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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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Immunohistochemical and/or indirect immunofluorescence analysis with monoclonal antibody (MAb) H19 demonstrated the expression of protectin (CD59) in 54 surgically removed metastatic melanoma lesions and on 8 out of 12 melanoma cell lines. CD59 expression had a low degree of intra- and intertumor heterogeneity. SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the molecular weight of CD59 expressed on melanoma cells is about 20 kDa. Treatment of melanoma cells with 5U/ml of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C completely abolished cell-surface expression of CD59. Interferon-gamma and/or tumor necrosis factor-alpha or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate neither modulated the expression of CD59 by melanoma cells nor influenced the amounts of CD59-specific mRNA. F(ab')2 fragments of anti-CD59 MAb YTH53. I did not inhibit the lysis of melanoma cells by allogeneic natural killer (NK) cells or lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. In contrast, the whole Ig molecule of MAb HI9 or YTH53.I significantly (p < 0.05) enhanced NK-cell-mediated lysis of melanoma cells, suggesting the induction of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Lastly, masking of CD59 by MAb YTH53.I or its F(ab')2 fragments significantly (p < 0.05) enhanced, in a dose-dependent fashion, the lysis of anti-GD3-sensitized melanoma cells by homologous complement. These data demonstrate that CD59 expressed by human melanoma cells might regulate host-tumor interaction by protecting neoplastic cells from complement-mediated lysis.
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PMID:Expression of protectin (CD59) in human melanoma and its functional role in cell- and complement-mediated cytotoxicity. 753 80

This study investigates whether cell-derived glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked complement control proteins CD55 and CD59 can be incorporated into HIV-1 virions and contribute to complement resistance. Virus was prepared by transfection of cell lines with pNL4-3, and primary isolates of HIV-1 were derived from patients' PBMCs. Virus was tested for sensitivity to complement-mediated virolysis in the presence of anti-gp160 antibody. Viral preparations from JY33 cells, which lack CD55 and CD59, were highly sensitive to complement. HIV-1 preparations from H9 and U937 cells, which express low levels of CD55 and CD59, had intermediate to high sensitivity while other cell line-derived viruses and primary isolates of HIV-1 were resistant to complement-mediated virolysis. Although the primary isolates were not lysed, they activated complement as measured by binding to a complement receptor positive cell line. While the primary isolates were resistant to lysis in the presence of HIV-specific antibody, antibody to CD59 induced lysis. Likewise, antibody to CD55 and CD59 induced lysis of cell line-derived virus. Western blot analysis of purified virus showed bands corresponding to CD55 and CD59. Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C treatment of either cell line-derived or primary isolates of HIV-1 increased sensitivity to complement while incubation of sensitive virus with purified CD55 and CD59 increased resistance to complement. These results show that CD55 and CD59 are incorporated into HIV-1 particles and function to protect virions from complement-mediated destruction, and they are the first report of host cell proteins functioning in protection of HIV-1 from immune effector mechanisms.
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PMID:Role of virion-associated glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked proteins CD55 and CD59 in complement resistance of cell line-derived and primary isolates of HIV-1. 754 40

CD55 and CD59 are both glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored complement regulatory proteins found on the surface of most hemopoietic cells. Using three-color cytofluorographic analysis with antibodies recognizing CD56, CD3, and CD59 or CD55 we determined that CD56+CD3- lymphocytes (NK cells) expressed both CD55 and CD59 but at lower levels than CD3+ lymphocytes. Since the CD56+CD3- lymphocyte population is heterogeneous, we examined expression of CD55 and CD59 on selected CD56+CD3- lymphocyte populations by depleting peripheral blood leukocytes of T cells, B cells, and monocytes. Dual staining of the selected CD56+CD3- cells, which were > 95% CD56+, permitted the distiction of two subpopulations: a major CD16brightCD56dimCD55dimCD59dim subpopulation and a minor CD16dim/negCD56brightCD55brightCD59bright subpopulation. Treatment with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C released both the CD55 and CD59 antigens from the surface of CD56+CD3- cells, indicating that both are GPI-anchored, as they are on other lymphocytes. CD56+CD3- cell subpopulations were individually isolated by anti-CD55 or anti-CD16 negative selection and were functionally compared to the parent CD56+CD3- cell population. The CD16brightCD56dimCD55dimCD59dim cells killed NK targets well but did not proliferate well in response to rIL-2, whereas CD16dim/negCD56brightCD55brightCD59bright cells proliferated well in response to rIL-2 but did not kill NK targets efficiently. We conclude that all CD56+CD3- cells express some levels of the GPI-anchored proteins, CD55 and CD59, and that two CD56+CD3- subpopulations with different functional characteristics can be distinguished by the level of expression of these two antigens.
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PMID:Expression of GPI-anchored complement regulatory proteins CD55 and CD59 differentiates two subpopulations of human CD56+ CD3- lymphocytes (NK cells). 755 95

