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Chang JY, Guo X, Chen HX, Jiang Z, Fu Q, Wang HK, Bastow KF, Zhu XK, Guan J, Lee KH, Cheng YC. Unique biochemical, cytotoxic, and antitumor activity of camptothecin and 4beta-amino-4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin conjugates. Biochem Pharmacol 2000; 59:497-508. [PMID: 10660116 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00363-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Two compounds having a camptothecin (CPT) analog conjugated to the 4beta-amino-4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin analog were evaluated for their biochemical and biological activities. W1[camptothecin-(para)-4beta-amino-4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin] had no activity against topoisomerase II (TOP II), but inhibited topoisomerase I (TOP I) with an IC(50) value 2-fold higher than CPT. W2 [camptothecin-(ortho)-4beta-amino-4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin] had inhibitory activity against TOP I and TOP II with IC(50) values 1.5-fold higher than either CPT or etoposide (VP-16). Both conjugates had similar cytotoxicity against the KB cell line, although the protein-linked DNA breaks (PLDBs) generated by W2 in KB cells were about 4-fold more than those of W1. No cross-resistance with the two conjugates was seen in a VP-16-resistant KB subline, which showed down-regulation of TOP II and overexpression of the multiple drug resistance-associated protein, or in a vincristine-resistant KB subline with overexpression of gp-170/mdr-1. The CPT-resistant KB variant (KB CPT 100), which has a reduction in TOP I content and another mechanism that occurs post-PLDB formation, was partially resistant to both compounds. W1 was not affected by this post-PLDB resistance mechanism. Cell cycle analysis demonstrated that W1 and W1 had similar cell cycle effects on KB and KB CPT 100 cells, which accumulated in S-phase upon drug treatment. These results suggested that W1 and W2 exerted their cytotoxicity through TOP I. In CPT-resistant cells, however, an unidentified target also may be involved in the cytotoxic action of W1 and TOP II may still be a target for W1. In vivo, W1 was more effective against the growth of human prostate cancer cells in nude mice than VP-16, CPT, or W2. Given its antitumor activity and unique biochemical mechanism of action, W1 warrants exploration as an antitumor compound.
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- J Y Chang
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Zheng Q, Yu L, Zhao Y, Sun X, Dai F, Hu P, Fu Q, Geng Z. [Refined chromosome assignment of human novel H-RalGDS gene on chromosome 9q34.1 by using radiation hybrid genebridge 4 panel]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi 2000; 17:1-5. [PMID: 10653898] [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: 02/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Refined chromosome assignment of a novel Ras-related H-RalGDS gene (the human homology of rat RalGDS, Ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator recently cloned and characterized by our laboratory) by using human/rodent radiation somatic cell hybrid panel GB4. METHODS According to the sequence of the 3'-untranslated region of H-RalGDS cDNA, forward and reverse primers were designed and used to amplify the human/rodent somatic radiation hybrid Genebridge 4 panel. The PCR result of each cell line of the panel was scored in a certain way and put into the related internet site of WI/MIT Radiation Hybrid Mapper for RH mapping and comprehensive analysis. RESULTS The H-RalGDS gene was successfully localized to the framework of chromosome 9. After referring to literature and further integrated mapping analysis of the physical, genetic linkage and cytological mappings, the gene was assigned precisely between the markers SURF5 and RPL7A which had already been assigned to human chromosome 9q34.1. CONCLUSION The localization of H-RalGDS not only contributed much to the construction of refined gene map and cytogenetic map within the region of chromosome 9q34, but also made clear that RH mapping of human novel genes is a simple, convenient and reliable method which can provide even more genetic information of genes within chromosomal regions.
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- Q Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institue of Genetics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 P.R. China
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Fu Q, Iwase S, Niimi Y, Kamiya A, Michikami D, Mano T. Effects of aging on leg vein filling and venous compliance during low levels of lower body negative pressure in humans. Environ Med 1999; 43:142-5. [PMID: 12296367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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To evaluate the fluid shift and leg venous compliance during orthostatic stress with advancing age, 12 aged and 5 young healthy males were subjected to graded lower body negative pressures (LBNP) of -5, -10, and -15 mmHg. Cardiovascular variables were monitored continuously, and leg venous compliance was determined by venous occlusion plethysmography. Neither heart rate nor mean arterial pressure changed significantly in any subject during LBNP. A progressive decrease in the thoracic fluid volume index and a gradual increase in the leg fluid volume index, indicating a fluid shift towards the lower body were observed significantly in the young group (p<0.05), while these changes were not significant in the aged group. A linear reduction in peripheral venous pressure could be seen during graded LBNP in all subjects, but the reduction rate was smaller in the aged group. Baseline leg venous compliance was reduced in the elderly (p<0.05). During LBNP, venous compliance decreased in all subjects, but the decrease was significantly smaller in the aged group (p<0.05). It is suggested that the smaller fluid shift and smaller decreased leg venous compliance in aged people during gravitational stress were mainly due to the vascular and ventricular stiffness induced by an age-related reduction in visco-elasticity of the peripheral venous and ventricular walls.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Autonomic Neuroscience, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Zhang H, Yu L, Mao N, Fu Q, Tu Q, Gao J, Zhao S. Cloning, characterization, and chromosome mapping of RPS6KC1, a novel putative member of the ribosome protein S6 kinase family, to chromosome 12q12-q13.1. Genomics 1999; 61:314-8. [PMID: 10552933 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5963] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A novel cDNA encoding a putative Ser/Thr protein kinase was isolated from a human skeletal muscle cDNA library. It contains an open reading frame that extends from nt 104 to 1510 and codes for a protein of 469 amino acids. A catalytic domain containing the conserved residues of the Ser/Thr protein kinase, especially human ribosome protein S6 kinase (RSK), was found to be located in the C-terminal end of the deduced protein. The gene was mapped to human chromosome 12q12-q13.1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization, and this result was confirmed with the Radiation Hybrid GB4 panel. Northern hybridization showed that the novel gene is expressed in all 16 human tissues tested with especially strong expression in testis, skeletal muscle, and brain, whereas weak expression was detected in kidney, thymus, small intestine, liver, lung, heart, and colon.
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- H Zhang
- Institute of Genetics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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Shi Z, Fu Q, Chen B, Xu S. [Analysis of physicochemical property and composition of fatty acid of almond oil]. Se Pu 1999; 17:506-7. [PMID: 12552899] [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: 02/28/2023] Open
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Almond oil was extracted from almond and saponified with saturated KOH-methanol. The mixed fatty acids methylated by methanol-H2SO4(4:1, V/V). Methyl esters were extracted by ether and detected by gas chromatography. The major fatty acids in Taiyuan almond oil were found to be about 68% oleic acid (C18:1), 25% linoleic acid(C18:2), 4.6%-4.8% palmitic acid(C16:0) and a little of palmitoleic acid(C16:1), stearic acid(C18:0). A trace of arachidic acid(C20:0) was also found.
