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Luneau JS, Baudin M, Quiroz Monnens T, Carrère S, Bouchez O, Jardinaud M, Gris C, François J, Ray J, Torralba B, Arlat M, Lewis JD, Lauber E, Deutschbauer AM, Noël LD, Boulanger A. Genome-wide identification of fitness determinants in the Xanthomonas campestris bacterial pathogen during early stages of plant infection. New Phytol 2022; 236:235-248. [PMID: 35706385 PMCID: PMC9543026 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Plant diseases are an important threat to food production. While major pathogenicity determinants required for disease have been extensively studied, less is known on how pathogens thrive during host colonization, especially at early infection stages. Here, we used randomly barcoded-transposon insertion site sequencing (RB-TnSeq) to perform a genome-wide screen and identify key bacterial fitness determinants of the vascular pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv campestris (Xcc) during infection of the cauliflower host plant (Brassica oleracea). This high-throughput analysis was conducted in hydathodes, the natural entry site of Xcc, in xylem sap and in synthetic media. Xcc did not face a strong bottleneck during hydathode infection. In total, 181 genes important for fitness were identified in plant-associated environments with functional enrichment in genes involved in metabolism but only few genes previously known to be involved in virulence. The biological relevance of 12 genes was independently confirmed by phenotyping single mutants. Notably, we show that XC_3388, a protein with no known function (DUF1631), plays a key role in the adaptation and virulence of Xcc possibly through c-di-GMP-mediated regulation. This study revealed yet unsuspected social behaviors adopted by Xcc individuals when confined inside hydathodes at early infection stages.
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- Julien S. Luneau
- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- Plant Gene Expression Center, USDAAlbanyCA94710USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA94720USA
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- Genotoul Genome & Transcriptome (GeT‐PlaGe), INRAE31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology DivisionLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyCA94720USA
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- Plant Gene Expression Center, USDAAlbanyCA94710USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA94720USA
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- Department of Plant and Microbial BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA94720USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology DivisionLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyCA94720USA
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSUniversité Paul Sabatier31320Castanet‐TolosanFrance
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Luneau JS, Noël LD, Lauber E, Boulanger A. A β-glucuronidase (GUS) Based Bacterial Competition Assay to Assess Fine Differencesin Fitness during Plant Infection. Bio Protoc 2022; 12:e3776. [PMID: 35991161 PMCID: PMC9382408 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Competition assays are a simple phenotyping strategy that confront two bacterial strains to evaluate their relative fitness. Because they are more accurate than single-strain growth assays, competition assays can be used to highlight slight differences that would not otherwise be detectable. In the frame of host-pathogens interactions, they can be very useful to study the contribution of individual bacterial genes to bacterial fitness and lead to the identification of new adaptive traits. Here, we describe how to perform such competition assays by taking the example of the model phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris during infection of the mesophyll of its cauliflower host. This phenotypic assay is based on the use of a Competitive Index (CI) that compares the relative abundance of co-inoculated strains before and after inoculation. Since multiplication is a direct proxy for bacterial fitness, the evolution of the ratio between both strains in the mixed population is a direct way to assess differences in fitness in a given environment. In this protocol, we exploit the blue staining of GUS-expressing bacteria to count blue vs. white colonies on plates and estimate the competitiveness of the strains of interest in plant mesophyll.
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- Julien S. Luneau
- Laboratory of Plant-Microbes Interactions, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, UPS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratory of Plant-Microbes Interactions, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, UPS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratory of Plant-Microbes Interactions, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, UPS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratory of Plant-Microbes Interactions, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, UPS, Castanet-Tolosan, France,
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Luneau JS, Cerutti A, Roux B, Carrère S, Jardinaud M, Gaillac A, Gris C, Lauber E, Berthomé R, Arlat M, Boulanger A, Noël LD. Xanthomonas transcriptome inside cauliflower hydathodes reveals bacterial virulence strategies and physiological adaptations at early infection stages. Mol Plant Pathol 2022; 23:159-174. [PMID: 34837293 PMCID: PMC8743013 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is a seed-transmitted vascular pathogen causing black rot disease on cultivated and wild Brassicaceae. Xcc enters the plant tissues preferentially via hydathodes, which are organs localized at leaf margins. To decipher both physiological and virulence strategies deployed by Xcc during early stages of infection, the transcriptomic profile of Xcc was analysed 3 days after entry into cauliflower hydathodes. Despite the absence of visible plant tissue alterations and despite a biotrophic lifestyle, 18% of Xcc genes were differentially expressed, including a striking repression of chemotaxis and motility functions. The Xcc full repertoire of virulence factors had not yet been activated but the expression of the HrpG regulon composed of 95 genes, including genes coding for the type III secretion machinery important for suppression of plant immunity, was induced. The expression of genes involved in metabolic adaptations such as catabolism of plant compounds, transport functions, sulphur and phosphate metabolism was upregulated while limited stress responses were observed 3 days postinfection. We confirmed experimentally that high-affinity phosphate transport is needed for bacterial fitness inside hydathodes. This analysis provides information about the nutritional and stress status of bacteria during the early biotrophic infection stages and helps to decipher the adaptive strategy of Xcc to the hydathode environment.
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- Julien S. Luneau
- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
- Present address:
Brice Roux, HalioDx, Luminy Biotech EntreprisesMarseille Cedex 9France
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Université Paul SabatierCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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Hsieh ML, Boulanger A, Knipling LG, Hinton DM. Combining Gel Retardation and Footprinting to Determine Protein-DNA Interactions of Specific and/or Less Stable Complexes. Bio Protoc 2020; 10:e3843. [PMID: 33659492 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3843] [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: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA footprinting is a classic technique to investigate protein-DNA interactions. However, traditional footprinting protocols can be unsuccessful or difficult to interpret if the binding of the protein to the DNA is weak, the protein has a fast off-rate, or if several different protein-DNA complexes are formed. Our protocol differs from traditional footprinting protocols, because it provides a method to isolate the protein-DNA complex from a native gel after treatment with the footprinting agent, thus removing the bound DNA from the free DNA or other protein-DNA complexes. The DNA is then extracted from the isolated complex before electrophoresis on a sequencing gel to determine the footprinting pattern. This analysis provides a possible solution for those who have been unable to use traditional footprinting methods to determine protein-DNA contacts.
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- Meng-Lun Hsieh
- Gene Expression and Regulation Section, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Section, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Section, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Section, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Jacques MA, Arlat M, Boulanger A, Boureau T, Carrère S, Cesbron S, Chen NWG, Cociancich S, Darrasse A, Denancé N, Fischer-Le Saux M, Gagnevin L, Koebnik R, Lauber E, Noël LD, Pieretti I, Portier P, Pruvost O, Rieux A, Robène I, Royer M, Szurek B, Verdier V, Vernière C. Using Ecology, Physiology, and Genomics to Understand Host Specificity in Xanthomonas. Annu Rev Phytopathol 2016; 54:163-87. [PMID: 27296145 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080615-100147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [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: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
How pathogens coevolve with and adapt to their hosts are critical to understanding how host jumps and/or acquisition of novel traits can lead to new disease emergences. The Xanthomonas genus includes Gram-negative plant-pathogenic bacteria that collectively infect a broad range of crops and wild plant species. However, individual Xanthomonas strains usually cause disease on only a few plant species and are highly adapted to their hosts, making them pertinent models to study host specificity. This review summarizes our current understanding of the molecular basis of host specificity in the Xanthomonas genus, with a particular focus on the ecology, physiology, and pathogenicity of the bacterium. Despite our limited understanding of the basis of host specificity, type III effectors, microbe-associated molecular patterns, lipopolysaccharides, transcriptional regulators, and chemotactic sensors emerge as key determinants for shaping host specificity.