The current study was undertaken to determine whether the human T cell leukemia/lymphoma oncovirus type I (HTLV-I) and the herpesvirus human cytomegalovirus (HCM) incorporate host cell-derived C regulatory proteins. Our experiments showed that both CD59 and CD55 were associated with the external membrane of HTLV-I derived from MT2 cells, since virus could be captured by mAbs to these proteins, and antisera to CD55 and CD59 induced C-mediated lysis of HTLV-I virions. Additionally, both CD55 and CD59 were detected by immunoblot analysis of purified HTLV-I. Purified HCMV produced in human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF) also contained both CD55 and CD59, as detected by immunoblot analysis. However, treatment with anti-CD55, but not anti-CD59, reduced the HCMV infectious titer in the presence of C. Additional studies determined whether HTLV-I-associated CD55 and CD59 participated in the resistance of the virus to C-mediated lysis. Treatment of virus with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC), which removes glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored CD55 and CD59, increased the sensitivity of HTLV-I to C-mediated destruction in the presence of anti-HTLV-I Abs. Reconstitution of PI-PLC-treated virus with purified CD55 and CD59 restored resistance to C. These experiments show that HTLV-I and HCMV acquire C control proteins from host cells. Together with our previous experiments showing that both CD55 and CD59 are present on HIV-1, these studies demonstrate a mechanism by which a variety of enveloped viruses may acquire resistance to C-mediated destruction.
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PMID:Host cell-derived complement control proteins CD55 and CD59 are incorporated into the virions of two unrelated enveloped viruses. Human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). 759 97

We performed a flow cytometric analysis using monoclonal antibodies to decay accelerating factor (DAF) and CD59/membrane attack complex inhibitory factor (CD59/MACIF) in order to investigate the leukemic cells and erythrocytes from a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) who developed acute myelocytic leukemia. In May 1990, the leukemic cells comprised 70% of the mononuclear cells in the bone marrow and 76% of those in the peripheral blood. They consisted of a mixture of positive and negative populations, including single DAF-positive cells. In August 1990, almost 100% of the peripheral mononuclear cells were leukemic blasts, and these consisted of a single population with reduced DAF expression. Single-color flow cytometric analysis showed that the leukemic cells lacked CD59/MACIF, while control leukemic cells (n = 3) expressed both DAF and CD59/MACIF. Leukemic blasts from this patient and six control patients expressed lymphocyte function-associated antigen 3 and FcIII receptors (CD 16) both before and after treatment with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. The patient's erythrocytes lacking DAF and CD59/MACIF expression corresponded to the proportion of complement-sensitive cells at the onset of acute leukemia. These DAF- and CD59/MACIF-deficient erythrocytes disappeared almost completely with progression of the leukemia. In conclusion, it appears that the expression of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked membrane proteins by leukemic cells was heterogeneous and discordant in our patient, and that the leukemic cells were derived from the PNH clone because of their deficiency of CD59/MACIF. It is also suggested that DAF could compete more effectively than CD59/MACIF for a limited number of anchor molecules available on the proliferating leukemic cells.
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PMID:Discordant and heterogeneous expression of GPI-anchored membrane proteins on leukemic cells in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. 768 3

An inhibitor of the membrane attack complex of complement was isolated from the membranes of sheep erythrocytes. Fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) and affinity purification procedures for this sheep complement-inhibiting protein (SCIP) both yielded a pure protein with an apparent M(r) of 19,000 under reducing and non-reducing conditions. Incubation of the denatured protein with neuraminidase and Endo-F reduced the apparent M(r) to 18,000 and 15,000 respectively, while treatment with O-deglycosidase or phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PIPLC) did not affect the apparent M(r). SCIP was detectable on erythrocytes and lymphocytes but not on platelets and could partially be removed by PIPLC treatment. Deglycosylation of the pure protein markedly reduced and PIPLC treatment abolished its activity. A monoclonal antibody (mAb) raised against sheep complement-inhibiting protein (SCIP) enhanced the susceptibility of sheep erythrocytes to lysis by homologous complement. SCIP inhibited complement after the stage of C5b-7 formation. Amino-terminal protein sequence was obtained and was shown to be similar to that of human CD59. All these features suggest that SCIP is the sheep equivalent of human CD59. Human CD59 has been reported to be species selective in that it inhibits complement from relatively few species. However, SCIP efficiently inhibited lysis of guinea-pig erythrocytes by complement from a wide range of species tested indicating that it is a potent and non-selective inhibitor of the membrane attack complex of complement (MAC).
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PMID:The sheep analogue of human CD59: purification and characterization of its complement inhibitory activity. 768 85

