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Wilner JG, Ronzio B, Gillen C, Aguirre B. Self-Hatred: The Unaddressed Symptom of Borderline Personality Disorder. J Pers Disord 2024; 38:157-170. [PMID: 38592908 DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2024.38.2.157] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often report chronic, severe self-hatred. It is frequently experienced as immutable, seen as a barrier to recovery, and is associated with risk for self-injury and suicide attempts. Yet self-hatred remains a poorly understood, underdiagnosed, and undertreated presentation of BPD. In this concept article and review, we describe the nature of self-hatred in BPD and related disorders, propose a theory as to the development of self-hatred in BPD, review the assessments of and interventions for self-hatred, and consider next steps in the research, assessment, and treatment of self-hatred in BPD. Through increased awareness, understanding, and measures of self-hatred in BPD, new treatment paradigms can be developed to ensure more comprehensive recovery.
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- Julianne G Wilner
- From Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- From Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- From Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts
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- From Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts
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O'Reilly M, Gillen C, Meehan C, Counihan I, Hassan T. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme: A Transcendence During Covid-19 Pandemic. Ir Med J 2020; 113:141. [PMID: 35603491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- M O'Reilly
- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, RCSI Hospital Group
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- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, RCSI Hospital Group
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- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, RCSI Hospital Group
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- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, RCSI Hospital Group
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- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, RCSI Hospital Group
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O'Connor T, Moore Z, Patton D, Wilson P, Gillen C, Hughes M, Reilly A. Combined use of modulated ultrasound and electric current stimulation for diabetic foot ulcers: a case series. J Wound Care 2017; 26:632-640. [PMID: 29131756 DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2017.26.11.632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a significant challenge in wound care practice. Our aim was to evaluate the combined use of of two therapies, ultrasound and electrostimulation, in the treatment of DFUs. METHOD This study employed a prospective, non-comparative, case series design, undertaken in a podiatry-led diabetic foot clinic, in an acute hospital setting, in an urban location in Ireland. We recruited patinets with hard-to-heal DFUs who were treated twice a week with combined modulated ultrasound and electric current stimulation. RESULTS We recruited seven patients with eight chronic DFUs. A mean wound size reduction of 71% was achieved and there were no adverse reactions to the therapy. CONCLUSION The results of this small case series indicate that combined modulated ultrasound and electric current stimulation offers promise as an adjunct therapy for DFUs. Further large scale trials are now warranted.
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- T O'Connor
- Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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- Professor & Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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- Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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- Podiatrist, St James's Hospital, Dublin
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- Podiatrist, St James's Hospital, Dublin
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- Podiatrist, St James's Hospital, Dublin
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- Research Assistant, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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Gillen C, Diamond J, Heath M. The asymmetrical weighting of target eccentricities within a trial block influences antisaccade endpoint bias. J Vis 2014. [DOI: 10.1167/14.10.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gillen C, Weiler J, Heath M. Target range properties do not influence oculomotor undershooting bias. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.1222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Burling D, Moore A, Marshall M, Weldon J, Gillen C, Baldwin R, Smith K, Pickhardt P, Honeyfield L, Taylor S. Corrigendum to: “Virtual colonoscopy: effect of computer-assisted detection (CAD) on radiographer performance” [Clin Radiol 63 (2008) 549–556]. Clin Radiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Burling D, Moore A, Marshall M, Weldon J, Gillen C, Baldwin R, Smith K, Pickhardt PJ, Pickhardt P, Honeyfield L, Taylor SA, Taylor S. Virtual colonoscopy: effect of computer-assisted detection (CAD) on radiographer performance. Clin Radiol 2008; 63:549-56. [PMID: 18374719 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Revised: 11/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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AIM To investigate the effect of a virtual colonoscopy (VC) computed-assisted detection (CAD) system on polyp detection by trained radiographers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four radiographers trained in VC interpretation and utilization of CAD systems read a total of 62 endoscopically validated VC examinations containing 150 polyps (size range 5-50mm) in four sessions, recording any polyps found and the examination interpretation time, first without and then with the addition of CAD as a "second reader". After a temporal separation of 6 weeks to reduce recall bias, VC examinations were re-read using "concurrent reader" CAD. Interpretation times, polyp detection, and number of false-positives were compared between the different reader paradigms using paired t and paired exact tests. RESULTS Overall, use of "second reader" CAD significantly improved polyp detection by 12% (p<0.001, CI 6%,17%)) from 48 to 60%. There was no significant improvement using CAD as a concurrent reader (p=0.20; difference of 7%, CI -3%, 16%) and no significant overall difference in recorded false-positives with second reader or concurrent CAD paradigms compared with unassisted reading (p=0.25 and 0.65, respectively). The mean interpretation time was 21.7 min for unassisted reading, 29.6 (p<0.001) min for second reader and 19.1 min (p=0.12) for concurrent reading paradigms. CONCLUSION CAD, when used as a second reader, can significantly improve radiographer reading performance with only a moderate increase in interpretation times.
