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Younis A, Bodurian C, Arking DE, Bragazzi NL, Tabaja C, Zareba W, McNitt S, Aktas MK, Polonsky B, Lopes CM, Sotoodehnia N, Kudenchuk PJ, Goldenberg I. Genetic variant annotation scores in congenital long QT syndrome. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2023; 28:e13080. [PMID: 37571804 PMCID: PMC10475886 DOI: 10.1111/anec.13080] [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] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Congenital Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is a hereditary arrhythmic disorder. We aimed to assess the performance of current genetic variant annotation scores among LQTS patients and their predictive impact. METHODS We evaluated 2025 patients with unique mutations for LQT1-LQT3. A patient-specific score was calculated for each of four established genetic variant annotation algorithms: CADD, SIFT, REVEL, and PolyPhen-2. The scores were tested for the identification of LQTS and their predictive performance for cardiac events (CE) and life-threatening events (LTE) and then compared with the predictive performance of LQTS categorization based on mutation location/function. Score performance was tested using Harrell's C-index. RESULTS A total of 917 subjects were classified as LQT1, 838 as LQT2, and 270 as LQT3. The identification of a pathogenic variant occurred in 99% with CADD, 92% with SIFT, 100% with REVEL, and 86% with PolyPhen-2. However, none of the genetic scores correlated with the risk of CE (Harrell's C-index: CADD = 0.50, SIFT = 0.51, REVEL = 0.50, and PolyPhen-2 = 0.52) or LTE (Harrell's C-index: CADD = 0.50, SIFT = 0.53, REVEL = 0.54, and PolyPhen-2 = 0.52). In contrast, high-risk mutation categorization based on location/function was a powerful independent predictor of CE (HR = 1.88; p < .001) and LTE (HR = 1.89, p < .001). CONCLUSION In congenital LQTS patients, well-established algorithms (CADD, SIFT, REVEL, and PolyPhen-2) were able to identify the majority of the causal variants as pathogenic. However, the scores did not predict clinical outcomes. These results indicate that mutation location/functional assays are essential for accurate interpretation of the risk associated with LQTS mutations.
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- Arwa Younis
- Clinical Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew YorkUSA
- Department of Cardiovascular MedicineCleveland ClinicClevelandOhioUSA
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- Clinical Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, McKusick‐Nathans InstituteJohn Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Center for Disease ModellingYork UniversityTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of Cardiovascular MedicineCleveland ClinicClevelandOhioUSA
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- Clinical Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew YorkUSA
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- Clinical Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew YorkUSA
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- Clinical Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew YorkUSA
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- Clinical Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew YorkUSA
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- Clinical Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew YorkUSA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Clinical Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew YorkUSA
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Teixeira MI, Lopes CM, Amaral MH, Costa PC. Current insights on lipid nanocarrier-assisted drug delivery in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2020; 149:192-217. [PMID: 31982574 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [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: 08/08/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The central nervous system (CNS) is vulnerable to pathologic processes that lead to the development of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, Multiple sclerosis or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. These are chronic and progressive pathologies characterized by the loss of neurons and the formation of misfolded proteins. Additionally, neurodegenerative diseases are accompanied by a structural and functional dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Although serving as a protection for the CNS, the existence of physiological barriers, especially the BBB, limits the access of several therapeutic agents to the brain, constituting a major hindrance in neurotherapeutics advancement. In this regard, nanotechnology-based approaches have arisen as a promising strategy to not only improve drug targeting to the brain, but also to increase bioavailability. Lipid nanocarriers such as liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN), nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC), microemulsions and nanoemulsions, have already proven their potential for enhancing brain transport, crossing more easily into the CNS and allowing the administration of medicines that could benefit the treatment of neurological pathologies. Given the socioeconomic impact of such conditions and the advent of nanotechnology that inevitably leads to more effective and superior therapeutics for their management, it is imperative to constantly update on the current knowledge of these topics. Herein, we provide insight on the BBB and the pathophysiology of the main neurodegenerative disorders. Moreover, this review seeks to highlight the several approaches that can be used to improve the delivery of therapeutic agents to the CNS, while also offering an extensive overview of the latest efforts regarding the use of lipid-based nanocarriers in the management of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- M I Teixeira
- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, MEDTECH, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
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- FP-ENAS/CEBIMED, Fernando Pessoa Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit/Biomedical Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fernando Pessoa University, Rua Carlos da Maia, 296, 4200-150 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, MEDTECH, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, MEDTECH, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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Ronzier E, Parks XX, Qudsi H, Lopes CM. Statin-specific inhibition of Rab-GTPase regulates cPKC-mediated IKs internalization. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17747. [PMID: 31780674 PMCID: PMC6882895 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53700-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Statins are prescribed for prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease. Statins have different cholesterol lowering abilities, with rosuvastatin and atorvastatin being the most effective, while statins like simvastatin and fluvastatin having lower effectiveness. Statins, in addition to their cholesterol lowering effects, can prevent isoprenylation of Rab-GTPase proteins, a protein family important for the regulation of membrane-bound protein trafficking. Here we show that endosomal localization of Rab-GTPases (Rab5, Rab7 and Rab11) was inhibited in a statin-specific manner, with stronger effects by fluvastatin, followed by simvastatin and atorvastatin, and with a limited effect by rosuvastatin. Fluvastatin inhibition of Rab5 has been shown to mediate cPKC-dependent trafficking regulation of the cardiac delayed rectifier KCNQ1/KCNE1 channels. We observed statin-specific inhibition of channel regulation consistent with statin-specific Rab-GTPase inhibition both in heterologous systems and cardiomyocytes. Our results uncover a non-cholesterol-reducing statin-specific effect of statins. Because Rab-GTPases are important regulators of membrane trafficking they may underlie statin specific pleiotropic effects. Therefore, statin-specificity may allow better treatment tailoring.
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- Elsa Ronzier
- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.
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Parks XX, Ronzier E, O-Uchi J, Lopes CM. Fluvastatin inhibits Rab5-mediated IKs internalization caused by chronic Ca 2+-dependent PKC activation. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2019; 129:314-325. [PMID: 30898664 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2019.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Statins, in addition to their cholesterol lowering effects, can prevent isoprenylation of Rab GTPase proteins, a key protein family for the regulation of protein trafficking. Rab-GTPases have been shown to be involved in the control of membrane expression level of ion channels, including one of the major cardiac repolarizing channels, IKs. Decreased IKs function has been observed in a number of disease states and associated with increased propensity for arrhythmias, but the mechanism underlying IKs decrease remains elusive. Ca2+-dependent PKC isoforms (cPKC) are chronically activated in variety of human diseases and have been suggested to acutely regulate IKs function. We hypothesize that chronic cPKC stimulation leads to Rab-mediated decrease in IKs membrane expression, and that can be prevented by statins. In this study we show that chronic cPKC stimulation caused a dramatic Rab5 GTPase-dependent decrease in plasma membrane localization of the IKs pore forming subunit KCNQ1, reducing IKs function. Our data indicates fluvastatin inhibition of Rab5 restores channel localization and function after cPKC-mediated channel internalization. Our results indicate a novel statin anti-arrhythmic effect that would be expected to inhibit pathological electrical remodeling in a number of disease states associated with high cPKC activation. Because Rab-GTPases are important regulators of membrane trafficking they may underlie other statin pleiotropic effects.
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- Xiaorong Xu Parks
- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, United States of America
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, United States of America
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, United States of America; Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States of America
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, United States of America.
