Joseph Martial

Antiangiogenic liposomal gene therapy with 16K human prolactin efficiently reduces tumor growth. (2009)

Kinet, Virginie, Nguyen, Ngoc-Quynh-Nhu, Sabatel, Céline, Blacher, Silvia, Noël, Agnès, Martial, Joseph, ...

Human 16K PRL (16K hPRL) is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis both in vitro and in vivo. It has been shown to prevent tumor growth in three xenograft mouse models. Here we have used a gene transfer...

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 protects endothelial cells from FasL-mediated apoptosis. (2008)

Bajou, Khalid, Peng, H, Laug, WE, Maillard, Catherine, Noël, Agnès, Foidart, Jean-Michel, ...

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) paradoxically enhances tumor progression and angiogenesis; however, the mechanism supporting this role is not known. Here we provide evidence that PAI-1 is...

Zebrafish Sox7 and Sox18 function together to control arterial-venous identity (2008)

Pendeville-Samain, Hélène, Winandy, Marie, Manfroid, Isabelle, Nivelles, Olivier, Motte, Patrick, Pasque, V, ...

Sox7 and Sox18 are members of the F-subgroup of Sox transcription factors family and are mostly expressed in endothelial compartments. In humans, dominant mutations in Sox18 are the underlying cause...

Expression of zebrafish pax6b in pancreas is regulated by two enhancers containing highly conserved cis-elements bound by PDX1, PBX and PREP factors (2008)

Delporte, F M, Pasque, Vincent, Devos, Nathalie, Manfroid, Isabelle, Voz, Marianne, Motte, Patrick, ...

BACKGROUND: PAX6 is a transcription factor playing a crucial role in the development of the eye and in the differentiation of the pancreatic endocrine cells as well as of enteroendocrine cells....

Inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis establishment by adenovirus-mediated gene transfer delivery of the antiangiogenic factor 16K hPRL (2007)

Nguyen, Ngoc-Quynh-Nhu, Cornet, Anne, Blacher, Silvia, Tabruyn, Sébastien, Foidart, Jean-Michel, Noël, Agnès, ...

Tumor metastases, the most fearsome aspect of cancer, are generally resistant to conventional therapies. Angiogenesis is a crucial aspect of tumor growth and metastatic dissemination. Antiangiogenic...

The expression of prolactin and its cathepsin D-mediated cleavage in the bovine corpus luteum vary with the estrous cycle (2007)

Erdmann, S, Ricken, A, Merkwitz, C, Struman, Ingrid, Castino, R, Hummitzsch, K, ...

In the corpus luteum (CL), blood vessels develop, stabilize, and regress. This process depends on the ratio of pro-and antiangiogenic factors, which change during the ovarian cycle. The present study...

TIM crystals grown by capillary counterdiffusion: Statistical evidence of quality improvement in microgravity (2007)

Evrard, Christine, Maes, D, Zegers, I, Declercq, JP, Vanhee, C, Martial, Joseph, ...

The capillary counterdiffusion method is a very efficient crystallization technique for obtaining high-quality protein crystals. This technique requires a convection-free environment, which can be...

The Angiostatic 16K human prolactin overcomes endothelial cell anergy and promotes leukocyte infiltration via nuclear factor-kappa B activation (2007)

Tabruyn, SP, Sabatel, Céline, Nguyen, Ngoc-Quynh-Nhu, Verhaeghe, C, Castermans, Karolien, Malvaux, Ludovic, ...

The 16-kDa N-terminal fragment of human prolactin (16K hPRL) is a potent angiostatic factor that inhibits tumor growth in mouse models. Using microarray experiments, we have dissected how the...

The angiostatic 16K human prolactin overcomes endothelial cell anergy and promotes leukocyte infiltration via nuclear factor-kappaB activation (2007)

Tabruyn, Sébastien, Sabatel, Céline, Nguyen, Ngoc-Quynh-Nhu, Castermans, Karolien, Malvaux, Ludovic, ...

The 16-kDa N-terminal fragment of human prolactin (16K hPRL) is a potent angiostatic factor that inhibits tumor growth in mouse models. Using microarray experiments, we have dissected how the...

Reciprocal endoderm-mesoderm interactions mediated by fgf24 and fgf10 govern pancreas development (2007)

Manfroid, Isabelle, Delporte, F, Baudhuin, A, Motte, P, Neumann, C J, Voz, Marianne, ...

In amniotes, the pancreatic mesenchyme plays a crucial role in pancreatic epithelium growth, notably through the secretion of fibroblast growth factors. However, the factors involved in the formation...

Prolactin/growth hormone-derived antiangiogenic peptides highlight a potential role of tilted peptides in angiogenesis (2006)

Nguyen, Ngoc-Quynh-Nhu, Tabruyn, Sebastien, Lins, Laurence, Lion, Michelle, Cornet, AM, Lair, Florence, ...

Angiogenesis is a crucial step in many pathologies, including tumor growth and metastasis. Here, we show that tilted peptides exert antiangiogenic activity. Tilted (or oblique-oriented) peptides are...

Expression of the somatolactin beta gene during zebrafish embryonic development (2006)

Lopez, Mauricio, Nica, G, Motte, Patrick, Martial, Joseph, Hammerschmidt, Matthias, Muller, Marc

Somatolactin (Sl) is a pituitary hormone closely related to prolactin (Prl) and growth hormone that was until now only found in various fish species. We isolated the cDNA coding for zebrafish Sl beta...

Expression and functional properties of four slow skeletal troponin T isoforms in rat muscles (2005)

Kischel, Philippe, Bastide, Bruno, Muller, Marc, Dubail, Fabien, Offredi, Fabrice, Jin, Jian-Ping, ...

We investigated the expression and functional properties of slow skeletal troponin T(sTnT) isoforms in rat skeletal muscles. Four sTnT cDNAs were cloned from the slow soleus muscle. Three isoforms...

The antiangiogenic factor, 16-kDa human prolactin, induces endothelial cell cycle arrest by acting at both the G(0)-G(1) and the G(2)-M phases (2005)

Tabruyn, Sébastien, Nguyen, Ngoc-Quynh-Nhu, Cornet, Anne, Martial, Joseph, Struman, Ingrid

The 16-kDa N-terminal fragment of human prolactin (16K hPRL) is a potent antiangiogenic factor that has been shown to prevent tumor growth in a xenograph mouse model. In this paper we first...

Enhancement of steroid receptor-mediated transcription for the development of highly responsive bioassays (2005)

Willemsen, Philippe, Scippo, Marie-Louise, Maghuin-Rogister, Guy, Martial, Joseph, Muller, Marc

We have previously generated several transformed human mammary cell lines for the detection of steroid receptor-mediated activities and used these cell lines to detect and characterize steroid...

Solution structure of human prolactin (2005)

Teilum, K, Hoch, J C, Goffin, Vincent, Kinet, Sandrina, Martial, Joseph, Kragelund, B B

We report the solution structure of human prolactin determined by NMR spectroscopy. Our result is a significant improvement over a previous structure in terms of number and distribution of distance...

sox4b is a key player of pancreatic alpha cell differentiation in zebrafish (2005)

Mavropoulos, A, Devos, Nathalie, Biemar, Frédéric, Zecchin, Elisabetta, Argenton, Francesco, Edlund, Helena, ...

Pancreas development relies on a network of transcription factors belonging mainly to the Homeodomain and basic Helix-Loop-Helix families. We show in this study that, in zebrafish, sox4, a member of...

Cathepsin D processes human prolactin into multiple 16K-like N-terminal fragments: Study of their antiangiogenic properties and physiological relevance (2004)

Piwnica, D, Touraine, P, Struman, Ingrid, Tabruyn, S, Bolbach, G, Clapp, C, ...

16K prolactin (PRL) is the name given to the 16-kDa N-terminal fragment obtained by proteolysis of rat PRL by tissue extracts or cell lysates, in which cathepsin D was identified as the candidate...

Molecular targeting of antiangiogenic factor 16K hPRL inhibits oxygen-induced retinopathy in mice (2004)

Pan, H, Nguyen, Ngoc-Quynh-Nhu, Yoshida, H, Bentzien, F, Shaw, LC, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, ...

PURPOSE. To examine the ability and mechanism of the 16 kDa N-terminal fragment of human prolactin (16K hPRL) in the inhibition of abnormal retinal neovascularization. METHODS. The 16K hPRL-encoding...

