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Mátrai Á, Teutsch B, Pethő B, Kaposi AD, Hegyi P, Ács N. Reducing the Risk of Birth Defects Associated with Maternal Influenza: Insights from a Hungarian Case-Control Study. J Clin Med 2023; 12:6934. [PMID: 37959399 PMCID: PMC10650197 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12216934] [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: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Influenza viruses can cause several complications during pregnancy. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effects of influenza on the development of congenital abnormalities (CAs) by analyzing the database of the Hungarian Case-Control Surveillance of Congenital Abnormalities (HCCSCA). In our multicenter, case-control, population-based study, we processed clinician-reported outcomes and diagnoses collected in the HCCSCA. The case group included newborns with different non-chromosomal birth defects, while the controls were newborns without CAs. Maternal influenza, as a risk factor for CAs, was analyzed by using a logistic regression model and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Our results showed that maternal influenza in the first trimester was associated with increased odds of developing non-chromosomal CAs (OR: 1.41, CI: 1.28-1.55). There were increased odds of neural tube defects (OR: 2.22, CI: 1.78-2.76), orofacial clefts (OR: 2.28, CI: 1.87-2.78), and congenital heart defects (OR: 1.28, CI: 1.10-1.49) after influenza infection. In all cases, we found a protective effect of folic acid supplementation in the first trimester. In summary, the odds of non-chromosomal birth defects are higher after maternal influenza in the first trimester, and folic acid or pregnancy vitamin supplementation and antipyretic therapy may reduce the effect of maternal influenza during the first trimester.
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- Ákos Mátrai
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, 1082 Budapest, Hungary; (Á.M.); (B.P.)
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, 7621 Pécs, Hungary
- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary; (B.T.); (P.H.)
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary; (B.T.); (P.H.)
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7623 Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, 1082 Budapest, Hungary; (Á.M.); (B.P.)
- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary; (B.T.); (P.H.)
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University School of Medicine, 1094 Budapest, Hungary;
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary; (B.T.); (P.H.)
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7623 Pécs, Hungary
- Institute of Pancreatic Diseases, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, 1082 Budapest, Hungary; (Á.M.); (B.P.)
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Schay G, Kaposi AD, Smeller L, Szigeti K, Fidy J, Herenyi L. Dissimilar flexibility of α and β subunits of human adult hemoglobin influences the protein dynamics and its alteration induced by allosteric effectors. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0194994. [PMID: 29584765 PMCID: PMC5871000 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The general question by what mechanism an "effector" molecule and the hemes of hemoglobin interact over widely separated intramolecular distances to change the oxygen affinity has been extensively investigated, and still has remained of central interest. In the present work we were interested in clarifying the general role of the protein matrix and its dynamics in the regulation of human adult hemoglobin (HbA). We used a spectroscopy approach that yields the compressibility (κ) of the protein matrix around the hemes of the subunits in HbA and studied how the binding of heterotropic allosteric effectors modify this parameter. κ is directly related to the variance of volume fluctuation, therefore it characterizes the molecular dynamics of the protein structure. For the experiments the heme groups either in the α or in the β subunits of HbA were replaced by fluorescent Zn-protoporphyrinIX, and series of fluorescence line narrowed spectra were measured at varied pressures. The evaluation of the spectra yielded the compressibility that showed significant dynamic asymmetry between the subunits: κ of the α subunit was 0.17±0.05/GPa, while for the β subunit it was much higher, 0.36±0.07/GPa. The heterotropic effectors, chloride ions, inositol hexaphosphate and bezafibrate did not cause significant changes in κ of the α subunits, while in the β subunits the effectors lead to a significant reduction down to 0.15±0.04/GPa. We relate our results to structural data, to results of recent functional studies and to those of molecular dynamics simulations, and find good agreements. The observed asymmetry in the flexibility suggests a distinct role of the subunits in the regulation of Hb that results in the observed changes of the oxygen binding capability.
