelluläre Strukturen in vivo hochaufgelöst darzustellen. In vivo-Charakterisierung von Kathepsin B (CB) Entstehung und Verteilung von CB wurden unter Verwendung rekombinanter CB-Konstrukte und Fluoreszenzproteine (FP) untersucht. Das CB-FP-Fusionsprotein wurde nur in konstitutiv exprimierenden Zellen prozessiert. Es lokalisierte in retikulären und vesikulären Kompartimenten sowie in Assoziation mit der Plasmamembran. Versuche mit Transportinhibitoren sprechen für eine reguläre Sortierung via M6P-Weg. Fluorometrische Aktivitätsmessungen an Zellextrakten, Zellkulturüberständen und isolierten Zellkernen ergaben eine stark erhöhte CB-Aktivität in Zellklonen. Ein neuartiger Ansatz zur Inhibition der CB-Enzymaktivität wurde mit Hilfe rekombinanter Stefin B (StB)-Inhibitoren unternommen. Die Adressierung von StB ins ER/Golgi durch eine vorgeschaltete Zielsequenz ergab keine stärkere Inhibierung von CB gegenüber den zytoplasmatischen StB-Varianten. Die Überexpression des CB führte zu einer geringen Erhöhung der Enzymaktivitäten von endogenem Kathepsin K und L. Dies kann auf eine mögliche Koregulation mit CB bzw. eine generelle Hochregulierung degradierender Peptidasen aufgrund eines erhöhten Proteinpegels zurückgeführt werden. Die Verwendung FP-markierter rekombinanter CB-Konstrukte eignet sich daher gut als in vivo-Modell zur Charakterisierung von nativem CB. Nukleäres CB und Zelltod Alternative CB-Spleißvarianten führen zu einem Translationsprodukt, dem Signalpeptid und Teile des Pro-Peptids fehlen. Dieses nativ trunkierte d51CB kann daher nicht regulär prozessiert und sortiert werden. Statt dessen wird es über eine aktivierte N-terminale Zielsequenz in die Mitochondrien geleitet. Obwohl d51CB vermutlich keine typische CB-Enzymaktivität besitzt, könnte es unabhängig von der Funktion des regulären Enzyms eine Rolle bei Malignität spielen und Zelltod verursachen. Neben d51CB kann auch reifes CB als Folge beschädigter Lysosomen zytoplasmatisch auftreten. Solche "aberranten" CB-Formen wurden mit Hilfe künstlicher CB-FP-Mutanten untersucht. d51CB wurde überwiegend in Mitochondrien und z.T. im Zellkern nachgewiesen. Die künstlich trunkierte CB-Einzelkettenform wurde nicht prozessiert und zeigte keine reguläre CB-Enzymaktivität während transienter Expression in Lungentumorzellen. Sie kam im Zytoplasma, im Zellkern und in der Midbody-Matrix mitotischer Zellen vor. Bleichstudien wiesen mobile und immobile nukleäre Fraktionen nach. Die Anreicherung von künstlich trunkiertem CB im Zellkern führte zu dessen Auflösung und zu Zelltod. Vermutlich werden diese Phänomene nicht über die reguläre CB-Enzymaktivität, sondern über ein noch unbekanntes Aktivitätsprofil ausgelöst. Die Molekülregion, die den Kernimport vermittelt, ist gemäß einer Mutationsanalyse ein zusammengesetztes Signal innerhalb der schweren Kette des CB. Die Ergebnisse legen nahe, daß CB neben dem Signalpeptid und der mitochondrialen Zielsequenz weitere Signale enthält, die für seine differenzierte Adressierung in den Zellkern, in Vesikel oder in andere Organellen verantwortlich sind. Hier wird eine Hierarchie von Zielsignalen im CB-Molekül postuliert, die durch ihre Verfügbarkeit und Stärke bestimmt wird. Diese schließt alternative Transportmechanismen neben dem üblichen M6P-Weg ein., Genetic conversion during simultaneous co-transfection GFP variants with high sequence identity are frequently used for multicolour labelling. Their simultaneous co-transfection can give false-positive results caused by a conversion of their spectral properties. Under standard transfection conditions, approximately 8%, depending on the conditions, up to 26% of cells expressed altered fusion proteins. It was shown that the effect is based on recombination between homologous nucleotide sequences. Consecutive transfection or low sequence similarities avoided recombination. The detailed and reproducible quantification of the conversion rates allows the investigation of recombination and repair processes in general. Two-photon excitation Fluorescence spectra for several abiotic fluorochromes relevant