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Ghosh S, Devereaux MW, Orlicky DJ, Sokol RJ. Pharmacologic inhibition of HNF4α prevents parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis in mice. Sci Rep 2023; 13:7752. [PMID: 37173326 PMCID: PMC10182080 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33994-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Prolonged parenteral nutrition (PN) can lead to PN associated cholestasis (PNAC). Intestinally derived lipopolysaccharides and infused PN phytosterols lead to activation of NFκB, a key factor in PNAC. Our objective was to determine if inhibition of HNF4α could interfere with NFκB to alleviate murine PNAC. We showed that HNF4α antagonist BI6015 (20 mg/kg/day) in DSS-PN (oral DSS x4d followed by Total PN x14d) mice prevented the increased AST, ALT, bilirubin and bile acids and reversed mRNA suppression of hepatocyte Abcg5/8, Abcb11, FXR, SHP and MRP2 that were present during PNAC. Further, NFκB phosphorylation in hepatocytes and its binding to LRH-1 and BSEP promoters in liver, which are upregulated in DSS-PN mice, were inhibited by BI6015 treatment. BI6015 also prevented the upregulation in liver macrophages of Adgre1 (F4/80) and Itgam (CD11B) that occurs in DSS-PN mice, with concomitant induction of anti-inflammatory genes (Klf2, Klf4, Clec7a1, Retnla). In conclusion, HNF4α antagonism attenuates PNAC by suppressing NFκB activation and signaling while inducing hepatocyte FXR and LRH-1 and their downstream bile and sterol transporters. These data identify HNF4α antagonism as a potential therapeutic target for prevention and treatment of PNAC.
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- Swati Ghosh
- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Liver Center, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13123 E. 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Liver Center, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13123 E. 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12801, E 17th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Liver Center, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13123 E. 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Multiple Genetic Loci Associated with Pug Dog Thoracolumbar Myelopathy. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14020385. [PMID: 36833311 PMCID: PMC9957375 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020385] [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: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Pug dogs with thoracolumbar myelopathy (PDM) present with a specific clinical phenotype that includes progressive pelvic limb ataxia and paresis, commonly accompanied by incontinence. Vertebral column malformations and lesions, excessive scar tissue of the meninges, and central nervous system inflammation have been described. PDM has a late onset and affects more male than female dogs. The breed-specific presentation of the disorder suggests that genetic risk factors are involved in the disease development. To perform a genome-wide search for PDM-associated loci, we applied a Bayesian model adapted for mapping complex traits (BayesR) and a cross-population extended haplotype homozygosity test (XP-EHH) in 51 affected and 38 control pugs. Nineteen associated loci (harboring 67 genes in total, including 34 potential candidate genes) and three candidate regions under selection (with four genes within or next to the signal) were identified. The multiple candidate genes identified have implicated functions in bone homeostasis, fibrotic scar tissue, inflammatory responses, or the formation, regulation, and differentiation of cartilage, suggesting the potential relevance of these processes to the pathogenesis of PDM.
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Pan J, Purev C, Zhao H, Zhang Z, Wang F, Wendoule N, Qi G, Liu Y, Zhou H. Discovery of exercise-related genes and pathway analysis based on comparative genomes of Mongolian originated Abaga and Wushen horse. Open Life Sci 2022; 17:1269-1281. [PMID: 36249530 PMCID: PMC9518662 DOI: 10.1515/biol-2022-0487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Mongolian horses have excellent endurance and stress resistance to adapt to the cold and harsh plateau conditions. Intraspecific genetic diversity is mainly embodied in various genetic advantages of different branches of the Mongolian horse. Since people pay progressive attention to the athletic performance of horse, we expect to guide the exercise-oriented breeding of horses through genomics research. We obtained the clean data of 630,535,376,400 bp through the entire genome second-generation sequencing for the whole blood of four Abaga horses and ten Wushen horses. Based on the data analysis of single nucleotide polymorphism, we severally detected that 479 and 943 positively selected genes, particularly exercise related, were mainly enriched on equine chromosome 4 in Abaga horses and Wushen horses, which implied that chromosome 4 may be associated with the evolution of the Mongolian horse and athletic performance. Four hundred and forty genes of positive selection were enriched in 12 exercise-related pathways and narrowed in 21 exercise-related genes in Abaga horse, which were distinguished from Wushen horse. So, we speculated that the Abaga horse may have oriented genes for the motorial mechanism and 21 exercise-related genes also provided a molecular genetic basis for exercise-directed breeding of the Mongolian horse.
