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Giri RP, Chowdhury S, Mukhopadhyay MK, Chakrabarti A, Sanyal MK. Ganglioside GM1 Drives Hemin and Protoporphyrin Adsorption in Phospholipid Membranes: A Structural Study. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:2745-2754. [PMID: 38447189 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c08239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Monosialoganglioside (GM1), a ubiquitous component of lipid rafts, and hemin, an integral part of heme proteins such as hemoglobin, are essential to the cell membranes of brain neurons and erythrocyte red blood cells for regulating cellular communication and oxygen transport. Protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) and its derivative hemin, on the contrary, show significant cytotoxic effects when in excess causing hematological diseases, such as thalassemia, anemia, malaria, and neurodegeneration. However, the in-depth molecular etiology of their interactions with the cell membrane has so far been poorly understood. Herein, the structure of the polymer cushion-supported lipid bilayer (SLB) of the binary mixture of phospholipid and GM1 in the presence of PPIX and its derivative hemin has been investigated to predict the molecular interactions in model phospholipid membranes. A high-resolution synchrotron-based X-ray scattering technique has been employed to explore the out-of-plane structure of the assembly at different compositions and concentrations. The structural changes have been complemented with the isobaric changes in the mean molecular area obtained from the Langmuir monolayer isotherm to predict the additive-induced membrane condensation and fluidization. PPIX-induced fluidization of phospholipid SLB without GM1 was witnessed, which was reversed to condensation with 2-fold higher structural changes in the presence of GM1. A hemin concentration-dependent linear condensing effect was observed in the pristine SLB. The effect was significantly reduced, and the linearity was observed to be lost in the mixed SLB containing GM1. Our study shows that GM1 alters the interaction of hemin and PPIX with the membrane, which could be explained with the aid of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions. Our study indicates favorable and unfavorable interactions of GM1 with PPIX and hemin, respectively, in the membrane. The observed structural changes in both SLB and the underlying polymer cushion layer lead to the proposal of a molecule-specific interaction model that can benefit the pharmaceutical industries specialized for drug designing. Our study potentially enriches our fundamental biophysical understanding of neurodegenerative diseases and drug-membrane interactions.
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- Rajendra P Giri
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, India
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, India
- School of Biological Sciences, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute, Narendrapur, Kolkata 700103, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, India
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Giri RP, Mukhopadhyay MK, Sanyal MK, Bose D, Chakrabarti A, Quan P, Bu W, Lin B. Structural Flexibility of Proteins Dramatically Alters Membrane Stability─A Novel Aspect of Lipid-Protein Interaction. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:11430-11437. [PMID: 36468973 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Protein isoforms are structural variants with changes in the overall flexibility predominantly at the tertiary level. For membrane associated proteins, such structural flexibility or rigidity affects membrane stability by playing modulatory roles in lipid-protein interaction. Herein, we investigate the protein chain flexibility mediated changes in the mechanistic behavior of phospholipid model membranes in the presence of two well-known isoforms, erythroid (ER) and nonerythroid (NER) spectrin. We show dramatic alterations of membrane elasticity and stability induced by spectrin in the Langmuir monolayers of phosphatidylocholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) by a combination of isobaric relaxation, surface pressure-area isotherm, X-ray scattering, and microscopy measurements. The NER spectrin drives all monolayers to possess an approximately equal stability, and that required 25-fold increase and 5-fold decrease of stability in PC and PE monolayers, respectively. The untilting transition of the PC membrane in the presence of NER spectrin observed in X-ray measurements can explain better membrane packing and stability.
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- Rajendra P Giri
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
- Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24118Kiel, Germany
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
- School of Biological Sciences, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute, Narendrapur, Kolkata700103, India
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- NSF's ChemMatCARS, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois60637, United States
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- NSF's ChemMatCARS, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois60637, United States
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- NSF's ChemMatCARS, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois60637, United States
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Dutta S, Bose D, Ghosh S, Chakrabarti A. Spectrin: an alternate target for cytoskeletal drugs. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022:1-12. [PMID: 35994328 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2109063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Cytoskeletal drugs having enormous therapeutic potential act on the cytoskeletal components like actin, tubulin either by promoting polymerization or destabilizing the same. Here we present the interaction of the popular cytoskeletal drugs such as taxol, latrunculin and cytochalasin with spectrin, a huge protein with multi domains that forms the cytoskeletal network. Particularly, the actin binding domain of spectrin regulates the dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton. We followed the binding of these drugs to its actin binding domain and intact spectrin as well. These drugs bind with moderate affinity (Kb ∼ 104 M-1) and the interaction with actin binding domain is entropy driven and hydrophobic in nature as determined by Van't Hoff plot. The docking studies and molecular dynamics simulations further corroborate the experimental findings. Particularly the higher binding constants in the case of latrunculin and cytochalasin to the actin binding domain of spectrin suggest the binding sites are presumably located in its actin binding domain.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Sansa Dutta
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.,Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Bose D, Aggarwal S, Das D, Narayana C, Chakrabarti A. Erythroid spectrin binding modulates peroxidase and catalase activity of heme proteins. IUBMB Life 2022; 74:474-487. [DOI: 10.1002/iub.2607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Dipayan Bose
- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai India
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bengaluru India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata India
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bengaluru India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai India
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Pal S, Bose D, Chakrabarti A, Chattopadhyay A. Comparative Analysis of Tryptophan Dynamics in Spectrin and Its Constituent Domains: Insights from Fluorescence. J Phys Chem B 2021; 126:1045-1053. [PMID: 34845910 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c08600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Spectrin is a cytoskeletal protein ubiquitous in metazoan cells that acts as a liaison between the plasma membrane and the cellular interior and imparts mechanical stability to the plasma membrane. Spectrin is known to be highly dynamic, with an appreciable degree of torsional and segmental mobility. In this context, we have earlier utilized the red edge excitation shift (REES) approach to report the retention of restricted solvation dynamics and local structure in the vicinity of spectrin tryptophans on urea denaturation and loss of spectrin secondary structure. As a natural progression of our earlier work, in this work, we carried out a biophysical dissection of tryptophan solvation and rotational dynamics in spectrin and its constituent domains, in order to trace the origin of local structure retention observed in denatured spectrin. Our results show that the ankyrin binding domain (and, to a lesser extent, the β-tetramerization domain) is capable of retention of local structure, similar to that observed for intact spectrin. However, all α-chain domains studied exhibit negligible retention of local structure on urea denaturation. Such a stark chain-specific retention of local structure could originate from the fact that the β-chain domains possess specialized functions, where conservation of local (structural) integrity may be a prerequisite for optimum cellular function. To the best of our knowledge, these observations represent one of the first systematic biophysical dissections of spectrin dynamics in terms of its constituent domains and add to emerging literature on comprehensive domain-based analysis of spectrin organization, dynamics, and function.
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- Sreetama Pal
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094, India
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Mishra A, Mishra K, Bose D, Chakrabarti A, Das PK. Thermodynamics of adsorption of alcohol dehydrogenase on the gold nanoparticle surface: a model based analysis versus direct measurement. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:24365-24376. [PMID: 34676852 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03897d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Characterization of the nanoparticle protein corona has gained tremendous importance lately. The parameters which quantitatively establish a specific nanoparticle-protein interaction need to be measured accurately since good quality data are necessary for the elucidation of the underlying mechanism and accurate molecular dynamics simulation. Here, we have employed surface sensitive second harmonic light scattering (SHLS) for investigating the adsorption of a tetrameric protein, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH, Saccharomyces cerevisiae 147 kDa), on 16 nm, 27 nm, 41 nm, and 69 nm citrate capped gold nanoparticles (GNPs) in aqueous phosphate buffer at pH 7. We have extracted the binding constant, number of ADH bound per GNP, Gibbs free energy (ΔG°) from the decay of the second harmonic scattered signal as a function of protein concentration using a modified version of the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The data obtained were checked with another technique, dynamic light scattering, using the same modified Langmuir model (MLM). While the binding constants measured by the two methods are in agreement, the number of ADH bound to each GNP obtained by the two methods varies a lot. In order to further probe this binding independent of a model fitting, we used an orthogonal fluorescence assay which measures the number of ADH bound to a GNP directly, and no model-fitting is necessary. We then used temperature dependent SHLS to measure the heat of adsorption (ΔH°) and entropy (ΔS°) for ADH-GNP corona formation. We found that the equilibrium binding constant (Kb) obtained from SHLS is of the order of 109 M-1 and the formation of the GNP-ADH corona is spontaneous with ΔG° ∼ -55 kJ mol-1. However, the adsorption is modestly endothermic, accompanied by a large increase in entropy. Stated differently, GNP-ADH corona formation is entropically driven. This is perhaps due to the tremendous disruption of the water structure at the negatively charged interface upon the arrival of the protein within the bonding distance to it. We believe that the SHLS technique is highly sensitive and reliable, at very low concentrations of both nanoparticles and proteins, for the quantitative estimation of the thermodynamic parameters of nanoparticle-protein corona formation, where many other techniques may fall short.
