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Pedersen WA, Guo Q, Hartman BK, Mattson MP. Nerve growth factor-independent reduction in choline acetyltransferase activity in PC12 cells expressing mutant presenilin-1. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:22397-400. [PMID: 9278388 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.36.22397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mutations in the presenilin genes (PS-1 and PS-2) are linked to early onset familial Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the mechanisms by which these mutations cause the cognitive impairment characteristic of AD are unknown. Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons are involved in learning and memory processes, and reductions in choline acetyl-transferase (ChAT) activity are a characteristic feature of AD brain. We therefore hypothesized that presenilin mutations suppress expression of the cholinergic phenotype. In rat PC12 cells stably transfected with the human PS-1 gene containing the Leu --> Val mutation at codon 286 (L286V), we observed a drastic reduction (>90%) in basal ChAT activity compared with cells transfected with vector alone. By immunocytochemistry, a similar decrease in ChAT protein levels was found in the mutant transfectants. In cells differentiated with nerve growth factor, ChAT activity was again markedly lower in L286V-expressing cells than in control cells. We also observed reductions in ChAT activity in PC12 cells expressing the wild-type human PS-1 gene but to a lesser extent than in L286V-expressing cells. The viability of cells transfected with either the wild-type or the mutant PS-1 gene was not compromised. Our results suggest that PS-1 mutations may contribute to the cognitive impairment in AD by causing a nontoxic suppression of the cholinergic phenotype.
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- W A Pedersen
- Sanders-Brown Research Center on Aging and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
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Su Y, Yang Y, Gu Q, Guo Q, Zhao J, Chen H. Taurine influx in cultured rat cardiomyocytes and changes after CVB3 infection. Chin Med Sci J 1997; 12:159-63. [PMID: 11360626] [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: 04/16/2023]
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Monolayer culture of spontaneously contracting rat heart cells was obtained from newborn SD rats and seeded into culture plates. 100TCID50 of coxsackie virus B3(CVB3) (Nancy strain) was added as the infected group. The dynamics of taurine transport across membrane of normal heart cells and changes after infection were examined by using radioactive isotope tracing techniques. The results demonstrated that: (1) two uptake systems of taurine with different affinities and capacities were present in the plasma membrane of cultured rat cardiomyocytes, the Km of high and low affinity were 9.5 x 10(-5) mol/L and 1.3 x 10(-2) mol/L, respectively; (2) taurine transport across membrane was sodium-dependent with a positive linear relationship between amount of taurine influx and extracellular concentration of sodium; in addition, it was also regulated by osmolarity; (3) beta-alanine, a carboxylic analog of taurine, could inhibit the uptake of taurine in dose-dependently; (4) taurine influx was decreased in cultured rat cardiomyocytes after infected with CVB3. (5) the Inhibition ratio of taurine transport was enhanced as the infected time prolonged. This experiment provides a basis for further investigation of kinetic test of taurine transport and more study should be carried out to learn the effect of taurine in viral myocarditis.
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- Y Su
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital of Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai 200032
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Guo Q, Chang S, Diekman L, Xiao G, Kulmacz RJ. Comparison of prostaglandin H synthase isoform structures using limited proteolytic digestion. Arch Biochem Biophys 1997; 344:150-8. [PMID: 9244392 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1997.0192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS) catalyzes a key step in the biosynthesis of a variety of bioactive lipid mediators. The two known isoforms (PGHS-1 and -2) share about 60% amino acid identity, but exhibit distinct interactions with substrates, activators, and inhibitors. Ovine PGHS-1 has previously been shown to have a distinctive protease-sensitive site near Arg277; cleavage by trypsin, chymotrypsin, or proteinase K produces fragments of 33 and 38 kDa and loss of activity. The ovine PGHS-1 crystal structure shows Arg277 located in an exposed loop structure; homology modeling predicts similar loop structures for both human isoforms (hPGHS-1 and -2). We have used limited proteolytic digestion of recombinant hPGHS-1 and hPGHS-2 to probe their structures. Incubation of hPGHS-1 with either trypsin or proteinase K produced 33- and 38-kDa fragments and loss of activity. In contrast, incubation of hPGHS-2 with the same proteases led to cleavage of only a 2- to 3-kDa fragment, with no decrease in activity. Immunoblotting with site-specific antibodies demonstrated that the cleaved fragment originated from the hPGHS-2 C-terminus. Similar immunoblotting experiments indicated that trypsin did not attack the ovine PGHS-1 C-terminus. Mutagenesis was used to replace Pro263 of hPGHS-2 (corresponds to Arg277 of ovine PGHS-1) with arginine, inserting a potential trypsin site. Incubation of this P263R hPGHS-2 mutant with either trypsin or proteinase K resulted in cleavage near the C-terminus and retention of activity, just as with wild-type hPGHS-2. A peptide containing residues 259-268 of the P263R mutant was cleaved by trypsin at the same rate as a peptide corresponding to hPGHS-1 residues 272-281, demonstrating that the sequence differences were not responsible for the lack of tryptic cleavage at residue 263 in the hPGHS-2 mutant. Preincubation of hPGHS-2 with graded levels of guanidinium HCl before incubation with proteinase K did not produce large proteolytic fragments, indicating that the hPGHS-2 loop region was not selectively unfolding. The results point to two regions of significant structural difference between PGHS-1 and -2: the Arg277 loop, which is protease-sensitive in PGHS-1 but protease-resistant in PGHS-2, and the C-terminus, which is protease-sensitive in PGHS-2 but not in PGHS-1.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 77030, USA
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Guo Q, Sopher BL, Furukawa K, Pham DG, Robinson N, Martin GM, Mattson MP. Alzheimer's presenilin mutation sensitizes neural cells to apoptosis induced by trophic factor withdrawal and amyloid beta-peptide: involvement of calcium and oxyradicals. J Neurosci 1997; 17:4212-22. [PMID: 9151738 PMCID: PMC6573527] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/1997] [Revised: 03/20/1997] [Accepted: 03/25/1997] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Most autosomal dominant inherited forms of early onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) are caused by mutations in the presenilin-1 (PS-1) gene on chromosome 14. PS-1 is an integral membrane protein with six to nine membrane-spanning domains and is expressed in neurons throughout the brain wherein it is localized mainly in endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The mechanism or mechanisms whereby PS-1 mutations promote neuron degeneration in AD are unknown. Recent findings suggest links among deposition of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta), oxidative stress, disruption of ion homeostasis, and an apoptotic form of neuron death in AD. We now report that expression of the human PS-1 L286V mutation in PC12 cells increases their susceptibility to apoptosis induced by trophic factor withdrawal and Abeta. Increases in oxidative stress and intracellular calcium levels induced by the apoptotic stimuli were exacerbated greatly in cells expressing the PS-1 mutation, as compared with control cell lines and lines overexpressing wild-type PS-1. The antiapoptotic gene product Bcl-2 prevented apoptosis after NGF withdrawal from differentiated PC12 cells expressing mutant PS-1. Elevations of [Ca2+]i in response to thapsigargin, an inhibitor of the ER Ca2+-ATPase, were increased in cells expressing mutant PS-1, and this adverse effect was abolished in cells expressing Bcl-2. Antioxidants and blockers of calcium influx and release from ER protected cells against the adverse consequences of the PS-1 mutation. By perturbing cellular calcium regulation and promoting oxidative stress, PS-1 mutations may sensitize neurons to apoptotic death in AD.
