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Pralong E, Magistretti P, Stoop R. Cellular perspectives on the glutamate-monoamine interactions in limbic lobe structures and their relevance for some psychiatric disorders. Prog Neurobiol 2002; 67:173-202. [PMID: 12169296 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(02)00017-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dopaminergic, serotonergic and noradrenergic nuclei form the trimonoamine modulating system (TMMS). This system modulates emotional/motivational activities mediated by the limbic circuitry, where glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter. Two main concepts are the basis of this review. First, since 1950 and the discovery of the antipsychotic activity of the dopamine D2 receptor antagonist chlorpromazine, it appears that drugs that can modulate the TMMS possess therapeutic psychiatric properties. Second, the concept of glutamate/trimonoamine imbalance in the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loop that has been so successful in explaining the pathophysiology of Parkinson disease has been applied in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. This review will focus on the complex interactions between the fast synaptic glutamatergic transmission and the TMMS in specific parts of the limbic lobe and we will try to link these interactions to some psychiatric disorders, mainly depression, schizophrenia and drug addiction.
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- Etienne Pralong
- Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Morphologie, Université de Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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OBJECTIVE To study the role of CD44, the principal hyaluronan (HA) receptor, in experimental arthritis. METHODS We generated CD44 gene deficiency in arthritis-susceptible DBA/1LacJ mice to study the role of CD44 directly in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). Wild-type and CD44-deficient mice were immunized with chicken type II collagen, and the onset and severity of CIA were monitored up to day 64. The immune status of immunized mice was determined at the end of the experiments. Cell transfer experiments were performed to monitor lymphocyte traffic to the inflamed joints. RESULTS Mice homozygous for the CD44 mutation developed normally and showed no phenotypic defects. Although they showed a normal response to immunization with type II collagen and had Th1/Th2 ratios comparable with those in wild-type animals, CD44-deficient mice exhibited significant reductions in both the incidence and severity of CIA. This was accompanied by altered serum levels of HA, reduced expression of L-selectin, and a delayed entry of intravenously injected CD44-deficient donor lymphocytes into the arthritic joints of recipient mice. CONCLUSION While CD44 is not essential for morphogenesis and autoimmunity, this cell surface receptor seems to play an important role in the development of arthritis, most likely by directing leukocyte traffic to the site of inflammation.
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- R Stoop
- Rush Medical College at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Stoop R, Buma P, van der Kraan PM, Hollander AP, Billinghurst RC, Meijers TH, Poole AR, van den Berg WB. Type II collagen degradation in articular cartilage fibrillation after anterior cruciate ligament transection in rats. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2001; 9:308-15. [PMID: 11399094 DOI: 10.1053/joca.2000.0390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the kinetics of early cartilage changes in mechanically induced osteoarthritis (OA) and the association of these changes with damage to the type II collagen network. METHODS Experimental OA was induced by anterior cruciate ligament transsection in the rat knee joint (ACLT-OA). Animals were sacrificed after 2, 7, 14, 28 and 70 days. Knee joints were evaluated using routine histology and immunohistochemistry for denatured (unwound) type II collagen to detect collagen damage. An antibody recognizing the collagenase cleavage site in type II collagen was used to study the role of collagenase in this process. RESULTS The first changes of the articular cartilage after anterior cruciate ligament transection occurred in the superficial zone. These changes included loss of superficial chondrocytes, swelling of the remaining chondrocytes and superficial fibrillation. The swelling of the chondrocytes did not result from a change towards the hypertrophic phenotype, since these cells did not stain for type X collagen. A marked increase in denatured type II collagen staining was present in the fibrillated areas. Staining of the collagenase cleavage site showed the same distribution as denatured collagen but was clearly less intense. Collagen damage could never be detected before fibrillation occurred and was not present in non-fibrillated areas. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that in this model cartilage degeneration starts at the articular surface and that this degeneration is associated with a localized expression of type II collagen degradation products.
