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Chan CY, Lee FY, Wang TF, Huang SW, Chang FY, Lu RH, Chen YC, Wang SS, Huang HC, Lee SD. Lack of detrimental or therapeutic effects of cyclooxygenase inhibition in bile duct-ligated rats with hepatic encephalopathy. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 21:1483-7. [PMID: 16911697 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04261.x] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The pathogenetic mechanisms of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) are not fully understood. Cerebral blood flow regulated by cyclooxygenase (COX) may be involved in the development of HE. There are no comprehensive data concerning the effects of COX inhibition on HE in chronic liver disease. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 240-270 g at the time of surgery were selected for experiments. Secondary biliary cirrhosis was induced by bile duct ligation (BDL). Those rats were then divided into two groups to receive i.p. injection of indomethacin (5 mg/kg per day) or distilled water for 7 days from day 36 to day 42 after BDL. The control group consisted of rats receiving a sham operation. Severity of encephalopathy was assessed by counts of motor activity. Plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and 6-keto-prostaglandin F(1alpha) (6-keto-PGF(1alpha)), and liver biochemistry tests were determined after treatment. RESULTS The motor activity in both groups of BDL rats were significantly lower than that of the control group (P < 0.001). As compared with the BDL rats treated with distilled water, BDL rats treated with indomethacin had significant lower levels of 6-keto-PGF(1alpha), but the motor activity, TNF-alpha levels and serum biochemistry tests were not significantly different between both BDL groups. CONCLUSIONS Chronic indomethacin administration did not have significantly detrimental or therapeutic effects on the severity of encephalopathy in BDL rats.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Huang HC, Wang SS, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Hou MC, Yang YY, Lee SD. Lanreotide on collateral response to endothelin-1 and vasopressin in cirrhotic rats. J Chin Med Assoc 2006; 69:397-403. [PMID: 17051749 DOI: 10.1016/s1726-4901(09)70281-3] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Portosystemic collaterals in cirrhosis are often complicated with hemorrhage. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) have been shown to directly constrict collaterals of portal hypertensive rats. Furthermore, octreotide, a long-acting somatostatin analog, enhances ET-1-related collateral vasoconstriction if administered in the perfusate before ET-1 incubation. However, long-term effects of somatostatin analogs on collateral response to ET-1 and AVP remain unclarified. This study investigated the effects of lanreotide (a longer-acting somatostatin analog when compared with octreotide) on the portosystemic collateral vascular reactiveness to ET-1 and AVP in cirrhotic rats. METHODS Liver cirrhosis was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by common bile duct ligation (BDL). On the 33rd day after BDL, rats received 1 intramuscular injection with lanreotide (10 mg/kg) or distilled water. On the 43rd day after BDL, systemic, and portal hemodynamics were evaluated. By an in situ perfusion model, ET-1 (10(-10) - 10(-7) mol/L) and AVP (10(-10) - 3 x 10(-7) mol/L) were applied to assess the collateral responses. RESULTS Heart rate, mean arterial pressure, and portal pressure were not modified by lanreotide. Lanreotide pretreatment enhanced collateral vascular response to ET-1 and reached statistical significance at 10(-7) mol/L without inducing changes to AVP. CONCLUSION Lanreotide augmented the collateral vascular responsiveness to ET-1 but not to AVP in cirrhotic rats.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Huang HC, Erickson RS, Yanke LJ, Chelle CD, Mündel HH. First Report of the Purple Variant of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens, Causal Agent of Bacterial Wilt of Bean, in Canada. Plant Dis 2006; 90:1262. [PMID: 30781117 DOI: 10.1094/pd-90-1262a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bacterial wilt of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) caused by the yellow and orange variants of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. Flaccumfaciens (Hedges) Collins & Jones was found in western Canada in 2002 (1). A purple variant was found in a pooled sample of discolored cull seeds of great northern bean (cv. US1140) from a crop grown near Bow Island, Alberta, Canada in 2005. Bacterial colonies isolated from purple seed using modified Burkholder's agar (MBA) (3) were convex, glistening, and smooth edged with blue pigment diffusing into the medium. Three isolates (V154, V155, and V254) were identified with conventional tests (2), carbohydrate oxidation (GP Microplates, Biolog Inc., Hayward, CA), and cellular fatty acids (CFA) (MIDI, Inc., Newark, DE). All were grampositive, motile, aerobic rods with yellow colonies producing extracellular blue pigment on MBA when grown at 20 ± 2°C. Bacterial isolates grew at 27°C but grew weakly at 37°C. They were positive for catalase and hydrolysis of hippurate and indoxyl acetate and negative for urease, gelatin liquification, and oxidase. CFA profiles were approximately 48% 15:0 anteiso, 40% 17:0 anteiso, 7% 16:0 iso, and 3% 15:0 iso; with 17:1 anteiso A variable but <1%. Many carbohydrates were oxidized in the Biolog microplates with little acid production. The results match C. flaccumfaciens (2) and the MIDI and Biolog databases, as well as the purple variant of C. flaccumfaciens found in Nebraska, the only previous report of this variant (4). The pathogenicity of the three isolates was tested. Seeds of great northern (cv. US1140) and navy (cv. Morden003) beans were soaked in a bacterial suspension (1 × 108 CFU/ml) or distilled water (control) for 1 h, planted in Cornell mix in root trainers, incubated at 28/22°C (16-h day/8-h night) in a growth cabinet for 14 days, and examined for seedling wilt. The test had three replicates per treatment and 20 seeds per replicate in a completely randomized design. All three isolates were pathogenic to both bean cultivars. The wilt incidences were 51, 57, and 56% on US1140 and 64, 76, and 69% on Morden003 for isolates V154, V155, and V254, respectively. The purple variant of C. flaccumfaciens was reisolated from hypocotyls of wilted seedlings but not from healthy controls. The experiment was repeated using the reisolated bacteria and the results were similar to the first experiment, thus fulfilling Koch's postulates. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the purple variant of C. flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens in Canada. References: (1) T. F. Hsieh et al. Plant Dis. 86:1275, 2002. (2) K. Komagata et al. Page 1313 in: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 2. Williams and Wilkens, Baltimore, MD, 1986. (3) G. A. Nelson and G. Semeniuk. Phytopathology 54:330, 1964. (4) M. L. Schuster et al. Can. J. Microbiol. 14:423, 1968.
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 4B1. LRC Contribution #38706028
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 4B1. LRC Contribution #38706028
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 4B1. LRC Contribution #38706028
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 4B1. LRC Contribution #38706028
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 4B1. LRC Contribution #38706028
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Cheng YS, Rouvier R, Poivey JP, Huang HC, Liu HL, Tai C. Selection responses in duration of fertility and its consequences on hatchability in the intergeneric crossbreeding of ducks. Br Poult Sci 2006; 46:565-71. [PMID: 16359109 DOI: 10.1080/00071660500273193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 10/25/2022]
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1. From 1992 to 2003, selected (S) and control lines (C) of the laying Brown Tsaiya duck (Anas platyrhynchos) were simultaneously maintained under the same standardised conditions of feeding and management. 2. The selection objective was to increase the number of fertile eggs after a single artificial insemination (AI) with pooled Muscovy semen. From generations G1 to G11, 2452 and 2022 female ducks, in S and C lines, respectively, were measured and recorded. In the S line, the percentage selected varied between 20.2 and 34.3% in females and between 7.2 and 20.8% in males. 3. Selection for number of fertile eggs had a correlated effect of increasing the parameter tau of the logistic curves which fitted the daily variations (d 2 to 15) in fertility or hatchability on the basis of eggs set. The differences S-C for the estimates of the times of half maximal fertility and hatchability increased by 0.41 and 0.37 d per generation between G1 and G11, respectively. 4. The highest increases of fertility per day rates after a single AI were observed between d 5 and 11. Moreover, in the selected line, fertility rate was higher than, or equal to, 90% in d 2 from G8. The same tendencies were observed for the changes in the evolution of hatchability on the basis of eggs set. 5. Selection increased fertility and hatchability according to the egg set rates, especially for d 2 to 8 after AI. Hatchability of fertile eggs was not impaired, confirming that selection for one AI per week was possible in this strain of laying ducks.
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- Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Hsin-Hua, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Huo TI, Huang YH, Huang HC, Wu JC, Lee PC, Chang FY, Lee SD. Fever and infectious complications after percutaneous acetic acid injection therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: incidence and risk factor analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol 2006; 40:639-42. [PMID: 16917410 DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200608000-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ultrasound-guided percutaneous acetic acid injection (PAI) therapy is effective for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Posttreatment fever (>37.5 degrees C) may occur owing to acetic acid-induced tumor necrosis, but its incidence and clinical significance are not clear. METHODS A total of 402 treatment sessions in 127 consecutive patients undergoing PAI for HCC were prospectively studied. The incidence and risk factors associated with post-PAI fever were analyzed. RESULTS There were 37 (9.2%) episodes of fever occurring in 29 HCC patients after PAI. Patients who developed fever more often had large-sized (3.5+/-1.3 cm vs. 2.7+/-1.2 cm, P=0.0002) tumor and a higher injection volume (2.6+/-0.1 mL vs. 2.2+/-0.1 mL, P=0.001) of acetic acid compared with those without fever. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that tumor size >3 cm was the only significant predictor associated with occurrence of posttreatment fever (odds ratio: 4.4, 95% confidence interval: 2.2-8.9, P<0.001). Three patients, all of whom had HCC diameter >3 cm, had 4 episodes of bacteremia after treatment; one of them developed liver abscess that required percutaneous drainage. CONCLUSIONS Fever after PAI is not an uncommon event. Patients with tumor size >3 cm have a higher risk of posttreatment fever. Bacteremia and significant infectious complication could occur in a minority of patients. Prophylactic antibiotics before treatment may be necessary for high-risk patients.
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- Teh-Ia Huo
- Institute of Pharmacology and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine Departments of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Chu CJ, Chang CC, Wang TF, Lee FY, Chang FY, Chen YC, Chan CC, Huang HC, Wang SS, Lee SD. Detrimental effects of nitric oxide inhibition on hepatic encephalopathy in rats with thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure: role of nitric oxide synthase isoforms. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 21:1194-9. [PMID: 16824075 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04310.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hepatic encephalopathy is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome. A previous study showed that chronic nitric oxide (NO) inhibition aggravated the severity of encephalopathy in thioacetamide (TAA)-treated rats. The present study investigated the relative contribution of NO synthase (NOS) isoforms on the severity of hepatic encephalopathy in TAA-treated rats. METHOD Fulminant hepatic failure was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by intraperitoneal injection of TAA (350 mg/kg/day) for 3 days. Rats were divided into three groups to receive N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, a non-selective NOS inhibitor, 25 mg/kg/day in tap water), L-canavanine (an inducible NOS inhibitor, 100 mg/kg/day via intraperitoneal injection) or normal saline (N/S) from 2 days prior to TAA administration and lasting for 5 days. Severity of encephalopathy was assessed by the counts of motor activity. Plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF- alpha) were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and creatinine were determined by colorimetric assay. RESULTS Compared with L-canavanine or N/S-treated rats (0% and 4%, respectively), the mortality rate was significantly higher in rats receiving L-NAME administration (29%, P < 0.005). Inhibition of NO created detrimental effects on the counts of motor activities (P < 0.05). Rats treated with L-NAME had significantly higher plasma levels of total bilirubin, ALT, creatinine and TNF- alpha as compared with rats treated with L-canavanine or N/S (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION Chronic L-NAME administration, but not L-canavanine, had detrimental effects on the severity of hepatic damage and motor activities in TAA-treated rats. These results suggest that constitutive NOS activities play a major protective role in rats with fulminant hepatic failure.
