Streptomyces coelicolor Vesicles: Many Molecules To Be Delivered.

Streptomyces coelicolor is a model organism for the study of , a genus of Gram-positive bacteria that undergoes a complex life cycle and produces a broad repertoire of bioactive metabolites and extracellular enzymes. This study investigated the production and characterization of membrane vesicles (MVs) in liquid cultures of S. coelicolor M145 from a structural and biochemical point of view; this was achieved by combining microscopic, physical and -omics analyses.

Effects of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR engagement on melanoma cells.

Melanoma cells often display constitutive expression of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules which is associated with a higher metastatic dissemination. The MHC class II molecules during T cell/ professional antigen-presenting cell (APC) interactions are localized, as signalling receptors, into membrane lipid rafts which are thought to be sites of signalling complex assembly. Therefore, with the aim of understanding the molecular mechanisms used by melanoma cells to frustrate an effective anti-tumour response we stimulated a MHC class II constitutive expressing melanoma cell line with a specific antibody that mimics the interaction of T-cell receptor (TCR) with class II molecules.