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Ronzier E, Xu Parks X, Lopes CM. KCNE1 Subunit Phosphorylation Leads to IKs Internalization in Response to Chronic Calcium-Dependent PKC Activation. Biophys J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.2153] [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: 10/27/2022] Open
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Roberts JD, Krahn AD, Ackerman MJ, Rohatgi RK, Moss AJ, Nazer B, Tadros R, Gerull B, Sanatani S, Wijeyeratne YD, Baruteau AE, Muir AR, Pang B, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Talajic M, Rivard L, Tester DJ, Liu T, Whitman IR, Wojciak J, Conacher S, Gula LJ, Leong-Sit P, Manlucu J, Green MS, Hamilton R, Healey JS, Lopes CM, Behr ER, Wilde AA, Gollob MH, Scheinman MM. Loss-of-Function
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Variants. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2017; 10:CIRCEP.117.005282. [DOI: 10.1161/circep.117.005282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- For author affiliations, please see the Appendix
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- For author affiliations, please see the Appendix
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Chaves MM, Costa JM, Zarrouk O, Pinheiro C, Lopes CM, Pereira JS. Controlling stomatal aperture in semi-arid regions-The dilemma of saving water or being cool? Plant Sci 2016; 251:54-64. [PMID: 27593463 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Stomatal regulation of leaf gas exchange with the atmosphere is a key process in plant adaptation to the environment, particularly in semi-arid regions with high atmospheric evaporative demand. Development of stomata, integrating internal signaling and environmental cues sets the limit for maximum diffusive capacity of stomata, through size and density and is under a complex genetic control, thus providing multiple levels of regulation. Operational stomatal conductance to water vapor and CO2 results from feed-back and/or feed-forward mechanisms and is the end-result of a plethora of signals originated in leaves and/or in roots at each moment. CO2 assimilation versus water vapor loss, proposed to be the subject of optimal regulation, is species dependent and defines the water use efficiency (WUE). WUE has been a topic of intense research involving areas from genetics to physiology. In crop plants, especially in semi-arid regions, the question that arises is how the compromise of reducing transpiration to save water will impact on plant performance through leaf temperature. Indeed, plant transpiration by providing evaporative cooling, is a major component of the leaf energy balance. In this paper we discuss the dilemma of 'saving water or being cool' bringing about recent findings from molecular genetics, to development and physiology of stomata. The question of 'how relevant is screening for high/low WUE in crops for semi-arid regions, where drought and heat co-occur' is discussed.
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- M M Chaves
- Plant Molecular Physiology Laboratory, ITQBNOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
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- Plant Molecular Physiology Laboratory, ITQBNOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal; LEAF, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Plant Molecular Physiology Laboratory, ITQBNOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Plant Molecular Physiology Laboratory, ITQBNOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
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- LEAF, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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- LEAF, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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Selby RW, Jonchhe A, Kaplan C, Lopes CM, Ghoraani B. Development of data acquisition components for simultaneous recording of 3D epicardial and surface ECG signals in the langendorff perfusion apparatus. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016; 2016:2733-2736. [PMID: 28324970 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2016.7591295] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) claims 7 million lives per year. The importance of myocardial electrogram (EGM) repolarization alternans and surface electrocardiogram (ECG) T-wave alternans is gaining traction for understanding the underlying SCD mechanisms. However, the relationship between the 3D spatial distribution of myocardial EGMs and surface ECG with respect to SCD has yet to be investigated. To make this happen, a modified data acquisition system has been developed and fabricated in conjunction with the Langendorff perfusion system to enable simultaneous recording and analysis of the 3D spatial distribution of myocardial EGMs and the surface ECG. Two devices have been fabricated: a basket catheter, which obtains 3D EGM data; and an ECG chamber, capable of keeping the constraints of the Langendorff system. Noise analysis confirmed, for all devices, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of median (μ) >= 51.7dB and standard deviation (σ) <;= 2.1dB. A Langendorff rat heart experiment further confirmed successful recording of 3D EGM and surface ECG data with an acceptable SNR. The developed system can be used to study the relationship between 3D EGM and surface ECG data, which can be utilized to understand the mechanisms of SCD.
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Xu Parks X, Ronzier E, O-Uchi J, Lopes CM. DYN-Mediated Internalization of KCNQ1/KCNE1 Channels under Sustained CPKC Activation. Biophys J 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.621] [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: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ruwald MH, Xu Parks X, Moss AJ, Zareba W, Baman J, McNitt S, Kanters JK, Shimizu W, Wilde AA, Jons C, Lopes CM. Stop-codon and C-terminal nonsense mutations are associated with a lower risk of cardiac events in patients with long QT syndrome type 1. Heart Rhythm 2015; 13:122-31. [PMID: 26318259 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND In long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1), the location and type of mutations have been shown to affect the clinical outcome. Although haploinsufficiency, including stop-codon and frameshift mutations, has been associated with a lower risk of cardiac events in patients with LQT1, nonsense mutations have been presumed functionally equivalent. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical differences between patients with nonsense mutations. METHODS The study sample comprised 1090 patients with genetically confirmed mutations. Patients were categorized into 5 groups, depending on mutation type and location: missense not located in the high-risk cytoplasmic loop (c-loop) (n = 698), which is used as reference; missense c-loop (n = 192); stop-codon (n = 67); frameshift (n = 39); and others (n = 94). The primary outcome was a composite end point of syncope, aborted cardiac arrest, and long QT syndrome-related death (cardiac events). Outcomes were evaluated using the multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. Standard patch clamp techniques were used. RESULTS Compared to patients with missense non-c-loop mutations, the risk of cardiac events was reduced significantly in patients with stop-codon mutations (hazard ratio [HR] 0.57; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.34-0.96; P = .035), but not in patients with frameshift mutations (HR 1.01; 95% CI 0.58-1.77; P = .97). Our data suggest that currents of the most common stop-codon mutant channel (Q530X) were larger than those of haploinsufficient channels (wild type: 42 ± 6 pA/pF, n = 20; Q530X+wild type: 79 ± 14 pA/pF, n = 20; P < .05) and voltage dependence of activation was altered. CONCLUSION Stop-codon mutations are associated with a lower risk of cardiac events in patients with LQT1, while frameshift mutations are associated with the same risk as the majority of the missense mutations. Our data indicate functional differences between these previously considered equivalent mutation subtypes.
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- Martin H Ruwald
- Heart Research Follow-up Program, Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
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- Heart Research Follow-up Program, Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Heart Research Follow-up Program, Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Heart Research Follow-up Program, Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Heart Research Follow-up Program, Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark; Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- AMC Heart Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
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Lopes CM, De Barba M, Boyer F, Mercier C, da Silva Filho PJS, Heidtmann LM, Galiano D, Kubiak BB, Langone P, Garcias FM, Gielly L, Coissac E, de Freitas TRO, Taberlet P. DNA metabarcoding diet analysis for species with parapatric vs sympatric distribution: a case study on subterranean rodents. Heredity (Edinb) 2015; 114:525-36. [PMID: 25649502 PMCID: PMC4815513 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Closely related sympatric species commonly develop different ecological strategies to avoid competition. Ctenomys minutus and C. flamarioni are subterranean rodents parapatrically distributed in the southern Brazilian coastal plain, showing a narrow sympatric zone. To gain understanding on food preferences and possible competition for food resources, we evaluated their diet composition performing DNA metabarcoding analyzes of 67 C. minutus and 100 C. flamarioni scat samples, collected along the species geographical ranges. Thirteen plant families, mainly represented by Poaceae, Araliaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae, were identified in the diet of C. minutus. For C. flamarioni, 10 families were recovered, with a predominance of Poaceae, Araliaceae and Asteraceae. A significant correlation between diet composition and geographical distance was detected in C. minutus, whereas the diet of C. flamarioni was quite homogeneous throughout its geographical distribution. No significant differences were observed between males and females of each species. However, differences in diet composition between species were evident according to multivariate analysis. Our results suggest some level of diet partitioning between C. flamarioni and C. minutus in the sympatric region. While the first species is more specialized on few plant items, the second showed a more varied and heterogeneous diet pattern among individuals. These differences might have been developed to avoid competition in the region of co-occurrence. Resource availability in the environment also seems to influence food choices. Our data indicate that C. minutus and C. flamarioni are generalist species, but that some preference for Poaceae, Asteraceae and Araliaceae families can be suggested for both rodents.
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- C M Lopes
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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O-Uchi J, Rice JJ, Ruwald MH, Parks XX, Ronzier E, Moss AJ, Zareba W, Lopes CM. Impaired IKs channel activation by Ca(2+)-dependent PKC shows correlation with emotion/arousal-triggered events in LQT1. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2014; 79:203-11. [PMID: 25479336 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Revised: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The most common inherited cardiac arrhythmia, LQT1, is due to IKs potassium channel mutations and is linked to high risk of adrenergic-triggered cardiac events. We recently showed that although exercise-triggered events are very well treated by ß-blockers for these patients, acute arousal-triggered event rate were not significantly reduced after beta-blocker treatment, suggesting that the mechanisms underlying arousal-triggered arrhythmias may be different from those during exercise. IKs is strongly regulated by β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) signaling, but little is known about the role of α1-AR-mediated regulation. METHODS AND RESULTS Here we show, using a combination of cellular electrophysiology and computational modeling, that IKs phosphorylation and α1-AR regulation via activation of calcium-dependent PKC isoforms (cPKC) may be a key mechanism to control channel voltage-dependent activation and consequently action potential duration (APD) in response to adrenergic-stimulus. We show that simulated mutation-specific combined adrenergic effects (β+α) on APD were strongly correlated to acute stress-triggered cardiac event rate for patients while β-AR effects alone were not. CONCLUSION We were able to show that calcium-dependent PKC signaling is key to normal QT shortening during acute arousal and when impaired, correlates with increased rate of sudden arousal-triggered cardiac events. Our study suggests that the acute α1-AR-cPKC regulation of IKs is important for QT shortening in "fight-or-flight" response and is linked to decreased risk of sudden emotion/arousal-triggered cardiac events in LQT1 patients.