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- Chi-Jen Chu
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chan CC, Chang CC, Huang HC, Wang SS, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Tai CC, Lee SD. Effects of norepinephrine and acetylcholine on portal-systemic collaterals of common bile duct-ligated cirrhotic rat. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005; 20:1867-72. [PMID: 16336446 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03969.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Catecholamine exerts profound vascular effects on vascular smooth muscle, and serum norepinephrine (Nepi) and sympathetic nervous activity are increased in cirrhosis. The vascular response of Nepi and acetylcholine (Ach) in portal-systemic collaterals of cirrhotic rats is unknown. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of Nepi and Ach on portal-systemic collaterals of common bile duct-ligated (BDL) cirrhotic rats. METHODS Perfusion studies were performed 6 weeks after BDL when hepatic cirrhosis was induced. Three series of experiments were performed in BDL rats: (i) the Nepi (10(-10) mol/L-10(-5) mol/L) vasoconstrictory responses with (n = 6) and without (n = 5) alpha1- (phentolamine, 5 x 10(-6) mol/L) or beta- (propranolol, 10(-5) mol/L) receptor antagonist (n = 6 and 5, respectively); (ii) the Ach (10(-8) mol/L-10(-5) mol/L) vasodilatory responses in Nepi- preconstricted portal-systemic collaterals in the absence (n = 7) or presence (n = 8) of N(pi)- L-nitro-arginine (NNA, 10(-4) mol/L); and (iii) the effect of indomethacin (10(-5) mol/L; n = 6) on Nepi responses. The collateral vascular responses were evaluated by the in situ collateral perfusion. RESULTS Norepinephrine significantly increased the perfusion pressure and was inhibited by phentolamine (P < 0.05). The constrictive responses of Nepi were not significantly modified in the presence of propranolol (P > 0.05). Acetylcholine produced >50% relaxation of the Nepi-preconstricted collateral vessels and was inhibited by NNA (P < 0.05). In addition, indomethacin significantly enhanced the constrictive response of Nepi (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Norepinephrine has a vasoconstrictive effect on the portal-systemic collaterals of cirrhotic rats and this effect was mediated by alpha1-receptor. Both nitric oxide and prostaglandin are endogenous modulators in the collateral circulation of cirrhotic rats.
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- Che-Chang Chan
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang HC, Erickson RS, Van Hezewijk B, De Clerck-Floate R. White Mold of Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Canada. Plant Dis 2005; 89:1013. [PMID: 30786648 DOI: 10.1094/pd-89-1013c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale L.) is a rangeland weed introduced into Canada from Eurasia, and it can be highly toxic to livestock feeding in pastures (3). During 2004, houndstongue plants near Creston, BC, Canada developed water-soaked lesions with white mycelia and black sclerotia on leaves and crowns. Isolations from diseased leaf tissues and sclerotia on potato dextrose agar (PDA) at 20°C for 5 to 7 days produced fungal colonies with formation of black sclerotia 5 to 10 mm in diameter. A single hyphal tip isolate from houndstongue. Ss-HT-C. was compared with a sunflower isolate of S. sclerotiorum, sun-87 (1), for morphology and pathogenicity. For apothecial production, Ss-HT-C and sun-87 were grown on PDA in petri dishes at 10°C for 10 weeks, and sclerotia produced were harvested, placed on moist vermiculite in petri dishes, and incubated at 20°C under light for 3 weeks. Mature apothecia were excised, stained with acid fuchsin, mounted on slides, and examined for asci and ascospores with a microscope. There were no morphological differences between Ss-HT-C and sun-87, each producing an ascus with eight binucleate, elliptical ascospores, measuring 4 × 10 μm (width × length), supporting the identity of Ss-HT-C as S. sclerotiorum (2,4). For pathogenicity tests of Ss-HT-C and sun-87, mycelial plugs (8 mm in diameter) were removed from the margin of colonies grown on PDA for 5 days at 20°C, and placed on leaves of C. officinale plants that were grown in a greenhouse (20 ± 4°C) to the rosette stage. Inoculated plants were covered with clear plastic bags, kept in the same greenhouse for 3 days, and the diameters of the leaf lesions developed at inoculation sites were measured. The experiment was run twice with 30 plants per isolate and five leaves per plant. Uninoculated plants covered with plastic bags were used as controls. Experiments used a completely randomized design. Results of leaf inoculations showed that Ss-HT-C and sun-87 were pathogenic to hound-stongue. There was no statistical difference between isolates or trials. The frequency of leaves with lesions was 90% for Ss-HT-C and 93% for sun-87. The mean leaf lesion diameters were 32 and 35 mm for Ss-HT-C and sun-87, respectively. Leaves of control plants remained healthy. S. sclerotiorum was reisolated from leaves with lesions, but not from controls. After 14 to 21 days, new sclerotia, 5 to 10 mm in diameter, were formed on leaves of inoculated plants. The plants eventually died. This study confirms that S. sclerotiorum is the causal agent for the disease of hound-stongue in Canada, and to our knowledge, this is the first world record of infection of this weed by S. sclerotiorum. References: (1) H. C. Huang and G. C. Kozub. Plant Prot. Bull. 31:333, 1989. (2) L. Kohn, Phytopathology 69:881, 1979. (3) J. A. Pfister et al. J. Range Manag. 45:254, 1992. (4) J. A. L. Wong and H. J. Willetts, J. Gen. Microbiol. 112:29, 1979.
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge
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Chang CC, Huang HC, Wang SS, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Hou MC, Lee SD. Involvement of constitutive nitric oxide synthase in the portal-systemic collaterals of portal hypertensive rats. J Chin Med Assoc 2005; 68:245-9. [PMID: 15984816 DOI: 10.1016/s1726-4901(09)70144-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown that endothelial nitric oxide (NO) is involved in modulating the vascular response to vasoconstrictors in portal-systemic collaterals of portal hypertensive rats. This study investigated which isoform of NO synthase is involved in the collateral circulation of portal hypertensive rats. METHODS The relaxation response to acetylcholine (10(-8) M, 10(-7) M and 10(-6) M) in norepinephrine (NE)-preconstricted portal-systemic collaterals was investigated after incubation with vehicle (Krebs solution), a preferential inducible NO synthase inhibitor (aminoguanidine [AG]), or a non-selective NO synthase inhibitor (Nomega-nitro-L-arginine [NNA]), in rats with partial portal vein ligation. Mean arterial pressure was measured before the perfusion experiments. RESULTS Bodyweight and mean arterial pressure before the perfusion studies were similar in the vehicle, AG and NNA groups. Preincubation with NNA, but not AG, produced a significant increase in baseline perfusion pressure compared with the vehicle group (p < 0.05). The increase in perfusion pressure in response to NE was enhanced in the presence of NNA (p < 0.05), but not AG. In addition, preincubation with NNA, but not AG, significantly suppressed acetylcholine-induced relaxation in the portal-systemic collaterals (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION These results suggest that constitutive, rather than inducible, NO synthase is involved in the vascular response to vasoconstrictors in the portal-systemic collaterals of portal hypertensive rats.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Lee YT, Lee CM, Lin CS, Sheu SH, Kuo WK, Tsai CW, Huang LC, Huang HC, Wang JS, Tseng WK. A double-blind comparison of the efficacy and tolerability of telmisartan 40-80 mg vs. losartan 50-100 mg in Taiwanese hypertensive patients. Int J Clin Pract 2005:40-5. [PMID: 15617458 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00409.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 12/01/2022] Open
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A multicentre, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group, dose-titration study was conducted to determine the efficacy and tolerability of telmisartan 40-80 mg once daily compared with losartan 50-100 mg once daily in 180 Taiwanese patients with mild-to-moderate essential hypertension. After an initial 2-week placebo run-in phase, patients were randomised in a double-blind, double-dummy fashion to receive either telmisartan 40 mg or losartan 50 mg. If blood pressure control (diastolic blood pressure [DBP] <90 mmHg or > or = 10 mmHg reduction in DBP) was achieved after 4 weeks, the dose was maintained for the second 4 weeks of the active treatment phase; if not, the dose was doubled to telmisartan 80 mg or losartan 100 mg, respectively, for the second 4 weeks of double-blind treatment. Telmisartan 40-80 mg (n = 86) was as effective as losartan 50-100 mg (n = 90) in reducing trough seated DBP (11.1 vs. 8.7 mmHg, p = 0.144), and was significantly more effective than losartan in reducing trough seated systolic blood pressure (SBP) (22.1 vs. 16.5 mmHg, p = 0.032) and standing SBP (21.0 vs. 16.3 mmHg, p = 0.033). Significantly fewer patients treated with telmisartan than those treated with losartan required uptitration after 4 weeks' treatment (32.6% vs. 61.5%, p = 0.001). Both telmisartan and losartan were well tolerated.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Chen CT, Chu CJ, Wang TF, Lu RH, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Chan CC, Wang SS, Huang HC, Lee SD. Evidence against a role for endotoxin in the hepatic encephalopathy of rats with thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005; 20:450-5. [PMID: 15740491 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03550.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Endotoxin has been proposed to participate in the development of hepatic encephalopathy. However, there is no published data concerning the effects of endotoxin neutralization on the degree of hepatic encephalopathy. The present study investigated the effect of chronic intraperitoneal injection of polymyxin B, a neutralizing antagonist of endotoxin, on hepatic encephalopathy in rats with thioacetamide (TAA)-induced fulminant hepatic failure. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 300-350 g were used. Fulminant hepatic failure was induced by intraperitoneal injection of TAA (350 mg/kg/day) for 3 days. Two series of rats were designed to compare the effects of low dose (0.1 mg) or high dose (0.2 mg) intraperitoneal polymyxin B administration versus normal saline (NS) on hepatic encephalopathy. The injection was twice daily started from 2 days prior to TAA administration and lasted for 5 days. Severity of encephalopathy was assessed by the counts of motor activity in an Opto-Varimex animal activity meter. Plasma levels of endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (an index of liver injury) were measured by Limulus assay and the ELISA method, respectively. RESULTS Neutralization of endotoxin by either low dose or high dose polymyxin B administration did not significantly alleviate the degree of hepatic encephalopathy, as represented by the counts of motor activities (P > 0.05). Plasma levels of endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha were comparable between rats treated with polymyxin B or NS (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION Our findings do not support the notion that endotoxin plays a major role in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy in rats with TAA-induced fulminant hepatic failure.
