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Fang P, Zhang D, Cheng Z, Yan C, Jiang X, Kruger WD, Meng S, Arning E, Bottiglieri T, Choi ET, Han Y, Yang XF, Wang H. Hyperhomocysteinemia potentiates hyperglycemia-induced inflammatory monocyte differentiation and atherosclerosis. Diabetes 2014; 63:4275-90. [PMID: 25008174 PMCID: PMC4237991 DOI: 10.2337/db14-0809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is associated with increased diabetic cardiovascular diseases. However, the role of HHcy in atherogenesis associated with hyperglycemia (HG) remains unknown. To examine the role and mechanisms by which HHcy accelerates HG-induced atherosclerosis, we established an atherosclerosis-susceptible HHcy and HG mouse model. HHcy was established in mice deficient in cystathionine β-synthase (Cbs) in which the homocysteine (Hcy) level could be lowered by inducing transgenic human CBS (Tg-hCBS) using Zn supplementation. HG was induced by streptozotocin injection. Atherosclerosis was induced by crossing Tg-hCBS Cbs mice with apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE(-/-)) mice and feeding them a high-fat diet for 2 weeks. We demonstrated that HHcy and HG accelerated atherosclerosis and increased lesion monocytes (MCs) and macrophages (MØs) and further increased inflammatory MC and MØ levels in peripheral tissues. Furthermore, Hcy-lowering reversed circulating mononuclear cells, MC, and inflammatory MC and MC-derived MØ levels. In addition, inflammatory MC correlated positively with plasma Hcy levels and negatively with plasma s-adenosylmethionine-to-s-adenosylhomocysteine ratios. Finally, l-Hcy and d-glucose promoted inflammatory MC differentiation in primary mouse splenocytes, which was reversed by adenoviral DNA methyltransferase-1. HHcy and HG, individually and synergistically, accelerated atherosclerosis and inflammatory MC and MØ differentiation, at least in part, via DNA hypomethylation.
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- Pu Fang
- Center for Metabolic Disease Research, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Metabolic Disease Research, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Metabolic Disease Research, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China
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- Center for Metabolic Disease Research, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Metabolic Disease Research, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, TX
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- Center for Metabolic Disease Research, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China
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- Center for Metabolic Disease Research, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Metabolic Disease Research, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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Ortega M, Hanrahan G, Arceo M, Gomez FA. Application of a computational neural network to optimize the fluorescence signal from a receptor-ligand interaction on a microfluidic chip. Electrophoresis 2014; 36:393-7. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Revised: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Maria Ortega
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; California State University; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry; California Lutheran University; Thousand Oaks CA USA
- Hugh and Hazel Darling Center for Applied Scientific Computing; California Lutheran University; Thousand Oaks CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry; California Lutheran University; Thousand Oaks CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; California State University; Los Angeles CA USA
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Kim M, Lee HJ, Oh S, Kim Y, Jung H, Oh MK, Yoon YJ, Yoo TH, Yoon TS, Lee HH. Robust ZnO nanoparticle embedded memory device using vancomycin conjugate and its biorecognition for electrical charging node. Biosens Bioelectron 2014; 56:33-8. [PMID: 24462828 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Revised: 12/09/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Conjugation of antibiotic vancomycin (VAN) on nanoparticles (NPs) has recently initiated novel works in the nanobiotechnology field. In this study, a bioelectronic structure using VAN conjugated zinc oxide (ZnO) NPs as charge storing elements on metal-pentacene-insulator-silicon (MPIS) device is demonstrated. Highly specific molecular recognition between the VAN and membrane protein unit mimicked from VAN-resistant bacteria is employed as the formation mechanism of self-assembly monolayers (SAMs) of ZnO NPs. The insulator surface is modified with the VAN cognate peptide of L-Ala-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala by chemical activator coupling. Hysteretic behaviors in capacitance versus voltage (C-V) curves are obtained for the charged ZnO NPs exhibiting flatband voltage shifts, which demonstrate the charge storage on the VAN conjugated ZnO NPs. The potential perspective of this study will be a tangible progress of biomolecular electronics implemented by the interface between biomolecules and electronics.
