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Science, 1990

20. No enhancement ofHIV-1 LTR transactivation was observed with another human CD4+ T cell line (... more 20. No enhancement ofHIV-1 LTR transactivation was observed with another human CD4+ T cell line (CEM50) persistently infected with X-MuLV in vitro. 21. The CD4+ T cell line CEM5o was persistently infected with a well-characterized MuLV-like amphotropic retrovirus (A-MuLV) grown in mink cell monolayers [

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 2022

BACKGROUND Selective inhibitory effects of rhenium(I)-diselenoether (Re-diSe) were observed in cu... more BACKGROUND Selective inhibitory effects of rhenium(I)-diselenoether (Re-diSe) were observed in cultured breast malignant cells. They were attributed to a decrease in Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) production. A concomitant decrease in the production of Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGFβ1), Insulin Growth Factor 1 (IGF1), and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (VEGFA) by the malignant cells was also observed. AIM The study aimed to investigate the anti-tumor effects of Re-diSe on mice bearing 4T1 breast tumors, an experimental model of triple-negative breast cancer, and correlate them with several biomarkers. MATERIAL AND METHODS 4T1 mammary breast cancer cells were orthotopically inoculated into syngenic BALB/c Jack mice. Different doses of Re-diSe (1, 10, and 60 mg/kg) were administered orally for 23 consecutive days to assess the efficacy and toxicity. The oxidative status was evaluated by assaying Advanced Oxidative Protein Products (AOPP), and by the dinitrophenylhydrazone (DNPH) test in plasma of healthy mice, non-treated tumor-bearing mice (controls), treated tumor-bearing mice, and tumors in all tumor-bearing mice. Tumor necrosis factor (TNFα), VEGFA, VEGFB, TGFβ1, Interferon, and selenoprotein P (selenoP) were selected as biomarkers. RESULTS Doses of 1 and 10 mg/kg did not affect the tumor weights. There was a significant increase in the tumor weights in mice treated with the maximum dose of 60 mg/kg, concomitantly with a significant decrease in AOPP, TNFα, and TGFβ1 in the tumors. SelenoP concentrations increased in the plasma but not in the tumors. CONCLUSION We did not confirm the anti-tumor activity of the Re-diSe compound in this experiment. However, the transplantation of the tumor cells did not induce an expected pro-oxidative status without any increase of the oxidative biomarkers in the plasma of controls compared to healthy mice. This condition could be essential to evaluate the effect of an antioxidant drug. The choice of the experimental model will be primordial to assess the effects of the Re-diSe compound in further studies.

Infectious Disease Reports, 2021

Idiopathic CD4 T cell lymphocytopenia (ICL) is a rare entity characterized by CD4 T cell count of... more Idiopathic CD4 T cell lymphocytopenia (ICL) is a rare entity characterized by CD4 T cell count of <300 cells/mm3 along with opportunistic infection for which T cell marker expression remains to be fully explored. We report an ICL case for which T lymphocyte phenotype and its costimulatory molecules expression was analyzed both ex vivo and after overnight stimulation through CD3/CD28. The ICL patient was compared to five healthy controls. We observed higher expression of inhibitory molecules PD-1/PDL-1 and CTLA-4 on CD4 T cells and increased regulatory T cells in ICL, along with high activation and low proliferation of CD4 T cells. The alteration in the expression of both the costimulatory pathway and the apoptotic pathway might participate to down-regulate both CD4 T cell functions and numbers observed in ICL.