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- Q Guo
- Sanders-Brown Research Center on Aging and Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
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Transgenic technology affords exciting new opportunities in the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology. We have extended our research into the behavioral function of oxytocin in maternal and social behavior using two transgenic approaches: (i) targeted deletion of the oxytocin gene in mice and (ii) augmented oxytocin receptor expression in the brain. Mice genetically deficient in oxytocin can mate, give birth, and display normal maternal behavior; however, milk ejection and certain aspects of social behavior are affected. Comparative studies of oxytocin receptors have led to the observation that species differences in social organization are associated with differences in receptor distribution. Specifically, monogamous prairie voles and nonmonogamous, asocial montane voles exhibit different patterns of OT receptor expression in the brain. Transgenic mice have been created with a reporter gene driven by the prairie vole oxytocin receptor gene promoter. Analysis of the expression pattern suggests that it should be possible to manipulate receptor expression in the vole brain in order to examine the effects of receptor distribution on behavior.
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- L J Young
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Wang B, Yang J, Guo Q, Xu R, Liu C, Zhang H, Zou F, Wang Z. Experimental study and mechanism analysis on bioeffects by nanosecond electromagnetic pulses. Sci China C Life Sci 1997; 40:301-4. [PMID: 18726331 DOI: 10.1007/bf02879091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/1996] [Revised: 09/30/1996] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The athermal bioeffects caused by nanosecond electromagnetic pulses with body cells was studied by using a broad band transverse EM-wave cell (BTEM CELL). The experimental system and preliminary mechanism analysis were presented.
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- B Wang
- Department of Radio-electronics, Sichuan Union University, 610064, Chengdu, China
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Guo Q, Furukawa K, Sopher BL, Pham DG, Xie J, Robinson N, Martin GM, Mattson MP. Alzheimer's PS-1 mutation perturbs calcium homeostasis and sensitizes PC12 cells to death induced by amyloid beta-peptide. Neuroreport 1996; 8:379-83. [PMID: 9051814 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199612200-00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Mutations in the presenilin-1 (PS-1) gene on chromosome 14 are linked to autosomal dominant early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The amino acid sequence of PS-1 predicts an integral membrane protein and immunocytochemical studies indicate that PS-1 is localized to endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We report that expression of PS-1 mutation L286V in cultured PC12 cells exaggerates Ca2+ responses to agonists (carbachol and bradykinin) that induce Ca2+ release from ER. Cells expressing L286V exhibit enhanced elevations of [Ca2+]i following exposure to amyloid beta-peptide (A beta) and increased vulnerability to A beta toxicity. An antagonist of voltage-dependent calcium channels (nifedipine), and a blocker of Ca2+ release from ER (dantrolene), counteract the adverse consequences of the PS-1 mutation. By perturbing Ca2+ homeostasis, PS-1 mutations may sensitize neurons to A beta-induced apoptosis.
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- Q Guo
- Sanders-Brown Research Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0230, USA
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Guo Q, Zhao B, Li M, Shen S, Xin W. Studies on protective mechanisms of four components of green tea polyphenols against lipid peroxidation in synaptosomes. Biochim Biophys Acta 1996; 1304:210-22. [PMID: 8982267 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(96)00122-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 342] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The comparison of the protective effects of four components of "green tea polyphenols' (GTP) - (-)-epigallocatechin gallate, EGCG; (-)-epicatechin gallate, ECG; (-)epigallocatechin, EGC; and (-)epicatechin, EC - against iron-induced lipid peroxidation in synaptosomes showed that: (1) the inhibitory effects of those compounds on TBA reactive materials from lipid peroxidation decreased in the order of EGCG > ECG > EGC > EC; (2) the scavenging effects of those compounds on lipid free radicals produced by lipid peroxidation could be classified as follows: ECG > EGCG > EC > EGC. Furthermore, we investigated the iron-chelating activity and the free radical scavenging activity of those compounds as their protective mechanisms against lipid peroxidation in synaptosomes. As for the iron-chelating activity, the ratio of EGC, EGCG, ECG or EC to iron(III) was 3:2, 2:1, 2:1 and 3:1, respectively. The hydroxyl radical (HO) scavenging activity of those compounds was investigated in a photolysis of the H2O2 system. It was found that their ability to scavenge hydroxyl radicals decreased in the order of ECG > EC > EGCG >> EGC. It was also found that they could scavenge lipid free radicals in the lecithin/lipoxidase system and their scavenging activity was classified as follows: ECG > EGCG >> EGC > EC. Moreover, we found that their antioxidant active positions were different from each other and the stability of the semiquinone free radicals produced by those compounds in NaOH solution decreased in the order of EGCG > ECG >> EC. The results indicated that the ability of those compounds to protect synaptosomes from the damage of lipid peroxidation initiated by Fe2+/Fe3+ was dependent not only on their iron-chelating activity and free-radical scavenging activity, but also on the stability of their semiquinone free radicals.
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- Q Guo
- Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Guo Q, Poon SJ. Metal-insulator transition and localization in quasicrystalline Al70.5Pd21Re8.5-xMnx alloys. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1996; 54:12793-12797. [PMID: 9985135 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.12793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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- S. C. Street
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255
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Guo Q, Cocks I, Williams EM. Surface Structure of 1 x 2 Reconstructed TiO2(110) Studied Using Electron Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distribution. Phys Rev Lett 1996; 77:3851-3854. [PMID: 10062324 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.77.3851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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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Nishimori K, Young LJ, Guo Q, Wang Z, Insel TR, Matzuk MM. Oxytocin is required for nursing but is not essential for parturition or reproductive behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:11699-704. [PMID: 8876199 PMCID: PMC38121 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.21.11699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 472] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Oxytocin, a neurohypophyseal hormone, has been traditionally considered essential for mammalian reproduction. In addition to uterine contractions during labor and milk ejection during nursing, oxytocin has been implicated in anterior pituitary function, paracrine effects in the testis and ovary and the neural control of maternal and sexual behaviors. To determine the essential role(s) of oxytocin in mammalian reproductive function, mice deficient in oxytocin have been generated using embryonic stem cell technology. A deletion of exon 1 encoding the oxytocin peptide was generated in embryonic stem cells at a high frequency and was successfully transmitted in the germ line. Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA from homozygote offspring and in situ hybridization with an exonic probe 3' of the deletion failed to detect any oxytocin or neurophysin sequences, respectively, confirming that the mutation was a null mutation. Mice lacking oxytocin are both viable and fertile. Males do not have any reproductive behavioral or functional defects in the absence of oxytocin. Similarly, females lacking oxytocin have no obvious deficits in fertility or reproduction, including gestation and parturition. However, although oxytocin-deficient females demonstrate normal maternal behavior, all offspring die shortly after birth because of the dam's inability to nurse. Postpartum injections of oxytocin to the oxytocin deficient mothers restore milk ejection and rescue the offspring. Thus, despite the multiple reproductive activities that have been attributed to oxytocin, oxytocin plays an essential role only in milk ejection in the mouse.
