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Fernandez-Petty CM, Hughes GW, Bowers HL, Watson JD, Rosen BH, Townsend SM, Santos C, Ridley CE, Chu KK, Birket SE, Li Y, Leung HM, Mazur M, Garcia BA, Evans TIA, Libby EF, Hathorne H, Hanes J, Tearney GJ, Clancy JP, Engelhardt JF, Swords WE, Thornton DJ, Wiesmann WP, Baker SM, Rowe SM. A glycopolymer improves vascoelasticity and mucociliary transport of abnormal cystic fibrosis mucus. JCI Insight 2019; 4:125954. [PMID: 30996141 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.125954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by increased mucus viscosity and delayed mucociliary clearance that contributes to progressive decline of lung function. Mucus in the respiratory and GI tract is excessively adhesive in the presence of airway dehydration and excess extracellular Ca2+ upon mucin release, promoting hyperviscous, densely packed mucins characteristic of CF. Therapies that target mucins directly through ionic interactions remain unexploited. Here we show that poly (acetyl, arginyl) glucosamine (PAAG), a polycationic biopolymer suitable for human use, interacts directly with mucins in a Ca2+-sensitive manner to reduce CF mucus viscoelasticity and improve its transport. Notably, PAAG induced a linear structure of purified MUC5B and altered its sedimentation profile and viscosity, indicative of proper mucin expansion. In vivo, PAAG nebulization improved mucociliary transport in CF rats with delayed mucus clearance, and cleared mucus plugging in CF ferrets. This study demonstrates the potential use of a synthetic glycopolymer PAAG as a molecular agent that could benefit patients with a broad array of mucus diseases.
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology and.,Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, United Kingdom
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA.,Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA.,Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA.,Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center,Department of Pediatrics, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Center for Nanomedicine and Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology and.,Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA.,Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA.,Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center,Department of Pediatrics, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.,Department of Cell Developmental & Integrative Biology, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Gao S, Zhang Z, Li S, Su H, Tang L, Tan Y, Yu W, Han F. Characterization of a new endo-type polysaccharide lyase (PL) family 6 alginate lyase with cold-adapted and metal ions-resisted property. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 120:729-735. [PMID: 30170056 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.08.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Alginate lyase played an important role in brown algae degradation, and its enzymatic degradation products showed various biological activities. Although many alginate lyases have been characterized, the enzymes with special characterizations are still rather rare. In this study, a new alginate lyase gene, tsaly6A, has been cloned from marine bacterium Thalassomonas sp. LD5, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The deduced alginate lyase, TsAly6A, belonged to the polysaccharide lyase (PL) family 6 and showed the highest amino acid identity (63%) with an exo-type oligoalginate lyase AlyGC. However, this study showed that TsAly6A was an endo-type enzyme yielding alginate trisaccharides (64.5%) as the main products. Compared with other alginate lyases, TsAly6A showed high trisaccharide-yielding levels. Meanwhile, TsAly6A showed the specific activity of 15,960 U/μmol at its optimal pH (pH 8.0) and temperature (35 °C). In addition, TsAly6A was a cold-adapted, salt-activated and metal ions-resisted alginate lyase, which will enable it to perform high activity in the solution containing various ions. Its cold-adaptation, metal ions-tolerance and high trisaccharides yields make TsAly6A an excellent candidate for industrial applications.
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- Shan Gao
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China.
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Martiniano SL, Toprak D, Ong T, Zemanick ET, Daines CL, Muhlebach MS, Esther CR, Dellon EP. Highlights from the 2017 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference. Pediatr Pulmonol 2018; 53:979-986. [PMID: 29660839 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
The 31st annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) was held in Indianapolis, IN on November 2-4, 2017. Abstracts of presentations from the conference were published in a supplement to Pediatric Pulmonology [2017; Pediatr Pulmonol Suppl. 52: S1-S776]. The current review summarizes several major topic areas addressed at the conference: the pathophysiology and basic science of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease, clinical trials, clinical management issues, and quality improvement (QI). In this review, we describe emerging concepts in several areas of CF research and care.
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- Stacey L Martiniano
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Powell LC, Pritchard MF, Ferguson EL, Powell KA, Patel SU, Rye PD, Sakellakou SM, Buurma NJ, Brilliant CD, Copping JM, Menzies GE, Lewis PD, Hill KE, Thomas DW. Targeted disruption of the extracellular polymeric network of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by alginate oligosaccharides. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2018; 4:13. [PMID: 29977590 PMCID: PMC6026129 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-018-0056-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 05/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Acquisition of a mucoid phenotype by Pseudomonas sp. in the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, with subsequent over-production of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS), plays an important role in mediating the persistence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections. The ability of a low molecular weight (Mn = 3200 g mol−1) alginate oligomer (OligoG CF-5/20) to modify biofilm structure of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa (NH57388A) was studied in vitro using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) with Texas Red (TxRd®)-labelled OligoG and EPS histochemical staining. Structural changes in treated biofilms were quantified using COMSTAT image-analysis software of CLSM z-stack images, and nanoparticle diffusion. Interactions between the oligomers, Ca2+ and DNA were studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). Imaging demonstrated that OligoG treatment (≥0.5%) inhibited biofilm formation, revealing a significant reduction in both biomass and biofilm height (P < 0.05). TxRd®-labelled oligomers readily diffused into established (24 h) biofilms. OligoG treatment (≥2%) induced alterations in the EPS of established biofilms; significantly reducing the structural quantities of EPS polysaccharides, and extracellular (e)DNA (P < 0.05) with a corresponding increase in nanoparticle diffusion (P < 0.05) and antibiotic efficacy against established biofilms. ITC demonstrated an absence of rapid complex formation between DNA and OligoG and confirmed the interactions of OligoG with Ca2+ evident in FTIR and MD modelling. The ability of OligoG to diffuse into biofilms, potentiate antibiotic activity, disrupt DNA-Ca2+-DNA bridges and biofilm EPS matrix highlights its potential for the treatment of biofilm-related infections. Small carbohydrate molecules derived from marine algae show potential for inhibiting biofilm formation in multi-drug resistant infections. A research team led by Lydia Powell at Cardiff University, UK, investigated the action of carbohydrates called alginate oligosaccharides, composed of a small number of linked sugar molecules. The oligosaccharides modified and disrupted the structure of cultured biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the cause of many serious drug resistant infections. This effect significantly inhibited the formation and maintenance of the biofilm state, which is known to be a crucial factor allowing the bacteria to resist drug treatment. Antibiotics proved more effective following the oligosaccharide intervention. The researchers uncovered key molecular details involved in the ability of the oligosaccharides to diffuse into and disrupt biofilms. The therapeutic potential of these small carbohydrates is currently being investigated in clinical trials.
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- Lydia C Powell
- 1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK
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- 1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK
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- 1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK
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- 1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK
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- 1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK
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- 3Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- 4Respiratory Diagnostics Group, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- 4Respiratory Diagnostics Group, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- 1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK
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- 1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK
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