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- D Burling
- St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
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Goswami C, Dreger M, Jahnel R, Bogen O, Gillen C, Hucho F. Identification and characterization of a Ca2+ -sensitive interaction of the vanilloid receptor TRPV1 with tubulin. J Neurochem 2005; 91:1092-103. [PMID: 15569253 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02795.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 11/29/2022]
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The vanilloid receptor TRPV1 plays a well-established functional role in the detection of a range of chemical and thermal noxious stimuli, such as those associated with tissue inflammation and the resulting pain. TRPV1 activation results in membrane depolarization, but may also trigger intracellular Ca2+ -signalling events. In a proteomic screen for proteins associated with the C-terminal sequence of TRPV1, we identified beta-tubulin as a specific TRPV1-interacting protein. We demonstrate that the TRPV1 C-terminal tail is capable of binding tubulin dimers, as well as of binding polymerized microtubules. The interaction is Ca2+ -sensitive, and affects microtubule properties, such as microtubule sensitivity towards low temperatures and nocodazole. Our data thus provide compelling evidence for the interaction of TRPV1 with the cytoskeleton. The Ca2+ -sensitivity of this interaction suggests that the microtubule cytoskeleton at the cell membrane may be a downstream effector of TRPV1 activation.
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- C Goswami
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute für Chemie-Biochemie, Berlin, Germany
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Vulcu SD, Liewald JF, Gillen C, Rupp J, Nawrath H. Proton conductance of human transient receptor potential-vanilloid type-1 expressed in oocytes of Xenopus laevis and in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Neuroscience 2004; 125:861-6. [PMID: 15120847 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Transient receptor potential-vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) is a ligand-gated cation channel with preference for divalent cations, especially Ca(2+) (sequence of conductances: Ca(2+)>Mg(2+)>Na(+) approximately/= K(+) approximately/= Cs(+)). In the present study, the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique was used on oocytes of Xenopus laevis expressing TRPV1 to evaluate whether human TRPV1 also conducts protons. In medium devoid of K(+), Na(+), Mg(2+), and Ca(2+), capsaicin 1 microM induced a significant inward current (62% of the current in physiological medium). The effects of capsaicin were abolished in the presence of capsazepine 3 microM. The capsaicin-induced currents in medium devoid of Na(+), K(+), Mg(2+), and Ca(2+) were dependent on pH, causing larger inward currents and less negative reversal potentials at low pH and vice versa. The same current was also demonstrated in Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing human TRPV1. We conclude that TRPV1 conducts protons, in addition to Na(+), K(+), Mg(2+), and Ca(2+). The proton conductance may help to initiate action potentials and to translocate H(+) dependent on TRPV1 activation and membrane potential.
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- S D Vulcu
- Department of Pharmacology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Obere Zahlbacherstrasse 67, D-55101 Mainz, Germany
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Using RT-PCR, the present study investigated the effects of formalin administration on mRNA expression coding for NMDA receptor (NR) subunits and splice variants in rat lumbar spinal cord. Subsequent to formalin injection (5%; subcutaneously) into the hind paw of Sprague-Dawley rats, the animals exhibited the typical biphasic behavioural pain response. Spinal cord (L3-6) was prepared six hours after formalin injection. In controls, NR1-b predominated over NR1-a, and NR1-2 and NR1-4 exceeded over NR1-1 and NR1-3, respectively. Regarding the NR2 subunit expression in controls, NR2B exhibited the highest expression, followed by decreasing proportions of NR2C, NR2A, and NR2D. Formalin treatment did not affect NR1 splice variant expression but significantly increased and decreased the proportion of NR2A and NR2C, respectively. In summary, the present data demonstrate adaptive changes in the NR subunit expression pattern in rat spinal cord due to formalin injection.
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- C Gaunitz
- Rudolf-Boehm-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Behrendt HJ, Germann T, Gillen C, Hatt H, Jostock R. Characterization of the mouse cold-menthol receptor TRPM8 and vanilloid receptor type-1 VR1 using a fluorometric imaging plate reader (FLIPR) assay. Br J Pharmacol 2004; 141:737-45. [PMID: 14757700 PMCID: PMC1574235 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [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: 02/07/2023] Open
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1. TRPM8 (CMR1) is a Ca(2+)-permeable channel, which can be activated by low temperatures, menthol, eucalyptol and icilin. It belongs to the transient receptor potential (TRP) family, and therefore is related to vanilloid receptor type-1 (VR1, TRPV1). We tested whether substances which are structurally related to menthol, or which produce a cooling sensation, could activate TRPM8, and compared the responses of TRPM8 and VR1 to these ligands. 2. The effects of 70 odorants and menthol-related substances on recombinant mouse TRPM8 (mTRPM8), expressed in HEK293 cells, were examined using a FLIPR assay. In all, 10 substances (linalool, geraniol, hydroxycitronellal, WS-3, WS-23, FrescolatMGA, FrescolatML, PMD38, CoolactP and Cooling Agent 10) were found to be agonists. 3. The EC(50) values of the agonists defined their relative potencies: icilin (0.2+/-0.1 microM)>FrescolatML (3.3+/-1.5 microM) > WS-3 (3.7+/-1.7 microM) >(-)menthol (4.1+/-1.3 microM) >frescolatMAG (4.8+/-1.1 microM) > cooling agent 10 (6+/-2.2 microM) >(+)menthol (14.4+/-1.3 microM) > PMD38 (31+/-1.1 microM) > WS-23 (44+/-7.3 microM) > Coolact P (66+/-20 microM) > geraniol (5.9+/-1.6 mM) > linalool (6.7+/-2.0 mM) > eucalyptol (7.7+/-2.0 mM) > hydroxycitronellal (19.6+/-2.2 mM). 4. Known VR1 antagonists (BCTC, thio-BCTC and capsazepine) were also able to block the response of TRPM8 to menthol (IC(50): 0.8+/-1.0, 3.5+/-1.1 and 18+/-1.1 microM, respectively). 5. The Ca(2+) response of hVR1-transfected HEK293 cells to the endogenous VR1 agonist N-arachidonoyl-dopamine was potentiated by low pH. In contrast, menthol- and icilin-activated TRPM8 currents were suppressed by low pH. 6. In conclusion, in the present study, we identified 10 new agonists and three antagonists of TRPM8. We found that, in contrast to VR1, TRPM8 is inhibited rather than potentiated by protons.