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- Gusztáv Schay
- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Veres D, Bőcskei-Antal B, Voszka I, Módos K, Csík G, Kaposi AD, Fidy J, Herenyi L. Comparison of Binding Ability and Location of Two Mesoporphyrin Derivatives in Liposomes Explored with Conventional and Site-Selective Fluorescence Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:9644-52. [DOI: 10.1021/jp304712n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Dániel Veres
- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, POB. 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, POB. 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, POB. 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, POB. 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, POB. 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, POB. 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, POB. 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, POB. 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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Herenyi L, Veres D, Békási S, Voszka I, Módos K, Csík G, Kaposi AD, Fidy J. Location of Mesoporphyrin in Liposomes Determined by Site-Selective Fluorescence Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:7716-24. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9022184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Levente Herenyi
- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, P. O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, P. O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, P. O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, P. O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, P. O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, P. O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, P. O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, P. O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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Szocs K, Csík G, Kaposi AD, Fidy J. In situ detection of ALA-stimulated porphyrin metabolic products in Escherichia coli B by fluorescence line narrowing spectroscopy. Biochim Biophys Acta 2001; 1541:170-8. [PMID: 11755211 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(01)00140-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
In a recent work [Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 50 (1999) 8] the successful photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli bacteria by visible light was reported based on delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced endogenous porphyrin accumulation. In this work, the identification of these porphyrin derivatives in intact bacteria was performed by low-temperature conventional fluorescence and fluorescence line narrowing (FLN) techniques. Conventional fluorescence emission spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures revealed the presence of the free-base porphyrins, identified earlier by high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of disintegrated bacterial cells after ALA induction; however, emission maxima characteristic for metal porphyrins were also observed. We demonstrated that the primary reason for this signal is that metal porphyrins are formed from free-base porphyrins by Mg2+ ions present in the culturing medium. Incorporation of Zn ions originating from the glassware could also be supposed. In the FLN experiment, the energy selection effect could be clearly demonstrated for (0,0) emissions of both the free-base and the metal porphyrins. The comparison of the conventional emission spectra and the bands revealed by the FLN experiment show that the dominant monomeric structural population is that of metal porphyrins. The intensity and the shape of the FLN lines indicate an aggregated population of the free-base porphyrins, beside a small monomeric population.
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- K Szocs
- Laser Application Department, Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary.
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Kaposi AD, Vanderkooi JM, Wright WW, Fidy J, Stavrov SS. Influence of static and dynamic disorder on the visible and infrared absorption spectra of carbonmonoxy horseradish peroxidase. Biophys J 2001; 81:3472-82. [PMID: 11721008 PMCID: PMC1301802 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75978-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Spectroscopy of horseradish peroxidase with and without the substrate analog, benzohydroxamic acid, was monitored in a glycerol/water solvent as a function of temperature. It was determined from the water infrared (IR) absorption that the solvent has a glass transition at 170-180 K. In the absence of substrate, both the heme optical Q(0,0) absorption band and the IR absorption band of CO bound to heme broaden markedly upon heating from 10-300 K. The Q(0,0) band broadens smoothly in the whole temperature interval, whereas the IR bandwidth is constant in the glassy matrix and increases from 7 to 16 cm(-1) upon heating above the glass transition. Binding of substrate strongly diminishes temperature broadening of both the bands. The results are consistent with the view that the substrate strongly reduces the amplitude of motions of amino acids forming the heme pocket. The main contribution to the Q(0,0) bandwidth arises from the heme vibrations that are not affected by the phase transition. The CO band thermal broadening stems from the anharmonic coupling with motions of the heme environment, which, in the glassy state, are frozen in. Unusually strong temperature broadening of the CO band is interpreted to be caused by thermal population of a very flexible excited conformational substrate. Analysis of literature data on the thermal broadening of the A(0) band of Mb(CO) (Ansari et al., 1987. Biophys. Chem. 26:337-355) shows that such a state presents itself also in myoglobin.