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- Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang HC, Lin MS, Kudo K, Chang NC, Lee TM. Effect of anti-hypertensive drug dose frequency on the clinic-home blood pressure difference in patients with stage 1 treated hypertension. J Int Med Res 2005; 33:111-8. [PMID: 15651723 DOI: 10.1177/147323000503300112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Clinic blood pressure (CBP) is generally used for diagnosis and treatment monitoring in hypertension, but target organ damage correlates more closely with home blood pressure (HBP). Eliminating the clinic-home blood pressure difference (CHBPD) would make conventional CBP a more accurate alternative to HBP. This prospective, randomized, open trial compared the effect of a once-daily versus a twice-daily regimen of anti-hypertensive therapy on CHBPD. After a 2-week wash-out period, 85 confirmed stage 1 hypertensive patients were randomized to receive 2 mg trichlormethiazide daily in one (40 subjects) or two (45 subjects) daily doses for 3 weeks. CBP and HBP measurements were taken during the third week of treatment and the CHBPD calculated. After treatment, the systolic and diastolic CHBPD values were significantly greater in the once-daily regimen than in the twice-daily regimen. Conventional CBP should not be used as an alternative to HBP for evaluating prognosis and monitoring anti-hypertensive therapy when using a once-daily regimen.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Municipal Yang-Ming Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chu CJ, Hsiao CC, Wang TF, Chan CY, Lee FY, Chang FY, Chen YC, Huang HC, Wang SS, Lee SD. Prostacyclin inhibition by indomethacin aggravates hepatic damage and encephalopathy in rats with thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11:232-6. [PMID: 15633222 PMCID: PMC4205408 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i2.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: Vasodilatation and increased capillary permeability have been proposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic form of hepatic encephalopathy. Prostacyclin (PGI2) and nitric oxide (NO) are important contributors to hyperdynamic circulation in portal hypertensive states. Our previous study showed that chronic inhibition of NO had detrimental effects on the severity of encephalopathy in thioacetamide (TAA)-treated rats due to aggravation of liver damage. To date, there are no detailed data concerning the effects of PGI2 inhibition on the severity of hepatic encephalopathy during fulminant hepatic failure.
METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 300-350 g were used. Fulminant hepatic failure was induced by intraperitoneal injection of TAA (350 mg/(kg.d) for 3 d. Rats were divided into two groups to receive intraperitoneal injection of indomethacin (5 mg/(kg.d), n = 20) or normal saline (N/S, n = 20) for 5 d, starting 2 d before TAA administration. Severity of encephalopathy was assessed by the counts of motor activity measured with Opto-Varimex animal activity meter. Plasma tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α, an index of liver injury) and 6-keto-PGF1α (a metabolite of PGI2) levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
RESULTS: As compared with N/S-treated rats, the mortality rate was significantly higher in rats receiving indomethacin (20% vs 5%, P<0.01). Inhibition of PGI2 created detrimental effects on total movement counts (indomethacin vs N/S: 438±102 vs 841±145 counts/30 min, P<0.05). Rats treated with indomethacin had significant higher plasma levels of TNF-α (indomethacin vs N/S: 22±5 vs 10±1 pg/mL, P<0.05) and lower plasma levels of 6-keto-PGF1α (P<0.001), but not total bilirubin or creatinine (P>0.05), as compared with rats treated with N/S.
CONCLUSION: Chronic indomethacin administration has detrimental effects on the severity of encephalopathy in TAA-treated rats and this phenomenon may be attributed to the aggravation of liver injury. This study suggests that PGI2 may provide a protective role in the development of fulminant hepatic failure.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, China
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OBJECTIVE Arginine vasopressin (AVP) exerts a constrictive effect on the portal-systemic collaterals of non-cirrhotic portal hypertensive rats, but its effect on cirrhotic rats is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the response of AVP and the modulatory roles of nitric oxide and prostaglandin on collaterals of common bile duct-ligated (BDL) cirrhotic rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS The collateral vascular responsiveness to graded concentrations of AVP (10(-10) - 3 x 10(-7) M) was tested by an in situ collateral perfusion system pretreated with Nomega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 100 microM), indomethacin (INDO, 10 microM), or both. The collateral responses to AVP with the pretreatment of a vasopressin V1 receptor antagonist d(CH2)5Tyr(Me) arginine vasopressin or a V2 receptor agonist 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP, 10(-10) - 3 x 10(-7) M) were also evaluated. RESULTS The perfusion pressure of collaterals was significantly increased by AVP, and this effect was inhibited by the addition of the V1 receptor antagonist. DDAVP had no effect on the collaterals. Incubation with L-NNA or L-NNA plus INDO, but not INDO alone, significantly potentiated the constrictive effects of AVP. The constrictive effect of AVP in the combination group was similar to that in the L-NNA alone group. CONCLUSIONS The results show that AVP produces a direct vasoconstrictive effect on the portal-systemic collaterals of BDL cirrhotic rats. The constrictive effect of AVP is mediated by the vasopressin V1, instead of V2, receptors. Nitric oxide may play a more important role than prostaglandin in modulating the collateral vascular response to AVP in BDL cirrhotic rats.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Li GQ, Huang HC, Acharya SN, Erickson RS. Biological Control of Blossom Blight of Alfalfa Caused by Botrytis cinerea Under Environmentally Controlled and Field Conditions. Plant Dis 2004; 88:1246-1251. [PMID: 30795320 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2004.88.11.1246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Fungal and bacterial antagonists were tested for their inhibition of sporulation of Botrytis cinerea on detached alfalfa florets. Clonostachys rosea, Gliocladium catenulatum, and Trichoderma atroviride were evaluated for protecting young blossoms and pods of alfalfa from infection by B. cinerea in vitro. C. rosea was further tested to control pod rot and seed rot caused by B. cinerea under field conditions. The results showed that four of the tested antagonists, C. rosea, G. catenulatum, T. atroviride, and Trichothecium roseum, could inhibit sporulation by B. cinerea on detached alfalfa florets. Both C. rosea and G. catenulatum were effective in suppression of infection of alfalfa pods by B. cinerea when inoculated on fresh petals of alfalfa at the anthesis stage, and their efficacy was greater than that of Trichoderma atroviride. A significant suppression of B. cinerea by C. rosea and G. catenulatum on pods and seed of alfalfa was observed when they were inoculated on senescent petals at the pod-development stage. Results of a field trial indicated that C. rosea applied to upper parts of alfalfa plants significantly suppressed pod rot and seed rot caused by B. cinerea, and significantly increased seed production of alfalfa in each of 3 years. These studies show that C. rosea has potential as a biocontrol agent for control of alfalfa blossom blight caused by B. cinerea.
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- Department of Plant Protection, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, PO Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, PO Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, PO Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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In 1998, an epithermal neutron test beam was designed and constructed at the Tsing Hua Open-Pool Reactor (THOR) for the purpose of preliminary dosimetric experiments in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). A new epithermal neutron beam was designed at this facility, and is currently under construction, with clinical trials targeted in late 2004. Depth dose-rate distributions for the THOR BNCT test beam have been measured by means of activation foil and dual ion chamber techniques. Neutron and structure-induced gamma spectra measured at the test beam exit were configured into a source function for the Monte Carlo-based treatment planning code NCTPlan. Dose-rate scaling factors (DRSFs) were determined to normalize computationally derived dose-rate distributions with experimental measurements in corresponding mathematical and physical phantoms, and to thus enable accurate treatment planning using the NCTPlan code. A similar approach will be implemented in characterizing the new THOR epithermal beam in preparation for clinical studies. This paper reports the in-phantom calculated and experimental dosimetry comparisons and derived DRSFs obtained with the THOR test beam.
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- Yuanpei University of Science and Technology, 306 Yuanpei Street, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe N, Abe T, Adachi I, Aihara H, Akai K, Akatsu M, Akemoto M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Banerjee S, Bay A, Bedny I, Bizjak I, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Browder TE, Chao Y, Chen KF, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Danilov M, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Epifanov D, Flanagan J, Furukawa K, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Golob B, Haba J, Hara K, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Hinz L, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Huang HC, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kakuno H, Kamitani T, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Kibayashi A, Kichimi H, Kikutani E, Kim HJ, Kim JH, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Koppenburg P, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SH, Lee YJ, Lesiak T, Li J, Limosani A, Lin SW, Liventsev D, MacNaughton J, Mandl F, Marlow D, Matsumoto H, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, Michizono S, Mimashi T, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Mohapatra D, Moloney GR, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakadaira T, Nakamura TT, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ogawa Y, Ohmi K, Ohshima T, Ohuchi N, Oide K, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CW, Park H, Parslow N, Piilonen LE, Root N, Rozanska M, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Semenov S, Senyo K, Shibuya H, Shidara T, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Soni N, Stamen R, Stanic S, Staric M, Sugahara R, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Tawada M, Teramoto Y, Tomura T, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Varner G, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanai H, Yang H, Ying J, Yokoyama M, Yoshida M, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Ziegler T, Zontar D, Zürcher D. Observation of large CP violation and evidence for direct CP violation in B0-->pi(+)pi(-) decays. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 93:021601. [PMID: 15323897 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.021601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report the first observation of CP violation in B0-->pi(+)pi(-) decays based on 152x10(6) gamma (4S)-->BB decays collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. We reconstruct a B0-->pi(+)pi(-) CP eigenstate and identify the flavor of the accompanying B meson from its decay products. From the distribution of the time intervals between the two B meson decay points, we obtain A(pipi)=+0.58+/-0.15(stat)+/-0.07(syst) and S(pipi)=-1.00+/-0.21(stat)+/-0.07(syst). We rule out the CP-conserving case, A(pipi)=S(pipi)=0, at a level of 5.2 standard deviations. We also find evidence for direct CP violation with a significance at or greater than 3.2 standard deviations for any S(pipi) value.
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba
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Huang HC, Chen YC, Wang SS, Chan CC, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Hou MC, Lu RH, Wu SL, Lee SD. Nitric oxide synthase expression in the splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin of a hemorrhage-transfused rat model with portal hypertension. J Chin Med Assoc 2004; 67:268-74. [PMID: 15366403] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Nitric oxide (NO) has been proposed to participate in the vascular hyporesponsiveness to vasopressin and its long-acting analogue glypressin during hemorrhage in portal hypertensive states. This study surveyed the role of NO regarding splanchnic hyporeactivity to glypressin and NO synthases (NOS) expression in different vascular beds in bleeding portal-hypertensive rats. METHODS Under general anesthesia with ketamine, partially portal vein-ligated male Sprague-Dawley rats without or with bleeding were used to investigate the hemodynamic effects of glypressin (0.07 mg/kg intravenously) and constitutive (cNOS) and inducible NOS (iNOS) mRNA expression over the abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery. RESULTS Splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin was noted in the hemorrhage-transfused rats with enhanced cNOS expression of superior mesenteric artery. No significant differences of cNOS and iNOS expression in abdominal aorta and iNOS in superior mesenteric artery were found between the with-bleeding and without-bleeding groups. CONCLUSIONS In rats with portal hypertension and acute hemorrhage, cNOS over-expression in superior mesenteric artery may take a part in the splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin.
