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Suzuki K, Miura T, Okada H. The endothelial glycocalyx-All the same? No, it is not. Acute Med Surg 2023; 10:e896. [PMID: 37808968 PMCID: PMC10551284 DOI: 10.1002/ams2.896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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The endothelial glycocalyx covers the lumen of blood vessels throughout the body and plays an important role in endothelial homeostasis. Advances in electron microscopy techniques have provided clues to better understand the structure and composition of identical vascular endothelial glycocalyx. The morphology and thickness of the endothelial glycocalyx differ from organ to organ. The content of the endothelial glycocalyx covering the vascular lumen differs even in the brain, heart, and lungs, which have the same continuous capillaries. Various types of inflammation are known to attenuate the endothelial glycocalyx; however, we found that the morphology of the glycocalyx damaged by acute inflammation differed from that damaged by chronic inflammation. Acute inflammation breaks the endothelial glycocalyx unevenly, whereas chronic inflammation leads to the overall shortening of the endothelial glycocalyx. The same drug has different effects on the endothelial glycocalyx, depending on the location of the target blood vessels. This difference in response may reflect not only the size and shape of the endothelial glycocalyx but also the different constituents. In the cardiac tissue, the expression of glypican-1, a core protein of the endothelial glycocalyx, was enhanced. By contrast, in the pulmonary tissue, the expression of heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase 1 and endothelial cell-specific molecule-1 significantly increased in the treatment group compared with that in the no-treatment group. In this review, we present the latest findings on the evolution of the vascular endothelial glycocalyx and consider the microstructural differences.
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- Kodai Suzuki
- Department of Emergency and Disaster MedicineGifu University Graduate School of MedicineGifuJapan
- Department of Infection ControlGifu University Graduate School of MedicineGifuJapan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster MedicineGifu University Graduate School of MedicineGifuJapan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster MedicineGifu University Graduate School of MedicineGifuJapan
- Center for One Medicine Innovative Translational ResearchGifu University Institute for Advanced StudyGifuJapan
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Mukhamadiyarov RA, Bogdanov LA, Glushkova TV, Shishkova DK, Kostyunin AE, Koshelev VA, Shabaev AR, Frolov AV, Stasev AN, Lyapin AA, Kutikhin AG. EMbedding and Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy: A Detailed Protocol for the Whole-Specimen, High-Resolution Analysis of Cardiovascular Tissues. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:739549. [PMID: 34760942 PMCID: PMC8573413 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.739549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Currently, an ultrastructural analysis of cardiovascular tissues is significantly complicated. Routine histopathological examinations and immunohistochemical staining suffer from a relatively low resolution of light microscopy, whereas the fluorescence imaging of plaques and bioprosthetic heart valves yields considerable background noise from the convoluted extracellular matrix that often results in a low signal-to-noise ratio. Besides, the sectioning of calcified or stent-expanded blood vessels or mineralised heart valves leads to a critical loss of their integrity, demanding other methods to be developed. Here, we designed a conceptually novel approach that combines conventional formalin fixation, sequential incubation in heavy metal solutions (osmium tetroxide, uranyl acetate or lanthanides, and lead citrate), and the embedding of the whole specimen into epoxy resin to retain its integrity while accessing the region of interest by grinding and polishing. Upon carbon sputtering, the sample is visualised by means of backscattered scanning electron microscopy. The technique fully preserves calcified and stent-expanded tissues, permits a detailed analysis of vascular and valvular composition and architecture, enables discrimination between multiple cell types (including endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, adipocytes, mast cells, foam cells, foreign-body giant cells, canonical macrophages, neutrophils, and lymphocytes) and microvascular identities (arterioles, venules, and capillaries), and gives a technical possibility for quantitating the number, area, and density of the blood vessels. Hence, we suggest that our approach is capable of providing a pathophysiological insight into cardiovascular disease development. The protocol does not require specific expertise and can be employed in virtually any laboratory that has a scanning electron microscope.