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- Akriti Mishra
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Div., Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Div., Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
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Fernandes GS, Spiers A, Vaidya N, Zhang Y, Sharma E, Holla B, Heron J, Hickman M, Murthy P, Chakrabarti A, Basu D, Subodh BN, Singh L, Singh R, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Kumaran K, Krishnaveni G, Kuriyan R, Kurpad S, Barker GJ, Bharath RD, Desrivieres S, Purushottam M, Orfanos DP, Toledano MB, Schumann G, Benegal V. Adverse childhood experiences and substance misuse in young people in India: results from the multisite cVEDA cohort. BMC Public Health 2021; 21:1920. [PMID: 34686158 PMCID: PMC8539836 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11892-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increases vulnerability to externalising disorders such as substance misuse. The study aims to determine the prevalence of ACEs and its association with substance misuse. METHODS Data from the Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalising Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA) in India was used (n = 9010). ACEs were evaluated using the World Health Organisation (WHO) Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire whilst substance misuse was assessed using the WHO Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test. A random-effects, two-stage individual patient data meta-analysis explained the associations between ACEs and substance misuse with adjustments for confounders such as sex and family structure. RESULTS 1 in 2 participants reported child maltreatment ACEs and family level ACEs. Except for sexual abuse, males report more of every individual childhood adversity and are more likely to report misusing substances compared with females (87.3% vs. 12.7%). In adolescents, family level ACEs (adj OR 4.2, 95% CI 1.5-11.7) and collective level ACEs (adj OR 6.6, 95% CI 1.4-31.1) show associations with substance misuse whilst in young adults, child level ACEs such as maltreatment show similar strong associations (adj OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.1-3.5). CONCLUSION ACEs such as abuse and domestic violence are strongly associated with substance misuse, most commonly tobacco, in adolescent and young adult males in India. The results suggest enhancing current ACE resilience programmes and 'trauma-informed' approaches to tackling longer-term impact of ACEs in India. FUNDING Newton Bhabha Grant jointly funded by the Medical Research Council, UK (MR/N000390/1) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR/MRC-UK/3/M/2015-NCD-I).
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- G S Fernandes
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.,Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
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- Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- ICMR-Centre on Non-Communicable Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, Manipur, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, Manipur, India
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- Rishi Valley Rural Health Centre, Madanapalle, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Rishi Valley Rural Health Centre, Madanapalle, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, India
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Ethics, St John's Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry & Department of Medical Ethics, St. John's Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK.,Department of Neuroimaging, King's College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- NeuroSpin, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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Banerjee S, Majors R, Luchian E, Chakrabarti A. Intraosseus route for thrombolysing acute stroke is safe and successful. QJM 2021; 114:324-325. [PMID: 33486524 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcab008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S Banerjee
- From the Department of Stroke Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK
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- From the Department of Stroke Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK
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- From the Department of Stroke Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK
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- From the Department of Stroke Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK
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Debnath S, Chakrabarti A. Effects of free soluble iron on thermal aggregation of hemoglobin. Biophys Chem 2020; 269:106527. [PMID: 33352336 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Aggregation of hemoglobin is implicated in the presentation of diseases like sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Hallmark of the disease being imbalance in the production of globin chains leading to aggregation of excess globin chains and aberrant hemoglobins associated with the disease, broadly categorized as hemoglobinopathy. We have studied thermal aggregation of hemoglobin at 70 °C and pH 6.5 using light scattering, flow cytometry and optical microscopy and tried to investigate effects of few abundant soluble metal ions on such aggregation. Our study indicate that only iron, both in Fe2+ and Fe3+ forms, could inhibit hemoglobin aggregation and the extent of inhibition was 60% in presence of 100 mgL-1 FeCl3. Similar effect was not seen in lysozyme aggregation. Metal ions such as, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Ni2+ also did not have any significant effects on hemoglobin aggregation. Results show this important chaperone like behavior of free iron affecting the kinetics and yield of the aggregation process which could have important consequence in the extent of severity of such hematological diseases.
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- Sushanta Debnath
- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India.
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Spectrin is a multifunctional, multi-domain protein most well known in the membrane skeleton of mature human erythrocytes. Here we review the literature on the crosstalk of the chaperone activity of spectrin with its other functionalities. We hypothesize that the chaperone activity is derived from the surface exposed hydrophobic patches present in individual "spectrin-repeat" domains and show a competition between the membrane phospholipid binding functionality and chaperone activity of spectrin. Moreover, we show that post-translational modifications such as glycation which shield these surface exposed hydrophobic patches, reduce the chaperone function. On the other hand, oligomerization which is linked to increase of hydrophobicity is seen to increase it. We note that spectrin seems to prefer haemoglobin as its chaperone client, binding with it preferentially over other denatured proteins. Spectrin is also known to interact with unstable haemoglobin variants with a higher affinity than in the case of normal haemoglobin. We propose that chaperone activity of spectrin could be important in the cellular biochemistry of haemoglobin, particularly in the context of diseases.
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- Dipayan Bose
- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India. .,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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Choudhary A, Martha SC, Chakrabarti A. Modified Method for the Solution of Dual Trigonometric Series Relations. Proc Natl Acad Sci , India, Sect A Phys Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s40010-019-00600-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chakrabarti A, Gunawardena D, Chan B, Warrier S, Mak C. P19 A 5-year retrospective audit on recurrence and resistance in breast cancer. Breast 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2020.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Patel A, Kaur H, Xess I, Michael JS, Savio J, Rudramurthy S, Singh R, Shastri P, Umabala P, Sardana R, Kindo A, Capoor MR, Mohan S, Muthu V, Agarwal R, Chakrabarti A. A multicentre observational study on the epidemiology, risk factors, management and outcomes of mucormycosis in India. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019; 26:944.e9-944.e15. [PMID: 31811914 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology, management and outcome of individuals with mucormycosis; and to evaluate the risk factors associated with mortality. METHODS We conducted a prospective observational study involving consecutive individuals with proven mucormycosis across 12 centres from India. The demographic profile, microbiology, predisposing factors, management and 90-day mortality were recorded; risk factors for mortality were analysed. RESULTS We included 465 patients. Rhino-orbital mucormycosis was the most common (315/465, 67.7%) presentation followed by pulmonary (62/465, 13.3%), cutaneous (49/465, 10.5%), and others. The predisposing factors included diabetes mellitus (342/465, 73.5%), malignancy (42/465, 9.0%), transplant (36/465, 7.7%), and others. Rhizopus species (231/290, 79.7%) were the most common followed by Apophysomyces variabilis (23/290, 7.9%), and several rare Mucorales. Surgical treatment was performed in 62.2% (289/465) of the participants. Amphotericin B was the primary therapy in 81.9% (381/465), and posaconazole was used as combination therapy in 53 (11.4%) individuals. Antifungal therapy was inappropriate in 7.6% (30/394) of the individuals. The 90-day mortality rate was 52% (242/465). On multivariate analysis, disseminated and rhino-orbital (with cerebral extension) mucormycosis, shorter duration of symptoms, shorter duration of antifungal therapy, and treatment with amphotericin B deoxycholate (versus liposomal) were independent risk factors of mortality. A combined medical and surgical management was associated with a better survival. CONCLUSIONS Diabetes mellitus was the dominant predisposing factor in all forms of mucormycosis. Combined surgical and medical management was associated with better outcomes. Several gaps surfaced in the management of mucormycosis. The rarer Mucorales identified in the study warrant further evaluation.