Receptor-based screening assays: New perspectives in anti-doping control (2004)

Scippo, Marie-Louise, Willemsen, Philippe, Danyi, Sophie, Helbo, Vincent, Muller, Marc, Martial, Joseph, ...

The so-called "growth promoters", steroid hormones and beta-agonists, are currently controlled by using hyphenated analytical methods (chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry) or, sometimes for...

Recombinant human estrogen, androgen and progesterone receptors for detection of potential endocrine disruptors (2004)

Scippo, Marie-Louise, Argiris, Catherine, Van De Weerdt, Cécile, Muller, Marc, Willemsen, Philippe, Martial, Joseph, ...

This work reports the binding capacity of various chemicals (so-called endocrine disruptors) to recombinant human steroid receptors (hERalpha, hPR and hAR). The tested chemicals are organochlorine...

Use of reporter cell lines for detection of endocrine-disrupter activity (2004)

Willemsen, Philippe, Scippo, Marie-Louise, Kausel, G, Figueroa, J, Maghuin-Rogister, Guy, Martial, Joseph, ...

We have studied stable transformed human mammary cell lines with highly inducible steroid receptor-mediated luciferase reporter gene expression. Cells responding specifically to glucocorticoids,...

The antiangiogenic factor 16K human prolactin induces caspase-dependent apoptosis by a mechanism that requires activation of nuclear factor-kappa B (2003)

Tabruyn, Sébastien, Sorlet, CM, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Bours, Vincent, Weiner, RI, Martial, Joseph, ...

We have previously shown that the 16-kDa N-terminal fragment of human prolactin (16K hPRL) has antiangiogenic properties, including the ability to induce apoptosis in vascular endothelial cells....

De novo backbone and sequence design of an idealized alpha/beta-barrel protein: Evidence of stable tertiary structure (2003)

Offredi, Fabrice, Dubail, Fabien, Kischel, Philippe, Sarinski, K, Stern, AS, Van De Weerdt, Cécile, ...

We have designed, synthesized, and characterized a 216 amino acid residue sequence encoding a putative idealized alpha/beta-barrel protein. The design was elaborated in two steps. First, the...

Development of pure prolactin receptor antagonists (2003)

Bernichtein, Sophie, Kayser, Christine, Dillner, Karin, Moulin, Stéphanie, Kopchick, John J., Martial, Joseph, ...

Prolactin (PRL) promotes tumor growth in various experimental models and leads to prostate hyperplasia and mammary neoplasia in PRL transgenic mice. Increasing experimental evidence argues for the...

Transcription of the human prolactin gene in mammary cells (2002)

Baudhuin, A, Manfroid, Isabelle, Van De Weerdt, Cécile, Martial, Joseph, Muller, Marc

Expression of human prolactin in the Mammary gland, one of the main target organs of this hormone, leads to the formation of an autocrine-paracrine proliferative loop in this tissue. Involvement of...

Detection of illegal growth promoters in biological samples using receptor binding assays (2002)

Scippo, Marie-Louise, Van De Weerdt, Cécile, Willemsen, Philippe, François, Jean-Marie, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Muller, Marc, ...

In the European Union (EU), the use of growth-promoting substances in meat production is banned. The control of growth promoters, especially steroid hormones, is presently based on expensive and...

Use of specific bioluminescent cell lines for the detection of steroid hormone (ant)agonists in meat producing animals (2002)

Willemsen, Philippe, Scippo, Marie-Louise, Maghuin-Rogister, Guy, Martial, Joseph, Muller, Marc

We present stable transformed human mammary cell lines displaying highly inducible steroid receptor-mediated luciferase reporter gene expression. The utilization of a cell-based assay for detection...

Expression of the zinc finger Egr1 gene during zebrafish embryonic development (2002)

Close, Renaud, Toro, Sabrina, Martial, Joseph, Muller, Marc

Egr1 is a highly conserved zinc finger protein which plays important roles in many aspects of vertebrate development and in the adult. The cDNA coding for zebrafish Egr1 was obtained and its...

A transformed fish cell line expressing a green fluorescent protein-luciferase fusion gene responding to cellular stress (2002)

Molina, A, Carpeaux, Rudy, Martial, Joseph, Muller, Marc

We obtained a stable transformed fish (EPC) cell line containing a reporter gene under the control of the tilapia HSP70 promoter. Expression of the reporter gene, coding for a green fluorescent...

Differential expression of two somatostatin genes during zebrafish embryonic development (2002)

Devos, Nathalie, Deflorian, Gianluca, Biemar, Frédéric, Bortolussi, Marino, Martial, Joseph, Peers, Bernard, ...

We have identified the cDNAs of two new zebrafish preprosomatostatins, PPSS1 and PPSS3, in addition to the previously cloned PPSS2 (Argenton et al., 1999). PPSS1 is the orthologue of mammalian PPSSs,...

Expression of the antiangiogenic factor 16K hPRL in human HCT116 colon cancer cells inhibits tumor growth in Rag1(-/-) mice (2001)

Bentzien, F, Struman, Ingrid, Martini, J F, Martial, Joseph, Weiner, R

The M(r) 16,000 NH(2)-terminal fragment of human prolactin (16K hPRL) is a potent antiangiogenic factor inhibiting endothelial cell function in vitro and neovascularization in vivo. The present study...

S179D-human PRL, a pseudophosphorylated human PRL analog, is an agonist and not an antagonist (2001)

Bernichtein, Sophie, Kinet, Sandrina, Jeay, Sébastien, Llovera, Marta, Madern, Dominique, Martial, Joseph, ...

For many years, our group has been involved in the development of human PRL antagonists. In two recent publications, S179D-human PRL, a human PRL analog designed to mimic a putative...

Heat shock stimulation of a tilapia heat shock protein 70 promoter is mediated by a distal element (2001)

Molina, Alfredo, Di Martino, Emmanuel, Martial, Joseph, Muller, Marc

We reported previously that a tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) promoter is able to confer heat shock response on a reporter gene after transient expression both in cell...

Gene structure and promoter function of a teleost ribosomal protein: a tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) L18 gene (2001)

Molina, Alfredo, Iyengar, Arati, Marins, Luis F., Biemar, Frédéric, Hanley, Sean, Maclean, Norman, ...

We have cloned and characterized a tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) L18 ribosomal protein gene, including the complete transcribed region and 488 bp of upstream regulatory sequences. We have also...

Characterization of the human Fc gamma RIIB gene promoter: human zinc-finger proteins (ZNF140 and ZNF91) that bind to different regions function as transcription repressors (2001)

Nishimura, Tadahiro, Narita, Tadashi, Miyazaki, Emi, Ito, Tohru, Nishimoto, Norihiro, Yoshizaki, Kazuyuki, ...

Expression of the human low-affinity Fc receptors for IgG (human Fc gamma RII) is differentially regulated. We report here the characterization of the promoter structure of the human Fc gamma RIIB...

Cloning and expression of the TALE superclass homeobox Meis2 gene during zebrafish embryonic development (2001)

Biemar, Frédéric, Devos, Nathalie, Martial, Joseph, Driever, Wolfgang, Peers, Bernard

Meis and Prep/Pknox (MEINOX family) proteins, together with Pbx (PBC family) proteins, belong to the TALE superfamily characterized by an atypical homeodomain containing three additional amino acids...

Molecular bases of the interaction between human prolactin and its membrane receptor: A ten year study (2001)

KINET, Sandrina, BERNICHTEIN, Sophie, LLOVERA, Marta, KELLY, Paul A., Martial, Joseph, GOFFIN, Vincent

In this review, we make a chronologically overview of a project aimed at deciphering the molecular bases of the mechanism by which prolactin, a pituitary-secreted polypeptidic hormone, interacts with...

The ornithine decarboxylase gene is essential for cell survival during early murine development (2001)

Pendeville-Samain, Hélène, Carpino, Nick, Marine, Jean-Christophe, Takahashi, Yukata, Muller, Marc, Martial, Joseph, ...

Overexpression and inhibitor studies have suggested that the c-Myc target gene for ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the enzyme which converts ornithine to putrescine, plays an important role in diverse...

Distinct behavior of mutant triosephosphate isomerase in hemolysate and in isolated form: molecular basis of enzyme deficiency (2001)

Orosz, F, Olah, J, Alvarez, M, Keseru, G M, Szabo, B, Wagner, G, ...