Journées annuelles de diabétologie de l'Hôtel-Dieu, 1989

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1988

Both avian and mammalian heart cells have high affinity receptors for antidiabetic sulfonylureas.... more Both avian and mammalian heart cells have high affinity receptors for antidiabetic sulfonylureas. The biochemical identification of these receptors has been carried out with [3H]glibenclamide. The Kd values for the most potent sulfonylureas, such as glibenclamide itself, are in the nanomolar range. Comparative studies of structure-function relationships indicate high similarities of binding properties between the sulfonylurea receptors in cardiac cells and insulinoma cells, respectively. The duration of the action potential of guinea pig cardiac cells was drastically reduced by decreasing intracellular ATP concentrations by perfusion or by blockade of oxidative phosphorylation. Glibenclamide was found to restore normal or nearly normal action potential properties in [ATP]in-depleted cardiac cells. Single channel recording using the patch-clamp technique has shown that this effect is associated with high affinity blockade of ATP-sensitive K+ channels by sulfonylureas.

Journal of virology, 1995

Monoclonal antibodies (MAb) directed against the immunoglobulin complementary determining region ... more Monoclonal antibodies (MAb) directed against the immunoglobulin complementary determining region 3 (CDR3)-like region of the CD4 molecule inhibit human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transcription. We report here data showing that the cytoplasmic tail of CD4 is required for such inhibition to be achieved. To this aim, we studied the effect of MAb 13B8-2 treatment on (i) HIV-1 production in A2.01 cells, which express different forms of the CD4 gene, (ii) Tat-induced HIV-1 promoter activation, and (iii) mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation, which is induced in CD4-positive cells by HIV-1 cross-linking of CD4. Inhibition of HIV production by 13B8-2 MAb treatment was consistently observed in cells expressing wild-type CD4 and cells expressing a hybrid CD4-CD8 molecule (amino acids 1 to 177 of CD4 fused to the hinge, transmembrane, and cytoplasmic domains of CD8). However, no delay in HIV-1 production was observed in cells expressing a truncated CD4 which lacks the c...

Molecular Basis of Membrane-Associated Diseases, 1989

This chapter will describe the molecular pharmacology and biochemistry of three types of K+ chann... more This chapter will describe the molecular pharmacology and biochemistry of three types of K+ channels: the calcium-activated potassium channels. ATP-regulated potassium channels and voltage-sensitive potassium channels.

European cytokine network, 1998

A point mutation substituting Arg777 by Gln was obtained in a highly conserved region of the huma... more A point mutation substituting Arg777 by Gln was obtained in a highly conserved region of the human colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R) sequence. Constitutive expression of wild-type receptors in CHO cells confers susceptibility to CSF-1 for proliferation whereas the mutated receptors exhibited a 90% reduced efficiency in proliferation. We sought to determine the alterations intervening in the CSF-1 signal transduction of the Arg777Gln mutated receptor. We found that ligand binding and ligand-induced CSF-1R internalization were unaffected. CSF-1-induced receptor dimerization and autophosphorylation were impaired to the same extent as mitogen-activated protein kinase activation (90%). However, only phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation and ligand-induced receptor ubiquitination were abrogated by the mutation. These features probably reflect the inability of the mutated CSF-1R kinase domain to fold properly and hence to autophosphorylate and/or to associate correctly with ...

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Journées annuelles de diabétologie de l'Hôtel-Dieu, 1989

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2002

Prostaglandins (PGs) are important mediators of bone response to growth factors, hormones, inflam... more Prostaglandins (PGs) are important mediators of bone response to growth factors, hormones, inflammation, or mechanical strains. In this study, we show that in MG63 osteosarcoma cells, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) produces the opening of a large conductance Ca2+-dependent K+ channel (BK). This PGE2-mediated channel opening induces the recruitment of various tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins on the hSlo alpha-subunit of BK. Because the C-terminal domain of hSlo encompasses an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM), we show that the Syk nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, reported yet to be expressed mainly in hematopoietic cells, is expressed also in osteoblastic cells, and recruited on this ITAM after a PGE2-induced docking/activation process. We show that Syk/hSlo association is dependent of an upstream Src-related tyrosine kinase activity, in accord with the classical two-step model described for immune receptors. Finally, we provide evidence that this Syk/hSlo interaction does not affect the electrical features of BK channels in osteosarcoma cells. With these data, we would like to suggest the new notion that besides its conductance function, hSlo channel can behave in bone cells, as a true transduction protein intervening in the bone remodeling induced by PGE2.