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- A Patel
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad, India; Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India
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- Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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Pascual-Figal D, Bao W, Senni M, Wachter R, Behlolavek J, Chakrabarti A, Noe A, Schwende H, Butylin D, Prescott M. 1410Clinical predictors of NT-proBNP response to early initiation of sacubitril/valsartan after hospitalisation for decompensated heart failure: An analysis of the TRANSITION study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
NT-proBNP has diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with heart failure (HF). Compared with enalapril, sacubitril/valsartan (S/V) significantly reduced NT-proBNP within 1 week (wk) of administration and reduced HF re-hospitalisation in patients with acute decompensated HF (ADHF) in PIONEER-HF. Identification of predictors of NT-proBNP reduction with S/V could aid prognostication following hospitalisation.
Methods
TRANSITION (NCT02661217) is an open label study in stabilised ADHF patients with HFrEF that compared S/V initiation pre- versus post-discharge (within 2 wk of discharge). Baseline NT-proBNP was measured at randomisation in both S/V groups (n=950). Clinical predictors of favourable response of NT-proBNP to S/V therapy (defined as reduction to <1000 pg/ml or >30% reduction vs. baseline) were studied at discharge, 4 wk and 10 wk post-randomisation.
Results
Median NT-proBNP at randomisation was similar in patients with S/V started pre- and post-discharge (1919 vs 1659 pg/ml). In patients receiving S/V in-hospital, NT-proBNP was reduced by 28% at discharge, compared to a 3% reduction in patients receiving optimised standard of care (between group p<0.001). A favorable response was reached in 46% vs 18% patients at discharge, 46% vs 42% at 4 weeks and 51% vs 48% at 10 weeks in pre- vs post-discharge groups. (Figure 1). Predictors of favourable NT-proBNP response to S/V at discharge were hypertension and shorter time from admission to first S/V dose. At 4 wk after randomisation, NT-proBNP was reduced similarly in patients started on S/V pre- and post-discharge. When the two S/V initiation groups were combined, predictors of favorable NT-proBNP response at 4 wk were higher initial dose of S/V (≥49/51 mg b.i.d.), higher baseline levels of NT-proBNP, de novo HF hospitalisation, ACEI/ARB naïve, lower baseline creatinine, no atrial fibrillation (AFib), no prior myocardial infarction (MI). A further reduction in NT-proBNP was seen at 10 wk post-randomisation in patients started on S/V pre- and post-discharge (38% vs 34%, between group p=0.250). Predictors of favourable NT-proBNP response to S/V were similar at 4 wk and 10 wk post-randomisation.
Conclusion
In-hospital initiation of sacubitril/valsartan shortly after stabilisation was associated with a prompt improvement of NT-proBNP already at discharge, whereas higher baseline levels of NT-proBNP, higher starting dose, absence of AFib and MI history, de novo HF and ACEI/ARB naïve status were associated with favourable NT-proBNP response in the vulnerable phase after discharge.
Acknowledgement/Funding
The TRANSITION study was funded by Novartis
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, United States of America
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- Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Heart Failure and Transplant Unit, Bergamo, Italy
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- Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, United States of America
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Bose D, Chakrabarti A. Chaperone potential of erythroid spectrin: Effects of hemoglobin interaction, macromolecular crowders, phosphorylation and glycation. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom 2019; 1867:140267. [PMID: 31470132 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.140267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Spectrin, the major protein component of the erythrocyte membrane skeleton has chaperone like activity and is known to bind membrane phospholipids and hemoglobin. We have probed the chaperone activity of spectrin in presence of hemoglobin and phospholipid SUVs of different compositions to elucidate the effect of phospholipid/hemoglobin binding on chaperone function. It is seen that spectrin displays a preference for hemoglobin over other substrates leading to a decrease in chaperone activity in presence of hemoglobin. A competition is seen to exist between phospholipid binding and chaperone function of spectrin, in a dose dependent manner with the greatest extent of decrease being seen in case of phospholipid vesicles containing aminophospholipids e.g. PS and PE which may have implications in diseases like hereditary spherocytosis where mutation in spectrin is implicated in its detachment from cell membrane. To gain a clearer understanding of the chaperone like activity of spectrin under in-vivo like conditions we have investigated the effect of macromolecular crowders as well as phosphorylation and glycation states on chaperone activity. It is seen that the presence of non-specific, protein and non-protein macromolecular crowders do not appreciably affect chaperone function. Phosphorylation also does not affect the chaperone function unlike glycation which progressively diminishes chaperone activity. We propose a model where chaperone clients adsorb onto spectrin's surface and processes that bind to and occlude these surfaces decrease chaperone activity.
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- Dipayan Bose
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India.
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Bose D, Chakrabarti A. Localizing the chaperone activity of erythroid spectrin. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2019; 76:383-397. [DOI: 10.1002/cm.21556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Dipayan Bose
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology DivisionSaha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology DivisionSaha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai India
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Draper CF, Duisters K, Weger B, Chakrabarti A, Harms AC, Brennan L, Hankemeier T, Goulet L, Konz T, Martin FP, Moco S, van der Greef J. Publisher Correction: Menstrual cycle rhythmicity: metabolic patterns in healthy women. Sci Rep 2019; 9:5797. [PMID: 30940838 PMCID: PMC6445828 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41392-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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- C F Draper
- Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Lausanne, Switzerland. .,Division of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- University College Dublin, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Bose D, Chakrabarti A. Probing the Chaperone Activity of Erythroid Spectrin. Biophys J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.1059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Sehgal IS, Dhooria S, Choudhary H, Aggarwal AN, Garg M, Chakrabarti A, Agarwal R. Monitoring treatment response in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: role of clinical, spirometric and immunological markers. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019; 25:1157.e1-1157.e7. [PMID: 30685498 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The treatment response in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is usually assessed based on the improvement in clinical and imaging findings. Herein, we evaluate serum Aspergillus fumigatus-specific IgG, serum galactomannan, weight change, and lung function for assessing treatment response in subjects with CPA. METHODS We categorized treatment response as favourable (improved or stable clinical response with radiologically improved or stable disease) or unfavourable (worsening of symptoms or radiological progression) after 6 months of treatment with antifungal azoles. We measured A. fumigatus-specific IgG, serum galactomannan, weight, and lung function at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months in those with favourable and unfavourable treatment response. RESULTS One hundred and twenty-six consecutive treatment-naïve subjects (53.2% (67/126) males; mean ± SD age, 42.3 ± 14.7 years) with CPA were included. One hundred and six and 20 were classified as having favourable and unfavourable response, respectively. After 6 months of treatment, the decline in serum A. fumigatus-specific IgG (n = 119) was similar in those with favourable or unfavourable response (mean ± SD, -26.3 ± 45.5 mgA/L vs. -3.4 ± 65.6 mgA/L; p 0.20). There was no significant change in the serum galactomannan (favourable vs. unfavourable: mean ± SD, -0.11 ± 2.8 vs. -0.62 ± 2; p 0.92) or FEV1 (favourable vs. unfavourable: mean ± SD, 24 ± 250 mL vs. -62 ± 154 mL; p 0.19) after 6 months of treatment. There was significant loss of weight (mean ± SD, -2.5 ± 4.5 kg) in subjects with unfavourable response. CONCLUSION Serum A. fumigatus-specific IgG and serum galactomannan inconsistently decrease following treatment and may not be useful indicators for monitoring treatment response in CPA. Similarly, there is little change in pulmonary function following treatment. A gain in body weight is seen in those with favourable response.
