Michael J. Lenardo

Critical role for BIM in T cell receptor restimulation-induced death (2008)

Snow, Andrew L, Oliveira, João B, Zheng, Lixin, Dale, Janet K, Fleisher, Thomas A, Lenardo, Michael J

Abstract Background Upon repeated or chronic antigen stimulation, activated T cells undergo a T cell receptor (TCR)-triggered propriocidal cell death important for governing the intensity of immune...

14-3-3 theta binding to cell cycle regulatory factors is enhanced by HIV-1 Vpr (2008)

Bolton, Diane L, Barnitz, Robert A, Sakai, Keiko, Lenardo, Michael J

Abstract Background Despite continuing advances in our understanding of AIDS pathogenesis, the mechanism of CD4+ T cell depletion in HIV-1-infected individuals remains unclear. The HIV-1 Vpr...

The control of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+regulatory T cell survival (2008)

Pandiyan, Pushpa, Lenardo, Michael J

Abstract CD4 + CD25 + Foxp3 + regulatory T (T reg ) cells are believed to play an important role in suppressing autoimmunity and maintaining peripheral tolerance. How their survival is regulated in...

Co-inherited mutations of Fas and caspase-10 in development of the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (2007)

Cerutti, Elisa, Campagnoli, Maria F, Ferretti, Massimo, Garelli, Emanuela, Crescenzio, Nicoletta, Rosolen, Angelo, ...

Abstract Background Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a rare inherited disorder characterized by defective function of Fas, autoimmune manifestations that predominantly involve blood...

Dominant inhibition of Fas ligand-mediated apoptosis due to a heterozygous mutation associated with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) Type Ib (2007)

Bi, Lilia L, Pan, George, Atkinson, T Prescott, Zheng, Lixin, Dale, Janet K, Makris, Christopher, ...

Abstract Background: Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a disorder of lymphocyte homeostasis and immunological tolerance due primarily to genetic defects in Fas (CD95/APO-1; TNFRSF6 ),...

Requirements for activation and RAFT localization of the T-lymphocyte kinase Rlk/Txk (2001)

Chamorro, Mario, Czar, Michael J, Debnath, Jayanta, Cheng, Genhong, Lenardo, Michael J, Varmus, Harold E, ...

Abstract Background The Tec family kinases are implicated in signaling from lymphocyte antigen receptors and are activated following phosphorylation by Src kinases. For most Tec kinases, this...

HIV-1 Directly Kills CD4+ T Cells by a Fas-independent Mechanism (1998)

Gandhi, Rajesh T., Chen, Benjamin K., Straus, Stephen E., Dale, Janet K., Lenardo, Michael J., Baltimore, David

The mechanism by which HIV-1 induces CD4+ T cell death is not known. A fundamental issue is whether HIV-1 primarily induces direct killing of infected cells or indirectly causes death of uninfected...

NF-KB protein purification from bovine spleen: Nucleotide stimulation and binding site specificity (1988)

Lenardo, Michael J., Kuang, Anna, Gifford, Ann, Baltimore, David

The activity of the enhancer for the κ immunoglobulin light chain gene critically depends on the presence in the nucleus of the NF-κB protein. We purified NF-κB over 50,000-fold and identified two...

Defective CD95/APO-1/Fas signal complex formation in the human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, type Ia

Martin, David A., Zheng, Lixin, Siegel, Richard M., Huang, Baohua, Fisher, Galen H., Wang, Jin, ...

Heterozygous mutations in the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) receptor occur in most individuals with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and dominantly interfere with apoptosis by an unknown mechanism....

Caspase-10 is an initiator caspase in death receptor signaling

Wang, Jin, Chun, Hyung J., Wong, Wilson, Spencer, David M., Lenardo, Michael J.

