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Reusswig F, Dille M, Krüger E, Ortscheid J, Feige T, Gorressen S, Fischer JW, Elvers M. Platelets modulate cardiac remodeling via the collagen receptor GPVI after acute myocardial infarction. Front Immunol 2024; 14:1275788. [PMID: 38274818 PMCID: PMC10808189 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1275788] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Introduction Platelets play an important role in cardiovascular diseases. After acute myocardial infarction, platelets display enhanced activation and migrate into the infarct zone. Furthermore, platelets trigger acute inflammation and cardiac remodeling leading to alterations in scar formation and cardiac function as observed in thrombocytopenic mice. GPVI is the major collagen receptor in platelets and important for platelet activation and thrombus formation and stability. Antibody induced deletion of GPVI at the platelet surface or treatment of mice with recombinant GPVI-Fc results in reduced inflammation and decreased infarct size in a mouse model of AMI. However, the role of GPVI has not been fully clarified to date. Methods/Results In this study, we found that GPVI is not involved in the inflammatory response in experimental AMI using GPVI deficient mice that were analyzed in a closed-chest model. However, reduced platelet activation in response to GPVI and PAR4 receptor stimulation resulted in reduced pro-coagulant activity leading to improved cardiac remodeling. In detail, GPVI deficiency in mice led to reduced TGF-β plasma levels and decreased expression of genes involved in cardiac remodeling such as Col1a1, Col3a1, periostin and Cthrc1 7 days post AMI. Consequently, collagen quality of the scar shifted to more tight and less fine collagen leading to improved scar formation and cardiac function in GPVI deficient mice at 21d post AMI. Conclusion Taken together, this study identifies GPVI as a major regulator of platelet-induced cardiac remodeling and supports the potential relevance of GPVI as therapeutic target to reduce ischemia reperfusion injury and to improve cardiac healing.
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- Friedrich Reusswig
- Department of Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Herrfurth O, Krüger E, Blaurock S, Krautscheid H, Grundmann M. Hot-phonon effects in photo-excited wide-bandgap semiconductors. J Phys Condens Matter 2021; 33:205701. [PMID: 33761467 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abf19b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Carrier and lattice relaxation after optical excitation is simulated for the prototypical wide-bandgap semiconductors CuI and ZnO. Transient temperature dynamics of electrons, holes as well as longitudinal-optic (LO), transverse-optic (TO) and acoustic phonons are distinguished. Carrier-LO-phonon interaction constitutes the dominant energy-loss channel as expected for polar semiconductors and hot-phonon effects are observed for strong optical excitation. Our results support the findings of recent time-resolved optical spectroscopy experiments.
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- O Herrfurth
- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Krüger E, Rossi F, Drach P. Calibration of the physiological equivalent temperature index for three different climatic regions. Int J Biometeorol 2017; 61:1323-1336. [PMID: 28180956 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-017-1310-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In human biometeorology, the integration of several microclimatic variables as a combined index facilitates the understanding of how users perceive thermal environments. Indices, such as the physiological equivalent temperature (PET) index, translate the combined effects of meteorological variables on humans in terms of thermal stress or comfort and serve as important aids to climate-responsive urban and regional planning as well as heat stress and thermal comfort analyses. However, there is a need for adjusting proposed comfort/stress ranges of a given index when using it in different climatic contexts. The purpose of this study is to present a preliminary calibration procedure for the PET index for three different climatic regions: Curitiba, Brazil, a subtropical location; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a tropical city; and Glasgow, UK, a high-latitude location. Field studies have been carried out by the authors according to a similar protocol and using similar equipment, yielding actual thermal sensation votes and microclimate data, post-processed as PET data. The calibration procedure uses exclusively thermal sensation data as reported by pedestrians during outdoor comfort campaigns and concurrent microclimatic data recorded during the interviews. PET comfort/stress classes differ among the three locations and, in general, are less restrictive as in the original ranges proposed by the index developers.