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- I S Sehgal
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
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Rotjanapan P, Chen YC, Chakrabarti A, Li RY, Rudramurthy SM, Yu J, Kung HC, Watcharananan S, Tan AL, Saffari SE, Tan BH. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of invasive mould infections: A multicenter, retrospective analysis in five Asian countries. Med Mycol 2018; 56:186-196. [PMID: 28525619 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myx029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Formal, large-scale, multicenter studies of invasive mould infection (IMI) in Asia are rare. This 1-year, retrospective study was designed to assess the incidence and clinical determinants of IMI in centers in five countries (Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, China, India). Patients treated in a single year (2012) were identified through discharge diagnoses, microbiology, and histopathology logs, and entered based on published definitions of IMI. A total of 155 cases were included (median age 54 years; 47.7% male). Of these, 47.7% had proven disease; the remainder had probable IMI. The most frequent host factors were prolonged steroid use (39.4%) and recent neutropenia (38.7%). Common underlying conditions included diabetes mellitus (DM; 30.9%), acute myeloid leukemia (19.4%), and rheumatologic conditions (11.6%). DM was more common in patients with no recent history of neutropenia or prolonged steroid use (P = .006). The lung was the most frequently involved site (78.7%), demonstrating a range of features on computed tomography (CT). Aspergillus was the most common mould cultured (71.6%), primarily A. fumigatus and A. flavus, although proportions varied in different centers. The most often used antifungal for empiric therapy was conventional amphotericin. Ninety-day mortality was 32.9%. This is the first multicenter Asian study of IMI not limited to specific patient groups or diagnostic methods. It suggests that DM and rheumatologic conditions be considered as risk factors for IMI and demonstrates that IMI should not be ruled out in patients whose chest features on CT do not fit the conventional criteria.
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- P Rotjanapan
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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Velikova G, Williams LJ, Willis S, Dixon JM, Loncaster J, Hatton M, Clarke J, Kunkler IH, Russell NS, Alhasso A, Adamson D, Algurafi H, Allerton R, Anandadas C, Bahl A, Barraclough L, Barrett-Lee P, Barthakur U, Bedi C, Beresford M, Bishop J, Blackman G, Bliss P, Bloomfield D, Blunt M, Branson T, Brazil L, Brunt A, Chakrabarti A, Chittalie A, Churn M, Clarke J, Cleator S, Crellin P, Danwata F, De-Silva-Minor S, Dhadda A, Eicholz A, Fernando I, Forrest J, Fraser J, Geropantas K, Goodman A, Grieve R, Griffin M, Hadaki M, Hall A, Hatton M, Hicks J, Hignett S, Hogg M, Jyothirmayi R, Khan M, Kumar S, Lawton P, Lee D, Lewinski C, Lim C, Locke I, Loncaster J, Lumsden G, Lupton S, Magee B, Marshall J, Masinghe S, McGregor C, McLennan M, Memtsa P, Milanovic D, Misra V, Mithal N, Mukesh MB, Neal A, Needleman S, Persic M, Quigley M, Raj S, Riddle P, Ritchie D, Roberts F, Robson P, Roe H, Rolles M, Shah N, Sharma R, Sherwin E, Simmonds P, Skailles G, Skaria S, Soe W, Sripadam R, Stevens A, Stockdale A, Storey N, Storey N, Syndikus I, Thorp N, Thorp N, Upadhyay S, Varughese M, Walji N, Welch R, Wells T, Wolstenholme V, Wolstenholme V, Woodings P, Yuille F. Quality of life after postmastectomy radiotherapy in patients with intermediate-risk breast cancer (SUPREMO): 2-year follow-up results of a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol 2018; 19:1516-1529. [DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(18)30515-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Das D, Tarafdar PK, Chakrabarti A. Structure-activity relationship of heme and its analogues in membrane damage and inhibition of fusion. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:2458-2465. [PMID: 29923605 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Under pathological conditions, such as sickle cell disease and malaria, heme concentration increases considerably, and it induces membrane damage. As sickled and normal erythrocytes contain high cholesterol: phospholipid ratio, we investigated the role of lipid composition, chain length, and unsaturation on the partitioning and leakage of hemin in phospholipid vesicles. To establish structure-activity relationship in membrane damage, experiments with two other analogues, protoporphyrin-IX and hematoporphyrin (HP) were also carried out. Hemin and its analogues localize differently in membranes and exhibit distinct roles in partitioning, leakage and fusion. Hemin and HP trigger more leakage in the presence of aminophospholipids, whereas cholesterol buffers the destabilizing effect remarkably. Inhibition of fusion by hemin further suggests its unexplored and important role in membrane trafficking, particularly under diseased conditions.
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- Debashree Das
- Biophysics & Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, India
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- Crystallography& Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Giri RP, Mukhopadhyay MK, Basak UK, Chakrabarti A, Sanyal MK, Runge B, Murphy BM. Continuous Uptake or Saturation—Investigation of Concentration and Surface-Packing-Specific Hemin Interaction with Lipid Membranes. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:7547-7554. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b03327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- R. P. Giri
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany
- Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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Sarkar S, Bose D, Giri RP, Mukhopadhyay MK, Chakrabarti A. Effects of GM1 on brain spectrin-aminophospholipid interactions. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr 2018; 1861:298-305. [PMID: 29920238 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Spectrin, a major component of the membrane skeletal meshwork of metazoan cells, is implicated to associate with membrane domains and is known to act as a scaffold for stabilization and activation of different signalling modules. We have studied the effect of GM1 (monosialotetrahexosyl ganglioside), a well-known model ganglioside and a signalling moiety, on the interaction of non-erythroid brain spectrin with both saturated and unsaturated aminophospholipids by spectroscopic methods. We observe that GM1 modulates brain spectrin-aminophospholipid interaction to the greatest degree whereas its effect on erythroid spectrin is not as pronounced. Fluorescence quenching studies show that brain spectrin interacts with DMPC/DMPE-based vesicles with a 10-fold increased affinity in presence of very low amounts of 2% and 5% GM1, and the extent of quenching decreases progressively in presence of increasing amounts of GM1. Interaction of brain spectrin with unsaturated membrane systems of DOPC/DOPE weakens in presence GM1. Increase in the mean lifetime of the Trp residues of brain spectrin in presence of GM1 indicates change in the microenvironment of spectrin, without affecting the secondary structure of the protein significantly. Studies on pressure - area isotherm of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer and Brewster's angle microscopy show that GM1 has an expanding effect on the aminophospholipid monolayers, and ordered regions in DMPC/DMPE mixed monolayers are formed and are stabilized at higher pressure. GM1-induced fluidization of the phospholipid membranes and probable physical contact between bulky sugar head group of GM1 and spectrin, may explain the modulatory role of GM1 on aminophospholipid interactions with nonerythroid brain spectrin.
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- Sauvik Sarkar
- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India.
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India; Surface Physics and Material Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India; Surface Physics and Material Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India.
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India.
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Das P, Pandey P, Harishankar A, Chandy M, Bhattacharya S, Chakrabarti A. Standardization of a two-step real-time polymerase chain reaction based method for species-specific detection of medically important Aspergillus species. Indian J Med Microbiol 2018; 35:381-388. [PMID: 29063883 DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.ijmm_17_190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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PURPOSE Standardization of Aspergillus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) poses two technical challenges (a) standardization of DNA extraction, (b) optimization of PCR against various medically important Aspergillus species. Many cases of aspergillosis go undiagnosed because of relative insensitivity of conventional diagnostic methods such as microscopy, culture or antigen detection. The present study is an attempt to standardize real-time PCR assay for rapid sensitive and specific detection of Aspergillus DNA in EDTA whole blood. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three nucleic acid extraction protocols were compared and a two-step real-time PCR assay was developed and validated following the recommendations of the European Aspergillus PCR Initiative in our setup. In the first PCR step (pan-Aspergillus PCR), the target was 28S rDNA gene, whereas in the second step, species specific PCR the targets were beta-tubulin (for Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus terreus), gene and calmodulin gene (for Aspergillus niger). RESULTS Species specific identification of four medically important Aspergillus species, namely, A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. niger and A. terreus were achieved by this PCR. Specificity of the PCR was tested against 34 different DNA source including bacteria, virus, yeast, other Aspergillus sp., other fungal species and for human DNA and had no false-positive reactions. The analytical sensitivity of the PCR was found to be 102 CFU/ml. CONCLUSION The present protocol of two-step real-time PCR assays for genus- and species-specific identification for commonly isolated species in whole blood for diagnosis of invasive Aspergillus infections offers a rapid, sensitive and specific assay option and requires clinical validation at multiple centers.