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- Hui-Chun Huang
- Divisions of Gastroenterology National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Huang HC, Wang SS, Chan CC, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Hou MC, Tai CC, Lai IN, Lee SD. Chronic inhibition of nitric oxide increases the collateral vascular responsiveness to vasopressin in portal hypertensive rats. J Hepatol 2004; 40:234-8. [PMID: 14739093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2003.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Nitric oxide (NO), a potent vasodilator, plays a significant role in the vascular hyposensitivity to vasoconstrictors related to portal hypertension. Chronic NO inhibition ameliorates portal-systemic collaterals in portal hypertensive rats. This study investigated whether chronic NO inhibition by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) improves the portal-systemic collateral vascular responsiveness to arginine vasopressin (AVP) in portal hypertensive rats. METHODS Partially portal vein-ligated (PVL) rats received L-NAME in tap water (approximately 25 mg/kg per day) or tap water only (control) since 2 days prior to until 7 days after PVL. Mean arterial pressure was measured on the 8th day. By in situ perfusion model, different concentrations of AVP (10(-10)-10(-7) M) with a constant flow rate (20 ml/min) were applied to assess the perfusion pressure of collateral vessels. In another series, perfusion with different flow rates (5-30 ml/min) was used to obtain flow-pressure curves: the slopes represent collateral vascular resistances and higher resistances indicate less collaterals. RESULTS Mean arterial pressure was higher in the L-NAME-treated group than that of the control group (P<0.05). As compared with the controls, L-NAME-treated rats achieved significantly higher perfusion pressures in response to AVP. In addition, chronic L-NAME treatment also induced an increase of collateral vascular resistance, suggesting the attenuation of portal-systemic shunting. CONCLUSIONS Chronic NO inhibition ameliorates portal-systemic shunting and improves the collateral vascular responsiveness to AVP in portal hypertensive rats.
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- Hui-Chun Huang
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, No. 201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
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Cytokeratins are one group of intermediate filament proteins responsible for the integrity of cell structure, and have been recently reported to play a role in conferring a drug resistance phenotype. MAb Cx-99 is a monoclonal antibody exhibiting the specificity toward its corresponding antigen which was recently identified as the cytokeratin-19 protein. In the present study, we found that the level of cytokeratin-19 in cervical cancer cells could be decreased by incubation of cancer cells with MAb Cx-99. The reduction of cytokeratin-19 level had a killing effect on cervical carcinoma SIHA and HeLa S3 cell lines. The DNA ladder pattern, convoluted nuclei and blebbing morphology were observed with these cells after exposure to MAb Cx-99 for 72 h, suggesting that the cytotoxic mechanism of reduced cytokeratin-19 was mediated by induction of apoptosis. Moreover, the MAb Cx-99 treatment could increase the cytotoxicities of cancer chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin and vinblastine to both cervical carcinoma cell lines. The LD80 values were at least 15-fold reduced when cancer cells were treated with cisplatin or vinblastine in the presence of MAb Cx-99. These results suggest that the functional role of cytokeratin-19 was associated with the apoptosis prevention and drug resistance of cervical cancer cells.
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- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Huang HC, Erickson RS, Yanke LJ, Hsieh TF, Morrall RAA. First Report of Pink Seed of Lentil and Chickpea Caused by Erwinia rhapontici in Canada. Plant Dis 2003; 87:1398. [PMID: 30812569 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.11.1398a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A new disease of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) caused by Erwinia rhapontici (Millard) Burkh. was found in seed samples from commercial fields in Saskatchewan, Canada in 2002. Infected seeds had a pink or pinkish-brown discoloration of the seed coat. Isolation from surface-sterilized pink seeds resulted in bacterial cultures that produced a water-soluble pink pigment on potato dextrose agar (PDA). Four isolates from different lentil crops, LRC 8265, LRC 8310, LRC 8309, and LRC 8313 and one isolate from a chickpea crop, LRC 8266, were tested as previously described (2). Results of the tests were identical to those for pink bean isolates of E. rhapontici (2) with the following minor exceptions: all were negative for Voges-Proskauer; LRC 8266 was positive for tagatose; LRC 8266, LRC 8309, and LRC 8313 were negative for lactose; and LRC 8266 and LRC 8309 were positive for 5-keto gluconate. For pathogenicity tests, each isolate was inoculated into 30 pods from 6 lentil plants (cv. Laird), 30 pods from 6 desi chickpea plants (cv. Myles), and 30 pods from 6 kabuli chickpea plants (cv. Sanford) by the method described for pink seed of pea (1) and bean (2). Each pod was inoculated with 0.1 ml (0.2 ml for kabuli chickpeas) of bacterial suspension, approximately 108 CFU/ml, by injection through the mid-rib at the basal end. The same number of uninoculated and water-inoculated pods served as controls. Plants were kept in the greenhouse (20 ± 5°C) for 4 weeks, after which isolations of the pathogen were performed as described above. In duplicate experiments, all the isolates caused pink lesions on pods and seeds of lentil, desi chickpea, and kabuli chickpea. The frequency of infected seeds among the five isolates (four lentil and one chickpea) ranged from 50 to 100% on lentil, 73 to 100% on desi chickpea, and 43 to 100% on kabuli chickpea. E. rhapontici was reisolated from seeds with lesions but not from asymptomatic seeds. The study demonstrates that in addition to pea (1) and common bean (2), E. rhapontici is also the causal agent of pink seed of lentil and chickpea. The observation that lentil isolates can infect chickpea and vice versa suggests that host specificity may be lacking in E. rhapontici. To our knowledge, this is the first record of E. rhapontici on lentil and chickpea. References: (1) H. C. Huang et al. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 12:445, 1990. (2) H. C. Huang et al. Plant Dis. 86:921, 2002.
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wufeng 413, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E2, Canada
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Huang HC, Huang YS, Wu JC, Tsay SH, Huo TI, Wang YJ, Lo JC, Chen CY, Li CP, Chang FY, Lee SD. Characteristics of autoimmune hepatitis in Taiwan: the 11 years' experiences of a medical center. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 2002; 65:563-9. [PMID: 12636201] [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: 03/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Unlike in Western countries, autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an infrequent diagnosis in Taiwan. The clinical characteristics of AIH in this area are unclear. The aim of this study was to elucidate the clinical features of AIH in Taiwan. METHODS All the medical records of in-patients with the diagnosis of chronic hepatitis in our hospital from 1990 to 2001 were reviewed for the possibility of AIH. The clinical features, biochemical data, immunological presentations, treatments and survival of the patients were evaluated. RESULTS Twenty-two patients (15 females and 7 males) were diagnosed as having AIH within 11 years. The median age at onset was 64 years (range: 17-77 years). Compared with female patients, male patients had older age (p = 0.001), shorter duration from initial presentation of symptoms to diagnosis (p = 0.015), lower serum levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALK-P, p = 0.022) and albumin (p = 0.043). Five (23%) patients presented with cirrhosis upon diagnosis. Compared with non-cirrhotic patients, cirrhotic patients had lower serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (p = 0.002), aspartate aminotransferase (p = 0.015), gamma-glutamyl transferase (G-GT, p = 0.002), albumin (p = 0.14), white cell counts (p = 0.009) and platelet counts (p = 0.002). Thirteen (59%) patients had concomitant clinico-pathological features of cholestatic liver disease (ALK-P > or = 2 times of upper normal limit or pathologic evidence of cholangiopathy). They had higher serum levels of ALK-P (p < 0.001) and G-GT (p = 0.004) than 9 non-cholestatic patients. There were no significant differences in survival between these groups. The prescribed initial and maintained prednisolone dosages for our patients to control disease activity were 19 +/- 15 mg and 8 +/- 1 mg, respectively, which were lower than those recommended in Western countries. The remission rate to steroid treatment and relapse rate after discontinuing corticosteroids were 87.5% and 50%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Compared with Western AIH patients, the AIH patients in Taiwan are older and more likely to develop cholestasis, and need a relatively lower dose of steroid for treatment. Owing to one quarter of the patients already having liver cirrhosis on diagnosis, AIH should be suspected in any Taiwanese patient with cryptogenic hepatitis or cirrhosis.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Hsieh TF, Huang HC, Erickson RS, Yanke LJ, Mündel HH. First Report of Bacterial Wilt of Common Bean Caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens in Western Canada. Plant Dis 2002; 86:1275. [PMID: 30818492 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2002.86.11.1275a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bacterial wilt of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (Hedges) Collins & Jones (4) was found in 1947 in Ontario, Canada (3), but not in western Canada. Infected seeds exhibit yellow, orange, or purple discoloration (4). Examination of 36.7 kg of cull beans of crops grown in southern Alberta in 2001 obtained from a processing plant revealed 5.9% yellow and 0.014% orange seeds, each with wrinkled seed coats. Bacteria were isolated on potato dextrose agar. Three strains were identified using conventional tests (2), carbohydrate oxidation (GP Microplates, Biolog Inc., Hayward, CA), and cellular fatty acids (CFA) (MIDI, Inc., Newark, DE). Strains were gram-positive, motile, aerobic rods with yellow (YSB-1, YSB-2) or orange (OSB-3) colonies. Growth occurred at 27 and 37°C. The strains were positive for citrate utilization, catalase, hydrolysis of hippurate, and indoxyl acetate, and negative for urease, gelatin liquification, and oxidase. CFA profiles were ≈48% 15:0 anteiso, 37% 17:0 anteiso, 8% 16:0 iso, 3% 15:0 iso, and 3% 16:0; with17:1 anteiso A sometimes present at <2%. Acid production was weak from carbohydrates, but all oxidized many carbohydrates in the microplates. These results match C. flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (2) in MIDI and Biolog databases. Strains were tested for pathogenicity using seed and pod inoculations. Seeds of great northern ('US1140') and navy ('AC Skipper') beans were soaked in bacterial suspension (1 to 3 × 108 CFU/ml) for 1 h, sown in Cornell Peatlite Mix (1) in Root Trainers (Spencer-Lemaire Industries, Edmonton, AB, Canada), incubated at 28°C (16-h day) and 22°C (8-h night), and examined for seedling wilt after 10 days. Seeds soaked in sterile distilled water served as controls. Testing was repeated once with 3 replicates per treatment and 10 seeds per replicate. Experiments were conducted using a complete randomization design. For pod inoculation, a suspension (0.1 ml) of each strain was injected into the midrib at the basal end of each young pod of 'AC Skipper'. Pods inoculated with sterile distilled water, 0.1 ml per pod, were used as controls. After 21 days, pods were harvested and examined. Testing was repeated once with three plants per treatment and five pods per plant. Bacteria were reisolated from hypocotyls of wilted seedlings and diseased pods. Results of seed inoculations showed all strains were pathogenic to both cultivars. Wilt incidence was 38, 35, and 57% for strains YSB-1, YSB-2, and OSB-3, respectively, on 'US1140' and 44, 40, and 63% respectively, on 'AC Skipper'. Results of pod inoculations showed 63% (YSB-1) and 55% (YSB-2) of seeds had wrinkled, yellow seed coats, and 72% (OSB-3) of seeds had wrinkled, orange seed coats. Control seedlings and seeds remained healthy. C. flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens was reisolated from wilted seedlings and seeds showing yellow or orange discoloration, but not from the controls. To our knowledge, this is the first report of bacterial wilt of bean caused by yellow and orange strains of C. flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens in western Canada. References: (1) J. W. Boodley and R. Sheldrake Jr. N.Y. State Coll. Agric. Life Sci. Inform. Bull. 43, 1977. (2) K. Komagata et al. Page 1313 in: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Vol. 2, Williams and Wilkens, Baltimore, MD, 1986. (3) Z. A. Patrick, Can. J. Bot. 32:705, 1954. (4) A. W. Saettler. Bacterial wilt. Page 31 in: Compendium of Bean Diseases. R. Hall, ed. American Phytopathology Society, St. Paul, MN, 1994.