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1998

Cancer Research, 2010

Ewing's sarcoma (EWS) is an aggressive tumor of children and young adults that requires intensive... more Ewing's sarcoma (EWS) is an aggressive tumor of children and young adults that requires intensive treatment. The search for new prognostic factors is very important to choose the most appropriate therapy and to better understand the biology of the disease for the development of new therapeutic tools. We found that Xg, a thus far poorly described molecule and member of the CD99 family, is expressed in EWS cell lines and EWS primary tumors. Immunohistochemical analysis confirmed the expression of Xg in 24% of patients. We found that Xg expression in EWS defines a subgroup of patients with worse prognosis compared with those with Xgnegative localized tumors, indicating a clinical relevance of Xg expression in EWS. Forced expression of Xg in an EWS cell line upregulated cell migration and invasion in vitro. Furthermore, knockdown of Xg expression with specific short hairpin RNA significantly reduced migration and invasion of EWS cells. Consistent with these data, in vivo xenotransplant studies in nude mice revealed that Xg expression increased the incidence and the number of metastases of EWS cells. Thus, Xg expression is associated with lower overall survival in EWS patients with localized tumors and is implicated in metastasis. Cancer Res; 70(9); 3730-8. ©2010 AACR.

$Research paper thumbnail of Signal transduction pathways involved in soluble fractalkine-induced monocytic cell adhesion$

Blood, 2001

Fractalkine displays features that distinguishes it from the other chemokines. In particular, bes... more Fractalkine displays features that distinguishes it from the other chemokines. In particular, besides its chemoattractant action it promotes, under physiologic flow, the rapid capture and the firm adhesion of a subset of leukocytes or intervenes in the neuron/microglia interaction. This study verified that indeed the human monocytic MonoMac6 cell line adheres to fibronectin-coated filters in response to soluble fractalkine (s-FKN). s-FKN stimulates, with distinct time courses, extracellular signal-related kinases (ERK1 and ERK2) and stress-activated protein kinases (SAPK1/JNK1 and SAPK2/p38). Both p60 Src and p72 Syk were activated under s-FKN stimulation with a rapid kinetic profile compatible with a downstream regulation on the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) congeners. The use of specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors revealed that the ERK pathway is strictly controlled by Syk, whereas c-Src up-regulated the downstream SAPK2/p38. In contrast, the SAPK1/JNK1 pathway was not r...

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 1987

The ATP-sensitive K+ channel of RINm5F insulinoma cells is activated after an intracellular ATP d... more The ATP-sensitive K+ channel of RINm5F insulinoma cells is activated after an intracellular ATP depletion. This activation can be followed by 86Rb+ efflux. Once activated by ATP depletion, the K+ channel can be blocked by the hypoglycemic drug, glibenclamide. The blockade is of a highaffinity type (KO.5 = 0.06 nM). Recording of the activity of ATP-sensitive K+ channels with the patch-clamp technique confirmed that they could be completely blocked with 20 nM glibenclamide. & 1987 Academic Press. Inc. INTRODUCTION. Insulin secretion from pancreatic fi-cells is stimulated by glucose which evokes a cyclical pattern of electrical activity (1). The slow wave of depolarization that follows glucose application seems to be due to closure of a K+ channel which is regulated by intracellular ATP (2-7). Sulfonylureas are used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus (8). Like glucose, sulfonylureas induce electrical activity in pancreatic islets (1, 9-11) and it may be that the two pathways of glucose and sulfonylurea-induced insulin release (2, 5, 12) may converge at the level of the ATP-regulated K+ conductance. This paper shows that one of the sulfonylureas, glibenclamide, is a very potent blocker of the ATP-regulated K+ channel in an insulin secreting cell line. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Cell culture. RINm5F cells, an insulin producing cell line, derived from a rat islet cell tumor, was grown as described previously (13, 14). Cells were plated at a density of 200 000 cells/well (Falcon 24-well tissue culture plates). g6Rb+ efflux experiments. Efflux studies were performed in 24-well culture plates at 37°C and after overnight equilibration of cells in RPM1 1640 medium *To whom all correspondence should be sent.