in cell imaging and for different GFP-variants produced in human tumour cells were generated by two-photon excitation. The majority of the investigated fluorochromes did not reveal significant discrepancies between the two-photon and the one-photon emission spectra. However, a blue-shift of the absorption maxima ranging from a few nanometres up to considerably differing courses of the spectrum was found for most fluorochromes. The emission intensity of the GFP variants was dependent on the pH for both types of excitation; its maximum was recorded in the alkaline range. Reconstitution of emission intensity after pH quenching was incomplete, albeit that the respective spectral profiles were identical to those prequenching. Non-linear laser scanning fluorescence microscopy combined with 3D reconstruction was used to visualize subcellular structures at high resolution in vivo. In vivo characterisation of cathepsin B (CB) Expression and distribution of CB were investigated using recombinant CB constructs and fluorescent proteins (FP). The CB-FP fusion protein was processed correctly in constitutively expressing cells only. It localised in reticular and vesicular compartments as well as in association with the plasma membrane. Experiments with transport inhibitors suggest a regular sorting via the M6P pathway. Fluorometric activity measurements of cell clones resulted in a highly elevated CB activity within the cell extracts, the supernatants, and the isolated cell nuclei. A novel approach for the inhibition of CB specific activity was performed using recombinant Stefin B (StB) inhibitors. The addressing of the inhibitor into the ER/Golgi by a preceding targeting sequence did not result in a stronger inhibition of CB in comparison to the cytoplasmic StB variants. Overexpression of CB led to a slight elevation of the enzymatic activities of intrinsic cathepsins K and L suggesting a possible co-regulation with CB or a general up-regulation of degrading peptidases due to a higher protein level, respectively. The use of FP-tagged recombinant CB constructs is thus suitable as an in vivo-model for the characterisation of native CB. Nuclear CB and cell death Splicing variants of human CB primary transcripts result in an expression product which lacks the signal peptide and parts of the propeptide. This naturally truncated d51CB is thus unable to follow the regular processing and sorting pathway. It is addressed to the mitochondria through an activated N-terminal mitochondrial targeting signal instead. Although d51CB is supposed to be devoid of the typical CB enzymatic activity, it might play a role in malignancies and trigger cell death/apoptosis independent from the function of the regular enzyme. Cytoplasmic presence of the mature CB might occur as a result of lysosomal damage. Such "aberrant" proteins were investigated by artificial CB-GFP chimeras. d51CB was found predominantly in mitochondria but also inside the nucleus. The artificial single chain form was not processed and did not reveal typical enzymatic CB activity during transient expression in lung carcinoma cells. It localized in the cytoplasm, inside the cell nucleus, and in the midbodies of dividing cells. Bleaching experiments revealed both mobile and immobile fractions in the nucleus. Nuclear accumulation of artificially truncated CB led to disintegration of nuclei, followed by cell death. Probably, these phenomena are not necessarily triggered by its regular enzymatic activity but by a yet unknown activity profile. According to a mutational analysis, the part of CB that mediates its nuclear import is a signal patch within its heavy chain domain. The results suggest that besides the N-terminal signal peptide also other CB domains contain patterns which are responsible for a differentiated targeting of the molecule, e.g. to the mitochondria, to the nucleus, or to vesicles. Here, a hierarchy of targeting signals depending on their strength and availability is postulated. This implies other possible transport mechanisms besides the usual trafficking via the M6P pathway.
