Abstract
While long-term effects of temperature treatment in respect of, e.g., gene-expression and cellular function have already been studied in some detail, nothing is known on the physiological responses of lymphocytes during short-term hypothermal shifts. In this report, we characterized the effects of such a stimulation using the human lymphocyte cell line Jurkat E6.1 and present evidence that warming from 4 to 37 degrees C for only 2 min is sufficient to cause co-localization of CD3, prion protein and the lipid-raft ganglioside GM1 paralleling lymphocyte activation as observed by Ca(2+) mobilization and mitogen-activated protein kinase-phosphorylation.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Actins / metabolism
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CD3 Complex / chemistry
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CD3 Complex / metabolism*
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Calcium / chemistry
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Calcium / metabolism
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Cell Membrane / metabolism
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Cholesterol / deficiency
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Cholesterol / metabolism
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Cyclodextrins / pharmacology
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Cytochalasin D / pharmacology
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Enzyme Activation
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique
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G(M1) Ganglioside / chemistry
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G(M1) Ganglioside / metabolism
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Humans
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Hypothermia, Induced*
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Jurkat Cells
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Lymphocyte Activation
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Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
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Prions / metabolism*
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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T-Lymphocytes / metabolism*
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beta-Cyclodextrins*
Substances
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Actins
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CD3 Complex
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Cyclodextrins
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Prions
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beta-Cyclodextrins
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methyl-beta-cyclodextrin
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Cytochalasin D
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G(M1) Ganglioside
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Cholesterol
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Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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Calcium