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- K Nishimori
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Roberts VJ, Bentley CA, Guo Q, Matzuk MM, Woodruff TK. Tissue-specific binding of radiolabeled activin A by activin receptors and follistatin in postimplantation rat and mouse embryos. Endocrinology 1996; 137:4201-9. [PMID: 8828478 DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.10.8828478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Activin affects the growth and differentiation of many cultured cell types, including rat anterior pituitary cells and gonadal and neuronal cell lines. Endogenous activins regulate mesoderm induction, body axis formation, and organogenisis in the developing embryo. The messenger RNAs encoding inhibin/activin subunits, follistatin (an activin-binding protein), and activin type II receptors (ActRII and IIB) are expressed in various cell types and tissues of the embryonic rat and mouse. Follistatin-deficient mice have numerous embryonic defects, including shiny taut skin, allowing relatively easy identification by the later stages of embryogenesis. ActRII-deficient mice, on the other hand, show limited developmental defects, with some (22%) embryonic day 18.5 (E18.5) ActRII-deficient embryos showing various skeletal and facial abnormalities. The present study was undertaken to identify the target tissues for biologically active activin A and assess the significance of its association with ActRII and follistatin in developing rat and mouse embryos. Fresh-frozen, slide-mounted, rat (E13 to E19) and mouse (E18.5) embryo sections were incubated with 125I-labeled recombinant human activin A. Nonspecific binding was evaluated by competition with an excess of cold activin A. As determined by image analysis, the highest levels of activin A binding were observed throughout the brain, spinal cord, and trigeminal and spinal ganglia at all ages. Lower levels of binding were found in the dermis of the skin starting on E15. Follistatin-deficient mice demonstrated similar patterns and levels of activin A binding in the neural tissues compared to wild-type controls, but binding was absent in the skin. In ActRII-deficient mice, activin A binding was completely absent in neural tissues, but was similar to wild-type control levels in the dermal layer of the skin. The data indicate that activin A binds to specific tissues of mouse and rat embryos and that binding is dependent upon the presence of ActRII in the central and peripheral nervous system and on follistatin in the skin.
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- V J Roberts
- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0674, USA.
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Guo Q, Poon SJ. Weak localization in an anisotropic crystal: Decagonal quasicrystal Al65Cu15Co20. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1996; 54:6046-6049. [PMID: 9986603 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.6046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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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Guo Q, Wang LH, Ruan KH, Kulmacz RJ. Role of Val509 in time-dependent inhibition of human prostaglandin H synthase-2 cyclooxygenase activity by isoform-selective agents. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:19134-9. [PMID: 8702589 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.32.19134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS), a key enzyme in prostanoid biosynthesis, exists as two isoforms. PGHS-1 is considered a basal enzyme; PGHS-2 is associated with inflammation and cell proliferation. A number of highly selective inhibitors for PGHS-2 cyclooxygenase activity are known. Inhibition by these agents involves an initial reversible binding, followed by a time-dependent transition to a much higher affinity enzyme-inhibitor complex, making these agents potent and poorly reversible PGHS-2 inhibitors. To investigate the PGHS-2 structural features that influence the time-dependent action of the selective inhibitors, we have constructed a three-dimensional model of human PGHS-2 by homologous modeling. Examination of the PGHS-2 model identified Val509 as a cyclooxygenase active site residue, that was not conserved in PGHS-1. Recombinant human PGHS-2 with Val509 mutated to either Ile (the corresponding residue in PGHS-1), Ala, Glu, or Lys was expressed by transient transfection of COS-1 cells to evaluate the effects of the mutations on cyclooxygenase activity and on inhibition by four agents reported to be selective for PGHS-2 (NS398, nimesulide, DuP697, and SC58125). All the recombinant proteins were of the expected mass. The mutants exhibited 45-210% of wild-type cyclooxygenase activity, with Km values for arachidonate of 2.1-7.6 microM (wild-type PGHS-2, 3.8 microM), indicating that changes in position 509 had modest effects on cyclooxygenase catalysis. Each of the agents inhibited wild-type PGHS-2 in a time-dependent fashion, and all but nimesulide did the same for the V509A mutant. In contrast, the V509E and V509I PGHS-2 mutants, like recombinant human PGHS-1, did not show time-dependent inhibition with any of the agents, and the V509K mutant responded in a time-dependent manner only to DuP697. Reversible inhibition was still observed with Val509 mutants that did not show time-dependent inhibition. Thus, the side chain structure at position 509 markedly influenced the ability of PGHS-2 to undergo the time-dependent transition without removing inhibitor or substrate binding. These results indicate that Val509 in PGHS-2 has a major role in the structural transition that underlies time-dependent inhibition by the isoform-selective agents.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Biology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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Yang Y, Guo Q, Peng T, Gu Q, Zhao J, Xiong D. Effect of verapamil on Ca2+ influx and CVB3-RNA replication in cultured neonatal rat heart cells infected with CVB3. Chin Med Sci J 1996; 11:89-92. [PMID: 9387415] [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: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
The effect of verapamil on Ca2+ influx across the myocardial plasma membrane and coxsackie virus B3 (CVB3) -RNA replication in cultured neonatal rat heart cells infected with CVB3 was investigated. It was found that the Ca2+ influx could be inhibited significantly (P < 0.01) by verapamil (1 mumol/L) after infection of heart cells for 48 h. However, when the cultured heart cells infected with CVB3 and treated with verapamil (1 mumol/L and 10 nmol/L) at the same time for 48 h, the amounts of CVB3-RNA in myocytes were significantly higher than that in infected control group (P < 0.05). These phenomena suggest that the increase of Ca2+ influx of cultured heart cells infected with CVB3 could be inhibited by some calcium antagonists, e.g. verapamil at the early stage. On the other hand, verapamil might accelerate viral replication in myocardium. Thus, although verapamil could be beneficial for decreasing the secondary Ca2+ damages and improve the myocardial electric activity, it isn't a sensible choice for therapy in early stage of virus infection with cardiac symptoms.