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- Jin O-Uchi
- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA
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- Functional Genomics and Systems Biology Group, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA
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- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA.
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Lopes CM, Ximenes SSF, Gava A, de Freitas TRO. The role of chromosomal rearrangements and geographical barriers in the divergence of lineages in a South American subterranean rodent (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae: Ctenomys minutus). Heredity (Edinb) 2013; 111:293-305. [PMID: 23759727 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Identifying factors and the extent of their roles in the differentiation of populations is of great importance for understanding the evolutionary process in which a species is involved. Ctenomys minutus is a highly karyotype-polymorphic subterranean rodent, with diploid numbers ranging from 42 to 50 and autosomal arm numbers (ANs) ranging from 68 to 80, comprising a total of 45 karyotypes described so far. This species inhabits the southern Brazilian coastal plain, which has a complex geological history, with several potential geographical barriers acting on different time scales. We assessed the geographical genetic structure of C. minutus, examining 340 individuals over the entire distributional range and using information from chromosomal rearrangements, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences and 14 microsatellite loci. The mtDNA results revealed seven main haplogroups, with the most recent common ancestors dating from the Pleistocene, whereas clustering methods defined 12 populations. Some boundaries of mtDNA haplogroups and population clusters can be associated with potential geographical barriers to gene flow. The isolation-by-distance pattern also has an important role in fine-scale genetic differentiation, which is strengthened by the narrowness of the coastal plain and by common features of subterranean rodents (that is, small fragmented populations and low dispersal rates), which limit gene flow among populations. A step-by-step mechanism of chromosomal evolution can be suggested for this species, mainly associated with the metapopulation structure, genetic drift and the geographical features of the southern Brazilian coastal plain. However, chromosomal variations have no or very little role in the diversification of C. minutus populations.
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- C M Lopes
- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Mathias A, Moss AJ, Lopes CM, Barsheshet A, McNitt S, Zareba W, Robinson JL, Locati EH, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Platonov PG, Qi M, Shimizu W, Towbin JA, Michael Vincent G, Wilde AAM, Zhang L, Goldenberg I. Prognostic implications of mutation-specific QTc standard deviation in congenital long QT syndrome. Heart Rhythm 2013; 10:720-5. [PMID: 23369741 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Individual corrected QT interval (QTc) may vary widely among carriers of the same long QT syndrome (LQTS) mutation. Currently, neither the mechanism nor the implications of this variable penetrance are well understood. OBJECTIVES To hypothesize that the assessment of QTc variance in patients with congenital LQTS who carry the same mutation provides incremental prognostic information on the patient-specific QTc. METHODS The study population comprised 1206 patients with LQTS with 95 different mutations and ≥ 5 individuals who carry the same mutation. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to assess the effect of mutation-specific standard deviation of QTc (QTcSD) on the risk of cardiac events (comprising syncope, aborted cardiac arrest, and sudden cardiac death) from birth through age 40 years in the total population and by genotype. RESULTS Assessment of mutation-specific QTcSD showed large differences among carriers of the same mutations (median QTcSD 45 ms). Multivariate analysis showed that each 20 ms increment in QTcSD was associated with a significant 33% (P = .002) increase in the risk of cardiac events after adjustment for the patient-specific QTc duration and the family effect on QTc. The risk associated with QTcSD was pronounced among patients with long QT syndrome type 1 (hazard ratio 1.55 per 20 ms increment; P<.001), whereas among patients with long QT syndrome type 2, the risk associated with QTcSD was not statistically significant (hazard ratio 0.99; P = .95; P value for QTcSD-by-genotype interaction = .002). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that mutations with a wider variation in QTc duration are associated with increased risk of cardiac events. These findings appear to be genotype-specific, with a pronounced effect among patients with the long QT syndrome type 1 genotype.
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- Andrew Mathias
- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Mullally J, Goldenberg I, Moss AJ, Lopes CM, Ackerman MJ, Zareba W, McNitt S, Robinson JL, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Towbin JA, Barsheshet A. Risk of life-threatening cardiac events among patients with long QT syndrome and multiple mutations. Heart Rhythm 2012; 10:378-82. [PMID: 23174487 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS) who harbor multiple mutations (i.e. ≥ 2 mutations in ≥ 1 LQTS-susceptibility gene) may experience increased risk for life-threatening cardiac events. OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to compare the clinical course of LQTS patients with multiple mutations to those with a single mutation. METHODS The risk for life-threatening cardiac events (comprising aborted cardiac arrest, implantable defibrillator shock, or sudden cardiac death) from birth through age 40 years, by the presence of multiple vs. single mutations, was assessed among 403 patients from the LQTS Registry. RESULTS Patients with multiple mutations (n=57) exhibited a longer QTc at enrollment compared with those with a single mutation (mean ± SD: 506 ± 72 vs. 480 ± 56 msec, respectively; P=0.003) and had a higher rate of life threatening cardiac events during follow-up (23% vs. 11%, respectively; p=0.031). Consistently, multivariate analysis demonstrated that patients with multiple mutations had a 2.3-fold (P=0.015) increased risk for life threatening cardiac events as compared to patients with a single mutation. The presence of multiple mutations in a single LQTS gene was associated with a 3.2-fold increased risk for life threatening cardiac events (P=0.010) whereas the risk associated with multiple mutation status involving >1 LQTS gene was not significantly different from the risk associated with a single mutation (HR 1.7, P=0.26). CONCLUSIONS LQTS patients with multiple mutations have a greater risk for life-threatening cardiac events as compared to patients with a single mutation.
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- Jamie Mullally
- Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Couderc JP, Xia X, Moss A, Zareba W, Lopes CM. Instantaneous response of QT to RR changes identifies an impairment of repolarization adaptation to heart rate in the LQT-1 syndrome. J Electrocardiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2012.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Couderc JP, Xia X, Denjoy I, Extramiana F, Maison-Blanche P, Moss AJ, Zareba W, Lopes CM. Genotype- and Sex-Specific QT-RR Relationship in the Type-1 Long-QT Syndrome. J Am Heart Assoc 2012; 1:e000570. [PMID: 23130128 PMCID: PMC3487370 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.112.000570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genotype-phenotype investigations have revealed significantly larger risk for cardiac events in patients with type 1 long-QT syndrome (LQT-1), particularly in adult females, with missense mutation in the cytoplasmic loop (C-loop) regions of the α subunit of the KCNQ1 gene associated with an impaired ion channel activation by adrenergic stimulus. We hypothesize that the impaired response to increases in heart rate leads to abnormal QT-RR dynamic profiles and is responsible for the increased cardiac risk for these patients. METHODS AND RESULTS We measured the QT-RR slope in 24-hour Holter ECGs from LQT-1 patients with the mutations associated with impaired adrenergic stimulus (C-loop, n=18) and compared to LQT-1 patients with other mutations (non-C-loop, n=48), and to a healthy control group (n=195). The diurnal QT-RR slope was less steep in C-loop mutation patients (0.10±0.05) than in the ECGs from non-C-loop mutation patients (0.17±0.09, P=0.002). For female patients, slower heart rates were associated with prolonged QT and increased QT-RR slope. Male patients with C-loop mutations showed an impaired repolarization for shorter range of heart rates than in females, which is consistent with gender differences in triggers for events in this syndrome. CONCLUSIONS Our observations suggest that the C-loop LQT-1 patients have specific impaired adrenergic regulation of the ventricular repolarization. This response to heart rate increases may be useful in identification of high-risk patients with inherited prolonged QT and may help select an optimal antiarrhythmic therapeutic strategy. (J Am Heart Assoc. 2012;1:e000570 doi: 10.1161/JAHA.112.000570.).
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- Jean-Philippe Couderc
- Center for Quantitative Electrocardiography and Cardiac Safety, Heart Research Follow-Up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY (J.-P.C., X.X., A.J.M., W.Z.)