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- E Krüger
- Departamento de Construção Civil, Campus Curitiba-Sede Ecoville, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Rua Deputado Heitor Alencar Furtado, 4900, Curitiba, PR, 81280-340, Brazil.
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- Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Medianeira, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Krüger E, Drach P, Broede P. Outdoor comfort study in Rio de Janeiro: site-related context effects on reported thermal sensation. Int J Biometeorol 2017; 61:463-475. [PMID: 27568191 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1226-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 01/18/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Aimed at climate-responsive urban design for tropical areas, the paper attempts to answer the question whether the site-related context affects in some way the perceptual assessment of the microclimate by users of outdoor spaces. Our hypothesis was that visual cues resulting from urban design are important components of the outdoor thermal perception. Monitoring was carried out alongside the administration of standard comfort questionnaires throughout summer periods in 2012-2015 in pedestrian areas of downtown Rio de Janeiro (22° 54 10 S, 43° 12 27 W), Brazil. Campaigns took place at different points, pre-defined in respect of urban geometry attributes. For the measurements, a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station was employed to which a gray globe thermometer was attached. Two thermal indices were used for assessing the overall meteorological conditions and comfort levels in the outdoor locations: physiological equivalent temperature (PET) and universal thermal climate index (UTCI). Our results suggest that thermal sensation in Rio depends to a large extent on the thermal environment as described by air temperature, PET, or UTCI, and that urban geometry (expressed by the sky-view factor (SVF)) may modify this relationship with increased building density associated to warmer sensation votes under moderate heat stress conditions. This relationship however reverses under strong heat stress with warmer sensations in less obstructed locations, and disappears completely under still higher heat stress, where meteorological conditions, and not the site's SVF, will drive thermal sensation.
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- E Krüger
- Departamento de Construção Civil, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Campus Curitiba - Sede Ecoville, Rua Deputado Heitor Alencar Furtado, 4900, Curitiba, PR, 81280-340, Brazil.
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- Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis, Brazil
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- Leibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der TU Dortmund (IfADo), Dortmund, Germany
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Holz F, Heeren T, Krüger E, Zeimer M, Pauleikhoff D, Charbel Issa P. Therapeutische Ansätze bei makulären Teleangiektasien Typ 2. Ophthalmologe 2014; 111:834-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00347-014-3084-2] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Bormann C, Gallinat A, Krüger E. Asherman's Syndrome: A Five Year Follow Up. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.08.111] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Salfelder A, Gallinat A, Möller C, Nugent W, Krüger E, Nugent A, Biel P, Jürgens S, Bormann C, Gai H, Scotland V. Risiken bei der laparoskopischen Morcellation: Uterus-(Myom-)Residuen, Endometriose und maligne Befunde – Diskussion anhand von 5 Kasuistiken. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1186177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Krüger E, Toldam-Anderson T, Dietrich H. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE ON STRAWBERRY YIELD, QUALITY AND BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN CULTIVATION CONDITIONS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2009.842.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wagner A, Bauernschmitt K, Krüger E, Schultz K. Unterscheiden sich die Kurzzeitergebnisse der pneumologischen Rehabilitation bei Asthma und COPD? Pneumologie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973394] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Salfelder A, Lueken RP, Bormann C, Gallinat A, Möller CP, Busche D, Nugent W, Krüger E, Nugent A, Maucher A, Auweiler U, Deckardt R, Saks M, Füger T, Haßkamp T, Krichbaum M, Brökelmann J, Bung P, Hennefründ J, Heeder M, Dohnke H, Hoffmeister U, Scotland V. Die laparoskopische suprazervikale Hysterektomie. Prospektive Multizenterstudie des VAAO. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837595] [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: 10/25/2022] Open
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Thiede U, Alberti R, Krüger E, Veelken N. Weite lichtstarre Pupillen – Eine sehr seltene Differentialdiagnose. Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829416] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Krüger E, Kuckelkorn U, Sijts A, Kloetzel PM. The components of the proteasome system and their role in MHC class I antigen processing. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 148:81-104. [PMID: 12687403 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-003-0010-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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By generating peptides from intracellular antigens which are then presented to T cells, the ubiquitin/26S proteasome system plays a central role in the cellular immune response. The proteolytic properties of the proteasome are adapted to the requirements of the immune system by proteasome components whose synthesis is under the control of interferon-gamma. Among these are three subunits with catalytic sites that are incorporated into the enzyme complex during its de novo synthesis. Thus, the proteasome assembly pathway and the formation of immunoproteasomes play a critical regulatory role in the regulation of the proteasome's catalytic properties. In addition, interferon-gamma also induces the synthesis of the proteasome activator PA28 which, as part of the so-called hybrid proteasome, exerts a more selective function in antigen presentation. Consequently, the combination of a number of regulatory events tunes the proteasome system to gain maximal efficiency in the generation of peptides with regard to their quality and quantity.
