TY - JOUR. T1 - Functional analysis of glycoprotein L (gL) from rhesus lymphocryptovirus in Epstein-Barr virus-mediated cell fusion indicates a direct role of gL in gB-induced membrane fusion. AU - Plate, Aileen E.. AU - Smajlović, Jasmina. AU - Jardetzky, Theodore S.. AU - Longnecker, Richard. PY - 2009/8. Y1 - 2009/8. N2 - Glycoprotein L (gL), which complexes with gH, is a conserved herpesvirus protein that is essential for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) entry into host cells. The gH/gL complex has a conserved role in entry among herpesviruses, yet the mechanism is not clear. To gain a better understanding of the role of gL in EBVmediated fusion, chimeric proteins were made using rhesus lymphocryptovirus (Rh-LCV) gL (Rh gL), which shares a high sequence homology with EBV gL but does not complement EBV gL in mediating fusion with B cells. A reduction in fusion activity was observed with chimeric gL proteins that contained the amino terminus of Rh gL, although they retained their ability to process ...

During human placentation, mononuclear cytotrophoblasts fuse to form a multinucleated syncytia ensuring hormonal production and nutrient exchanges between the maternal and fetal circulation. Syncytia formation is essential for the maintenance of pregnancy and for fetal growth. The trophoblast cell fusion process first requires the acquisition of cell fusion properties, then cells set up plasma membrane protein macrocomplexes and fusogen machinery that trigger cellecell fusion. Numerous proteins have been shown to be directly involved in the initiation of trophoblast cell fusion. These proteins must expressed at the right time and in the right place to trigger cellecell fusion. In this review, we describe the role of certain fusogenic protein macrocomplexes that form the scaffold for the fusogen machinery underlying human trophoblastic-lipid mixing and merging of cell contents that lead to cell fusion in physiological conditions.

Cell-cell fusion is critical for the conception, development, and physiology of multicellular organisms. Although cellular fusogenic proteins and the actin cytoskeleton are implicated in cell-cell fusion, it remains unclear whether and how they coordinate to promote plasma membrane fusion. We reconstituted a high-efficiency, inducible cell fusion culture system in the normally nonfusing Drosophila S2R+ cells. Both fusogenic proteins and actin cytoskeletal rearrangements were necessary for cell fusion, and in combination they were sufficient to impart fusion competence. Localized actin polymerization triggered by specific cell-cell or cell-matrix adhesion molecules propelled invasive cell membrane protrusions, which in turn promoted fusogenic protein engagement and plasma membrane fusion. This de novo cell fusion culture system reveals a general role for actin-propelledinvasive membrane protrusions in driving fusogenic protein engagement during cell-cell fusion.. ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Drosophila Myoblast Fusion. T2 - Invasion and Resistance for the Ultimate Union. AU - Lee, Donghoon M.. AU - Chen, Elizabeth H.. N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants R01 AR053173 and R01 GM098816, an American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar Award to E.H.C. D.M.L. is supported by a Canadian Institute of Health Research postdoctoral fellowship. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Annual Reviews Inc.. All rights reserved.. PY - 2019. Y1 - 2019. N2 - Cell-cell fusion is indispensable for creating life and building syncytial tissues and organs. Ever since the discovery of cell-cell fusion, how cells join together to form zygotes and multinucleated syncytia has remained a fundamental question in cell and developmental biology. In the past two decades, Drosophila myoblast fusion has been used as a powerful genetic model to unravel mechanisms underlying cell-cell ...

Myoblast fusion in has turned into a powerful genetic system with which to unravel the mechanisms underlying cell fusion. intermediates and specific membrane events at sites of fusion. With this chapter we describe standard chemical fixation and high-pressure freezing/freeze substitution methods for visualizing fusion intermediates during myoblast fusion. Furthermore we describe an immunoelectron microscopic method for localizing specific proteins relative Omecamtiv mecarbil to the fusion apparatus. is definitely functionally equivalent to vertebrate skeletal muscle mass yet the take flight musculature is much simpler and requires only a short time to develop (1). These features together with the great genetic tools available for embryo happens between two types of muscle mass cells: muscle mass founder cells and fusion-competent myoblasts (2 3 Muscle mass founder cells determine the position orientation and size of the future muscle mass materials whereas fusion-competent myoblasts migrate ...

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Skeletal muscle formation depends on the fusion of mononucleated myoblasts into multinucleated myotubes. Myoblast fusion is also the basis of muscle growth and repair during postnatal life. The ability of myoblasts to fuse and thereby inject their nucleus into existing muscle fibers led to several preclinical and clinical trials aimed at treating both muscle and non-muscle-related disorders. Identifying the pattern of events that induce myoblast differentiation and their commitment to fuse would benefit the search for improving myoblast-based therapies.. Using primary myoblast cultures derived from single human satellite cells (Baroffio et al., 1993), we have previously shown that membrane potential and the biophysical properties of specific ionic channels are important actors in the fusion process. We found that human myoblasts hyperpolarize before fusion through the sequential expression of two different K+ channels, ether-à-go-go (EAG) K+ channels (Bijlenga et al., 1998; Occhiodoro et al., ...