In a Hungarian family with severe decrease in triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) activity, 2 germ line-identical but phenotypically differing compound heterozygote brothers inherited 2 independent...

The antiangiogenic factor 16K PRL induces programmed cell death in endothelial cells by caspase activation (2000)

Martini, J F, Piot, C, Humeau, L M, Struman, Ingrid, Martial, Joseph, Weiner, R I

We asked whether the antiangiogenic action of 16K human PRL (hPRL), in addition to blocking mitogen-induced vascular endothelial cell proliferation, involved activation of programmed cell death....

Cloning and expression analysis of an inducible HSP70 gene from tilapia fish (2000)

Molina, Alfredo, Biemar, Frédéric, Muller, Ferenc, Iyengar, Arati, Prunet, Patrick, Maclean, Norman, ...

We isolated and characterized the tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) HSP70 gene, highly homologous to other HSP70 genes. A dramatic increase of tilapia HSP70 mRNA levels was observed after heat shock...

Far upstream sequences regulate the human prolactin promoter transcription (2000)

Van De Weerdt, Cécile, Peers, Bernard, Belayew, A, Martial, Joseph, Muller, Marc

The human prolactin gene is mainly expressed in pituitary lactotrope cells, but transcription from an alternative, far upstream promoter was detected in lymphoid, placental and mammary cells. We...

Transcription factor Pit-1 expression is modulated upon seasonal acclimatization of eurythermal ectotherms: Identification of two Pit-1 genes in the carp (1999)

Kausel, Gudrun, Vera, María Inés, San Martin, Rody, Figueroa, Jaime, Molina, Alfredo, Muller, Marc, ...

A second Pit-1 gene in carp (Cyprinus carpio), including the complete structural gene and 1.1 kb of promoter region, was identified and completely sequenced. The exon-intron structure was determined,...

Opposing Actions of Intact and N-Terminal Fragments of the Human Prolactin/Growth Hormone Family Members on Angiogenesis: An Efficient Mechanism for the Regulation of Angiogenesis (1999)

Struman, Ingrid, Bentzien, F, Lee, H, Mainfroid, V, D'Angelo, G, Goffin, Vincent, ...

Angiogenesis, the process of development of a new microvasculature, is regulated by a balance of positive and negative factors. We show both in vivo and in vitro that the members of the human...

Localization of human transcription factor TEF-4 and TEF-5 (TEAD2, TEAD3) genes to chromosomes 19q13.3 and 6p21.2 using fluorescence in situ hybridization and radiation hybrid analysis (1999)

Jacquemin, Patrick, Depetris, Danielle, Mattei, Marie-Geneviève, Martial, Joseph, Davidson, Irwin

Embryonic TEA domain-containing factor (ETF) belongs to the family of proteins structurally related to transcriptional enhancer factor-1 (TEF-1) and is implicated in neural development. Isolation and...

The crystal structure of triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) from Thermotoga maritima: a comparative thermostability structural analysis of ten different TIM structures (1999)

Maes, Dominique, Zeelen, Johan P., Thanki, Narmada, Beaucamp, Nicola, Alvarez, Marco, Thi, Minh Hoa Dao, ...

The molecular mechanisms that evolution has been employing to adapt to environmental temperatures are poorly understood. To gain some further insight into this subject we solved the crystal structure...

Structure and functional analysis of a tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) growth hormone gene: activation and repression by pituitary transcription factor Pit-1 (1999)

Sekkali, Belaid, Brim, Hassan, Muller, Marc, Argenton, Francesco, Bortolussi, Marino, Colombo, Lorenzo, ...

A gene encoding the Tilapia mossambica (Oreochromis mossambicus) growth hormone (tiGH) was isolated and sequenced. The gene spans 5.6 kb, including 3.7 kb of 5' and 0.2 kb of 3' flanking sequences...

Functional and cooperative interactions between the homeodomain PDX1, Pbx, and Prep1 factors on the somatostatin promoter. (1999)

Goudet, G, Delhalle, S, Biemar, F, Martial, Joseph, Peers, Bernard

Expression of the somatostatin gene in endocrine pancreatic cells is controlled by several regulatory cis-elements located in the promoter region. Among these, the adjacent UE-A and TSEI elements,...

Inhibition of urokinase activity by the antiangiogenic factor 16K prolactin: activation of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 expression (1998)

Lee, H, Struman, Ingrid, Clapp, C, Martial, Joseph, Weiner, R I

The N-terminal fragment of PRL (16K PRL) is an antiangiogenic factor that, in vitro, inhibits several components of angiogenesis including basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)-induced cell division,...

Enhanced expression in seminoma of human zinc finger genes located on chromosome 19 (1998)

Ogawa, Takehiko, Poncelet, Dominique A, Kinoshita, Yuzo, Noce, Toshiaki, Takeda, Mitsumasa, Kawamoto, Kanji, ...

Six Kruppel-type zinc finger (ZF) genes were cloned from a seminoma cDNA library. One, ZFS-1, showed high sequence homology to the ZNF91 KRAB (Kruppel-associated box) ZF gene family and also the same...

Pro239Ser: a novel recessive mutation of the Pit-1 gene in seven Middle Eastern children with growth hormone, prolactin, and thyrotropin deficiency (1998)

Pernasetti, Flavia, Milner, Robert DG, De Zegher, Francis, Chavez, Viviana M, Muller, Marc, ...

Pit-1, a member of the POU-homeo domain protein family, is one of the transcription factors responsible for anterior pituitary development and pituitary-specific gene expression. Here, we describe...

Functional analysis of ZNF85 KRAB zinc finger protein, a member of the highly homologous ZNF91 family (1998)

Poncelet, D A, Bellefroid, E J, Bastiaens, P V, Demoitie, M A, Marine, J C, Pendeville-Samain, Hélène, ...

We previously identified the ZNF85 (HPF4) KRAB zinc finger gene, a member of the human ZNF91 family. Here, we show that the ZNF85 gene is highly expressed in normal adult testis, in seminomas, and in...

Severe congenital hypopituitarism with low prolactin levels and age-dependent anterior pituitary hypoplasia: a clue to a PIT-1 mutation (1998)

Ward, L, Chavez, M, Huot, C, Lecocq, P, Collu, R, Decarie, J C, ...

A 20-month-old boy presented with severe congenital growth hormone, thyrotropin, and prolactin deficiencies resulting from a de novo mutation of the PIT-1 gene. This form of congenital...

Régulation transcriptionnelle du gène de la prolactine humaine (1998)

Muller, Marc, BERWAER, M, CACCAVELLI, L, Manfroid, Isabelle, NALDA, A, Pendeville-Samain, Hélène, ...

Le gène humain de la prolactine (hPRL) est exprimé essentiellement par l'antéhypophyse. L'analyse des éléments régulateurs de la transcription sur plus de 5 000 bases en amont du site de début...

Effect of seasonal acclimatization on the expression of the carp transcription factor Pit-1 (1998)

Kausel, G, Vera, MI, Figueroa, J, Hernández, J, San Martin, R, Molina, A, ...

We isolated a clone comprising four exons of the carp Pit-1 gene. Using synthetic oligonucleotide probes derived from the carp Pit-1 sequence Pit-1 expression was assessed by in situ hybridization in...

A one-nucleotide difference in a cAMP and phorbol ester response element leads to differential regulation of the human chorionic somatomammotropin A and B gene transcription (1997)

Oury, Cécile, Alsat, E, Jacquemin, P, Evain-Brion, D, Martial, Joseph, Muller, Marc

Human chorionic somatomammotropin (hCS) is encoded by two highly related genes, hCS-A and hCS-B, located in the hGH/hCS gene locus. Both genes are expressed in the syncytiotrophoblast layer of the...

The enhancers of the human placental lactogen B, A, and L genes: progressive activation during in vitro trophoblast differentiation and importance of the DF-3 element in determining their respective activities (1996)

Jacquemin, P, Alsat, E, Oury, Cécile, Belayew, A, Muller, Marc, Evain-Brion, D, ...

The hCS-A and hCS-B genes encoding human chorionic somatomammotropin and the related hCS-L gene are very similar in their coding and flanking sequences. For each of these genes, downstream enhancers,...