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- E Krüger
- Institut für Biochemie, Medizinische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité, Monbijoust 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Foeldvari I, Krüger E, Schneider T. Acute, non-obstructive, sterile cholecystitis associated with etanercept and infliximab for the treatment of juvenile polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62:908-9. [PMID: 12922972 PMCID: PMC1754671 DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.9.908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Salfelder A, Nugent A, Lueken RP, Gallinat A, Möller CP, Busche D, Nugent W, Krüger E, Schmidt-Rhode P. Spätergebnisse laparoskopischer Operationen von malignen Ovarialtumoren. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2002. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32290] [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: 10/14/2022] Open
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26S proteasomes are multi-subunit protease complexes responsible for the turnover of short-lived proteins. Proteasomal degradation starts with the autocatalytic maturation of the 20S core particle. Here, we summarize different models of proteasome assembly. 20S proteasomes are assembled as precursor complexes containing alpha and unprocessed beta subunits. The propeptides of the beta subunits are thought to prevent premature conversion of the precursor complexes into matured particles and are needed for efficient beta subunit incorporation. The complex biogenesis is tightly regulated which requires additional components such as the maturation factor Ump1/POMP, an ubiquitous protein in eukaryotic cells. Ump1/POMP is associated with precursor intermediates and degraded upon final maturation. Mammalian proteasomes are localized all over the cell, while yeast proteasomes mainly localize to the nuclear envelope/endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane network. The major localization of yeast proteasomes may point to the subcellular place of proteasome biogenesis.
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- E Krüger
- Institut für Biochemie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Charité, Monbijoustr. 2, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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Enfors SO, Jahic M, Rozkov A, Xu B, Hecker M, Jürgen B, Krüger E, Schweder T, Hamer G, O'Beirne D, Noisommit-Rizzi N, Reuss M, Boone L, Hewitt C, McFarlane C, Nienow A, Kovacs T, Trägårdh C, Fuchs L, Revstedt J, Friberg PC, Hjertager B, Blomsten G, Skogman H, Hjort S, Hoeks F, Lin HY, Neubauer P, van der Lans R, Luyben K, Vrabel P, Manelius A. Physiological responses to mixing in large scale bioreactors. J Biotechnol 2001; 85:175-85. [PMID: 11165362 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(00)00365-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [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]
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Escherichia coli fed-batch cultivations at 22 m3 scale were compared to corresponding laboratory scale processes and cultivations using a scale-down reactor furnished with a high-glucose concentration zone to mimic the conditions in a feed zone of the large bioreactor. Formate accumulated in the large reactor, indicating the existence of oxygen limitation zones. It is suggested that the reduced biomass yield at large scale partly is due to repeated production/re-assimilation of acetate from overflow metabolism and mixed acid fermentation products due to local moving zones with oxygen limitation. The conditions that generated mixed-acid fermentation in the scale-down reactor also induced a number of stress responses, monitored by analysis of mRNA of selected stress induced genes. The stress responses were relaxed when the cells returned to the substrate limited and oxygen sufficient compartment of the reactor. Corresponding analysis in the large reactor showed that the concentration of mRNA of four stress induced genes was lowest at the sampling port most distant from the feed zone. It is assumed that repeated induction/relaxation of stress responses in a large bioreactor may contribute to altered physiological properties of the cells grown in large-scale bioreactor. Flow cytometric analysis revealed reduced damage with respect to cytoplasmic membrane potential and integrity in cells grown in the dynamic environments of the large scale reactor and the scale-down reactor.