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- Y Yang
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University
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Guo Q, Penman M, Trigatti BL, Krieger M. A single point mutation in epsilon-COP results in temperature-sensitive, lethal defects in membrane transport in a Chinese hamster ovary cell mutant. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:11191-6. [PMID: 8626666 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.19.11191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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At the nonpermissive temperature of 39.5 degrees C, the Chinese hamster ovary cell conditionally lethal, temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant ldlF exhibits the following defects: rapid degradation of low density lipoprotein receptors, disruption of ER-through Golgi transport, and disintegration of the Golgi apparatus. All of these are corrected by transfection with an expression vector for wild-type epsilon-COP, a subunit of coatomers (Guo, Q., Vasile, E., and Krieger, M. (1994) J. Cell Biol. 125, 1213-1224). We now report the identification in ldlF cells of a point mutation in the epsilon-COP gene, Glu251 to Lys251, which prevents the corresponding cDNA from correcting the defects in transfected ldlF cells and the immunochemical analysis of the synthesis, structure, and stability of epsilon-COP. At the permissive temperature (34 degrees C), the steady state level of ts-epsilon-COP in ldlF cells was about half that of epsilon-COP in wild-type Chinese hamster ovary cells and the isoelectric point of ts-epsilon-COP was 0.14 pH units higher than that of the wild-type protein. The stability but not the biosynthesis of ts-epsilon-COP was temperature-sensitive (t1/2 > 6 h at 34 degrees C and approximately 1-2 h at 39.5 degrees C), and this accounts for the virtual absence of detectable ts-epsilon-COP protein in ldlF cells after incubation at 39.5 degrees C for > 6h. The steady state levels in ldlF cells of another coatomer subunit, beta-COP, and the peripheral Golgi protein ldlCp were not temperature-sensitive. Thus, a mutation in epsilon-COP that causes instability at 39.5 degrees C is responsible for all of the temperature-sensitive defects in ldlF cells, and the stability of beta-COP is not linked directly to that of epsilon-COP. ldlF cells should be useful for the future analysis of the structure and function of epsilon-COP, the assembly of COPs into coatomers, and the participation of coatomers in intracellular membrane transport.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Vijayagopal P, Figueroa JE, Guo Q, Fontenot JD, Tao Z. Marked alteration of proteoglycan metabolism in cholesterol-enriched human arterial smooth muscle cells. Biochem J 1996; 315 ( Pt 3):995-1000. [PMID: 8645189 PMCID: PMC1217306 DOI: 10.1042/bj3150995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To elucidate the correlation between vascular cholesterol metabolism and proteoglycan (PrGl) biosynthesis, we investigated PrGl synthesis in human aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) after cholesterol enrichment with cationized low-density lipoproteins (LDL). Compared with normal SMCs, total PrGl synthesis by cholesterol-enriched cells decreased 2.4-fold (11874 +/- 530 d.p.m. per 10(5) cells compared with 4890 +/- 385 d.p.m. per 10(5) cells). This was the net result of a 6.9-fold reduction in medium PrGl (11000 +/- 490 d.p.m. per 10(5) cells compared with 1580 +/- 246 d.p.m. per 10(5) cells) and a 3.8-fold increase in cellular PrGl over controls (874 +/- 27 d.p.m. per 10(5) cells compared with 3310 +/- 193 d.p.m. per 10(5) cells). Prior incubation of SMCs with native LDL had no effect on PrGl synthesis by these cells. The decrease in PrGl synthesis in cholesterol-enriched cells correlated with a 90% and 20% reduction in the steady-state level of mRNA for biglycan and decorin respectively, and a virtual elimination of the steady-state level of mRNA for versican over controls. Despite the down-regulation of PrGl synthesis, cholesterol-loaded cells produced a 2-fold increase in a PrGl subfraction with high affinity for LDL. Compared with the corresponding PrGl subfraction from normal cells, that from the cholesterol-enriched cells exhibited increased charge density and a higher molecular mass and contained relatively larger proportions of chondroitin 6-sulphate and dermatan sulphate. These results show that PrGl metabolism is dramatically altered in cholesterol-enriched human SMCs.
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MESH Headings
- Biglycan
- Cell Division
- Cell Survival
- Cells, Cultured
- Cholesterol/metabolism
- Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans/genetics
- Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans/metabolism
- Chromatography, Affinity
- Decorin
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- Humans
- Lectins, C-Type
- Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism
- Lipoproteins, LDL/pharmacology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Proteoglycans/chemistry
- Proteoglycans/genetics
- Proteoglycans/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Versicans
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- P Vijayagopal
- Section of Cardiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112, USA
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Guo Q, Kuang P. Studies of Qingyangshen (II): modulatory effect of co-treatment with qingyangshen and diphenylhydantoin sodium on rat hippocampal c-fos expression during seizures. J TRADIT CHIN MED 1996; 16:48-50. [PMID: 8758711] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We have reported that, after KA treatment in rats, there was first a significant increase in hippocampal c-fos expression during acute seizures and then a long-term inhibition in hippocampal c-fos expression during chronic seizures. In this experiment, we examined the modulatory effect of Qingyangshen (QYS), a traditional Chinese medicine with antiepileptic property, and diphenylhydantoin sodium (DPH) on hippocampal c-fos expression during seizures. We found that after intraperitoneal injection of QYS + DPH (15 mg/kg and 50 mg/kg respectively, q.o.d. x 6), the peak level of hippocampal c-fos mRNA induction during KA-induced acute seizures was reduced by 56.27%; while the inhibition of hippocampal c-fos expression during KA-induced chronic seizures was disinhibited to control level. It is suggested that the inhibitory effect of QYS + DPH on KA-induced seizures, chronic seizures in particular, may have much to do with its modulatory effect on hippocampal c-fos expression.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, PLA Postgraduate Medical School, Beijing, P.R. China
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Enzymatic methylation of adenine underlies a variety of biological regulatory mechanisms in Escherichia coli. We present here structural and thermodynamic characterization of a non-self-complementary DNA decamer duplex containing the dam sequence 5'-GATC in the unmethylated, hemimethylated (both forms), and methylated states. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements show that the free energies for adenine methylation of the decamer duplex are +1.1 and +2.0 kcal/mol for hemimethylation, respectively, and +3.3 kcal/mol for full methylation. In all cases, a large unfavorable enthalpy change is partially compensated by a favorable entropy term. CD spectroscopy indicates an overall conformational difference between the unmethylated decamer duplex and its methylated analogs. Reaction with diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC), a purine-specific probe sensitive to conformation, is enhanced in the vicinity of the methylation site of the duplex, consistent with loosening of base pairing at this site. Comparison of the scission patterns of these decamer duplexes by the reactive probes methidiumpropyl-EDTA.FeII [MPE.FeII] and CuI(o-phenanthroline)2 [(OP)2CuI] indicates that the methylation site of the decamer duplex represents a site of enhanced reactivity for these agents. On the basis of these thermodynamics and structural features, we suggest that the methylated base pair exists in two different helical states, which require local transient opening of the duplex for interconversion.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York 10003, USA