We are pursuing three projects that extend from our interests in the development of tissues and the innovative application of light microscopy to biology: Developmental cell fusion, Second-harmonic generation microscopy, and Genome-wide imaging of C. elegans development. Developmental Cell Fusion Formation of multinucleate syncytia (giant cells) is essential to the development and regeneration of human skeletal muscle, and is key to fertilization and the formation of various specialized cell types in many species. Yet the mechanism by which fusing cells recognize each other and merge their membranes is poorly understood. We use genetics and microscopy in the nematode worm C. elegans to study the mechanisms by which cells fuse during this animals development. Our recent studies of the unique cell-fusion protein EFF-1 indicate that the molecular machinery of cell fusion has been re-invented during evolution of different cell types and divergent organisms. We are also investigating the mechanism ...

The Chen lab studies mechanisms underlying cell-cell fusion, a fundamental cellular process in the conception, development and physiology of multicellular organisms. We approach this question using a multifaceted approach including genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, live imaging, super-resolution microscopy and electron microscopy. Starting with a forward genetic screen in Drosophila, we have identified multiple evolutionarily conserved core components of the myoblast fusion signaling cascade, and, more importantly, discovered a novel cellular mechanism underlying myoblast fusion. We show that myoblast fusion is an asymmetric process in which one cell invades its fusion partner using actin-propelled membrane protrusions to promote fusion pore formation. Building on insights we learned from myoblast fusion in vivo, we have reconstituted high-efficiency cell-cell fusion in an otherwise non-fusogenic, non-muscle cell line and uncovered a previously unrecognized function for the ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Two genes required for cell fusion during yeast conjugation. T2 - evidence for a pheromone-induced surface protein.. AU - Trueheart, J.. AU - Boeke, J. D.. AU - Fink, G. R.. PY - 1987/7. Y1 - 1987/7. N2 - We characterized two genes, FUS1 and FUS2, which are required for fusion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells during conjugation. Mutations in these genes lead to an interruption of the mating process at a point just before cytoplasmic fusion; the partition dividing the mating pair remains undissolved several hours after the cells have initially formed a stable prezygote. Fusion is only moderately impaired when the two parents together harbor one or two mutant fus genes, and it is severely compromised only when three or all four fus genes are inactivated. Cloning of FUS1 and FUS2 revealed that they share some functional homology; FUS1 on a high-copy number plasmid can partially suppress a fus2 mutant, and vice versa. FUS1 remains essentially unexpressed in vegetative cells, but ...

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Using gene KO experiments, we uncovered the crucial function of MymX, MymK, and MRF regulators during human myoblast differentiation and fusion. With these unique gene KO reagents, we also carefully compared the fusogenic activities of human and mouse MymX/MymK orthologs. Contrary to a protein homology-assisted prediction, human MymK, instead of MymX, showed higher activities compared with their mouse orthologs. Even in the absence of MymX, MymK protein can induce low-level myoblast fusion in a dosage-dependent manner. Future endeavors are needed to study the biochemical basis underlying the functional gain of human MymK protein.. MymX and MymK expression ought to be tightly controlled for proper multinucleations of myoblasts in coordination with differentiation program. Our functional studies of MyoD, MyoG, and other MRFs highlight the distinct contributions of these factors in governing human myoblast fusion. Specifically, MyoD is essential and sufficient to transactivate the fusion program. ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Transplanted hematopoietic stem cells are a promising vehicle for treatment of disease. Recently, cell fusion between bone marrow-derived cells (BMDC) and extra-hematopoietic cells has been demonstrated in both tissue regeneration and tumorigenesis, although the physiologic fate of these cells has not been determined. Our long-range research goal is to understand the role of BMDC fusion in tissue regeneration and tumorigenesis. This application is designed to characterize donor and host contributions to fusion between BMDCs and intestinal tumor epithelium, and to determine if cell fusion plays a direct role in tumor progression. Based upon the observation that myeloid progenitor cells fuse with differentiated hepatocytes, we will identify the discrete subset of BMDCs that is competent to fuse with intestinal epithelium. Next, we will define components of the host environment that synergistically act to optimize fusion between the two cell types. Finally, we ...

Human rectal tumor-18 (HRT-18) cell clones 3F3, 3E3, D2, and 4B3 exhibited differences in cellular morphology in Giemsa-stained cultures and developing monolayers. Differences were evident in growth kinetics and plating efficiency of each clone. The clones produced colonies in soft agar, demonstrating anchorage independence. Cytopathic expression (CPE) including cytoplasmic vacuolization and cell fusion occurred in BCV-L9-infected clones 3F3, D2, and 3E3. Cell fusion was inapparent in clone 4B3. Bovine coronavirus strain L9 (BCV-L9) and 5 wild-type isolates replicated in HRT-18 cells, inducing cell fusion. Strain L9, exclusively, replicated in D2BFS cells, requiring trypsin to induce cell fusion. Strain L9 produced plaques in the HRT-18 clones, but the ease of plaque formation and plaque morphology was host cell dependent. Host cell-dependent plaque formation was demonstrated by wild-type BCV strains, and plaque morphology was strain dependent. The intensity of trypsin enhancement of CPE and plaque

We are looking for a cell fusion library containig characterised human chromosomes e.g. chromosome 1 or 2 etc. Could anybody provide this, or give a source for it ? Please reply to the eMail address indicated below (I will post it afterwards to the discussion group) -- ********************************************* * Silvio Hemmi, PhD * Molecular Biology I * University of Zuerich * ETH-Hoenggerberg, HPM D5 * CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland * Tel +41/1/633 24 93 * eMail hemmi at molbiol.unizh.ch ...