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- Z Shi
- Shanxi Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
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The Dhm1 gene is the mouse homologue of the dhp1(+) gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which is involved in homologous recombination and RNA metabolism, such as RNA synthesis and RNA trafficking, in S. pombe. Complementation analysis showed the Dhm1 gene on a multicopy plasmid can rescue the temperature-sensitivity mutation of dhp1(ts) and the lethality of the dhp1 null mutation. This finding suggests that Dhm1 has a function in mouse similar to that of dhp1(+). The human homologue of this gene, XRN2, has been identified. A 3.6-kb transcript of XRN2 was detected in 16 tissues examined and was more abundant in testis. By radiation hybrid panel mapping, the XRN2 gene was localized to chromosome 20p11.1-p11.2 between markers D20S180 and D20S871.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Exoribonucleases
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Genes/genetics
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Tissue Distribution
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- M Zhang
- The Institute of Genetics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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Guo C, Wei L, Fu Q. [The expression of nm23-H1 genes with clinical prognosis in endometrial carcinoma]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 1999; 34:423-5. [PMID: 11360656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the expression of nm23-H1 gene in endometrial carcinoma and its relationships between the clinicopathological parameter and prognosis of endometrial carcinoma. METHODS The endometrial specimens of 60 cases with endometrial carcinoma were studied retrospectively by immunohistochemical stainings. RESULTS The positive expression rate of nm23-H1 gene in endometrial carcinoma was 55.0% (33/60). The positive rate of nm23-H1 in early endometrial carcinoma was significantly higher than that in advanced cases (65.9% and 25.0%, respectively, P < 0.05). Positive rates in the well and moderately differentiated endometrial carcinoma were also higher than those of poorly differentiated (66.7%, 63.6%, 29.4%, P < 0.05). 20.0% of the cases with and 64.9% of the cases without lymph node metastasis showed positive for nm23-H1 (P < 0.05). The expression of nm23-H1 was not correlated with histological type, myometrial invasion, estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor. The survival rate of patients with nm23-H1 expression was significantly higher than that of patients without nm23-H1 expression. The 5-year survival rate was 90.5% and 55.3% respectively (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION nm23-H1 gene may play a role in the inhibitory effect on the development and the lymph node metastasis of endometrial carcinoma, and may be related to be prognosis of endometrial carcinoma.
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- C Guo
- Frist Hospital Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014010
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Kamiya A, Michikami D, Fu Q, Iwase S, Mano T. Sympathetic vasoconstriction and orthostatic intolerance after simulated microgravity. J Gravit Physiol 1999; 6:P101-2. [PMID: 11542976] [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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Upon a return to the earth from spaceflight, astronauts often become presyncope during standing. This orthostatic intolerance is provoked by the exposure to the stimulation model of microgravitational environment in humans, 6 degrees head-down bed rest (HDBR). The mechanism for the orthostatic hypotension after microgravity remains unclear. It has been reported that a microgravity-induced loss of circulatory blood volume, a withdrawal of vagal tone, or a reduction of carotid-cardiac baroreflex function may relate to this phenomenon. A recent article has reported that astronauts who showed presyncopal events after spaceflight had subnormal increases in plasma norepinephrine under the standing tests, suggesting that a hypoadrenergic responsiveness to orthostatic stress may partly contribute to postflight orthostatic hypotension. However, it is unclear how and whether or not the sympathetic outflow to peripheral vessels and the release of norepinephrine from sympathetic nerve terminals were altered after microgravity. The vasomotor sympathetic outflow to the skeletal muscle can be directly recorded as muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) using a microneurographic technique. In addition, the rate of an increase in plasma norepinephrine per that in MSNA in response to applied orthostatic stress can partly indicate the norepinephrine release to sympathetic stimuli as a trial assessment. Therefore, we performed 60 degrees head-up tilt (HUT) tests before and after 14 days of HDBR, and examined the differences in the MSNA response and the indicated norepinephrine release during HUT tests between the subjects who did (defined as the fainters) and those who did not (defined as the nonfainters) become presyncopal in HUT tests after HDBR.
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- A Kamiya
- Dept. of Autonomic Neuroscience, Nagoya University, Japan
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Kamiya A, Michikami D, Fu Q, Iwase S, Mano T. Vasomotor sympathetic nerve responses to static handgrip after simulated microgravity. J Gravit Physiol 1999; 6:P153-4. [PMID: 11543001] [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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During the isometric exercise, the autonomic nervous system has a major role in the regulation of arterial blood pressure, blood flow, and perfusion to the active skeletal muscle in humans. An increase in cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and a withdrawal of vagal tone cause elevations of heart rate, cardiac contractility and cardiac output. An increase in vasomotor sympathetic nerve activity causes a vascular constriction to redirect the oxygen transport to the contracting muscle. It has been reported that the autonomic and cardiovascular systems are commonly affected by the exposure to the real (i.e. spaceflight) and simulated microgravitational environment( i.e. 6 degrees head-down bed rest (HDBR)). The alteration in the autonomic system includes a reduced vagal tone, and an attenuated carotid-cardiac baroreflex function. It may also include an altered control of peripheral vessels, a reduced sympathetic vasoconstriction, an attenuated release of norepinephrine from sympathetic nerve terminal, an impaired myogenic contractility, an up- or down regulation of alpha-adrenergic receptors, and an attenuated multiple vasodilatation. Therefore, there seems to be a possibility that HDBR alters the sympathetic and cardiovascular responses to isometric exercise in humans, however, this possibility has not been examined efficiently. We compared the vasomotor sympathetic and cardiovascular responses to sustained handgrip (HG) until fatigue followed by post-exercise muscle ischemia (PEMI) after 14 days of HDBR, to those before HDBR, in 16 healthy males.
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- A Kamiya
- Dept. of Autonomic Neuroscience, Nagoya University, Japan
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Fu Q, Sugiyama Y, Kamiya A, Iwase S, Mano T. A comparison of the effects of lower body positive pressure and head-down tilt on cardiovascular responses in humans. J Gravit Physiol 1999; 6:P111-2. [PMID: 11542981] [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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Both lower body positive pressure (LBPP) and head-down tilt (HDT) can induce fluid shifts from the lower body to the thorax and result in a loading of cardiopulmonary baroreceptors. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of LBPP and HDT on cardiovascular responses in humans. To accomplish this, a graded LBPP test of 10, 20 and 30 mmHg, as well as a 6 degrees HDT was applied. It has been suggested that <20 mmHg LBPP and <30 degrees HDT load the cardiopulmonary baroreceptors by translocation of blood volume from the lower body to the thorax, while >20 mmHg LBPP activates the intramuscular pressure-sensitive receptors.
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- Q Fu
- Dept. of Autonomic Neuroscience, Nagoya University, Japan
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Fang Y, Fu Q, Yan H. [Changes and clinical significance of serum thyroxine level in patients with congestive heart failure]. Hua Xi Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 1999; 30:196-7, 201. [PMID: 12212058] [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: 02/26/2023]
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In order to explore the relationship between congestive heart failure (CHF) and serum thyroxine, we assayed serum thyroxine level in 52 patients with CHF and 28 normal persons by means of radioimmunoassay (RIA). The results showed that triiodothyronine reduced and reverse triiodothyronine elevated significantly in the patients compared with the normal (P < 0.05). The more severe heart failure developed, the more obvious changes of the hormones were observed. The results suggest that the alterations of serum thyroid level may be used as an index of the severity of heart failure.