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- Marie-Agnès Jacques
- INRA, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), F-49071 Beaucouzé, France; , , , , ,
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- INRA, UMR 441 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France; , , , ,
- CNRS, UMR 2594 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- INRA, UMR 441 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France; , , , ,
- CNRS, UMR 2594 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Université Angers, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), F-49071 Beaucouzé, France;
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- INRA, UMR 441 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France; , , , ,
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- INRA, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), F-49071 Beaucouzé, France; , , , , ,
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- Agrocampus Ouest, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), F-49071 Beaucouzé, France;
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- CIRAD, UMR Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite (BGPI), F-34398 Montpellier, France; , , ,
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- INRA, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), F-49071 Beaucouzé, France; , , , , ,
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- INRA, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), F-49071 Beaucouzé, France; , , , , ,
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- INRA, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), F-49071 Beaucouzé, France; , , , , ,
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- IRD, CIRAD, University of Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes Environnement (IPME), F-34394 Montpellier, France; , , ,
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- IRD, CIRAD, University of Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes Environnement (IPME), F-34394 Montpellier, France; , , ,
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- INRA, UMR 441 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France; , , , ,
- CNRS, UMR 2594 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, UMR 441 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France; , , , ,
- CNRS, UMR 2594 Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- CIRAD, UMR Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite (BGPI), F-34398 Montpellier, France; , , ,
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- INRA, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), F-49071 Beaucouzé, France; , , , , ,
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- CIRAD, UMR Peuplements Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical (PVBMT), F-97410 Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France; , ,
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- CIRAD, UMR Peuplements Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical (PVBMT), F-97410 Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France; , ,
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- CIRAD, UMR Peuplements Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical (PVBMT), F-97410 Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France; , ,
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- CIRAD, UMR Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite (BGPI), F-34398 Montpellier, France; , , ,
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- IRD, CIRAD, University of Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes Environnement (IPME), F-34394 Montpellier, France; , , ,
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- IRD, CIRAD, University of Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes Environnement (IPME), F-34394 Montpellier, France; , , ,
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- CIRAD, UMR Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite (BGPI), F-34398 Montpellier, France; , , ,
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Boulanger A, Noël LD. Xanthomonas Whole Genome Sequencing: Phylogenetics, Host Specificity and Beyond. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1100. [PMID: 27470197 PMCID: PMC4945629 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Alice Boulanger
- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Paul Sabatier (UPS) Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Paul Sabatier (UPS) Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Dupoiron S, Zischek C, Ligat L, Carbonne J, Boulanger A, Dugé de Bernonville T, Lautier M, Rival P, Arlat M, Jamet E, Lauber E, Albenne C. The N-Glycan cluster from Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris: a toolbox for sequential plant N-glycan processing. J Biol Chem 2015. [PMID: 25586188 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.62459] [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] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023] Open
Abstract
N-Glycans are widely distributed in living organisms but represent only a small fraction of the carbohydrates found in plants. This probably explains why they have not previously been considered as substrates exploited by phytopathogenic bacteria during plant infection. Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, the causal agent of black rot disease of Brassica plants, possesses a specific system for GlcNAc utilization expressed during host plant infection. This system encompasses a cluster of eight genes (nixE to nixL) encoding glycoside hydrolases (GHs). In this paper, we have characterized the enzymatic activities of these GHs and demonstrated their involvement in sequential degradation of a plant N-glycan using a N-glycopeptide containing two GlcNAcs, three mannoses, one fucose, and one xylose (N2M3FX) as a substrate. The removal of the α-1,3-mannose by the α-mannosidase NixK (GH92) is a prerequisite for the subsequent action of the β-xylosidase NixI (GH3), which is involved in the cleavage of the β-1,2-xylose, followed by the α-mannosidase NixJ (GH125), which removes the α-1,6-mannose. These data, combined to the subcellular localization of the enzymes, allowed us to propose a model of N-glycopeptide processing by X. campestris pv. campestris. This study constitutes the first evidence suggesting N-glycan degradation by a plant pathogen, a feature shared with human pathogenic bacteria. Plant N-glycans should therefore be included in the repertoire of molecules putatively metabolized by phytopathogenic bacteria during their life cycle.
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- Stéphanie Dupoiron
- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and the Université de Toulouse, UPS, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and the Université de Toulouse, UPS, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Dupoiron S, Zischek C, Ligat L, Carbonne J, Boulanger A, Dugé de Bernonville T, Lautier M, Rival P, Arlat M, Jamet E, Lauber E, Albenne C. The N-Glycan cluster from Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris: a toolbox for sequential plant N-glycan processing. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:6022-36. [PMID: 25586188 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.624593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
N-Glycans are widely distributed in living organisms but represent only a small fraction of the carbohydrates found in plants. This probably explains why they have not previously been considered as substrates exploited by phytopathogenic bacteria during plant infection. Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, the causal agent of black rot disease of Brassica plants, possesses a specific system for GlcNAc utilization expressed during host plant infection. This system encompasses a cluster of eight genes (nixE to nixL) encoding glycoside hydrolases (GHs). In this paper, we have characterized the enzymatic activities of these GHs and demonstrated their involvement in sequential degradation of a plant N-glycan using a N-glycopeptide containing two GlcNAcs, three mannoses, one fucose, and one xylose (N2M3FX) as a substrate. The removal of the α-1,3-mannose by the α-mannosidase NixK (GH92) is a prerequisite for the subsequent action of the β-xylosidase NixI (GH3), which is involved in the cleavage of the β-1,2-xylose, followed by the α-mannosidase NixJ (GH125), which removes the α-1,6-mannose. These data, combined to the subcellular localization of the enzymes, allowed us to propose a model of N-glycopeptide processing by X. campestris pv. campestris. This study constitutes the first evidence suggesting N-glycan degradation by a plant pathogen, a feature shared with human pathogenic bacteria. Plant N-glycans should therefore be included in the repertoire of molecules putatively metabolized by phytopathogenic bacteria during their life cycle.