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Guo Q, Kuang P. Studies of qingyangshen (I): Differential expression of hippocampal c-fos proto-oncogene during kainic acid induced acute and chronic seizures. J TRADIT CHIN MED 1995; 15:292-6. [PMID: 8709612] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We previously reported that Qingyangshen (QYS), a traditional Chinese medicine with antiepileptic property, had therapeutic effect on kainic acid (KA) induced experimental seizures (see JTCM 13 (4): 281-286, 1993 for reference). To investigate the mechanisms underlying the anticonvulsant action of QYS, we analyzed the modulatory effect of QYS on rat hippocampal c-fos proto-oncogene expression during KA-induced epileptogenesis in this and the following paper. The expression of hippocampal c-fos gene during KA-induced seizures were examined first. Rats were intraperitoneally injected with kainic acid (KA, 12 mg/kg) and hippocampal c-fos mRNA level was determined by Northern blot analysis during both acute (within one day after KA injection) and chronic (15 days after KA treatment) seizures. A mild increase in hippocampal c-fos mRNA level was observed 30 min after KA injection (being 1.98 +/- 0.70 times of control level), which corresponded temporally to the occurrence of the first limbic seizures. There was an 11.02 +/- 3.33 fold maximal induction of c-fos mRNA at 2 h after KA administration, which remained relatively stable even when behavioral seizures continued to aggravate 4 h after KA treatment. Twelve hours after KA administration, c-fos mRNA in the hippocampus returned to control level when acute seizures began to gradually disappear. In contrast, the induction of hippocampal c-fos mRNA during chronic seizures was inhibited significantly, being reduced by 55.40% compared to control. This suggested that c-fos is in different functional states at acute and chronic stages of epileptogenesis induced by KA.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, PLA Postgraduate Medical School, Beijing, P.R. China
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Zhang D, Lu H, Guo Q, Gao B, Zhu G. [Gene therapy and adenovirus vectors]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1995; 17:470-5. [PMID: 9208577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Yan Y, Guo Q, Nan P. [Relationship between c-erbB-2 oncoprotein expression and prognosis in salivary gland malignant pleomorphic adenoma]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 1995; 30:326-8, 383. [PMID: 8762532] [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: 02/02/2023]
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A monoclonal antibody AB-3 has been used immunohistochemically in a retrospective study of formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues of the salivary gland malignant pleomorphic adenomas (MPA). Positive staining was found in 25/60 (41.67%) of MPA. c-erbB-2 oncoprotein expression of the postoperative recurrent MPA group was higher than that of non-recurrent MPA group (P < 0.05). The postoperative 5-year survival rate of MPA with c-erbB-2 expression was considerably lower than that of without expression (P < 0.01). This observation indicates that c-erbB-2 oncoprotein expression may be an useful prognostic indicator in MPA.
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- Y Yan
- Department of Stomatology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xian
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Hui Y, Chen X, Guo Q. Heterotopic ossification in adenocarcinoma of the colon. Chin Med J (Engl) 1995; 108:798-800. [PMID: 8565675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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- Y Hui
- Department of Pathology, People's Hospital, Beijing Medical University
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A passive cup monitor has been constructed by using a 50 mm radius stainless steel hemisphere. The conductive housing has reduced the scatter in track densities. In dwellings with high 220Rn concentrations, it is particularly necessary to measure 222Rn concentration with a monitor having a radon exchange rate less than 0.1 h-1.
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- T Iida
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
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Guo Q, Kuang PG. Hippocampal quinolinic acid concentrations in epileptogenesis in rats. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1995; 16:438-40. [PMID: 8701763] [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: 02/01/2023]
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AIM To study the changes of hippocampal quinolinic acid (QA) concentrations during acute and chronic seizures induced by ip injection of kainic acid (KA, 12 mg kg-1) in rats. METHODS The extraction and measurement of QA in the hippocampus were performed using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method. RESULTS When acute seizures were fully established 3 h after KA injection, no significant changes of hippocampal QA were found. During chronic seizures observed on d 30 after KA injection, there was even a 55 +/- 8% significant decrease. When neither acute nor chronic seizures were detectable but astroglial proliferation in the hippocampus and secondary neuronal degeneration in extrahippocampal regions became gradually prominent 2 d and 7 d after KA injection, there were 56 +/- 13% and 156 +/- 13% dramatic increases of hippocampal QA concentrations, respectively. CONCLUSION The increase of hippocampal QA hardly plays any key role in the initiation of KA-induced seizures but may contribute to astroglial proliferation and neuronal degeneration by activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Neurology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES There is a linear relation between the T1 relaxation rate of fluorine-19 (19F) of perfluorochemicals (PFCs) and the partial pressure of the oxygen (pO2) dissolved in the PFC. A line scan technique was used to overcome the significant chemical shift and low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of in vivo 19F magnetic resonance imaging. This study was designed to determine whether the line scan technique could detect the effect of oxygen on 19F T1. In addition, its ability to detect changes in intracellular pO2 when the inspired gas was raised from 20% to 100% O2 also was investigated. METHODS The T1 relaxation rate of samples of perflubron emulsion diluted from 3.5% to 70% w/v and equilibrated with N2-O2 gas mixtures (pO2 range = 10-450 mm Hg) was measured using the line scan technique. The gas and emulsion pO2 were measured with a blood gas analyzer. The liver T1 relaxation rate was measured in three rabbits given 5 ml/kg perflubron emulsion 4 and 8 days earlier as they breathed room air and then 100% O2. We used a prototype cylindrical coil double-tuned to hydrogen-1 (1H) and 19F and selected a line through the liver. The scanning parameters yielded a voxel size of 20 x 20 x 15.6 mm. Liver and blood samples were obtained postsacrifice for perflubron concentration measurement. RESULTS A linear relation between the 19F T1 relaxation rate (1/T1) of the 3.5% w/v emulsion and dissolved pO2 was established with a slope of 0.0033 (sec-1/mm Hg) and a correlation coefficient of .991. As the PFC concentration increased by 1,900%, the slope increased by 21.2%. The 1/T1 for the liver was 0.182 +/- 0.004 sec-1 at baseline. It increased to 0.247 +/- 0.022 sec-1 when rabbits breathed 100% O2 (p = .023), which corresponded to an increase in intracellular pO2 of 19.7 mm Hg. The liver-to-blood PFC concentration ratio was 500:1. CONCLUSION In vitro measurements with the line scan technique replicated the established linear dependence of 1/T1 on pO2. In vivo measurements indicated a 20-mm Hg increase in intracellular pO2 of liver phagocytes when the inspired gas was changed from 20% to 100% O2.