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- Jing Pan
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Inner Mongolia Maternal and Child Health Care Hospitaly, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Mongolia-China Joint Laboratory of Applied Molecular Biology, “Administration of the Science Park” CSTI, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Beijing 8omics Gene Technology Co. Ltd, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- Animal Husbandry Workstation of Ewenki Autonomous County, Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Bayanta Village of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station of Ewenki Autonomous County, Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Sheep Collaboration and Innovation Center, Inner Mongolia Universityy, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
- Sheep Collaboration and Innovation Center, Inner Mongolia Universityy, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Liu JY, Lin YHT, Leidal AM, Huang HH, Ye J, Wiita AP, Debnath J. GRASP55 restricts early-stage autophagy and regulates spatial organization of the early secretory network. Biol Open 2021; 10:272216. [PMID: 34533192 PMCID: PMC8524720 DOI: 10.1242/bio.058736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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There is great interest in understanding the cellular mechanisms controlling autophagy, a tightly regulated catabolic and stress-response pathway. Prior work has uncovered links between autophagy and the Golgi reassembly stacking protein of 55 kDa (GRASP55), but their precise interrelationship remains unclear. Intriguingly, both autophagy and GRASP55 have been functionally and spatially linked to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi interface, broaching this compartment as a site where GRASP55 and autophagy may intersect. Here, we uncover that loss of GRASP55 enhances LC3 puncta formation, indicating that GRASP55 restricts autophagosome formation. Additionally, using proximity-dependent biotinylation, we identify a GRASP55 proximal interactome highly associated with the ER-Golgi interface. Both nutrient starvation and loss of GRASP55 are associated with coalescence of early secretory pathway markers. In light of these findings, we propose that GRASP55 regulates spatial organization of the ER-Golgi interface, which suppresses early autophagosome formation. Summary: The Golgi protein GRASP55 restricts early-stage autophagy and regulates spatial organization of the early secretory network. We also identify a GRASP55 proximal interactome enriched at the ER-Golgi interface.
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- Jennifer Y Liu
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Xie F, Li F, Li R, Liu Z, Shi J, Zhang C, Dong N. Inhibition of PP2A enhances the osteogenic differentiation of human aortic valvular interstitial cells via ERK and p38 MAPK pathways. Life Sci 2020; 257:118086. [PMID: 32679147 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the role of PP2A in calcified aortic valve disease (CAVD). MATERIALS AND METHODS The expressions of PP2A subunits were detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and western blot in aortic valves from patients with CAVD and normal controls, the activities of PP2A were analyzed by commercial assay kit at the same time. Aortic valve calcification of mice was evaluated through histological and echocardiographic analysis. ApoE-/- mice and ApoE-/- mice injected intraperitoneally with PP2A inhibitor LB100 were fed a high-cholesterol diet for 24 weeks. Immunofluorescent staining was used to locate the cell-type in which PP2A activity was decreased, the PP2A activity of valvular interstitial cells (VICs) treated with osteogenic induction medium was assessed by western blot and commercial assay kit. After changing the activity of VICs through pharmacologic and genetic intervention, the osteoblast differentiation and mineralization were assessed by western blot and Alizarin Red staining. Finally, the mechanism was clarified by using several specific inhibitors. KEY FINDINGS PP2A activity was decreased both in calcified aortic valves and human VICs under osteogenic induction. The PP2A inhibitor LB100 aggravated the aortic valve calcification of mice. Furthermore, PPP2CA overexpression inhibited osteogenic differentiation of VICs, whereas PPP2CA knockdown promoted the process. Further study revealed that the ERK/p38 MAPKs signaling pathways mediated the osteogenic differentiation of VICs induced by PP2A inactivation. SIGNIFICANCE This study demonstrated that PP2A plays an important role in CAVD pathophysiology, PP2A activation may provide a novel strategy for the pharmacological treatment of CAVD.
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- Fei Xie
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
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McCormack R, Podack ER. Perforin-2/Mpeg1 and other pore-forming proteins throughout evolution. J Leukoc Biol 2015; 98:761-8. [PMID: 26307549 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.4mr1114-523rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Development of the ancient innate immune system required not only a mechanism to recognize foreign organisms from self but also to destroy them. Pore-forming proteins containing the membrane attack complex Perforin domain were one of the first triumphs of an innate immune system needing to eliminate microbes and virally infected cells. Membrane attack complex of complement and Perforin domain proteins is unique from other immune effector molecules in that the mechanism of attack is strictly physical and unspecific. The large water-filled holes created by membrane attack complex of complement and Perforin domain pore formation allow access for additional effectors to complete the destruction of the foreign organism via chemical or enzymatic attack. Perforin-2/macrophage-expressed protein 1 is one of the oldest membrane attack complexes of complement and Perforin domain protein involved in immune defense, and it is still functional today in vertebrates. Here, we trace the impact of Perforin-2/macrophage-expressed protein 1 from the earliest multicellular organisms to modern vertebrates, as well as review the development of other membrane attack complexes of complement and Perforin domain member proteins.