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1 Canada. LRC Contribution No. 38702073
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1 Canada. LRC Contribution No. 38702073
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1 Canada. LRC Contribution No. 38702073
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1 Canada. LRC Contribution No. 38702073
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1 Canada. LRC Contribution No. 38702073
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Huang HC, Erickson RS, Yanke LJ, Mündel HH, Hsieh TF. First Report of Pink Seed of Common Bean Caused by Erwinia rhapontici. Plant Dis 2002; 86:921. [PMID: 30818657 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2002.86.8.921c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In 2001, a new disease of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) caused by Erwinia rhapontici (Millard) Burkh. was detected in seed samples from southern Alberta, Canada. Infected seeds had pink or pinkish-brown lesions on the seed coat. The disease was found in great northern (cv. US1140), pink (cv. Viva), and pinto (cv. Othello) beans at low (<0.1%) frequencies. Isolation from surface-sterilized pink seeds resulted in bacterial cultures, which produced a water-soluble pink pigment on potato dextrose agar (PDA). Seven isolates were tested for physiological characteristics using conventional tests (1) and API 50CHE test strips (bioMérieux Canada, St. Laurent, Quebec), and tested for cellular fatty acids using the MIDI system (Newark, DE). All isolates were gram-negative, motile, facultative anaerobic rods with mucoid colonies and produced a pink pigment on PDA. They were positive for citrate utilization, catalase, methyl red, and Voges-Proskauer, and negative for arginine dihydrolase, lysine and ornithine decarboxylases, urease, gelatin liquification, indole production, oxidase, and gas production. Fatty acid profiles matched with E. rhapontici (approximately 30% each 16:0 and 16:1 ω7c/15:0 iso 2OH; 12% 18:1 ω7c: 8% each 17:0 cyclo and 14:0 3OH/16:1 iso; 4 to 5% each 12:0 and 14:0). Isolates were positive for acid production from: N-acetyl glucosamine, l-arabinose, amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, esculin (hydrolysis), d-fructose, d-fucose, d-galactose, β-gentiobiose, d-glucose, glycerol, i-myo-inositol, lactose, maltose, d-mannitol, d-mannose, melibiose, d-raffinose, l-rhamnose, ribose, salicin, d-sorbitol, sucrose, trehalose, and d-xylose. These results match published results for E. rhapontici (4). For pathogenicity tests, each isolate was inoculated in 30 pods from six bean plants (cv. US1140) as described for pink seed of peas (2). Each pod was inoculated with 0.1 ml of bacterial suspension, approximately 109 CFU/ml, by injection through the mid-rib at the basal end. The same number of uninoculated and water-inoculated pods served as controls. Plants were kept in the greenhouse (20 ± 5°C) for 4 weeks, after which isolations were done as described above. In duplicate experiments, all isolates caused lesions on pods extending up to 5 cm from the inoculation point with corresponding discoloration of seeds. The frequency of infected seeds varied among isolates, ranging from 20 to 50%. E. rhapontici was reisolated from seeds with lesions, but not asymptomatic seeds. The study concludes that pink seed of common bean is due to E. rhapontici, a pathogen previously reported on peas in Alberta, Canada (2), and Montana (3). References: (1) D. J. Brenner. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol.1, Williams and Wilkens, Baltimore, MD, 1984. (2) H. C. Huang et al. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 12:445, 1990. (3) B. K. Schroeder et al. Plant Dis. 86:188, 2002. (4) L. Verdonck et al. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 37:4, 1987.
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- Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
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- Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
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- Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
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- Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
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- Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan
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Li GQ, Huang HC, Acharya SN. Sensitivity of Ulocladium atrum, Coniothyrium minitans, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum to benomyl and vinclozolin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1139/b02-077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Assays on mycelial growth and spore germination were carried out to determine the sensitivity of the biocontrol agents Ulocladium atrum and Coniothyrium minitans and the plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum to benomyl and vinclozolin. Ulocladium atrum was more tolerant to these fungicides than C. minitans and S. sclerotiorum. The 50% effective concentration (EC50) of U. atrum based on the mycelial growth inhibition was 1467.3 µg active ingredient (a.i.)/mL for benomyl and 12.6 µg a.i./mL for vinclozolin, and the maximum inhibition concentration was higher than 4000 µg a.i./mL for both fungicides. For C. minitans and S. sclerotiorum, however, the EC50 based on mycelial growth inhibition was lower than 1 µg a.i./mL. After incubation for 24 h at 20°C, the germination rate of U. atrum conidia was 9099% on potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with benomyl at 100500 µg a.i./mL or vinclozolin at 10500 µg a.i./mL. At these concentrations, germ tubes of U. atrum developed into long, branched hyphae in benomyl treatments, but they remained short and clustered in vinclozolin treatments. Pycnidiospores of C. minitans and ascospores of S. sclerotiorum germinated on PDA amended with benomyl at 100500 µg a.i./mL, but the germ tubes did not grow further. Spore germination of C. minitans and S. sclerotiorum was less than 3.2% on PDA amended with vinclozolin at 10500 µg a.i./mL after 24 h. This is the first report on the sensitivity of U. atrum and C. minitans to benomyl and vinclozolin. The results suggest that it is possible to control S. sclerotiorum using a combination of U. atrum and benomyl or vinclozolin.Key words: fungicides, mycelial growth, spore germination, integrated pest management.
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Huang HC, Huang YS, Shyr YM, Yen SH, Chang FY, Lee SD. Clinical experience of pseudomyxoma peritonei in Taiwan with emphasis on the treatment and survival. Hepatogastroenterology 2002; 49:999-1001. [PMID: 12143263] [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: 02/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a rare neoplasm with intra-abdominal gelatinous, jelly-like fluid accumulation. To assess the clinical characteristics, treatment modalities, and predictors of survival of pseudomyxoma peritonei in Chinese patients, we conducted this study. METHODOLOGY Over a 27-year period, 15 patients with the diagnosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei were enrolled. Their demographic, clinical, treatment and survival data were collected. RESULTS Seven patients were female and eight were male. The median age at diagnosis was 48 years old for 7 females and 66 years old for 8 males. Exploratory laparotomy and debulking surgery were performed for 11 patients (73%); 6 of these 11 patients received adjuvant chemotherapy. Among 4 patients without surgical treatment, 1 received chemotherapy and 3 had supportive treatment only. The 5-year survival for all patients and patients with surgical treatment were 39% and 62%, respectively. Patients with surgical intervention had longer survival (median, 125 months) than those without surgical treatment (median, 8 months) (P = 0.0106). However, adjuvant chemotherapy did not further prolong the survival time (P = 0.744). CONCLUSIONS Surgical intervention rather than adjuvant chemotherapy appears to provide a longer survival for patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No-201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 11217.
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Huang HC, Lee FY, Chan CC, Chang FY, Wang SS, Lin HC, Hou MC, Chen CT, Tai CC, Lai IN, Lee SD. Effects of somatostatin and octreotide on portal-systemic collaterals in portal hypertensive rats. J Hepatol 2002; 36:163-8. [PMID: 11830327 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(01)00267-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Somatostatin and its long-acting analogue, octreotide, have been used to cease variceal bleeding with uncertain mechanisms. This study investigated whether somatostatin and octreotide have a direct vasoconstrictive effect on the portal-systemic collaterals of portal-hypertensive rats and potentiate the vasoconstriction induced by endothelin-1 in these vascular beds. METHODS The vascular responses of collateral vessels to graded concentrations of somatostatin (10(-9)-10(-5) mol/l), octreotide (10(-10)-10(-6) mol/l), norepinephrine (10(-9)-10(-5) mol/l) and vehicle (Krebs solution) were evaluated in perfused collateral vascular beds of rats with portal hypertension induced by partial portal vein ligation. In addition, the perfusion pressure changes of collateral vessels to endothelin-1 (10(-8) mol/l) in the presence of vehicle(control), somatostatin (10(-6) mol/l) and octreotide (10(-6) mol/l) were tested. RESULTS Compared with the vehicle group, norepinephrine significantly increased the perfusion pressure of collateral vessels at concentrations between 10(-7) and 10(-5) mol/l. In contrast, neither somatostatin nor octreotide significantly changed the perfusion pressure. Somatostatin and octreotide significantly enhanced the endothelin-1-induced vasoconstrictive effect on the collaterals. CONCLUSIONS Somatostatin and octreotide exert no direct vasoconstrictive effect on the collateral vessels of portal hypertensive rats. In the presence of endothelin-1, somatostatin and octreotide exert a local vasoconstrictive effect on these vascular beds.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No-201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 11217, Taiwan, ROC
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Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Banas E, Bartel W, Behari S, Behera PK, Beiline D, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Garmash A, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higasino Y, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hirano H, Hojo T, Hoshi Y, Hou SR, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwai G, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Jones M, Kagan R, Kakuno H, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim H, Kim SK, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Koishi S, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Liventsev D, Lu RS, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsui S, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Moorhead GF, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Narita S, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Prebys E, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki JI, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Vahsen SE, Varvell KE, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yoshida K, Yusa Y, Yuta H, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhao HW, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Observation of B --> J/psi K(1)(1270). Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:161601. [PMID: 11690197 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.161601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report the first observation of the exclusive decay process B-->J/psi K(1)(1270) using a sample of 11.2M BB macro meson pairs collected in the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy e(+)e(-) collider. We measure branching fractions of B[B(0)-->J/psi K(0)(1)(1270)] = (1.30+/-0.34+/-0.32) x 10(-3) and B[B(+)-->J/psi K(+)(1)(1270)] = (1.80+/-0.34+/-0.39) x 10(-3), where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. These modes constitute approximately 15% of the total number of B-->J/psi X decays. No evidence is seen for B-->J/psi K(1)(1400) and we set an upper limit for this branching fraction.
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan
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Huang HC, Chen CM, Wang SD, Lu HH. Adaptive symmetric mean filter: a new noise-reduction approach based on the slope facet model. Appl Opt 2001; 40:5192-5205. [PMID: 18364801 DOI: 10.1364/ao.40.005192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Two new noise-reduction algorithms, namely, the adaptive symmetric mean filter (ASMF) and the hybrid filter, are presented in this paper. The idea of the ASMF is to find the largest symmetric region on a slope facet by incorporation of the gradient similarity criterion and the symmetry constraint into region growing. The gradient similarity criterion allows more pixels to be included for a statistically better estimation, whereas the symmetry constraint promises an unbiased estimate if the noise is completely removed. The hybrid filter combines the advantages of the ASMF, the double-window modified-trimmed mean filter, and the adaptive mean filter to optimize noise reduction on the step and the ramp edges. The experimental results have shown the ASMF and the hybrid filter are superior to three conventional filters for the synthetic and the natural images in terms of the root-mean-squared error, the root-mean-squared difference of gradient, and the visual presentation.