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- P Das
- Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research of Fungi of Medical Importance, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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Honnavar P, Ghosh AK, Paul S, Shankarnarayan SA, Singh P, Dogra S, Chakrabarti A, Rudramurthy SM. Identification of Malassezia species by MALDI-TOF MS after expansion of database. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 92:118-123. [PMID: 30025965 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The taxonomy of Malassezia species is evolving with introduction of molecular techniques, and difficulty is faced to identify the species by phenotypic methods. Among 15 known Malassezia species, the present Bruker database could identify only 2 species. The present study was aimed to improve Matrix -assisted laser desorption ionization time-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) based identification of Malassezia species. A total of 88 isolates (DNA sequencing confirmed) for database preparation and, for the validation of database, 190 isolates confirmed by polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) were used. The main spectrum profile dendrogram showed the sufficient discrimination between all the species by MALDI-TOF MS. The updated Malassezia database could identify 94.7% and 5.3% strains to the species and genus level, respectively. MALDI-TOF MS is a significantly reliable technique, and results were comparable with PCR-RFLP with kappa value 0.9. In conclusion, MALDI-TOF MS could be a possible alternative tool to other molecular methods for rapid and accurate identification of Malassezia species.
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- P Honnavar
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
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Ullmann AJ, Aguado JM, Arikan-Akdagli S, Denning DW, Groll AH, Lagrou K, Lass-Flörl C, Lewis RE, Munoz P, Verweij PE, Warris A, Ader F, Akova M, Arendrup MC, Barnes RA, Beigelman-Aubry C, Blot S, Bouza E, Brüggemann RJM, Buchheidt D, Cadranel J, Castagnola E, Chakrabarti A, Cuenca-Estrella M, Dimopoulos G, Fortun J, Gangneux JP, Garbino J, Heinz WJ, Herbrecht R, Heussel CP, Kibbler CC, Klimko N, Kullberg BJ, Lange C, Lehrnbecher T, Löffler J, Lortholary O, Maertens J, Marchetti O, Meis JF, Pagano L, Ribaud P, Richardson M, Roilides E, Ruhnke M, Sanguinetti M, Sheppard DC, Sinkó J, Skiada A, Vehreschild MJGT, Viscoli C, Cornely OA. Diagnosis and management of Aspergillus diseases: executive summary of the 2017 ESCMID-ECMM-ERS guideline. Clin Microbiol Infect 2018; 24 Suppl 1:e1-e38. [PMID: 29544767 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 786] [Impact Index Per Article: 131.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the European Confederation of Medical Mycology and the European Respiratory Society Joint Clinical Guidelines focus on diagnosis and management of aspergillosis. Of the numerous recommendations, a few are summarized here. Chest computed tomography as well as bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in patients with suspicion of pulmonary invasive aspergillosis (IA) are strongly recommended. For diagnosis, direct microscopy, preferably using optical brighteners, histopathology and culture are strongly recommended. Serum and BAL galactomannan measures are recommended as markers for the diagnosis of IA. PCR should be considered in conjunction with other diagnostic tests. Pathogen identification to species complex level is strongly recommended for all clinically relevant Aspergillus isolates; antifungal susceptibility testing should be performed in patients with invasive disease in regions with resistance found in contemporary surveillance programmes. Isavuconazole and voriconazole are the preferred agents for first-line treatment of pulmonary IA, whereas liposomal amphotericin B is moderately supported. Combinations of antifungals as primary treatment options are not recommended. Therapeutic drug monitoring is strongly recommended for patients receiving posaconazole suspension or any form of voriconazole for IA treatment, and in refractory disease, where a personalized approach considering reversal of predisposing factors, switching drug class and surgical intervention is also strongly recommended. Primary prophylaxis with posaconazole is strongly recommended in patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome receiving induction chemotherapy. Secondary prophylaxis is strongly recommended in high-risk patients. We strongly recommend treatment duration based on clinical improvement, degree of immunosuppression and response on imaging.
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- A J Ullmann
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital Madrid, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- The National Aspergillosis Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Mycology Reference Centre Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Manchester, UK; The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, Centre for Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Children's Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Infectious Diseases Clinic, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias - CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain; Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; Inserm 1111, French International Centre for Infectious Diseases Research (CIRI), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias - CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain; Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- Medical Clinic III, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Tenon and Sorbonne, University of Paris, Paris, France; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genoa, Italy; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, Inserm, Irset (Institut de Recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Thoracic Clinic, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Centre for Medical Microbiology, University College London, London, UK; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Clinical Mycology, Allergy and Immunology, North Western State Medical University, St Petersburg, Russia; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- International Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Leibniz Center for Medicine & Biosciences, Borstel, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Tuberculosis Unit, Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems Site, Lübeck, Germany; European Respiratory Society (ERS)
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- Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Children's Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Medicine, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, Morges, Switzerland; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Quality Unit, Pôle Prébloc, Saint-Louis and Lariboisière Hospital Group, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- The National Aspergillosis Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Mycology Reference Centre Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Manchester, UK; The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, 3rd Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece; Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Paracelsus Hospital, Osnabrück, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Institute of Microbiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department of Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Szent István and Szent László Hospital, Budapest, Hungary; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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- First Department of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Centre for Integrated Oncology, Cologne-Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino and University of Genova (DISSAL), Genova, Italy; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
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- First Department of Medicine, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; CECAD Cluster of Excellence, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Clinical Trials Center Cologne, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG); European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM); ESCMID European Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH).
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Abstract
Spectrin-based proteinaceous membrane skeletal network has been found to be implicated in membrane disorders like hereditary spherocytosis (HS). HS greatly affects eryptosis via loss of membrane asymmetry which is seen to be the case in haemoglobin disorders like thalassemia and sickle cell disease as well. The biological implications of the status of membrane asymmetry are strongly correlated to spectrin interactions with aminophospholipids, e.g. PE and PS. Fluorescence and X-ray reflectivity (XRR) measurements of spectrin interactions with small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) and cushioned bilayers of phospholipids, respectively, were studied. Both the XRR and fluorescence measurements led to the characterization of spectrin orientation on the surface of lipid bilayer of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and PC/aminophospholipid mixed membrane systems showing formation of a uniform layer of spectrin on top of the mixed phospholipid bilayer. Fluorescence studies show that spectrin interacts with PC and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)/phosphatidylserine (PS) membranes with binding dissociation constants (Kd) in the nanomolar range indicating the role of spectrin in the maintenance of the overall membrane asymmetry of erythrocytes.
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- Sauvik Sarkar
- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Surface Physics & Material Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Surface Physics & Material Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India.