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2002

Comparison of the features of arthroscopic synovial biopsies with biopsy samples obtained at surgery

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Bone is one of the most preferential target site for cancer metastases, particularly for prostate... more Bone is one of the most preferential target site for cancer metastases, particularly for prostate, breast, kidney, lung and thyroid primary tumours. Indeed, numerous chemical signals and growth factors produced by the bone microenvironment constitute factors promoting cancer cell invasion and aggression. After reviewing the different theories proposed to provide mechanism for metastatic progression, we report on the gene expression profile of bone-seeking cancer cells. We also discuss the cross-talk between the bone microenvironment and invading cells, which impacts on the tumour actions on surrounding bone tissue. Lastly, we detail therapies for bone metastases. Due to poor prognosis for patients, the strategies mainly aim at reducing the impact of skeletal-related events on patients' quality of life. However, recent advances have led to a better understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying bone metastases progression, and therefore of novel therapeutic targets.

$Research paper thumbnail of Percutaneous vertebroplasty in tumoral spinal fractures with posterior vertebral wall involvement: Feasibility and safety$

European journal of radiology, 2018

to evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of CT and fluoroscopy guided percutaneous verteb... more to evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of CT and fluoroscopy guided percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of tumoral vertebral fractures with posterior wall involvement. Institutional review board approval and informed consent were obtained for this study. Sixty-three consecutive adult patients (35 women, 28 men; mean age+/- standard deviation: 69 years+/- 14) with tumoral spinal fractures that compromised the posterior wall were treated by means of percutaneous vertebroplasty with CT and fluoroscopy guidance. Only local anesthesia was used during these procedures. Postoperative outcome was assessed using the Kostuik index. Sixty-three vertebroplasties were performed on thirty-four thoracic (54%), twenty-six lumbar (41%), and three (5%) cervical vertebrae. The etiologies of the fractures were metastasis in twenty-eight (44%), myeloma in twenty-five (40%) and hemangioma in ten (16%). Almost all fractures (94%) were consolidated after vertebroplasty (score of Kostuik ...

Biochemical Pharmacology, 2016

Bone metastases of breast cancer typically lead to a severe osteolysis due to an excessive osteoc... more Bone metastases of breast cancer typically lead to a severe osteolysis due to an excessive osteoclastic activity. On the other hand, the semi-metallic element gallium (Ga) displays an inhibitory action on osteoclasts, and therefore on bone resorption, as well as antitumour properties. Thus, we explored in vitro Ga effects on osteoclastogenesis in an aggressive bone metastatic environment based on the culture of pre-osteoclast RAW 264.7 cells with conditioned medium from metastatic breast tumour cells, i.e. the breast tumour cell line model MDA-MB-231 and its bone-seeking clone MDA-231BO. We first observed that Ga dose-dependently inhibited the tumour cells-induced osteoclastic differentiation of RAW 264.7 cells. To mimic a more aggressive environment where pro-tumourigenic factors are released from bone matrix due to osteoclastic resorption, metastatic breast tumour cells were stimulated with TGF-β, a mayor cytokine in bone metastasis vicious cycle. In these conditions, we observed that Ga still inhibited cancer cells-driven osteoclastogenesis. Lastly, we evidenced that Ga affected directly and strongly the proliferation/viability of both cancer cell lines, as well as the expression of major osteolytic factors in MDA-231BO cells. With the exception of two small scale clinical studies from 1980s, this is the first time that antitumour properties of Ga have been specifically studied in the context of bone metastases. Our data strongly suggest that, through its action against the vicious cycle involving bone cells and tumour cells, Ga represents a relevant and promising candidate for the local treatment of bone metastases in patients with breast cancer.

Journal de physiologie

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