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- Y Fang
- Department of Internal Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, WCUMS, Chengdu 610041
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Bai L, Wang H, Zhang Y, Fu Q. [Synovial chondromatosis: clinical analysis of 13 cases]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1999; 37:364-5. [PMID: 11829863] [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: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the diagnosis and treatment of synovial chondromatosis. METHOD 13 cases of synovial chondromatosis were studied by pathological observation, X-ray examination and clinical research. RESULTS Intermittent joint pain, swelling, limited motion, joint snapping or rubbing were found, sometimes with joint interlocking and movable mass in the joint. X-ray showed fewer loose bodies than the actual ones in the joint. Rough surface, congestion and thickening of synovial membrane at the lesion were found during the operation. Proliferation of blood vessels, accumulation of lymphocytes and proliferation of synovial superficial cells and fibrous tissue were observed under the microscope. The loose body consisted of many tubercles microscopically. CONCLUSIONS The combination of clinical observation, X-ray examination and pathological diagnosis is essential to the diagnosis of synovial chondromatosis. Excision of loose body and synovial membrane may lead to satisfying results.
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- L Bai
- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Clinical College, China Medical University, Shenyang 110003
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Sun W, Fu Q, Chen Z. Finite-difference time-domain solution of light scattering by dielectric particles with a perfectly matched layer absorbing boundary condition. Appl Opt 1999; 38:3141-3151. [PMID: 18319902 DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.003141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) program has been developed to provide a numerical solution for light scattering by nonspherical dielectric particles. The perfectly matched layer (PML) absorbing boundary condition (ABC) is used to truncate the computational domain. As a result of using the PML ABC, the present FDTD program requires much less computer memory and CPU time than those that use traditional truncation techniques. For spheres with particle-size parameters as large as 40, the extinction and absorption efficiencies from the present FDTD program match the Mie results closely, with differences of less than approximately 1%. The difference in the scattering phase function is typically smaller than approximately 5%. The FDTD program has also been checked by use of the exact solution for light scattering by a pair of spheres in contact. Finally, applications of the PML FDTD to hexagonal particles and to spheres aggregated into tetrahedral structures are presented.
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- W Sun
- Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada
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Huang SH, Chen YH, Fu Q, Stins M, Wang Y, Wass C, Kim KS. Identification and characterization of an Escherichia coli invasion gene locus, ibeB, required for penetration of brain microvascular endothelial cells. Infect Immun 1999; 67:2103-9. [PMID: 10225861 PMCID: PMC115944 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2103-2109.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/1998] [Accepted: 01/27/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli K1 is the most common gram-negative organism causing neonatal meningitis, but the mechanism by which E. coli K1 crosses the blood-brain barrier is incompletely understood. We have previously described the cloning and molecular characterization of a determinant, ibeA (also called ibe10), from the chromosome of an invasive cerebrospinal fluid isolate of E. coli K1 strain RS218 (O18:K1:H7). Here we report the identification of another chromosomal locus, ibeB, which allows RS218 to invade brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMEC). The noninvasive TnphoA mutant 7A-33 exhibited <1% the invasive ability of the parent strain in vitro in BMEC and was significantly less invasive in the central nervous system in the newborn rat model of hematogenous E. coli meningitis than the parent strain. The TnphoA insert with flanking sequences was cloned and sequenced. A 1,383-nucleotide open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 50-kDa protein was identified and termed ibeB. This ORF was found to be 97% identical to a gene encoding a 50-kDa hypothetical protein (p77211) and located in the 13-min region of the E. coli K-12 genome. However, no homology was observed between ibeB and other known invasion genes when DNA and protein databases in GenBank were searched. Like the TnphoA insertion mutant 7A-33, an isogenic ibeB deletion mutant (IB7D5) was unable to invade BMEC. A 7. 0-kb locus containing ibeB was isolated from a LambdaGEM-12 genomic library of E. coli RS218 and subcloned into a pBluescript KS vector (pKS7-7B). pKS7-7B was capable of completely restoring the BMEC invasion of the noninvasive TnphoA mutant 7A-33 and the ibeB deletion mutant IB7D5 to the level of the parent strain. More importantly, the ibeB deletion mutant IB7D5 was fully complemented by pFN476 carrying the ibeB ORF (pFN7C), indicating that ibeB is required for E. coli K1 invasion of BMEC. Taken together, these findings indicate that several E. coli determinants, including ibeA and ibeB, contribute to crossing of the blood-brain barrier.
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- S H Huang
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA.
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Chin LS, Fu Q, Kachinsky AM, Jabren G, Niu Y, Li L. Neuron-specific and developmental regulation of the synapsin II gene expression in transgenic mice. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 1999; 67:239-46. [PMID: 10216222 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00066-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Synapsin II, a major phosphoprotein of synaptic vesicles, is believed to function in neurotransmitter release as well as in synapse formation. The expression of the synapsin II gene is neuron-specific, and correlates temporally with synaptogenesis. To understand the mechanisms by which the expression of the synapsin II gene is regulated in vivo, we generated transgenic mice carrying a 5.1-kb 5'-flanking sequence of the murine synapsin II gene fused to the firefly luciferase reporter gene. The synapsin II-luciferase transgene is specifically expressed in neural tissues, such as brain and spinal cord, but not in non-neural tissues. Throughout the brain, the expression of the transgene is widely distributed, and restricted only to neuronal cells. Moreover, the expression of the transgene is developmentally regulated, with a temporal profile similar to that of endogenous synapsin II expression. These results indicate that the 5.1-kb flanking sequence of the murine synapsin II gene contains cis-regulatory elements that are required for directing neuron-specific and synaptogenesis-regulated expression in vivo.
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- L S Chin
- Departments of Pharmacology, Curriculum in Neurobiology, Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
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Fu Q, Kim SW, Chen HX, Grill S, Cheng YC. Degradation of topoisomerase I induced by topoisomerase I inhibitors is dependent on inhibitor structure but independent of cell death. Mol Pharmacol 1999; 55:677-83. [PMID: 10101025] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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DNA topoisomerase I (top I) is the target of the antitumor drug camptothecin (CPT) and its analogs. CPT induces dose- and time-dependent degradation of top I. Degradation of top I also occurs in a CPT-resistant cell line and, therefore, is not a consequence of cell death. Top I degradation is preceded by the appearance of a high molecular weight ladder of top I immunoreactivity and can be blocked by specific inhibitors of the proteasome. We compared the effects of five top I poisons [CPT, topotecan, 6-N-formylamino-12,13-dihydro-1, 11-dihydroxy-13-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-5H-indolo[2,3-a]pyrrolo[3, 4-c]carbazole-5,7(6H)-dione (NB506), camptothecin-(para)-4beta-amino-4'-O-demethyl Epipodophyllotoxin (W1), and camptothecin-(ortho)-4beta-amino-4'-O-demethyl Epipodophyllotoxin (W2)] on cleavable complex formation and top I degradation. Although all five drugs induced cleavable complex formation, two of the drugs, NB506 and W1 did not induce top I degradation.
