scholarly journals An Investigation of the Expression of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Cell Receptor Gene ACE2 in a Wide Variety of Human Tissues

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengyuan Li ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Xiaosheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessel ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Digestive System ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Normal Tissues ◽  
Immune Signatures ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Abstract Background: The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has affected more than 72,000 people worldwide and caused more than 1,800 deaths so far. 2019-nCoV uses the angiotensinconverting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as the cell receptor to invade the human host and primarily causes pneumonia. Thus, ACE2 is the key to understanding the mechanism of 2019-nCoV infection. Methods: We compared ACE2 expression levels across 31 human normal tissues, between males and females, and between younger (ages <= 49 years) and older (ages > 49 years) persons in these tissues. We also investigated the correlations between ACE2 expression and immune signatures in various tissues. Results: ACE2 expression levels were the highest in small intestine, testis, kidney, heart, thyroid, and adipose tissue, and were the lowest in blood, spleen, bone marrow, brain, blood vessel, and muscle. In lungs, colon, liver, bladder, and adrenal gland, ACE2 showed the medium expression levels. ACE2 was not differentially expressed between males and females and between younger and older persons in any tissue. In skin, digestive system, brain, and blood vessel, ACE2 expression levels were positively associated with immune signatures in both males and females. In thyroid and lungs, ACE2 expression levels were positively and negatively associated with immune signatures in males and females, respectively.Conclusions: Our data provide potential cues for the 2019-nCoV epidemic may infect other tissues outside lungs, affect males and females and young and old persons equally, and old age and male are associated with higher mortality risk for 2019-nCoV infection.

scholarly journals An Investigation of the Expression of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Cell Receptor Gene ACE2 in a Wide Variety of Human Tissues

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengyuan Li ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Xiaosheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessel ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Digestive System ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Normal Tissues ◽  
Immune Signatures ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Abstract Background: The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has affected more than 72,000 people worldwide and caused more than 1,800 deaths so far. 2019-nCoV uses the angiotensinconverting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as the cell receptor to invade the human host and primarily causes pneumonia. Thus, ACE2 is the key to understanding the mechanism of 2019-nCoV infection.Methods: We compared ACE2 expression levels across 31 human normal tissues, between males and females, and between younger (ages £ 49 years) and older (ages > 49 years) persons in these tissues. We also investigated the correlations between ACE2 expression and immune signatures in various tissues.Results: ACE2 expression levels were the highest in small intestine, testis, kidney, heart, thyroid, and adipose tissue, and were the lowest in blood, spleen, bone marrow, brain, blood vessel, and muscle. In lungs, colon, liver, bladder, and adrenal gland, ACE2 showed the medium expression levels. ACE2 was not differentially expressed between males and females and between younger and older persons in any tissue. In skin, digestive system, brain, and blood vessel, ACE2 expression levels were positively associated with immune signatures in both males and females. In thyroid and lungs, ACE2 expression levels were positively and negatively associated with immune signatures in males and females, respectively.Conclusions: Our data provide potential cues for the 2019-nCoV epidemic may infect other tissues outside lungs, affect males and females and young and old persons equally, and old age and male are associated with higher mortality risk for 2019-nCoV infection.

scholarly journals Manifestações Cutâneas em Doentes com COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Mendes-Bastos
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Cell Receptor Gene

A pandemia da COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 19), infeção causada pelo coronavírus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), veio mudar o paradigma da medicina de uma forma global neste início de século.1 Acredita-se que a porta de entrada à maquinaria intracelular humana é fundamentalmente o recetorACE-2 (angiotensin converting enzime 2), expresso em vários tecidos, mas maioritariamente nas células do epitélio respiratório.2 [+] Zhu N, Zhang D, Wang W, Li X, Yang B, Song J, et al. A novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in China, 2019. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:727-33. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2001017. Li MY, Li L, Zhang Y, Wang XS. Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 cell receptor gene ACE2 in a wide

scholarly journals The digestive system is a potential route of 2019-nCov infection: a bioinformatics analysis based on single-cell transcriptomes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Zhang ◽  
Zijian Kang ◽  
Haiyi Gong ◽  
Da Xu ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Digestive System ◽  
Bioinformatics Analysis ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Converting Enzyme ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Absorptive Enterocytes ◽  
Policy Setting

AbstractSince December 2019, a newly identified coronavirus (2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCov) is causing outbreak of pneumonia in one of largest cities, Wuhan, in Hubei province of China and has draw significant public health attention. The same as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), 2019-nCov enters into host cells via cell receptor angiotensin converting enzyme II (ACE2). In order to dissect the ACE2-expressing cell composition and proportion and explore a potential route of the 2019-nCov infection in digestive system infection, 4 datasets with single-cell transcriptomes of lung, esophagus, gastric, ileum and colon were analyzed. The data showed that ACE2 was not only highly expressed in the lung AT2 cells, esophagus upper and stratified epithelial cells but also in absorptive enterocytes from ileum and colon. These results indicated along with respiratory systems, digestive system is a potential routes for 2019-nCov infection. In conclusion, this study has provided the bioinformatics evidence of the potential route for infection of 2019-nCov in digestive system along with respiratory tract and may have significant impact for our healthy policy setting regards to prevention of 2019-nCoV infection.