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- Stéphanie Dupoiron
- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and the Université de Toulouse, UPS, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and the Université de Toulouse, UPS, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA and CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France, and
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- From the Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherches en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Moulin DE, Boulanger A, Clark AJ, Clarke H, Dao T, Finley GA, Furlan A, Gilron I, Gordon A, Morley-Forster PK, Sessle BJ, Squire P, Stinson J, Taenzer P, Velly A, Ware MA, Weinberg EL, Williamson OD. Pharmacological management of chronic neuropathic pain: revised consensus statement from the Canadian Pain Society. Pain Res Manag 2014; 19:328-35. [PMID: 25479151 PMCID: PMC4273712 DOI: 10.1155/2014/754693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neuropathic pain (NeP), redefined as pain caused by a lesion or a disease of the somatosensory system, is a disabling condition that affects approximately two million Canadians. OBJECTIVE To review the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews related to the pharmacological management of NeP to develop a revised evidence-based consensus statement on its management. METHODS RCTs, systematic reviews and existing guidelines on the pharmacological management of NeP were evaluated at a consensus meeting in May 2012 and updated until September 2013. Medications were recommended in the consensus statement if their analgesic efficacy was supported by at least one methodologically sound RCT (class I or class II) showing significant benefit relative to placebo or another relevant control group. Recommendations for treatment were based on the degree of evidence of analgesic efficacy, safety and ease of use. RESULTS Analgesic agents recommended for first-line treatments are gabapentinoids (gabapentin and pregabalin), tricyclic antidepressants and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors. Tramadol and controlled-release opioid analgesics are recommended as second-line treatments for moderate to severe pain. Cannabinoids are now recommended as third-line treatments. Recommended fourth-line treatments include methadone, anticonvulsants with lesser evidence of efficacy (eg, lamotrigine, lacosamide), tapentadol and botulinum toxin. There is support for some analgesic combinations in selected NeP conditions. CONCLUSIONS These guidelines provide an updated, stepwise approach to the pharmacological management of NeP. Treatment should be individualized for each patient based on efficacy, side-effect profile and drug accessibility, including cost. Additional studies are required to examine head-to-head comparisons among analgesics, combinations of analgesics, long-term outcomes and treatment of pediatric, geriatric and central NeP.
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- DE Moulin
- Correspondence: Dr Dwight Moulin, Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Victoria Hospital, 800 Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario N6A 5W9. Telephone 519-685-8661, fax 519-685-8636, e-mail
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Chen Q, Boulanger A, Hinton DM, Stibitz S. Strong inhibition of fimbrial 3 subunit gene transcription by a novel downstream repressive element in Bordetella pertussis. Mol Microbiol 2014; 93:748-58. [PMID: 24963821 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The Bvg-regulated promoters for the fimbrial subunit genes fim2 and fim3 of Bordetella pertussis behave differently from each other both in vivo and in vitro. In vivo Pfim2 is significantly stronger than Pfim3 , even though predictions based on the DNA sequences of BvgA-binding motifs and core promoter elements would indicate the opposite. In vitro Pfim3 demonstrated robust BvgA∼P-dependent transcriptional activation, while none was seen with Pfim2 . This apparent contradiction was investigated further. By swapping sequence elements we created a number of hybrid promoters and assayed their strength in vivo. We found that, while Pfim3 promoter elements upstream of the +1 transcriptional start site do indeed direct Bvg-activated transcription more efficiently than those of Pfim2 , the overall promoter strength of Pfim3 in vivo is reduced due to sequences downstream of +1 that inhibit transcription more than 250-fold. This element, the DRE (downstream repressive element), was mapped to the 15 bp immediately downstream of the Pfim3 +1. Placing the DRE in different promoter contexts indicated that its activity was not specific to fim promoters, or even to Bvg-regulated promoters. However it does appear to be specific to Bordetella species in that it did not function in Escherichia coli.
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- Qing Chen
- Division of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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Déjean G, Blanvillain-Baufumé S, Boulanger A, Darrasse A, de Bernonville TD, Girard AL, Carrére S, Jamet S, Zischek C, Lautier M, Solé M, Büttner D, Jacques MA, Lauber E, Arlat M. The xylan utilization system of the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv campestris controls epiphytic life and reveals common features with oligotrophic bacteria and animal gut symbionts. New Phytol 2013; 198:899-915. [PMID: 23442088 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Xylan is a major structural component of plant cell wall and the second most abundant plant polysaccharide in nature. Here, by combining genomic and functional analyses, we provide a comprehensive picture of xylan utilization by Xanthomonas campestris pv campestris (Xcc) and highlight its role in the adaptation of this epiphytic phytopathogen to the phyllosphere. The xylanolytic activity of Xcc depends on xylan-deconstruction enzymes but also on transporters, including two TonB-dependent outer membrane transporters (TBDTs) which belong to operons necessary for efficient growth in the presence of xylo-oligosaccharides and for optimal survival on plant leaves. Genes of this xylan utilization system are specifically induced by xylo-oligosaccharides and repressed by a LacI-family regulator named XylR. Part of the xylanolytic machinery of Xcc, including TBDT genes, displays a high degree of conservation with the xylose-regulon of the oligotrophic aquatic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus. Moreover, it shares common features, including the presence of TBDTs, with the xylan utilization systems of Bacteroides ovatus and Prevotella bryantii, two gut symbionts. These similarities and our results support an important role for TBDTs and xylan utilization systems for bacterial adaptation in the phyllosphere, oligotrophic environments and animal guts.
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- Guillaume Déjean
- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, UMR 1345, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), 42 rue Georges Morel, 49071, Beaucouzé CEDEX 01, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, UMR 1345, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), 42 rue Georges Morel, 49071, Beaucouzé CEDEX 01, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Institut für Biologie, Bereich Genetik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Bereich Genetik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- INRA, UMR 1345, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), 42 rue Georges Morel, 49071, Beaucouzé CEDEX 01, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, F-31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Boulanger A, Chen Q, Hinton DM, Stibitz S. In vivo phosphorylation dynamics of the Bordetella pertussis virulence-controlling response regulator BvgA. Mol Microbiol 2013; 88:156-72. [PMID: 23489959 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have used protein electrophoresis through polyacrylamide gels derivatized with the proprietary ligand Phos-tag™ to separate the response regulator BvgA from its phosphorylated counterpart BvgA∼P. This approach has allowed us to readily ascertain the degree of phosphorylation of BvgA in in vitro reactions, or in crude lysates of Bordetella pertussis grown under varying laboratory conditions. We have used this technique to examine the kinetics of BvgA phosphorylation after shift of B. pertussis cultures from non-permissive to permissive conditions, or of its dephosphorylation following a shift from permissive to non-permissive conditions. Our results provide the first direct evidence that levels of BvgA∼P in vivo correspond temporally to the expression of early and late BvgA-regulated virulence genes. We have also examined a number of other aspects of BvgA function predicted from previous studies and by analogy with other two-component response regulators. These include the site of BvgA phosphorylation, the exclusive role of the cognate BvgS sensor kinase in its phosphorylation in Bordetella pertussis, and the effect of the T194M mutation on phosphorylation. We also detected the phosphorylation of a small but consistent fraction of BvgA purified after expression in Escherichia coli.
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- Alice Boulanger
- Gene Expression and Regulation Section, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Chen Q, Boulanger A, Hinton DM, Stibitz S. Separation and Detection of Phosphorylated and Nonphosphorylated BvgA, a Bordetella pertussis Response Regulator, in vivo and in vitro. Bio Protoc 2013; 3:e970. [PMID: 27747260 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/02/2022] Open
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Protein phosphorylation plays a central role in signal transduction in bacteria. However, separation and detection of the phosphorylated protein from its nonphosphorylated form remain challenging. Here we describe a method to detect phosphorylation of the Bordetella pertussis response regulator BvgA, which is phosphorylated at an aspartate residue (Boulanger et al., 2013). This method is based on the proprietary adduct, Phos-tag™, a dinuclear metal complex, which together with Zn2+ or Mn2+, forms a complex with a phosphomonoesterdianion, such as the phosphorylated aspartate of a response regulator (Barbieri and Stock, 2008; Kinoshita and Kinoshita-Kikuta, 2011). For in vivo detection, B. pertussis cells are lysed in mild formic acid at 4 °C to minimize the disruption of the phospho-aspartate bond, and the phosphorylated BvgA is separated from its nonphosphorylated form by electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) containing Phos-tag™. Both forms of BvgA are subsequently detected by Western Blot analysis. Quantification of the level of phosphorylated BvgA formed after treatment with acetyl phosphate in vitro is also easily accomplished. Thus, this technique allows one to readily assess the levels of BvgA phosphorylation in B. pertussis and in E. coli under different laboratory conditions in vivo or after phosphorylation under varying reaction conditions in vitro (this research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NIDDK).