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- Q Fu
- Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Choi WS, Fu Q, Jones TH. Purification and characterization of a novel dipeptidyl peptidase from Dictyostelium discoideum. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1999; 47:455-64. [PMID: 10204082 DOI: 10.1080/15216549900201483] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP) was purified to homogeneity using lys-ala-beta-naphthylamide, the standard substrate for DPP II. The enzyme is a monomer with a Mr of 70kDa, pl 5.2, and Km 5.0 microM. Its terminal amino acid sequence was XXLLYAIQKRLF and was not identical to that of any known protein. Although initially considered to be a DPP II, the enzyme differed in some properties from classical DPP IIs. It had a pH optimum of 7.9, was not active on X-pro-naphthylamides, the usual substrates of mammalian DPP II, but was active on arg-arg- and asp-arg-naphthylamides, substrates acted on by the DPP III class of enzymes. This enzyme therefore combines properties typical of both DPP II and III and differs from all previously described DPPs. Activity on lys-ala-beta-naphthylamide was most abundant during aggregation and its activity is consistent with processing specific peptides during development.
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- W S Choi
- Department of Chemistry, University of San Francisco, CA, USA
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Zhao Y, Liao Q, Zhu Z, Fu Q, Cai L, Zhu Y. [The effect of blood-pancreatic juice barrier on 5-fluorouracil in post-pancreatoduodenectomy patients]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1999; 37:144-5. [PMID: 11829804] [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: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the distribution and the relationship of 5-Fu in the plasma and the pancreatic juice in post-pancreatoduodenectomy patients after 5-Fu given intravenously. METHODS After 5-Fu (1.0 g/m(2)) was given intravenously in post-pancreatoduodenectomy patients, blood and pancreatic juice were collected. The 5-Fu concentrations were determined by HPLC and at last the penetration ratio (PR) of 5-Fu was studied with PCNONLIN. RESULTS 5-Fu in the plasma penetrated the pancreatic tissue and crossed the blood-pancreatic juice barrier (BPJB) in post-pancreatoduodenectomy patients (PR = 1.01 +/- 0.49). The concentration of 5-Fu in pancreatic juice was much higher than that in plasma. CONCLUSIONS 5-Fu is suitable for adjuvant chemotherapy of pancreatic adenocarcinoma after pancreatoduodenectomy.
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- Y Zhao
- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730
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Brecher AS, Fu Q. Coagulation protein function: the influence of acetaldehyde-modified heparin on thrombin activity. J Investig Med 1999; 47:76-80. [PMID: 10071484] [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: 02/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The affect of acetaldehyde-treated heparin on thrombin activity has been investigated using factor II-deficient human plasma. METHODS It was observed that 0.021 units of heparin exerts a marked inhibition of thrombin activity (1.03 units) as measured by clotting times, prolonging the clotting times from 9.6 +/- 0.1 seconds to 24.8 +/- 0.1 seconds. However, when the heparin is preincubated with 447 mmol/L acetaldehyde at RT for 30 minutes prior to mixing with thrombin, a clotting time in excess of 200 seconds is observed. Clotting times remain elevated with heparin-acetaldehyde mixtures of 89.4, 17.9, 3.6, and 0.72 mmol/L acetaldehyde, with corresponding clotting times of > 200, 156.0 +/- 2.1, 81.6 +/- 1.0, 38.8 +/- 0.6 seconds, respectively. At 140 mumol/L acetaldehyde-heparin mixtures, the clotting time was 17.0 +/- 2.0 seconds. RESULTS These data support the hypothesis from this laboratory that acetaldehyde-modified heparin enhances coagulation time. They further indicate that thrombin is targeted by the acetaldehyde-treated heparin. Heparin-acetaldehyde mixtures also reacted with plasma prior to the addition of thrombin to modestly prolong coagulation time. Similarly, but more effectively, thrombin/heparin mixtures increased the clotting time of acetaldehyde-exposed plasma. These data further suggest the possibility that reactions of acetaldehyde and heparin are not restricted to those with thrombin, and that they may extend to other blood factors/proteins. CONCLUSIONS The amount of heparin (0.021 units) required to substantially affect clotting time of thrombin (1.03 units) is substantially lower than that required to prolong clotting of 0.1 mL of whole plasma (0.36 units), by an order of magnitude. It is inferred that heparin may interact with numerous cationic proteins or proteins with cationic domains in blood plasma, among them being the clotting factors.
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- Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403, USA
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Huang H, Pan XH, Zhou JH, Yu L, Kong XT, Zhou SM, Li ZJ, Fu Q, Sun XY. The effect of Epstein-Barr virus gene BHRF1 expression on radioresistance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 1998; 60:329-33. [PMID: 9742281 DOI: 10.1159/000027619] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In order to investigate the effect of the expression of Epstein-Barr virus gene BHRF1 on the apoptotic resistance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells to radiation, a highly expressing vector for BHRF1 was constructed and transfected into the nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE2. Then, the biologic alterations of the cells were tested after 60Co radiation. The results showed that, in the BHRF1-expressing cells, the apoptotic index was far lower than in the control groups after 60Co radiation, and cells recovered faster from the radiation, with a higher cell-proliferative rate, stronger ability of colony formation and tumor development in nude mice than that in the control groups. Given the functional homology of BHRF1 with bcl-2, our data indicate that BHRF1 expression could prohibit nasopharyngeal carcinoma cellular apoptosis caused by radiation and in this way contribute to oncogenic transformation.
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- H Huang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, PR of China.
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We report on a tunable regenerative amplifier that is operational in the near-infrared spectral region from 1230 to 1280 nm based on the vibronic laser material Cr:forsterite. Utilizing the technique of chirped-pulse amplification, we generated pulses as short as 150 fs at 1255 nm at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. Pulse amplification of more than 5 x 10(5) times was observed, with recorded output pulse energies of 34 muJ . Implementation of a second-harmonic generator yielded 110-fs-duration pulses of 7-muJ energy at 625 nm.