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Barsheshet A, Goldenberg I, O-Uchi J, Moss AJ, Jons C, Shimizu W, Wilde AA, McNitt S, Peterson DR, Zareba W, Robinson JL, Ackerman MJ, Cypress M, Gray DA, Hofman N, Kanters JK, Kaufman ES, Platonov PG, Qi M, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Lopes CM. Mutations in cytoplasmic loops of the KCNQ1 channel and the risk of life-threatening events: implications for mutation-specific response to β-blocker therapy in type 1 long-QT syndrome. Circulation 2012; 125:1988-96. [PMID: 22456477 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.048041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND β-Adrenergic stimulation is the main trigger for cardiac events in type 1 long-QT syndrome (LQT1). We evaluated a possible association between ion channel response to β-adrenergic stimulation and clinical response to β-blocker therapy according to mutation location. METHODS AND RESULTS The study sample comprised 860 patients with genetically confirmed mutations in the KCNQ1 channel. Patients were categorized into carriers of missense mutations located in the cytoplasmic loops (C loops), membrane-spanning domain, C/N terminus, and nonmissense mutations. There were 27 aborted cardiac arrest and 78 sudden cardiac death events from birth through 40 years of age. After multivariable adjustment for clinical factors, the presence of C-loop mutations was associated with the highest risk for aborted cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death (hazard ratio versus nonmissense mutations=2.75; 95% confidence interval, 1.29-5.86; P=0.009). β-Blocker therapy was associated with a significantly greater reduction in the risk of aborted cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death among patients with C-loop mutations than among all other patients (hazard ratio=0.12; 95% confidence interval, 0.02-0.73; P=0.02; and hazard ratio=0.82; 95% confidence interval, 0.31-2.13; P=0.68, respectively; P for interaction=0.04). Cellular expression studies showed that membrane spanning and C-loop mutations produced a similar decrease in current, but only C-loop mutations showed a pronounced reduction in channel activation in response to β-adrenergic stimulation. CONCLUSIONS Patients with C-loop missense mutations in the KCNQ1 channel exhibit a high risk for life-threatening events and derive a pronounced benefit from treatment with β-blockers. Reduced channel activation after sympathetic activation can explain the increased clinical risk and response to therapy in patients with C-loop mutations.
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- Alon Barsheshet
- Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Couderc JP, Xia X, Moss A, Zareba W, Lopes CM. INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE OF QT TO RR CHANGES IDENTIFIES AN IMPAIRMENT OF REPOLARIZATION ADAPTATION TO HEART RATE IN THE LQT-1 SYNDROME. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)60794-3] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Costa J, Lopes CM, Barsheshet A, Moss AJ, Migdalovich D, Ouellet G, McNitt S, Polonsky S, Robinson JL, Zareba W, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Platonov PG, Shimizu W, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Wilde AAM, Goldenberg I. Combined assessment of sex- and mutation-specific information for risk stratification in type 1 long QT syndrome. Heart Rhythm 2012; 9:892-8. [PMID: 22293141 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Men and women with type 1 long QT syndrome (LQT1) exhibit time-dependent differences in the risk for cardiac events. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that sex-specific risk for LQT1 is related to the location and function of the disease-causing mutation in the KCNQ1 gene. METHODS The risk for life-threatening cardiac events (comprising aborted cardiac arrest [ACA] or sudden cardiac death [SCD]) from birth through age 40 years was assessed among 1051 individuals with LQT1 (450 men and 601 women) by the location and function of the LQT1-causing mutation (prespecified as mutations in the intracellular domains linking the membrane-spanning segments [ie, S2-S3 and S4-S5 cytoplasmic loops] involved in adrenergic channel regulation vs other mutations). RESULTS Multivariate analysis showed that during childhood (age group: 0-13 years) men had >2-fold (P < .003) increased risk for ACA/SCD than did women, whereas after the onset of adolescence the risk for ACA/SCD was similar between men and women (hazard ratio = 0.89 [P = .64]). The presence of cytoplasmic-loop mutations was associated with a 2.7-fold (P < .001) increased risk for ACA/SCD among women, but it did not affect the risk among men (hazard ratio 1.37; P = .26). Time-dependent syncope was associated with a more pronounced risk-increase among men than among women (hazard ratio 4.73 [P < .001] and 2.43 [P = .02], respectively), whereas a prolonged corrected QT interval (≥ 500 ms) was associated with a higher risk among women than among men. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that the combined assessment of clinical and mutation location/functional data can be used to identify sex-specific risk factors for life-threatening events for patients with LQT1.
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- Jason Costa
- Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Goldenberg I, Thottathil P, Lopes CM, Moss AJ, McNitt S, O-Uchi J, Robinson JL, Zareba W, Ackerman MJ, Kaufman ES, Towbin JA, Vincent M, Barsheshet A. Trigger-specific ion-channel mechanisms, risk factors, and response to therapy in type 1 long QT syndrome. Heart Rhythm 2011; 9:49-56. [PMID: 21871251 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Arrhythmic events in long-QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1) may be associated with exercise, acute arousal, or rest/sleep. OBJECTIVES We aimed to identify trigger-specific risk factors for cardiac events in patients with LQT1. METHODS The study population comprised 721 genetically confirmed patients with LQT1 from the US portion of the International LQTS Registry. Multivariate analysis was used to assess the independent contribution of prespecified clinical and mutation-specific factors to the development of a first reported triggered event, associated with exercise, arousal, or sleep/rest. RESULTS Cardiac events occurred in 221 study patients, of whom 121 (55%) were associated with exercise, 30 (14%) with arousal, 47 (21%) with sleep/rest, and 23 (10%) with other triggers. Multivariate analysis showed that males <13 years had a 2.8-fold (P < .001) increase in the risk for exercise-triggered events whereas females ≥13 years showed a 3.5-fold (P = .002) increase in the risk for sleep/rest nonarousal events. Cytoplasmic-loop mutations within the transmembrane region, involved in adrenergic channel regulation, were associated with the increased risk for both exercise- and arousal-triggered events (hazard ratio = 6.19 [P < .001] and 4.99 [P < .001], respectively) but were not associated with events during sleep/rest (hazard ratio = 0.72; P = .46). Beta-blocker therapy was associated with a pronounced 78% (P < .001) reduction in the risk for exercise-triggered events but did not have a significant effect on events associated with arousal or sleep/rest. CONCLUSIONS In patients with LQT1, cardiac events triggered by exercise, arousal, or rest/sleep are associated with distinctive risk factors and response to medical therapy. These findings can be used for improved recommendations for lifestyle modifications and therapeutic management in this population.
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- Ilan Goldenberg
- Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Barsheshet A, Moss AJ, McNitt S, Polonsky S, Lopes CM, Zareba W, Robinson JL, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Qi M, Goldenberg I. Risk of syncope in family members who are genotype-negative for a family-associated long-QT syndrome mutation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 4:491-9. [PMID: 21831960 DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.111.960179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Current clinical diagnosis of long-QT syndrome (LQTS) includes genetic testing of family members of mutation-positive patients. The present study was designed to assess the clinical course of individuals who are found negative for the LQTS-causing mutation in their families. METHODS AND RESULTS Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess the risk for cardiac events (comprising syncope, aborted cardiac arrest [ACA], or sudden cardiac death [SCD]) from birth through age 40 years among 1828 subjects from the LQTS Registry who were found negative for their family LQTS-causing mutation. The median QTc of study subjects was 423 ms (interquartile range, 402-442 ms). The cumulative probability of a first syncope through age 40 years was 15%. However, only 2 patients (0.1%) had ACA, and none died suddenly during follow-up. Independent risk factors for syncope in genotype-negative subjects included female sex (hazard ratio [HR], 1.60; P=0.002), prolonged QTc (HR=1.63 per 100 ms increment, P=0.02), family history of ACA or SCD (HR=1.89, P=0.002), and LQT2 versus LQT1 family mutation (HR=1.41, P=0.03). Subgroup analysis showed that the presence of the K897T polymorphism in the LQT2 gene in an affected family was associated with an 11-fold (P=0.001) increase in the risk of recurrent syncope in genotype-negative subjects. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that cardiac events among genotype-negative family members of LQTS patients are dominated by nonfatal syncopal episodes without occurrence of sudden cardiac death. The risk for nonfatal events in this population may be mediated by the presence of common polymorphisms in LQTS genes.