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- H-J Behrendt
- Grünenthal GmbH, Molecular Pharmacology, Aachen 52099, Germany.
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Helmling S, Moyroud E, Schroeder W, Roehl I, Kleinjung F, Stark S, Bahrenberg G, Gillen C, Klussmann S, Vonhoff S. A new class of Spiegelmers containing 2'-fluoro-nucleotides. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2003; 22:1035-8. [PMID: 14565337 DOI: 10.1081/ncn-120022729] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Synthesis of 2'-fluoro-nucleosides from L-arabinose in order to perform the synthesis of 2'-fluoro-Spiegelmers binding to a neuropeptide.
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Jostock R, Christoph T, Schiene K, Behrendt HJ, Kurreck J, Grünweller A, Erdmann VA, Jahnel R, Hucho F, Gillen C. Characterization of VR1 within the BMBF-Leitproject: ‘Molecular Pain Research’. J Neurochem 2003. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.85.s2.4_4.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Münter L, Jahnel R, Dreger M, Gillen C, Hucho F. Mouse and rat VRL-1 are both expressed in the dorsal root ganglion derived cell line F-11. J Neurochem 2003. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.85.s2.20_2.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Jahnel R, Goswami C, Si H, Dreger M, Gillen C, Hucho F. Expression of the N- and C-termini from the Vanilloid Receptor 1 (VR1) as MBP-fusion proteins for affinity purification and search for interaction partners. J Neurochem 2003. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.85.s2.20_3.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Jahnel R, Dreger M, Gillen C, Bender O, Kurreck J, Hucho F. Biochemical characterization of the vanilloid receptor 1 expressed in a dorsal root ganglia derived cell line. Eur J Biochem 2001; 268:5489-96. [PMID: 11683872 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2001.02500.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The vanilloid receptor VR1 is an ion channel predominantly expressed by primary sensory neurons involved in nociception. Here we describe its biochemical properties and assess the subcellular localization, the glycosylation state and the quaternary structure of VR1 expressed in HEK293 cells and in the DRG-derived cell line F-11 (N18TG2 mouse neuroblastoma x rat dorsal root ganglia, hybridoma). VR1 was found to be glycosylated in both cell types. Of the five potential N-glycosylation sites, the predicted transient receptor potential channel-like transmembrane folding proposes N604 is localized extracellularly. We used site-directed mutagenesis to mutate the Asn at position 604 to Thr. This mutated VR1 was not glycosylated, confirming the extracellular location of N604 and its role as the exclusive site of glycosylation of the VR1 protein. VR1 occured in high molecular mass complexes as assessed by blue native PAGE. In the presence of limited amounts of SDS dimers, trimers and tetramers of VR1 were observed, consistent with the predicted tetrameric quaternary structure of the receptor. Cross-linking with dimethyladipimidate yielded almost exclusively dimers. Whereas VR1 localized both to the plasma membrane and to intracellular membranes in HEK293 cells, it localized predominantly to the plasma membrane in F-11 cells. Using confocal laserscanning microscopy, we observed an enrichment of anti-VR1 immunoreactivity in neurite-like structures of F-11 cells. In the light of conflicting literature data on biochemical characteristics of VR1, our data suggest that dorsal root ganglion-derived F-11 cells provide a powerful experimental system for the study of VR1 biochemistry.
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- R Jahnel
- Arbeitsgruppe Neurochemie and Arbeitsgruppe Molekulare Medizin, Institut für Chemie-Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Kukhtina VV, Weise C, Muranova TA, Starkov VG, Franke P, Hucho F, Wnendt S, Gillen C, Tsetlin VI, Utkin YN. Muscarinic toxin-like proteins from cobra venom. Eur J Biochem 2000; 267:6784-9. [PMID: 11082188 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01775.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Three new polypeptides were isolated from the venom of the Thailand cobra Naja kaouthia and their amino-acid sequences determined. They consist of 65-amino-acid residues and have four disulfide bridges. A comparison of the amino-acid sequences of the new polypeptides with those of snake toxins shows that two of them (MTLP-1 and MTLP-2) share a high degree of similarity (55-74% sequence identity) with muscarinic toxins from the mamba. The third polypeptide (MTLP-3) is similar to muscarinic toxins with respect to the position of cysteine residues and the size of the disulfide-confined loops, but shows less similarity to these toxins (30-34% sequence identity). It is almost identical with a neurotoxin-like protein from Bungarus multicinctus (TrEMBL accession number Q9W727), the sequence of which has been deduced from cloned cDNA only. The binding affinities of the isolated muscarinic toxin-like proteins towards the different muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) subtypes (m1-m5) was determined in competition experiments with N-[3H]methylscopolamine using membrane preparations from CHO-K1 cells, which express these receptors. We found that MTLP-1 competed weakly with radioactive ligand for binding to all mAChR subtypes. The most pronounced effect was observed for the m3 subtype; here an IC50 value of about 3 microM was determined. MTLP-2 had no effect on ligand binding to any of the mAChR subtypes at concentrations up to 1 microM. MTLP-1 showed no inhibitory effect on alpha-cobratoxin binding to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica at concentrations up to 20 microM.