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- Rinat A Mukhamadiyarov
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia
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Prokop A. Cytoskeletal organization of axons in vertebrates and invertebrates. J Cell Biol 2021; 219:151734. [PMID: 32369543 PMCID: PMC7337489 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201912081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The maintenance of axons for the lifetime of an organism requires an axonal cytoskeleton that is robust but also flexible to adapt to mechanical challenges and to support plastic changes of axon morphology. Furthermore, cytoskeletal organization has to adapt to axons of dramatically different dimensions, and to their compartment-specific requirements in the axon initial segment, in the axon shaft, at synapses or in growth cones. To understand how the cytoskeleton caters to these different demands, this review summarizes five decades of electron microscopic studies. It focuses on the organization of microtubules and neurofilaments in axon shafts in both vertebrate and invertebrate neurons, as well as the axon initial segments of vertebrate motor- and interneurons. Findings from these ultrastructural studies are being interpreted here on the basis of our contemporary molecular understanding. They strongly suggest that axon architecture in animals as diverse as arthropods and vertebrates is dependent on loosely cross-linked bundles of microtubules running all along axons, with only minor roles played by neurofilaments.
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- Andreas Prokop
- School of Biology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Roszczenko-Jasińska P, Vu HN, Subuyuj GA, Crisostomo RV, Cai J, Lien NF, Clippard EJ, Ayala EM, Ngo RT, Yarza F, Wingett JP, Raghuraman C, Hoeber CA, Martinez-Gomez NC, Skovran E. Gene products and processes contributing to lanthanide homeostasis and methanol metabolism in Methylorubrum extorquens AM1. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12663. [PMID: 32728125 PMCID: PMC7391723 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69401-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Lanthanide elements have been recently recognized as "new life metals" yet much remains unknown regarding lanthanide acquisition and homeostasis. In Methylorubrum extorquens AM1, the periplasmic lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenase XoxF1 produces formaldehyde, which is lethal if allowed to accumulate. This property enabled a transposon mutagenesis study and growth studies to confirm novel gene products required for XoxF1 function. The identified genes encode an MxaD homolog, an ABC-type transporter, an aminopeptidase, a putative homospermidine synthase, and two genes of unknown function annotated as orf6 and orf7. Lanthanide transport and trafficking genes were also identified. Growth and lanthanide uptake were measured using strains lacking individual lanthanide transport cluster genes, and transmission electron microscopy was used to visualize lanthanide localization. We corroborated previous reports that a TonB-ABC transport system is required for lanthanide incorporation to the cytoplasm. However, cells were able to acclimate over time and bypass the requirement for the TonB outer membrane transporter to allow expression of xoxF1 and growth. Transcriptional reporter fusions show that excess lanthanides repress the gene encoding the TonB-receptor. Using growth studies along with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy, we demonstrate that lanthanides are stored as cytoplasmic inclusions that resemble polyphosphate granules.
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- Paula Roszczenko-Jasińska
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California At Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California At Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California At San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, San José, CA, USA.
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Novikov I, Subbot A, Turenok A, Mayanskiy N, Chebotar I. A rapid method of whole cell sample preparation for scanning electron microscopy using neodymium chloride. Micron 2019; 124:102687. [PMID: 31302532 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2019.102687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The quality of electron microscopy (EM) visualization of biological objects is constantly improving, primarily with the usage of more complex technologies, such as serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (SEM), focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy, and array tomography. Here we suggest a new rapid method of whole cell sample preparation for scanning EM using neodymium chloride treatment followed by staining with lead acetate. This variant of sample preparation does not require separate fixation, complete dehydration, and metal sputtering. By means of SEM in the back-scattered electron mode, in the neodymium-treated preparations, we visualized various morphological structures in human cells (nuclei with nucleoli, cytoskeleton, mitochondria) and microbial cells (Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans) preserving their species-specific shape and size. Thus, the suggested method provides additional information combining capabilities of SEM in visualizing cellular surface and transmission EM in detecting intracellular structures. Moreover, biological sample preparation with neodymium and lead is fast, informative, and cost-saving indicating a potential for its practical use for environmental SEM, and can be effectively combined with optical microscopy.