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- R Stoop
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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van der Kraan PM, Stoop R, Meijers TH, Poole AR, van den Berg WB. Expression of type X collagen in young and old C57Bl/6 and Balb/c mice. Relation with articular cartilage degeneration. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2001; 9:92-100. [PMID: 11237656 DOI: 10.1053/joca.2000.0364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the development of osteoarthritic lesions in the knee joints of mice is associated with increased immunostaining of type X collagen. METHODS Sections of total knee joints in combination with immunohistochemistry were used to study the distribution of type X collagen in the cartilage of young and old mice of two mouse strains, Balb/c and C57Bl/6, known to develop osteoarthritic lesions at different locations. Expression of type X collagen and PTH/PTHrP-receptor mRNA were studied by RT-PCR. RESULTS Young adult Balb/c and C57Bl/6 mice both expressed type X collagen in the non-calcified cartilage of the tibia-femoral joint. Old mice of both strains had a strongly increased deposition of type X collagen in the patella-femoral but not in the tibia-femoral joint. The locations in the murine knee joints prone to develop osteoarthritis (OA) did not preferentially express increased amounts of type X collagen. Thus, whereas increased type X was observed in both strains in the patella-femoral joints, only Balb/c mice preferentially developed osteoarthritic lesions in these joints. Also cartilage degeneration was usually seen only in the lateral compartment of the knee joints of C57Bl/6 mice but this was not accompanied by increased type X collagen immunostaining. Increased deposition of type X collagen was not associated with elevated levels of type X collagen mRNA or with decreased levels of PTH/PTHrP-receptor mRNA. CONCLUSION Type X collagen expression and spontaneous OA in mice are not necessarily related since OA prone locations in the murine knee joint do not preferentially express type X collagen.
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- P M van der Kraan
- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein 8, Nijmegen, 6525 GA, The Netherlands.
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We present an elementary derivation of chaos control with simple limiters using the logistic map and the Henon map as examples. This derivation provides conditions for optimal stabilization of unstable periodic orbits of a chaotic attractor.
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- C Wagner
- Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Friedbuehlstrasse 49, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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We identify generic sources of complex and irregular spiking in biological neural networks. For the network description, we operate on a mathematically exact mesoscopic approach. Starting from experimental data, we determine exact properties of noise-driven, binary neuron interaction and extrapolate from there to properties of more complex types of interaction. Our approach fills a gap between approaches that start from detailed biophysically motivated simulations but fail to make mathematically exact global predictions, and approaches that are able to make exact statements but only on levels of description that are remote from biology. As a consequence of the approach, a novel coding scheme emerges, shedding new light on local information processing in biological neural networks.
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- R Stoop
- Institute for Neuroinformatics, UNIZH/ETHZ, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Stoop R, Pralong E. Functional connections and epileptic spread between hippocampus, entorhinal cortex and amygdala in a modified horizontal slice preparation of the rat brain. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:3651-63. [PMID: 11029635 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00253.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The hippocampus, the entorhinal cortex and the amygdala are interconnected structures of the limbic system that are implicated in memory and emotional behaviour. They demonstrate synaptic plasticity and are susceptible to development of temporal lobe epilepsy, which may lead to emotional and psychological disturbances. Their relative anatomical disposition has limited the study of neurotransmission and epileptic spread between these three regions in previous in vitro preparations. Here we describe a novel, modified-horizontal slice preparation that includes in the same plane the hippocampus, entorhinal cortex and amygdala. We found that, following application of bicuculline, each region in our preparation could generate spontaneous bursts that resembled epileptic interictal spikes. This spontaneous activity initiated in the hippocampal CA3/2 region, from where it propagated and controlled the activity in the entorhinal cortex and the amygdala. We found that this spontaneous bursting activity could spread via two different pathways. The first pathway comprises the well-known subiculum-entorhinal cortex-perirhinal cortex-amygdala route. The second pathway consists of a direct connection between the CA1 region and perirhinal cortex, through which the hippocampal bursting activity can spread to the amygdala while bypassing the entorhinal cortex. Thus, our experiments provide a new in vitro model of initiation and spread of epileptic-like activity in the ventral part of the limbic system, which includes a novel, fast and functional connection between the CA1 region and perirhinal cortex.