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- V V Kukhtina
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Bosse F, Petzold G, Greiner-Petter R, Pippirs U, Gillen C, Müller HW. Cellular localization of the disintegrin CRII-7/rMDC15 mRNA in rat PNS and CNS and regulated expression in postnatal development and after nerve injury. Glia 2000; 32:313-27. [PMID: 11102971 DOI: 10.1002/1098-1136(200012)32:3<313::aid-glia100>3.0.co;2-g] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Disintegrins perform putative functions in cell adhesion, signaling and fusion. We have isolated a 2815-bp rat cDNA (CRII-7) representing a transcript that is differentially expressed during sciatic nerve regeneration. Nucleotide sequence comparison indicates that CRII-7 is the rat homologue to the recently cloned cDNAs MDC15 (ADAM 15) and metargidin (hMDC15) of mouse and human, respectively. The CRII-7 cDNA (rMDC15) encodes a membrane-anchored glycoprotein of approximately 85 kDa containing a disintegrin and a metalloprotease domain. Cellular metalloprotease disintegrins are a family of proteins (ADAMs or MDC proteins) with important roles, e.g., in cell-cell interactions during fertilization, muscle and nerve development, or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) cleavage. Northern blot analysis demonstrated a predominant expression of CRII-7/rMDC15 in the nervous system (PNS and CNS) and lung. Analysis of the CRII-7/rMDC15 transcript levels following peripheral nerve lesions demonstrated regulated mRNA expression during Wallerian degeneration and nerve regeneration. The steady-state levels of CRII-7/rMDC15 transcripts markedly increased within the first day after lesion and then steadily decreased for at least 4 weeks. CRII-7/rMDC15 mRNA expression was further examined during postnatal development and maturation of rat sciatic nerve and brain, as well as in cultured Schwann cells, meningeal fibroblasts, and astrocytes. In situ hybridization on paraffin sections showed the cellular localization of CRII-7/rMDC15 mRNA in Schwann cells and endothelial cells of peripheral nerve and in various neuronal populations in brain and spinal cord.
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- F Bosse
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Gillen C, Haurand M, Kobelt DJ, Wnendt S. Affinity, potency and efficacy of tramadol and its metabolites at the cloned human mu-opioid receptor. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2000; 362:116-21. [PMID: 10961373 DOI: 10.1007/s002100000266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The present study was conducted to characterise the centrally active analgesic drug tramadol hydrochloride [(1RS,2RS)-2-[(dimethyl-amino)-methyl]-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)-cyclohe xanol hydrochloride] and its metabolites M1, M2, M3, M4 and M5 at the cloned human mu-opioid receptor. Membranes from stably transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were used to determine the four parameters of the ligand-receptor interaction: the affinity of (+/-)-tramadol and its metabolites was determined by competitive inhibition of [3H]naloxone binding under high and low salt conditions. The agonist-induced stimulation of [35S]GTPgammaS binding permits the measurement of potency (EC50), efficacy (Emax = maximal stimulation) and relative intrinsic efficacy (effect as a function of receptor occupation). The metabolite (+)-M1 showed the highest affinity (Ki=3.4 nM) to the human mu-opioid receptor, followed by (+/-)-M5 (Ki=100 nM), (-)-M1 (Ki=240 nM) and (+/-)-tramadol (Ki=2.4 microM). The [35S]GTPgammaS binding assay revealed an agonistic activity for the metabolites (+)-M1, (-)-M1 and (+/-)-M5 with the following rank order of intrinsic efficacy: (+)-M1>(+/-)-M5>(-)-M1. The metabolites (+/-)-M2, (+/-)-M3 and (+/-)-M4 displayed only weak affinity (Ki> 10 microM) and had no stimulatory effect on GTPgammaS binding. These data indicate that the metabolite (+)-M1 is responsible for the mu-opioid-derived analgesic effect.
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- C Gillen
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Grünenthal GmbH, Aachen, Germany.
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The nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) receptor (e.g. the human ortholog ORL1) has been shown to be pharmacologically distinct from classic opioid receptors. Recently, we have identified buprenorphine as a full ORL1 agonist using a reporter gene assay. For further functional analysis, buprenorphine's effects on ORL1 receptors were investigated using a K(+) channel (GIRK1) assay in Xenopus oocytes and GTPgammaS assay in CHO-K1 membrane preparations. In both assays, buprenorphine behaved as a partial agonist compared to nociceptin itself. The N/OFQ agonism of buprenorphine might contribute to actions of buprenorphine in pain models in vivo beside its mu- or kappa-opioid receptor mediated effects.