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- Ivan Novikov
- Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 Rossolimo Street, 119021, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 Rossolimo Street, 119021, Moscow, Russia
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- National Scientific and Practical Center of Children's Health, 2 Lomonosovsky Avenue, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- National Scientific and Practical Center of Children's Health, 2 Lomonosovsky Avenue, 119991, Moscow, Russia; Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 1 Ostrovityanova Street, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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- Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, 3A Novogireevskay Street, 111123, Moscow, Russia.
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Arppe‐Tabbara R, Carro‐Temboury MR, Hempel C, Vosch T, Sørensen TJ. Luminescence from Lanthanide(III) Ions Bound to the Glycocalyx of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells. Chemistry 2018; 24:11885-11889. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Riikka Arppe‐Tabbara
- Nano-Science Center & Department of ChemistryUniversity of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center & Department of ChemistryUniversity of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and NanotechnologyTechnical University of Denmark Kgs Lyngby Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center & Department of ChemistryUniversity of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center & Department of ChemistryUniversity of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø Denmark
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Okada H, Takemura G, Suzuki K, Oda K, Takada C, Hotta Y, Miyazaki N, Tsujimoto A, Muraki I, Ando Y, Zaikokuji R, Matsumoto A, Kitagaki H, Tamaoki Y, Usui T, Doi T, Yoshida T, Yoshida S, Ushikoshi H, Toyoda I, Ogura S. Three-dimensional ultrastructure of capillary endothelial glycocalyx under normal and experimental endotoxemic conditions. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2017; 21:261. [PMID: 29058634 PMCID: PMC5651619 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-017-1841-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sugar-protein glycocalyx coats healthy endothelium, but its ultrastructure is not well described. Our aim was to determine the three-dimensional ultrastructure of capillary endothelial glycocalyx in the heart, kidney, and liver, where capillaries are, respectively, continuous, fenestrated, and sinusoidal. METHODS Tissue samples were processed with lanthanum-containing alkaline fixative, which preserves the structure of glycocalyx. RESULTS Scanning and transmission electron microscopy revealed that the endothelial glycocalyx layer in continuous and fenestrated capillaries was substantially thicker than in sinusoids. In the heart, the endothelial glycocalyx presented as moss- or broccoli-like and covered the entire luminal endothelial cell surface. In the kidney, the glycocalyx appeared to nearly occlude the endothelial pores of the fenestrated capillaries and was also present on the surface of the renal podocytes. In sinusoids of the liver, glycocalyx covered not only the luminal side but also the opposite side, facing the space of Disse. In a mouse lipopolysaccharide-induced experimental endotoxemia model, the capillary endothelial glycocalyx was severely disrupted; that is, it appeared to be peeling off the cells and clumping. Serum concentrations of syndecan-1, a marker of glycocalyx damage, were significantly increased 24 h after administration of lipopolysaccharide. CONCLUSIONS In the present study, we visualized the three-dimensional ultrastructure of endothelial glycocalyx in healthy continuous, fenestrated, and sinusoidal capillaries, and we also showed their disruption under experimental endotoxemic conditions. The latter may provide a morphological basis for the microvascular endothelial dysfunction associated with septic injury to organs.
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- Hideshi Okada
- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Mizuho, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Research Institute for Biotechnology, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Mizuho, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Mizuho, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Mizuho, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biofunctional Analysis, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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A patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis presented with fever, anorexia, and nausea shortly after starting oral lanthanum carbonate for phosphate control. Gastric and duodenal biopsies demonstrated diffuse histiocytosis with intracellular aggregates of basophilic foreign material. Transmission electron microscopy, an underutilized diagnostic test, revealed the nature of the aggregates as heavy metal particles, consistent with lanthanum. Symptoms and histiocytosis improved after discontinuation of lanthanum. Lanthanum may be an underdiagnosed cause of gastrointestinal histiocytosis.