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42. STIL is required for centriole duplication in human cells
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Vulprecht, Julia, primary, David, Ahuvit, additional, Tibelius, Alexandra, additional, Castiel, Asher, additional, Konotop, Gleb, additional, Liu, Fengying, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Raab, Marc S., additional, Zentgraf, Hanswalter, additional, Izraeli, Shai, additional, and Krämer, Alwin, additional
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43. Two-photon spectral imaging with high temporal and spectral resolution
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Im, Kang-Bin, primary, Kang, Moon-Sik, additional, Kim, Jiho, additional, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Seghiri, Zahir, additional, Wachsmuth, Malte, additional, and Grailhe, Regis, additional
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44. EMCCD-based spectrally resolved fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
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Bestvater, Felix, primary, Seghiri, Zahir, additional, Kang, Moon Sik, additional, Gröner, Nadine, additional, Lee, Ji Young, additional, Im, Kang-Bin, additional, and Wachsmuth, Malte, additional
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45. Quantitative Analysis of Nucleic Acid Hybridization on Magnetic Particles and Quantum Dot-Based Probes
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Lim, Sun Hee, primary, Bestvater, Felix, additional, Buchy, Philippe, additional, Mardy, Sek, additional, and Yu, Alexey Dan Chin, additional
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46. Quantitative Analysis of Nucleic Acid Hybridization on Magnetic Particles and Quantum Dot-Based Probes.
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Sun Hee Lim, Bestvater, Felix, Buchy, Philippe, Mardy, Sek, and Chin Yu, Alexey Dan
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NUCLEIC acids , *NUCLEIC acid hybridization , *AVIAN influenza , *FLUORESCENCE microscopy , *BIOLOGICAL assay , *CYTOMETRY , *ELECTROPHORESIS - Abstract
In the present study we describe sandwich design hybridization probes consisting of magnetic particles (MP) and quantum dots (QD) with target DNA, and their application in the detection of avian influenza virus (H5N1) sequences. Hybridization of 25-, 40-, and 100-mer target DNA with both probes was analyzed and quantified by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy on the scale of single particles. The following steps were used in the assay: (i) target selection by MP probes and (ii) target detection by QD probes. Hybridization efficiency between MP conjugated probes and target DNA hybrids was controlled by a fluorescent dye specific for nucleic acids. Fluorescence was detected by flow cytometry to distinguish differences in oligo sequences as short as 25-mer capturing in target DNA and by gel-electrophoresis in the case of QD probes. This report shows that effective manipulation and control of micro- and nanoparticles in hybridization assays is possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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47. The C-terminal subunit of artificially truncated human cathepsin B mediates its nuclear targeting and contributes to cell viability.
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Bestvater, Felix, Dallner, Claudia, and Spiess, Eberhard
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PROTEINS ,CELLS ,MITOCHONDRIA ,CELL nuclei ,CELL death - Abstract
Background: Splicing variants of human cathepsinB primary transcripts (CB(-2,3)) result in an expression product product which lacks the signal peptide and parts of the propeptide. This naturally truncated Δ
51 CB is thus unable to follow the regular CB processing and sorting pathway. It is addressed to the mitochondria through an activated N-terminal mitochondrial targeting signal instead. Although Δ51 CB is supposed to be devoid of the typical CB enzymatic activity, it might play a role in malignancies and trigger cell death/apoptosis independent from the function of the regular enzyme. Cytoplasmic presence of the mature CB might occur as a result of lysosomal damage. Results: We investigated such "aberrant" proteins by artificial CB-GFP chimeras covering various sequence parts in respect to their enzymatic activity, their localization in different cell types, and the effects on the cell viability. Unlike the entire full length CB form, the artificial single chain form was not processed and did not reveal typical enzymatic CB activity during transient overexpression in large cell lung carcinoma cells. Δ51 CB was found predominantly in mitochondria. In contrast, the shorter artificial CB constructs localized in the cytoplasm, inside the cell nucleus, and in the midbodies of dividing cells. Bleaching experiments revealed both mobile and immobile fractions of these constructs in the nucleus. Nuclear accumulation of artificially truncated CB variants led to disintegration of nuclei, followed by cell death. Conclusion: We propose that cell death associated with CB is not necessarily triggered by its regular enzymatic activity but alternatively by a yet unknown activity profile of truncated CB. Cytoplasmic CB might be able to enter the cell nucleus. According to a mutational analysis, the part of CB that mediates its nuclear import is a signal patch within its heavy chain domain. The results suggest that besides the N-terminal signal peptide also other CB domains contain patterns which are responsible for a differentiated targeting of the molecule, e.g. to the mitochondria, to the nucleus, or to vesicles. We propose a hierarchy of targeting signals depending on their strength and availability. This implies other possible transport mechanisms besides the usual trafficking via the mannose-6- pathway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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48. Loss of SMARCB1 evokes targetable epigenetic vulnerabilities in epithelioid sarcoma.