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Perumal G, Ayyagari A, Chakrabarti A, Kannan D, Pati S, Grewal HS, Mukherjee S, Singh S, Arora HS. Friction Stir Processing of Stainless Steel for Ascertaining Its Superlative Performance in Bioimplant Applications. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:36615-36631. [PMID: 28972737 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Substrate-cell interactions for a bioimplant are driven by substrate's surface characteristics. In addition, the performance of an implant and resistance to degradation are primarily governed by its surface properties. A bioimplant typically degrades by wear and corrosion in the physiological environment, resulting in metallosis. Surface engineering strategies for limiting degradation of implants and enhancing their performance may reduce or eliminate the need for implant removal surgeries and the associated cost. In the current study, we tailored the surface properties of stainless steel using submerged friction stir processing (FSP), a severe plastic deformation technique. FSP resulted in significant microstructural refinement from 22 μm grain size for the as-received alloy to 0.8 μm grain size for the processed sample with increase in hardness by nearly 1.5 times. The wear and corrosion behavior of the processed alloy was evaluated in simulated body fluid. The processed sample demonstrated remarkable improvement in both wear and corrosion resistance, which is explained by surface strengthening and formation of a highly stable passive layer. The methylthiazol tetrazolium assay demonstrated that the processed sample is better in supporting cell attachment, proliferation with minimal toxicity, and hemolysis. The athrombogenic characteristic of the as-received and processed samples was evaluated by fibrinogen adsorption and platelet adhesion via the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and lactate dehydrogenase assay, respectively. The processed sample showed less platelet and fibrinogen adhesion compared with the as-received alloy, signifying its high thromboresistance. The current study suggests friction stir processing to be a versatile toolbox for enhancing the performance and reliability of currently used bioimplant materials.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas , Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas , Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Special Center for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi 110067, India
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Rotjanapan P, Chen YC, Chakrabarti A, Li RY, Rudramurthy SM, Yu J, Kung HC, Watcharananan S, Tan AL, Saffari SE, Tan BH. Erratum: Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of invasive mould infections: A multicenter, retrospective analysis in five Asian countries. Med Mycol 2017; 56:387. [PMID: 29040645 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myx055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- P Rotjanapan
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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Biswal M, Rudramurthy SM, Jain N, Shamanth AS, Sharma D, Jain K, Yaddanapudi LN, Chakrabarti A. Controlling a possible outbreak of Candida auris infection: lessons learnt from multiple interventions. J Hosp Infect 2017; 97:363-370. [PMID: 28939316 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multidrug-resistant Candida auris infection has been reported from five continents in recent years. The prevalence of C. auris invasive infection has been estimated at 5.3% for intensive-care-acquired candidaemia in India. The transmission of the organism between the patients and from environment to patients is rapid. AIM To understand the intra-hospital dynamics of C. auris transmission and to determine the possible interventions to prevent its spread. METHODS Surveillance of intensive care units was carried out to assess patient colonization, environmental contamination and hand carriage of the yeast among healthcare workers. Interventions including chlorhexidine washing of patients and decontamination of environmental surfaces with stabilized hydrogen peroxide disinfectant (Ecoshield) were undertaken. We further evaluated the effectiveness of frequently used disinfectants in the hospital against C. auris on various inanimate surfaces, and its persistence on hospital fabrics. FINDINGS Three cases of C. auris bloodstream infection were detected over a period of three months. Many patients admitted at the same time, in the same area, were colonized by C. auris. Surveillance detected C. auris contamination of environmental surfaces and hands of healthcare workers. Interventions such as chlorhexidine washing and appropriate use of disinfectants could eradicate C. auris from patients and hospital environment. CONCLUSION The frequently used disinfectants in our hospital and current hand hygiene practices were efficient against C. auris if proper contact time and procedures were followed. Evaluation of possible persistence of C. auris on dry fabrics showed that they can persist for up to seven days.
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- M Biswal
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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Mishra K, Chakrabarti A, Das PK. Protein-Protein Interaction Probed by Label-free Second Harmonic Light Scattering: Hemoglobin Adsorption on Spectrin Surface as a Case Study. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:7797-7802. [PMID: 28753013 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b04503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In this article, we have studied the binding of different naturally occurring hemoglobin (Hb) variants on erythrocyte skeletal protein, spectrin surface using the label free nondestructive second harmonic light scattering (SHLS) technique in aqueous buffer. Hemoglobin variants like sickle hemoglobin (HbS) and hemoglobin E (HbE) were chosen as they associate with sickle cell disease and HbEβ-thalassemia, respectively, and their interaction with spectrin is compared with normal adult hemoglobin (HbA). The concentration dependent change in the second harmonic light intensity from nanomolar spectrin solution has been measured after addition of small aliquots of hemoglobins. From the second harmonic titration data, the binding constant is calculated using a modified Langmuir adsorption model of hemoglobin binding to the spectrin surface. Interestingly, it is found that the binding constant for HbE (13.8 × 108 M-1) is 1 order of magnitude higher than that of HbS (1.6 × 108 M-1) or HbA (2.1 × 108 M-1) which indicates higher affinity of HbE for spectrin compared to HbA and HbS. The number of the Hb molecules bound to the spectrin surface was estimated to be of the order of hundred's which is determined for the first time.
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- Kamini Mishra
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560 012, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Div., Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI , 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560 012, India
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Debnath S, Nath B, Chakrabarti A. Flow Cytometric Analysis of Protein Aggregates. Protein Pept Lett 2017; 24:969-973. [PMID: 28820064 DOI: 10.2174/0929866524666170818155030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Revised: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Misfolding of proteins often leads to aggregation. Accumulation of diverse protein aggregates in various cells, tissue and organs is the hallmark of many diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. OBJECTIVES The main objective of this study was to present a novel method of characterization of protein aggregates, associated with differential toxicity with different size and composition in vitro using flow cytometry. METHODS A Beckman Coulter Epics XL flow cytometer with argon ion laser operating at 488 nm was used for flow cytometry analysis. The voltage and the gain settings for individual channels were set at high voltage and gain for the detections of autofluorescence, fluorescence of adsorbed Congo red, forward scattering (FSC) and side scattering (SSC) intensities from the aggregates of proteins and nanoparticles. Each sample was analyzed to characterize and quantify the number of aggregates with a limit of maximum 20,000 events. The flow cytometry data were analyzed using Flowing software version 2.5.1 and Origin 8.0. RESULTS Autofluorescence and scattering intensities could distinguish between amyloid and nonamyloid aggregates. Dot plots of both side scattering (SSC) and forward scattering (FSC) intensities also showed characteristic fingerprint of both the types of aggregates when compared with those of well known nanoparticles of oxides of Fe and Cu. CONCLUSION This work reports a novel, simple and robust flow cytometric method of characterization of protein aggregates of different size and composition which would find wider application in characterization of biomolecular aggregates, in general.
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- Sushanta Debnath
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata. India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata. India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata. India
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Goel G, Chandy M, Bhattacharyya A, Banerjee S, Chatterjee S, Mullick S, Sinha S, Sengupta K, Dhar K, Bhattacharya S, Rudramurthy S, Chakrabarti A. Mortality associated with candidemia in non-neutropenic cancer patients is not less compared to a neutropenic cohort of cancer patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 36:2533-2535. [PMID: 28801726 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-3078-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- G Goel
- Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, 14 Major Arterial Road (E-W), New Town, Kolkata, 700 156, India
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Gastro-intestinal and Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Critical Care, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Statistics, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, 14 Major Arterial Road (E-W), New Town, Kolkata, 700 156, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, 14 Major Arterial Road (E-W), New Town, Kolkata, 700 156, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, 14 Major Arterial Road (E-W), New Town, Kolkata, 700 156, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Molecular chaperones are one of the key players in protein biology and as such their structure and mechanism of action have been extensively studied. However the substrate specificity of molecular chaperones has not been well investigated. This review aims to summarize what is known about the substrate specificity and substrate recognition motifs of chaperones so as to better understand what substrate specificity means in the context of molecular chaperones. Available literature shows that the majority of chaperones have broad substrate range and recognize non-native conformations of proteins depending on recognition of hydrophobic and/or charged patches. Based on these recognition motifs chaperones can select for early, mid or late folding intermediates. Another major contributor to chaperone specificity are the co-chaperones they interact with as well as the sub-cellular location they are expressed in and the inducability of their expression. Some chaperones which have only one or a few known substrates are reported. In their case the mode of recognition seems to be specific structural complementarity between chaperone and substrate. It can be concluded that the vast majority of chaperones do not show a high degree of specificity but recognize elements that signal non-native protein conformation and their substrate range is modulated by the context they function in. However a few chaperones are known that display exquisite specificity of their substrate e.g. mammalian heat shock protein 47 collagen interaction. © 2017 IUBMB Life, 69(9):647-659, 2017.
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- Dipayan Bose
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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We demonstrate that kinetic aggregation forms superaggregates that have structures identical to static percolation aggregates, and these superaggregates appear as a separate phase in the size distribution. Diffusion limited cluster-cluster aggregation (DLCA) simulations were performed to yield fractal aggregates with a fractal dimension of 1.8 and superaggregates with a fractal dimension of D=2.5 composed of these DLCA supermonomers. When properly normalized to account for the DLCA fractal nature of their supermonomers, these superaggregates have the exact same monomer packing fraction, scaling law prefactor, and scaling law exponent (the fractal dimension) as percolation aggregates; these are necessary and sufficient conditions for same structure. The size distribution remains monomodal until these superaggregates form to alter the distribution. Thus the static percolation and the kinetic descriptions of gelation are now unified.