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- P Bloms-Funke
- Grünenthal GmbH, Zieglerstr. 6, D-52078, Aachen, Germany
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Gleichmann M, Gillen C, Czardybon M, Bosse F, Greiner-Petter R, Auer J, Müller HW. Cloning and characterization of SDF-1gamma, a novel SDF-1 chemokine transcript with developmentally regulated expression in the nervous system. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:1857-66. [PMID: 10886327 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 11/20/2022]
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The cytokines SDF-1alpha and -1beta are two alternatively spliced variants of the CXC (alpha) chemokines that are highly conserved among species. SDF-1alpha was shown to function as a B-cell maturation factor, a ligand for the CXCR4 (LESTR/fusin) chemokine receptor, thereby inhibiting replication of T cell-tropic HIV-1 strains and inducing cell death in human neuronal cell lines. In this report the cloning of the rat SDF-1beta cDNA and a new SDF-1 isoform, SDF-1gamma, are presented. Using Northern blot analysis, the expression pattern of both isoforms was studied in different tissues and it is shown that during postnatal development of the central and peripheral nervous system SDF-1beta- and SDF-1gamma-mRNA expression is inversely regulated. Whilst SDF-1beta-mRNA is the predominant isoform in embryonic and early postnatal nerve tissue, SDF-1gamma-mRNA is expressed at higher levels in adulthood. After peripheral nerve lesion a transient increase in SDF-1beta-mRNA expression is observed. As revealed by in situ hybridization, neurons and Schwann cells are the main cellular sources of both SDF-1beta and SDF-1gamma mRNAs in the nervous system. Computer-assisted analysis revealed that both transcripts encode secreted peptides with putative proteolytic cleavage sites which might generate novel neuropeptides.
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- M Gleichmann
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, andBiomedical Research Center, University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Here, we report on the expression of the small chondroitin/dermatan sulfate proteoglycan decorin in the developing postnatal rat brain. Northern analysis of brain RNA demonstrated decorin transcripts with peak expression on postnatal day 3 followed by a slow decline to the lower adult level. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry revealed postnatal decorin expression in the grey matter of neocortex, hippocampus and thalamus, in myelinated fibre tracts and in several mesenchymal tissues (blood vessels, pia mater and the choroid plexus). In the neocortex, decorin is expressed in a specific laminar pattern with intense staining of the cortical plate and its derivatives, which differs remarkably from the distributions observed for other proteoglycans [B. Miller, A.M. Sheppard, A.R. Bicknese, A.L. Pearlman, Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in the developing cerebral cortex: the distribution of neurocan distinguishes forming afferent and efferent axonal pathways, J. Comp. Neurol. 355 (1995) 615-28]. Thus, decorin seems to serve yet unknown functions in the developing rat brain parenchyma in addition to its well-established role as a constituent of the mesenchymal extracellular matrix.
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- J Kappler
- Labor für molekulare Neurobiologie, Neurologische Klinik der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Jander S, Pohl J, D'Urso D, Gillen C, Stoll G. Time course and cellular localization of interleukin-10 mRNA and protein expression in autoimmune inflammation of the rat central nervous system. Am J Pathol 1998; 152:975-82. [PMID: 9546358 PMCID: PMC1858238] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis of the Lewis rat is a T-cell-mediated autoimmune disease of the central nervous system characterized by a self-limiting monophasic course. In this study, we analyzed the expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-10 at the mRNA and protein level in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis actively induced with the encephalitogenic 68-86 peptide of guinea pig myelin basic protein. Semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction revealed that IL-10 mRNA expression peaked during the acute phase of the disease at days 11 and 13. IL-10 mRNA was synchronously induced with mRNA for the proinflammatory cytokine interferon-gamma. Immunocytochemistry with a monoclonal antibody against rat IL-10 showed that the peak of IL-10 mRNA was accompanied by an abundant expression of IL-10 protein during the acute stage of the disease. Both in situ hybridization and double labeling immunocytochemistry in combination with confocal microscopy identified T cells, macrophages/microglia, and astrocytes as major cellular sources of IL-10 in vivo. The early peak of IL-10 production was unexpected in light of its well-documented anti-inflammatory properties. Additional studies are required to determine whether endogenous IL-10 contributes to rapid clinical remission typical for Lewis rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis or if it plays other, yet undefined, roles in central nervous system autoimmunity.
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- S Jander
- Department of Neurology, Center for Biological and Medical Research, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Gillen C, Jander S, Stoll G. Sequential expression of mRNA for proinflammatory cytokines and interleukin-10 in the rat peripheral nervous system: comparison between immune-mediated demyelination and Wallerian degeneration. J Neurosci Res 1998; 51:489-96. [PMID: 9514202 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19980215)51:4<489::aid-jnr8>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 11/09/2022]
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This study examined the time course of mRNA levels of the proinflammatory cytokines interferon-gamma (IFNgamma), interleukin-1beta (IL1beta), interleukin-12 (IL12; p40 subunit), and the immunosuppressant interleukin-10 (IL10) by semiquantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in rats with actively induced experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) and in distal stumps of crushed sciatic nerves undergoing Wallerian degeneration. In EAN IFNgamma- and IL1beta-mRNA peaked at the onset and acute phase of clinical disease. IL12p40-mRNA was upregulated later than IFNgamma-mRNA in the late acute phase from days 15 to 21. IL10-mRNA appeared concomitantly with the proinflammatory cytokines at day 11, but persisted at high levels into the clinical recovery phase. After nerve crush both IL1beta- and IL10-mRNA were rapidly upregulated in the distal stump at day 1 and slowly declined over the next 2 weeks. Significant levels of mRNA for IFNgamma could be found at days 4 and 7, whereas IL12p40-mRNA showed a biphasic induction. We provide evidence for a concomitant induction of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in EAN. Moreover, the rapid upregulation in Wallerian degeneration suggests a more general role of cytokines in the biology of the peripheral nerve.
