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Wen C, Zhang Q, Xie F, Jiang J. Brick tea consumption and its relationship with fluorosis in Tibetan areas. Front Nutr 2022; 9:1030344. [PMID: 36583212 PMCID: PMC9792988 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1030344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Brick tea-type fluorosis (BTF) due to a high intake of brick tea is possible in Tibetan populations, and dental fluorosis (DF) and skeletal fluorosis (SF) are its primary manifestations. To determine the prevalence of DF and SF and their relationships with brick tea intake in Tibetan populations, a literature review was conducted for studies published between 1994 and 2021. The available evidence revealed that brick tea may be produced from older stems and leaves of the tea plant and that the fluoride content of brick tea exceeds the national standard. The harsh environment of the plateau has led to limited food sources for the local Tibetan people who form the habit of drinking tea leaves as a satiation solution to digest greasy food and replenish vitamins, and regular consumption of brick tea leads to excessive exposure of Tibetan residents to fluoride. Studies in Tibet showed that the prevalence of DF in children was 14.06-75.93% in different districts, and the overall pooled prevalence of DF was 26.08%. The prevalence of SF in adults was 19.90-74.77% in different Tibetan districts, and the overall pooled prevalence of SF was 33.84%. The analysis of risk factors showed that the prevalence of BTF may be related to high-altitude and different working and living conditions, and BTF in children may be associated with fluoride intake during mothers' pregnancy and lactation. With the development of bioinformatics research, gene polymorphisms were suspected to be related to susceptibility to fluorosis in Tibetan populations. The study of BTF in Tibetan people needs to be further investigated and standardized, and additional studies evaluating the pathogenesis and preventive measures of BTF are warranted.
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- Cai Wen
- Department of Oral Implantology, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,Department of VIP Dental Service, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,*Correspondence: Cai Wen, ; orcid.org/0000-0002-3400-5382
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- Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,School of Stomatology, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China,School of Stomatology, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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Pramanik S, Saha D. The genetic influence in fluorosis. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2017; 56:157-162. [PMID: 28938149 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2017.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fluorosis, caused by ingestion of excess fluoride, is endemic in at least 25 countries across the globe, China and India being the worst affected among them. Dental, skeletal and non-skeletal are the major types of fluorosis affecting millions of people in these countries. A number of genetic epidemiological studies carried out by investigators have shown the evidence for association between genetic polymorphisms in candidate genes and differences in the susceptibility pattern of different types of fluorosis among individuals living in the same community and having the same environmental exposure. These studies have pointed out that genetic variants in some candidate genes like COL1A2 (Collagen type 1 alpha 2), CTR (Calcitonin receptor gene), ESR (Estrogen receptor), COMT (Catechol-o-methyltransferase), GSTP1 (Glutathione S-transferase pi 1), MMP-2 (Matrix metallopeptidase 2), PRL (Prolactin), VDR (Vitamin D receptor) and MPO (Myeloperoxidase) could increase or decrease the risk of fluorosis among the exposed individuals in endemic areas. So, it is increasingly becoming evident that an individual's genetic background could play a major role in influencing the risk to fluorosis when other factors like specific environmental exposures including dietary patterns of fluoride intake and other nutrients remain the same. The current manuscript presents an up-to-date critical review on fluorosis, focusing mainly on the genetic association studies that have looked at the possible involvement of genetic factors in fluorosis.
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- Sreemanta Pramanik
- Kolkata Zonal Centre, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, i-8 Sector-C, East Kolkata Area Development Project, Kolkata 700107, India.
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- Kolkata Zonal Centre, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, i-8 Sector-C, East Kolkata Area Development Project, Kolkata 700107, India
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Steel HC, Anderson R. Dissociation of the PAF-receptor from NADPH oxidase and adenylate cyclase in human neutrophils results in accelerated influx and delayed clearance of cytosolic calcium. Br J Pharmacol 2002; 136:81-9. [PMID: 11976271 PMCID: PMC1762113 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The magnitude and duration of the abruptly occurring increases in cytosolic Ca2+ in human neutrophils following activation with PAF (20 and 200 nM) and FMLP (1 microM), have been compared and related to alterations in NADPH oxidase activity, membrane potential and intracellular cyclic AMP. Cytosolic Ca2+ and membrane potential were measured by spectrofluorimetry, transmembrane fluxes of Ca2+ by radiometric procedures, and NADPH oxidase activity and cyclic AMP by chemiluminescence and radioimmunoassay respectively. Activation of neutrophils with both PAF (200 nM) and FMLP (1 microM) was accompanied by an abrupt increase in cytosolic Ca2+, which was of similar magnitude for each activator (393+/-9 and 378+/-17 nM respectively). Unlike FMLP-activated cells in which Ca2+ was rapidly removed from the cytosol, peak levels of cytosolic Ca2+ were sustained for longer (0.14+/-0.02 vs 1.16+/-0.04 min, P<or=0.0001) and declined at a slower rate in PAF-treated neutrophils. The prolonged elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ in PAF-treated cells was due to accelerated store-operated influx of extracellular cation and was attenuated by dibutyryl cyclic AMP (4 mM), the Ca2+-chelator, EGTA (5 mM), and SKF 96365 (10 microM). In contrast to FMLP, basal levels of superoxide production and cyclic AMP were unaltered in PAF-activated neutrophils, while only moderate membrane depolarization was detected. These observations demonstrate that mechanisms which restore Ca2+ homeostasis to FMLP-activated neutrophils, viz. activation of NADPH oxidase and adenylate cyclase, are not operative in PAF-treated cells, presenting the potential hazard of Ca2+ overload and hyperactivity.