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- R Stoop
- Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Morphologie, Université de Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Stoop R, Buma P, van der Kraan PM, Hollander AP, Clark Billinghurst R, Robin Poole A, van den Berg WB. Differences in type II collagen degradation between peripheral and central cartilage of rat stifle joints after cranial cruciate ligament transection. Arthritis Rheum 2000; 43:2121-31. [PMID: 11014364 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200009)43:9<2121::aid-anr24>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Type II collagen degradation is thought to be the key process in cartilage degradation during the development of osteoarthritis (OA). In this study, we investigated the kinetics of type II collagen degradation during surgically induced OA. METHODS Experimental OA was induced in male Wistar rats by transecting the cranial (anterior) cruciate ligament (CCL). Hematoxylin and eosin staining was used to study overall cartilage degradation, while immunostained sections were used to demonstrate denatured type II collagen (Col2-3/4m antibody) and the collagenase cleavage site in type II collagen (Col2-3/ 4Cshort antibody). RESULTS During the first 3-4 weeks, cartilage destruction, associated with chondrocyte death, proteoglycan depletion, and a marked increase in the collagenase cleavage neoepitope, was mainly located at the margins of the cartilage. From weeks 3-4, the central part of the cartilage showed increased surface fibrillation and apparent chondrocyte death. In these areas, increased denatured type II collagen staining but little cleavage-site staining was present. CONCLUSION These results indicate that cartilage degradation after CCL transection in the rat consists of 2 phases. An early phase located at the cartilage margins and a late phase located at the central part of the cartilage. In the early phase, collagenase-dependent cartilage damage occurred. During the late phase, the level of type II collagen denaturation increased.
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- R Stoop
- University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Application of bicuculline (20 microm) in a horizontal slice preparation of the rat limbic system induced epileptiform discharges ('bursts') that spread from the hippocampus to the entorhinal cortex (EC) and the basolateral amygdala (BLA). These bursts were time locked, with the CA3-CA2 regions discharging first at a 0.1+/-0. 008Hz (n=30 slices) frequency, followed after 27+/-3 ms by the superficial layers of the EC and after 44.3+/-3 ms by the BLA. Application of 50 microM noradrenaline (NA) for 4 min reduced the burst frequency to 40% of its initial value. Pharmacological study of NA action on burst frequency revealed that it consisted of a beta adrenoreceptor-mediated increase and an alpha(2) adrenoreceptor-mediated decrease of epileptiform bursting frequency.
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- R Stoop
- Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Morphologie, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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We discuss a generic scenario along which complex spiking behavior evolves in biologically realistic neural networks. Our nonlinear dynamics approach is based directly on rat neocortical in vitro recordings. Using this experimental data, we obtain a full overview on the possible spiking behaviors of pyramidal neurons that are engaged in binary interactions. Universality arguments imply that the observed spiking behaviors are largely independent from the specific properties of individual neurons; theoretical arguments and numerical experiments indicate that they should be observable in in vivo neocortical neuron networks.
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- R Stoop
- Institut für Neuroinformatik, ETHZ/UNIZH, Zürich, Switzerland .
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We give an overview on the locking properties of perturbed regularly firing pyramidal neurons, as a function of perturbation strength, self-spiking frequency and perturbation frequency. For inhibitory perturbations, instead of locking chaotic response emerges for a whole range of parameters. This suggests that global synchronization on the set of inhibitory connections may easily be achieved.
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- R Stoop
- Institut für Neuroinformatik, ETHZ/UNIZH, Zürich, Switzerland.