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- Qing Chen
- Center For Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Moulin DE, Clark AJ, Gilron I, Ware MA, Watson CPN, Sessle BJ, Coderre T, Morley-Forster PK, Stinson J, Boulanger A, Peng P, Finley GA, Taenzer P, Squire P, Dion D, Cholkan A, Gilani A, Gordon A, Henry J, Jovey R, Lynch M, Mailis-Gagnon A, Panju A, Rollman GB, Velly A. Pharmacological management of chronic neuropathic pain - consensus statement and guidelines from the Canadian Pain Society. Pain Res Manag 2007; 12:13-21. [PMID: 17372630 PMCID: PMC2670721 DOI: 10.1155/2007/730785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [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: 01/03/2023]
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Neuropathic pain (NeP), generated by disorders of the peripheral and central nervous system, can be particularly severe and disabling. Prevalence estimates indicate that 2% to 3% of the population in the developed world suffer from NeP, which suggests that up to one million Canadians have this disabling condition. Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological management of NeP are therefore urgently needed. Randomized, controlled trials, systematic reviews and existing guidelines focusing on the pharmacological management of NeP were evaluated at a consensus meeting. Medications are recommended in the guidelines if their analgesic efficacy was supported by at least one methodologically sound, randomized, controlled trial showing significant benefit relative to placebo or another relevant control group. Recommendations for treatment are based on degree of evidence of analgesic efficacy, safety, ease of use and cost-effectiveness. Analgesic agents recommended for first-line treatments are certain antidepressants (tricyclics) and anticonvulsants (gabapentin and pregabalin). Second-line treatments recommended are serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors and topical lidocaine. Tramadol and controlled-release opioid analgesics are recommended as third-line treatments for moderate to severe pain. Recommended fourth-line treatments include cannabinoids, methadone and anticonvulsants with lesser evidence of efficacy, such as lamotrigine, topiramate and valproic acid. Treatment must be individualized for each patient based on efficacy, side-effect profile and drug accessibility, including cost. Further studies are required to examine head-to-head comparisons among analgesics, combinations of analgesics, long-term outcomes, and treatment of pediatric and central NeP.
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- D E Moulin
- University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Blanvillain S, Meyer D, Boulanger A, Lautier M, Guynet C, Denancé N, Vasse J, Lauber E, Arlat M. Plant carbohydrate scavenging through tonB-dependent receptors: a feature shared by phytopathogenic and aquatic bacteria. PLoS One 2007; 2:e224. [PMID: 17311090 PMCID: PMC1790865 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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TonB-dependent receptors (TBDRs) are outer membrane proteins mainly known for the active transport of iron siderophore complexes in Gram-negative bacteria. Analysis of the genome of the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), predicts 72 TBDRs. Such an overrepresentation is common in Xanthomonas species but is limited to only a small number of bacteria. Here, we show that one Xcc TBDR transports sucrose with a very high affinity, suggesting that it might be a sucrose scavenger. This TBDR acts with an inner membrane transporter, an amylosucrase and a regulator to utilize sucrose, thus defining a new type of carbohydrate utilization locus, named CUT locus, involving a TBDR for the transport of substrate across the outer membrane. This sucrose CUT locus is required for full pathogenicity on Arabidopsis, showing its importance for the adaptation to host plants. A systematic analysis of Xcc TBDR genes and a genome context survey suggested that several Xcc TBDRs belong to other CUT loci involved in the utilization of various plant carbohydrates. Interestingly, several Xcc TBDRs and CUT loci are conserved in aquatic bacteria such as Caulobacter crescentus, Colwellia psychrerythraea, Saccharophagus degradans, Shewanella spp., Sphingomonas spp. or Pseudoalteromonas spp., which share the ability to degrade a wide variety of complex carbohydrates and display TBDR overrepresentation. We therefore propose that TBDR overrepresentation and the presence of CUT loci designate the ability to scavenge carbohydrates. Thus CUT loci, which seem to participate to the adaptation of phytopathogenic bacteria to their host plants, might also play a very important role in the biogeochemical cycling of plant-derived nutrients in marine environments. Moreover, the TBDRs and CUT loci identified in this study are clearly different from those characterized in the human gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, which allow glycan foraging, suggesting a convergent evolution of TBDRs in Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes.
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- Servane Blanvillain
- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: (EL); (MA)
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR2594/441, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: (EL); (MA)
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Boulanger A, Francez-Charlot A, Conter A, Castanié-Cornet MP, Cam K, Gutierrez C. Multistress regulation in Escherichia coli: expression of osmB involves two independent promoters responding either to sigmaS or to the RcsCDB His-Asp phosphorelay. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:3282-6. [PMID: 15838058 PMCID: PMC1082829 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.9.3282-3286.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transcription of the Escherichia coli osmB gene is induced by several stress conditions. osmB is expressed from two promoters, osmBp1 and osmBp2. The downstream promoter, osmBp2, is induced after osmotic shock or upon entry into stationary phase in a sigma(S)-dependent manner. The upstream promoter, osmBp1, is independent of sigma(S) and is activated by RcsB, the response regulator of the His-Asp phosphorelay signal transduction system RcsCDB. RcsB is responsible for the induction of osmBp1 following treatment with chlorpromazine. Activation of osmBp1 by RcsB requires a sequence upstream of its -35 element similar to the RcsB binding site consensus, suggesting a direct regulatory role. osmB appears as another example of a multistress-responsive gene whose transcription involves both a sigma(S)-dependent promoter and a second one independent of sigma(S) but controlled by stress-specific transcription factors.
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- Alice Boulanger
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, UMR5100 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université Toulouse III, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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We report the first case of immediate-type hypersensitivity caused by Emla cream. A 55-year-old woman, after using Emla cream, went on to develop urticaria. An open test was positive to Emla cream. Patch tests and prick tests were performed with Emla cream, the components of Emla cream (lidocaine, prilocaine and castor oil) and other local anaesthetics. The patch test with lidocaine and the prick test with Emla cream were both positive. An intradermal test and subcutaneous administration of 3 anaesthetics that had negative patch tests and prick tests were performed and well tolerated, allowing their use. In the literature, anaphylactic reactions to lidocaine injections, delayed-type hypersensitivity after lidocaine subcutaneous injections and contact dermatitis from Emla cream have all been described. This first case of contact urticaria from Emla cream was due to lidocaine and did not show any cross-reaction with other local anaesthetics.