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- Alon Barsheshet
- Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Migdalovich D, Moss AJ, Lopes CM, Costa J, Ouellet G, Barsheshet A, McNitt S, Polonsky S, Robinson JL, Zareba W, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Platonov PG, Shimizu W, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Wilde AAM, Goldenberg I. Mutation and gender-specific risk in type 2 long QT syndrome: implications for risk stratification for life-threatening cardiac events in patients with long QT syndrome. Heart Rhythm 2011; 8:1537-43. [PMID: 21440677 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 03/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Men and women with type 2 long QT syndrome (LQT2) exhibit time-dependent differences in the risk for cardiac events. We hypothesized that data regarding the location of the disease-causing mutation in the KCNH2 channel may affect gender-specific risk in LQT2. OBJECTIVE This study sought to risk-stratify LQT2 patients for life-threatening cardiac events based on clinical and genetic information. METHODS The risk for life-threatening cardiac events from birth through age 40 years (comprising aborted cardiac arrest [ACA] or sudden cardiac death [SCD]) was assessed among 1,166 LQT2 male (n = 490) and female (n = 676) patients by the location of the LQTS-causing mutation in the KCNH2 channel (prespecified in the primary analysis as pore-loop vs. non-pore-loop). RESULTS During follow-up, the cumulative probability of life-threatening cardiac events years was significantly higher among LQT2 women (26%) as compared with men (14%; P <.001). Multivariate analysis showed that the risk for life-threatening cardiac events was not significantly different between women with and without pore-loop mutations (hazard ratio 1.20; P =.33). In contrast, men with pore-loop mutations displayed a significant >2-fold higher risk of a first ACA or SCD as compared with those with non-pore-loop mutations (hazard ratio 2.18; P = .01). Consistently, women experienced a high rate of life-threatening events regardless of mutation location (pore-loop: 35%, non-pore-loop: 23%), whereas in men the rate of ACA or SCD was high among those with pore-loop mutations (28%) and relatively low among those with non-pore-loop mutations (8%). CONCLUSION Combined assessment of clinical and mutation-specific data can be used for improved risk stratification for life-threatening cardiac events in LQT2.
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- Dimitry Migdalovich
- Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Goldenberg I, Horr S, Moss AJ, Lopes CM, Barsheshet A, McNitt S, Zareba W, Andrews ML, Robinson JL, Locati EH, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Napolitano C, Platonov PG, Priori SG, Qi M, Schwartz PJ, Shimizu W, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Wilde AAM, Zhang L. Risk for life-threatening cardiac events in patients with genotype-confirmed long-QT syndrome and normal-range corrected QT intervals. J Am Coll Cardiol 2011; 57:51-9. [PMID: 21185501 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2010] [Revised: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study was designed to assess the clinical course and to identify risk factors for life-threatening events in patients with long-QT syndrome (LQTS) with normal corrected QT (QTc) intervals. BACKGROUND Current data regarding the outcome of patients with concealed LQTS are limited. METHODS Clinical and genetic risk factors for aborted cardiac arrest (ACA) or sudden cardiac death (SCD) from birth through age 40 years were examined in 3,386 genotyped subjects from 7 multinational LQTS registries, categorized as LQTS with normal-range QTc (≤ 440 ms [n = 469]), LQTS with prolonged QTc interval (> 440 ms [n = 1,392]), and unaffected family members (genotyped negative with ≤ 440 ms [n = 1,525]). RESULTS The cumulative probability of ACA or SCD in patients with LQTS with normal-range QTc intervals (4%) was significantly lower than in those with prolonged QTc intervals (15%) (p < 0.001) but higher than in unaffected family members (0.4%) (p < 0.001). Risk factors ACA or SCD in patients with normal-range QTc intervals included mutation characteristics (transmembrane-missense vs. nontransmembrane or nonmissense mutations: hazard ratio: 6.32; p = 0.006) and the LQTS genotypes (LQTS type 1:LQTS type 2, hazard ratio: 9.88; p = 0.03; LQTS type 3:LQTS type 2, hazard ratio: 8.04; p = 0.07), whereas clinical factors, including sex and QTc duration, were associated with a significant increase in the risk for ACA or SCD only in patients with prolonged QTc intervals (female age > 13 years, hazard ratio: 1.90; p = 0.002; QTc duration, 8% risk increase per 10-ms increment; p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS Genotype-confirmed patients with concealed LQTS make up about 25% of the at-risk LQTS population. Genetic data, including information regarding mutation characteristics and the LQTS genotype, identify increased risk for ACA or SCD in this overall lower risk LQTS subgroup.
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- Ilan Goldenberg
- Cardiology Division of Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Chaves MM, Zarrouk O, Francisco R, Costa JM, Santos T, Regalado AP, Rodrigues ML, Lopes CM. Grapevine under deficit irrigation: hints from physiological and molecular data. Annals of Botany 2010; 105:661-76. [PMID: 20299345 PMCID: PMC2859908 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 01/07/2010] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND A large proportion of vineyards are located in regions with seasonal drought (e.g. Mediterranean-type climates) where soil and atmospheric water deficits, together with high temperatures, exert large constraints on yield and quality. The increasing demand for vineyard irrigation requires an improvement in the efficiency of water use. Deficit irrigation has emerged as a potential strategy to allow crops to withstand mild water stress with little or no decreases of yield, and potentially a positive impact on fruit quality. Understanding the physiological and molecular bases of grapevine responses to mild to moderate water deficits is fundamental to optimize deficit irrigation management and identify the most suitable varieties to those conditions. SCOPE How the whole plant acclimatizes to water scarcity and how short- and long-distance chemical and hydraulic signals intervene are reviewed. Chemical compounds synthesized in drying roots are shown to act as long-distance signals inducing leaf stomatal closure and/or restricting leaf growth. This explains why some plants endure soil drying without significant changes in shoot water status. The control of plant water potential by stomatal aperture via feed-forward mechanisms is associated with 'isohydric' behaviour in contrast to 'anysohydric' behaviour in which lower plant water potentials are attained. This review discusses differences in this respect between grapevines varieties and experimental conditions. Mild water deficits also exert direct and/or indirect (via the light environment around grape clusters) effects on berry development and composition; a higher content of skin-based constituents (e.g. tannins and anthocyanins) has generally being reported. Regulation under water deficit of genes and proteins of the various metabolic pathways responsible for berry composition and therefore wine quality are reviewed.
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- M M Chaves
- Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal.
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Thottathil P, Moss AJ, Lopes CM, McNitt S, Zareba W, Robinson JL, Goldenberg I. CORRELATION OF MUTATION LOCATION AND ION CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS WITH CARDIAC EVENT TRIGGERS IN LONG QT SYNDROME TYPE 1. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(10)61218-1] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lopes CM, Martins-Lopes P, Souto EB. Nanoparticulate carriers (NPC) for oral pharmaceutics and nutraceutics. Pharmazie 2010; 65:75-82. [PMID: 20225647] [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: 05/28/2023]
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The introduction of nanoparticulate carriers (NPC) in the pharmaceutic and nutraceutic fields has changed the definitions of disease management and treatment, diagnosis, as well as the supply food chain in the agri-food sector. NPC composed of synthetic polymers, proteins or polysaccharides gather interesting properties to be used for oral administration of pharmaceutics and nutraceutics. Oral administration remains the most convenient way of delivering drugs (e.g. peptides, proteins and nucleic acids) since these suffer similar metabolic pathways as food supply. Recent advances in biotechnology have produced highly potent new molecules however with low oral bioavailability. A suitable and promising approach to overcome their sensitivity to chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis as well as the poor cellular uptake, would be their entrapment within suitable gastrointestinal (GI) resistant NPC. Increasing attention has been paid to the potential use of NPC for peptides, proteins, antioxidants (carotenoids, omega fatty acids, coenzyme Q10), vitamins, probiotics, for oral administration. This review focuses on the most important materials to produce NPC for oral administration, and the most recent achievements in the production techniques and bioactives successfully delivered by these means.