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- S O Enfors
- Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, S-10044, Stockholm, Sweden.
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211 patients (88 female, 123 male, mean age 63 years) presented with 279 basal cell carcinomas (191 primary tumours, 88 recurrent tumours) in the head and neck area that were excised. The resected margins were examined microscopically and the defect repaired at a second operation. The excision margin was 1-2 mm. The recurrence rate was 3%, which is lower than is achieved by other methods, and unaffected structures are optimally conserved.
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- B Niederhagen
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Witt E, Zantopf D, Schmidt M, Kraft R, Kloetzel PM, Krüger E. Characterisation of the newly identified human Ump1 homologue POMP and analysis of LMP7(beta 5i) incorporation into 20 S proteasomes. J Mol Biol 2000; 301:1-9. [PMID: 10926487 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Biogenesis of mammalian 20 S proteasomes occurs via precursor complexes containing alpha and unprocessed beta subunits. A human homologue of the yeast proteasome maturation factor Ump1 was identified in 2D gels of 16 S precursor preparations and designated as POMP (proteasome maturation protein). We show that POMP is detected only in precursor fractions and not in fractions containing mature 20 S proteasome. Northern blot experiments revealed that expression of POMP is induced after treatment with interferon gamma. To analyse the role of the beta 5 propeptide for proper maturation and incorporation of the beta 5 subunit into the complex, human T2 cells, which highly express derivatives of the beta 5i subunit (LMP7), were studied. In contrast to yeast, the presence of the beta 5 propeptide is not essential for incorporation of LMP7 into the proteasome complex. Mutated LMP7 subunits either carrying the prosequence of beta 2i (LMP2) or containing a mutation in the active threonine site are incorporated like wild-type LMP7, while a LMP7 derivative lacking the prosequence completely is incorporated to a lesser extent. Although the absence of the prosequence does not affect incorporation of LMP7, its deletion leads to delayed proteasome maturation and thereby to an accumulation of precursor complexes. As a result of the precursor accumulation, an increased amount of the POMP protein can be detected in these cells.
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- E Witt
- Institut für Biochemie, Charité-Humboldt University Medical School, Monbijoustr.2, Berlin, 10117, Germany
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The presence of the heat stress response-related ATPases ClpC and ClpX or the peptidase ClpP in the cell is crucial for tolerance of many forms of stress in Bacillus subtilis. Assays for detection of defects in protein degradation suggest that ClpC, ClpP, and ClpX participate directly in overall proteolysis of misfolded proteins. Turnover rates for abnormal puromycyl peptides are significantly decreased in clpC, clpP, and clpX mutant cells. Electron-dense aggregates, most likely due to the accumulation of misfolded proteins, were noticed in studies of ultrathin cryosections in clpC and clpP mutant cells even under nonstress conditions. In contrast, in the wild type or clpX mutants such aggregates could only be observed after heat shock. This phenomenon supports the assumption that clpC and clpP mutants are deficient in the ability to solubilize or degrade damaged and aggregated proteins, the accumulation of which is toxic for the cell. By using immunogold labeling with antibodies raised against ClpC, ClpP, and ClpX, the Clp proteins were localized in these aggregates, showing that the Clp proteins act at this level in vivo.
