The underlying mechanisms that perpetuate liver inflammation in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis are poorly understood. We explored the hypothesis that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) can exert pro-inflammatory effects in metabolic forms of fatty liver disease. Male wild-type (WT) C57BL6/N or peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ␣ knockout (PPAR-␣ ؊/؊ ) mice were fed a lipogenic, methionine-and choline-deficient (MCD) diet or the same diet with supplementary methionine and choline (control). COX-2 was not expressed in livers of mice fed the control diet. In mice fed the MCD diet, hepatic expression of COX-2 messenger RNA and protein occurred from day 5, continued to rise, and was 10-fold higher than controls after 5 weeks, thereby paralleling the development of steatohepatitis. Upregulation of COX-2 was even more pronounced in PPAR
Human CD48, a membrane-bound, glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked glycoprotein, is a potential tumour target for the treatment of leukaemias and lymphomas. CD48 is expressed on Tand B-cells, however <5% of CD34 + progenitor cells express CD48. A truncated, 45 kDa soluble form of the full length CD48 was expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, and was shown to consist of a broad range of charge isoforms, with the most abundant isoforms between pI 4.5 and 5.0. The truncated form of CD48 was shown to bind to antibodies raised against native, GPI-linked CD48 by surface plasmon resonance analysis. A synthetic, human, scFv immunoglobulin gene library was screened against recombinant CD48 by phage display, and an scFv antibody fragment, (designated N2A) was isolated after four rounds of biopanning. N2A was reassembled as a human IgG1 human monoclonal antibody, expressed in CHO cells and the binding of IgG1-N2A to recombinant CD48 was confirmed by surface plasmon resonance. Flow cytometry studies of IgG1-N2A binding to Raji cells showed the specificity of N2A for GPI-linked CD48 was conserved, and presents the potential for IgG1-N2A as a lead antibody candidate for the treatment of white blood cell malignancies.
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