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- C M Lopes
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal
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O-Uchi J, Fujiwara E, Matavel A, Lopes CM. Ca2+-Dependent PKC Facilitates Voltage-Dependent Activation of IKs Through Phosphorylation of An Isoform Specific Site on the KCNE1 Subunit. Biophys J 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.2904] [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: 11/29/2022] Open
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Jons C, Moss AJ, Lopes CM, McNitt S, Zareba W, Goldenberg I, Qi M, Wilde AAM, Shimizu W, Kanters JK, Towbin JA, Ackerman MJ, Robinson JL. Mutations in conserved amino acids in the KCNQ1 channel and risk of cardiac events in type-1 long-QT syndrome. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2009; 20:859-65. [PMID: 19490272 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01455.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Type-1 long-QT syndrome (LQT1) is caused by mutations in the KCNQ1 gene. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether KCNQ1 mutations in highly conserved amino acid residues within the voltage-gated potassium channel family are associated with an increased risk of cardiac events. METHODS AND RESULTS The study population involved 492 LQT1 patients with 54 missense mutations in the transmembrane region of the KCNQ1 channel. The amino acid sequences of the transmembrane region of 38 human voltage-gated potassium channels were aligned. An adjusted Shannon entropy score for each amino acid residue was calculated ranging from 0 (no conservation) to 1.0 (full conservation). Cox analysis was used to identify independent factors associated with the first cardiac event (syncope, aborted cardiac arrest, or death). Patients were subcategorized into tertiles by their adjusted Shannon entropy scores. The lowest tertile (score 0-0.469; n = 146) was used as a reference group; patients with intermediate tertile scores (0.470-0.665; n = 150) had no increased risk of cardiac events (HR = 1.19, P = 0.42) or aborted cardiac arrest/sudden cardiac death (HR = 1.58, P = 0.26), and those with the highest tertile scores (>0.665; n = 196) showed significantly increased risk of cardiac events (HR = 3.32, P <0.001) and aborted cardiac arrest/sudden cardiac death (HR = 2.62, P = 0.04). The increased risk in patients with the highest conservation scores was independent of QTc, gender, age, and beta-blocker therapy. CONCLUSIONS Mutations in highly conserved amino acid residues in the KCNQ1 gene are associated with a significant risk of cardiac events independent of QTc, gender, and beta-blocker therapy.
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- Christian Jons
- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
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Fernandes FA, Fernández-Stolz GP, Lopes CM, Freitas TRO. The conservation status of the tuco-tucos, genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), in southern Brazil. BRAZ J BIOL 2008; 67:839-47. [PMID: 18278350 DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842007000500006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Accepted: 10/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The goal of conservation biology should be related to the preservation of species and also to the evolutionary and ecological processes that were responsible to form them and that are still acting. We review the conservation status of the species of tuco-tuco (Ctenomys torquatus, C. lami, C. minutus, and C. flamarioni) from southern Brazil, and relate these data to the geological history of a particular area in that region, the Coastal Plain of the States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. The implications of the data on these species from the Southeastern Brazil are also discussed in relation to the evolution and risk of extinction of these subterranean rodents.
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- F A Fernandes
- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Dos Santos SM, Lopes CM, Dujardin JP, Panzera F, Pérez R, Carbajal de la Fuente AL, Pacheco RS, Noireau F. Evolutionary relationships based on genetic and phenetic characters between Triatoma maculata, Triatoma pseudomaculata and morphologically related species (Reduviidae: Triatominae). Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2007; 7:469-75. [PMID: 17336167 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2006] [Revised: 01/20/2007] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The maculata group currently comprises two species of Triatominae, Triatoma maculata and Triatoma pseudomaculata, which share morphologic and chromatic characteristics. In order to clarify the systematic status of these two vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi and to infer their evolutionary relationships, we performed an enzymatic, morphometric and cytogenetic comparison of them, also taking into account two sister species not included in the group (T. arthurneivai and T. wygodzinskyi). According to our results, T. maculata and T. pseudomaculata belong to distinct evolutionary lineages. Similarly, T. arthurneivai topotypes from Minas Gerais form an independent isolated group by morphometrics. Our results also support the specific status of the Triatoma population from São Paulo State (formerly referred to T. arthurneivai), and suggest the possibility that it is T. wygodzinskyi. Finally, we suggest that only the arboricolous T. pseudomaculata from northeast Brazil and the rupicolous sister species originated from São Paulo State should be classified together in the same group.
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- S M Dos Santos
- Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Baldani MH, Lopes CM, Scheidt WA. [Prevalence of oral changes in children attending public pediatric dental clinics in Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil]. Pesqui Odontol Bras 2001; 15:302-7. [PMID: 11787318 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-74912001000400006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This investigation was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of oral alterations among 200 infants aged 0 to 24 months (108 males and 92 females), who were seen at public pediatric dental clinics from Ponta Grossa--PR, Brazil. The infants were examined during routine appointments. The data were analyzed and the results revealed that 21.00% of the children had oral conditions, which were more frequent among children aged 0 to 3 months (26.98%). The most prevalent condition was the inclusion cyst (35.71%), followed by benign migratory glossitis (23.81%) and candidiasis (11.90%). The prevalence of inclusion cysts was higher among females (10.87%), and the benign migratory glossitis was more frequently seen in males (6.48%). No tumors were found. With regard to the management of the conditions, it was noticed that no treatment was required in 76.19% of the cases. These findings are in agreement with those reported in the literature, and it was concluded that most of the oral conditions in infants are benign and do not require any treatment. In spite of that, health professionals (dentists and pediatricians) must be aware of those alterations in order to tranquilize the children's parents and to detect the need for any intervention.
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- M H Baldani
- Departamento de Odontologia, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)
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Guimarães AE, Gentile C, Lopes CM, Sant'Anna A. [Ecology of mosquitoes in areas of the National Park of "Serra da Bocaina", Brazil: II - Monthly frequency and climatic factors]. Rev Saude Publica 2001; 35:392-9. [PMID: 11600930 DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102001000400010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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: 11/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To establish the influence of climatic factors on the monthly frequency of mosquito fauna in areas of the National Park of Serra da Bocaina, Brazil. METHODS Human bait collections were conducted once a month, in diurnal and nocturnal hours, throughout 24 months, from January 1991 to December 1992. RESULTS A total of 11,808 adult mosquitoes belonging to 28 different species were collected. Anopheles cruzii, Runchomyia reversa, and Ru. frontosa were the most commonly found species each month. An. cruzii was found mostly from October to February; Ru. reversa and Ru. frontosa predominated in September. An. lutzi, Chagasia fajardoi, Coquillettidia chrysonotum, Aedes serratus, Trichoprosopon simile, Wyeomyia theobaldi, Ru. humboldti, and Ru. theobaldi are the second most prevalent species and they were found mostly throughout the hottest, rainiest and most humid months. Temperature and rainfall have positively influenced the incidence of the majority of the species. CONCLUSIONS The exuberant and well-preserved tropical forest of Mata Atlântica, rainfalls, and temperatures had a direct and significant contribution to the mosquito fauna in the park. In the months with greater rainfalls, temperatures and humidity, there was an increase in the density and diversity of mosquito species. The period from September to March was the most favorable for their proliferation. In the colder and drier period, from April to August, about 70% of the species showed a significant decline in number, and they were hardly found during these months.
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- A E Guimarães
- Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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This article has as its objective the study of the weight of the newly born, the age group of the mother and the kind of deliveries which took place in the maternity wards in Rio Branco--Acre Federal State--Brazil, in the period between 1994 and 1996. It was observed that 73.8% of the deliveries were regular and 25.5% were cesareans. Adolescents, between 10 to 14 years old represented 5.4% of the total of the deliveries. In relation to the weight of the newly born, 84.6% met the expectations, 7.4% were underweight and 6.6% were overweight. The present study also found that the data related to weight, age and gender was ignored in many cases, which shows flaws on the registration system of the institutions analyzed. As a conclusion, we would like to stress the importance of prenatal assistance both for the mother and the child, and also the effort on the part of the Maternity and Nursing management regarding the production and analysis of data.
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Lopes CM, Zilberberg N, Goldstein SA. Block of Kcnk3 by protons. Evidence that 2-P-domain potassium channel subunits function as homodimers. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:24449-52. [PMID: 11358956 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c100184200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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KCNK subunits have two pore-forming P domains and four predicted transmembrane segments. To assess the number of subunits in each pore, we studied external proton block of Kcnk3, a subunit prominent in rodent heart and brain. Consistent with a pore-blocking mechanism, inhibition was dependent on voltage, potassium concentration, and a histidine in the first P domain (P1H). Thus, at pH 6.8 with 20 mm potassium half the current passed by P1H channels was blocked (apparently via two sites approximately 10% into the electrical field) whereas channels with an asparagine substitution (P1N) were fully active. Furthermore, pore blockade by barium was sensitive to pH in P1H but not P1N channels. Although linking two Kcnk3 subunits in tandem to produce P1H-P1H and P1N-P1N channels bearing four P domains did not alter these attributes, the mixed tandems P1H-P1N and P1N-P1H were half-blocked at pH approximately 6.4, apparently via a single site. This implicates a dimeric structure for Kcnk3 channels with two (and only two) P1 domains in each pore and argues that P2 domains also contribute to pore formation.