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- J Waton
- Dermatology Department, Fournier Hospital, Nancy, France
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Winikoff R, Boulanger A, St Louis J, Lacroix S, Rivard GE. An evaluation of the stability of factor VIII inhibitors in plasma and plasma dried on filter paper discs stored at room temperature. Haemophilia 2003; 9:57-9. [PMID: 12558779 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2003.00713.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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: 11/20/2022]
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The transportation of plasma specimens to specialized haemophilia centre laboratories for anti-factor VIII inhibitor titre determination is often necessary. The routine method of transporting frozen specimens on dry ice is limited by its cost and need for special handling. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of storing specimens at room temperature on the FVIII inhibitor titre determinations using the Bethesda assay. Specimens stored both in liquid phase as well as adsorbed onto filter paper discs were studied. The results of the present study demonstrate that plasma specimens stored for up to 2 weeks at room temperature, either in liquid phase or adsorbed onto filter paper, yield equivalent measures of FVIII inhibitor titres using the Bethesda assay to plasma specimens stored frozen at -70 degrees C. Plasma specimens dried on filter paper discs and stored at room temperature offers a reliable, more practical and less expensive alternative to frozen plasma as a means of transport to specialized referral laboratories for analysis of anti-FVIII titres.
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- R Winikoff
- Quebec Reference Center for the Treatment of Inhibitors of Coagulation, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Winikoff R, Boulanger A, Robinson P, St-Louis J, Lacroix S, Rivard GE. Optimization of storage conditions for diluted working solutions of porcine factor VIII and performance of the Bethesda assay for the determination of antiporcine FVIII inhibitor titres. Haemophilia 2003; 9:104-9. [PMID: 12558786 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2003.00707.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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: 11/20/2022]
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The use of porcine factor VIII (FVIII) (Hyate:C, Ipsen) has proven to be very successful in treating patients with FVIII inhibitors. The best way to predict the usefulness of porcine FVIII therapy, and/or to estimate the appropriate treatment dose in a given patient, is to measure the patient inhibitor titre against porcine FVIII with the Bethesda assay, using porcine FVIII as the source of FVIII in the assay. The goals of the present study were to (1) find the optimal storage temperature, diluent and concentration for a working solution of porcine FVIII to be used as the source of FVIII for the porcine Bethesda assay, (2) assess the reliability of the labelled FVIII units in the preparation of such working solutions of porcine FVIII and (3) compare the inhibitor titres determined by the Bethesda assay using both porcine and human standard reference curves for measuring residual FVIII. The results of the present study demonstrate that a ready-to-use working solution of 1 U mL(-1) of Hyate:C diluted in human FVIII deficient plasma, either containing or deficient in von Willebrand factor antigen, is stable for up to 12 months, at -20 degrees C. The preparation of the 1 U mL(-1) working solution could be reliably calculated based on the units indicated on the vial label. Finally, using the human standard curve yields similar results to using the porcine standard curve for measuring any titre of allo- or auto-antibody against FVIII in the Bethesda assay, using Hyate:C as the source of FVIII. These findings are of practical value when performing a porcine FVIII-based Bethesda assay.
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- R Winikoff
- Quebec Reference Centre for the Treatment of Inhibitors of Coagulation, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Boulanger A, Liu S, Yu S, Redmond TM. Sequence and structure of the mouse gene for RPE65. Mol Vis 2001; 7:283-7. [PMID: 11740468] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To determine the genomic organization of the mouse gene for the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) specific protein RPE65. METHODS A genomic clone containing the entire Rpe65 gene was isolated from a mouse genomic P1 library. Fragments of this clone were subcloned and sequenced by automated fluorescent dideoxy DNA sequencing and analyzed. Direct sequencing of PCR amplification products was used to complete the structure. Primer extension analysis was used to determine the transcription start site. RESULTS Southern hybridization of restriction digests of mouse genomic DNA reveals a likely single autosomal gene for Rpe65 with no evidence of pseudogenes. Sequence analysis of the mouse P1 clone for Rpe65 and fragments thereof reveals 14 exons distributed over 27 kbp. The transcription start site is located 57 bp upstream of the initiation codon. The protein encoded by the mouse Rpe65 gene is highly conserved when compared with RPE65s from other species. CONCLUSIONS RPE65 is a highly conserved protein and it appears that the genes for the mouse and human RPE65s, at least, are also conserved in overall structure.
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- A Boulanger
- Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2740, USA.
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Marchand S, Pariat C, Boulanger A, Bouquet S, Couet W. A pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic approach to show that not all fluoroquinolones exhibit similar sensitivity toward the proconvulsant effect of biphenyl acetic acid in rats. J Antimicrob Chemother 2001; 48:813-20. [PMID: 11733465 DOI: 10.1093/jac/48.6.813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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The proconvulsant effect of biphenyl acetic acid (BPAA) on several fluoroquinolones (FQs) was investigated in vivo, by measuring drug concentrations in the biophase at the onset of convulsions. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 134) were given BPAA orally, at various doses 1 h before starting FQ infusion, which was maintained until the onset of maximal seizures, when cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma samples were collected for drug concentration determination. The FQ-BPAA interactions in the biophase (CSF) were adequately described on most occasions by an inhibitory Emax effect model with a baseline effect parameter. The efficacy of the proconvulsant effect was characterized by the ratio of the CSF concentrations of FQs at the onset of convulsant activity when BPAA was absent (CCSF0, FQs) and as BPAA CSF concentrations tended toward infinity (CCSFbase, FQs). This ratio varied from 15 for enoxacin to 1.9 for sparfloxacin. The potency of the proconvulsant effect was characterized by the CSF concentration of BPAA corresponding to a proconvulsant effect half of its maximum. This parameter varied between 0.18 +/- 0.06 micromol/L with enoxacin and 15.0 +/- 12.1 micromol/L with sparfloxacin. The CSF diffusion of all FQs was apparently non-linear, as well as the plasma protein binding of BPAA, complicating interpretation of plasma data. The important variability in the proconvulsant effect of BPAA demonstrated in this study between various FQs suggests that in vitro gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) binding experiments conducted in the presence of BPAA are unlikely to be good predictors of FQ convulsant risk in clinical practice.
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- S Marchand
- Equipe 'Médicament et BHE', Laboratoire de Pharmacie Galénique et de Biopharmacie, Faculté de Médecine and Pharmacie, 34 rue du Jardin des Plantes, BP 199, 86005 Poitiers Cedex, France
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Methadone is used increasingly as a second-line opioid in the management of cancer pain refractory to conventional opioids. Recent case studies suggest that its use as an analgesic could be extended to non-cancer pain, especially neuropathic pain. The present case study reports, for the first time, the efficacy of methadone in a burn patient experiencing neuropathic pain in his healed wounds. The patient sustained extensive (55% total body surface area) chemical burns and developed chronic burning sensations, particularly in the lower limbs where skin grafting had been performed. Conventional pharmacotherapies against neuropathic pain were attempted to control pain for over 5 years. The agents used included long- and short-acting opioids, amitriptyline, clonazepam, and gabapentin, but they all failed to relieve the pain. When methadone (5 mg every 12 h) was introduced, it significantly alleviated the patient's pain within a few days of administration. The patient has now been taking methadone (15 mg every 12 h) for 10 months and reports that the opioid caused 70% pain relief and a 55% amelioration in his quality of life. Although these results are based on a case report, they suggest that a switch to methadone might be useful in some burn patients who have developed chronic neuropathic pain unrelieved by conventional pharmacotherapies. Methadone, however, needs to be titrated with vigilance and thus should be administered by a physician experienced with its use in the treatment of chronic pain.