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Fu Q, Sugiyama Y, Kamiya A, Shamsuzzaman AS, Mano T. Effects of lower body positive pressure on muscle sympathetic nerve activity. Environ Med 1998; 42:76-8. [PMID: 12212620] [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: 02/26/2023]
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To elucidate the role of vasomotor sympathetic nerve activity response to lower-body positive pressure (LBPP), muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) along with blood pressure, electrocardiogram, transthoracic impedance and echocardiogram were recorded in ten healthy young men at 10, 20 and 30 mmHg LBPP in the supine position. We found that MSNA was suppressed (27%) at both 10 and 20 mmHg LBPP but tended to increase at 30 mmHg LBPP. Mean arterial pressure (11%) and total peripheral resistance (36%) increased despite a tendency toward decreased stroke volume and cardiac output at 30 mmHg LBPP. Heart rate remained unchanged. The left atrial dimension significantly increased during 10-30 mmHg LBPP, indicating an increase in cardiac filling. These results suggest that LBPP at levels less than 20 mmHg suppressed MSNA by the translocation of blood from the lower body to the thorax, thus stimulating the cardiopulmonary baroreceptors which in turn inhibited vasomotor sympathetic nerve activity. However, LBPP at 30 mmHg tended to enhance MSNA through the activation of intramuscular (pressure-sensitive) receptors which could counteract the inhibitory effect of cardiopulmonary baroreflexes on MSNA.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Autonomic Neuroscience, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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To evaluate the response of vasomotor sympathetic nerve activity to lower body positive pressure (LBPP), muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) was microneurographically recorded from the tibial nerve in 10 healthy young men, along with hemodynamic variables and echocardiogram, during exposure to incremental LBPP at 10, 20, and 30 mmHg in the supine position. MSNA was suppressed to a similar extent (27%) at 10- and 20-mmHg LBPP. However, at 30-mmHg LBPP, MSNA tended to increase but was still nearly at the control value. Mean arterial pressure was elevated (11%), total peripheral resistance markedly increased (36%), and stroke volume and cardiac output tended to decrease at 30-mmHg LBPP. Heart rate remained unchanged throughout the procedures. Left atrial dimension significantly increased during 10- and 30-mmHg LBPP, indicating an increased cardiac filling. These results suggest that the inhibitory effect of the cardiopulmonary baroreflex on MSNA at 10- and 20-mmHg LBPP could be counteracted by the sympathoexcitatory effect of the intramuscular pressure-sensitive mechanoreflex at 30-mmHg LBPP. However, the increment of total peripheral resistance at 30-mmHg LBPP may not depend exclusively on this small enhancement of MSNA.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Autonomic Neuroscience, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Zhu Z, Fu Q, Nightingale CH, Zhao YP, Liao Q, Li DK. Penetration kinetics of 5-fluorouracil into pancreatic fluid in post-pancreatoduodenectomy patients. Anticancer Drugs 1998; 9:685-8. [PMID: 9823426 DOI: 10.1097/00001813-199809000-00003] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Our aim was to investigate the pharmacokinetic behavior of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in pancreatic fluid and to evaluate its penetration characteristics in post-pancreatoduodenectomy patients. After completing the external drainage of the pancreatic duct during pancreatoduodenectomy surgery, eight patients were administered 1.0 g 5-FU i.v. by a 5 min infusion after the eighth day post-surgery on average. Blood and pancreatic fluid were collected, and the 5-FU concentrations were determined by HPLC assay. Their pharmacokinetic parameters were obtained by PCNONLIN and statistical analysis was performed. The Cmax was 20.03 +/- 18.25 mg/l in pancreatic fluid with a Tmax of 15.6 +/- 9.5 min following i.v. administration and 49.69 +/- 20.75 mg/l in plasma. 5-FU in plasma and pancreatic fluid were all in conformity with a non-linear model with a K(m) of 1098.08 +/- 1426.57 and 11.08 +/- 6.38 mg/l, respectively. The concentrations in pancreatic fluid were similar to that observed in plasma with an average penetration index up to 1.01 +/- 0.49. It is suggested therefore that 5-FU is capable of penetrating from blood into the pancreas as evidenced by the observed pancreatic concentrations.
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- Z Zhu
- Department of Pharmacy, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PRC
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The purpose of this study was to develop a predictive model for osteoporotic fracture among a national sample of 2,325 women ages 50 years and older. Predictors for examination included age, race, heredity, body mass index (BMI), physical activity, smoking status, alcohol use, and dairy product use. Analyses were conducted using Standard Analysis System (SAS) procedures. Strong risk factors predicting osteoporotic fracture included age, race, low BMI, and inactivity. Recommendations emphasize screening of high-risk women, achieving and maintaining health body weights for underweight women, and obtaining moderate physical activity. Promotion of healthy body weights for women of all ages is emphasized. Recommendations also include encouraging widespread physician, patient, and public education regarding osteoporotic fracture.
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Cholesterol accounts for over one-fourth of total myelin lipids. We found that, during development of the rat sciatic nerve, expression of mRNA for hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis, was up-regulated in parallel with mRNA for P0, the major structural protein of PNS myelin, and with ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGT), the rate-limiting enzyme in cerebroside biosynthesis. To help establish the nature of this coordinate regulation of myelin-related genes, we examined their steady-state mRNA levels in cultured primary Schwann cells. We also assayed synthesis of cholesterol and cerebroside to distinguish how much control of synthetic activity for these two myelin lipids involved mRNA levels for HMG-CoA reductase and CGT, and how much involved post-mRNA control mechanisms. Addition of forskolin to cells cultured in media supplemented with normal calf serum resulted in up-regulation of P0 and CGT mRNA expression and cerebroside synthesis, without corresponding increases in HMG-CoA reductase mRNA or cholesterol synthesis. Cholesterol synthesis increased approximately threefold in Schwann cells cultured with lipoprotein-deficient serum, without any increase in HMG-CoA reductase mRNA. Furthermore, addition of either serum lipoproteins or 25-hydroxycholesterol decreased cholesterol synthesis without altering HMG-CoA reductase mRNA levels. We conclude that, as in other tissues, cholesterol synthesis in Schwann cells is regulated primarily by intracellular sterol levels. Much of this regulation occurs at posttranscriptional levels. Thus, the in vivo coordinate up-regulation of HMG-CoA reductase gene expression in myelinating Schwann cells is secondary to intracellular depletion of cholesterol, as it is compartmentalized within the myelin. It is probably not due to coordinate control at the level of mRNA expression.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7250, USA
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Chen Z, Zheng H, Fu Q, Zhou Y, Weng Y. [Determination of oil contents and fatty acids in seeds of Torreya Arn. in China]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 1998; 23:456-7, 482, 511. [PMID: 11599370] [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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OBJECTIVE To analyze the oil contents and fatty acid composition in the seeds of Torrreya in China. METHOD The contents and composition were determined by gravimetric analysis and GC respectively. RESULT The oil contents in the seeds were 42.67%-54.39%. Among the fatty acids, linoleic acid and oleic acid were dominant. The unsaturated fatty acids accounted for 76.1%-82.0% of the whole fatty acids, and the major saturated fatty acids were behenic acid and palmitic acid. CONCLUSION The oil in the seeds of Torreya is of high-quality, and the higher contents of bdhenic acid are characteristic for the oil. The development and utilization values of the seed oil in Torreya are evaluated.