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- Ryan McCormack
- Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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Genetic regulation of bone strength: a review of animal model studies. BONEKEY REPORTS 2015; 4:714. [PMID: 26157577 DOI: 10.1038/bonekey.2015.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Population- and family-based studies have established that fragility fracture risk is heritable; yet, the genome-wide association studies published to date have only accounted for a small fraction of the known variation for fracture risk of either the femur or the lumbar spine. Much work has been carried out using animal models toward finding genetic loci that are associated with bone strength. Studies using animal models overcome some of the issues associated with using patient data, but caution is needed when interpreting the results. In this review, we examine the types of tests that have been used for forward genetics mapping in animal models to identify loci and/or genes that regulate bone strength and discuss the limitations of these test methods. In addition, we present a summary of the quantitative trait loci that have been mapped for bone strength in mice, rats and chickens. The majority of these loci co-map with loci for bone size and/or geometry and thus likely dictate strength via modulating bone size. Differences in bone matrix composition have been demonstrated when comparing inbred strains of mice, and these matrix differences may be associated with differences in bone strength. However, additional work is needed to identify loci that act on bone strength at the materials level.
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Alam I, Koller DL, Cañete T, Blázquez G, López-Aumatell R, Martínez-Membrives E, Díaz-Morán S, Tobeña A, Fernández-Teruel A, Stridh P, Diez M, Olsson T, Johannesson M, Baud A, Econs MJ, Foroud T. High-resolution genome screen for bone mineral density in heterogeneous stock rat. J Bone Miner Res 2014; 29:1619-26. [PMID: 24643965 PMCID: PMC4074219 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We previously demonstrated that skeletal mass, structure, and biomechanical properties vary considerably in heterogeneous stock (HS) rat strains. In addition, we observed strong heritability for several of these skeletal phenotypes in the HS rat model, suggesting that it represents a unique genetic resource for dissecting the complex genetics underlying bone fragility. The purpose of this study was to identify and localize genes associated with bone mineral density in HS rats. We measured bone phenotypes from 1524 adult male and female HS rats between 17 and 20 weeks of age. Phenotypes included dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurements for bone mineral content and areal bone mineral density (aBMD) for femur and lumbar spine (L3-L5), and volumetric BMD measurements by CT for the midshaft and distal femur, femur neck, and fifth lumbar vertebra (L5). A total of 70,000 polymorphic single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) distributed throughout the genome were selected from genotypes obtained from the Affymetrix rat custom SNPs array for the HS rat population. These SNPs spanned the HS rat genome with a mean linkage disequilibrium coefficient between neighboring SNPs of 0.95. Haplotypes were estimated across the entire genome for each rat using a multipoint haplotype reconstruction method, which calculates the probability of descent for each genotyped locus from each of the eight founder HS strains. The haplotypes were tested for association with each bone density phenotype via a mixed model with covariate adjustment. We identified quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for BMD phenotypes on chromosomes 2, 9, 10, and 13 meeting a conservative genomewide empiric significance threshold (false discovery rate [FDR] = 5%; p < 3 × 10(-6)). Importantly, most QTLs were localized to very small genomic regions (1-3 megabases [Mb]), allowing us to identify a narrow set of potential candidate genes including both novel genes and genes previously shown to have roles in skeletal development and homeostasis.
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- Imranul Alam
- Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma deBarcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma deBarcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma deBarcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma deBarcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma deBarcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma deBarcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Neuroimmunolgy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, S171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Neuroimmunolgy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, S171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Neuroimmunolgy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, S171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Neuroimmunolgy Unit, Karolinska Institutet, S171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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- Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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Farshadpour F, Roepman P, Hordijk GJ, Koole R, Slootweg PJ. A gene expression profile for non-smoking and non-drinking patients with head and neck cancer. Oral Dis 2012; 18:178-83. [PMID: 22035108 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2011.01861.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A small subset of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are non-smoking and non-drinking and have distinct clinical characteristics. We aimed to identify a possible different genetic profile for these patients when compared with their smoking and drinking counterparts. MATERIALS AND METHODS The gene expression data previously detected from primary tumors located in the oral cavity and oropharynx, using DNA microarray was analyzed for their differential expression between non-smoking and non-drinking patients (n = 15) and smoking and drinking patients (n = 89). Student's T-test (P < 0.05) and 10-fold cross-validation procedure (100 times repeated) were performed to determine differentially expressed genes. RESULTS Non-smoking and non-drinking patients were older, mostly female and had oral cavity-localized tumors, whereas smoking and drinking patients were younger male patients with 81% oral cavity and 19% oropharynx tumors. A set of 49 differentially expressed genes were detected. Among others, seven genes related to interferon-γ were upregulated and two genes linked to NFKB pathway were downregulated. CONCLUSIONS Differentially expressed genes in non-smoking and non-drinking patients possibly indicate the presence of a different cellular response to carcinogenic events in these patients. Further studies are warranted to validate this gene set and explore possible therapeutic implications to improve prognosis for these patients.