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- C Gillen
- Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Jander S, Schroeter M, D'Urso D, Gillen C, Witte OW, Stoll G. Focal ischaemia of the rat brain elicits an unusual inflammatory response: early appearance of CD8+ macrophages/microglia. Eur J Neurosci 1998; 10:680-8. [PMID: 9749729 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00078.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Cerebral ischaemia leads to profound glial activation and leukocyte infiltration into the infarct area. In this study, we provide evidence for a dual macrophage response in focal ischaemic lesions of the rat brain. We show that a considerable proportion of macrophages in the ischaemic lesions express the CD8alphabeta heterodimer to date only described on CD8+ T cells. As known from other lesion paradigms, CD4+ macrophages were also present. Interestingly, CD8- and CD4-expressing macrophages formed two non-overlapping subpopulations. CD8+ macrophages reached their maximum during the first week with pronounced downregulation thereafter whereas CD4+ cells persisted at high levels into the second week. In contrast to cerebral ischaemia, macrophages in the spleen and in Wallerian degeneration after optic nerve axotomy expressed CD4, but not CD8. In experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, CD8 was mainly associated with T cells and very weakly detectable on some ramified cells resembling activated microglia. In conclusion, we show that cerebral ischaemia triggers an unusual inflammatory response characterized by the appearance of CD8+/CD4- macrophages that might exert specific functions in the pathogenesis of ischaemic brain damage.
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- S Jander
- Department of Neurology and Center for Biological and Medical Research, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Müller HW, Suter U, Van Broeckhoven C, Hanemann CO, Nelis E, Timmerman V, Sancho S, Barrio L, Bolhuis P, Dermietzel R, Frank M, Gabreëls-Festen A, Gillen C, Haites N, Levi G, Mariman E, Martini R, Nave K, Rautenstrauss B, Schachner M, Schenone A, Schneider C, Schröder M, Willecke K, Haneman O. Advances in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease research: cellular function of CMT-related proteins, transgenic animal models, and pathomechanisms. The European CMT Consortium. Neurobiol Dis 1997; 4:215-20. [PMID: 9361297 DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1997.0148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The First Workshop of the European Consortium on Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease brought together neuroscientists, molecular and cell biologists, neuropathologists, neurologists, and geneticists with a common interest in the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms that underlie the pathogenesis of CMT. The interdisciplinary group of 25 expert scientists discussed recent advances in (i) molecular genetics and histopathology of CMT, (ii) development of suitable animal models, (iii) understanding of the cellular function of CMT-related proteins, and (iv) studies using nerve biopsies from CMT patients. In this minireview, we summarize the key findings presented and discuss their impact on CMT research.
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- H W Müller
- Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Bosch T, Schmidt B, Kleophas W, Gillen C, Otto V, Passlick-Deetjen J, Gurland HJ. LDL hemoperfusion--a new procedure for LDL apheresis: first clinical application of an LDL adsorber compatible with human whole blood. Artif Organs 1997; 21:977-82. [PMID: 9288867 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 02/05/2023]
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To date, lipid apheresis procedures can remove low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (LDL-C) only from plasma. Thus, initially plasma has to be separated from the blood cells, which increases the costs and complexity of the extracorporeal circuit. This paper describes the first clinical application of a new LDL adsorber that eliminates LDL directly from whole blood. The goal of this pilot study was to test the efficacy, safety, and feasibility of direct lipoprotein adsorption in patients. In a 2 center Phase II clinical trial, 12 hypercholesterolemic patients suffering from overt coronary or peripheral artery disease were treated once with LDL hemoperfusion. The new LDL adsorber (DALI, Fresenius, St. Wendel, Germany) contained 480 ml of polyacrylate coated polyacrylamide gel. The anticoagulation consisted of an initial heparin bolus followed by an acid citrate dextrose (ACD)-A infusion during the treatment. The processing of nearly 1 patient blood volume resulted in a reduction of LDL-C by 45 +/- 8% and triglycerides by 23 +/- 20%. HDL-C, fibrinogen, and cell counts were not significantly influenced. In a subgroup of 5 patients who exhibited elevated lipoprotein (a) (Lp[a]) levels, Lp(a) reduction was 43 +/- 15% (all results corrected for plasma volume shifts). The sessions were clinically uneventful; the system was technically safe and easily handled. In conclusion, short-term LDL hemoperfusion by the DALI proved to be a safe, effective, and simple procedure for the treatment of patients suffering from symptomatic recalcitrant hypercholesterolemia. The present study represents a solid basis for the clinical long-term evaluation of this new technique in the future.