The possibility that isomerization controls the fusion activity was tested by analysing Mo‐MLV fusion and infectivity under conditions that either inhibited or induced isomerization. The fusion was studied as virus‐induced polykaryon formation in XC cells (fusion‐from‐without). Fusion of cell‐bound virus is induced by incubation at 37°C and terminated by pH 3.0 treatment. In confluent cultures (Figure 6A), the fusion will merge cells, and with time these will rearrange into polykaryons (Figure 6B). Preliminary testing demonstrated that TN/1.8 mM Ca2+ supported fusion as effectively as DMEM (data not shown). Therefore, TN/1.8 mM Ca2+ was used as the control condition. The time course of the fusion process is shown in Figure 6C.. We first studied the effect that alkylation‐mediated inhibition of isomerization had on fusion. To avoid adverse effects due to alkylation of internal viral proteins, we used the membrane‐impermeant reagents M135 and MTSET. We observed a ...

Examination under anesthesia to determine the degree of fixed contractures, physical therapy and continuous use of a passive motion machine, protected weight bearing, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications have been reported methods of nonoperative management. (Segaren, 2014) Aggressive surgical release (Roy 1988) and hinged hip distraction (Thacker 2005) may be needed in recalcitrant cases. The clinical course is variable. Some hips will progress to end stage arthritis or even spontaneous fusion, whereas others may completely heal. (Bleck 1983 ...

PRR determinants controlling cell-to-cell and virus-to-cell fusion thresholds.As inferred from the results of syncytium assays, MLV-4070A glycoproteins harboring mutations in the PRR, such as PROMO, PROFR, A2, and A3, appeared more readily fusogenic in cell-to-cell fusion assays and thus seemed more reactive than wild-type amphotropic envelopes. They may thus require fewer PiT-2 amphotropic receptors to trigger their cell-to-cell fusogenicity. To test the relationship between increased fusogenicity and requirements for PiT-2 receptor molecules, we compared cell-to-cell fusion to either XC or XC-A-ST cells. In the latter, constitutive expression of an interfering amphotropic BD reduced the number of available functional PiT-2 receptors as demonstrated by the reduced capacities of either PROMO or MLV-4070A envelope glycoproteins to bind XC-A-ST cells compared to that of parental XC cells (see Fig. 5A). As expected, this resulted in an inhibition of fusion of XC-A-ST cells through cell-to-cell ...

Virus-cell and cell-cell fusion.: Significant progress has been made in elucidating the mechanisms of viral membrane fusion proteins; both those that function a

The classical method of producing diagnostic and therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is to fuse Ab-producing B-cells with cancerous mouse cells (hybridoma technology). The product of this cellular fusion serves as a source for the production of mAbs in vitro or in vivo. In either case large numbers of animals (i.e. syngeneic mice for in vivo production) or large amounts of animal products (fetal calf serum for in vitro production) are required. In addition, the syngeneic mice are, depending on the treatment and the type of adjuvants applied, often exposed to high physical stress. In addition, if these mAb would be used in humans they would have to be engineered to contain only human DNA-sequences in their framework (humanization). We would like to replace these cumbersome and - in terms of animals sacrificed or fetal calf serum consumed - very intense procedures by a technology which starts directly with the immunological profile of human antigen-specific B-cells to produce pure human ...

Larionova N., Samosudova N., N.Reutov, The possible of L-glutamate and nitric oxide in frog cerebellum cellular fusion and neuronal net functional control // 2-nd International Conference on Glia 1, Interfaces in the Nervous Systems: Development and Repair, Uppsala, Sweden. 2001. p.25 ...

An analysis of the R18 fusion assay was made during the fusion of the Sendai virus with erythrocyte ghosts. The increase in R18 fluorescence, reflecting the interaction process, was evaluated in terms of the different processes that in principle may contribute to this increase, that is, monomeric probe transfer, hemifusion, and complete fusion. To this end, the kinetics of the R18-labeled lipid mixing were compared to those obtained with an assay in which the fusion-monitoring probe, eosin-maleimide, was attached to the viral surface proteins. The experiments relied on the use of native and fusion-inactive viruses and studies involving viral and target membranes that were modified by the incorporation of the lysophospholipid. The total dequenching signal detected in the R18 assay consists of components from probe transferred without fusion and from fusion itself. At 37 degrees C, the initial rate of dequenching (within two minutes) was predominately from the probe diluted by fusion with little