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- H T Tran
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, USA
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Guo Q, Pierce FS, Poon SJ. Observation of transitionlike behavior and a slow thermal relaxation process in icosahedral quasicrystals. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1995; 52:3286-3289. [PMID: 9981446 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.52.3286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Guo Q, Peng TQ, Yang YZ. [Effect of Astragalus membranaceus on Ca2+ influx and coxsackie virus B3 RNA replication in cultured neonatal rat heart cells]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1995; 15:483-5. [PMID: 8580697] [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: 01/31/2023]
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The effect of Astragalus membranaceus (AM) on Ca2+ influx across the myocardial plasma membrane and coxsackie virus B3(CVB3)-RNA replication in cultured neonatal rat heart cells infected with CVB3 was investigated. It was found that the Ca2+ influx could be inhibited significantly (P < 0.01) by AM after infection of heart cells for 48 h. In addition, when the cultured heart cells infected with CVB3 and treated with AM for 48 h, the Ca2+ influx of infected heart cells also could be inhibited by AM (P < 0.05) and the amounts of CVB3-RNA in myocytes were significantly decreased than that in infected control group (P < 0.001). These phenomena suggested that AM could exert the effects of decreasing the secondary Ca2+ damages, and improving the abnormal myocardial electric activity, and inhibiting replication of CVB3-RNA in myocardium. Thus, it is a rational choice to treat patients with AM in viral myocarditis.
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- Q Guo
- Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai
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The scalar theory of the self-focusing of an optical beam is not valid for a very narrow beam, and a correct description of the beam behavior requires a vector analysis in this case. A vector nonparaxial theory is developed from the vector Maxwell equations by application of an order-of-magnitude analysis method. For the same input beam, the numerical results of self-focusing from both scalar and vector theories are compared. It is found by the vector theory that a linearly polarized circular input beam becomes elliptical in the selffocusing process.
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Zhang G, Guo Q, Wang K. [Ecological studies on the growth of Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 1995; 20:395-7, 446. [PMID: 7576133] [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: 01/26/2023]
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The results show that the following ecological requirements must be met for Pinellia ternata to grow well: warm climate (appropriately 10-27 degrees C), adequate humidity and scattering sunlight. Burning sunlight and high temperature, as well as waterlogging are harmful to its growth.
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- G Zhang
- Nanjing Agricultural University
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Zhang F, Richardson PM, Holland DP, Guo Q, Tatton WG. CNTF or (-)-deprenyl in immature rats: survival of axotomized facial motoneurons and weight loss. J Neurosci Res 1995; 40:564-70. [PMID: 7616617 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490400416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 01/26/2023]
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The application of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) to the cut ends of transected facial nerves in newborn rats has been reported to reduce the death of facial motoneurons (FMns) axotomized by the transection. Systemically delivered CNTF has been found to cause cachexia in adult mice. We compared the influence of dosage of CNTF and (-)-deprenyl on FMn death, weight loss, and animal survival in rat pups that underwent facial nerve transection at the 14th postnatal day (P14). CNTF was administered by osmotic mini-pumps connected to tubing ending either intrathecally or extrathecally near the craniocervical junction. CNTF caused weight loss and animal death that was similar to the cachexia reported in mice if administered in amounts of 1.1 microgram/day or greater. At the same doses, intrathecal CNTF was more effective than extrathecal CNTF in inducing the cachexia. (-)-Deprenyl did not alter animal survival or weight gain, even at high doses (10 mg/kg every 2 days). Intrathecal CNTF and intraperitoneal (-)-deprenyl, but not extrathecal CNTF, significantly increased the survival of the axotomized FMns. (-)-Deprenyl administered twice daily at 0.01 mg/kg was considerably more effective than CNTF in increasing FMn survival due to the limitation on CNTF dosage caused by the animal death.
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- F Zhang
- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Guo Q, Zhang H. Tear malate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase and their isoenzymes in normal Chinese subjects and patients of ocular surface disorders. Yan Ke Xue Bao 1995; 11:61-4. [PMID: 8575611] [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: 01/31/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine levels of malate dehydrogenase (MDH), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and their isoenzymes in tears of normal Chinese subjects and patients with ocular surface disorders. METHODS The age range of normal subjects was 10-88, with 136 male and 128 female subjects. 123 patients suffered from ocular surface disorders. Tears were collected from lower fornix on Xinghua filter disc (0.1mm thick, 5mm in diameter). The values of tear MDH and LDH were determined by MONARCH-2000 Analyzer (U. S. A.). Their isoenzymes were separated by acetate cellulose electrophoresis and were determined by Model CDS-200 light densitometer. RESULTS The normal values of tear LDH and MDH were 45.51 + 23.00-81.35 + 37.84 umol.s-1/L and 11.00 + 5.33-19.50 + 9.17 umol.s-1/L respectively, disregarding sex or eye distriction (P > 0.05). The values of tear LDH and MDH in the group aged 10-19 were significantly lower than in another groups (P < 0.05). 95% normal ranges of tear MDH aged below 19 and above 20 were 3.63-19.90 umol.s-1/L and 4.20-36.64 umol s-1/L. 95% normal ranges of tear LDH aged below 19 and above 20 were 17.69-82.93 umol.s-1/L and 21.47-150.41 umol.s-1/L. The MDH isoenzymes comprised MDHs and MDHm, the former accounting for 80.0-89.1%. The LDH isoenzymes comprised 5 varieties, of which the ratio H/M of subunit H to subunit M was 0.196 + 0.02. Levels of tear LDH,MDH and their isoenzymes in different diseases were various. CONCLUSIONS Tear LDH/MDH ratio reflected sensitively the metabolism of corneae and conjunctival epithelium. The changes in LDH isoenzymes were helpful to the differential diagnosis of external eye diseases, and the increase of MDHm reflected sensitively the degree of injury to the corneal epithelium.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Ophthalmology, 304 Hospital, Beijing, China
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Poon SJ, Pierce FS, Guo Q. Magnetoconductivity of quasicrystals in the insulating regime. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1995; 51:2777-2779. [PMID: 9979049 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.2777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Zuo S, Guo Q, Ling C, Chang YH. Evidence that two zinc fingers in the methionine aminopeptidase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae are important for normal growth. Mol Gen Genet 1995; 246:247-53. [PMID: 7862096 DOI: 10.1007/bf00294688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Limited proteolysis of intact yeast methionine aminopeptidase (MAP1) with trypsin releases a 34 kDa fragment whose NH2-terminal sequence begins at Asp70, immediately following Lys69. These results suggest that yeast MAP may have a two-domain structure consisting of an NH2-terminal zinc finger domain and a C-terminal catalytic domain. To test this, a mutant MAP lacking residues 2-69 was generated, overexpressed, purified and analyzed. Metal ion analyses indicate that 1 mol of wild-type yeast MAP contains 2 mol of zinc ions and at least 1 mol of cobalt ion, whereas 1 mol of the truncated MAP lacking the putative zinc fingers contains only a trace amount of zinc ions but still contains one mole of cobalt ion. These results suggest that the two zinc ions observed in the native yeast MAP are located at the Cys/His rich region and the cobalt ion is located in the catalytic domain. The kcat and Km values of the purified truncated MAP are similar to those of the wild-type MAP when measured with peptide substrates in vitro and it appears to be as active as the wild-type MAP in vivo. However, the truncated MAP is significantly less effective in rescuing the slow growth phenotype of map mutant than the wild-type MAP. These findings suggest that the zinc fingers are essential for normal MAP function in vivo, even though the in vitro enzyme assays indicate that they are not involved in catalysis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Zuo
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO 63104
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Stereotactic operations have long been used to relieve agitation and muscle rigidity in Parkinson disease. Because of its high-density resolution, CT is quite effective to portray the location, size, shape and density of the thermocoagulative focus. The foci were classified into different types according to their changes in different time periods. Correlation with pathological changes was discussed.
