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Article: P75 neurotrophin receptor is sequestered in the Golgi apparatus of the U-87 MG human glioblastoma cell line.
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ABSTRACT: The P75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) is a cell surface receptor that can induce apoptosis in many cell types. This receptor plays a major role in the development of the central nervous system and is expressed in some adult brain cells. Its implication in cell apoptosis or survival is probably of major importance in cellular homeostasis and thus p75NTR could be implicated in tumor resistance to death. In this study, we investigated the intracellular expression of p75NTR in a human glioblastoma cell line. Detection of p75NTR receptor in Golgi apparatus by immunofluorescence microscopy, or after Golgi apparatus extraction, could be correlated with a decrease of cell apoptosis leading cells to become tumorous. This hypothesis is supported by a loss of ligand-induced apoptosis in this cell line. Our observations show that p75NTR can be sequestered in the Golgi complex and could then be, in part, responsible for the cell resistance to apoptosis and for brain tumor formation.International Journal of Oncology 02/2011; 38(2):391-9. · 2.40 Impact Factor -
Article: Oncogramme, a new individualized tumor response testing method: application to colon cancer.
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ABSTRACT: Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in industrialized countries. Many anti-cancer researches are consequently performed and individualized tumor response testing (ITRT) methods are now used to individualize patient chemotherapeutic administrations. Then, a new ITRT method, Oncogramme, was developed for colon cancer. Colon tumor fragments from different patients were dissociated and seeded in a defined culture medium. Cell preparation process as well as culture medium allowed high cell viability and a good primary culture success rate. After treatment of isolated tumoral cells by chemotherapeutics alone or in combination, cytotoxicity was determined by cell death assay allowing the Oncogramme establishment, which was validated by statistical analysis. Indeed, significant results were obtained such as different profile for each patient's cells with various drugs, and variability between patient's cells in the response to each drug. Procedure described here to obtain the Oncogramme is a new, fast and technically reliable ITRT method applied to colon cancer. For an individualized cancer treatment use, this test should be further validated by a phase I clinical trial.Cytotechnology 10/2010; 62(5):381-8. · 1.21 Impact Factor -
Article: Oncogramme, a new promising method for individualized breast tumour response testing for cancer treatment.
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ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is the most widely spread cancer in the world, attracting much research and individualized tumour response testing (ITRT) methods are now used to individualize patient chemotherapeutic administrations. A new ITRT method was developed with optimized processing. Breast tumour fragments were separated and the cells seeded in a foetal calf serum-free defined medium. After various chemotherapeutic treatments, cytotoxicity was determined by cell death detection with calcein acetoxymethyl and ethidium homodimer labelling. The culture medium allowed breast tumour cell proliferation in culture, while preventing fibroblastic cell survival. Moreover, the cell death analysis gave rise to a chemoresistance profile called an Oncogramme, with statistically significant values. The Oncogramme is a new ITRT method which can predict patient cell sensitivities to chemotherapeutics and should be validated by a new phase I clinical trial.Anticancer research 01/2011; 31(1):139-45. · 1.73 Impact Factor -
Article: Glucocorticoids down-regulate lipopolysaccharide-induced de novo production of neurotensin mRNA in the rat hypothalamic, paraventricular, corticotrophin-releasing hormone neurons.
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ABSTRACT: Intraperitoneal injection of the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) produces inflammation accompanied by activation of the immune system and the secretion of cytokines. Cytokines stimulate the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to release the anti-inflammatory corticosterone which controls its own production by acting on the HPA axis. Upstream in the HPA axis are neuroendocrine corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons located in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN), whose multipeptidergic phenotype changes during inflammation: while CRH mRNA is up-regulated in these conditions, neurotensin (NT) mRNA expression is induced de novo. The negative feedback control of glucocorticoids on CRH production is well documented; however, their action on NT production in the PVN of the hypothalamus is poorly documented. The aim of this study was to determine if glucocorticoids modulate the de novo production of NT during inflammation. Using quantitative in situ hybridization histochemistry, we examined whether the absence (adrenalectomy) or excess (corticosterone implants) of glucocorticoids modulate de novo production of NT mRNA in the PVN during inflammation induced by LPS treatment. A relatively low dose of LPS (50 microg/kg) that is not efficient to induce NT mRNA production in the PVN becomes efficient after adrenalectomy. Moreover, corticosterone excess reduces LPS-induced production of NT mRNA in the PVN. Glucocorticoids exert a negative control on NT mRNA production in the PVN of the hypothalamus, and this effect requires that NT mRNA production be triggered, such as during inflammation.NeuroImmunoModulation 02/2006; 13(3):170-8. · 2.38 Impact Factor -
Article: Paraventricular nucleus neurons producing neurotensin after lipopolysaccharide treatment project to the median eminence.
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ABSTRACT: Inflammation consists in secretion of cytokines that stimulate the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to release the anti-inflammatory corticosterone. Upstream in this axis are corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) whose multipeptidergic phenotype changes: both corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNAs and neurotensin mRNAs are up-regulated. Combining in situ hybridization with a retrograde neuronal marker, we demonstrated that neurotensin-containing neurons in the paraventricular nucleus project to the median eminence.Brain Research 01/2005; 1030(2):294-6. · 2.73 Impact Factor