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- C M Lopes
- Department of Pediatrics, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of hormone replacement therapy on plasma concentrations of free and total insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF binding protein (BP)-1, and IGFBP-3. DESIGN Clinical study. SETTING Gynecologic clinic at a university hospital. PATIENT(S) Seventy-one postmenopausal women. INTERVENTION(S) Six cycles of four different hormonal replacement therapy regimens: oral conjugated estrogens, transdermal estradiol, oral conjugated estrogens and norethisterone, and transdermal estradiol and norethisterone acetate. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Blood samples were collected before and after treatment for measurement of free and total IGF-I, IGFBP-1, and IGFBP-3. RESULT(S) Conjugated estrogen replacement therapy is associated with a decrease in plasma concentration of total IGF-I and increase in concentrations of free IGF-I and IGFBP-1. Transdermal estrogens have no effect on total and free IGF-I and IGFBP-1 concentrations. Oral norethisterone plus conjugated estrogens increased free IGF-I and IGFBP-1 concentrations but did not change IGF-I concentrations. Transdermal conjugated estrogens plus norethisterone acetate increased free IGF-I concentrations but not total IGF-I or IGFBP-1 concentrations. The plasma concentration of IGFBP-3 did not change in any group. CONCLUSION(S) Alterations in total IGF-I concentration can occur depending on the route of hormone replacement therapy administration. Free IGF-I concentrations were elevated in all study groups except that treated with transdermal estrogens.
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- H J Cardim
- Hospital Regional Universitário de Maringá, Rua Joaquim Nabuco, 163-apt.602, Zona 1, 87013-340 Maringá, Paraná, São Paulo, Brazil
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Guimarães AE, Gentile C, Lopes CM, de Mello RP. Ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. III. Daily biting rhythms and lunar cycle influence. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2000; 95:753-60. [PMID: 11080757 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000600002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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: 11/21/2022] Open
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The ecology of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) was studied in areas of the Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The influence of the lunar cycle and the daily biting rhythms of mosquito populations were analyzed. Systematized biweekly human bait collections were made in a silvatic environment for 24 consecutive months (January 1991 to December 1992). A total of 20,591 specimens of adult mosquitoes belonging to 55 species were collected from 545 catches. Sabethini species were captured exclusively during daylight periods, with the exception of Trichoprosopon digitatum, while members of Anophelinae predominated during nocturnal hours. Members of the subfamily Culicinae that were collected primary during nocturnal periods included Culex nigripalpus, Coquillettidia chrysonotum and Cq. venezuelensis while daytime catches included Psorophora ferox and Ps. albipes. Others members of culicines mosquitoes that were collected during both day and night included: Aedes serratus, Ae. scapularis and Ae. fulvus. Lunar cycles did not appear to influence the daily biting rhythms of most mosquito species in the area, but larger numbers of mosquitoes were collected during the new moon. Ae. scapularis were captured mainly during the full moon.
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- A E Guimarães
- Laboratório de Diptera, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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Oliveira PR, Borges LM, Lopes CM, Leite RC. Population dynamics of the free-living stages of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: ixodidae) on pastures of Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Vet Parasitol 2000; 92:295-301. [PMID: 10996741 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(00)00322-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 11/25/2022]
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A study on the population behavior of Amblyomma cajennense larvae, nymphs and adult free-living stages was carried out in Pedro Leopoldo County, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, from July 1995 to July 1997. Larvae were collected from pasture from April to October using the technique of drag sampling with flannelette. The maximal larval population was observed during autumn (May) representing, respectively, 48 and 82% of the total numbers recovered during the first and the second years of the experiment. Nymphs and adults were captured throughout the year by the use of traps with carbon dioxide as chemical attractant. The highest population of nymphs occurred during the winter (July), representing 39.5% of the total collected specimens. Adults had the highest population density on pasture during spring and summer, i.e., from August to May, with peaks in January and February, representing 46 and 38.3% of the total collected specimens during the first and the second year of study, respectively.
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- P R Oliveira
- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, No. 6.627, Pampulha, CEP 30, 161-970 Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Lopes CM, Gallagher PG, Buck ME, Butler MH, Goldstein SA. Proton block and voltage gating are potassium-dependent in the cardiac leak channel Kcnk3. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:16969-78. [PMID: 10748056 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001948200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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: 12/13/2022] Open
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Potassium leak conductances were recently revealed to exist as independent molecular entities. Here, the genomic structure, cardiac localization, and biophysical properties of a murine example are considered. Kcnk3 subunits have two pore-forming P domains and unique functional attributes. At steady state, Kcnk3 channels behave like open, potassium-selective, transmembrane holes that are inhibited by physiological levels of proton. With voltage steps, Kcnk3 channels open and close in two phases, one appears to be immediate and one is time-dependent (tau = approximately 5 ms). Both proton block and gating are potassium-sensitive; this produces an anomalous increase in outward flux as external potassium levels rise because of decreased proton block. Single Kcnk3 channels open across the physiological voltage range; hence they are "leak" conductances; however, they open only briefly and rarely even after exposure to agents that activate other potassium channels.
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- C M Lopes
- Section of Developmental Biology and Biophysics, Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536, USA
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Guimarães AE, Gentile C, Lopes CM, Sant'Anna A, Jovita AM. [Ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in areas of Serra da Bocaina National Park, Brazil. I. Habitat distribution]. Rev Saude Publica 2000; 34:243-50. [PMID: 10920446 DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102000000300006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/17/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the mosquito fauna in Serra da Bocaina National Park (PNSB), by collecting information through a general survey, and investigating the population behavior in habitats within the park with different vegetation. METHODS Human bait collections were conducted once a month for both the forest and households, in diurnal and nocturnal periods, three time a day, throughout 24 months, from January 1991 to December 1992. RESULTS A total of 11, 808 adult mosquitoes belonging to 28 species were collected. Runchomyia reversa and Anopheles cruzii were the most abundant, reaching 52.5% and 17.9% of the total collected specimens, respectively. In the dense forest, Ru. reversa comprised 59.4% of the total, followed by Ru. frontosa with 10.5%, and An. cruzii with 9.9%. In the high altitude fields and in gallery forest, An. cruzii was the most abundant (48.1%) followed by Ru. reversa (28.1%). Inside households An. cruzii was also the most prominent species, representing 73.7% of the total for that location. Coquillettidia chrysonotum was the only species mainly seen in the household surroundings, where its distribution was: 14.9% (indoors), 19.4% (close to the house), and 65.7% (outdoors). An. cruzii and Ru. reversa were found throughout the whole year and captured every month. CONCLUSIONS Mosquitoes in PNSB present an assynanthropic behavior, except for Cq. chrysonotum which lives preferentially in the household environment. Though An. cruzii is an assynantropic species it may approaches live near households and even invades and infest them for the blood meals. The occurrence of Aedes serratus in the household vicinity emphasizes its epidemiological importance as a potential vector of arboviruses. Sabethini are all exclusively sylvatic species.
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- A E Guimarães
- Departamento de Entomologia do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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This study was realized with 2.684 students of the high school in Rio Branco-Acre, Brazil, to verify aspects of the sexual activity and the occurrence of DST/AIDS. From the researched students, 48.9% had sexual intercourse, and the largest frequency was 34.3% for male sex, with the beginning at 13 years old, and for female sex 31.6%, with the beginning at 16 years old. The occurrence of mentioned DST/AIDS was: 58.4% for Hepatitis B, 39.4% for Monilíase and 2.2% for Gonorrhea. Among those ones who had their first sexual intercourse, 47.6% were with the boyfriend, 25.8% with the neighbor and 10.5% with the domestic maid. Concluding, the students who had sexual intercourse were 52.3% of private schools, 50.0% of federal ones, 45.7% of state ones and 41.8% of municipal ones.
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Guimarães AE, Gentile C, Lopes CM, Mello RP. Ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. II - habitat distribution. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2000; 95:17-28. [PMID: 10656699 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000100002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) ecology was studied in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Systematized biweekly human bait collections were made three times a day, for periods of 2 or 3 h each, in sylvatic and rural areas for 24 consecutive months (January 1991 to December 1992). A total of 24, 943 adult mosquitoes belonging to 57 species were collected during 622 collective periods. Aedes scapularis, Coquillettidia chrysonotum, Cq. venezuelensis, Wyeomyia dyari, Wy. longirostris, Wy. theobaldi and Wy. palmata were more frequently collected at swampy and at flooded areas. Anopheles mediopunctatus, Culex nigripalpus, Ae. serratus, Ae. fulvus, Psorophora ferox, Ps. albipes and the Sabethini in general, were captured almost exclusively in forested areas. An. cruzii, An. oswaldoi and An. fluminensis were captured more frequently in a residence area. However, Cx. quinquefasciatus was the only one truly eusynanthropic. An. cruzii and Ae. scapularis were captured feeding on blood inside and around the residence, indicating that both species, malaria and arbovirus vectors respectively, may be involved in the transmission of these such diseases in rural areas.