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Lin S, Huang HC, Chen LL, Lee CC, Huang TS. GL331 induces down-regulation of cyclin D1 expression via enhanced proteolysis and repressed transcription. Mol Pharmacol 2001; 60:768-75. [PMID: 11562439] [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: 02/21/2023] Open
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GL331 is a novel podophyllotoxin-derived compound. In this study, GL331 induced human lung adenocarcinoma cell line CL1-5 growth arrest before death during the initial 24-h incubation period. We found that GL331 had no inhibitory effect on the expression of cyclins E, A, B1, CDK 4, and CDK 2; instead, its cell growth-inhibitory effect was partly attributable to an early down-regulation of cyclin D1 expression and in turn the reduction of retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation. GL331 enhanced the proteolysis of cyclin D1, and a proteasome inhibitor was able to block GL331-caused cyclin D1 reduction, suggesting that GL331-stimulated cyclin D1 degradation was through proteasomal processes. Additionally, GL331 reduced cellular cyclin D1 mRNA level down to 45% of control in 4 h and further to around 20% in 12 h. However, GL331 did not accelerate the disappearance of cyclin D1 mRNA under the condition of transcription blockage induced by actinomycin D. It was reported that a certain region in the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of cyclin D1 mRNA mediated the mRNA degradation upon extracellular stresses. Herein, transient transfection studies demonstrated that the 3'-UTR insertion did not confer the susceptibility of luciferase reporter gene to the GL331 treatment. Together, these data suggested that GL331 did not decrease the stability of cyclin D1 mRNA. On the other hand, we found that GL331 specifically inhibited the cyclin D1 promoter-driven luciferase reporter activity. Western blot analyses showed that GL331 decreased the level of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk), with no effect on p38 or c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase. Furthermore, GL331's inhibition of cyclin D1 promoter was attenuated by ectopic Erk-2 overexpression. These data suggested that GL331 inhibited cyclin D1 gene transcription via the Erk signaling pathway. In summary, we report that GL331 induced an early decline of cyclin D1 expression by dual mechanisms: 1) enhancement of protein turnover and 2) repression of Erk-mediated gene transcription.
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- Cooperative Laboratory at Veterans General Hospital, Cancer Research Division, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Alimonti G, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Bartel W, Behari S, Behera PK, Beiline D, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Choi SK, Choi Y, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Enomoto R, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Garmash A, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hirano H, Hojo T, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwai G, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Jones M, Kagan R, Kakuno H, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim H, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee MH, Lee SH, Liventsev D, Lu RS, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Narita S, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki JI, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Usov Y, Vahsen SE, Varner G, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yusa Y, Yuta H, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhao HW, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Observation of Cabibbo suppressed B --> D(*)K- decays at Belle. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:111801. [PMID: 11531511 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.111801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report observations of the Cabibbo suppressed decays B-->D((*))K- using a 10.4 fb(-1) data sample accumulated at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB e(+)e(-) storage ring. We find that the ratios of Cabibbo suppressed to Cabibbo favored branching fractions are B(B--->D0K-)/B(B--->D0pi(-)) = 0.079+/-0.009+/-0.006, B(B(0)-->D+K-)/B(B(0)-->D+pi(-)) = 0.068+/-0.015+/-0.007, B(B--->D(*0)K-)/B(B--->D(*0)pi(-)) = 0.078+/-0.019+/-0.009, and B(B(0)-->D(*+)K-)/B(B(0)-->D(*+)pi(-)) = 0.074+/-0.015+/-0.006. These are the first observations of the B-->D+K-, D(*0)K-, and D(*+)K- decay processes.
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- K Abe
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba
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Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Alimonti G, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Bartel W, Behari S, Behera PK, Beiline D, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen KF, Cheon BG, Choi SK, Choi Y, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Enomoto R, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukushima M, Garmash A, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hirano H, Hojo T, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwai G, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Jones M, Kakuno H, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim H, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee MH, Lee SH, Liventsev D, Lu RS, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Narita S, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki JI, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Tajima H, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Usov Y, Vahsen SE, Varner G, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yokoyama M, Yusa Y, Yuta H, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhao HW, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Measurement of branching fractions for B --> pipi, Kpi, and KK decays. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:101801. [PMID: 11531472 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.101801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- K Abe
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba
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Machida K, Trifonov LS, Ayer WA, Lu ZX, Laroche A, Huang HC, Cheng KJ, Zantige JL. 3(2H)-Benzofuranones and chromanes from liquid cultures of the mycoparasitic fungus Coniothyrium minitans. Phytochemistry 2001; 58:173-177. [PMID: 11524128 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(01)00129-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 05/23/2023]
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Two 3(2H)-benzofuranones and three chromanes were isolated from the mycoparasitic fungus Coniothyrium minitans. Their structures and absolute stereochemistry were determined by spectroscopic methods.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe R, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Alimonti G, Asai K, Asai M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Beiline D, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen KF, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Enomoto R, Everton CW, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon TJ, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guler H, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higasino Y, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hirai T, Hirano H, Hojo T, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hoshina K, Hou SR, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Ikeda K, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwai G, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Jones M, Kagan R, Kakuno H, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawakami Y, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim H, Kim SK, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Koishi S, Konishi H, Korotushenko K, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuniya T, Kurihara E, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee MH, Lee SH, Leonidopoulos C, Lin YS, Liventsev D, Lu RS, MacNaughton J, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsui S, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Misono K, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moffitt LC, Moloney GR, Moorhead GF, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakamura T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Ohshima Y, Okabe T, Okazaki T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Prebys E, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Settai Y, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov A, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki J, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Tajima H, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Vahsen SE, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamanaka T, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yashima J, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yusa Y, Yuta H, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhao HW, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Observation of large CP violation in the neutral B meson system. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:091802. [PMID: 11531561 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.091802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present a measurement of the standard model CP violation parameter sin2 phi(1) based on a 29.1 fb(-1) data sample collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. One neutral B meson is fully reconstructed as a J/psi K(S), psi(2S)K(S), chi(c1)K(S), eta(c)K(S), J/psi K(L), or J/psi K(*0) decay and the flavor of the accompanying B meson is identified from its decay products. From the asymmetry in the distribution of the time intervals between the two B meson decay points, we determine sin2 phi(1) = 0.99+/-0.14(stat)+/-0.06(syst). We conclude that we have observed CP violation in the neutral B meson system.
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- K Abe
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba
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Lin CE, Chen MJ, Huang HC, Chen HW. Capillary electrophoresis study on the micellization and critical micelle concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Influence of solubilized solutes. J Chromatogr A 2001; 924:83-91. [PMID: 11521911 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)00731-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/26/2022]
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The influence of solubilized solutes on the micellization and critical micelle concentration (CMC) of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were investigated by means of capillary electrophoresis (CE). Three different structural types of test solutes, including chloropyridines. chlorophenols and cephalosporins with different binding strength to SDS micelles, were selected in this study. The variations of the effective electrophoretic mobility of these solutes as a function of SDS concentration in the premicellar and micellar regions were analyzed. Interestingly, the results indicate that, in the presence of these solubilized solutes, the micellization of SDS may occur over a range of SDS concentration, with the aggregate size increasing over this range. Depending on the nature of solubilized solutes and the extent of the interactions between solubilized solutes and SDS micelles, the CMC value of SDS may vary significantly. The incorporation of solubilized solutes into SDS micelles to form mixed micelles is proposed to interpret the migration behavior of solubilized solutes in CE.
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- National Taiwan University, Department of Chemistry, Taipei
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Chu CJ, Chen CT, Wang SS, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Wu SL, Lu RH, Chan CC, Huang HC, Lee SD. Hepatic encephalopathy in rats with thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure: role of endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 2001; 64:321-30. [PMID: 11534799] [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: 02/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hepatic encephalopathy, a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome secondary to acute liver failure, chronic parenchymal liver disease or portal-systemic shunting, may possibly develop through mediators of endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). However, there are no published data concerning the relationships between the severity of encephalopathy and the plasma levels of endotoxin and TNF-alpha. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing about 300-350 g were used. Fulminant hepatic failure was induced by intraperitoneal injection ofthioacetamide (350 mg/kg/day) for 3 consecutive days. Severity of encephalopathy was assessed by measuring motor counts using an Opto-Varimex animal activity meter. Plasma levels of endotoxin and TNF-alpha were determined by chromogenic Limulus assay and ELISA method, respectively. RESULTS Our study revealed that higher plasma levels of endotoxin (> 5.9 pg/ml) and TNF-alpha (> 18.8 pg/ml) were significantly associated with more blunted motor activities in rats with fulminant hepatic failure (p < 0.05). A significant correlation was observed between plasma concentrations of endotoxin and TNF-alpha (r = 0.59, p < 0.001). Plasma levels of endotoxin were weakly correlated with the total movements in an open field (r = -0.34, p = 0.032) and the counts of ambulatory (r = -0.38, p = 0.014) and vertical movements (r = -0.40, p = 0.010). There were no correlations between the motor counts and plasma levels of TNF-alpha (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In addition to endotoxin and TNF-alpha, other factors may participate in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy in rats with thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure.
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- Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan, ROC
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Lin CE, Huang HC, Chen HW. A capillary electrophoresis study on the influence of beta-cyclodextrin on the critical micelle concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate. J Chromatogr A 2001; 917:297-310. [PMID: 11403482 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)00636-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/24/2022]
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The influence of beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) on the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was investigated by capillary electrophoresis using anionic chlorophenols as probe molecules at pH 7.0. The variations of the electrophoretic mobility of probe molecules as a function of surfactant concentration in both premicellar and micellar regions in the absence and presence of beta-CD was analyzed. The results indicate that, as a consequence of a strong inclusion complexation between beta-CD and SDS, the encapsulation of beta-CD with probe molecules is greatly diminished, or even vanished, in the presence of SDS. The complexes formed between beta-CD and SDS monomers exist predominantly in the form of a 1:1 stoichiometry, while the complexes with a 2:1 stoichiometry reported previously in the literature as a minor component may exist by less than 10%. The elevation of the CMC value of SDS depends not only on the concentration of beta-CD in the buffer electrolyte but also on methanol content in the sample solution. The binding constants of probe molecules to beta-CD, to surfactant molecules, and to the complexes formed between beta-CD and SDS are reported.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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Glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis is a well-recognized physiological regulator of T-cell number and function. Alisol B acetate, a triterpene from Alisma Plantago-aquatica, has a glucocorticoid-like structure, and may have a similar function like glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis in both vascular smooth muscle cell line (A7r5) and human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line (CEM cells). For exploring its mechanism, mitochondria membrane potential and apoptosis-related gene expression were discussed. Alisol B (10(-6)-10(-4) M) inhibited serum-stimulated DNA synthesis in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50) = 4.0 +/- 0.8 x 10(-6) M in A7r5 and 2.1 +/- 1.2 x 10(-6) M in CEM cells). The cell viability was reduced at 10(-4) M of alisol B. Similar results were seen in dexamethasone treatment (a synthetic glucocorticoid, 10(-6) M, 48 h). Apoptosis was induced after the cells were exposed to 10(-5)-10(-4) M alisol B or 10(-6) M dexamethasone for 48 h. The mitochondrial membrane potential (delta psi(m)) was significantly reduced after the alisol B treatment, indicating that the mitochondria might play a role in the alisol B induced cell apoptosis. Alisol B (10(-5)-10(-4) M) increased the levels of c-myc and bax mRNA and proteins, but not on the anti-apoptotic proto-oncogene, bcl-2, in A7r5 and CEM cells. In contrast, dexamethasone (10(-6) M) treatment only caused significant increase in c-myc mRNA levels. These results suggest that the increased ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 and the decreased mitochondrial membrane potential might be involved in the mechanisms of alisol B-induced cell apoptosis.