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- G Zhang
- Department of Radiology, Xi'jing Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Qian J, Guo Q, Li L. Spun linear birefringence fibres and their sensing mechanism in current sensors with temperature compensation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:19941583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- S Zuo
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63104
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Pierce FS, Guo Q, Poon SJ. Enhanced insulatorlike electron transport behavior of thermally tuned quasicrystalline states of Al-Pd-Re alloys. Phys Rev Lett 1994; 73:2220-2223. [PMID: 10057003 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.73.2220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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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Guo Q, Xue G, Zheng H. [A prospective study on the relationship between body mass index and mortality from all causes in 15,827 middle aged and elderly citizens]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 1994; 15:199-202. [PMID: 7834701] [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: 01/27/2023]
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The association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and mortality from all causes was investigated in a cohort study of 15827 citizens (aged 35 and over) in Shanghai. During about 3-year follow up the person-year mortality for men and women were 1311.78/100000 and 1036.87/100000, respectively. Cox regression analysis was conducted in a lower and an upper range of BMI, respectively. The inverse association between BMI and mortality in the lower range was statistically significant for men and women. The positive association between BMI and mortality in the upper range was highly statistically significant for women but not for men. Logistic regression analysis conducted over the entire range of BMI showed that BMI and all-cause mortality association was significantly "L"-shaped distribution for men and women. The mortality or relative hazard curve can be fit with quadratic model (Y = a-bX + cX2) in different sex.
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- Q Guo
- Epidemiological Section, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai
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Group I introns are highly structured RNAs which catalyse their own splicing by guanosine-initiated transesterification reactions. Their catalytic core is generally stabilized by RNA-RNA interactions within the core and with peripheral RNA structures. Additionally, some group I introns require proteins for efficient splicing in vivo. The Neurospora CYT-18 protein, the mitochondrial tyrosyl-transfer RNA synthetase (mt TyrRS), promotes splicing of the Neurospora mitochondrial large ribosomal RNA (LSU) and other group I introns by stabilizing the catalytically active structure of the intron core. We report here that CYT-18 functions similarly to a peripheral RNA structure, P5abc, that stabilizes the catalytic core of the Tetrahymena LSU intron. The CYT-18 protein and P5abc RNA bind to overlapping sites in the intron core, inducing similar conformational changes correlated with splicing activity. Our results show that a protein can play the role of an RNA structure in a catalytic RNA, a substitution postulated for the evolution of nuclear pre-messenger RNA introns from self-splicing introns.
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- G Mohr
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1292
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Guo Q, Vasile E, Krieger M. Disruptions in Golgi structure and membrane traffic in a conditional lethal mammalian cell mutant are corrected by epsilon-COP. J Cell Biol 1994; 125:1213-24. [PMID: 8207054 PMCID: PMC2290926 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.125.6.1213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The CHO cell temperature-sensitive mutant ldlF exhibits two defects in membrane traffic at the nonpermissive temperature (39.5 degrees C): rapid degradation of LDL receptors, possibly caused by endocytic missorting, and disruption of ER-through-Golgi transport. Here, we show that at 39.5 degrees C, the Golgi in ldlF cells dissociated into vesicles and tubules. This dissociation was inhibited by AlF4-, suggesting trimeric G proteins are involved in the dissociation mechanism. This resembled the effects of brefeldin A on wild-type cells. We isolated a hamster cDNA that specifically corrected the ts defects of ldlF cells, but not those of other similar ts mutants (ldlE, ldlG, ldlH, and End4). Its predicted protein sequence is conserved in humans, rice, Arabidopsis, and Caenorhabditis elegans, and is virtually identical to that of bovine epsilon-COP, a component of the coatomer complex implicated in membrane transport. This provides the first genetic evidence that coatomers in animal cells can play a role both in maintaining Golgi structure and in mediating ER-through-Golgi transport, and can influence normal endocytic recycling of LDL receptors. Thus, along with biochemical and yeast genetics methods, mammalian somatic cell mutants can provide powerful tools for the elucidation of the mechanisms underlying intracellular membrane traffic.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Nishimine K, Uchida H, Matsuo N, Sakaguchi H, Hirohashi S, Nishimura Y, Guo Q, Ohishi H, Nagano N, Yoshioka T. Segmental transarterial chemoembolization with Lipiodol mixed with anticancer drugs for nonresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: follow-up CT and therapeutic results. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1994; 33 Suppl:S60-8. [PMID: 7511069 DOI: 10.1007/bf00686670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 01/25/2023]
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We developed segmental Lp-TAE, which is transcatheter hepatic sub-subsegmental, subsegmental, or segmental chemoembolization using Lipiodol introduced into the tumor-bearing hepatic sub-subsegment, subsegment, or segment as the target area. A total of 98 patients with nonresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing segmental Lp-TAE (Seg-Lp-TAE) were studied, and the relationship between the CT pattern observed after Seg-Lp-TAE (Seg-Lp-CT) and the therapeutic results obtained in those patients was evaluated. Seg-Lp-CT was classified into four types (type I, homogeneous; type II, defective; type III, inhomogeneous; and type IV, only slight accumulation, if any) according to the Lipiodol accumulation pattern observed after Seg-Lp-TAE. The cumulative nonrecurrence rates of type I were higher than those of types II-IV. The cumulative survival rates of type Ia, in which Lp accumulation is also seen around the main tumor, were the highest (93.8% at 1 year, 85.9% at 2 years, 85.9% at 3 years, and 57.3% at 4 years). The cumulative survival rates achieved with Seg-Lp-TAE were 89.2% at 1 year, 69.4% at 2 years, 58.9% at 3 years, 44.0% at 4 years, and 30.2% at 5 years, which were higher than those achieved with conventional Lp-TAE. Seg-Lp-TAE is very useful in the treatment of HCC limited to one sub-subsegment, subsegment, or segment, and it is important to choose sub-subsegmental, subsegmental, or segmental Lp-TAE on the basis of the size and site of the tumor as well as the type and the number of feeding arteries.