A role for caspase-10, previously implicated in the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, in death receptor signaling has not been directly shown. Here we show that caspase-10 can function...

rlk/TXK Encodes Two Forms of a Novel Cysteine String Tyrosine Kinase Activated by Src Family Kinases

Debnath, Jayantha, Chamorro, Mario, Czar, Michael J., Schaeffer, Edward M., Lenardo, Michael J., Varmus, Harold E., ...

Rlk/Txk is a member of the BTK/Tec family of tyrosine kinases and is primarily expressed in T lymphocytes. Unlike other members of this kinase family, Rlk lacks a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain near...

Cytopathic Killing of Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Lymphocytes by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Appears Necrotic rather than Apoptotic and Does Not Require env

Lenardo, Michael J., Angleman, Sara B., Bounkeua, Viengngeun, Dimas, Joseph, Duvall, Melody G., Graubard, Moses B., ...

An important unresolved issue of AIDS pathogenesis is the mechanism of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-induced CD4+ T-lymphocyte destruction. We show here that HIV type 1 (HIV-1) exerts a profound...

Death of CD4+ T-Cell Lines Caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Does Not Depend on Caspases or Apoptosis

Bolton, Diane L., Hahn, Beom-Ik, Park, Eugenia A., Lehnhoff, Laura L., Hornung, Felicita, Lenardo, Michael J.

A critical aspect of AIDS pathogenesis that remains unclear is the mechanism by which human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) induces death in CD4+ T lymphocytes. A better understanding of the...

Binding of FADD and Caspase-8 to Molluscum Contagiosum Virus MC159 v-FLIP Is Not Sufficient for Its Antiapoptotic Function

Garvey, Tara L., Bertin, John, Siegel, Richard M., Wang, Guang-hua, Lenardo, Michael J., Cohen, Jeffrey I.

Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a member of the human poxvirus family, encodes the MC159 protein that inhibits Fas-, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-, and TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligant...

Interaction of Histone Acetylases and Deacetylases In Vivo

Yamagoe, Satoshi, Kanno, Tomohiko, Kanno, Yuka, Sasaki, Shigakazu, Siegel, Richard M., Lenardo, Michael J., ...

Having opposing enzymatic activities, histone acetylases (HATs) and deacetylases affect chromatin and regulate transcription. The activities of the two enzymes are thought to be balanced in the cell...

Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cytopathicity by Using a New Method for Quantitating Viral Dynamics in Cell Culture†

Speirs, Christina, Van Nimwegen, Erik, Bolton, Diane, Zavolan, Mihaela, Duvall, Melody, Angleman, Sara, ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes complex metabolic changes in infected CD4+ T cells that lead to cell cycle arrest and cell death by necrosis. To study the viral functions responsible for...

Preligand assembly domain-mediated ligand-independent association between TRAIL receptor 4 (TR4) and TR2 regulates TRAIL-induced apoptosis

Clancy, Lauren, Mruk, Karen, Archer, Kristina, Woelfel, Melissa, Mongkolsapaya, Juthathip, Screaton, Gavin, ...

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a cytokine with potential therapeutic value against cancers because of its selective cytotoxicity to many transformed, but not...

The Vif and Vpr accessory proteins independently cause HIV-1-induced T cell cytopathicity and cell cycle arrest

Sakai, Keiko, Dimas, Joseph, Lenardo, Michael J.

HIV type I (HIV-1) can cause G2 cell cycle arrest and death of CD4+ T lymphocytes in vitro and inexorable depletion of these cells in vivo. However, the molecular mechanism of viral cytopathicity has...

Defective CD95/APO-1/Fas signal complex formation in the human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, type Ia

Martin, David A., Zheng, Lixin, Siegel, Richard M., Huang, Baohua, Fisher, Galen H., Wang, Jin, ...

Heterozygous mutations in the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) receptor occur in most individuals with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and dominantly interfere with apoptosis by an unknown mechanism....

Caspase-10 is an initiator caspase in death receptor signaling

Wang, Jin, Chun, Hyung J., Wong, Wilson, Spencer, David M., Lenardo, Michael J.