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- Office for Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
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Chou YY, Huang HC, Liu HC, Chung MY, Huang CB. Isolated fetal and neonatal ascites: report of two cases. Acta Paediatr Taiwan 2001; 42:166-8. [PMID: 11431863] [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: 02/20/2023]
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Neonatal ascites is an uncommon problem that may be caused by a number of etiologies including diseases of genitourinary system and gastrointestinal system, cardiac disease, hepatic disease, systemic infection such as TORCH or parvovirus, chylous, ovarian cause, inborn error of metabolism and idiopathic. We reported two cases of neonatal ascites, one was caused by cytomegalovirus and no obvious causes could be detected in the second one. The ascites were diagnosed by prenatal ultrasound at the gestational age of 25 weeks and 37 weeks respectively and were resolved spontaneously after birth. One-year follow-up of both cases revealed normal growth and development. No recurrent ascites could be detected by abdominal sonography except for evidence of mild hepatomegaly that was noted in case 1. Thus, isolated fetal and neonatal ascites without other concomitant abnormalities were diagnosed, a separate entity from non-immune hydrops fetalis with excellent prognosis.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital at Kaohsiung, Division of Neonatology, 123, Ta Pei Road, Niau-Sung, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
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Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Alimonti G, Aoki K, Asai K, Asai M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Beiline D, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Choi SK, Choi Y, Doi Y, Dragic J, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Enomoto R, Everton CW, Fang F, Fujii H, Fujita Y, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Garmash A, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guler H, Guo R, Haba J, Haji T, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashi K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hirai T, Hirano H, Hojo T, Hoshi Y, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Huang YC, Ichizawa S, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Ikeda K, Inami K, Inoue Y, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwai G, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Jones M, Kagan R, Kakuno H, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Kasami K, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai M, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim H, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Koike S, Koishi S, Konishi H, Korotushenko K, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuniya T, Kurihara E, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lee MH, Lee SH, Leonidopoulos C, Li HB, Lu RS, Makida Y, Manabe A, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsuda T, Matsui S, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moffitt LC, Mohapatra A, Moloney GR, Moorhead GF, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Nam JW, Narita S, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Ohshima Y, Okabe T, Okazaki T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Prebys E, Raaf J, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Sakaue H, Satapathy M, Sato N, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov A, Sidorov V, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki J, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Tajima H, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsujita Y, Tsukamoto T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Ujiie N, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Usov Y, Vahsen SE, Varner G, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Wang TJ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamaguchi H, Yamaoka H, Yamaoka Y, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yusa Y, Yuta H, Zhang CC, Zhao HW, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Measurement of B(0)(d)-B_(0)(d) mixing rate from the time evolution of dilepton events at the upsilon(4S). Phys Rev Lett 2001; 86:3228-3232. [PMID: 11327938 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.3228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report a determination of the B(0)(d)-&B_(0)(d) mixing parameter Deltam(d) based on the time evolution of dilepton yields in Upsilon(4S) decays. The measurement is based on a 5.9 fb(-1) data sample collected by the Belle detector at KEKB. The proper-time difference distributions for same-sign and opposite-sign dilepton events are simultaneously fitted to an expression containing Deltam(d) as a free parameter. Using both muons and electrons, we obtain Deltam(d) = 0.463+/-0.008 (stat)+/-0.016 (syst) ps(-1). This is the first determination of Deltam(d) from time evolution measurements at the Upsilon(4S). We also place limits on possible CPT violations.
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba
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Kuo YH, Li SY, Huang RL, Wu MD, Huang HC, Lee KH. Schizanrins [corrected] B, C, D, and E, four new lignans from Kadsura matsudai and their antihepatitis activities. J Nat Prod 2001; 64:487-90. [PMID: 11325232 DOI: 10.1021/np000261m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Bioassay-directed fractionation of ethanolic extract of Kadsura matsudai Hayata has resulted in the isolation of four novel C(18) dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans, schizanrin B (1), schizanrin C (2), schizanrin D (3), and schizanrin E (4). Schizanrin B (1) showed moderate to strong activity for antihepatitis in both anti-HBsAg and anti-HBeAg assays, and 3 and 4 also were active in the latter assay [corrected]. Compounds 1--4 were inactive in vitro against HIV replication in H9 lymphocytes. All new structures were elucidated using spectral analysis. Their structural elucidation by spectral and structure--activity relationships is also discussed.
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- National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, 155-1, Sec. 2, Li-Nong Street, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chan CC, Wang SS, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Chu CJ, Chen CT, Huang HC, Lee SD. Endothelin-1 induces vasoconstriction on portal-systemic collaterals of portal hypertensive rats. Hepatology 2001; 33:816-20. [PMID: 11283844 DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2001.23079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Portal hypertension is associated with increased hepatic and collateral resistance to an increased portal blood flow. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) can induce intrahepatic vasoconstriction and consequently increase portal pressure. It is unknown if ET-1 also modulates portal pressure by a direct vasoconstrictive effect on collaterals. This study investigated the collateral vascular responses to ET-1, the receptors in mediation, and the regulation of ET-1 action by nitric oxide and prostaglandin. The portal-systemic collaterals of partially portal vein-ligated rats were tested by in situ perfusion. The concentration-response curves of collaterals to graded concentrations of ET-1 (10(-10)-10(-7) mol/L) with or without BQ-123 (ET(A) receptor antagonist, 2 x 10(-6) mol/L), BQ-788 (ET(B) receptor antagonist, 10(-7) mol/L) or both were recorded. In addition, the collateral responses to ET-1 with preincubation of n(omega)-nitro-L-arginine (NNA; 100 mol/L), indomethacin (INDO; 10 mol/L), or in combination were performed. ET-1 increased the perfusion pressure of collaterals and its effect was significantly suppressed by BQ-123 alone and BQ-123 plus BQ-788, but not BQ-788 alone (P <.05). Incubation with NNA, INDO, or both significantly enhanced the response of collaterals to ET-1 (P < .05). These results show that ET-1 produces a direct vasoconstrictive effect on the collateral vessels of portal hypertensive rats. This effect is mediated by ET(A,) but not ET(B), receptors. Both nitric oxide and prostaglandin modulate the collateral vascular response to ET-1 and may therefore participate in the development and maintenance of portal hypertension.
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- Divisions of Gastroenterology and General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Abashian A, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Alimonti G, Aoki K, Asai K, Asai M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Beiline D, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BC, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Choi SK, Choi Y, Doi Y, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Enomoto R, Everton CW, Fang F, Fujii H, Fujimoto K, Fujita Y, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Garmash A, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guler H, Guo R, Haba J, Haji T, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Haruyama T, Hastings NC, Hayashi K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higashi Y, Higashino Y, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hirai T, Hirano H, Hirose M, Hojo T, Hoshi Y, Hoshina K, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Huang YC, Ichizawa S, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Ikeda K, Inami K, Inoue Y, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwai G, Iwai M, Iwamoto M, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Jones M, Kagan R, Kakuno H, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Kasami K, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawai M, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim H, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Koike S, Koishi S, Kondo Y, Konishi H, Korotushenko K, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuniya T, Kurihara E, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lee MH, Lee SH, Leonidopoulos C, Li HB, Lu RS, Makida Y, Manabe A, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsuda T, Matsui S, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Misono K, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moffitt LC, Mohapatra A, Moloney GR, Moorhead GF, Morgan N, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakamura T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Nam JW, Narita S, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Ohshima Y, Okabe T, Okazaki T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Prebys E, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Saitoh S, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Sakaue H, Satapathy M, Sato N, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Settai Y, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov A, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki J, Suzuki J, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Tajima H, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsujita Y, Tsukamoto T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Ujiie N, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Usov Y, Vahsen SE, Varner G, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Wang TJ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamaguchi H, Yamamoto H, Yamanaka T, Yamaoka H, Yamaoka Y, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yusa Y, Yuta H, Zhang CC, Zhao HW, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Measurement of the CP violation parameter sin2 phi(1) in B(0)(d) meson decays. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 86:2509-2514. [PMID: 11289969 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.2509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present a measurement of the standard model CP violation parameter sin2 phi(1) (also known as sin2beta) based on a 10.5 fb(-1) data sample collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric e(+)e(-) collider. One neutral B meson is reconstructed in the J/psiK(S), psi(2S)K(S), chi(c1)K(S), eta(c)K(S), J/psiK(L), or J/psipi(0) CP-eigenstate decay channel and the flavor of the accompanying B meson is identified from its charged particle decay products. From the asymmetry in the distribution of the time interval between the two B-meson decay points, we determine sin2 phi(1) = 0.58(+0.32)(-0.34)(stat)+0.09-0.10(syst).