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- Z Chen
- College of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433
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Boucher O, Schwartz SE, Ackerman TP, Anderson TL, Bergstrom B, Bonnel B, Chýlek P, Dahlback A, Fouquart Y, Fu Q, Halthore RN, Haywood JM, Iversen T, Kato S, Kinne S, Kirkevåg A, Knapp KR, Lacis A, Laszlo I, Mishchenko MI, Nemesure S, Ramaswamy V, Roberts DL, Russell P, Schlesinger ME, Stephens GL, Wagener R, Wang M, Wong J, Yang F. Intercomparison of models representing direct shortwave radiative forcing by sulfate aerosols. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1029/98jd00997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Older women are considered at risk for hip fracture; fracture rates are highest in the southern region of the United States. The purpose of this study was to develop a predictive model for osteoporotic hip fracture among a national sample of southern women aged 50 years and older. METHODS Subjects were participants in the Third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, Phase 1. Data were collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. Predictors examined included age, race, heredity, body mass index, physical activity, smoking status, alcohol use, and dairy product use. RESULTS The sample consisted of 953 women aged 50 years and older. The predictive model included older age, black race, Hispanic race, and low body mass index. CONCLUSIONS Recommendations emphasize weight gain for underweight women and promotion of healthy body weights for women of all ages.
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Fu Q, McPhie P, Gowda DC. Methionine modification impairs the C5-cleavage function of cobra venom factor-dependent C3/C5 convertase. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1998; 45:133-44. [PMID: 9635137 DOI: 10.1080/15216549800202502] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The complement-mediated lysis of guinea pig erythrocytes by cobra venom factor (CVF) decreased by 50-60% within 2 min of treatment with 5 mM sodium periodate at 0 degree C. This loss of activity paralleled modification of 3-4 Met; other amino acids and sugar residues of the oligosaccharide chains were not affected. Treatment with N-chlorosuccinimide or chloramine-T under conditions that specifically modified 3-4 readily-oxidizable Met also caused 50-60% loss of CVF activity. The secondary structure of CVF was not altered by these modifications. Methionine-modified CVF (MetCVF) supported the cleavage of factor B by factor D with equal efficiency as that of untreated CVF to form C3/C5 convertase (MetCVF,Bb) of the alternative pathway. MetCVF,Bb and CVF,Bb were indistinguishable with respect to C3 cleavage. However, the C5-cleavage ability of MetCVF,Bb was significantly lower than that of CVF,Bb. These results suggest the involvement of Met in CVF binding of C5.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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Shamsuzzaman AS, Sugiyama Y, Kamiya A, Fu Q, Mano T. Head-up suspension in humans: effects on sympathetic vasomotor activity and cardiovascular responses. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1998; 84:1513-9. [PMID: 9572793 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.5.1513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 02/07/2023] Open
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We hypothesized that muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and cardiovascular responses to the conventional head-up tilt (HUT) are different from those to head-up suspension (HUS) because of antigravity muscle activity. The MSNA from the tibial nerve, heart rate, blood pressure, stroke volume, cardiac output, and calf blood flow were measured in 13 healthy young subjects. Left atrial diameter was measured by two-dimensional echocardiography in another nine subjects. The resting MSNA and cardiovascular responses at a low level (20 degrees) of orthostasis were similar during both modes. At higher levels (40 and 60 degrees), the responses of MSNA, heart rate, stroke volume, and cardiac output were significantly stronger and there was a smaller reduction in calf blood flow during HUT than during HUS (P < 0.05). Left atrial diameter was decreased significantly from the resting values during HUT and HUS without any significant difference between the modes of orthostasis. The results provide evidence that the engagement of antigravity muscles during HUT may have additive effects on sympathetic vasoconstrictor and cardiovascular responses to orthostatic stress.
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- A S Shamsuzzaman
- Department of Autonomic Neuroscience, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan
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Xue M, Fu Q, Wang L. [Study on the characteristics of brucellosis on the Baicaopo Pasture]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 1998; 19:78-80. [PMID: 10322714] [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: 02/12/2023]
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To study the current situation and characteristics of brucellosis on Baicaopo Pasture, a sero-epidemiological survey was conducted among local people, animals together with nearby county livestocks from Breed-improvement Stations, Bingdi township and Rekejue township which are far away from the pasture. The results showed that the infection rates of brucellosis in humans and yaks on the Baieaopo Pasture were 31.03% and 47.19% respectively, apparent higher than those in other places. There were more infected cases among local veterinarians and herdsmen than among other jobs. Young adults seemed to be at most risk.
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- M Xue
- Sanitary and Antiepidemic Station of Si Chuan, Chengdu
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We derive and examine the general expression for the scattering asymmetry parameter g. For aggregate particles, the asymmetry parameter is made up of two terms. One term accounts for interference effects of the electromagnetic fields radiating from the individual subsystems. The other term contains the effects of the interaction of the electromagnetic fields between these subsystems. Enhanced backscatter is one phenomenon resulting from these interactions. Numerical results demonstrate that interference effects play a dominant role when the separation distance between two-sphere aggregates is smaller than half the incident wavelength. As the separation distance becomes large, both interference and interaction effects drop off and the asymmetry parameter approaches that of the individual particle constituents.
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Azuma N, Seo HC, Lie O, Fu Q, Gould RM, Hiraiwa M, Burt DW, Paton IR, Morrice DR, O'Brien JS, Kishimoto Y. Cloning, expression and map assignment of chicken prosaposin. Biochem J 1998; 330 ( Pt 1):321-7. [PMID: 9461526 PMCID: PMC1219143 DOI: 10.1042/bj3300321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Prosaposin is the precursor of four small glycoproteins, saposins A-D, that activate lysosomal sphingolipid hydrolysis. A full-length cDNA encoding prosaposin from chicken brain was isolated by PCR. The deduced amino acid sequence predicted that, similarly to human and other mammalian species studied, chicken prosaposin contains 518 residues, including four domains that correspond to saposins A-D. There was 59% identity and 76% similarity of human and chicken prosaposin amino acid sequences. The basic three-dimensional structures of these saposins is predicted to be similar on the basis of the conservation of six cysteine residues and an N-glycosylation site. Identity of amino acid sequences was higher among saposins A, B and D than in saposin C. The predicted amino acid sequence of saposin B matched exactly that of purified chicken saposin B protein. The chicken prosaposin gene was mapped to a single locus, PSAP, in chicken linkage group E11C10 and is closely linked to the ACTA2 locus. This confirms the homology between chicken and human prosaposins and defines a new conserved segment with human chromosome 10q21-q24.
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- N Azuma
- University of California, San Diego, Department of Neurosciences, Center for Molecular Genetics, 0634J, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Zhu Z, Fu Q, Nightingale CH, Zhao YP, Liao Q, Wang HN, Xue CQ, Yang ZY, Li DK. Pharmacokinetics of 5-fluorouracil and its penetration into pancreatic juice in dogs. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1998; 19:7-9. [PMID: 10375748] [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: 02/12/2023]
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AIM To study the pharmacokinetic behavior of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in pancreatic juice in dogs and its correlation with 5-FU in plasma, and to evaluate its penetration characteristics. METHODS After placing a pancreatico-drainage tube, 8 dogs were injected 5-FU 250 mg i.v. Blood and pancreatic samples were collected and the 5-FU concentrations were determined by HPLC. The pharmacokinetic parameters were obtained with statistical analysis. RESULTS The mean slopes of the terminal phase (K10) in plasma and pancreatic juice were 9.4 h-1 and 10.2 h-1, respectively (P > 0.05). The pharmacokinetic behaviors of 5-FU in plasma and pancreatic juice fitted a nonlinear model. Its penetration index was 3.39 +/- 2.84. The penetration of 5-FU from blood to pancreatic juice was relatively rapid, demonstrating a consistently higher concentration in pancreatic juice than in plasma. CONCLUSIONS The elimination phase of 5-FU in plasma was similar to that in pancreatic juice, indicating that they were in the same kinetic compartment.