A role for caspase-10, previously implicated in the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, in death receptor signaling has not been directly shown. Here we show that caspase-10 can function...

rlk/TXK Encodes Two Forms of a Novel Cysteine String Tyrosine Kinase Activated by Src Family Kinases

Debnath, Jayantha, Chamorro, Mario, Czar, Michael J., Schaeffer, Edward M., Lenardo, Michael J., Varmus, Harold E., ...

Rlk/Txk is a member of the BTK/Tec family of tyrosine kinases and is primarily expressed in T lymphocytes. Unlike other members of this kinase family, Rlk lacks a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain near...

Cytopathic Killing of Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Lymphocytes by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Appears Necrotic rather than Apoptotic and Does Not Require env

Lenardo, Michael J., Angleman, Sara B., Bounkeua, Viengngeun, Dimas, Joseph, Duvall, Melody G., Graubard, Moses B., ...

An important unresolved issue of AIDS pathogenesis is the mechanism of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-induced CD4+ T-lymphocyte destruction. We show here that HIV type 1 (HIV-1) exerts a profound...

Death of CD4+ T-Cell Lines Caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Does Not Depend on Caspases or Apoptosis

Bolton, Diane L., Hahn, Beom-Ik, Park, Eugenia A., Lehnhoff, Laura L., Hornung, Felicita, Lenardo, Michael J.

A critical aspect of AIDS pathogenesis that remains unclear is the mechanism by which human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) induces death in CD4+ T lymphocytes. A better understanding of the...

Binding of FADD and Caspase-8 to Molluscum Contagiosum Virus MC159 v-FLIP Is Not Sufficient for Its Antiapoptotic Function

Garvey, Tara L., Bertin, John, Siegel, Richard M., Wang, Guang-hua, Lenardo, Michael J., Cohen, Jeffrey I.

Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a member of the human poxvirus family, encodes the MC159 protein that inhibits Fas-, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-, and TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligant...

Interaction of Histone Acetylases and Deacetylases In Vivo

Yamagoe, Satoshi, Kanno, Tomohiko, Kanno, Yuka, Sasaki, Shigakazu, Siegel, Richard M., Lenardo, Michael J., ...

Having opposing enzymatic activities, histone acetylases (HATs) and deacetylases affect chromatin and regulate transcription. The activities of the two enzymes are thought to be balanced in the cell...

Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cytopathicity by Using a New Method for Quantitating Viral Dynamics in Cell Culture†

Speirs, Christina, Van Nimwegen, Erik, Bolton, Diane, Zavolan, Mihaela, Duvall, Melody, Angleman, Sara, ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes complex metabolic changes in infected CD4+ T cells that lead to cell cycle arrest and cell death by necrosis. To study the viral functions responsible for...

Preligand assembly domain-mediated ligand-independent association between TRAIL receptor 4 (TR4) and TR2 regulates TRAIL-induced apoptosis

Clancy, Lauren, Mruk, Karen, Archer, Kristina, Woelfel, Melissa, Mongkolsapaya, Juthathip, Screaton, Gavin, ...

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a cytokine with potential therapeutic value against cancers because of its selective cytotoxicity to many transformed, but not...

The Vif and Vpr accessory proteins independently cause HIV-1-induced T cell cytopathicity and cell cycle arrest

Sakai, Keiko, Dimas, Joseph, Lenardo, Michael J.

HIV type I (HIV-1) can cause G2 cell cycle arrest and death of CD4+ T lymphocytes in vitro and inexorable depletion of these cells in vivo. However, the molecular mechanism of viral cytopathicity has...

Pathological Findings in Human Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome

Lim, Megan S., Straus, Stephen E., Dale, Janet K., Fleisher, Thomas A., Stetler-Stevenson, Maryalice, Strober, Warren, ...

The defects in lymphocyte apoptosis that underlie the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) are usually attributable to inherited mutations of the CD95 (Fas) gene. In this report, we present...