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- E Krüger
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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In large-scale aerobic fed-batch processes, cells are exposed to local zones of high glucose concentrations that can also cause local oxygen limitations at high cell densities. The mRNA levels of four stress genes (clpB, dnaK, uspA, and proU) and three genes responding to oxygen limitation or glucose excess (pfl, frd, and ackA) were investigated in an industrial 20-m(3) Escherichia coli process and in a scale-down reactor with defined high-glucose and low-oxygen zones. The mRNA levels of ackA and proU were high during the batch growth phase, but declined drastically when glucose became limited, whereas the mRNA levels of the other stress genes were relatively constant throughout the process. In the industrial-scale reactor, the stress gene mRNA levels were, in most cases, highest in the middle part and at the top of the reactor, where the substrate was fed. Cells passing through the high glucose zone of the scale-down reactor had elevated mRNA levels for the oxygen limitation genes and had also elevated heat-shock gene mRNA levels. Both responses to stress occurred within seconds. The approach presented in this study offers a tool for monitoring process-related changes in the transcriptional regulation of genes.
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- T Schweder
- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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Krüger E, Grube M, Hartwich P. [Acute paranoid hallucinatory psychosis following mefloquine prophylaxis (Lariam)]. Psychiatr Prax 1999; 26:252-4. [PMID: 10535096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Mefloquine is a drug of choice for malaria prophylaxis in Africa because of the spread of chloroquine resistant plasmodium falciparum. On the other hand there are some reports about severe neuropsychiatric side effects associated with the intake of mefloquine medication. In our paper we present a case-report of a patient suffering for the first time from an acute paranoid psychosis induced by mefloquine prophylaxis.
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- E Krüger
- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Städtischen Kliniken, Frankfurt a.M
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Straube E, Straube W, Krüger E, Bradatsch M, Jacob-Meisel M, Rose HJ. Disruption of male sex hormones with regard to pesticides: pathophysiological and regulatory aspects. Toxicol Lett 1999; 107:225-31. [PMID: 10414800 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(99)00051-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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]
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Several pesticides used as herbicides, insecticides and fungicides are known to be endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). In three pair-matched studies we found changes in sex hormone concentrations and T-lymphocytes in relation to acute and chronic pesticide exposure. After acute exposure, 1 day later the concentrations of testosterone and especially estradiol decreased. T4- and T8-lymphocytes slightly increased. Effects of chronic occupational pesticide exposure were expressed by a higher level of testosterone and a larger ratio of T4-/T8-lymphocytes in comparison to control persons. Concentrations of LH in exposed men were higher after exposure than before. We assume an inhibition of the aromatase system by testosterone metabolites. The studies show two effects with regard to the duration of exposure: a hormonal and immune suppression after acute exposure and an activation of both systems following chronic exposure.
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- E Straube
- Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany.
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The fate of three fungicides (dichlofluanid, procymidone, and iprodione) applied under field conditions was studied during strawberry processing to juice, wine, and jam. An untreated control was compared to raw material treated with fungicides according to recommended doses and to a sample with 6-fold higher application rates. The highest residue values were found in the pomace after pressing. Residue values in readily produced juices and fruit wines were very low and did not exceed legally required maximum residue levels. Generally, processing steps such as pressing and clarification diminished fungicide residues from 50 to 100%. If the whole fruit is processed, as in fruit preparations or jam, the residue levels remain higher due to missing processing steps.
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- F Will
- Department of Wine Analysis and Beverage Research and Department of Fruit Growing, Research Institute Geisenheim, P.O. Box 1154, D-65358 Geisenheim, Germany.
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Krüger E, Hecker M. The first gene of the Bacillus subtilis clpC operon, ctsR, encodes a negative regulator of its own operon and other class III heat shock genes. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:6681-8. [PMID: 9852015 PMCID: PMC107774 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6681-6688.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Bacillus subtilis clpC operon is regulated by two stress induction pathways relying on either sigmaB or a class III stress induction mechanism acting at a sigmaA-like promoter. When the clpC operon was placed under the control of the isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)-inducible Pspac promoter, dramatic repression of the natural clpC promoters fused to a lacZ reporter gene was noticed after IPTG induction. This result strongly indicated negative regulation of the clpC operon by one of its gene products. Indeed, the negative regulator could be identified which is encoded by the first gene of the clpC operon, ctsR, containing a predicted helix-turn-helix DNA-binding motif. Deletion of ctsR abolished the negative regulation and resulted in high expression of both the clpC operon and the clpP gene under nonstressed conditions. Nevertheless, a further increase in clpC and clpP mRNA levels was observed after heat shock, even in the absence of sigmaB, suggesting a second induction mechanism at the vegetative promoter. Two-dimensional gel analysis and mRNA studies showed that the expression of other class III stress genes was at least partially influenced by the ctsR deletion. Studies with different clpC promoter fragments either fused to the reporter gene bgaB or used in gel mobility shift experiments with the purified CtsR protein revealed a possible target region where the repressor seemed to bind in vivo and in vitro. Our data demonstrate that the CtsR protein acts as a global repressor of the clpC operon, as well as other class III heat shock genes, by preventing unstressed transcription from either the sigmaB- or sigmaA-dependent promoter and might be inactivated or dissociate under inducing stress conditions.