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In order to identify wound contraction and scar formation during palatal mucoperiosteal wound healing in growing rats, the temporal and spatial distribution of myofibroblasts and matrix components were determined immunohistochemically. Myofibroblasts were found in the mucosal part of the palatal wound tissue between 4 and 22 days, with the highest density at 8 days post-wounding. The number of collagen type I and type III fibers gradually increased until about 8 days postwounding, and thereafter the staining intensity of collagen type III decreased. At 60 days post-wounding there were more transversely oriented collagen type I fibers and less type III fibers and elastin present in the submucosa than in normal tissue. The results suggest that in this model wound contraction mainly takes place in the mucosa between 4 and 22 days postwounding. Furthermore, palatal wounds made in young rats heal with distinct scar tissue formation. Therefore, this model is useful to test the effects of therapies that aim to reduce wound contraction and scarring after cleft palate surgery.
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- A M Cornelissen
- Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology, College of Dental Science, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Stoop R, Thomas S, Rassendren F, Kawashima E, Buell G, Surprenant A, North RA. Contribution of individual subunits to the multimeric P2X(2) receptor: estimates based on methanethiosulfonate block at T336C. Mol Pharmacol 1999; 56:973-81. [PMID: 10531403 DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.5.973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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P2X receptors are membrane proteins that incorporate a cation-selective ion channel that can be opened by the binding of extracellular ATP. They associate as hetero- and homo-multimers of currently unknown stoichiometry. In this study, we have used Xenopus laevis oocytes to express rat P2X(2) receptor subunits, which carry a cysteine mutation at position 336. ATP-induced currents at this mutant receptor subunit were blocked by more than 90% when exposed to [2-(trimethylammonium) ethyl] methanethiosulfonate (MTSET), whereas currents from wild-type subunits were not affected. To compare mutant and wild-type channel expression, we introduced an epitope in their extracellular domains and found for both channels a similar linear relationship between antibody binding and currents induced by ATP. To study the contribution of the individual subunits to the block by MTSET, we coinjected different mixtures of wild-type and mutant-encoding mRNAs. We found that the inhibition by MTSET depended linearly on the proportion of mutant subunits, which was clearly contrary to the hypothesis that a single mutant subunit could act in a dominant fashion. Subsequent concatenation of wild-type and mutant-encoding cDNAs resulted in an inhibition by MTSET that also depended linearly on the number of mutant subunits and was independent of the position of the mutant subunit, as long as only two or three P2X(2) subunits were joined. With four or six subunits joined, however, the inhibition by MTSET became strongly position-dependent. The present results show that a "per-subunit" channel block causes the blocking effects of MTSET and they suggest that not four but maximally three subunits actively participate in the channel formation.
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- R Stoop
- Geneva Biomedical Research Institute, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Stoop R, van der Kraan PM, Buma P, Hollander AP, Billinghurst RC, Poole AR, van den Berg WB. Type II collagen degradation in spontaneous osteoarthritis in C57Bl/6 and BALB/c mice. Arthritis Rheum 1999; 42:2381-9. [PMID: 10555034 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199911)42:11<2381::aid-anr17>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Degradation of type II collagen during osteoarthritis (OA) is thought to be the key process leading to cartilage destruction. In this study, we investigated whether OA is characterized by either a generalized breakdown of the collagenous network or a localized process. Furthermore, we determined if collagen degradation was linked to cell death. METHODS Two mouse strains that develop spontaneous OA, C57Bl/6 and BALB/c mice, were examined. Type II collagen degradation in type II collagen-induced arthritis was also examined for comparison. Immunolocalization with the COL2-3/4m and COL2-3/4C antibodies was used to demonstrate denatured type II collagen and the collagenase cleavage site in type II collagen, respectively. RESULTS Both the C57Bl/6 and the BALB/c mice developed OA changes, although clear compartmental differences existed between the two strains. In both strains, type II collagen degradation was clearly present at sites of degeneration, but was absent from intact articular cartilage. Collagen degradation was absent from areas with cell death. CONCLUSION These results indicate that type II collagen degradation in spontaneous murine OA is associated with degeneration and is a localized, instead of a generalized, process.