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Noise alters guinea pig's blood-labyrinth barrier ultrastructure and permeability along with a decrease of cochlear Claudin-5 and Occludin. BMC Neurosci 2014; 15:136. [PMID: 25539640 PMCID: PMC4299297 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-014-0136-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background Noise exposure (NE) is a severe modern health hazard that induces hearing impairment. However, the noise-induced ultrastructural changes of blood-labyrinth barrier (BLB) and the potential involvements of tight junction proteins (TJP) remain inconclusive. We investigated the effects of NE on not only the ultrastructure of cochlea and permeability of BLB but also the expression of TJP within the guinea pig cochlea. Results Male albino guinea pigs were exposed to white noise for 4 h or 2 consecutive days (115 dB sound pressure level, 6 hours per day) and the hearing impairments and light microscopic change of BLB were evaluated with auditory brainstem responses (ABR) and the cochlear sensory epithelia surface preparation, respectively. The cochlear ultrastructure and BLB permeability after NE 2d were revealed with transmission electron microscope (TEM) and lanthanum nitrate-tracing techniques, respectively. The potential alterations of TJPs Claudin-5 and Occludin were quantified with immunohistochemistry and western blot. NE induced significant hearing impairment and NE 2d contributed to significant outer hair cell (OHC) loss that is most severe in the first row of outer hair cells. Furthermore, the loosen TJ and an obvious leakage of lanthanum nitrate particles beneath the basal lamina were revealed with TEM. Moreover, a dose-dependent decrease of Claudin-5 and Occludin was observed in the cochlea after NE. Conclusions All these findings suggest that both decrease of Claudin-5 and Occludin and increased BLB permeability are involved in the pathologic process of noise-induced hearing impairment; however, the causal relationship and underlying mechanisms should be further investigated. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12868-014-0136-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Nakakoshi M, Nishioka H, Katayama E. New versatile staining reagents for biological transmission electron microscopy that substitute for uranyl acetate. JOURNAL OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 2011; 60:401-7. [PMID: 22146677 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfr084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Aqueous uranyl acetate has been extensively used as a superb staining reagent for transmission electron microscopy of biological materials. However, recent regulation of nuclear fuel material severely restricts its use even for purely scientific purposes. Since uranyl salts are hazardous due to biological toxicity and remaining radioactivity, development of safe and non-radioactive substitutes is greatly anticipated. We examined two lanthanide salts, samarium triacetate and gadolinium triacetate, and found that 1-10% solution of these reagents was safe but still possess excellent capability for staining thin sections of plastic-embedded materials of animal and plant origin. Although post-fixation with osmium tetroxide was essential for high-contrast staining, post-staining with lead citrate could be eliminated if a slow-scan CCD camera is available for observation. These lanthanide salts can also be utilized as good negative-staining reagents to study supramolecular architecture of biological macromolecules. They were not as effective as a fixative of protein assembly, reflecting the non-hazardous nature of the reagents.
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- Masamichi Nakakoshi
- Division of Biomolecular Imaging, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Hua X, Zhu LP, Li R, Zhong H, Xue YF, Chen ZH. Effects of Diagnostic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound on Permeability of Placental Barrier: A Primary Study. Placenta 2009; 30:780-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2009] [Revised: 06/24/2009] [Accepted: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Belyavskaya NA. Calcium and Graviperception in Plants: Inhibitor Analysis. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60884-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lanthanum belongs to the group of elements known as "lanthanons," which also includes cerium, europium, promethium, and thulium. It is the most electropositive element of the rare earth group, is uniformly trivalent, and is similar in its chemical properties to the alkaline earth elements. The effects of this element and its compounds on cellular systems are of considerable interest because of their increasing use in industry and as a substitute or antagonist for calcium in a variety of cellular reactions. Lanthanum is also being employed extensively in studying anatomical barriers, membrane structure, and subcellular transport systems, particularly the calcium pathway.
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- T Das
- Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, India
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