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- T Bosch
- Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany
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Jander S, Pohl J, Gillen C, Schroeter M, Stoll G. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 mRNA is expressed in immune-mediated and ischemic injury of the rat nervous system. J Neuroimmunol 1996; 70:75-80. [PMID: 8862137 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(96)00109-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 02/02/2023]
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In this study we used nonradioactive in situ hybridization for the cellular localization of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) mRNA in immune-mediated, ischemic and degenerative diseases of the rat nervous system. In the acute phase of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and neuritis VCAM-1 mRNA was expressed not only on the luminal surface of inflamed vessels but also in perivascular cells suggesting a functional role of VCAM-1 in both endothelial adhesion and local restimulation of autoantigen-specific T cells. Accordingly, perivascular T cell accumulation was most pronounced at sites of local VCAM-1 mRNA expression. In addition, VCAM-1 mRNA was detected in the border zone around photochemically induced cerebral infarcts which is the predeliction site of T cell infiltration and expression of immune activation markers during the first week after ischemia. VCAM-1 mRNA was absent from the center of the infarcts as well as axotomized central and peripheral nerves undergoing Wallerian degeneration. These data indicate that VCAM-1-mediated adhesion processes are involved in immune-mediated and ischemic diseases of the nervous system but not in T cell-independent macrophage recruitment during Wallerian degeneration.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- Autoimmune Diseases/pathology
- Cattle
- Cerebral Arteries/metabolism
- Cerebral Arteries/pathology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/genetics
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Female
- Immunization
- In Situ Hybridization
- Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis/genetics
- Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis/immunology
- Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis/pathology
- Macrophage Activation
- Nerve Crush
- Neuritis, Autoimmune, Experimental/genetics
- Neuritis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Neuritis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Optic Nerve/metabolism
- Optic Nerve Injuries
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Rats, Wistar
- Sciatic Nerve/injuries
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/biosynthesis
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics
- Wallerian Degeneration
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- S Jander
- Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Söhl G, Gillen C, Bosse F, Gleichmann M, Müller HW, Willecke K. A second alternative transcript of the gap junction gene connexin32 is expressed in murine Schwann cells and modulated in injured sciatic nerve. Eur J Cell Biol 1996; 69:267-75. [PMID: 8900491] [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: 02/02/2023] Open
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Four connexin32 (Cx32) cDNA clones isolated from a rat sciatic nerve cDNA library differ in the nucleotide sequence of their 5' untranslated region (UTR) from the corresponding Cx32 cDNA clones previously characterized from liver. The new Cx32 5'UTR sequence detected in the sciatic nerve cDNA clones is identical to one previously found in the 6.5 kb intron of the murine Cx32 gene. Using primer extension and S1 nuclease protection analysis, we determined the transcriptional starting point of this new alternative Cx32 transcript expressed in the sciatic nerve. This starting point is located 444 bp (409 bp) upstream of exon2 in a region previously described as an intron of the Cx32 gene in the rat (and mouse) genome, respectively. The alternative exon1B comprises 99 bp in rat, but 97 bp in the mouse genome, and is spliced to the same exon2 acceptor site also used for splicing of exon1 in liver. Both transcripts are likely to code for the same Cx32 protein whose reading frame is located in exon2. The putative promoter region, upstream of the alternative exon1B, contains a TATAAA motif and has been sequenced and noticed before by Miller et al. (Biosci. Rep. 8, 455-464, (1988)). The alternative exon1B transcript is highly expressed in the sciatic nerve, (i.e. Schwann cells) and very low in liver (i.e. hepatocytes). Its expression is regulated after sciatic nerve injury. The time course of expression was similar to previously established myelin genes and, therefore, we suggest that the expression of the alternative exon1B Cx32 transcript is related to the process of myelination. Very recently, we have characterized another alternative Cx32 exon1A which is transcribed in mouse embryonic stem cells but not in the sciatic nerve (Dahl et al., submitted for publication, 1995). Thus, the murine Cx32 gene is likely to be regulated by three alternative promoters that appear to be activated in a cell type-specific manner.
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- G Söhl
- Abt. Molekulargenetik, Universität Bonn, Germany
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Gillen C, Gleichmann M, Greiner-Petter R, Zoidl G, Kupfer S, Bosse F, Auer J, Müller HW. Full-lenth cloning, expression and cellular localization of rat plasmolipin mRNA, a proteolipid of PNS and CNS. Eur J Neurosci 1996; 8:405-14. [PMID: 8714710 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01223.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 02/01/2023]
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We have isolated a 1.476 bp cDNA (NTII11) representing a transcript that is differntially expressed during sciatic nerve development and regeneration in the rat. Nucleotide sequence comparison indicates partial identity with a recently isolated plasmolipin cDNA. However, our clone extends the published sequence by 234 bp at the 5' end and predicts a protein that contains an additional 25 amino acids at th N-terminus. The open reading frame of th NTII11 transcript encodes a 19.4 kDa protein with four putative transmembrane domains. Northern blot analyses revealed a tissue-specific expression was confirmed by in situ hybridization, and cellular localization of plasmolipin mRNA was demonstrated in Schwann cells of the sciatic nerve and in glial cells of myelinated brain structures. The steady-state levels of plasmolipin mRNA were markedly altered (i) during development of sciatic nerve and brain. (ii) after sciatic nerve injury, and (ii) in cured Schwann cells maintained under different conditions of cell growth and arrest. Our data indicate a function of plasmolipin during myelination in the central as well as in the peripheral nervous system.
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- C Gillen
- Department of Neurology, University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5,D-40558 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a potent immunosuppressant cytokine which downregulates MHC class II antigen expression and inflammatory cytokine production. In this study we localized mRNA for IL-10 in the rat peripheral nervous system (PNS) by nonradioactive in situ hybridization using a digoxygenin-labeled riboprobe specific for rat IL-10. IL-10 mRNA was expressed by some Schwann cells (SCs) in the normal sciatic nerve. During Wallerian degeneration, SCs strongly expressed IL-10 mRNA between days 2 and 4 after transection. By day 14 only occasional cells were positive for IL-10 mRNA. The vast majority of ED1-positive macrophages were IL-10 negative after axotomy. Contrastingly, infiltrating macrophages expressed IL-10 mRNA conincident with beginning clinical recovery in experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN), the rat model of human Guillain-Barré syndrome. Our data suggest that SCs provide a constitutive immunosuppressant system in the PNS. In EAN additional macrophage-derived IL-10 may be important for the resolution of the T cell-mediated immune response.