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- A E Guimarães
- Laboratório de Diptera, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil.
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Guimarães AE, Mello RP, Lopes CM, Gentile C. Ecology of mosquitoes (Diptera: culicidae) in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. I - monthly frequency and climatic factors. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2000; 95:1-16. [PMID: 10656698 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000100001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/21/2022] Open
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The ecology of mosquitoes were studied (Diptera: Culicidae) in areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Systematized monthly human bait collections were made three times a day, for periods of 2 or 3 h each, in sylvatic and rural areas for 24 consecutive months (January 1991 to December 1992). A total of 24, 943 specimens of adult mosquitoes belonging to 57 species were collected during 622 collective periods. Coquillettidia chrysonotum was the most frequent collected mosquito (45.8%) followed by Aedes serratus (6.8%), Cq. venezuelensis (6.5%), Psorophora ferox (5.2) and Ps. albipes (3.1%). The monthly averages of temperature and relative humidity were inserted in the ten-year average limits of maximum and minimum of the previous ten-years. Rainfall accompanied the curve of the ten-year averages. Those climatic factors were influential in the incidence of some species; temperature: Anopheles cruzii, An. mediopunctatus, Ae. scapularis, Ae. fulvus, Cq. chrysonotum, Cq. venezuelensis, Runchomyia reversa, Wyeomyia dyari, Wy. confusa, Wy. shannoni, Wy. theobaldi and Limatus flavisetosus; relative humidity: Ae. serratus, Ae. scapularis, Cq. venezuelensis and Ru. reversa; rainfall: An. cruzii, Ae. scapularis, Ae. fulvus, Cq. venezuelensis Ru. reversa, Wy. theobaldi and Li. flavisetosus.
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- A E Guimarães
- Laboratório de Diptera, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil.
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Lopes CM, Franks NP, Lieb WR. Actions of general anaesthetics and arachidonic pathway inhibitors on K+ currents activated by volatile anaesthetics and FMRFamide in molluscan neurones. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 125:309-18. [PMID: 9786503 PMCID: PMC1565621 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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1. K+ currents activated by volatile general anaesthetics (IK(An)) and by the neuropeptide FMRFamide (IK(FMRFa)) were studied under voltage clamp in isolated identified neurones from the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. 2. IK(An) was activated by all the volatile anaesthetics studied. The maximal responses varied from agent to agent, with halothane sevoflurane > isoflurane > enflurane approximately chloroform. 3. IK(An) was inhibited rather than activated by the n-alcohols from hexanol to dodecanol and by the 6- and 8-carbon cycloalcohols. The n-alcohols exhibited a cutoff effect, with dodecanol being unable to half-inhibit IK(An). 4. Unlike IK(An) which did not desensitize at reasonable halothane concentrations, IK(FMRFa) desensitized at most FMRFamide concentrations studied. This desensitization could be substantially removed by halothane. Nonetheless, both IK(An) and IK(FMRFa) had similar sensitivities to the potassium channel blockers tetraethylammonium and 4-aminopyridine, consistent with both currents flowing through the same channels. Responses to low concentrations of halothane and FMRFamide showed synergy. 5. The phospholipase A2 inhibitor aristolochic acid inhibited IK(An), consistent with a role for arachidonic acid (AA). The lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid blocked IK(FMRFa) but did not affect IK(An). IK(An) and IK(FMRFa) were little affected by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin. These findings suggest that neither lipoxygenase nor cyclooxygenase pathways of AA metabolism are involved in the anaesthetic activation of IK(An. 6. Inhibitors of a third, cytochrome P450-mediated, pathway of AA metabolism (clotrimazole and econazole) potently blocked IK(An), suggesting possible roles for certain cytochrome P450 isoforms in the activation of IK(An).
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- C M Lopes
- Biophysics Section, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, London
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Lopes CM, Leite RC, Labruna MB, de Oliveira PR, Borges LM, Rodrigues ZB, de Carvalho HA, de Freitas CM, Vieira Júnior CR. Host specificity of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae) with comments on the drop-off rhythm. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1998; 93:347-51. [PMID: 9698869 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761998000300014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [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: 02/08/2023] Open
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The parasitic specificity of larval, nymph and adult Amblyomma cajennense on six different host species: Oryctolagus cuniculus, Rattus norvegicus, Gallus gallus domesticus, Anas platyrhynchus, Coturnix coturnix and Streptopelia decorata is described. In terms of the numbers of larvae and nymphs recovered, O. cuniculus was the best host species. The modal day for drop-off of larvae and nymphs was day three for the mammal hosts, but variable in the birds. We conclude that adult A. cajennense have a strong degree of specificity due to the fact that the tick failed to complete its life cycle on any of the evaluated hosts. The immature stages, on the other hand, showed a low level of specificity, most especially in the larval stage, indicating the existence of secondary hosts which probably serve as dispersers in the wild. The results also indicated a variable drop-off rhythm for larvae and nymphs in two periods, diurnal (6-18 hr) and nocturnal (18-6 hr), which differed depending upon the host.
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- C M Lopes
- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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Lopes CM. [Auditorship and errors: emphasis on nursing records]. Rev Bras Enferm 1998; 51:105-22. [PMID: 10776274 DOI: 10.1590/s0034-71671998000100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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This study examines 34 procedure billing reports collected at health care facilities that participated in SIA-SIH/SUS activities in Rio Branco--Acre in 1994/1995. It aims at identifying and analyzing any errors found in the procedure notes. This study also used sub-categories which were defined through content similarity. A total of 491 errors were found in the procedure billing reports. This represents an average of 14.4% of errors per procedure billing report. When the procedure billing reports were analyzed using 8 criteria, 198 (40.6%) administrative errors, 121 (24.6%) doctors errors, 99 (20.2%) nurses errors, and 51 (10.2%) accounting errors were detected. When the nurses' errors were further examined, it was detected that 34 (34.3%) were due to nurses notes and 15 (15.1%) as a result of erroneous medication administration. It was concluded that nursing staff is not following the standard note taking procedures. This places not only the patients at risk but also health care professionals and health care facilities which are responsible for patient care.
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Guimarães AE, de Mello RP, Lopes CM, Alencar J, Gentile C. [Prevalence of Anophelines (Diptera: Culicidae) during sunset in areas of the Itaipu Hydroelectric plant in Guaíra county, state of Paraná, Brazil]. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1997; 92:745-54. [PMID: 9580488 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761997000600004] [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: 02/07/2023] Open
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Systematic collections of anophelines were conducted from November 1994 to August 1995 from 18:00 to 20:00 hr using Shannon traps and human-bait along the lake margin which forms the Itaipu Hydroelectric reservoir, State of Paraná, Brazil. Species prevalence was studied at 15 min intervals. Anopheles albitarsis sensu latu and An. galvaoi, were the most frequently collected mosquitoes. All Anopheles species populations peaked between 18:45 and 19:30 hr. The observations illustrate the existence of a haematophagic activity cycle during the early evening hours: exogenous stimulus (the beginning of sunset)-->Shannon trap (light attraction)-->human bait (haematophagy)-->rest and digestion-->exogenous stimulus-->Shannon trap or surrounding vegetation. The greater abundance of An. albitarsis collected in human-bait and Shannon trap suggests it may be a potential malaria vector in the region.
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- A E Guimarães
- Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
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Eight species of ectoparasites were collected from 166 commensal rodents, including Rattus rattus (L.), Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout), and Mus musculus (L.), from January to December 1986, in Huambo, Angola. The oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild), was the predominant species with respect to mean intensity and prevalence. Other fleas collected were Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) machadoi Ribeiro, Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) smiti Ribeiro, and Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood). The mite Laelaps (Echinolaelaps) muricola Trägärdh, the louse Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister), one species of Ixodes Latreille, and one species of Ornithonyssus Sambon were also recorded. The following represent new host records: C. machadoi from R. rattus and R. norvegicus, D. smiti from M. musculus, and L. muricola from R. rattus and M. musculus. For the first time, the monthly flea indices throughout the year are presented for Angola.
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- P M Linardi
- Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Lopes CM, Rabadão EM, Ventura C, da Cunha S, Côrte-Real R, Meliço-Silvestre AA. A case of Vibrio alginolyticus bacteremia and probable sphenoiditis following a dive in the sea. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 17:299-300. [PMID: 8399897 DOI: 10.1093/clinids/17.2.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Lopes CM. [Research for caring]. Rev Esc Enferm USP 1992; 26:105-18. [PMID: 1341328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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