Annexin 2 is a Ca2+-regulated membrane- and F-actin-binding protein implicated in the stabilization or regulation of membrane/cytoskeleton contacts, or both, at the plasma membrane and at early endosomal membranes. To analyze the dynamic nature of such action we investigated whether annexin 2 could be found at sites of localized actin rearrangements occurring at the plasma membrane of HeLa cell...

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma worldwide. Although patient outcomes have significantly improved to a greater than 40% cure rate by the combinatorial cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (CHOP) chemotherapy, which is widely used, resistance to the CHOP regimen continues to pose a problem in managing or curing DLBCL. Wh...

Gliomas are highly invasive, lethal brain tumors. Tumor-associated proteases play an important role in glioma progression. Annexin A2 is overexpressed in many cancers and correlates with increased plasmin activity on the tumor cell surface, which mediates degradation of extracellular matrix and promotes neoangiogenesis to facilitate tumor growth. In this study, we used two glioma cell lines, mo...

BACKGROUND Apoptosis is common in advanced human atheroma and contributes to plaque instability. Because annexin V has a high affinity for exposed phosphatidylserine on apoptotic cells, radiolabeled annexin V may be used for noninvasive detection of apoptosis in atherosclerotic lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS Atherosclerotic plaques were produced in 5 rabbits by deendothelialization of the infra...

Annexin II (p36) and p11, which belong to two different families of calcium-binding proteins, are able to form a heterotetrameric protein complex (p36)2(p11)2 called calpactin I. As these proteins were detectable only in the presence of each other in a variety of cell lines, we studied the mechanisms of regulation of cellular levels of annexin II and p11. In cells expressing p11 messenger RNA, ...

Annexins are homologous proteins that bind to membranes in a calcium dependent manner, but for which precise physiological roles have yet to be defined. Most annexins are composed of a planar array of four homologous repeats, each containing five alpha-helices and associated into two modules. Annexin V forms a voltage-gated calcium channel in phospholipid bilayers. It has been proposed that the...

OBJECTIVE To quantitatively analyze apoptotic and secondary necrotic cells under apoptosis conditions. METHODS The cells of Burkitt lymphoma cell line Raji were incubated with 1.0 mumol/L dexamethasone (DEX) for 2, 4 and 8 h, then stained with Annexin V-FITC (fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugated) which was used to detect the exposure of phosphatidylserine (PS) on the out membrane resulting f...

This study was to investigate the effect of annexin A5 on testosterone secretion from primary rat Leydig cells and the underlying mechanisms. Isolated rat Leydig cells were treated with annexin A5. Testosterone production was detected by chemiluminescence assay. The protein and mRNA of Steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR), P450scc, 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD), 17β-hydroxysteroid d...

BACKGROUND Hsp90-beta and annexin A1 were investigated as prognostic factors because of their apparent association with tumorigenesis. However, the effect of Hsp90-beta and annexin A1 in lung cancer remains poorly understood. The expressions of Hsp90-beta and annexin A1 in lung cancer and normal lung specimens were examined, and the relationships with respect to the clinico-pathological feature...

OBJECTIVE To investigate binding of C-reactive protein (CRP) and annexin A5, 2 proteins with high affinity for negatively charged phospholipids, to oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and the consequences of these interactions for subsequent binding of oxidized LDL to monocyte/macrophage-like U937 cells. METHODS AND RESULTS We found that CRP and annexin A5 at physiological concentrations b...