In this paper, a myoblast fusion defect was attributed to mutation of the Drosophila melanogaster paramyosin gene. We now show that the fusion defect instead apparently arises from the TM3 balancer chromosome. Experiments subsequent to publication using a TM3-containing line that lacked a paramyosin mutation suggested that we had mis-identified balancer chromosome-containing individuals before the late embryonic stage as paramyosin mutant homozygotes (prm1/prm1). By using a lacZ-expressing version of TM3, staining experiments unambiguously identified young prm1 homozygotes and showed them all to lack the fusion defect, implying that the fusion defect is due to the presence of the TM3 chromosome. We have not tested whether this is a homozygous or heterozygous effect of TM3. The apparent rescue of the fusion defect by the wild-type paramyosin transgene is presumably due to the absence of the TM3 chromosome, instead of the presence of the paramyosin transgene. We conclude that embryos identified as ...

Podosomes and Invasive Protrusions. Our genetic and cell biological studies led to the discovery of an actin-enriched podosome-like structure (PLS) at the site of Drosophila myoblast fusion. The PLS is only generated in one of the two fusing cells (attacking cell). It projects finger-like invasive protrusions into the receiving cell, increasing membrane contact area and facilitating membrane juxtaposition and fusion. The one-sided PLS invasion makes the site of fusion an asymmetric structure, which we termed the asymmetric fusogenic synapse. Similar invasive protrusions mediate the induced fusion of cultured Drosophila non-muscle cells, and the fusion of mammalian myoblasts, osteoclasts and macrophages. Thus, invasive protrusions are used as a conserved and general mechanism to promote cell-cell fusion.. ...

Cell fusion is known to underlie key developmental processes in humans and is postulated to contribute to tissue maintenance and even carcinogenesis. The mechanistic details of cell fusion, especially between different cell types, have been difficult

In this in vitro model of hepatocyte multinucleation, separate cultures of rat Clone 9 cells are labeled with either red or green cell tracker dyes (Red Cell Tracker CMPTX or Vybrant CFDA SE Cell Tracer), plated together in mixed‐color colonies, and treated with positive or negative control agents for 4 days

The large regions of DNA that can be cloned in yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) are ideal for expression studies of the complex genes and gene clusters found in the mammalian genome. Such studies...

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Two haploid cells fuse to form a diploid cell which has all genetic info for forming new organism, must have same set of genetic info if organism is to resemble parents, mitosis ensures cell divides to give identical group of cells ...

Jamb and Jamc are an essential cell surface receptor pair that interact to drive fusion between muscle precursor cells during zebrafish development.

The Fleischmann-Pons press conference was 30 years ago this month! I didnt pay much attention to it at the time---I was, after all, in preschool---and then I heard hardly a word about cold fusion in college, or in physics grad school, or as a professional physicist. Finally, a few years ago, I was surprised to…

The Fleischmann-Pons press conference was 30 years ago this month! I didnt pay much attention to it at the time---I was, after all, in preschool---and then I heard hardly a word about cold fusion in college, or in physics grad school, or as a professional physicist. Finally, a few years ago, I was surprised to…

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Aguilar, P.S., Baylies, M.K., Fleissner, A., Helming, L., Inoue, N., Podbilewicz, B., Wang, H., and Wong, M. (2013). Genetic basis of cell-cell fusion mechanisms. Trends in genetics : TIG 29, 427-437 ...

All of the presentations for Inclusion Fusion are available on-demand. Anyone who registers for the Web Summit will be able to access any presentation during Inclusion Fusion at any time during the conference. Each of the presentations has been pre-recorded. While most of our faculty will be available at designated times during the conference for…

Plays a role in myoblast fusion; probable mediator of endocytic recycling for membrane trafficking events during myotube formation.

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The first thing to try if you have an electrical problem is to reseat the appropriate fuse. If youre not sure which fuse it is, just reseat them all. It is not uncommon for a fuse to work its way loose while off-roading. Just push down on the fuse with your finger. For the ones that are a tight fit, the eraser end of a pencil works well.. If a fuse has blown you can use that yellow thingie to pull it out and then insert a new one. You do have a spare right? Image 6 shows what a good fuse and a blown fuse look like. A fuse can look good though and still be blown. The only definitive test is using a multimeter.. I hate to have to mention this, but I see it happen so often. Do not replace a 10 amp fuse with a 20 amp fuse. That 10 amp rating on the fuse is not a suggestion, its a requirement. Putting in overrated fuses risks starting a bonfire, and instead of marshmallows, youll be roasting your Jeep.. If you have a new Jeep and have not done so, you should reseat all of the fuses and relays. It ...

p120 colocalizes with Arm in other tissues. (A-D) Stage 15. p120 (red); Arm (green). Arm is enriched in fusion cells (red arrows). (E) p120-GFP. (F and G) Sta

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Multinucleated giant cells (MGCs), formed from macrophage fusion, occur as a consequence of a number of pathological conditions in the body. MGC formation can be particularly destructive to synthetic implants, as it etches their surface, and could lead to implant failure. Despite significant research into macrophage fusion, there are many underlying molecular events that are still unknown, and there are currently no systems that allow in vitro visualization of this process in living specimens. This is because there are no surfaces that promote macrophage fusion while maintaining the necessary optical properties for advanced imaging. Studies to determine the mechanisms modulating the formation and function of MGCs are needed, not only to identify ways to curb its destructive nature but also to better understand giant cell biology.. Researchers at Arizona State University and their collaborators developed a novel surface coating that promotes high rates of macrophage fusion and formation of ...

