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Query: UMLS:C0079731 (B-cell lymphoma)
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The CD53 antigen is a prototype member of the transmembrane-4 superfamily which includes several tumor antigens. In this report we have studied the changes in the cellular binding of phorbol esters after stimulation with monoclonal antibody (mAb) MRC OX-44 (anti-CD53) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) using a fluorochrome-phorbol ester binding assay. Incubation of a rat B cell lymphoma cell line with this mAb or EGF induces the appearance of high- and low-affinity phorbol ester binding sites and changes the total number of binding sites. Four binding sites with different characteristics have been detected. The binding data suggest that two structurally different receptors, CD53 antigen and EGF receptor, induce a similar change in the functional protein kinase C expressed in the cell which might be implicated in the responses elicited after cell stimulation.
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PMID:CD53 antigen and epidermal growth factor induce similar changes in the pattern of phorbol ester binding in a B cell lymphoma. 861 82

The CD53 antigen is a member of the tetraspan family of proteins with unknown function. Stimulation of rat IR938F B-cell lymphoma cells with monoclonal antibody MRC OX44 (anti-rat CD53) triggered a homotypic adhesion reaction which reached a maximum effect at 24 hr. This effect occurred at 37 degrees C but not at 4 degrees C. Adhesion was prevented by removal of divalent cations, Ca2+ and Mg2+, with EGTA and EDTA as chelating agents. The adhesion induced by MRC OX44 was inhibited by cycloheximide and actinomycin D, suggesting that de novo protein synthesis was required for this effect. The addition of mAb WT1 against rat LFA-1 (CD11a) antigen had no effect on adhesion, suggesting that the cell-cell interaction is not mediated by the expression of LFA-1 antigen. The intracellular signals required to induce adhesion were inhibited by two tyrosine kinase inhibitors, genistein and piceatannol. Wortmannin, a selective inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity, completely blocked adhesion. Two protein kinase C inhibitors, H7 and bisindolylmaleimide, inhibited the adhesion, suggesting that part of the signal is mediated by PKC. Electron microscopy of aggregated cells showed that the interaction is localized to short membrane regions, where contact areas of higher density in opposing zones from both cells were detected. We postulate that there is a common adhesion mechanism that is modulated by several tetraspan family members and associated proteins. This adhesion structure might represent a novel form of cell communication among lymphoid cells.
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PMID:Ligation of CD53/OX44, a tetraspan antigen, induces homotypic adhesion mediated by specific cell-cell interactions. 922 4

Multigenic programs controlling susceptibility to apoptosis in response to ionizing radiation have not yet been defined. Here, using DNA microarrays, we show gene expression patterns in an apoptosis-sensitive and apoptosis-resistant murine B cell lymphoma model system both before and after irradiation. From the 11,000 genes interrogated by the arrays, two major patterns emerged. First, before radiation exposure the radioresistant LYar cells expressed significantly greater levels of message for several genes involved in regulating intracellular redox potential. Compared with LYas cells, LYar cells express 20- to 50-fold more mRNA for the tetraspanin CD53 and for fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. Expression of both of these genes can lead to the increase of total cellular glutathione, which is the principle intracellular antioxidant and has been shown to inhibit many forms of apoptosis. A second pattern emerged after radiation, when the apoptosis-sensitive LYas cells induced rapid expression of a unique cluster of genes characterized by their involvement in mitochondrial electron transport. Some of these genes have been previously recognized as proapoptotic; however others, such as uncoupling protein 2, were not previously known to be apoptotic regulatory proteins. From these observations we propose that a multigenic program for sensitivity to apoptosis involves induction of transcripts for genes participating in mitochondrial uncoupling and loss of membrane potential. This program triggers mitochondrial release of apoptogenic factors and induces the "caspase cascade." Conversely, cells resistant to apoptosis down-regulate these biochemical pathways, while activating pathways for establishment and maintenance of high intracellular redox potential by means of elevated glutathione.
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PMID:Gene microarray identification of redox and mitochondrial elements that control resistance or sensitivity to apoptosis. 1071 96

The CD53 antigen is a member of the tetraspanin membrane protein family that is expressed in the lymphoid-myeloid lineage. We have studied the implication of CD53 antigen in signal transduction by determining the effect of its ligation on the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in different cell types. Ligation of the rat or human CD53 antigen induces a three- to fourfold transient activation of JNK activity that peaks at 3-5 min. The effect was detected by assaying the endogenous or exogenous (transfected) JNK activity. The JNK response was detected in IR938F cells, a rat B-cell lymphoma, and in Jurkat cells derived from a human T-cell lymphoma. This JNK activation was not mediated by the vav oncogene, and CD53 does not cooperate with CD3 for vav activation. A similar JNK activation was also detected in a human renal carcinoma cell line that was transiently transfected with the human CD53 cDNA to mimic the CD53 ectopic expression in carcinomas. In stable CD53-transfected cells it stimulated Jun-dependent transcriptional activity. We conclude that parts of the cell responses modulated by the CD53 are mediated by JNK activation, and this activation is independent of the different protein interactions that the CD53 protein has on specific cell types.
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PMID:Transient activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activity by ligation of the tetraspan CD53 antigen in different cell types. 1184 4