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- K Nishimine
- Department of Oncoradiology, Nara Medical University, Japan
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to examine the effect of moderate hypothermia (30 degrees C to 32 degrees C) initiated after resuscitation on the scavenging systems of free radicals and lipid peroxidation in canine brain tissue after cardiac arrest and resuscitation. METHODS Twenty-one dogs were divided into four groups: group A, nonischemic controls (shams) (n = 4); group B, 15-minute cardiac arrest without reperfusion (n = 4); group C, 15-minute cardiac arrest and standard resuscitation (n = 6); and group D, 15-minute cardiac arrest and hypothermic resuscitation (n = 7). During the period of 10 to 120 minutes after resuscitation, brain temperature and core temperature in group D remained at 30 degrees C to 32 degrees C and were 4 degrees C to 5 degrees C lower than in group C. For each dog, a sample of right parietal cerebral cortex was obtained from group A, group B, or from group C and group D at 2 hours after resuscitation. The sample was assayed for tissue malondialdehyde (MDA), the content of reduced glutathione (GSH), and the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX). RESULTS In group B, a 15-minute cardiac arrest induced an increase in MDA, a significant reduction of GSH, and no change in SOD and GSH-PX activities compared with group A. In group C, there were further increases in MDA and reductions in GSH content and GSH-PX activity compared with group A; SOD activity remained substantially unchanged. The content of MDA was higher in group D than in group A but less elevated in group D than in group C. The GSH content and SOD and GSH-PX activities were significantly higher in group D than in group C. CONCLUSIONS Moderate hypothermia initiated after resuscitation can significantly inhibit the accumulation of lipid peroxidation products and the consumption of free radical scavengers in the brain tissue.
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- B Lei
- Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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Honda N, Guo Q, Uchida H, Ohishi H, Hiasa Y. Percutaneous hot saline injection therapy for hepatic tumors: an alternative to percutaneous ethanol injection therapy. Radiology 1994; 190:53-7. [PMID: 8259428 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.190.1.8259428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 01/29/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the usefulness of percutaneous hot saline injection therapy (PSIT) in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty patients with HCC (23 nodules) underwent PSIT. Mean tumor diameter was < or = 30 mm. PSIT was performed by injecting hot saline into the HCC. The therapeutic effect of PSIT was evaluated with computed tomography, angiography, measurement of alpha-fetoprotein levels, and histopathologic examination of needle biopsy and resected specimens. RESULTS No complications were encountered, and a therapeutic effect was obtained in all cases. When the injected material cools, it becomes physiologic saline making it possible to inject relatively large volumes in a single session. CONCLUSION PSIT has promise as a form of curative local therapy for small HCCs and is expected to exert a safe and favorable therapeutic effect on large HCCs as well.
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- N Honda
- Department of Radiology, Nara Medical University, Japan
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Guo Q, Mattrey RF, Guclu C, Buxton RB, Nalcioglu O. Monitoring of pO2 by spin-spin relaxation rate 1/T2 of 19F in a rabbit abscess model. Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol 1994; 22:1449-54. [PMID: 7849956 DOI: 10.3109/10731199409138849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to confirm the relationship of T1 and T2 relaxation rate vs. pO2 in vivo of 19F MR signal measured from intracellular perflubron. Our work to date has demonstrated that 1/T2 is more sensitive to pO2 than 1/T1 in the in vitro environment. The advantage of 1/T2 vs. 1/T1 is the speed of measurement and sensitivity. Seven alternating T1 and T2 measurements were obtained during a continuous acquisition using the TTISS pulse sequence. An abscess model was used for the in vivo experiments where rabbits were infused with 5ml/kg Oxygent HT 10 days prior to scanning. The abscess model was used because it has been shown that perflubron accumulates in macrophages located in the abscess wall. This technique thus provided signal from the intracellular milieu. The results of this study proved that pO2 monitoring by measuring T2 of 19F is feasible and can be used in-lieu of the T1 measurement. Given that the T2 measurement is much more rapid than the T1 measurement and that T2 changes are more sensitive than T1 changes with alterations in pO2, T2 should prove to be practical and useful for monitoring transient rapid changes in pO2.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego
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Guo Q, Kuang P. Effect of qingyangshen on hippocampal alpha- and beta-tubulin gene expression during kainic acid induced epileptogenesis. J TRADIT CHIN MED 1993; 13:281-6. [PMID: 8139279] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Using alpha- and beta- tubulin cDNA Probes and Northern blot hybridization technique, we analyzed the effect of intraperitoneally injected Qingyangshen (QYS), a traditional Chinese medicine with antiepileptic property, and diphenylhydrantoin sodium (DPH) on hippocampal alpha- and beta-tubulin gene expression during kainic acid (KA) induced chronic seizures. It was found that: 1) thirty days after intraperitoneal injection of KA, alpha- and beta-tubulin mRNAs in animals showing chronic seizures increased 3.02 +/- 1.05 and 4.07 +/- 1.32 times respectively compared with control; 2) neither QYS (15 mg/kg, q.o.d. x 6) nor DPH (50 mg/kg, q.o.d. x 6), when used separately, could inhibit the above mentioned effect of KA; 3) when QYS (15 mg/kg, q.o.d. x 6) and DPH (50 mg/kg, q.o.d. x 6) were given in combination, the long-term increase in tubulin gene expression induced by KA was significantly reduced, with alpha- and beta-tubulin mRNAs being decreased to 0.44 +/- 0.08 and 0.50 x 0.10 times of corresponding values in animals treated with KA alone. The results indicate that the mechanism of antiepileptic effect of QYS is at least partially related to the inhibition of tubulin synthesis and subsequent reduction in mossy fiber sprouting and neosynaptogenesis.
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- Q Guo
- Department of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, PLA Postgraduate Medical School, Beijing
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Members of the ets gene family encode transcription factors that regulate the expression of a variety of cellular and viral genes including several protooncogenes. We have utilized Drosophila to elucidate the in vivo function of one family member. We show by complementation rescue and sequence analysis that the female sterile mutant tiny eggs (tne) is an allele of the Drosophila Ets-related gene Elg (also called D-elg). The mutation of a highly conserved tyrosine residue in the ETS DNA-binding domain of the Elg gene product demonstrates that normal gene function is required for proper follicle cell migration, chorion formation, and nurse cell-chromosome decondensation during Drosophila oogenesis.
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- R A Schulz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030
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