Because stem cells are often found to improve repair tissue including heart without evidence of engraftment or differentiation, mechanisms underlying wound healing are still elusive. Several studies have reported that stem cells can fuse with cardiomyocytes either by permanent or partial cell fusion processes. However, the respective physiological impact of these two processes remains unknown in part because of the lack of knowledge of the resulting hybrid cells. To further characterize cell fusion, we cocultured mouse fully differentiated cardiomyocytes with human multipotent adipose-derived stem (hMADS) cells as a model of adult stem cells. We found that heterologous cell fusion promoted cardiomyocyte reprogramming back to a progenitor-like state. The resulting hybrid cells expressed early cardiac commitment and proliferation markers such as GATA-4, myocyte enhancer factor 2C, Nkx2.5, and Ki67 and exhibited a mouse genotype. Interestingly, human bone marrow-derived stem cells shared similar

TY - JOUR. T1 - An actin-based protrusion originating from a podosome-enriched region initiates macrophage fusion. AU - Faust, James J.. AU - Balabiyev, Arnat. AU - Heddleston, John M.. AU - Podolnikova, Nataly P.. AU - Baluch, D. Page. AU - Chew, Teng Leong. AU - Ugarova, Tatiana P.. PY - 2019/8/1. Y1 - 2019/8/1. N2 - Macrophage fusion resulting in the formation of multinucleated giant cells occurs in a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases, yet the mechanism responsible for initiating this process is unknown. Here, we used live cell imaging to show that actin-based protrusions at the leading edge initiate macrophage fusion. Phase-contrast video microscopy demonstrated that in the majority of events, short protrusions (∼3 µm) between two closely apposed cells initiated fusion, but occasionally we observed long protrusions (∼12 µm). Using macrophages isolated from LifeAct mice and imaging with lattice light sheet microscopy, we further found that fusion-competent protrusions formed at ...

A number of aromatic mono- and bis-amidines are capable ofblocking cell fusion induced by Respiratory Syncytial (RS) virus.Suitable amidino compounds include those selected from the groupconsisting of 1-4-di(4-amidino-phenoxy)-2-butanol;bis(5-amidino-2-benzimidazolyl)methane;1,2-bis(5-amidino-2-benzimidazolyl)ethane; 5-amidino-indole;5-amidinobenzimidazole,

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As for most cell-cell fusion events, the molecular details of membrane fusion during yeast mating are poorly understood. The multipass membrane protein Prm1 is the only known component that acts at the step of bilayer fusion. In its absence, mutant mating pairs lyse or arrest in the mating reaction with tightly apposed plasma membranes. We show that deletion of FIG 1, which controls pheromone-induced Ca(2+) influx, yields similar cell fusion defects. Although extracellular Ca(2+) is not required for efficient cell fusion of wild-type cells, cell fusion in prm1 mutant mating pairs is dramatically reduced when Ca(2+) is removed. This enhanced fusion defect is due to lysis. Time-lapse microscopy reveals that fusion and lysis events initiate with identical kinetics, suggesting that both outcomes result from engagement of the fusion machinery. The yeast synaptotagmin orthologue and Ca(2+) binding protein Tcb3 has a role in reducing lysis of prm1 mutants, which opens the possibility that the observed ...

Although enveloped viruses canonically mediate particle entry through virus-cell fusion, certain viruses can spread by cell-cell fusion, brought about by receptor engagement and triggering of membrane-bound, viral-encoded fusion proteins on the surface of cells. The formation of pathogenic syncytia or multinucleated cells is seen in vivo, but their contribution to viral pathogenesis is poorly understood. For the negative-strand paramyxoviruses respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Nipah virus (NiV), cell-cell spread is highly efficient because their oligomeric fusion protein complexes are active at neutral pH. The recently emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has also been reported to induce syncytia formation in infected cells, with the spike protein initiating cell-cell fusion. Whilst it is well established that fusion protein-specific antibodies can block particle attachment and/or entry into the cell (canonical virus neutralization), their capacity to inhibit cell