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- H C Steel
- Medical Research Council Unit for Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Immunology, Institute for Pathology, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
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Egger G, Burda A, Obernosterer A, Mitterhammer H, Kager G, Jürgens G, Hofer HP, Fabjan JS, Pilger E. Blood polymorphonuclear leukocyte activation in atherosclerosis: effects of aspirin. Inflammation 2001; 25:129-35. [PMID: 11321359 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007174723608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The aim of the study was to demonstrate an activation of polymorpho-nuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in chronic progressive atherosclerosis (ATH). A group of patients with ATH, and a group of ATH patients under aspirin (ASA) therapy were compared with control persons without atherosclerotic alterations (healthy controls). Each group comprised 15 male age-matched subjects. The following inflammatory parameters related to PMN activities were measured: the polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) blood count; blood PMN migration and reactive oxygen species release in vitro; the blood levels of PMN elastase, malondialdehyde, antibodies to oxidized LDL and soluble ICAM-1. In ATH patients, the PMN blood counts and the share of blood PMNs migrating upon platelet activating factor and leukotriene B4 stimulation were significnatly above the values of the healthy controls, while the other parameters were not significantly altered. ASA treatment attenuated the inflammatory response and reduced the differences between ATH and the healthy controls. It can be concluded that, in patients with chronic progressive atherosclerosis, PMNs are involved in the inflammatory process underlying the disease.
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- G Egger
- Institute of Pathophysiology, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria
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Hauser CJ, Fekete Z, Adams JM, Garced M, Livingston DH, Deitch EA. PAF‐mediated Ca
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- Carl J. Hauser
- Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
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Kurdowska A, Alden SM, Noble JM, Stevens MD, Carr FK. Involvement of alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor in clearance of interleukin 8-alpha-2-macroglobulin complexes by human alveolar macrophages. Cytokine 2000; 12:1046-53. [PMID: 10880251 DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1999.0640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to determine if interleukin 8 (IL-8) in complex with alpha2-macroglobulin (alpha-2-M) can be taken up by human alveolar macrophages. First, we demonstrated that human alveolar macrophages have receptors for alpha-2-M but not IL-8. The binding of(125)I-labeled alpha-2-M to the cells was specific and saturable, whereas(125)I-labeled recombinant human IL-8 (rhIL-8) did not bind to macrophages. However,(125)I-rhIL-8-alpha-2-M complexes bound to macrophages, and unlabeled alpha-2-M competed for the binding. We then cultured the cells in the presence of(125)I-rhIL-8-alpha-2-M complexes,(125)I-rhIL-8 alone or buffer for 24 h. Macrophages were lysed, and the released radioactivity measured. IL-8 concentrations in supernatants and cells were also measured using an IL-8 ELISA. When the macrophages were incubated with(125)I-rhIL-8-alpha-2-M complexes there was a significant amount of IL-8 associated with the cells. However, this was not the case when the cells were incubated with(125)I- rhIL-8 alone suggesting that only these complexes were taken-up by human alveolar macrophages. Furthermore, the clearance of complexes was specifically inhibited by a monoclonal antibody against the 515-kDa subunit of the alpha-2-M receptor (alpha-2-MR) but not by an isotopic mouse IgG1. The study shows an important clearance mechanism for IL-8 in the lung.
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- A Kurdowska
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 75708, USA.
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- M A Cassatella
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Verona, Italy
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Köller M, Hilger RA, König W. Effect of the PAF-receptor antagonist SM-12502 on human platelets. Inflammation 1996; 20:71-85. [PMID: 8926050 DOI: 10.1007/bf01487746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We analyzed the effect of the PAF receptor antagonist (+)-cis-3,5-dimethyl-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazolidin-4-one hydrochloride (SM-12502) on human platelet aggregation as well as mediator release. After incubation of human platelet with different concentrations of SM-12502 the cells were subsequently stimulated with either the Ca ionophore A23187, with human thrombin, or with an activator of heterotrimeric G-proteins, sodium fluoride (NaF, in the presence of Al3+). Preincubation of platelets with the PAF receptor antagonist led to an inhibition of 12-lipoxygenase derived 12(S)-HETE and cyclooxygenase derived 12(S)-HHT. Pretreatment of platelets with the PAF receptor antagonist SM-12502 prior to activation with the Ca ionophore A23187 or PAF also inhibited platelet aggregation. Our data clearly indicate an inhibitory effect of the new PAF receptor antagonist SM-12502 on the formation of platelet derived inflammatory mediators of the lipoxygenase pathway as well as of the cyclooxygenase pathway, and furtherone, treatment with the PAF receptor antagonist diminished platelet aggregation after subsequent specific and unspecific activation.
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MESH Headings
- 12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid/biosynthesis
- 12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid/genetics
- Aluminum/pharmacology
- Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase/metabolism
- Calcimycin/pharmacology
- Calcium/metabolism
- Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/biosynthesis
- Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/genetics
- GTP-Binding Proteins/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Humans
- Ionophores/pharmacology
- Platelet Activating Factor/physiology
- Platelet Activation/drug effects
- Platelet Aggregation/drug effects
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Sodium Fluoride/pharmacology
- Thiazoles/pharmacology
- Thiazolidines
- Thrombin/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- M Köller
- Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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