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- F Farshadpour
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Alam I, Koller DL, Sun Q, Roeder RK, Cañete T, Blázquez G, López-Aumatell R, Martínez-Membrives E, Vicens-Costa E, Mont C, Díaz S, Tobeña A, Fernández-Teruel A, Whitley A, Strid P, Diez M, Johannesson M, Flint J, Econs MJ, Turner CH, Foroud T. Heterogeneous stock rat: a unique animal model for mapping genes influencing bone fragility. Bone 2011; 48:1169-77. [PMID: 21334473 PMCID: PMC3078968 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2011.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Revised: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Previously, we demonstrated that skeletal mass, structure and biomechanical properties vary considerably among 11 different inbred rat strains. Subsequently, we performed quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis in four inbred rat strains (F344, LEW, COP and DA) for different bone phenotypes and identified several candidate genes influencing various bone traits. The standard approach to narrowing QTL intervals down to a few candidate genes typically employs the generation of congenic lines, which is time consuming and often not successful. A potential alternative approach is to use a highly genetically informative animal model resource capable of delivering very high resolution gene mapping such as Heterogeneous stock (HS) rat. HS rat was derived from eight inbred progenitors: ACI/N, BN/SsN, BUF/N, F344/N, M520/N, MR/N, WKY/N and WN/N. The genetic recombination pattern generated across 50 generations in these rats has been shown to deliver ultra-high even gene-level resolution for complex genetic studies. The purpose of this study is to investigate the usefulness of the HS rat model for fine mapping and identification of genes underlying bone fragility phenotypes. We compared bone geometry, density and strength phenotypes at multiple skeletal sites in HS rats with those obtained from five of the eight progenitor inbred strains. In addition, we estimated the heritability for different bone phenotypes in these rats and employed principal component analysis to explore relationships among bone phenotypes in the HS rats. Our study demonstrates that significant variability exists for different skeletal phenotypes in HS rats compared with their inbred progenitors. In addition, we estimated high heritability for several bone phenotypes and biologically interpretable factors explaining significant overall variability, suggesting that the HS rat model could be a unique genetic resource for rapid and efficient discovery of the genetic determinants of bone fragility.
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- Imranul Alam
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Rose AE, Poliseno L, Wang J, Clark M, Pearlman A, Wang G, Vega Y Saenz de Miera EC, Medicherla R, Christos PJ, Shapiro R, Pavlick A, Darvishian F, Zavadil J, Polsky D, Hernando E, Ostrer H, Osman I. Integrative genomics identifies molecular alterations that challenge the linear model of melanoma progression. Cancer Res 2011; 71:2561-71. [PMID: 21343389 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-2958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Superficial spreading melanoma (SSM) and nodular melanoma (NM) are believed to represent sequential phases of linear progression from radial to vertical growth. Several lines of clinical, pathologic, and epidemiologic evidence suggest, however, that SSM and NM might be the result of independent pathways of tumor development. We utilized an integrative genomic approach that combines single nucleotide polymorphism array (6.0; Affymetrix) with gene expression array (U133A 2.0; Affymetrix) to examine molecular differences between SSM and NM. Pathway analysis of the most differentially expressed genes between SSM and NM (N = 114) revealed significant differences related to metabolic processes. We identified 8 genes (DIS3, FGFR1OP, G3BP2, GALNT7, MTAP, SEC23IP, USO1, and ZNF668) in which NM/SSM-specific copy number alterations correlated with differential gene expression (P < 0.05; Spearman's rank). SSM-specific genomic deletions in G3BP2, MTAP, and SEC23IP were independently verified in two external data sets. Forced overexpression of metabolism-related gene MTAP (methylthioadenosine phosphorylase) in SSM resulted in reduced cell growth. The differential expression of another metabolic-related gene, aldehyde dehydrogenase 7A1 (ALDH7A1), was validated at the protein level by using tissue microarrays of human melanoma. In addition, we show that the decreased ALDH7A1 expression in SSM may be the result of epigenetic modifications. Our data reveal recurrent genomic deletions in SSM not present in NM, which challenge the linear model of melanoma progression. Furthermore, our data suggest a role for altered regulation of metabolism-related genes as a possible cause of the different clinical behavior of SSM and NM.
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- Amy E Rose
- Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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