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The Karlsruhe International School on Fusion Technologies has been held since 2007 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, formerly Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe). It started as the Fusion Summer School, with the aim of expanding the knowledge of young international scientists on the process of nuclear fusion. Leading scientists from KIT as well as international partners lead the program lectures. The annual Karlsruhe International School on Fusion Technologies gives an overview on key fusion technologies, their current status, and on long term R&D-particularly in view of the next step beyond ITER, the demonstration power station DEMO. The next International School will take place on line (due to the COVID-19 situation) from 30 September to 8 October 2020. Click here for all information.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission takes place primarily through cell-cell contacts known as virological synapses. Formation of these transient adhesions between infected and uninfected cells can lead to transmission of viral particles followed by separation of the cells. Alternatively, the cells can fuse, thus forming a syncytium. Tetraspanins, small scaffolding proteins that are enriched in HIV-1 virions and actively recruited to viral assembly sites, have been found to negatively regulate HIV-1 Env-induced cell-cell fusion. How these transmembrane proteins inhibit membrane fusion, however, is currently not known. As a first step towards elucidating the mechanism of fusion repression by tetraspanins, e.g., CD9 and CD63, we sought to identify the stage of the fusion process during which they operate. Using a chemical epistasis approach, four fusion inhibitors were employed in tandem with CD9 overexpression. Cells overexpressing CD9 were found to be sensitized to inhibitors

Common themes are emerging from the study of viral, cell-cell, intracellular, and liposome fusion. Viral and cellular membrane fusion events are mediated by fusion proteins or fusion machines. Viral fusion proteins share important characteristics, notably a fusion peptide within a transmembrane-anchored polypeptide chain. At least one protein involved in a cell-cell fusion reaction resembles viral fusion proteins. Components of intracellular fusion machines are utilized in multiple membrane trafficking events and are conserved through evolution. Fusion pores develop during and intracellular fusion events suggesting similar mechanisms for many, if not all, fusion events. ...

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The present study demonstrates that Ito1 introduced into freshly isolated guinea pig myocytes by cell fusion substantially changes the early repolarization phase and abbreviates action potential duration. The role of Ito1 in the action potential has been previously assessed indirectly by comparison of Ito1 densities and action potentials throughout the layers of the myocardial wall (ie, humans,24 25 dogs,29 30 31 cats,32 rats,33 and rabbits34 ) or in disease states such as hypertrophy and heart failure.1 2 3 To further elucidate the role of Ito1, Ito1 has been blocked pharmacologically, knocked out by dominant-negative constructs, or artificially introduced into heart failure cells with brief repolarizing current pulses.2 6 33 35 However, K+ channel blockers such as 4-aminopyridine also exhibit nonspecific effects,33 current pulses may lack physiological current kinetics, and previous knockout studies were limited by changes of gene expression during cell culture6 or adaptive upregulation of ...

Myoblast implantation is a unique, patented technology of muscle regeneration being tested in Phase III clinical trials of muscular dystrophy, ischemic cardiomyopathy, Phase II trial of cancer, and Phase I trial of Type II diabetes. Differentiated and committed, myoblasts are not stem cells. Implanted myoblasts fuse spontaneously among themselves, replenishing genetically normal myofibers. They also fuse with genetically abnormal myofibers of muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, or Type II diabetes, transferring their nuclei containing the normal human genome to provide stable, long-term expression of the missing gene products. They develop to become cardiomyocytes in the infracted myocardium. Myoblasts transduced with VEGF165 allow concomitant regeneration of blood capillaries and myofibers. They are potent biologics for treating heart failure, ischemic cardiomyopathy, diabetic ischemia, erectile dysfunction, and baldness. Myoblasts, because of their small size, spindle shape, and

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This work demonstrates that virion-associated HLA-C molecules, when present on cells expressing gp120/gp41, significantly enhance fusion efficiency and pseudovirus transduction. Our conclusions are supported by the following findings: a) CHO cells co-expressing HIV-1 gp120/gp41 and human HLA-C fuse more rapidly and produce larger syncytia than the original CHO-gp120/gp41 cells from which they are derived; b) transient transfection of gp120/gp41 from different primary isolates in CHO cells co-expressing HLA-C results in a significant increase in fusion; c) silencing of HLA-C in human cell lines expressing HIV-1 gp120/gp41 of R5 and X4 tropic strains, significantly suppresses fusion, d) pseudoviruses produced in HLA-C silenced 293T cells display a significant reduction of infectivity; e) the fusion enhancement property of HLA-C is specific for HIV-1 Env, since a virus pseudotyped with the G envelope protein of VSV is not influenced by the presence of HLA-C.. The effect of HLA-C on fusion was ...

Our present study has shown that the epitopes for MAbs 6-7 and 21-1 are cryptic in the cell surface-localized native WR F protein. By contrast, they are exposed on the surface-localized native L22P. Importantly, both the epitopes are also exposed on the Se-L22P mutant, an uncleaved form of L22P, which does not induce cell fusion unless it is cleaved by acetylated trypsin. Therefore, the epitopes for MAbs 6-7 and 21-1 seem readily exposed on the surface-localized L22P before undergoing conformational changes that lead to cell fusion. We have therefore concluded that there is a striking difference in the native (prefusion) conformation between nonfusogenic WR F protein and its fusogenic mutant, L22P. It should be stressed, however, that our present data do not exclude the possibility that the MAb epitopes may also be present in the postfusion conformation of L22P.. The epitopes for MAbs 6-7 and 21-1 in the WR F protein could be exposed by heating at 47°C as efficiently as could those in L22P ...