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- R Stoop
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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van Meurs J, van Lent P, Stoop R, Holthuysen A, Singer I, Bayne E, Mudgett J, Poole R, Billinghurst C, van der Kraan P, Buma P, van den Berg W. Cleavage of aggrecan at the Asn341-Phe342 site coincides with the initiation of collagen damage in murine antigen-induced arthritis: a pivotal role for stromelysin 1 in matrix metalloproteinase activity. Arthritis Rheum 1999; 42:2074-84. [PMID: 10524678 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199910)42:10<2074::aid-anr7>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The destruction of articular cartilage during arthritis is due to proteolytic cleavage of the extracellular matrix components. This study investigates the kinetic involvement of metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the degradation of the 2 major cartilage components, aggrecan and type II collagen, during murine antigen-induced arthritis (AIA). In addition, the role of stromelysin 1 (SLN-1) induction of MMP-induced neoepitopes was studied. METHODS VDIPEN neoepitopes in aggrecan and collagenase-induced COL2-3/4C neoepitopes in type II collagen were identified by immunolocalization. Stromelysin 1-deficient knockout (SLN1-KO) mice were used to study SLN-1 involvement. RESULTS In AIA, the VDIPEN epitopes in aggrecan appeared after initial proteoglycan (PG) depletion. The collagenase-induced type II collagen neoepitopes colocalized with VDIPEN epitopes. Remarkably, cartilage from arthritic SLN1-KO mice showed neither the induction of VDIPEN nor collagen cleavage-site neoepitopes during AIA, suggesting that stromelysin is a pivotal mediator in this process. PG depletion, as measured by the loss of Safranin O staining, was similar in SLN1-KO mice and wild-type strains. Furthermore, in vitro induction of VDIPEN epitopes in aggrecan and COL2-3/4C epitopes in type II collagen, on exposure of cartilage to interleukin-1, could not be accomplished in SLN1-KO mice, whereas intense staining was achieved for both epitopes in cartilage of wild-type strains. CONCLUSION This study emphasizes that SLN-1 is essential in the induction of MMP-specific aggrecan and collagen cleavage sites during AIA. It suggests that SLN-1 is not a dominant enzyme in PG breakdown, but that it activates procollagenases and is crucial in the initiation of collagen damage.
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- J van Meurs
- University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Stoop R, van der Kraan PM, Buma P, Hollander AP, Poole AR, van den Berg WB. Denaturation of type II collagen in articular cartilage in experimental murine arthritis. Evidence for collagen degradation in both reversible and irreversible cartilage damage. J Pathol 1999; 188:329-37. [PMID: 10419604 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9896(199907)188:3<329::aid-path371>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Degradation of type II collagen is thought to be a key step in the destruction of articular cartilage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether type II collagen degradation is associated with cartilage destruction. Type II collagen degradation was studied in two murine arthritis models, zymosan-induced arthritis (ZIA), which develops reversible articular cartilage damage based on proteoglycan analysis, and antigen-induced arthritis (AIA), in which there is irreversible damage to the cartilage. Type II collagen degradation was assayed immunohistochemically using the COL2-3/4m antibody which recognizes denatured type II collagen, such as is produced by collagenase cleavage. In both models, degradation of type II collagen was observed in the non-calcified articular cartilage of arthritic but not of control knees. In the patella-femoral compartment, collagen denaturation started to increase on day 3 (ZIA) and day 7 (AIA) and remained high on day 14. In contrast, in the tibia-femoral compartment, type II collagen breakdown was not increased before 14 days in either model. By 28 days, collagen denaturation was strongly reduced in the patella-femoral compartment in the ZIA model, but persisted in the tibia-femoral compartment in both models. In conclusion, increased type II collagen degradation was found in articular cartilage of both ZIA and AIA animals. Since ZIA does not develop irreversible cartilage destruction, this indicates that cartilage may have the ability to withstand a limited degree of type II collagen degradation without developing irreversible damage.
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- R Stoop
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Constant current injection with superimposed periodic inhibition gives rise to phase locking as well as chaotic activity in rat neocortical neurons. Here we compare the behavior of a leaky integrate-and-fire neural model with that of a biophysically realistic model of the rat neuron to determine which membrane properties influence the response to such stimuli. We find that only the biophysical model with voltage-sensitive conductances can produce chaotic behavior.