NRAS mutation causes a human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome

Oliveira, João B., Bidère, Nicolas, Niemela, Julie E., Zheng, Lixin, Sakai, Keiko, Nix, Cynthia P., ...

The p21 RAS subfamily of small GTPases, including KRAS, HRAS, and NRAS, regulates cell proliferation, cytoskeletal organization, and other signaling networks, and is the most frequent target of...

Vpr Cytopathicity Independent of G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected CD4+ T Cells▿

Bolton, Diane L., Lenardo, Michael J.

The mechanism of CD4+ T-cell depletion in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals remains unknown, although mounting evidence suggests that direct viral cytopathicity...

SPOTS: signaling protein oligomeric transduction structures are early mediators of death receptor–induced apoptosis at the plasma membrane

Siegel, Richard M., Muppidi, Jagan R., Sarker, Malabika, Lobito, Adrian, Jen, Melinda, Martin, David, ...

Fas (CD95, APO-1, TNFRSF6) is a TNF receptor superfamily member that directly triggers apoptosis and contributes to the maintenance of lymphocyte homeostasis and prevention of autoimmunity. Although...

The control of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell survival

Pandiyan, Pushpa, Lenardo, Michael J

CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells are believed to play an important role in suppressing autoimmunity and maintaining peripheral tolerance. How their survival is regulated in the periphery is...

Identification of a Novel Developmental Stage Marking Lineage Commitment of Progenitor Thymocytes

Carlyle, James R., Michie, Alison M., Furlonger, Caren, Nakano, Toru, Lenardo, Michael J., Paige, Christopher J., ...

Bipotent progenitors for T and natural killer (NK) lymphocytes are thought to exist among early precursor thymocytes. The identification and functional properties of such a progenitor population...

Essential Lymphocyte Function Associated 1 (LFA-1): Intercellular Adhesion Molecule Interactions for T Cell–mediated B Cell Apoptosis by Fas/APO-1/CD95

Wang, Jin, Lenardo, Michael J.

B cells are susceptible to Fas ligand (FasL)+ CD4+ Th1 cell–mediated apoptosis. We demonstrate that blocking the interactions between lymphocyte function associated (LFA)-1 and intercellular...

Selective Induction of Apoptosis in Mature T Lymphocytes by Variant T Cell Receptor Ligands

Combadière, Behazine, E Sousa, Caetano Reis, Germain, Ronald N., Lenardo, Michael J.

Activation, anergy, and apoptosis are all possible outcomes of T cell receptor (TCR) engagement. The first leads to proliferation and effector function, whereas the others can lead to partial or...

HIV-1 Directly Kills CD4+ T Cells by a Fas-independent Mechanism

Gandhi, Rajesh T., Chen, Benjamin K., Straus, Stephen E., Dale, Janet K., Lenardo, Michael J., Baltimore, David

The mechanism by which HIV-1 induces CD4+ T cell death is not known. A fundamental issue is whether HIV-1 primarily induces direct killing of infected cells or indirectly causes death of uninfected...

Death-effector Filaments: Novel Cytoplasmic Structures that Recruit Caspases and Trigger Apoptosis

Siegel, Richard M., Martin, David A., Zheng, Lixin, Ng, Samuel Y., Bertin, John, Cohen, Jeffrey, ...

The death-effector domain (DED) is a critical protein interaction domain that recruits caspases into complexes with members of the TNF-receptor superfamily. Apoptosis can also be induced by...

Apelin signaling antagonizes Ang II effects in mouse models of atherosclerosis

Chun, Hyung J., Ali, Ziad A., Kojima, Yoko, Kundu, Ramendra K., Sheikh, Ahmad Y., Agrawal, Rani, ...

Apelin and its cognate G protein–coupled receptor APJ constitute a signaling pathway with a positive inotropic effect on cardiac function and a vasodepressor function in the systemic circulation....