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- Minkeun Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin 449-728, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 100-715, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin 449-728, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin 449-728, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin 449-728, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 100-715, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Ewha Womans's University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin 449-728, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin 449-728, Republic of Korea.
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Kim H, Webster C, Roberts JKM, Kositsawat J, Hung LW, Terwilliger TC, Kim CY. Enhancement of crystallization with nucleotide ligands identified by dye-ligand affinity chromatography. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 13:71-9. [PMID: 22286688 PMCID: PMC3375012 DOI: 10.1007/s10969-012-9124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ligands interacting with Mycobacterium tuberculosis recombinant proteins were identified through use of the ability of Cibacron Blue F3GA dye to interact with nucleoside/nucleotide binding proteins, and the effects of these ligands on crystallization were examined. Co-crystallization with ligands enhanced crystallization and enabled X-ray diffraction data to be collected to a resolution of atleast 2.7 Å for 5 of 10 proteins tested. Additionally, clues about individual proteins’ functions were obtained from their interactions with each of a panel of ligands.
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- Heungbok Kim
- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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Alvarado J, Hanrahan G, Nguyen HTH, Gomez FA. Implementation of a genetically tuned neural platform in optimizing fluorescence from receptor-ligand binding interactions on microchips. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:2711-7. [PMID: 22965716 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This paper describes the use of a genetically tuned neural network platform to optimize the fluorescence realized upon binding 5-carboxyfluorescein-D-Ala-D-Ala-D-Ala (5-FAM-(D-Ala)(3) ) (1) to the antibiotic teicoplanin from Actinoplanes teichomyceticus electrostatically attached to a microfluidic channel originally modified with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. Here, three parameters: (i) the length of time teicoplanin was in the microchannel; (ii) the length of time 1 was in the microchannel, thereby, in equilibrium with teicoplanin, and; (iii) the amount of time buffer was flushed through the microchannel to wash out any unbound 1 remaining in the channel, are examined at a constant concentration of 1, with neural network methodology applied to optimize fluorescence. Optimal neural structure provided a best fit model, both for the training set (r(2) = 0.985) and testing set (r(2) = 0.967) data. Simulated results were experimentally validated demonstrating efficiency of the neural network approach and proved superior to the use of multiple linear regression and neural networks using standard back propagation.
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- Judith Alvarado
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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de Ruiter R, Wennink P, Banpurkar AG, Duits MHG, Mugele F. Use of electrowetting to measure dynamic interfacial tensions of a microdrop. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:2832-2836. [PMID: 22648652 DOI: 10.1039/c2lc21036c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The adsorption of surface active species to liquid-liquid and to solid-liquid interfaces can have dramatic effects in microfluidics. In this paper we show how electrowetting on dielectric can be used to monitor a dynamic liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) with a time resolution of O(1 s) using amplitude modulation of the AC voltage. This straightforward method, which requires less than a microlitre of sample, is demonstrated for aqueous drops containing Triton X-100 surfactant on a Teflon AF-coated substrate and with heptane as the immiscible oil ambient. Under these conditions, next to extracting the oil-water IFT (γ(ow)), also the effective water-substrate IFT difference (Δγ(ws)) can be obtained from the oil-water IFT and the Young's angle. Both γ(ow) and γ(ws) decrease over time due to adsorption. The measured dynamic oil-water IFT compares well to results of pendant drop experiments.
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- Riëlle de Ruiter
- Physics of Complex Fluids, Faculty of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Yang L, Chen Z. Direct Evaluation of Ligand-Receptor Interaction by a Novel Imaging Model Based on Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticle as Ligand Probe and Molecular Imprinting Polymer as Artificial Receptor. ANAL LETT 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/00032711003783085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Lingzhi Yang
- a Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , College of Pharmacy, Wuhan University , Wuhan , China
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis , College of Pharmacy, Wuhan University , Wuhan , China
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