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Jin JX, Fuchslocher F, Carreno-Gonzalez M, Zahnow F, Ceranski AK, Will R, Helm D, Bestvater F, Banito A, Imle R, Ohmura S, Cidre-Aranaz F, and Grünewald TGP
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49. Challenges and Contradictions of Metal Nano-Particle Applications for Radio-Sensitivity Enhancement in Cancer Therapy.
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Pagáčová E, Štefančíková L, Schmidt-Kaler F, Hildenbrand G, Vičar T, Depeš D, Lee JH, Bestvater F, Lacombe S, Porcel E, Roux S, Wenz F, Kopečná O, Falková I, Hausmann M, and Falk M
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- Cell Line, Tumor, Gadolinium chemistry, Gold chemistry, HeLa Cells, Humans, Microscopy, Confocal, DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded radiation effects, DNA Damage radiation effects, Metal Nanoparticles chemistry, Metal Nanoparticles therapeutic use
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From the very beginnings of radiotherapy, a crucial question persists with how to target the radiation effectiveness into the tumor while preserving surrounding tissues as undamaged as possible. One promising approach is to selectively pre-sensitize tumor cells by metallic nanoparticles. However, though the "physics" behind nanoparticle-mediated radio-interaction has been well elaborated, practical applications in medicine remain challenging and often disappointing because of limited knowledge on biological mechanisms leading to cell damage enhancement and eventually cell death. In the present study, we analyzed the influence of different nanoparticle materials (platinum (Pt), and gold (Au)), cancer cell types (HeLa, U87, and SKBr3), and doses (up to 4 Gy) of low-Linear Energy Transfer (LET) ionizing radiation (γ- and X-rays) on the extent, complexity and reparability of radiation-induced γH2AX + 53BP1 foci, the markers of double stand breaks (DSBs). Firstly, we sensitively compared the focus presence in nuclei during a long period of time post-irradiation (24 h) in spatially (three-dimensionally, 3D) fixed cells incubated and non-incubated with Pt nanoparticles by means of high-resolution immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. The data were compared with our preliminary results obtained for Au nanoparticles and recently published results for gadolinium (Gd) nanoparticles of approximately the same size (2⁻3 nm). Next, we introduced a novel super-resolution approach-single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM)-to study the internal structure of the repair foci. In these experiments, 10 nm Au nanoparticles were used that could be also visualized by SMLM. Altogether, the data show that different nanoparticles may or may not enhance radiation damage to DNA, so multi-parameter effects have to be considered to better interpret the radiosensitization. Based on these findings, we discussed on conclusions and contradictions related to the effectiveness and presumptive mechanisms of the cell radiosensitization by nanoparticles. We also demonstrate that SMLM offers new perspectives to study internal structures of repair foci with the goal to better evaluate potential differences in DNA damage patterns.
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50. Construct conversions caused by simultaneous co-transfection: "GFP-walking".
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Bestvater F, Knoch TA, Langowski J, and Spiess E
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Fluorescence, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Recombination, Genetic, Gene Conversion, Luminescent Proteins genetics, Transfection methods
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Several GFP variants have been developedfor multicolor labeling in vivo. Here we report that simultaneous co-transfection of fluorescent protein chimeras can give false-positive results caused by the conversion of spectral properties. Under standard transfection conditions, approximately 8% of cells produce false-positive results, but, depending on the conditions, up to 26% of the cells permanently express altered fusion proteins. This compromises the interpretation of the results. The conversion is independent of transfection methods or cell types. Our results show that the effect is based on homologous recombination/repair/replication process events that occur between the nucleotide sequences of the fluorescent proteins. Consecutive transfection or low sequence similarities avoided recombination. The appearance of conversion facilitates exchanges of spectral properties infusion proteins, the creation of libraries, or the assembly of DNA fusion constructs in vivo. The detailed quantification of the conversion rate allows the investigation of recombination/repair/replication processes in general.
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