Stabilization of human triosephosphate isomerase by improvement of the stability of individual alpha-helices in dimeric as well as monomeric forms of the protein (1996)

Mainfroid, Véronique, Mande, Shekhar C, Hol, Wim G J, Martial, Joseph, Goraj, Karine

Human triosephosphate isomerase (hTIM) is a dimeric enzyme of identical subunits, adopting the alpha/beta-barrel fold. In a previous work, a monomeric mutant of hTIM was engineered in which Met14 and...

The tilapia prolactin I gene: evolutionary conservation of the regulatory elements directing pituitary-specific expression (1996)

Poncelet, AC, Levavi-Sivan, B, Muller, Marc, Yaron, Z, Martial, Joseph, Belayew, A

To study the elements involved in the pituitary specific transcriptional regulation of the tilapia prolactin I gene (tiPRL I), we have cloned and entirely sequenced a 3.4-kb genomic fragment...

Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases by vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor in capillary endothelial cells is inhibited by the antiangiogenic factor 16-kDa N-terminal fragment of prolactin (1995)

D'Angelo, G, Struman, Ingrid, Martial, Joseph, Weiner, R I

A number of factors both stimulating and inhibiting angiogenesis have been described. In the current work, we demonstrate that the angiogenic factor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)...

Regulation of gill prolactin receptors in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) after a change in salinity or hypophysectomy (1995)

Auperin, B, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Martial, Joseph, Prunet, P

Prolactin (PRL) receptors in gill tissue have been analyzed in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) after transfer from fresh water (FW) to brackish water (BW). This study has indicated the presence of...

The prenatal role of thyroid hormone evidenced by fetomaternal Pit-1 deficiency (1995)

De Zegher, F, Pernasetti, F, Vanhole, C, Devlieger, H, Martial, Joseph

The role of thyroid hormone in the human fetus is uncertain; a significant amount of T4 is transferred from the maternal to the fetal circulation. A mother-infant pair was found to be heterozygotic...

Use of a model to understand prolactin and growth hormone specificities (1995)

Goffin, Vincent, Martial, Joseph, Summers, Neena L.

A human prolactin (hPRL) model based on a 2.1 A resolution X-ray refinement of porcine growth hormone is reported. Only regions clearly defined in the growth hormone template (the four-helix bundle)...

Second-generation octarellins: two new de novo (beta/alpha)8 polypeptides designed for investigating the influence of beta-residue packing on the alpha/beta-barrel structure stability (1995)

Houbrechts, Annick, Moreau, Benoît, Abagyan, Ruben, Mainfroid, Véronique, Preaux, Gisèle, Lamproye, Alain, ...

The sequence of octarellin I, the first de novo (beta/alpha)8 polypeptide, was revised according to several criteria, among others the symmetry of the sequence, beta-residue volume and...

Cyclosporin A, rapamycin and FK506 decrease prolactin release from rat pituitary cells in primary culture (1995)

Wera, S, Zheng, L, Hooghe-Peters, E L, Belayew, A, Martial, Joseph, Velkeniers, B

It is at present well established that prolactin exerts a non-specific immunoactivating function. In this work we tested whether the immunosuppressant drugs cyclosporin A, FK506 and rapamycin...

Cellular and molecular aspects of thymic T-cell education to neurohypophysial peptides (1995)

Geenen, Vincent, Vandersmissen, Eric, Martens, Henri, Goxe, Béatrice, Kecha, Ouafae, Legros, Jean-Jacques, ...

Our studies have shown that oxytocin (OT) is the dominant peptide of the neurohypophysial (NHP) family that is expressed by thymic epithelial/nurse cells (TEC/TNC). Both in specific RIA and ICC...

Cellular and molecular aspects of thymic T-cell education to neurohypophysial peptides (1995)

Geenen, Vincent, Vandersmissen, Eric, Martens, Henri, Goxe, Béatrice, Kecha, Ouafae, Legros, Jean-Jacques, ...

Our studies have shown that oxytocin (OT) is the dominant peptide of the neurohypophysial (NHP) family that is expressed by thymic epithelial/nurse cells (TEC/TNC). Both in specific RIA and ICC...

Evidence for a Second Receptor Binding Site on Human Prolactin (1994)

Goffin, Vincent, Struman, Ingrid, Mainfroid, V, Kinet, Sandrina, Martial, Joseph

The existence of a second receptor binding site on human prolactin (hPRL) was investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. First, 12 residues of helices 1 and 3 were mutated to alanine. Since none of...

A comparative study of reporter gene activities in fish cells and embryos (1994)

Belayew, Alexandra, Martial, Joseph

Transcriptional regulation of gene expression is often studied by fusing the DNA sequences of interest (and their mutants) with a reporter gene. The resulting hybrid gene is introduced into cells...

Characterization of a single prolactin (PRL) receptor in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) which binds both PRLI and PRLII (1994)

Auperin, B, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Martial, Joseph, Prunet, P

In tilapia, there are two forms of prolactin (PRL) whose effects on sodium and chloride movements differ and depend on the living environment of the fish. To see whether different receptors or the...

Evidence that two tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) prolactins have different osmoregulatory functions during adaptation to a hyperosmotic environment (1994)

Auperin, B, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Martial, Joseph, Prunet, P

Two forms of prolactin (tiPRLI and tiPRLII), with only 69% sequence identity, have been previously described in the cichlid fish tilapia (Oreochromis species). In the present study we have attempted...

Characterization of an up-stream promoter directing extrapituitary expression of the human prolactin gene (1994)

Berwaer, M, Martial, Joseph, Davis, J R

The human PRL gene is expressed outside pituitary lactotrophs in decidualized endometrium and lymphoid cells, but here the mRNA contains a 5'-untranslated region from an additional noncoding exon 1a....

A TEF-1 binding motif that interacts with a placental protein is important for the transcriptional activity of the hCS-B enhancer (1994)

Jacquemin, P, Oury, Cécile, Belayew, A, Martial, Joseph

The transcriptional activity of the human placental lactogen genes (choriosomatomammotropic hormone, hCS) is controlled by tissue-specific enhancers located 4 kb downstream from their respective...

Modular mutagenesis of a TIM-barrel enzyme: the crystal structure of a chimeric E. coli TIM having the eighth beta alpha-unit replaced by the equivalent unit of chicken TIM (1994)

Kishan, Radha, Zeelen, Ph. Johan, Noble, Martin E.M., Borchert, Torben V., Mainfroid, Véronique, Goraj, Karine, ...

The crystal structure of a hybrid Escherichia coli triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) has been determined at 2.8 A resolution. The hybrid TIM (ETIM8CHI) was constructed by replacing the eighth beta...

Crystal structure of recombinant human triosephosphate isomerase at 2.8 A resolution. Triosephosphate isomerase-related human genetic disorders and comparison with the trypanosomal enzyme (1994)

Mande, S C, Mainfroid, V, Kalk, K H, Goraj, K, Martial, Joseph, Hol, W G

The crystal structure of recombinant human triosephosphate isomerase (hTIM) has been determined complexed with the transition-state analogue 2-phosphoglycolate at a resolution of 2.8 A. After...

Crystal structure of cholera toxin B-pentamer bound to receptor GM1 pentasaccharide (1994)

Merritt, E A, Sarfaty, S, L'Hoir, C, Martial, Joseph, Hol, W G

Cholera toxin (CT) is an AB5 hexameric protein responsible for the symptoms produced by Vibrio cholerae infection. In the first step of cell intoxication, the B-pentamer of the toxin binds...

A recombinant viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus glycoprotein expressed in insect cells induces protective immunity in rainbow trout (1994)

Lecocq-Xhonneux, F, Thiry, M, Dheur, I, Rossius, M, Vanderheijden, N, Martial, Joseph, ...

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) is a fish rhabdovirus infection of world-wide importance. Control policies have been established but the disease still causes heavy losses in fish farming. The...

Membrane Translocation and Relationship with Mhc Class I of a Human Thymic Neurophysin-Like Protein (1993)

Geenen, Vincent, Vandersmissen, E, Cormann-Goffin, N, Martens, Henri, Legros, Jean-Jacques, Degiovanni, G, ...

Thymic epithelial and nurse cells (TEC/TNC) synthesize an oxytocin (OT)-like peptide in association with a neurophysin (NP)-related protein in a way similar to in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial...