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- C Bernasconi
- Institute of Neuroinformatics ETH/UNIZ, Gloriastrasse 32, CH 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
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When ATP is applied at high concentrations (above 1 mM) to PC12 cells, it produces a rapidly desensitizing peak current followed by a rebound of the current after termination of the ATP application. We expressed P2X2 receptors, which are thought to mediate the ATP currents of PC12 cells, in HEK293 cells and studied the effects of acidification on this 'fading and rebound' phenomenon. We found that the desensitization disappeared after adjusting the low pH (<5.0) of the millimolar ATP concentrations to a more physiological value (pH 7.3). Furthermore, the fading and rebound could also be induced at much lower ATP concentrations by decreasing the pH of the ATP containing application solutions. Thus, it appears this phenomenon is not caused directly by high concentrations of ATP, but is due to a concomitant acidification that occurs when high concentrations of ATP are dissolved in only moderately buffered application solutions.
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- R Stoop
- Geneva Biomedical Research Institute, Glaxo-Wellcome Research and Development, Geneva, Switzerland
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Newbolt A, Stoop R, Virginio C, Surprenant A, North RA, Buell G, Rassendren F. Membrane topology of an ATP-gated ion channel (P2X receptor). J Biol Chem 1998; 273:15177-82. [PMID: 9614131 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.24.15177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Western blots of Xenopus oocyte membrane preparations showed that the apparent molecular mass of the wild type P2X2 receptor (about 65 kDa) was reduced by pretreatment with endoglycosidase H. Mutagenesis of one or more of three potential asparagines (N182S, N239S, and N298S) followed by Western blots showed that each of the sites was glycosylated in the wild type receptor. Functional channels were formed by receptors lacking any single asparagine, but not by channels mutated in two or three positions. Artificial consensus sequences (N-X-S/T) introduced into the N-terminal region (asparagine at position 9, 16, or 26) were not glycosylated. Asparagines were glycosylated when introduced at the C-terminal end of the first hydrophobic domain (positions 62 and 66) and at the N-terminal end of the second hydrophobic domain (position 324). A protein in which the C terminus of one P2X2 subunit was joined to the N terminus of a second P2X2 subunit (from a concatenated cDNA) had twice the molecular mass of the P2X2 receptor subunit, and formed fully functional channels. The experiments provide direct evidence for the topology originally proposed for the P2X receptor, with intracellular N and C termini, two membrane-spanning domains, and a large extracellular loop.
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- Geneva Biomedical Research Institute, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Plan-les-Ouates, 1228 Geneva, Switzerland
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Bank RA, Krikken M, Beekman B, Stoop R, Maroudas A, Lafeber FP, te Koppele JM. A simplified measurement of degraded collagen in tissues: application in healthy, fibrillated and osteoarthritic cartilage. Matrix Biol 1997; 16:233-43. [PMID: 9501324 DOI: 10.1016/s0945-053x(97)90012-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Intact triple helical collagen molecules are highly resistant to proteolytic enzymes, whereas degraded (unwound) collagen is easily digested. This fact was exploited to develop a simplified method for the quantification of the amount of degraded collagen in the collagen network of connective tissues. Essentially, the method involves extraction of proteoglycans with 4 M guanidinium chloride, selective digestion of degraded collagen by alpha-chymotrypsin, hydrolysis in 6 M HCl of the released fragments as well as the residual tissue, and then measurement of the amount of hydroxyproline in both pools. Since the digestion of degraded collagen by alpha-chymotrypsin and measurement of hydroxyproline is not restricted to a specific collagen type, this technique can be applied to a wide variety of connective tissues. The method was validated with articular cartilage. Levels of in situ degraded collagen were about four-fold higher in degenerated (fibrillated) cartilage than in its healthy counterpart derived from the same donor. More detailed investigations revealed that the collagen damage in degenerated cartilage is more extensive at the cartilage surface than in the region adjacent to bone. This was not the case in healthy cartilage; identical low values were obtained at the surface and close to the bone. An impaired collagen network has been hypothesized to be the reason for the swelling of cartilage in osteoarthritis (OA). The present paper presents the first experimental evidence to support this hypothesis: more damage to the collagen network (i.e., more degraded collagen molecules within fibrils) is linearly related to more extensive swelling of the OA tissue in hypotonic saline.