The survival of transfused red cells (RBCs) diminishes with time of in vitro storage in blood banks, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the slow but incessant deterioration are incompletely understood. To investigate the possibility that impaired resistance to autologous complement attack could play a role in this phenomenon, packed RBCs stored for variable periods were assayed for decay-accelerating factor (DAF) and CD59, two glycoinositol-phospholipid (GPI)-anchored, membrane-associated complement regulatory proteins that function physiologically to protect blood cells from autologous complement activation on their surfaces. Immunoradiometric and flow cytometric assays employing DAF and CD59 monoclonal antibodies showed that levels of both surface proteins gradually declined over 6 weeks. Digestion analyses with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, an enzyme that releases GPI-anchored proteins from cell surfaces, showed that DAF and CD59 molecules with GPI anchors containing unacylated inositol were preferentially lost. These findings suggest: 1) that DAF and CD59 molecules with acylated GPI anchors are more stable in RBC membranes than are molecules with unacylated GPI anchors, and 2) that DAF and CD59 loss may participate with other membrane alterations that occur during in vitro storage in compromising the survival of transfused cells.
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PMID:Time-dependent loss of surface complement regulatory activity during storage of donor blood. 848 Mar 47

The inducibility of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins on affected paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) neutrophils (PMN) after both in vitro and in vivo stimulation was investigated. Fc gamma R-III (CD16), decay-accelerating factor (DAF/CD55) and 20 kD homologous restriction factor (HRF20/CD59) were demonstrated to be concurrently deficient on unstimulated defective PNH PMN. Upon in vitro stimulation with either N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP), zymosan-activated serum (ZAS), or recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulation factor (G-CSF), neither CD16 nor CD55 expression was induced on defective PNH PMN. G-CSF was administered to two patients with PNH when their conditions were complicated by bacterial infections, or to prevent infections associated with the extraction of teeth or cataract surgery. CD16 expression was induced on the defective PNH PMN in both cases during the administration of G-CSF, but the expression of CD55 and CD59 was not. CD16, induced on the defective PNH PMN during the administration of G-CSF, was phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PIPLC)-sensitive, implying that it had GPI-linkage to the membranes. The patients treated with G-CSF recovered from infection or evaded infection. These observations suggest that a deficiency of GPI-anchored proteins is not always seen in defective PNH blood cells, at least under certain stimulation conditions.
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PMID:Induction of Fc gamma R-III (CD16) expression on neutrophils affected by paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria by administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. 769 30

CD59 antigen (CD59) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked membrane glycoprotein which protects human cells from complement-mediated lysis. Here we report the expression of functionally active CD59 in Spodoptera frugiperda insect cells using a baculovirus vector. Recombinant CD59 was expressed abundantly on the surface of the insect cells and protected the cells from lysis by human complement. The protein was released from the cell surface by treatment with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, indicating that it was attached to the insect cell membrane via a GPI anchor. The cells also secreted CD59 into the culture medium. Recombinant CD59 was affinity-purified from spent culture medium and from detergent extract of transfected cells. Protein purified from both sources produced multiple bands on SDS/PAGE, all of a lower apparent molecular mass than the human erythrocyte protein. However, N-terminal protein sequencing and deglycosylation studies confirmed that signals for leader peptide cleavage and N-linked glycosylation had been recognized in the insect cells, suggesting that the differences in apparent molecular mass between the native and recombinant proteins were attributable to the extent of glycosylation. Protein derived from both sources was, in part, GPI-anchored as demonstrated by phase-partition studies and incorporation into cells membranes. Incorporated recombinant protein rendered erythrocytes resistant to complement lysis.
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PMID:Expression of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked complement-inhibiting protein CD59 antigen in insect cells using a baculovirus vector. 769 73

The ability of beta-amyloid peptides to activate the classical complement cascade and the presence of various complement proteins including the membrane attack complex (C5b-9) on dystrophic neurites in Alzheimer's disease brains, raises the possibility that the complement system may contribute to this neurodegenerative disorder. To address this issue, we have studied the effect of complement activation on nerve growth factor (NGF)-differentiated rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, and on retinoic acid (RA)-differentiated human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Although incubation of both cell types with human serum resulted in activation of complement, as indicated by iC3b formation, only PC12 but not SH-SY5Y cells were killed by human serum treatment. In contrast, heat-inactivated serum (56 degrees C, 45 min) was not neurotoxic. On SH-SY5Y cells, both PCR amplification and immunocytochemistry demonstrated the presence of CD59, a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein that restricts homologous complement activation by inhibiting the formation of the membrane attack complex. The presence of CD59 probably accounts for the inability of human complement to lyse the human cell lines. Indeed, removal of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) rendered SH-SY5Y cells vulnerable to complement attack and eventually led to serum-medicated cell death. Reconstituted C5b-9 was also toxic to both PC12 and PI-PLC-pretreated SH-SY5Y cells. These observations suggest that complement activation can cause neuronal cell death and that this process is regulated by homologous restriction.
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PMID:Complement-mediated neurotoxicity is regulated by homologous restriction. 774 16


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