The Addition of Nine Residues at the C-Terminus of Human Prolactin Drastically Alters Its Biological Properties (1993)

Goffin, Vincent, Struman, Ingrid, Goormaghtigh, E, Martial, Joseph

We have added nine extra residues to the C-terminal of human prolactin and analysed the effect of this mutation on the ability of the hormone to bind to its lactogenic receptor and to induce Nb2 cell...

Thyrotropin-releasing hormone and epidermal growth factor induce human prolactin expression via identical multiple cis elements (1993)

Berwaer, Monique, Peers, Bernard, Nalda, Asuncion M, Monget, Philippe, Davis, Julian R, Belayew, Alexandra, ...

Pituitary GH3 cells were transfected with different deletion mutants of the human prolactin (hPRL) promoter fused to the CAT reporter gene. The proximal region (-250 to -42) was sufficient to confer...

Efficient lipofection of human trophoblast cells in primary cultures (1993)

Jacquemin, P, Alsat, E, Oury, Cécile, Belayew, A, Martial, Joseph, Evain-Brion, D

Human choriosomatomammotropic hormone, also known as placental lactogen, is expressed in syncytiotrophoblast cells of the placenta. Studying transcriptional regulation of the genes coding for this...

Replacing the (beta alpha)-unit 8 of E.coli TIM with its chicken homologue leads to a stable and active hybrid enzyme (1993)

Mainfroid, Véronique, Goraj, Karine, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Houbrechts, Annick, Loiseau, A, Gohimont, A C, ...

In order to investigate how structural modifications interfere with protein stability, we modified a (beta alpha)-unit in E.coli triosephosphate isomerase (TIM), a typical (beta alpha)-barrel...

Structure of triosephosphate isomerase from Escherichia coli determined at 2.6 A resolution (1993)

Noble, M E, Zeelen, J P, Wierenga, R K, Mainfroid, V, Goraj, K, Gohimont, A C, ...

The structure of triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) from the organism Escherichia coli has been determined at a resolution of 2.6 A. The structure was solved by the molecular replacement method, first...

Cloning and overexpression of the triosephosphate isomerase genes from psychrophilic and thermophilic bacteria. Structural comparison of the predicted protein sequences (1993)

Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Mande, Shekhar C, Moyens, Sylvianne, Terpstra, Peter, Mainfroid, Véronique, Goraj, Karine, ...

We focused on the temperature adaptation of triosephosphate isomerase (TIM; E.C. 5.3.1.1.) by comparing the structure of TIMs isolated from bacterial organisms living in either cold or hot...

Sequence of the triosephosphate isomerase-encoding gene isolated from the thermophile Bacillus stearothermophilus (1993)

Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Moyens, Sylvianne, Lion, Michelle, Martial, Joseph

By analysis of genomic clones, we have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding triosephosphate isomerase (TIM; EC 5.3.1.1) in the thermophilic bacterium, Bacillus...

Okadaic acid, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, enhances transcription of a receptor gene containing sequence A of the human prolactin promoter (1993)

Wera, S, Belayew, A, Martial, Joseph

Human PRL (hPRL) gene expression is controlled by cAMP and Ca2+. This control is mediated by two cis-elements: a Pit-1 binding site (-62 to -35) and sequence A (-110 to -85), present in the hPRL...

Nucleotide sequence of the bovine viral diarrhoea virus Osloss strain: comparison with related viruses and identification of specific DNA probes in the 5' untranslated region (1993)

De Moerlooze, L, Lecomte, C, Brown-Shimmer, S, Schmetz, D, Guiot, C, Vandenbergh, D, ...

The nucleotide sequence of the cytopathic Osloss isolate of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) was deduced from overlapping cDNA clones and from PCR products. The Osloss genome is an RNA molecule of...

The Transcriptional Regulation of the Growth Hormone Gene Is Conserved in Vertebrate Evolution (1993)

Argenton, F, Vianello, S, Bernardini, S, Jacquemin, P, Martial, Joseph, Belayew, A, ...

Growth hormone (GH) gene expression in mammals is regulated by the interaction of the transcription factor Pit-1 with two binding sites within the proximal promoter. Four sequences, homologous to the...

Clustered organization of homologous KRAB zinc-finger genes with enhanced expression in human T lymphoid cells (1993)

Bellefroid, Eric J, Marine, Jean-Christophe, Ried, Thomas, Lecocq, Pierre J, Riviere, Michele, Amemiya, Chris, ...

KRAB zinc-finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) constitute a large subfamily of ZFPs of the Krüppel C2H2 type. KRAB (Krüppel-associated box) is an evolutionarily conserved protein domain found N-terminally...

Stabilization of T7-Promoter-Based Parhs Expression Vectors Using the Parb Locus (1992)

De Moerlooze, L, Struman, Ingrid, Renard, Andre, Martial, Joseph

We describe a modification of the pAR3040 vector which results in its efficient stabilization during cell division. The parB locus of the plasmid R1 was introduced into the plasmid, pAR3040, to...

Localization of the human KRAB finger gene ZNF117 (HPF9) to chromosome 7q11.2 (1992)

Bellefroid, Eric J, Ried, Thomas, Riviere, Michele, Marine, Jean-Christophe, Levan, G, Szpirer, J, ...

A cluster of Kruppel type zinc finger genes of the KRAB subclass has recently been localized on human chromosome 19p12-p13.1. We now report that ZNF117 (HPF9), a closely related zinc finger gene of...

Alanine-scanning mutagenesis of human prolactin: importance of the 58-74 region for bioactivity (1992)

Goffin, V, Norman, M, Martial, Joseph

We have generated 10 alanine mutants of human PRL (hPRL), a member of the PRL/GH family, to investigate the involvement of the highly conserved 58-74 region in the biological behavior of the protein....

Binding of a 100-kDa ubiquitous factor to the human prolactin promoter is required for its basal and hormone-regulated activity (1992)

Peers, Bernard, Nalda, Asunción M, Monget, Philippe, Voz, Marianne, Belayew, Alexandra, Martial, Joseph

cAMP strongly stimulates the activity of the human prolactin (hPRL) promoter. We have previously shown that two types of cis-element are required for this cAMP regulation; binding sites for the...

Structure of the tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) prolactin I gene (1992)

Swennen, D, Poncelet, AC, Sekkali, B, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Martial, Joseph, Belayew, A

The tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) prolactin-I (PRL-I) gene has been cloned and sequenced. Its transcript (3,677 bases long) begins with a guanine and is organized in five exons and four introns...

Spectroscopic investigation of structure in octarellin (a de novo protein designed to adopt the alpha/beta-barrel packing) (1991)

Beauregard, Marc, Goraj, Karine, Goffin, Vincent, Heremans, Karel, Goormaghtigh, Eric, Ruysschaert, Jean-Marie, ...

We present here a spectroscopic structural characterization of octarellin, a recently reported de novo protein modelled on alpha/beta-barrel proteins [K. Goraj, A. Renard and J.A. Martial (1990)...

The evolutionarily conserved Kruppel-associated box domain defines a subfamily of eukaryotic multifingered proteins (1991)

Bellefroid, Eric J, Poncelet, Dominique A, Lecocq, Pierre J, Revelant, Olivier, Martial, Joseph

We have previously shown that the human genome includes hundreds of genes coding for putative factors related to the Kruppel zinc-finger protein, which regulates Drosophila segmentation. We report...

Multihormonal regulation of the human prolactin gene expression from 5000 bp of its upstream sequence (1991)

Berwaer, M, Monget, P, Peers, Bernard, Mathy, Marianne, Bellefroid, E, Davis, J R, ...

We have cloned DNA sequences extending up to 6000 bp upstream from the first exon of the human prolactin (hPRL) gene. 5000 bp of these upstream sequences were fused to a CAT reporter gene and shown...

Pit-1 binding sequences permit calcium regulation of human prolactin gene expression (1991)

Hoggard, Nigel, Davis, Julian R E, Berwaer, Monique, Monget, Philippe, Peers, Bernard, Belayew, Alexandra, ...

This study examines the regulation of the human PRL (hPRL) gene promoter by intracellular calcium. Deletants of the 5'-flanking region of the hPRL gene and constructs consisting of the thymidine...

Production and purification of biologically active recombinant tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) prolactins (1991)

Swennen, D, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Auperin, B, Prunet, P, Flik, G, Wendelaar Bonga, S E, ...