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- Z Zhu
- Department of Pharmacy, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, PUMC, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Xiao J, Fu Q, Hou T, Li Y, Zhao D. [The relationship between alteration of mitochondrial enzyme activities and mitochondrial function after cervical cord injury]. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi 1997; 13:326-8. [PMID: 10322962] [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: 02/12/2023]
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To investigate the relationship between mitochondrial enzyme activities and mitochondrial function after cervical cord injury, cervical cord model was prepared using Allen method in cats. Changes in mitochondrial Na+, K(+)-ATPase, Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) and mitochondrial function in cervical cord were observed by different biochemical methods. The results showed that mitochondrial Na+, K(+)-ATPase, CA2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase, SOD activities decreased; mitichondral respiratory control rate (RCR), P/O ratio and oxidative phosphorylation rate (OPR) were also depressed is compared with control group (P < 0.05), but MDA level significantly increased compared to control group (P < 0.01). The results demonstrate that there is close correlation, between mitochondrial ATPase. SOD activities and mitochondral function, suggesting that mitochondrial pathophysiological alteration plays important roles in the secondary damage after cervical cord injury.
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- J Xiao
- ChangZheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai
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Fu Q, Seier F, Gayen SK, Alfano RR. High-average-power kilohertz-repetition-rate sub-100-fs Ti:sapphire amplifier system. Opt Lett 1997; 22:712-714. [PMID: 18185637 DOI: 10.1364/ol.22.000712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We report on a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser amplifier system that generates pulse energies >5 mJ at a 1-kHz repetition rate. The system consists of regenerative and multipass amplifiers and uses the technique of chirped-pulse amplification. When the system was seeded with 70-fs pulses at 800 nm from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire oscillator, amplified pulses of 94-fs duration at a repetition rate of 1 kHz and an average output power of 5.4 W were produced. The amplified pulse-repetition rate is variable from 250 Hz to 3 kHz. Pulse energies of >7.5 mJ were obtained at 500 and 250 Hz.
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- Q Fu
- Quantronix Corporation, 45 Adams Avenue, Hauppauge, New York 11788, USA
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Fu Q, Xu J, Li F. [Treatment of patients with dislocation of acromio-clavicular joint using kuntsher nail with steel wire: report of 27 cases]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1997; 35:281-2. [PMID: 10374562] [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: 02/12/2023]
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There has been much controversy about ways of operation of the traumatic dislocation of acromio-clavicular joint. Our studies revealed that internal fixation of acromio-clavicular joint using kuntsher nail with steel wire is superior to traditional internal fixation of crossing kuntsher nail. We treated 27 cases in this way who were followed-up for 22 months to 9 years. Excellent result was achieved in 25 cases (92.6%) and good in 2 (7.4%). No complication was observed. We conclude that the way of internal fixation using kuntsher nail with steel wire to treat the dislocation of acromio-clavicular joint has following advantages: (1) simple operation; (2) minimum injury to articular surface; (3) stable internal fixation; and (4) no side effect.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital, San Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou
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Fu Q, Yang Q, Si J, Chen H, Chang C, Lu J, Wei X. [Study on the quality standard of Hippophae rhamnoides oil for pharmaceutical uses]. Zhong Yao Cai 1997; 20:155-8. [PMID: 12572448] [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: 02/28/2023]
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The quality control methods of the seed oil and fruit oil of Hippophae rhamnoides are studied. The physical and chemical factors are determined and the identification and determination methods for the bioactive compnents a-tocopherol and carotenes are established.
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- Q Fu
- Xian Medical University, Xian 710061
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The tissue targeting and rate of clearance of cobra venom factor (CVF) from the circulation was studied in mice by intravenous or intraperitoneal injection of radioiodinated CVF. In both modes of administrations, CVF was targeted mainly to liver. CVF injected directly into the blood was cleared from the circulation with a plasma half life of about 10 h, whereas CVF injected into the peritoneal cavity was slowly absorbed into the blood stream reaching a maximum level at approximately 6 h, and it was then cleared from the circulation with a plasma half life of about 18 h. The rate of plasma clearance of CVF was markedly decreased upon removal of the terminal alpha-galactosyl residues of the oligosaccharide chains; the plasma half lives for intravenously and intraperitoneally administered de-alpha-galactosylated CVF were approximately 5 and approximately 10 h, respectively. However, the clearance rate was not affected by complete deglycosylation using N-glycanase or by chemical modification of the terminal galactosyl residues. Together, these data demonstrate that the terminal alpha-galactosyl residues of CVF mask the Lewis X-dependent uptake of CVF by liver.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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The purpose of this study was to examine social factors that predicted adolescent smoking transition to more advanced stages of smoking behavior during a 3-year span. A national cohort sample of adolescents (N = 2,099) who participated in the 1989 and 1993 Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey (TAPS I and TAPS II, respectively) was used for this study. The information obtained from this survey included measurements of smoking behavior and a series of factors related to smoking models in the respondents' social environment, such as smoking behavior of parents, siblings, and best friends. Results showed that the smoking behavior of an adolescent's best male friend was consistently associated with transition from nonsmoking to regular smoking and from experimental smoking to regular smoking. The most surprising finding was that the study showed no relationship between social influence and transition from nonsmoking to experimental smoking.
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- M Q Wang
- Health Studies Program, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487, USA
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Ebner TJ, Fu Q. What features of visually guided arm movements are encoded in the simple spike discharge of cerebellar Purkinje cells? Prog Brain Res 1997; 114:431-47. [PMID: 9193159 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)63379-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- T J Ebner
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Fu Q, Gai X, Ji Z. [Clinical analysis of surgical treatment for 86 patients with localized small-cell lung cancer]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 1996; 18:382-4. [PMID: 9387282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To assess the value of surgical treatment followed by adjuvant chemotherapy for localized small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), the results of treatment in 86 SCLC patients since 1990 were reviewed. Of 86 patients, 19 patients received pneumonectomy, 53 lobectomy, 6 wedge resection and 8 segmental resection. Postoperative pathologic staging revealed 24 in stage I, 36 in stage II, and 26 in stage III. Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy was given in 78 patients. Until the latest follow-up, 28 patients remained alive and 58 patients died. The 5-year survival rate of the 86 patients was 37%. The survival of patients in stage I was better than that of patients in stage II (P = 0.018) and stage III (P = 0.021), but the survival of patients in stage II was not significantly different from that of patients in stage III (P = 0.234). In summary, surgical treatment followed by chemotherapy improves significantly the survival of patients with localized SCLC. TNM staging is of prognostic importance.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Surgical Oncology, First Clinical College, Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, Changchun
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This study examined the association of depressive symptoms of adolescents and their smoking behavior. A national cohort sample of school adolescents (N = 5,855) who participated in the 1989 and 1993 Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey was obtained. The information from this survey included measures of smoking behavior and a series of factors related to depressive symptoms during a 3-yr. span. A cross-lagged analysis with Kendall tau b correlations was used. Judging from the magnitude of the cross-lagged correlations, the direction of causation cannot be ascertained. Rather, a reciprocal relationship between depression and smoking may be suggested.
