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See detailIdentification of SOCS2 and SOCS6 as biomarkers in human colorectal cancer.
Letellier, Elisabeth UL; Schmitz, Martine UL; Baig, Komal UL et al

in British journal of cancer (2014), 111(4), 726-35

BACKGROUND: Over the past years, some members of the family of suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) proteins have emerged as potential tumour suppressors. This study aimed at investigating the ... [more ▼]

BACKGROUND: Over the past years, some members of the family of suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) proteins have emerged as potential tumour suppressors. This study aimed at investigating the clinical significance of SOCS proteins in colorectal carcinoma (CRC). METHODS: We integrated publicly available microarray expression data on CRC in humans, analysed the expression pattern of SOCSs and assessed the predictive power of SOCS2 and SOCS6 for diagnostic purposes by generating receiver operating characteristic curves. Using laser microdissected patient material we assessed SOCS expression on RNA and protein levels as well as their methylation status in an independent CRC patient cohort. Finally, we investigated the prognostic value of SOCS2 and SOCS6. RESULTS: The meta-analysis as well as the independent patient cohort analysis reveal a stage-independent downregulation of SOCS2 and SOCS6 and identify both molecules as diagnostic biomarkers for CRC. We demonstrate a different methylation pattern within the SOCS2 promoter between tumour tissue and normal control tissue in 25% of CRC patients. Furthermore, early CRC stage patients with low expression of SOCS2 display significantly shorter disease-free survival. CONCLUSIONS: Our data offers evidence that SOCS2 and SOCS6 levels are reduced in CRC and may serve as diagnostic biomarkers for CRC patients. [less ▲]

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See detailA mathematical model of actin filament turnover for fitting FRAP data
Halavatyi, A. A.; Nazarov, P. V.; Al Tanoury, Z. et al

in European Biophysics Journal (2010), 39(4), 669-677

A novel mathematical model of the actin dynamics in living cells under steady-state conditions has been developed for fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments. As opposed to other ... [more ▼]

A novel mathematical model of the actin dynamics in living cells under steady-state conditions has been developed for fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments. As opposed to other FRAP fitting models, which use the average lifetime of actins in filaments and the actin turnover rate as fitting parameters, our model operates with unbiased actin association/dissociation rate constants and accounts for the filament length. The mathematical formalism is based on a system of stochastic differential equations. The derived equations were validated on synthetic theoretical data generated by a stochastic simulation algorithm adapted for the simulation of FRAP experiments. Consistent with experimental findings, the results of this work showed that (1) fluorescence recovery is a function of the average filament length, (2) the F-actin turnover and the FRAP are accelerated in the presence of actin nucleating proteins, (3) the FRAP curves may exhibit both a linear and non-linear behaviour depending on the parameters of actin polymerisation, and (4) our model resulted in more accurate parameter estimations of actin dynamics as compared with other FRAP fitting models. Additionally, we provide a computational tool that integrates the model and that can be used for interpretation of FRAP data on actin cytoskeleton. © 2009 European Biophysical Societies' Association. [less ▲]

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See detailAn integrative simulation model linking major biochemical reactions of actin-polymerization to structural properties of actin filaments
Halavatyi, A. A.; Nazarov, P. V.; Medves, S. et al

in Biophysical Chemistry (2009), 140(1-3), 24-34

We report on an advanced universal Monte Carlo simulation model of actin polymerization processes offering a broad application panel. The model integrates major actin-related reactions, such as assembly ... [more ▼]

We report on an advanced universal Monte Carlo simulation model of actin polymerization processes offering a broad application panel. The model integrates major actin-related reactions, such as assembly of actin nuclei, association/dissociation of monomers to filament ends, ATP-hydrolysis via ADP-Pi formation and ADP-ATP exchange, filament branching, fragmentation and annealing or the effects of regulatory proteins. Importantly, these reactions are linked to information on the nucleotide state of actin subunits in filaments (ATP hydrolysis) and the distribution of actin filament lengths. The developed stochastic simulation modelling schemes were validated on: i) synthetic theoretical data generated by a deterministic model and ii) sets of our and published experimental data obtained from fluorescence pyrene-actin experiments. Build on an open-architecture principle, the designed model can be extended for predictive evaluation of the activities of other actin-interacting proteins and can be applied for the analysis of experimental pyrene actin-based or fluorescence microscopy data. We provide a user-friendly, free software package ActinSimChem that integrates the implemented simulation algorithms and that is made available to the scientific community for modelling in silico any specific actin-polymerization system. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. [less ▲]

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