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- R A Bank
- TNO Prevention and Health, Division of Vascular and Connective Tissue Research, Leiden, The Netherlands
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The effect of changing extracellular pH was studied on the currents induced by ATP or alphabeta-methylene-ATP in HEK293 cells transfected with different P2X receptor subunits. In cells expressing P2X1, P2X3, or P2X4 receptors, the effect of ATP was decreased by acidification. In cells expressing P2X2 receptors, acidification increased the ATP-induced current; this effect was also seen in cells expressing heteromeric P2X2 and P2X3 receptors. At P2X2 receptors, acidification caused a leftward shift in the ATP concentration-response curve, without change in maximum; the pKa for this effect was 7.3. At P2X4 receptors, acidification caused a rightward shift in the ATP concentration-response curve, without change in the maximum; the pKa for this effect was 6.8. The pH dependence of the action of ATP should be taken into account in studies of synaptic transmission, and it may provide a further tool to assign molecular identity to P2X receptors expressed by brain neurons.
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- R Stoop
- Geneva Biomedical Research Institute, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Plan-les-Ouates, 1228 Geneva, Switzerland
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Stoop R, Poo MM. Synaptic modulation by neurotrophic factors: differential and synergistic effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and ciliary neurotrophic factor. J Neurosci 1996; 16:3256-64. [PMID: 8627363 PMCID: PMC6579145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Extracellular application of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) to developing neuromuscular junctions in Xenopus nerve-muscle cultures resulted in an increase in the frequency of spontaneous synaptic currents (SSCs) and in the amplitude of nerve-evoked synaptic currents. Analyses of the amplitude and time course of the SSCs suggest that these effects are attributable to elevation of presynaptic transmitter release. The actions of these two factors on the transmitter secretion process, however, are distinctly different. Fura-2 Ca2+ imaging showed that an increase in presynaptic cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) accompanied the synaptic potentiation by BDNF, whereas no change in [Ca2+]i was observed during synaptic potentiation by CNTF. Removing external Ca2+ also abolished the potentiating effect of BDNF but did not influence the CNTF effect. Moreover, the two factors exerted different effects on the short-term synaptic plasticity. Paired-pulse facilitation normally found at these synapses was reduced by BDNF but unaffected by CNTF; CNTF, but not BDNF, reduced the extent of synaptic depression during high-frequency tetanic stimulation. Finally, the potentiation effect of BDNF and CNTF on spontaneous transmitter release was additive when both factors were applied together to the synapse at saturating concentrations (100 ng/ml) and was highly synergistic when low doses (1 and 10 ng/ml) of both factors were used. These results suggest that because of their differential effects on the secretory machinery, BDNF and CNTF may act cooperatively in modulating the development and functioning of synapses.
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- R Stoop
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Fedorov VE, Gerasko OA, Mironov YV, Hegetschweiler K, Stoop R, Gallus J, Gramlich F. Aquadimethylsulfoxide complexes of rare earth elements Pr, Eu, and Tm with the [Mo3S7Br7]3− cluster anion. J STRUCT CHEM+ 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02578554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Stoop R. Thermodynamic approach to deterministic diffusion of mixed enhanced-dispersive type. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1995; 52:2216-2219. [PMID: 9963662 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.52.2216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Neurotrophic factors participate in the development and maintenance of the nervous system. Application of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), a protein that promotes survival of motor neurons, resulted in an immediate potentiation of spontaneous and impulse-evoked transmitter release at developing neuromuscular synapses in Xenopus cell cultures. When CNTF was applied at the synapse, the onset of the potentiation was slower than that produced by application at the cell body of the presynaptic neuron. The potentiation effect was abolished when the neurite shaft was severed from the cell body. Thus, transmitter secretion from the nerve terminals is under immediate somatic control and can be regulated by CNTF.