Abstract: The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection in Wuhan, China has posed a serious threat to global public health. To develop specific anti-coronavirus therapeutics and prophylactics, the molecular mechanism that underlies viral infection must first be defined. Therefore, we herein established a SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein-mediated cell-cell fusion assay and found that SARS-CoV-2 showed a superior plasma membrane fusion capacity compared to that of SARS-CoV. We solved the X-ray crystal structure of six-helical bundle (6-HB) core of the HR1 and HR2 domains in the SARS-CoV-2 S protein S2 subunit, revealing that several mutated amino acid residues in the HR1 domain may be associated with enhanced interactions with the HR2 domain. We previously developed a pan-coronavirus fusion inhibitor, EK1, which targeted the HR1 domain and could inhibit infection by divergent human coronaviruses tested, including SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Here we generated a series ...

Introduction to Virus Structure Tutorial Jonathan King, Peter Weigele, Greg Pintilie, David Gossard (MIT) v.November, 2008 Virus Structure • Size †• Basic shape ††• 17 nm †3000 nm diameter Rod-like “Spherical” Protective Shell - Capsid †Made of many identical protein subunits †Symmetrically organized †50% of weight †Enveloped or non-enveloped • Genomic material †DNA or RNA †Single- or double-stranded Virus Structure • Virus capsids function in: †Packaging and protecting nucleic acid †Host cell recognition • Protein on coat or envelope “feels” or “recognizes” host cell receptors †Genomic material delivery • Enveloped: cell fusion event • Non-enveloped: more complex strategies & specialized structures Electron Microscopy Mitra, K. & Frank, J., 2006. Ribosome dynamics: insights from atomic structure modeling into cryo-electron microscopy maps. Annual review of ...

Author: Ngatchou, A. N. et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Published in Print: 2010-10-26; Title: Role of the synaptobrevin C terminus in fusion pore formation.

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The ability of cancer to adapt renders it one of the most challenging pathologies of all time. It is the most dreaded pathological entity because of its capacity to metastasize to distant sites in the body, and 90% of all cancer-related deaths recorded to date are attributed to metastasis. Currently, three main theories have been proposed to explain the metastatic pathway of cancer: the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) hypothesis (1), the cancer stem cell hypothesis (2), and the macrophage-cancer cell fusion hybrid hypothesis (3). We propose a new hypothesis, i.e., under the effect of particular biochemical and/or physical stressors, cancer cells can undergo nuclear expulsion with subsequent macrophage engulfment and fusion, with the formation of cancer fusion cells (CFCs). The existence of CFCs, if confirmed, would represent a novel metastatic pathway and a shift in the extant dogma of cancer; consequently, new treatment targets would be ...

days in Clicks medium with 0.5% NMS and then placed in IL-2 for 3 days to expand. T cell clones and lines can be successfully fused following an analogous schedule, in this case the clone or line is set up in a standard re-stimulation flask with 5.0 X 105 T cells, 2.0 X 107 irradiated NOD spleen cells in 20 ml DMEM/10% FBS with 50U/ml IL-2. The cultures are incubated for four days at which point they are subjected to Lympholyte M separation and culture for 3 days in 50 U/ml IL-2, the cells are then counted and washed as below.. Hybrid cells are selected by culturing the fused cells in hypoxanthine/aminopterin/thymidine (HAT). The aminopterin component of HAT inhibits a key enzyme in purine and ...

The toroids arrive at the decay chamber where fusion continues for one microsecond. The intense gravity by the iron and the precision fittings cause fusion during a stimulated insertion of photons. During this fusion, charged particles encounter a disc of iron which acts as a gyroscope which both repels the deuterium, and it also put a braking action on the rpms so that an external load is magnetically coupling for external electrical generation. The population inversion created during this process allow internal heat to pump the stimulated emission and gravitational dynamics to start fusion. Once it starts, a self limiting feedback maintains a quasistatic equilibrium to last for the entire microsecond. Laser and gravitational stimulation of dynamic fusion factors enable for a happy outcome ...

The current results are consistent with previous observations made in our laboratory3,19,20 in which an enriched population of c-kit-positive BMCs regenerated the infarcted myocardium. Similarly, BMCs and endothelial progenitor cells improve cardiac function in humans.4,6-12 So far, only one negative study has been reported.5 Moreover, a variety of bone marrow-derived cells capable of differentiating into the cardiac myogenic lineage have been described.3,10,17,18,20,29,30 It is therefore, difficult to reconcile our findings and the clinical and experimental studies with the claim made recently.13,14 The most likely possibility is a technical difference in the experimental protocol, identity of the therapeutic cell(s), tissue preparation, and immunocytochemical analysis of the myocardium.. The utilization of frozen tissue samples13,14 has severe limitations in terms of the quality of the sections, immunolabeling, and microscopic resolution. The infarct is rarely preserved in frozen sections. ...

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When the team added NO to cells but blocked production of cGMP, a known mediator of NO signaling, fusion was inhibited in a cGMP-reversible manner. Significantly, prolonged exposure of the myoblasts to a nonhydrolysable analogue of cGMP induced the formation of abnormally large muscle fibers in culture. A similar effect was not observed with extended exposure to an NO donor. ...