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- W R Heinson
- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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Giri RP, Chakrabarti A, Mukhopadhyay MK. Cholesterol-Induced Structural Changes in Saturated Phospholipid Model Membranes Revealed through X-ray Scattering Technique. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:4081-4090. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b12587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Rajendra P. Giri
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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Risslegger B, Zoran T, Lackner M, Aigner M, Sánchez-Reus F, Rezusta A, Chowdhary A, Taj-Aldeen SJ, Arendrup MC, Oliveri S, Kontoyiannis DP, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Lagrou K, Lo Cascio G, Meis JF, Buzina W, Farina C, Drogari-Apiranthitou M, Grancini A, Tortorano AM, Willinger B, Hamprecht A, Johnson E, Klingspor L, Arsic-Arsenijevic V, Cornely OA, Meletiadis J, Prammer W, Tullio V, Vehreschild JJ, Trovato L, Lewis RE, Segal E, Rath PM, Hamal P, Rodriguez-Iglesias M, Roilides E, Arikan-Akdagli S, Chakrabarti A, Colombo AL, Fernández MS, Martin-Gomez MT, Badali H, Petrikkos G, Klimko N, Heimann SM, Houbraken J, Uzun O, Edlinger M, Fuente SDL, Lass-Flörl C. A prospective international Aspergillus terreus survey: an EFISG, ISHAM and ECMM joint study. Clin Microbiol Infect 2017; 23:776.e1-776.e5. [PMID: 28412383 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES A prospective international multicentre surveillance study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and amphotericin B susceptibility of Aspergillus terreus species complex infections. METHODS A total of 370 cases from 21 countries were evaluated. RESULTS The overall prevalence of A. terreus species complex among the investigated patients with mould-positive cultures was 5.2% (370/7116). Amphotericin B MICs ranged from 0.125 to 32 mg/L, (median 8 mg/L). CONCLUSIONS Aspergillus terreus species complex infections cause a wide spectrum of aspergillosis and the majority of cryptic species display high amphotericin B MICs.
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- B Risslegger
- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Microbiologia, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, IIS Aragon, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Microbiology Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Statens Serum Institute, Unit of Mycology, & Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e virologia, Dipartimento di Patologia e diagnostica, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Microbiology Institute, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, 4(th) Department of Internal Medicine, ATTIKON University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratorio Centrale di Analisi Chimico Cliniche e Microbiologia, IRCCS Foundation, Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Mycology Reference Laboratory, Public Health England, Bristol, UK
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine, F 68, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Reference Medical Mycology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Department I of Internal Medicine, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Centre for Integrated Oncology (CIO Köln-Bonn), German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, ATTIKON University Hospital Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, Wels, Austria
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, Microbiology Division, Turin, Italy
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- Department I for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne and German Centre for Infection Research, Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Germany
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- A.O.U. Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele Catania, Biometec - University of Catania, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc and University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Clinical Microbiology, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, 3(rd) Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Mycology, Department of Medial Microbiology, Chandigarh, India
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- Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departmento de Micología, Instituto de Medicina Regional, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, CONICET, Resistencia, Argentina
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- Division of Clinical Mycology, Department of Microbiology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology/Invasive Fungi Research Centre, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Clinical Mycology, Allergy and Immunology, North Western State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department I for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Ernest Lluch Martin, Calatayud, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Bose D, Patra M, Chakrabarti A. Effect of pH on stability, conformation, and chaperone activity of erythroid & non-erythroid spectrin. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom 2017; 1865:694-702. [PMID: 28373029 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Spectrin, a major component of the eukaryotic membrane skeleton, has been shown to have chaperone like activity. Here we investigate the pH induced changes in the structure and stability of erythroid and brain spectrin by spectroscopic methods. We also correlate these changes with modulations of chaperone potential at different pH. We have followed the pH induced structural changes by circular dichroism spectroscopy and intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence. It is seen that lowering the pH from 9 has little effect on structure of the proteins till about pH6. At pH4, there is significant change of the secondary structure of the proteins, along with a 5nm hypsochromic shift of the emission maxima. Below pH4 the proteins undergo acid denaturation. Probing exposed hydrophobic patches on the proteins using protein-bound 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonate fluorescence demonstrates that there is higher solvent accessibility of hydrophobic surfaces in both forms of spectrin at around pH4. Dynamic light scattering and 90° light scattering studies show that the both forms of spectrin forms oligomers at pH~4. Chemical unfolding data shows that these oligomers are less stable than the tetrameric form. Aggregation studies with BSA show that at pH4, both spectrins exhibit better chaperone activity. This enhancement of chaperone like activity appears to result from an increase in regions of solvent-exposed hydrophobicity and oligomeric state of the spectrins which in turn are induced by moderately acid pH. This may have in-vivo implications in cells facing stress conditions where cytoplasmic pH is lowered.
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- Dipayan Bose
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India.
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Rudramurthy SM, Singh G, Hallur V, Verma S, Chakrabarti A. High fungal spore burden with predominance of Aspergillus in hospital air of a tertiary care hospital in Chandigarh. Indian J Med Microbiol 2017; 34:529-532. [PMID: 27934837 DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.195359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The prevalence of fungal spores in the hospital air is essential to understand the hospital-acquired fungal infections. Air conditioners (ACs) used in hospitals may either reduce spores in air or be colonised by fungi and aid in its dissemination. The present study was conducted to assess the fungal spore burden in AC and non-AC areas. We found a high fungal spore count in air irrespective of whether the area was AC or non-AC. The most predominant species isolated were Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigatus. Such high concentrations of pathogenic fungi in air may predispose individuals to develop disease.
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- S M Rudramurthy
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Gawandi S, Gangawane S, Chakrabarti A, Kedare S, Bantwal K, Wadhe V, Kulkarni A, Kulkarni S, Rajan MGR. A Study of Microalbuminuria (MAU) and Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) Levels in Diabetic and Hypertensive Subjects. Indian J Clin Biochem 2017; 33:81-85. [PMID: 29371774 DOI: 10.1007/s12291-017-0638-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The prevalence of non-communicable diseases like diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) is growing worldwide. Both lead to nephropathy if not controlled effectively. Microalbuminuria (MAU) is recognized as an early predictor for nephropathy. Additionally, the timely detection of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is also considered to be an important prognostic factor for diabetic nephropathies. Hence, screening for the early detection of MAU and AGEs would be an useful and relatively inexpensive laboratory test for early clinical diagnosis for the incidence of nephropathy in these diseases. This study was conducted in DM, HTN and pregnancy induced hypertensive (PIH) subjects. MAU and Nε-Carboxymethyllysine (CML) levels were estimated by in-house RIA kits in the patient groups and controls, while the total AGEs level in serum was determined by ELISA. The levels of MAU, CML and AGE-BSA were observed to be significantly higher in DM, HTN and PIH subjects compared to controls (p < 0.001). Increased serum CML and AGEs levels in DM, HTN and PIH subjects indicated ongoing glycemic damage and their susceptibility to develop renal complications.