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- R Stoop
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
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Castrated quail were injected with testosterone or with the synthetic hormones diethylstilbestrol (DES) or methyltrienolone (R1881) to analyse the steroid specificity in the induction of brain aromatase. R1881 produced a moderate (generally non-significant) increase in the number of aromatase-immunoreactive cells. DES significantly increased the number of positive cells in most brain areas. A clear synergism between DES and R1881 was observed in all brain regions: more immunoreactive cells were found in birds receiving both compounds than in those injected with DES or R1881 alone. DES and R1881 are highly specific ligands for oestrogen and androgen receptors respectively. It appears likely that both androgens and oestrogens directly modulate brain aromatase, presumably at the transcription level.
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- J Balthazart
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Liège, Belgium
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Stoop R. Bivariate thermodynamic formalism and anomalous diffusion. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1994; 49:4913-4918. [PMID: 9961811 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.49.4913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The anatomical distribution and endocrine regulation of the estrogen-2-hydroxylase activity were investigated in the brain of adult male and female Japanese quail. Significant levels of enzymatic activity were detected in all brain regions that were studied, but the highest levels were observed in preoptic and hypothalamic brain nuclei that are known to contain high levels of aromatase activity. These data are consistent with previous results suggesting that the placental aromatase is also responsible for the estrogen-2-hydroxylase activity. However, there is a marked sex difference and a control by T of aromatase activity in the quail brain, and no such difference in 2-hydroxylase activity could generally be detected except in the VMN. Further studies will be needed to know whether the previously published conclusions concerning the human placenta also apply to the brain. The present data are consistent with the idea that estrogens formed locally in the brain by testosterone aromatization could affect reproduction by interfering with the catecholaminergic transmission after being metabolized into catechol-estrogens.
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- J Balthazart
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Liège (BAT. L1), Belgique
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Xie ZP, Tang YG, Stoop R, Mao J, Zhao NM, Lü GN, Yang SR, He XP, Wang H, Liu CG. The effects of glutamate and GABA (gamma-amino-butyric-acid) on spontaneous acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction in Xenopus laevis embryo cell cultures. Sci China B 1993; 36:1110-6. [PMID: 8274204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The miniature endplate currents (MEPC's) were recorded at the neuromuscular junction of Xenopus laevis embryo neuron-muscle co-cultured cells. These MEPC's were due to the spontaneous release of acetylcholine from the nerve terminal. After perfusion with glutamate (10 mumol/L), both frequency and amplitude of the MEPC's increased. After washing away of glutamate, this effect persisted. We named this phenomena "Long-Term Facilitation". GABA (20 mumol/L) on the other hand had an inhibitory effect on both frequency and amplitude of the MEPC's. After washing away of GABA, the MEPC frequency and amplitude increased. We named this effect "Post-Potentiation". Local perfusion experiments furthermore indicated that the effect of glutamate was restricted to the neuromuscular junction, the effect of GABA was restricted to the soma.
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- Z P Xie
- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC
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Stoop R. Dependence of phase transitions on small changes. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1993; 47:3927-3931. [PMID: 9960465 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.47.3927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Stoop R. Phase transitions in the approximated and asymptotic generalized entropy spectrum of a nonhyperbolic system. Phys Rev A 1992; 46:7450-7455. [PMID: 9908095 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.46.7450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Broggi G, Meier PF, Stoop R, Badii R. Nonlinear dynamics of a model for parallel pumping in ferromagnets. Phys Rev A Gen Phys 1987; 35:365-368. [PMID: 9897960 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.35.365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Derighetti B, Ravani M, Stoop R, Meier PF, Brun E, Badii R. Period-doubling lasers as small-signal detectors. Phys Rev Lett 1985; 55:1746-1748. [PMID: 10031912 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.55.1746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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