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- S Jander
- Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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In an attempt to identify genes associated with Wallerian degeneration and peripheral nerve regeneration we have performed differential hybridization screening of a cDNA library from crushed rat sciatic nerve (7 days postlesion) using radioactively labeled cDNA prepared from poly(A)+ RNA of normal vs. crushed nerve. Screening of 5,000 randomly selected colonies yielded 24 distinct clones that were regulated following nerve injury. Fifteen of the differentially expressed sequences could be classified as induced, whereas 9 sequences appeared to be repressed at 1 week postcrush. Sequencing and computer-assisted sequence comparison revealed 3 classes of regulated cDNA clones representing 1) novel gene sequences (8 clones) including 3 transcripts containing a repetitive "brain identifier" (ID) element; 2) identified genes (7 clones) with previously undetected expression in the peripheral nervous system (PNS), such as apolipoprotein D, peripheral myelin protein 22kD (PMP22), SPARC (secreted protein, acidic and rich in cysteine), sulfated glycoprotein SGP-1, apoferritin, decorin, and X16/SRp20; and 3) identified genes (9 clones) with known expression in the PNS including, e.g., the myelin protein P0, gamma-actin, vimentin, alpha-tubulin, chargerin II, and cytochrome c-oxidase subunit I. Northern blot and polymerase chain reaction analyses with RNA from crushed and transected nerve demonstrated that sequences with related function, like the group of myelin genes, cytoskeleton genes, genes involved in RNA processing and translation, in lipid transport or energy metabolism showed closely related temporal patterns of expression during nerve degeneration and regeneration. Finally, we compared the differentially expressed genes identified at 7 days after crush injury (this investigation) with the regulated sequences isolated previously by De Leon et al. (J Neurosci Res 29:437-488, 1991) from a 3 day postcrush sciatic nerve cDNA library.
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- C Gillen
- Department of Neurology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
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A rat cDNA clone (pCD67) isolated from a cDNA library of regenerating sciatic nerve by differential hybridization screening revealed 75% homology on the nucleic acid level and 81% homology (including conservative amino acid changes) to the deduced amino acid sequence of the core protein of human dermatan/chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan decorin (PGII, PG40, PG-S2). Two transcripts of 1.3 and 1.75 KB very similar in size to the two decorin mRNA species previously identified in connective tissue were detected by Northern blotting in both normal and injured sciatic nerve and in the mature and embryonic rat brain. The steady-state level of the decorin 1.3 KB mRNA was very much higher in peripheral nerve than in the central nervous system or in other non-neural tissues (skeletal muscle, heart, colon, kidney). In situ hybridization experiments indicated that decorin mRNA is expressed by Schwann cells and vascular cells in peripheral nerve. In the spinal cord the ventral horn motor neurons and other neurons in gray matter showed specific hybridization signals. Furthermore, in situ hybridization indicated decorin expression in Purkinje neurons and cells of the molecular layer in cerebellum, and in neurons of the primary olfactory cortex and brainstem (pons). Our data clearly demonstrate decorin mRNA expression in distinct neural cell populations, suggesting yet unknown functions of this proteoglycan in the peripheral and central nervous system.
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- C O Hanemann
- Department of Neurology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
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Spreyer P, Kuhn G, Hanemann CO, Gillen C, Schaal H, Kuhn R, Lemke G, Müller HW. Axon-regulated expression of a Schwann cell transcript that is homologous to a ‘growth arrest-specific’ gene. EMBO J 1991; 10:3661-8. [PMID: 1935894 PMCID: PMC453098 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1991.tb04933.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 11/08/2022] Open
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We have isolated a 1.8 kb cDNA (pCD25) clone that encodes a transcript that is differentially expressed during nerve regeneration. Nucleotide sequence comparison indicates 89.6% homology with the recently identified murine 'growth arrest-specific' gene gas3. The open reading frame of the CD25 transcript predicts a 17 kDa protein with four putative transmembrane regions. Steady-state levels of the CD25 mRNA are very much higher in sciatic nerve than in other tissues, and expression in sciatic nerve is confined to Schwann cells. Following nerve injury, the transcript levels rapidly declined in nerve segments distal to the site of lesion, but recovered upon nerve regeneration. In contrast, in distal stumps of permanently transected nerves, the mRNA level remained very low. Substantial amounts of the mRNA could be reinduced only upon anastomosis of these interrupted nerve stumps. Re-induction of the mRNA followed the elongation of regenerating axons through the distal nerve segment. Our data indicate that axons regulate expression of the CD25 mRNA in Schwann cells, and suggest that the CD25 protein functions during Schwann cell growth and differentiation.
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- P Spreyer
- Department of Neurology, University of Düsseldorf, FRG
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Talbott JA, Gillen C. Differences between nonprofessional recovering alcoholic counselors treating Bowery alcoholics: a study of therapist variables. Psychiatr Q 1978; 50:333-42. [PMID: 83658 DOI: 10.1007/bf01064460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Several treatment variables have been suggested as critical in the outcome of psychiatric therapy. These can be categorized as patient variables, therapy variables, and therapist variables. This study utilized a homogeneous Bowery-patient population, treated in a comprehensive inpatient treatment and rehabilitation program, and attempted to assess differences among nonprofessional recovering alcoholic counselors. The therapeutic outcome of the alcoholic patients was correlated with the values held by the counselors as assessed on the Rokeach Value Scale, suggesting that this instrument may provide an easy to administer and inexpensive screening method for counselors of patients suffering from alcoholism.
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