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A genetic system was developed to investigate the supercoil structure of bacterial chromosomes. New res-carrying transposons were derived from MudI1734 (MudJr1 and MudJr2) and Tn10 (Tn10dGn). The MudJr1 and MudJr2 elements each have a res site in opposite orientation so that when paired with a Tn10dGn element in the same chromosome, one MudJr res site will be ordered as a direct repeat. Deletion formation was studied in a nonessential region (approximately 100 kb) that extends from the his operon through the cob operon. Strains with a MudJr insertion in the cobT gene at the 5' end of the cob operon plus a Tn10dGn insertion positioned either clockwise or counterclockwise from cobT were exposed to a burst of RES protein. Following a pulse of resolvase expression, deletion formation was monitored by scoring the loss of the Lac+ phenotype or by loss of tetracycline resistance. In exponentially growing populations, deletion products appeared quickly in some cells (in 10 min) but also occurred more than an hour after RES induction. The frequency of deletion (y) diminished with increasing distance (x) between res sites. Results from 15 deletion intervals fit the exponential equation y = 120 . 10(-0.02x). We found that res sites can be plectonemically interwound over long distances ( > 100 kb) and that barriers to supercoil diffusion are placed stochastically within the 43- to 45-min region of the chromosome.
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- N P Higgins
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-2170, USA.
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Fu Q, Honda M, Ohgawara H, Igarashi N, Toyada C, Omori Y, Kobayashi M. Morphological analysis of pancreatic endocrine cells in newborn animals delivered by experimental diabetic rats. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1996; 31:57-62. [PMID: 8792102 DOI: 10.1016/0168-8227(96)01213-2] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Rats with mildly impaired glucose tolerance (MIGT) were prepared by the administration of streptozotocin and subsequent islet-isotransplantation. Of pups born to these rats, 65% exhibited macrosomia that weighed over 6.8 g (average weight of control pups was 5.96 g). The morphological changes in the endocrine pancreas in pups born of MIGT and normal control rats were studied using immunohistochemical methods and quantitative morphological analysis. In macrosomic pups, the percentages of pancreatic tissue devoted to islet areas and B cell areas were significantly higher than in control pups. The percentage of pancreas devoted to A cell areas was also higher in macrosomic than normal pups, while the ratio of A/B cell areas was in normal range. In non-macrosomic pups born to MIGT rats, the percentages of pancreas devoted to islet tissues, B cell, and A cell areas were each lower than these in macrosomic pups. Moreover, increase in the proportions of islet and B cell areas in the pancreatic tissue in pups born of MIGT mothers was linearly correlated with increase in birthright. There were no significant differences in D cell area as a proportion of pancreas among macrosomic, non-macrosomic and control pups. These findings suggest that insulin secreted from B cells play important roles in the control of fetal growth.
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- Q Fu
- Department of Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan
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Nicolau DP, Nightingale CH, Banevicius MA, Fu Q, Quintiliani R. Serum bactericidal activity of ceftazidime: continuous infusion versus intermittent injections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1996; 40:61-4. [PMID: 8787880 PMCID: PMC163057 DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.1.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 02/02/2023] Open
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Since beta-lactam antibiotics have concentration-independent killing, bacterial eradication is a function of the time the serum drug concentration remains above the drug's MIC (T > MIC). We compared the serum bactericidal titers (SBTs) of ceftazidime given by continuous infusion (CI) or by intermittent bolus dosing (BD) against two clinical isolates each of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli to determine if CI would allow lower daily dosing while still providing equal bactericidal activity compared with BD. This was an open-labeled, randomized, steady-state, four-way crossover study with 12 healthy volunteers. The ceftazidime regimens were 1 g every 8 h (q8h) BD, 1 g q12h BD, 3 g over 24 h CI, and 2 g over 24 h CI. The areas under the bactericidal curves were calculated by the trapezoidal rule using the reciprocal of the SBT. For all organisms the areas under the bactericidal curves for intermittent versus the CI regimens were the same for equal doses (P > 0.05). For both strains of E. coli all four regimens provided SBTs of > or = 1:2 over the dosing interval and 100% T > MIC. The 1-g q8h BD and q12h BD regimens provided T > MIC of 82 and 52%, respectively, for both P. aeruginosa isolates (MICs, 4 micrograms/ml). In comparison, the 2- and 3-g CI regimens always maintained SBTs of > or = 1:2 and T > MIC over the 24-h period as serum drug concentrations were 12.8 +/- 3.0 and 18.2 +/- 4.5 micrograms/ml, respectively. CI optimizes the pharmacodynamic and pharmacoeconomic profile of ceftazidime by providing adequate antibacterial activity over the 24-h dosing period with a reduction in the total daily dose of the antimicrobial agent.
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- D P Nicolau
- Department of Pharmacy, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut 06102, USA
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Huang SH, Wass C, Fu Q, Prasadarao NV, Stins M, Kim KS. Escherichia coli invasion of brain microvascular endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo: molecular cloning and characterization of invasion gene ibe10. Infect Immun 1995; 63:4470-5. [PMID: 7591087 PMCID: PMC173636 DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.11.4470-4475.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Most cases of neonatal Escherichia coli meningitis develop as a result of hematogenous spread, but it is not clear how circulating E. coli crosses the blood-brain barrier. In an attempt to identify E. coli structures contributing to invasion into the central nervous system (CNS), TnphoA mutagenesis was performed with an invasive CSF isolate of E. coli K1 strain RS218 (O18:K1:H7), and TnphoA mutants were examined for their noninvasive capability in brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMEC). The noninvasive mutants exhibited the invasive ability of < 1% of the parent strain. One of the noninvasive mutants (10A-23) with a single TnphoA insertion and no changes in phenotypic characteristics was found to be significantly less invasive into the CNS in the newborn rat model of hematogenous E. coli meningitis. The TnphoA inserts with flanking sequences were cloned and sequenced. A novel open reading frame (8.2 kDa) was identified. Open reading frame analysis indicated that the 8.2-kDa protein (Ibe10) contained multiple transmembrane domains. ibe10 was cloned into an expression vector, pQE30, and the purified Ibe10 was shown to inhibit invasion of BMEC by strain RS218. These findings indicate that ibe10 is one of the E. coli genes involved in the invasion of BMEC in vitro and in vivo.
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- S H Huang
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
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Adriaens P, Fu Q, Grbic-Galic D. Bioavailability and Transformation of Highly Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Anaerobic Soils and Sediments. Environ Sci Technol 1995; 29:2252-2260. [PMID: 22280263 DOI: 10.1021/es00009a015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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