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- N Altier
- Centre des Grands Brûlés, Hôtel-Dieu du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medecine, University of Montréal, Québec, H2W IT8, Montréal, Canada
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Boulanger A, Liu S, Henningsgaard AA, Yu S, Redmond TM. The upstream region of the Rpe65 gene confers retinal pigment epithelium-specific expression in vivo and in vitro and contains critical octamer and E-box binding sites. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:31274-82. [PMID: 10896939 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003441200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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RPE65 is essential for all-trans- to 11-cis-retinoid isomerization, the hallmark reaction of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Here, we identify regulatory elements in the Rpe65 gene and demonstrate their functional relevance to Rpe65 gene expression. We show that the 5' flanking region of the mouse Rpe65 gene, like the human gene, lacks a canonical TATA box and consensus GC and CAAT boxes. The mouse and human genes do share several cis-acting elements, including an octamer, a nuclear factor one (NFI) site, and two E-box sites, suggesting a conserved mode of regulation. A mouse Rpe65 promoter/beta-galactosidase transgene containing bases -655 to +52 (TR4) of the mouse 5' flanking region was sufficient to direct high RPE-specific expression in transgenic mice, whereas shorter fragments (-297 to +52 or -188 to +52) generated only background activity. Furthermore, transient transfection of analogous TR4/luciferase constructs also directed high reporter activity in the human RPE cell line D407 but weak activity in the non-RPE cell lines HeLa, HepG2, and HS27. Functional binding of potential transcription factors to the octamer sequence, AP-4, and NFI sites was demonstrated by directed mutagenesis, electrophoretic mobility shift assay, and cross-linking. Mutations of these sites abolished binding and corresponding transcriptional activity and indicated that octamer and E-box transcription factors synergistically regulate the RPE65 promoter function. Thus, we have identified the regulatory region in the Rpe65 gene that accounts for tissue-specific expression in the RPE and found that octamer and E-box transcription factors play a critical role in the transcriptional regulation of the Rpe65 gene.
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- A Boulanger
- Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, NEI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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The title compound, C16H20O5, was isolated from the gorgonian coral P. americana found in the Caribbean zone of the West Indies. The compound belongs to a well known family of sesquiterpenoid lactones. Its structure features a guaiane skeleton incorporating three types of oxygen functionalities. Thus, the five O atoms that are incorporated in the skeleton form two epoxy groups, a lactone moiety and an ether link. This study assigns the relative stereochemistry at the six chiral centers as 1R, 2R, 4S, 5S, 8R, 10S.
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- P L Richardson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00931, USA
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Myoblasts obtained from donors histoincompatible for several non-major histocompatibility complex antigens (i.e., including minor histocompatibility antigens) and from syngeneic donors were transplanted without any immunosuppression into the muscles of male dystrophic C57BL/10J mdx/mdx mice. Myoblasts from syngeneic mice resulted in the formation of a high percentage of dystrophin-positive fibers 16 weeks after the transplantation. There was no evidence of a cellular immune reaction against the donor myoblasts, i.e., no infiltration by CD4 or CD8 lymphocytes and no increased expression of granzyme B and interferon-gamma mRNAs. Transplantation of myoblasts obtained from donors histoincompatible only for non- major histocompatibility complex antigens produced a transient increase of dystrophin-positive fibers at 4 weeks after transplantation for some donor strains but not for others. For donor strains that did produce an increase at 4 weeks, the number of dystrophin-positive fibers was reduced 16 weeks after the transplantation. There was evidence of a cellular immune reaction-infiltration by CD4 and by CD8 lymphocytes and increased expression of granzyme B and interferon-gamma mRNAs. Transplantation of myoblasts obtained from male C57BL/10J +/+ mice into female C57BL/10J mdx/mdx mice also led to the presence of only a few dystrophin-positive fibers with the same signs of cellular immune reaction. In this later case, the cellular immune response was attributed to the H-Y minor antigens. Finally, antibodies against fetal calf serum were detected after both syngeneic and nonsyngeneic transplantations, indicating that the culture medium may also be a source of antigens. In mice, the presence of these antibodies against culture medium did not reduce the success of a first syngeneic transplantation.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/biosynthesis
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antibody Formation
- Cells, Cultured
- Female
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens/immunology
- Immunity, Cellular
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Isoantibodies/biosynthesis
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, Inbred mdx
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/transplantation
- Muscular Dystrophy, Animal/therapy
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transplantation, Homologous/immunology
- Transplantation, Homologous/methods
- Transplantation, Homologous/pathology
- Transplantation, Isogeneic/immunology
- Transplantation, Isogeneic/methods
- Transplantation, Isogeneic/pathology
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- A Boulanger
- Centre de Recherche en Neurobiologie, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Québec, Canada
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Badre A, Boulanger A, Abou-Mansour E, Banaigs B, Combaut G, Francisco C. Eudistomin U and isoeudistomin U, new alkaloids from the Caribbean ascidian Lissoclinum fragile. J Nat Prod 1994; 57:528-533. [PMID: 8021654 DOI: 10.1021/np50106a016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Chemical investigations of the Caribbean ascidian Lissoclinum fragile (Didemnidae) have resulted in the isolation of new alkaloids which we have designated eudistomin U [1] and isoeudistomin U [2]. Their structures were determined by spectrometric and chemical means.
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- A Badre
- G.E.M.M.I.B., Université de Perpignan, France
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Boulanger A, Choinière M, Roy D, Bouré B, Chartrand D, Choquette R, Rousseau P. Comparison between patient-controlled analgesia and intramuscular meperidine after thoracotomy. Can J Anaesth 1993; 40:409-15. [PMID: 8513519 DOI: 10.1007/bf03009508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 01/31/2023] Open
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A prospective randomized controlled study was performed to assess the efficacy and safety of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in patients undergoing thoracotomy. This method was compared with a conventional pain management technique consisting of regularly scheduled im injections of analgesics. Forty adult patients were randomly assigned to receive intravenous PCA or im meperidine treatment over a 48-hr period after surgery. Care was taken to optimize analgesia in patients of both groups. The McGill Pain Questionnaire, visual analogue and verbal-numeric scales were administered at regular intervals to measure various components of the patients' pain experience, degree of pain relief, adverse side effects and overall treatment efficacy. Functional recovery after surgery was also examined. The results showed good and comparable analgesia with both pain-control methods. However, a greater number of patients receiving im injections required dosage adjustments than in the PCA group. Patients' and nurses' evaluations of overall treatment efficacy also favoured PCA treatment. There were no major group differences in the side effect profile. Recovery pattern was also comparable in the two groups except for the length of hospitalisation. There were fewer long-stay patients in the PCA than in the im group. Meperidine intake was similar in both groups but considerable interpatient variation was seen. In conclusion, PCA is a safe, effective and individualized treatment method for controlling pain after thoracotomy. There appears to be some clinical advantages of PCA over im dosing regimens for analgesia after thoracotomy.