Recombinant expression vectors carrying tilapia prolactin-I or -II (tiPRL-I or tiPRL-II) cDNA were constructed and the tiPRL-I and II proteins were produced in E. coli as inclusion bodies. These...

Neuroendocrine-Immunology: from systemic interactions to the immune tolerance of self neuroendocrine functions (1991)

Geenen, Vincent, Robert, Françoise, Legros, Jean-Jacques, Defresne, Marie-Paule, Boniver, Jacques, Martial, Joseph, ...

In recent years, it appeared more and more that the three major integrating and adaptive systems of intercellular communication, nervous, endocrine, and immune systems, are closely interconnected....

The coding region for the 54-kDa protein of several pestiviruses lacks host insertions but reveals a "zinc finger-like" domain (1990)

De Moerlooze, L, Desport, M, Renard, A, Lecomte, C, Brownlie, J, Martial, Joseph

We sequenced cDNAs, amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which correspond to the carboxy-terminal portion of the 54-kDa protein of various cytopathic (cp) or noncytopathic (ncp)...

Synthesis, purification and initial structural characterization of octarellin, a de novo polypeptide modelled on the alpha/beta-barrel proteins (1990)

Goraj, Karine, Renard, André, Martial, Joseph

We have attempted to construct an artificial polypeptide that folds like the eight-stranded parallel beta-barrel structures. Our approach consists of repeating eight times a unit peptide designed to...

Expression in Escherichia coli of two mutated genes encoding the cholera toxin B subunit (1990)

L'Hoir, C, Renard, A, Martial, Joseph

To allow subsequent genetically mediated fusion of foreign antigens to cholera toxin B subunit (CTB), two mutated CTB encoding genes (ctxB) were constructed and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The...

Triiodothyronine inhibits transcription from the human growth hormone promoter (1990)

Morin, A, Louette, J, Voz, Marianne, Tixier-Vidal, A, Belayew, A, Martial, Joseph

Three DNA constructs, the natural human growth hormone gene (hGH-hGH) its 500 bp promoter linked to the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase reporter gene (hGH-CAT), and its structural part linked to...

Bacterial production and purification of recombinant human prolactin (1990)

Paris, N, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Defontaine, A, Goffin, V, Lebrun, J, Mercier, L, ...

Escherichia coli cells transformed with a recombinant plasmid (pT7L) containing the coding sequence of human prolactin (hPrl) expressed a new protein. This protein, comigrating with human Prl on...

Growth hormone and somatostatin gene expression in pituitary adenomas with active acromegaly and minimal plasma growth hormone elevation (1990)

Pagesy, Patrick, Li, Jacques Y., Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Delalande, Olivier, Le Bouc, Yves, Kujas, Michèle, ...

Some patients with active acromegaly have elevated plasma IGF-I concentrations with only minimal elevation of plasma GH. We compared adenomatous GH and SRIH expression in 3 such patients (patients...

The human genome contains hundreds of genes coding for finger proteins of the Kruppel type (1989)

Bellefroid, E J, Lecocq, P, Benhida, A, Poncelet, D, Belayew, A, Martial, Joseph

Our aim was to identify new human proteins with potential DNA binding activity, related to the Kruppel protein which regulates Drosophila segmentation. We screened a human placenta cDNA library and a...

Thyroliberin and dihydropyridines modulate prolactin gene expression through interacting pathways in GH3 cells (1989)

Laverriere, J N, Richard, J L, Buisson, N, Martial, Joseph, Tixier-Vidal, A, Gourdji, D

The stimulation of PRL gene transcription by TRH involves the two branches of the phosphatidyl inositol pathway as shown by pharmacological mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores and activation of...

Pituitary-specific factor binding to the human prolactin, growth hormone, and placental lactogen genes (1989)

Lemaigre, F P, Peers, Bernard, Lafontaine, D.A., Mathy, Marianne, Rousseau, G G, Belayew, A, ...

The human genes coding for growth hormone (GH), chorionic somatomammotropin (placental lactogen, CS), and prolactin (Prl) are related evolutionarily but are expressed in phenotypically distinct cell...

Peptide hormones: from the transcription of the gene to the final product--a biochemical view (1989)

Martial, Joseph

This very short review aims at analyzing the current biochemical view of the molecular steps involved in the peptide hormone synthesis, going from the gene to the final active peptide.

Rainbow trout prolactin cDNA cloning in Escherichia coli (1989)

Mercier, L, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Swennen, D, Lion, M, Le Goff, P, Prunet, P, ...

We describe the isolation and characterization of a cDNA for trout prolactin (tPrl). An extensive analysis of tPrl recombinant clones by restriction analysis and sequencing revealed the presence of...

Evidence of pre-prosomatostatin mRNA in human normal and tumoral anterior pituitary gland (1989)

Pagesy, P, Li, J Y, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Le Bouc, Y, Martial, Joseph, Peillon, F

Expression of the SRIH gene was investigated in six human normal anterior pituitaries, six GH-, three PRL-, three mixed GH/PRL-secreting and four nonsecreting adenomas. Total cellular RNA and...

Tilapia growth hormone: molecular cloning of cDNA and expression in Escherichia coli (1989)

Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Swennen, D, Philippart, Jean-Claude, L'Hoir, C, Lion, M, Benrubi, O, ...

A cDNA library was prepared from poly(A)+RNA extracted from tilapia Oreochromis niloticus anterior pituitaries. The recombinant clones carrying the cDNA sequence of tilapia growth hormone (tiGH) were...

Tilapia prolactin: molecular cloning of two cDNAs and expression in Escherichia coli (1989)

Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Swennen, D, Prunet, P, Lion, M, Martial, Joseph

We have isolated cDNA clones encoding tilapia prolactin (tiPRL) from a cDNA library prepared from tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) anterior pituitary glands. A trout PRL cDNA fragment was used as...

Molecular cloning and characterization of two forms of trout growth hormone cDNA: expression and secretion of tGH-II by Escherichia coli (1989)

Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Swennen, D, Mercier, L, Lion, M, Benrubi, O, Martial, Joseph

We constructed a cDNA library using mRNA isolated from rainbow trout pituitaries. Two types of cDNA clones encoding growth hormone (GH) were isolated and their complete nucleotide sequences...

Pairing Properties of Bromouracil and Repair of Bromouracil-Containing DNA. Possible Utilization of Bromodeoxyuridine Triphosphate for Site-Directed Mutagenesis (1988)

Muller, Marc, Martial, Joseph, Verly, W G

5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine triphosphate (Br-dUTP) and dTTP are used interchangeably for DNA synthesis in vitro by the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I. When DNA containing Br-dUMP...

Discrepancy between prolactin (PRL) messenger ribonucleic acid and PRL content in rat fetal pituitary cells: possible role of dopamine (1988)

Hooghe-Peters, E L, Belayew, A, Herregodts, P, Velkeniers, B, Smets, G, Martial, Joseph, ...

Data are controversial concerning the time when PRL-synthesizing cells are detected for the first time in the rat pituitary. Using a very sensitive immunocytochemical technique, we could visualize...

Preferential role of calcium in the regulation of prolactin gene transcription by thyrotropin-releasing hormone in GH3 pituitary cells (1988)

Laverriere, Jean-Noël, Tixier-Vidal, Andrée, Buisson, Nicole, Morin, Annie, Martial, Joseph, Gourdji, Danielle

TRH induces two separate events in pituitary PRL cells. It increases the release of stored PRL and enhances the rate of PRL gene transcription, which results in an increased steady state...

Primary structure of the Streptomyces R61 extracellular DD-peptidase. 1. Cloning into Streptomyces lividans and nucleotide sequence of the gene (1987)

Duez, Colette, Piron-Fraipont, Claudine, Joris, Bernard, Dusart, Jean, Urdea, Mickey S, Martial, Joseph, ...

An 11450-base DNA fragment containing the gene for the extracellular active-site serine DD-peptidase of Streptomyces R61 was cloned in Streptomyces lividans using the high-copy-number plasmid pIJ702...

A new natural hGH variant--17.5 kd--produced by alternative splicing. An additional consensus sequence which might play a role in branchpoint selection (1987)

Lecomte, CM, Renard, A, Martial, Joseph

From a human pituitary cDNA library, we have cloned 3 distinct human growth hormone (hGH) cDNAs, coding respectively for the 22 K hGH, the 20 K variant, and a yet unknown 17.5 K variant. S1 mapping...