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- A D Kaposi
- Institute of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest H-1088, Hungary
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Gulyás M, Kaposi AD, Elek G, Szollár LG, Hjerpe A. Value of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cholesterol assays of ascitic fluid in cases of inconclusive cytology. J Clin Pathol 2001; 54:831-5. [PMID: 11684715 PMCID: PMC1731306 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.54.11.831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 12/20/2022]
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AIM To determine whether assays of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cholesterol in ascites add diagnostic value to cytology. METHODS The additional diagnostic efficacy of the biochemical assays was studied in the ascitic fluid from 130 patients, of whom 57 had peritoneal carcinomatosis. All diagnoses were verified by subsequent necropsy and/or histology. RESULTS CEA concentrations over 5 ng/ml indicated carcinomas, occasionally without peritoneal involvement of the tumour. However, increased values were significantly more common in cancer with peritoneal involvement (p < 0.01), giving a sensitivity of 51% and specificity of 97% for carcinomatosis. A cholesterol value exceeding 1.21 mmol/litre was found in 93% of cancers with peritoneal involvement, but it was not entirely specific (96%) for carcinomatosis. Simultaneous increases in CEA and cholesterol concentrations were specific for carcinomatosis and this combination increased the sensitivity for diagnosing carcinomatosis from 77% with cytology alone to 88%. The correct diagnosis could thus be made in five of 12 cases with inconclusive cytology. CONCLUSIONS The measurements of both CEA and cholesterol concentrations in ascites give additional specific information about peritoneal carcinomatosis and can therefore be a useful adjunct to cytology-in particular, in inconclusive cases.
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- M Gulyás
- Department of IMPI, Division of Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, F46 Huddinge University Hospital, SE-14186 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Bodó G, Kaposi AD, Hangody L, Tóth J, Bakos Z, Lukács Z, Péntek G. The surgical technique and the age of the horse both influence the outcome of mosaicplasty in a cadaver equine stifle model. Acta Vet Hung 2001; 49:111-6. [PMID: 11402684 DOI: 10.1556/004.49.2001.1.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/19/2022]
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Six pieces of grafts, 6.5 mm in diameter, 20 mm in length, were taken from each of 170 cadaver hindlimbs, using the cranial surface of the medial femoral trochlea for harvesting. The age of the horses varied between 4 months and 23 years. 30 limbs under the age of 12 years were selected for transplantation. Three of six grafts were transplanted into the medial femoral condyle using different combinations of tunnel depth and dilation. With ageing, a significant decline in transplantability was detected. In general, mosaicplasty cannot be recommended in horses above 11 years. Based on a previous clinical case (Bodó et al., 2000), a good surface alignment was indeed achieved with a combination of graft length drilling and dilation in most cases. However, the occasional entrapment of cartilage debris under the graft prevented perfect alignment in the present cadaver study in 27% of the grafts transplanted in this manner. Since the protrusion of grafts never exceeded 1.5 mm, we conclude that drilling 3-5 mm deeper than graft length with graft length deep dilation can avoid disadvantageous protrusion of the transplanted hyaline cartilage caps, achieving bone decompression at the same time.
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- G Bodó
- Department and Clinic of Surgery and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, H-1400 Budapest, P.O. Box 2, Hungary.
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Kaposi AD, Wright WW, Fidy J, Stavrov SS, Vanderkooi JM, Rasnik I. Carbonmonoxy horseradish peroxidase as a function of pH and substrate: influence of local electric fields on the optical and infrared spectra. Biochemistry 2001; 40:3483-91. [PMID: 11297414 DOI: 10.1021/bi002784z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Infrared and optical spectra of carbonmonoxy horseradish peroxidase were monitored as a function of pH and substrate binding. The analyses of experimental results together with semiempirical calculations show that the CO-porphyrin complex is sensitive to environmental changes. The electronic Q(0,0) band of the porphyrin and the CO stretching mode respond to external perturbations with different symmetry dependencies. In this way, the complex is nonisotropic, and the combined spectral analyses constitute a valuable tool for the investigation of structure. In the absence of substrate and at pH 6.0, the low-spin heme optical Q(0,0) absorption band is a single peak that narrows as the temperature decreases. Under these conditions, the CO vibrational stretch frequency is at 1903 cm(-1). Addition of the substrates benzohydroxamic acid or naphthohydroxamic acid produces a split of approximately 320 cm(-1) in the Q(0,0) absorption band that is clearly evident at < 100 K and shifts the CO absorption to 1916 cm(-1). Increasing the pH to 9.3 also causes a split in the Q(0,0) optical band and elicits a shift in nu(CO) to a higher frequency (1936 cm(-1)). The splitting of the Q(0,0) band and the shifts in the IR spectra are both consistent with changes in the local electric field produced by the proximity of the electronegative carbonyl of the substrate near the heme or the protonation and/or deprotonation of the distal histidine, although other effects are also considered. The larger effect on the Q(0,0) band with substrate at low pH and the shift of nu(CO) at high pH can be rationalized by the directionality of the field and the orientation dependence of dipolar interactions.