scholarly journals FK506-binding protein 5 promotes the progression of papillary thyroid carcinoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 030006052110083
Author(s):  
Zhenya Gao ◽  
Fang Yu ◽  
Huanxia Jia ◽  
Zhuo Ye ◽  
Shijie Yao
Keyword(s):  
Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma ◽  
Thyroid Carcinoma ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Papillary Thyroid ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Fk506 Binding Protein ◽  
Normal Tissues ◽  
Induced Apoptosis

Objective To detect the expression of FK506-binding protein 5 (FKBP5) in human papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) tissues, and explore its possible role in the progression of PTC. Methods FKBP5 expression levels were assessed in 115 PTC tissues and corresponding normal tissues by immunohistochemistry. We also examined the correlations between FKBP5 expression and clinicopathological factors and survival in 75 patients with PTC. The effects of FKBP5 on the proliferation and apoptosis of PTC cells were detected by colony-formation, MTT, and flow cytometry assays, respectively. We further investigated the effects of FKBP5 on tumor growth in mice. Results We revealed high expression levels of FKBP5 in human PTC tissues compared with normal tissues. Furthermore, high FKBP5 expression was associated with an increased incidence of intraglandular dissemination, and lower overall and progression-free survival. FKBP5 depletion remarkably suppressed the proliferation and induced apoptosis of PTC cells in vitro. FKBP5 further contributed to the growth of PTC tumors in mice. Conclusions The results of this study demonstrated the potential involvement of FKBP5 in the progression of PTC, and confirmed FKBP5 as a novel therapeutic target for PTC treatment.

scholarly journals YWHAZ interacts with DAAM1 to promote cell migration in breast cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Mei ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Xinqian Yu ◽  
Leiyu Hao ◽  
Tao Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Poor Prognosis ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Transcriptional Regulator ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Functional Roles ◽  
Normal Tissues ◽  
Rhoa Activation ◽  
Promote Cell Migration

AbstractDishevelled-associated activator of morphogenesis 1 (DAAM1) is a critical driver in facilitating metastasis in breast cancer (BrCa). However, molecular mechanisms for the regulation of DAAM1 activation are only partially elucidated. In this research, the expression levels of YWHAZ and DAAM1 were examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining in BrCa tissues. The functional roles of tyrosine 3-monooxygenase/tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activation protein zeta (YWHAZ)–DAAM1 axis and their regulator microRNA-613 (miR-613) in BrCa cells and associated molecular mechanisms were demonstrated in vitro. As results, the expression levels of DAAM1 and YWHAZ were significantly upregulated in BrCa tissues compared with normal tissues and remarkably associated with poor prognosis. Besides, DAAM1 and YWHAZ were positively correlated with each other in BrCa tissues. YWHAZ interacted and colocalized with DAAM1 in BrCa cells, which was essential for DAAM1-mediated microfilament remodeling and RhoA activation. Moreover, miR-613 directly targeted both YWHAZ and DAAM1, contributing to inhibiting BrCa cells migration via blocking the complex of YWHAZ–DAAM1. To sum up, these data reveal that YWHAZ regulates DAAM1 activation, and the YWHAZ–DAAM1 complex is directly targeted by the shared post-transcriptional regulator miR-613.

P2u purinoceptor stimulation of surfactant secretion coupled to phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis in type II cells

1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (5) ◽  
pp. L625-L633 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. I. Gobran ◽  
Z. X. Xu ◽  
Z. Lu ◽  
S. A. Rooney
Keyword(s):  
Phospholipase D ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Primary Cultures ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Northern Analysis ◽  
Type Ii Cells ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Type Ii Cell ◽  
Subsequent Activation ◽  
Phosphatidylcholine Secretion

ATP is known to stimulate surfactant phospholipid secretion in type II cells, and there is evidence that this effect is mediated by a P2 purinoceptor. At least five subtypes of the P2 receptor have been reported, but it is not clear which one exists on the type II cell. To determine whether it is the P2u subtype, at which UTP is equipotent with ATP, we have compared the effects of ATP and UTP on phosphatidylcholine secretion and second messenger formation in primary cultures of rat type II cells. ATP and UTP were equally potent in stimulating phosphatidylcholine secretion and phospholipase D activation. The potency order, UTP = ATP > ADP > 2-methylthio-ATP, was the same as that reported for the P2u receptor. UTP stimulated diacylglycerol and phosphatidic acid formation to the same extent as ATP. ATP also increased choline formation. Formation of diacylglycerol was biphasic, and the first peak in response to ATP was previously shown to be associated with inositol trisphosphate formation. Northern analysis showed that the P2u receptor gene was expressed to a greater extent in type II cells than in whole lung. These data suggest that ATP and UTP act via a P2u receptor that is coupled to phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C with subsequent activation of phospholipase D acting on phosphatidylcholine. ATP has also been reported to act at an additional type II cell receptor coupled to adenylate cyclase. In contrast, UTP did not promote adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate formation and therefore does not act at that receptor.

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