Glucocorticoid receptors bound to the antagonist RU486 are not downregulated despite their capacity to interact in vitro with defined gene regions (1987)

Rajpert, E J, Lemaigre, F P, Eliard, P H, Place, M, Lafontaine, DA, Economidis, I V, ...

Modulation of gene expression by glucocorticoids involves interaction of these hormones with an intracellular receptor followed by 'transformation' of the hormone-receptor complex into a nuclear...

Molecular cloning of the bovine viral diarrhea virus genomic RNA (1987)

Renard, A, Schmetz, D, Guiot, C, Brown-Shimmer, S, Dagenais, L, Pastoret, Paul-Pierre, ...

The genomic RNA from Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVD) was cloned in E. coli. The complete sequence has been obtained and the genomic organization has been deduced. Some of the BVD specific cDNA have...

EXPRESSION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE VARIANT GENE IN HUMAN PLACENTA (1987)

FRANKENNE, Francis, Rentier-Delrue, Françoise, Scippo, Marie-Louise, Martial, Joseph, Hennen, Georges

Besides the hGH-N gene, which codes for the pituitary 22 and 20K GH variants, the human genome contains a second GH gene, namely the GH-V, which has been thought to be silent. We recently discovered...

[Regulation of prolactin and growth hormone gene expression in pituitary cell culture] (1986)

Laverriere, J N, Tixier-Vidal, A, Morin, Alexis, Buisson, N, Muller, Marc, Truong, A T, ...

The rat pituitary tumor derived cell lines of the "GH" family offer a fruitful model for studying the expressions of the prolactin (rPRL) and growth hormone (rGH) genes in basic and regulated states....

Localisation des séquences régulatrices de la transcription. Application aux gènes de la famille de la prolactine. (1986)

Belayew, A, Bellefroid, E, Berwaer, M, Dumoulin, M, Lambert, C, Lemaitre-Wathy, C, ...

We are studying nucleotide sequences responsible for the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. Our test system comprises the human genes coding for prolactin (hPRL), growth hormone (hGH-N) and...

Thyroid hormone receptors bind to defined regions of the growth hormone and placental lactogen genes (1986)

Barlow, John W, Voz, Marianne, Eliard, Pierre H, Mathy, Marianne, De Nayer, Philippe, Economidis, Ioannis V, ...

The intracellular receptor for thyroid hormone is a protein found in chromatin. Since thyroid hormone stimulates transcription of the growth hormone gene through an unknown mechanism, the hypothesis...

Cloning and amplified expression in Streptomyces lividans of a gene encoding extracellular beta-lactamase from Streptomyces albus G (1986)

Dehottay, Philippe, Dusart, Jean, Duez, Colette, Lenzini, Mauro V, Martial, Joseph, Frère, Jean-Marie, ...

A 4.9-kb DNA fragment containing the bla gene for the extracellular beta-lactamase (BLA) of Streptomyces albus G was cloned in Streptomyces lividans using the conjugative, low-copy-number plasmid...

Differential implication of deoxyribonucleic acid methylation in rat prolactin and rat growth hormone gene expressions: a comparison between rat pituitary cell strains (1986)

Laverriere, Jean-Noël, Muller, Marc, Buisson, Nicole, Tougard, Claude, Tixier-Vidal, Andrée, Martial, Joseph, ...

In order to assess the potential role of DNA methylation in the expression of rat PRL (rPRL) as compared to rat GH (rGH) gene, the cleavage patterns generated by the isoschizomeric restriction...

Binding of the human glucocorticoid receptor to defined regions in the human growth hormone and placental lactogen genes (1985)

Eliard, P H, Marchand, M, Rousseau, G G, Formstecher, P, Mathy, Marianne, Belayew, A, ...

An in vitro competition assay was used to investigate whether binding sites for the human glucocorticoid receptor occur in the human genes for growth hormone (hGH) and placental lactogen (chorionic...

Molecular cloning of bovine viral diarrhea viral sequences (1985)

Renard, A, Guiot, C, Schmetz, D, Dagenais, L, Pastoret, Paul-Pierre, Dina, D, ...

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) genomic RNA was identified as a 12.5-kb single-stranded RNA molecule in both infected bovine embryonic kidney cells (BEK-1) and partially purified virions. BVD...

Expression and hormonal regulation of the rat growth hormone gene in transfected mouse L cells (1984)

Karin, M, Eberhardt, N L, Mellon, S H, Malich, N, Richards, R I, Slater, E P, ...

Expression of the rat growth hormone (rGH) gene in the pituitary and in cultured pituitary tumor cells is regulated by glucocorticoid hormones. After co-transfer of cloned DNA containing the rGH gene...

Cloning and structure analysis of the rat apolipoprotein A-I cDNA (1984)

Poncin, Jacques, Martial, Joseph, Gielen, Jacques

Apolipoprotein A-I, the major protein in mammalian high-density lipoprotein, acts as a cofactor for lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase during the formation of cholesterol ester and as such, is...

Isolation and characterization of the human prolactin gene (1984)

Truong, Anh T, Duez, Colette, Belayew, Alexandra, Renard, André, Pictet, Raymond, Bell, Greame I, ...

Prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) genes derive from a common ancestor and still share some sequence homologies. Their expression in the pituitary gland is regulated in opposite directions by...

Regulatory sequences in the human prolactin gene (1984)

Martial, Joseph, Truong, A T, Eliard, P, Mathy, Marianne, Rousseau, G G, Belayew, A

Endocrinology: Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Endocrinology

A method for isolation of intact, translationally active ribonucleic acid (1983)

Cathala, G, Savouret, J F, Mendez, B, West, B L, Karin, M, Martial, Joseph, ...

A method for isolation of large, translationally active RNA species is presented. The procedure involves homogenization of cells or tissues in 5 M guanidine monothiocyanate followed by direct...

Inverse control of prolactin and growth hormone gene expression: effect of thyroliberin on transcription and RNA stabilization (1983)

Laverriere, J N, Morin, A, Tixier-Vidal, A, Truong, A T, Gourdji, D, Martial, Joseph

The hypothalamic tripeptide thyroliberin (TRH) regulates prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) synthesis inversely by modulating the levels of their specific mRNA. Changes in mRNA levels could...

Structural analysis of rodent growth hormone genes: application to genetic forms of hypopituitarism (1982)

Parks, J S, Herd, J E, Wurzel, J M, Martial, Joseph

Analysis of GH gene structure in the mouse permits evolutionary comparisons with GH gene structure in the rat and provides information about the mechanism responsible for heritable deficiencies of...

Structure et régulation du gène de la prolactine (1982)

Martial, Joseph, Laverriere, J N, Morin, A

Colloque de la Société nationale pour l'étude de la stérilité et de la fécondité

Human prolactin. cDNA structural analysis and evolutionary comparisons (1981)

Cooke, Nancy E, Coit, Doris, Shine, John, Baxter, John D, Martial, Joseph

Prolactin (Prl), growth hormone, and chorionic sommatomammotropin form a set (the "Prl set") of hormones which is thought to have evolved from a common ancestral gene. This assumption is based on...

Cloning of bovine prolactin cDNA and evolutionary implications of its sequence (1981)

Miller, W L, Coit, D, Baxter, J D, Martial, Joseph

Prolactin, growth hormone, and chorionic somatomammotropin (placental lactogen) constitute a set of related polypeptides believed to derive from a common evolutionary ancestor protein. We have cloned...

The prolactin gene is located on chromosome 6 in humans (1981)

Owerbach, D, Rutter, W J, Cooke, N E, Martial, Joseph, Shows, T B

The gene for prolactin has been located on chromosome 6 in humans. DNA fragments of 4.8 and 4.0 kilobases containing prolactin gene sequences were identified in human genomic DNA, whereas DNA...

Absence of high affinity dopamine receptor in GH3 cells: a prolactin-secreting clone resistant to the inhibitory action of dopamine (1980)

Cronin, Michaël J, Faure, Nacia, Martial, Joseph, Weiner, Richard I

Dopamine (DA) and DA agonists bind with high affinity to anterior pituitary receptors which mediate the inhibition of PRL release. Spiperone (SPIP), a DA antagonist, has also been successfully used...