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- A D Kaposi
- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Puskin u. 9, Budapest H-1088, Hungary
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Kaposi AD, Fidy J, Manas ES, Vanderkooi JM, Wright WW. Horseradish peroxidase monitored by infrared spectroscopy: effect of temperature, substrate and calcium. Biochim Biophys Acta 1999; 1435:41-50. [PMID: 10561536 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(99)00206-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Horseradish peroxidase was examined as a function of Ca and substrate binding using infrared spectroscopy in the temperature range of 10-300 K. The Ca complex could be identified by the carboxylate stretches. The amide peak positions indicate that the protein remains stable from room temperature to 10 K. Shifts in these peaks are consistent with increased hydrogen bonding as temperature decreases, but the protein conformation is maintained at cryogenic temperatures. The substrate, benzohydroxamic acid, produced no detectable change in the infrared spectrum, consistent with X-ray crystallography results. With removal of Ca, the protein maintained its overall helicity.
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- A D Kaposi
- Institute of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Puskin u. 9, Budapest, Hungary.
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Bárdos-Nagy I, Galántai R, Kaposi AD, Fidy J. Difference in the transport of metal and free-base porphyrins steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence studies. Int J Pharm 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5173(98)00294-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fluorescence line narrowing is a high resolution spectroscopic technique that uses low temperature and laser excitation to optically select specific subpopulations from the inhomogeneously broadened absorption band of the sample. When applied to the study of fluorescent groups in proteins one can obtain vibronically resolved spectra, which can be analyzed to give information on spectral line shapes, vibrational energies of both the ground and excited state molecule, and the inhomogeneous distribution function of the electronic transitions. These parameters reveal information about the chromophoric prosthetic group and the protein matrix and are functions of geometric strains and local electric fields imposed by the protein. Examples of the use of fluorescence line narrowing are discussed in investigations of heme proteins, photosynthetic systems and tryptophan-containing proteins.
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- J Fidy
- Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
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Logovinsky V, Kaposi AD, Vanderkooi JM. Native and denatured Zn cytochrome c studied by fluorescence line narrowing spectroscopy. Biochim Biophys Acta 1993; 1161:149-60. [PMID: 8381668 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(93)90208-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Fluorescence Line Narrowing (FLN) spectroscopy was employed to compare the environment around the porphyrin in folded and unfolded Zn-substituted cytochrome c (Zn cyt c). Parameters of the resolved spectra, including the inhomogeneous energy-distribution function, vibrational energy levels, and phonon coupling, were compared for guanidine-denatured Zn cyt c and native Zn cyt c. The spectra of denatured Zn cyt c showed increased broad background and decreased peak resolution when compared to the native protein, indicating that denaturation results in increased phonon coupling. The energy-distribution function for the unfolded protein was fitted to a single Gaussian centered at 17,230 cm-1 with a width of approx. 360 cm-1, which proved to be blue shifted and much wider than that for native Zn cyt c (approx. 65 cm-1). Vibrational frequencies of the ground-state for Zn cyt c were identified and shown to change upon denaturation. Temperature-dependence of the FLN spectra of native Zn cyt c was analyzed and found to have step-like broadening between 40 K and 50 K. Such discontinuous spectral broadening behavior suggests that a discrete conformational change occurs in the protein at these temperatures.
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- V Logovinsky
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104
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Kaposi AD, Vanderkooi JM. Vibronic energy map and excited state vibrational characteristics of magnesium myoglobin determined by energy-selective fluorescence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:11371-5. [PMID: 1454822 PMCID: PMC50552 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.23.11371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] Open
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The vibrational frequencies of the singlet excited state of Mg-substituted myoglobin and relative absorption probabilities were determined by fluorescence line-narrowing spectroscopy. These spectra contain information on the structure of the excited state species, and the availability of vibrationally resolved spectra from excited state biomolecules should aid in elucidating their structure and reactivity.
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- A D Kaposi
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104
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