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Lin CE, Chen CC, Chen HW, Huang HC, Lin CH, Liu YC. Optimization of separation and migration behavior of chloropyridines in micellar electrokinetic chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2001; 910:165-71. [PMID: 11263570 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)01178-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The separation and migration behavior of pyridine and eight chloropyridines, including three monochloropyridines, four dichloropyridines, and 2,3,5-trichloropyridine were investigated by micellar electrokinetic chromatography using either sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as an anionic surfactant or SDS-Brij 35 mixed micelles. Various parameters such as buffer pH, SDS concentration, Brij 35 concentration and methanol content that affect the separation were optimized. Complete separation of these chloropyridines was optimally achieved with a phosphate buffer containing SDS (30 mM) and methanol (10%, v/v) at pH 7.0. The resolution and selectivity of analytes could be considerably affected by the addition of methanol and/or Brij 35 to the background electrolyte. The migration order of these chloropyridines depends primarily on their hydrophobicity. However, electrostatic interactions may also play a significant role in the determination of the migration order of the positional isomers of chloropyridines.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang HC, Sherman MY, Kandror O, Goldberg AL. The molecular chaperone DnaJ is required for the degradation of a soluble abnormal protein in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:3920-8. [PMID: 11062236 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002937200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In addition to promoting protein folding and translocation, molecular chaperones of Hsp70/DnaJ families are essential for the selective breakdown of many unfolded proteins. It has been proposed that chaperones function in degradation to maintain the substrates in a soluble form. In Escherichia coli, a nonsecreted alkaline phosphatase mutant that lacks its signal sequence (PhoADelta2-22) fails to fold in the cytosol and is rapidly degraded at 37 degrees C. We show that PhoADelta2-22 is degraded by two ATP-dependent proteases, La (Lon) and ClpAP, and breakdown by both is blocked in a dnaJ259-ts mutant at 37 degrees C. Both proteases could be immunoprecipitated with PhoA, but to a much lesser extent in the dnaJ mutant. Therefore, DnaJ appears to promote formation of protease-substrate complexes. DnaJ could be coimmunoprecipitated with PhoA, and the extent of this association directly correlated with its rate of degradation. Although PhoA was not degraded when DnaJ was inactivated, 50% or more of the PhoA remained soluble. PhoA breakdown and solubility did not require ClpB. PhoA degradation was reduced in a thioredoxin-reductase mutant (trxB), which allowed PhoADelta2-22 to fold into an active form in the cytosol. Introduction of the dnaJ mutation into trxB cells further stabilized PhoA, increased enzyme activity, and left PhoA completely soluble. Thus, DnaJ, although not necessary for folding (or preventing PhoA aggregation), is required for PhoA degradation and must play an active role in this process beyond maintaining the substrate in a soluble form.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Chu CJ, Wang SS, Lee FY, Chang FY, Lin HC, Hou MC, Chan CC, Wu SL, Chen CT, Huang HC, Lee SD. Detrimental effects of nitric oxide inhibition on hepatic encephalopathy in rats with thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure. Eur J Clin Invest 2001; 31:156-63. [PMID: 11168455 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00775.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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: 12/16/2022]
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Hepatic encephalopathy is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome seen secondary to acute liver failure, chronic parenchymal liver disease, or portal-systemic anastomosis. Vasodilatation induced by nitric oxide (NO) may be involved in the development of hepatic coma. However, there are no comprehensive data concerning the effects of NO inhibition on the severity of hepatic encephalopathy. Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 300-350 g were used. Fulminant hepatic failure was induced by intraperitoneal injection of thioacetamide (TAA, 350 mg kg-1 day-1) for 3 days. Rats were divided into two groups to receive either NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 20 mg kg-1 day-1 via intragastric gavage) or normal saline (N/S) from 2 days prior to TAA administration for 5 days. Severity of encephalopathy was assessed by counts of motor activity and neurobehaviour test scores. Plasma levels of endotoxin, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and nitrate/nitrite were determined by the chromogenic Limulus assay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and colorimetric assay, respectively. Compared with N/S-treated rats, the mortality rate was significantly higher in rats receiving L-NAME (59% vs. 18%, P < 0.01). Inhibition of NO had detrimental effects on the counts of motor activities (P < 0.05) and neurobehaviour score (P < 0.01). Rats treated with L-NAME had significantly higher plasma levels of endotoxin (26.7 +/- 3.8 pg mL-1) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (29.4 +/- 6.5 pg mL-1) compared with rats treated with N/S (13.2 +/- 2.7 pg mL-1 and 11.2 +/- 2.6 pg mL-1, respectively, P < 0.01). Plasma levels of endotoxin and tumour necrosis factor-alpha, but not of nitrate/nitrite, were significantly correlated with the severity of hepatic encephalopathy (P < 0.05). Chronic L-NAME administration had detrimental effects on the severity of encephalopathy in TAA-treated rats, suggesting a protective role of NO in the development of fulminant hepatic failure.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Lee FY, Chu CJ, Wang SS, Chang FY, Lin HC, Hou MC, Chan CC, Wu SL, Chen CT, Huang HC, Lee SD. Inhibition of prostacyclin by indomethacin ameliorates the splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin in haemorrhage-transfused common bile duct-ligated rats. Eur J Clin Invest 2001; 31:145-53. [PMID: 11168453 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00764.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Prostacyclin (PGI2) is an important contributor to the mediation of hyporeactivity to vasoconstrictors and the development of hyperdynamic circulation in portal hypertensive states. Inhibition of PGI2 synthesis in haemorrhage-transfused partially portal vein-ligated rats could ameliorate the splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin, a long-acting vasopressin analogue. This study investigated whether the hyposensitivity to glypressin also exists in rats with common bile duct ligation (BDL) and whether the inhibition of PGI2 synthesis by indomethacin could potentiate the portal-hypotensive effect of glypressin in bleeding BDL rats. Two series of BDL rats were used. Series 1 investigated the haemodynamic effects of low dose glypressin (0.07 mg kg-1) in BDL rats with or without bleeding by catheterization. In series 2, haemodynamic parameters were measured in stable or bleeding BDL rats that were receiving intravenously high dose glypressin (0.2 mg kg-1) or indomethacin (5 mg kg-1) followed by high dose glypressin. In rats with a hypotensive haemorrhage, 4.5 mL of blood was withdrawn and 50% of the withdrawn blood was reinfused before the administration of glypressin or indomethacin. Splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin was demonstrated in haemorrhage-transfused BDL rats receiving high, but not low, doses of glypressin. Indomethacin infusion did not cause significant systemic and portal haemodynamic changes in bleeding BDL rats (P > 0.05). The addition of indomethacin significantly enhanced the portal-hypotensive effects of glypressin (P < 0.05) and potentiated the increases in mean arterial pressure induced by glypressin infusion (P < 0.001) in bleeding BDL rats. Splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin observed in haemorrhage-transfused BDL rats could be ameliorated by the addition of indomethacin, suggesting a role of endogenous PGI2 in its pathophysiology.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No.201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 11217, Republic of China.
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Hsu MJ, Cheng JS, Huang HC. Effect of saikosaponin, a triterpene saponin, on apoptosis in lymphocytes: association with c-myc, p53, and bcl-2 mRNA. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 131:1285-93. [PMID: 11090099 PMCID: PMC1572450 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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1. The mechanisms involved in the apoptotic effect of saikosaponin-d, a triterpene saponin from Bupleurum falcatum L., were studied in human CEM lymphocytes and compared with those of dexamethasone (3 x 10(-7) M). 2. Saikosaponin-d (10(-8) to 10(-5) M) inhibited the serum-stimulated [(3)H]-thymidine incorporation in a concentration-dependent manner. Dexamethasone also inhibited serum-stimulated [(3)H]-thymidine incorporation. 3. Cell viability was unaffected by saikosaponin-d until 10(-5) - 10(-4) M. Dexamethasone significantly reduced the number of viable cells. 4. Following saikosaponin-d (10(-5) - 10(-4) M) treatment, flow cytometry analysis of propidium iodide-stained cells showed a significant increase in the percentage of cells in the apoptotic region. Dexamethasone also significantly increased the percentage of apoptotic cells. The supravital exposure to propidium iodide and annexin V labelling demonstrated that saikosaponin-d (10(-5) - 10(-4) M) induced apoptosis as well as necrosis. 5. The apoptotic effect of saikosaponin-d (3 x 10(-6) - 10(-4) M) was also demonstrated by TUNEL analysis and DNA laddering. The percentage of apoptotic cells induced by saikosaponin-d (3 x 10(-6) - 10(-5) M) was unaffected by the presence of Z-VAD-FMK, indicating that saikosaponin-d-induced apoptosis may not be mediated by caspase activity. However, the percentage of apoptotic cells induced by dexamethasone was significantly reduced by the presence of Z-VAD-FMK. 6. Levels of c-myc, p53, and bcl-2 mRNA were analysed by the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Levels of c-myc and p53 mRNA were significantly increased, while the level of bcl-2 mRNA was decreased, by saikosaponin-d (10(-5) M) treatment. Dexamethasone did not significantly change the expression of these genes. 7. It is suggested that the apoptotic effect of saikosaponin-d may be partly mediated by increases in c-myc and p53 mRNA levels accompanied by a decrease in bcl-2 mRNA level.
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang HC, Chu CJ, Lee FY, Chang FY, Wang SS, Lin HC, Hou MC, Chan CC, Wu SL, Chen CT, Lee SD. Chronic inhibition of nitric oxide ameliorates splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin in a hemorrhage-transfused rat model of portal hypertension. Scand J Gastroenterol 2000; 35:1308-13. [PMID: 11199372 DOI: 10.1080/003655200453674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 02/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vasopressin given during hemorrhage is less effective than when given during a stable state in experimental portal hypertension or patients with cirrhosis (the so-called hyposensitivity phenomenon). This study investigated whether chronic inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a non-selective NO synthase inhibitor, could potentiate the portal-hypotensive effect of glypressin (a long-acting vasopressin analogue) in portal-hypertensive rats during acute bleeding status. METHODS Portal hypertension was induced by partial portal vein ligation (PVL). Rats were divided to receive either L-NAME (approximately 25 mg/kg/day in tap water) or placebo (tap water) treatment orally from 2 days prior to until 14 days after the operation. At the end of treatment, L-NAME-and placebo-treated PVL rats were subdivided into without-bleeding and with-bleeding groups to assess the effects of glypressin (0.07 mg/kg) on systemic and portal hemodynamics. In rats with a hypotensive hemorrhage, 4.5 ml of blood was withdrawn and 50% of the withdrawn blood was reinfused before the administration of glypressin. RESULTS As compared with placebo-treated rats, chronic treatment with L-NAME in PVL rats significantly increased mean arterial pressure (P < 0.001) without modulating portal pressure (P > 0.05). In placebo-treated PVL rats, glypressin resulted in a less decrease in portal pressure in rats with bleeding than in those without bleeding (P < 0.05). For PVL rats with bleeding, the portal-hypotensive effect of glypressin was significantly potentiated after chronic L-NAME treatment (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Chronic inhibition of NO alleviates the splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin observed in bleeding PVL rats, suggesting the pathophysiological role of nitric oxide in mediating this splanchnic hyposensitivity.
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- H C Huang
- Dept of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan
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Huang HC, Nguyen T, Pickett CB. Regulation of the antioxidant response element by protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation of NF-E2-related factor 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:12475-80. [PMID: 11035812 PMCID: PMC18788 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.220418997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 409] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [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: 12/30/2022] Open
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A coordinated cellular response to oxidative stress occurs in part through transcriptional regulation via a cis-acting sequence known as the antioxidant response element (ARE). NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a member of the Cap'n'Collar family of basic region-leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors, has been implicated as an essential component of an ARE-binding transcriptional complex, but the signaling pathway leading to its activation has remained unclear. Using a reporter gene assay, we found that ARE-directed transcription was activated by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), but completely suppressed by staurosporine and Ro-32-0432, selective inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC). Immunocytochemistry and subcellular fractionation revealed that PMA, like tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ), promoted the nuclear localization of Nrf2, a process that was blocked by staurosporine or Ro-32-0432. We showed that Nrf2, a previously unidentified kinase target, was phosphorylated in HepG2 cells. PMA transiently activated Nrf2 phosphorylation, whereas the addition of tBHQ or beta-naphthoflavone (betaNF) led to a persistent stimulation, which was abolished by staurosporine, but not by U0126 and SB203580, respective inhibitors of MEK and p38 kinases. Purified Nrf2 was phosphorylated in vitro by the catalytic subunit of PKC, or by PKC immunoprecipitated from cell lysates. Significantly, PKC precipitated from tBHQ- or betaNF-treated cells showed enhanced activity against Nrf2. These findings indicate an important role of the PKC pathway in the ARE-mediated gene expression, and suggest that PKC-directed phosphorylation of Nrf2 may be a critical event for the nuclear translocation of this transcription factor in response to oxidative stress.
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- H C Huang
- Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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