Decreased responsiveness of GH3 cells to the dopaminergic inhibition of prolactin (1980)

Faure, Nacia, Cronin, Michaël J, Martial, Joseph, Weiner, Richard I

The inhibitory regulation of PRL secretion by dopamine (DA) or the dopaminergic agonists bromergocryptine (CB-154) and apomorphine was studied in cultured GH3 cells, an established rat anterior...

Cell-free synthesis of acetylcholine receptor polypeptides (1980)

Mendez, B, Valenzuela, P, Martial, Joseph, Baxter, J D

Messenger RNA coding for acetylcholine receptor peptides has been identified. This polyadenylate [poly(A)+]RNA from Torpedo californica directs, in a cell-free system, the synthesis of peptides...

Molecular cloning of DNA complementary to bovine growth hormone mRNA (1980)

Miller, Walter L, Martial, Joseph, Baxter, John D

We have cloned DNA complementary to mRNA coding for bovine growth hormone (bGH). Double-stranded DNA complementary to bovine pituitary mRNA was inserted into the Pst I site of plasmid pBR322 by the...

Cloning of DNA complementary to bovine prolactin mRNA (1980)

Miller, Walter L, Thirion, Jean-Paul, Martial, Joseph

We have cloned DNA complementary to mRNA coding for bovine prolactin (bPrl). Double-stranded cDNA prepared from bovine pituitary mRNA was inserted into the Pst I site of plasmid bPR322 by the dC x dG...

Genes for growth hormone, chorionic somatommammotropin, and growth hormones-like gene on chromosome 17 in humans (1980)

Owerbach, D, Rutter, W J, Martial, Joseph, Baxter, J D, Shows, T B

The human genes for growth hormone (GH), chorionic somatomammotropin (CSH), and a third growth hormone-like gene (GHL) have been located on chromosome 17 in humans. DNA fragments of 2.6, 2.8, and 9.5...

The pH dependence of rat liver RNA polymerases I and II. (1980)

Bull, P, Martial, Joseph, Téllez, R, Venegas, A, Valenzuela, P

The effect of pH on the stability and activity of rat liver RNA polymerases I (A) and II (B) has been studied. Both enzymes are irreversibly inactivated in buffer solutions below pH 5.0. Km values of...

Isolation and sequence analysis of the rat prolactin structural gene (1980)

Martial, Joseph, Cooke, N E

International Symposium on Central and Peripheral Regulation of Prolactin Function, , 1979.

Human growth hormone: complementary DNA cloning and expression in bacteria (1979)

Martial, Joseph, Hallewell, R A, Baxter, J D, Goodman, H M

The nucleotide sequence of a DNA complementary to human growth hormone messenger RNA was cloned; it contains 29 nucleotides in its 5' untranslated region, the 651 nucleotides coding for the...

Regulation of growth hormone messenger RNA (1979)

Martial, Joseph, Seeburg, P H, Matulich, D T, Goodman, H M, Baxter, J D

In cultured rat pituitary cells, glucocorticoids regulate growth hormone production by modulating the number of growth hormone messenger RNA molecules. The effect is quite specific, since only a few...

Synthesis of growth hormone by bacteria (1978)

Seeburg, P H, Shine, J, Martial, Joseph, Ivarie, R D, Morris, J A, Ullrich, A, ...

A hybrid gene was constructed between the beta-lactamase gene of plasmid pBR322 and the cloned coding sequence for rat growth hormone. This gene is expressed in bacteria and growth hormone sequences...

Subunits of yeast RNA polymerase I involved in interactions with DNA and nucleotides (1978)

Valenzuela, Pablo, Bull, Paulina, Zaldivar, Josefina, Venegas, Venegas, Martial, Joseph

Reaction of yeast RNA polymerase I with pyridoxal 5′-phosphate and sodium borohydride under conditions which inactivate the enzyme results in the specific binding of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate to...

Regulation of growth hormone messenger RNA by thyroid and glucocorticoid hormones (1977)

Martial, Joseph, Baxter, John D, Goodman, Howard M, Seeburg, Peter H

Thyroid and glucocorticoid hormones stimulate growth hormone synthesis in cultured rat pituitary cells (GC). We have compared changes in growth hormone production and mRNA in these cells....

Regulation of growth hormone gene expression: synergistic effects of thyroid and glucocorticoid hormones (1977)

Martial, Joseph, Seeburg, Peter H, Guenzi, Doris, Goodman, Howard M, Baxter, John D

Cultured rat pituitary cells (GC) respond to thyroid and glucocorticoid hormones by increases in growth hormone production and growth hormone mRNA. When these cells are transferred from medium...

Thyroid hormonelike actions of 3,3',5'-L-triiodothyronine nad 3,3'-diiodothyronine (1977)

Papavasiliou, S S, Martial, Joseph, Latham, K R, Baxter, J D

l-Thyroxine is converted to 3,5,3'-l-triiodothyronine (T(3)) as well as to 3,3',5'-l-triiodothyronine (reverse T(3)). One product of further deiodination is 3,3'-diiodothyronine (3,3'T(2)). The serum...

Nucleotide sequence and amplification in bacteria of structural gene for rat growth hormone (1977)

Seeburg, P H, Shine, J, Martial, Joseph, Baxter, J D, Goodman, H M

The primary structure of DNA containing the sequence for rat pituitary growth hormone mRNA has been determined. DNA was obtained by reverse transcription of polyadenylated RNA from cultured pituitary...

Nucleotide sequence of part of the gene for human chorionic somatomammotropin: purification of DNA complementary to predominant mRNA species (1977)

Seeburg, Peter H, Shine, John, Martial, Joseph, Ullrich, Axel, Baxter, John D, Goodman, Howard M

A novel purification procedure for DNA complementary to individual mRNA species has been developed by using restriction endonuclease cleavage of cDNA transcribed from a complex mixture of mRNAs. This...

Construction and analysis of recombinant DNA for human chorionic somatomammotropin (1977)

Shine, J, Seeburg, P H, Martial, Joseph, Baxter, J D, Goodman, H M

DNA complementary to mRNA coding for the human polypeptide hormone, chorionic somatomammotropin, has been purified by specific restriction endonuclease digestion and religation before cloning into...

Activity and Subcellular Distribution of Protein Kinase Dependent on Adenosine 3': 5'-Monophosphate in Liver from Normal and Adrenalectomized Rats (1976)

Rousseau, Guy, Martial, Joseph, De Visscher, M

We have examined whether glucocorticoids control the activity and (or) the subcellular distribution of protein kinase dependent on cyclic AMP (adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate), since they influence...

Inactivation of rat liver RNA polymerases I and II and yeast RNA polymerase I by pyrodixal 5'-phosphate. Evidence for the participation of lysyl residues at the active site. (1975)

Martial, Joseph, Zaldivar, J, Bull, P, Venegas, A, Valenzuela, P

Purified DNA-dependent RNA polymerase forms I (A) and II (B) from rat liver and form I from yeast are rapidly inactivated by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate at pH 8.0. The inhibition is relatively specific...

Inactivation of E. coli RNA polymerase by pyridoxal 5′-phosphate: Identification of a low pKa lysine as the modified residue (1975)

Bull, Paulina, Zaldivar, Josefina, Venegas, Alejandro, Martial, Joseph, Valenzuela, Pablo

The inactivation of E. coli RNA polymerase (3.3 × 10−7M) by pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (1 × 10−4M to 5 × 10−4M) is a first order process with respect to the remaining active enzyme. Studies of...

Active site-directed inhibition of E. coli DNA-dependent RNA polymerase by pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (1973)

Venegas, Alejandro, Martial, Joseph, Valenzuela, Pablo

DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from E. coli is rapidly inhibited by preincubation with pyridoxal 5′-phosphate. The enzyme is not inhibited by pyridoxamine 5′-phosphate or pyridoxine. Pyridoxal is...

Crystallization of ornithine acetyltransferase from yeast by counter-diffusion and preliminary X-ray study

Maes, Dominique, Crabeel, Marjolaine, Van De Weerdt, Cécile, Martial, Joseph, Peeters, Eveline, Charlier, Daniël, ...

A study on the crystallization of ornithine acetyltransferase from yeast, catalysing the fifth step in microbial arginine synthesis, is presented. The use of the counter-diffusion technique removes...