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- S Gawandi
- 1Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
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- 2Medical Division, BARC, Mumbai, India
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- 2Medical Division, BARC, Mumbai, India
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- 2Medical Division, BARC, Mumbai, India
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- 1Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
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- 1Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
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Das D, Samanta D, Bhattacharya A, Basu A, Das A, Ghosh J, Chakrabarti A, Das Gupta C. A Possible Role of the Full-Length Nascent Protein in Post-Translational Ribosome Recycling. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170333. [PMID: 28099529 PMCID: PMC5242463 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Each cycle of translation initiation in bacterial cell requires free 50S and 30S ribosomal subunits originating from the post-translational dissociation of 70S ribosome from the previous cycle. Literature shows stable dissociation of 70S from model post-termination complexes by the concerted action of Ribosome Recycling Factor (RRF) and Elongation Factor G (EF-G) that interact with the rRNA bridge B2a/B2b joining 50S to 30S. In such experimental models, the role of full-length nascent protein was never considered seriously. We observed relatively slow release of full-length nascent protein from 50Sof post translation ribosome, and in that process, its toe prints on the rRNA in vivo and in in vitro translation with E.coli S30 extract. We reported earlier that a number of chemically unfolded proteins like bovine carbonic anhydrase (BCA), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), lysozyme, ovalbumin etc., when added to free 70Sin lieu of the full length nascent proteins, also interact with identical RNA regions of the 23S rRNA. Interestingly the rRNA nucleotides that slow down release of the C-terminus of full-length unfolded protein were found in close proximity to the B2a/B2b bridge. It indicated a potentially important chemical reaction conserved throughout the evolution. Here we set out to probe that conserved role of unfolded protein conformation in splitting the free or post-termination 70S. How both the RRF-EFG dependent and the plausible nascent protein–EFG dependent ribosome recycling pathways might be relevant in bacteria is discussed here.
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- Debasis Das
- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
- Department of Microbiology, Raidighi College, Raidighi, 24 Parganas (S), West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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Wutz D, Gluhacevic D, Chakrabarti A, Schmidtkunz K, Robaa D, Erdmann F, Romier C, Sippl W, Jung M, König B. Photochromic histone deacetylase inhibitors based on dithienylethenes and fulgimides. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:4882-4896. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob00976c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The synthesis, photochromic properties, inhibition of different HDACs and corresponding molecular dockings of photochromic inhibitors are described.
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- D. Wutz
- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Regensburg
- 93053 Regensburg
- Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Regensburg
- 93053 Regensburg
- Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- University of Freiburg
- 79104 Freiburg
- Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- University of Freiburg
- 79104 Freiburg
- Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
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- Département de Biologie Structurale Intégrative
- Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC)
- Université de Strasbourg (UDS)
- CNRS
- INSERM
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg
- 06120 Halle/Saale
- Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- University of Freiburg
- 79104 Freiburg
- Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Regensburg
- 93053 Regensburg
- Germany
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Dhal A, Mukherjee G, Bhattacharjee M, Naik V, Mukhopadhyay S, Pandit D, Pal S, Mondal D, Karmakar P, Roy T, Asgar M, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharyya S, Bhattacharya C, Banerjee S, Chakrabarti A. Decay measurements of 43K( β−) 43Ca by HRS and TAS. EPJ Web Conf 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714610013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Chakrabarti A, Feger D, Boehmer K, Umber S, Birkle M, Siedentopf O, Ehlert J. Analysis of the combinatorial effect of cisplatin and VE-821 on a large panel of tumor cell lines. Eur J Cancer 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)32743-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Patra M, Mandal M, Chakrabarti A, Mukhopadhyay C. Localization and dynamics of the anticarcinogenic curcumin with GM 1 and other miceller assemblies. Glycoconj J 2016; 34:171-179. [PMID: 27866299 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-016-9748-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Structural transitions involving shape changes play an important role in cellular physiology and enhance the bioavailability of the natural food like curcumin in surfactant aggregates. In this work, we have studied the localization, dynamics and stability of curcumin in various miceller assemblies using a combination of absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopic approaches. The measurements of absorption and fluorescence spectra of curcumin revealed that the nature of interactions of ionic and nonionic surfactants and the glycosphingolipid, GM1 with curcumin is significantly different with surfactant concentrations. At low concentrations of SDS and the GM1 the head group of SDS and GM1 binds to the central β-diketone group of curcumin to form SDS-curcumin or GM1-curcumin complexes. At high concentrations, both formed micelles with curcumin completely solubilized inside. Cucurmin is solubilized in the stern layer of SDS micelles. Compared to spherical micelles, rod shaped micelles allow more curcumin to bind through hydrophobic interactions indicated by higher absorption and fluorescence, enhanced partition coefficient and stability. Whereas curcumin associates with GM1 micelles with lower partition coefficient, solubility and remain closer to aqueous phase decreasing its bioavailability and stability. While cucurmin is solubilized in the palisade layer of deoxycholate and octyl glucopyranoside micelles through the alkyl chains providing more hydrophobic microenvironment to curcumin with enhanced stability and bioavailability. Graphical abstract Schematic diagram of the two different types of detergent micelles and larger GM1 micelles.
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- Malay Patra
- Chemistry Department, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700009, India
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- Chemistry Department, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700009, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, 700064, India.
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Thangaraju P, Singh H, Chakrabarti A. Regorafenib: A novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor: A brief review of its therapeutic potential in the treatment of metastatic colorectal carcinoma and advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Indian J Cancer 2016; 52:257-60. [PMID: 26905101 DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.176690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Regorafenib is a novel oral multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor having both antitumor and anti-angiogenic activities. Regorafenib was recently approved by US Food and Drug Administration in February 25, 2013 in the treatment for patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor and for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma after disease progression or intolerance to imatinib mesylate and sunitinib therapy. Oral regorafenib demonstrates a high level of efficacy with acceptable tolerability with the 160 mg daily for 3 weeks followed by 1 week off schedule; a continuous schedule could be of interest. Hypertension, mucositis, hand foot skin reaction, diarrhea and asthenia are the most common side-effects. Regardless of these encouraging results, studies investigating, adjuvant and neoadjuvant settings are awaited, as well as trials using regorafenib in combination with chemotherapy or other targeted therapies. Clinical trials investigating regorafenib in other tumor types are ongoing.
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- Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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A new application of second harmonic light scattering to probe protein physisorption on a gold nanoparticle surface in aqueous buffer is reported. The free energies of adsorption, the number of protein molecules adsorbed on the surface and the binding affinity of a moderate size protein, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), and a small protein, insulin, have been determined using the change in the second harmonic scattered light signal as a function of binding. Four different size gold nanoparticles from 15 to 60 nm were used to determine the effect of size on the free energy change, the affinity constant and the number of protein molecules adsorbed on the surface. All were shown to increase with an increase in size. The binding can be reversed by centrifugation, and the protein molecules can be desorbed quantitatively. The application of this method for studying thermodynamic parameters of weakly interacting biomolecules with nanoparticles for nanoparticle based diagnostic and therapeutic formulations is important.
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- A Das
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
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Chatterjee T, Halder S, Chakravarty A, Chakravarty S, Chakrabarti A. A FACS Based Case Study on Two HbE-β Thalassaemia Members of a Family, Having Similar Mutational Background. Scientifica (Cairo) 2016; 2016:3181937. [PMID: 27195173 PMCID: PMC4852363 DOI: 10.1155/2016/3181937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this report we have tried to explain the reasons behind the difference in the pattern of transfusion requirement between two members of a family with similar β-globin mutation. The father and younger son both are HbE-β, but the father never had transfusion, whereas the younger son takes transfusion monthly. Mother and the elder son are HbEE without any history of transfusion. β-globin mutations of all family members were determined by ARMS-PCR. These were reconfirmed by direct sequencing of β-globin gene. Father and younger son were found to be Cod 26 (G-A)/IVS 1-5 (G-C), whereas mother and elder son were found to be Cod 26 (G-A)/Cod 26 (G-A). XmnI sequencing also revealed that all members of the family were CC. Then, flow cytometry study of red blood cells (RBCs) was performed to measure the oxidative stress of the RBCs. This study was also done on the light and dense fractions of the RBC population of the father and younger son. It was seen that the younger son suffers severe oxidative stress, which can be explained by his higher transfusion requirement. From our work, we have established the importance of taking oxidative stress of RBCs into consideration to explain the clinical manifestation and progression of haemoglobin related diseases like thalassaemia.
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- Tridip Chatterjee
- Department of Human Genetics, Institute of Genetic Medicine and Genomic Science, 30A Thakurhat Road, Kolkata 700128, India
- Institute of Genetic Engineering, 30 Thakurhat Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700128, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Department of Human Genetics, Institute of Genetic Medicine and Genomic Science, 30A Thakurhat Road, Kolkata 700128, India
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- Institute of Genetic Engineering, 30 Thakurhat Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700128, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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