If there is any sort of financial, climatic and/or conflict-based interruptions to the industrial infrastructure, I have to wonder whether that will be a very sudden end to what we think of as a modern life, because it just doesnt seem possible to me to re-manufacture, e.g., an oil-rig without an initial input of energy to do it, and without the oil-rigs wed not be able to drill down 5 miles under the sea where the oil is these days. It was easy when humans started down this route of burning fossil fuels because the stuff was just laying there in pools on the surface! Imagine that over again, and we didnt have that to start with. How far would we have got if all the oil had been 5 miles under the seabed ...

Alternative splicing (the process during gene expression that generates multiple proteins from a single gene) plays an important role in many developmental processes. In muscle formation, it has been known that this process occurs in multiple genes when muscle cells called myoblasts fuse to become fibers called myotubes; however, not much is known about the…

Author: Lindau, M. et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Published in Print: 1995-08; Open Access; Title: Structure and function of fusion pores in exocytosis and ectoplasmic membrane fusion.

Nuclear fusion is when the nuclei of a pair or more of atoms become fused together. The fusion of the atoms releases large amounts of energy. Nuclear fusion is what powers stars in space and has also been achieved within a human laboratory. While nuclear fusion could hypothetically be used as a source of terrestrial power, this has proven to be quite difficult. Surrounding each atom is a positively charged field known as the electrostatic force that tends to repel other atoms away before a pair of atoms can become close enough for their nuclei to fuse. It requires massive amounts of energy to overcome the repulsion of the electrostatic forces between neighboring atoms. Although the development of a nuclear fusion reactor has been a high priority for many governments around the world for many decades, nuclear fusion reactions being carried out in a laboratory have yet to result in a sustainable fusion chain reaction as it seems to require more energy to cause atoms to fuse than what is actually ...

A PSYOP fusion team would have similar attributes. It should have specialized and timely if not real time intelligence as well as specialized media intelligence that Ive described in previous postings. It should also have the latest in IO capabilities such as those for CNA and mobile phone PSYOP. The team should also include native speakers who can be employed in real time and that are deployable should it be necessary to execute PSYOP from forward locations ...

Embryonic stem (ES) cells have the ability to self‐renew, execute multiple lineage paths, and dominantly reprogram differentiated cells upon cell fusion

An investigation was conducted to study the nuclear design aspects of using very low activation materials, such as SiC, MgO, and aluminum for fusion reactor first wall, blanket, and shield applications. In addition to the advantage of very low radioactive inventory, it was found that the very low activation fusion reactor can also offer an adequate tritium breeding ratio and substantial amount of blanket nuclear heating as a conventional material structured reactor does. The most stringent design constraint found in a very low activation fusion reactor is the limited space available in the inboard region of a tokamak concept for shielding to protect the superconducting toroidal field coil. A reference design was developed which mitigates the constraint by adopting a removable tungsten shield design that retains the inboard dimensions and gives the same shield performance as the reference STARFIRE tokamak reactor design.. ...

but why is there no ABS even as an option on Fusion D ? I would have chosen this vehicle if it was with ABS but now a definite NO NO as I know the consequences of a high speed braking going bad for a

The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarton fusion reactor is set to come online in late November - when it will become the worlds largest nuclear fusion reactor.

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Readers of the National Book Award-winning, The Lives of a Cell, will remember that Thomas explication of evolutionary biology holds that scientific advancement requires an understanding of how biologic systems work and interact. Dr. Thomas grew up in the heyday of microbiology and immunology that spawned antibiotics and vaccines. He posits that molecular biology, through the technology of recombinant DNA and cell fusion, will unlock the age-old secrets of the cell; an underlying single mechanism for each of the chronic degenerative diseases will be discovered ...

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The most interesting thing about the HP dm1z, right off the bat, is that its the first netbook weve reviewed to feature AMDs Fusion APU, and HP equips the dm1z standard with the most powerful one in the lineup. The AMD E-350 comes with dual 1.6GHz Bobcat cores, 1MB of L2 cache (no L3), along with a Radeon HD 6310 GPU integrated into the processor die. The HD 6310 is more or less an on-die Radeon HD 5450, with 80 DirectX 11-class stream processors in AMDs VLIW5 configuration and clocked at 500MHz.. The E-350 features a single 64-bit DDR3 memory channel capable of supporting up to two DIMMs for a total of 8GB of RAM. The whole shebang has a TDP rated at 18 watts, which may seem like a lot until you remember the IGP is built into the processor instead of the Northbridge, and instead of having a Northbridge+Southbridge combo as is traditional for AMD, the E-350 requires only the Hudson FCH, a tiny chip that includes just enough SATA, USB, and PCI Express connectivity to get by. Besides, TDP ...

The researchers netted a 50% reduction in energy loss with the nuclear fusion project, taking us one step closer to a future of unlimited clean energy.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found a way to keep plasma in nuclear fusion reactors stable and prevent temperature and density levels from careening up and down.