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- E Krüger
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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Kühholzer B, Schmoll F, Besenfelder U, Möstl E, Krüger E, Brem G, Schellander K. Ultrasonographic Examination of Ovarian Structure Dynamics in Superovulated Ewes. Reprod Domest Anim 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.1998.tb01368.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mögel M, Krüger E, Krug HF, Seidel A. A new coculture-system of bronchial epithelial and endothelial cells as a model for studying ozone effects on airway tissue. Toxicol Lett 1998; 96-97:25-32. [PMID: 9820644 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(98)00046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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]
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In order to study the inflammatory potential of ozone on the airway tissue, we developed an in vitro model system in which human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS 2B) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (ECV304) were able to communicate with each other. The BEAS 2B cells were grown on filter supports which were inserted into six-well culture dishes. Endothelial cells were cultivated on the bottom of the basolateral compartment. The upper epithelial cells were exposed to 0.15 ppm ozone for 90 min. Supernatants were collected after 1, 4 and 24 h and were quantified for IL-6 and IL-8 secretion. At the same time points we measured the expression of ICAM-1 on the umbilical vein endothelial cells. Exposure of the coculture-system to air or ozone induced the production of IL-6 as well as IL-8 that exceeded the sum of the amounts produced by the two cell types when exposed separately. At 24 h after ozone exposure the IL-6 and IL-8 levels were significantly elevated compared with the air treated cells. Concerning the ICAM-1 expression on ECV304 cells we found elevated ICAM-1 levels on cells which had been cocultured with BEAS 2B cells compared with cells cultured alone. This might be a hint for the secretion of a soluble factor that acts as a mediator in amplifying the response of epithelial cells.
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- M Mögel
- Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute of Toxicology, Germany
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Bovine alveolar macrophages (BAM) were assessed for nitric oxide-production after exposure to synthetic air or NO2 [0.2 ppm] for 2 h and subsequent treatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) [1 microg/ml]. Nitric oxide (NO) release, measured as nitrite in the supernatant, was quantified at different time points. LPS-stimulated BAM showed elevated nitrite levels after 24 h. Pre-treatment with NO2 resulted in higher nitrite levels in comparison to air exposed BAM. Some of the BAM preparations resulted in pre-activated macrophages that produce high amounts of NO without LPS treatment. Within these cells LPS treatment reduced the nitrite levels in comparison to untreated control incubations from the same preparation. These pre-activated BAM exhibited no uniform effect after NO2-exposure. In some experiments nitrite levels of pre-activated control BAM were decreased, while in others no influence could be observed. NO-production by pre-activated BAM or after LPS-treatment could be inhibited by N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) [1 mM]. In order to investigate, whether NO2-exposure alters inducible NO-synthase mRNA expression, we now perform reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of iNOS mRNA. This method will be a good tool to elucidate whether NO2-exposure can modulate iNOS mRNA expression.