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- A Boulanger
- Department of Anaesthesia, Hotel-Dieu Hospital of Montreal, University of Montreal, Canada
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Guay J, Gaudreault P, Boulanger A, Tang A, Lortie L, Dupuis C. Lidocaine hydrocarbonate and lidocaine hydrochloride for cesarean section: transplacental passage and neonatal effects. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1992; 36:722-7. [PMID: 1441877 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1992.tb03552.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 12/27/2022]
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Twenty-six patients, ASA physical status 1, scheduled for elective cesarean section, were divided at random into two groups and received via an epidural catheter 20 ml of 2.2% lidocaine hydrocarbonate (17.3 mg.ml-1 lidocaine base) with 5 micrograms.ml-1 epinephrine freshly added (Group CO2 = 13 patients) or 20 ml of 2% lidocaine hydrochloride (17.3 mg.ml-1 lidocaine base) also with 5 micrograms.ml-1 epinephrine freshly added. Following clampage of the umbilical cord (at 40.1 +/- 4.9 min after the injection of lidocaine for the CO2 group and at 41.0 +/- 5.4 min for the HCl group), serum concentrations of lidocaine were measured both in the mother and in the umbilical vein. All newborns were examined by the same blinded pediatrician with Apgar scores at 1, 5 and 10 min and with Neurobehavioral Adaptive Capacity Scores (NACS) at 15 min, 2 h and 24 h. The concentrations of lidocaine in the serum were comparable in both groups: in the mothers 8.61 +/- 1.48 mumol.l-1 for the CO2 group vs 8.04 +/- 2.36 mumol.l-1 for the HCl group and in the newborns 3.86 +/- 0.84 mumol.l-1 for the CO2 group vs 3.92 +/- 0.95 mumol.l-1 for the HCl group. The ratio of umbilical vein to maternal vein concentrations of lidocaine was also similar in both groups: 0.45 +/- 0.07 for the CO2 group vs 0.54 +/- 0.24 for the HCl group. The percentage of newborns with a normal NACS (score > or = 35/40) was equal in both groups, i.e. 91% at 15 min and 2 h of life and 100% at 24 h of life.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J Guay
- Department of Anesthesiology, Ste-Justine Hospital, Canada
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Korzeniewski P, Lang SA, Grant R, Loader C, Vaghadia H, Wong D, Waters T, Merrick P, Ali MJ, Dobkowski W, Cornelius T, Hawkins R, Varkey GP, Claffey L, Plourde G, Trahan M, Morris J, Dean DM, Yamaguchi H, Harukuni I, Naito H, Chan VWS, Mati N, Seyone C, Evans D, Chung F, Joffe D, Plourde G, Villemurc C, Hong M, Milne B, Loomis C, Jhamandas K, Priddy R, Archer D, Tang T, Sabourin M, Samanini N, Cuillerier DJ, Schuben A, Awad IA, Perez-Trepichio AD, Ebrahim ZY, Bloomfield EL, Zexu F, Zhengnua G, Qing Z, Balhua S, Miller DR, Martineau RJ, Wynands JE, Hill JD, Knill RL, Skinner MI, Novick TV, McLean RF, Kolton M, Noble WH, Sullivan PJ, Cheng DCH, Chapman KR, Ong D, Roraanelli J, Smallman B, Nathan HJ, Murphy JT, Hall RI, Moffitt EA, Hudson RJ, Pascoe EA, Anderson BA, Thomson IR, Kassum DA, Shanks A, Rosenbloom M, Sidi A, Gehrig TR, Fool JM, Rush W, Martin AJ, Cooper PD, Maltby JR, Johnson D, Hurst T, Mayers I, Wigglesworth DF, Rose DK, Kay JC, Mazer CD, Yang H, Beattie WS, Doyle DJ, Demajo W, Comfort VK, Code WE, Rooney ME, Clark FJS, Sutton IR, Mutch WAC, Thomson IR, Teskey JM, Thiessen OB, Rosanbloom M, Tang TKK, Robblee JA, Nathan HJ, Wynands JE, Eagle CJ, Belenkle I, Chan KL, Tyberg JV, Stockwell M, Zintel T, Gallagher G, Kavanagh B, Sandier A, Lawson S, Chung F, Ong D, Isabel L, Trépanier CA, Campbell DC, Randall TE, Growe GH, Scarth I, Sawchuk CWT, Ong B, Unruh H, Horan T, Greengrass R, Mark D, Kitts JB, Curran MJ, Lindsay P, Polis T, Coté S, Socci M, Wiesel S, Conway JB, Seyone C, Goldberg J, Chung F, Rose DK, Cohen MM, Rogers KH, Duncan PG, Pope WDB, Tweed WA, Biehl D, Novick TV, Skinner MI, Mathieu A, Villeneuve E, Goldsmith CH, Allen GC, Smith CE, Pinchak AC, Hagen JF, Hudson JC, Gennings C, Tyler BL, Keenan RL, Chung F, Seyone C, Matl N, Ong D, Powell P, Tessler MJ, Kleiman SJ, Wiesel S, Tetzlaff JE, Yoon HJ, Baird B, Walsh M, Hondorp G, Wassef MR, Munshi C, Brooks J, Nimphius N, Tweed WA, Lee TL, Tweed WA, Phua WT, Chong KY, Lim E, Finegan BA, Coulson C, Lopaschuk GD, Clanachan AS, Fournier L, Cloutier R, Major D, Sharpe MD, Wexler HR, Dhamee MS, Rooney R, Ong SK, O’Leary E, McCarroll M, Phelan D, Young T, Coghlan D, O’Leary E, Blunnie WP, Splinter WM, Splinter WM, Ryan T, Maguire M, Bouchier-Hayes D, Cunningham AJ, Kamath MV, Fallen EL, Murkin JM, Shannon NA, Montgomery CJ, Karl HW, Raymond J, Drolet P, Tanguay M, Blaise G, Garceau D, Dumont L, Omri A, Sharkawi M, Billard V, Bourgain JL, Panos A, Mazer CD, Lichtenstein SV, Bevan JC, Popovic V, Baxter MRN, Donati F, Bevan DR, Bachman C, Kopelow M, Donen N, Umôn DT, Kemp S, Hartley E, Sikich N, Roy WL, Lerman J, Cooper RM, Yentis SM, Bissonnette B, Halpern L, Roy L, Burrows FA, Fear DW, Hillier S, Sloan M, Crawford M, Blssonnette B, Sikich N, Friedlander M, Sandier AN, Panos L, Winton T, Benureof J, Karski J, Teasdale S, Cruise C, Skala R, Zulys V, Ong D, Chow F, Packota G, Yip R, Bradley J, Arellano R, Sussman G, Sosis M, Braverman B, Sosis M, Ivankovich AD, Manganas M, Lephay A, Fournier T, Kadri N, Ossart M, Sandier AN, Turner KE, Wick V, Wherrett C, Sullivan PJ, Dyck JB, Varvel J, Shafer SL, Fiset P, Balendran P, Meistelman C, Lira E, Sloan M, Nigrovic V, Banoub M, Splinter WM, Roberts DW, Rhine EJ, MacNeill HB, Bonn GE, Clarke WM, Noel LP, Ryan T, Moriarty J, Bouchier-Hayes D, Cunningham AJ, Sandier AN, Baxter AD, Norman P, Samson B, Hull K, Chung F, Mali N, Evans D, Cruise C, Shumka D, Seyone C, Leung PT, Badner NH, Komar WE, Rajasingham M, Farren B, Vaillancourt G, Cournoyer S, Hollmann C, Breen TW, Janzen JA, Crochetiere CT, McMorland GH, Douglas MJ, Kamani AA, Arora SK, Tunstall M, Ross J, Mayer DC, Weeks SK, Norman P, Daley D, Sandier A, Guay J, Gaudreault P, Boulanger A, Tang A, Lortie L, Dupuis C, Backman SB, Bachoo M, Polosa C, Moudgil GC, Frame B, Blajchman HA, Singal DP, Albert JF, Ratcliff A, Law JC, Varvel J, Hung O, Shafer SL, Fiset P, Balendran P, Burgess PM, Doak GJ, Duke PC, Sloan PA, Mather LE, McLean CF, Rutten AJ, Nation RL, Milne RW, Runciman WB, Somoggi AA, Haack C, Shafer SL, Irish CL, Weisleider L, Mazer CD, Bell RS, Dejonckheere M, Levarlet M, d’Hollander A, Taylor RH, Sikich N, Campbell F, McLeod ME, Swartz J, Spahr-Schopfer I, McIntyre BG, Roy WL, Laycock GJA, Mitchell IM, Morton NS, Logan RW, Campbell F, Yentis SM, Fear D, Halpem L, Sloan M, Badgwell JM, Kleinman S, Yentis SM, Britton JT, Hannallah RS, Schafer PO, Norden JM, Splinter WM, Menard EA, Derdamezi JB, Ghurch JG, Britt BA, Radde IC, Sosis M, Kao YJ, Norton RG, Volgyesi GA, Spahr-Schopfer I, Sosis M, Plum M, Sosis M, Smith CE, Pinchak AC, Hancock DE, Owen P, McMeekin J, Hanson