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Expression of argyrophilic proteins in the nucleolar organizer regions of human thymocytes and thymic epitheliocytes under conditions of coculturing with vilon and epithalon peptides
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In this study, human thymocytes and thymic epithelial cells were co-cultured with the peptides Vilon and Epithalon, and expression of argyrophilic proteins in nucleolar organizer regions was assessed. The authors report that Vilon was associated with stimulated expression and Epithalon with suppressed expression of these proteins, which they relate respectively to increased or reduced ribosome formation, assembly, and transport, and thus protein synthesis. They also report a direct mitogenic action of Vilon, describing it as promoting thymocyte transformation into proliferating blast cells.
Abstract
Vilon stimulated and Epithalon suppressed the expression of argyrophilic proteins in nucleolar organizer regions of thymocytes and epithelial cells, stimulating or reducing, respectively, the formation, assembly, and transport of ribosomes into the cytoplasm and thus determining the intensity of protein synthesis in these cells. A direct mitogenic effect of Vilon was also revealed: this peptide promoted thymocyte transformation into proliferating blast cells.
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