S, Cujec B, Feindel CM, Cruz J, Boylen P, Ong D, Murphy JT, Dupuis JY, Nathan HJ, Cattran C, Wynands JE, Murphy JT, Kinley CE, Sulliyan JA, Landymore RW, Robblee JA, Labow R, Buckley DN, Sharpe MD, Guiraudon G, Klein G, Yee R, Black J, Devitt JH, McLellan BA, Dubbin J, Ehrlich LE, Ralley FE, Robbins GR, Symcs JF, Bourke M, Nathan H, Wynands JE. Abstracts. Can J Anaesth 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03008442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The purpose of the study was to determine intubating conditions after administration of either succinylcholine or vecuronium in a rapid induction sequence. Patients received either succinylcholine 1.5 mg.kg-1 (Groups I and II) after d-tubocurarine 0.05 mg.kg-1 four minutes earlier, or vecuronium (Groups III and IV) in an initial dose of 0.01 mg.kg-1 followed four minutes later by 0.1 mg.kg-1. In Groups I and III an apnoeic delay of one minute was allowed before intubation whereas in Groups II and IV the delay was 90 sec. There was no significant difference in intubating conditions between Groups I and IV. Intubating conditions in Group III (vecuronium-delay of one minute) were statistically worse than in any of the three other groups. A delay of 90 sec after succinylcholine improved intubating conditions in male patients. Considering that intubating conditions obtained after 90 sec in patients given a priming sequence with vecuronium (Group IV) were not different from those obtained 60 sec after succinylcholine (Group I), the authors conclude that vecuronium is an acceptable alternative for rapid tracheal intubation. In the doses used in this study, intubating conditions 60 sec after vecuronium were unacceptable for rapid induction of anaesthesia.
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- A Boulanger
- Department of Anaesthesia, University of Montreal, Quebec
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Saurat JH, Geiger JM, Amblard P, Beani JC, Boulanger A, Claudy A, Frenk E, Guilhou JJ, Grosshans E, Mérot Y, Meynadier J, Tapernoux B. Randomized double-blind multicenter study comparing acitretin-PUVA, etretinate-PUVA and placebo-PUVA in the treatment of severe psoriasis. Dermatologica 1988; 177:218-24. [PMID: 2976000 DOI: 10.1159/000248567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A randomized double-blind study was designed with 65 patients in order to clarify two points: (1) does addition of a retinoid to psoralen-ultra violet A photochemotherapy (PUVA) of severe psoriasis decrease the UVA energy required to achieve remission, and (2) is there a difference between two retinoids, i.e. etretinate and acitretin. Acitretin-PUVA treatment was significantly superior to placebo-PUVA with respect to several items (decrease in lesional scores after 6 weeks of therapy, number of PUVA exposures, and total dose of UVA until remission). There were also differences between the etretinate-PUVA and placebo-PUVA groups, but only the decrease in lesional scores reached statistical significance.
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- J H Saurat
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
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High concentrations (70-80 per cent) of nitrous oxide (N2O) have been shown to cause distension of gas-containing distensible structures such as the intestines and are, for this reason, avoided by some during elective abdominal operations on the GI tract. We undertook this study to determine if N2O was responsible of a measurable change in intestinal diameter or of clinical difficulty in closing the abdomen in patients undergoing elective intestinal surgery of intermediate duration. Twenty patients scheduled for elective abdominal surgery were studied. Premedication and induction were identical in all patients. Maintenance of anesthesia in Group I was with enflurane in air/oxygen, and fentanyl. Patients in Group II received enflurane in N2O/oxygen, and fentanyl. FIO2 was 0.4 in both groups and monitored neuromuscular blockade with pancuronium was kept optimal throughout the operation. The surgeon was blinded as to the random distribution of patients to either group. Girth measurements at the level of the umbilicus were recorded before induction and after surgery. The circumferences of the terminal ileum and of the transverse colon were measured at the beginning and at the end of surgery. The surgeon was asked to rate the difficulty in closing the abdomen as 0 = none, 1 = slight, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, 4 = impossible. Data were analysed using Student's paired t test, unpaired t test and Fisher's exact test. P less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. There was no significant difference between groups in age, sex distribution, weight and duration of surgery (approximately 90 minutes in both groups).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Meynadier J, Boulanger A, Guillot B, Meynadier JM. [Urticaria]. Rev Prat 1985; 35:3203-12. [PMID: 2867596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Somatostatin treatment was administered to 20 psoriatic patients according to the following protocol: Continuous infusion (250 micrograms/h) for at least 2 days followed either by short infusions (1 h) at 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. (12 cases) or by repeating the initial 2-day infusion (eight patients). Before treatment (day 0) and on day 6, biopsy specimens were taken for routine examination (12 patients) and for ultrastructure (seven patients). In vitro immunological studies were carried out on peripheral blood lymphocytes (six patients) on day 0 and day 8. In two patients, somatostatin was stopped because of serious side effects. Thus, clinical results were evaluated in 18 patients, on day 30. In ten of them no improvement whatsoever occurred, two had a partial clearing and an almost complete remission was achieved in six others. Ultrastructural studies showed, on day 6, enlargement of the intercellular spaces with deposits of granular material of glucidic composition, associated with features of cellular damage. Percentages of T and B cells were unmodified but a significant depression of mitogenic stimulation by PHA and ConA was clearly observed on day 8. Even if somatostatin treatment may have a beneficial effect in some patients it seems much less valid than other well-known therapies for psoriasis.
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Richard P, Boulanger A, Guedon JF, Kasowski WJ, Bordeleau C. Structures cristallines et moléculaires du complexe de l'iodure de zinc et du complexe de l'iodure de cadmium avec le bis(méthylamino)-1,3 diméthyl-2,2 propane. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1977. [DOI: 10.1107/s0567740877006001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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