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- V Höckele
- Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute of Toxicology, Germany
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Gerth U, Krüger E, Derré I, Msadek T, Hecker M. Stress induction of the Bacillus subtilis clpP gene encoding a homologue of the proteolytic component of the Clp protease and the involvement of ClpP and ClpX in stress tolerance. Mol Microbiol 1998; 28:787-802. [PMID: 9643546 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00840.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The Bacillus subtilis clpP gene, encoding the proteolytic component of the Clp or Ti protease, was cloned and sequenced. The amount of clpP-specific mRNA increased after heat shock, salt and ethanol stress, as well as after treatment with puromycin. Two transcriptional start sites upstream of the clpP structural gene were identified, preceded by sequences resembling the consensus sequences of promoters recognized by sigmaA and sigmaB transcriptional factors of the B. subtilis RNA polymerase respectively. Transcription initiation occurred predominantly at the putative sigmaA-dependent promoter in exponentially growing cells and was induced under stress conditions. After exposure to stress, initiation of transcription also increased at the sigmaB-dependent promoter, but to a lesser extent, indicating that clpP belongs to a double promoter-controlled subgroup of class III general stress genes in B. subtilis. In a sigB mutant strain, clpP remained heat and stress inducible at the sigmaA-dependent promoter. BgaB-reporter gene fusions, carrying either the sigmaA- or the sigmaB-dependent promoter, showed a higher bgaB induction at the sigmaA-dependent promoter, whereas a significantly lower level of induction was measured at the sigmaB-dependent promoter. The sigmaA-dependent promoter appeared to be crucial for the heat-inducible transcription of clpP. A CIRCE (controlling inverted repeat of chaperone expression) element, the characteristic regulation target of class I heat shock genes such as dnaK and groESL, was not found between the transcriptional and translational start sites. Mutants lacking either the proteolytic component ClpP or the regulatory ATPase component ClpX were phenotypically distinct from the wild type. Both mutants produced chains of elongated cells and exhibited severely impaired growth under stress conditions and starvation. Comparison of two-dimensional protein gels from wild-type cells with those from clpP and clpX mutant cells revealed several changes in the protein pattern. Several proteins, such as GroEL, PpiB, PykA, SucD, YhfP, YqkF, YugJ and YvyD, which were found preferentially in higher amounts in both clpP and clpX mutants, might be potential substrates for the ClpXP protease.
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MESH Headings
- ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Artificial Gene Fusion
- Bacillus subtilis/enzymology
- Bacillus subtilis/genetics
- Bacillus subtilis/growth & development
- Bacillus subtilis/ultrastructure
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Endopeptidase Clp
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genes, Reporter
- Heat-Shock Response
- Humans
- Molecular Chaperones
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Serine Endopeptidases/chemistry
- Serine Endopeptidases/genetics
- Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism
- Stimulation, Chemical
- Transcription, Genetic
- beta-Galactosidase/genetics
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- U Gerth
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany
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Krüger E. [Care of the diabetic patient]. Klin Sygepleje 1997; 11:29-33. [PMID: 9414498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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clpC of Bacillus subtilis is part of an operon containing six genes. Northern blot analysis suggested that all genes are co-transcribed and encode stress-inducible proteins. Two promoters (PA and PB) were mapped upstream of the first gene. PA resembles promoters recognized by the vegetative RNA polymerase E sigma A. The other promoter (PB) was shown to be dependent on sigma B, the general stress sigma factor in B. subtilis, suggesting that clpC, a potential chaperone, is expressed in a sigma B-dependent manner. This is the first evidence that sigma B in B. subtilis is involved in controlling the expression of a gene whose counterpart, clpB, is subject to regulation by sigma 32 in Escherichia coli, indicating a new function of sigma B-dependent general stress proteins. PB deviated from the consensus sequence of sigma B promoters and was only slightly induced by starvation conditions. Nevertheless, strong induction by heat, ethanol, and salt stress occurred at the sigma B-dependent promoter, whereas the vegetative promoter was only weakly induced under these conditions. However, in a sigB mutant, the sigma A-like promoter became inducible by heat and ethanol stress, completely compensating for sigB deficiency. Only the downstream sigma A-like promoter was induced by certain stress conditions such as hydrogen peroxide or puromycin. These results suggest that novel stress-induction mechanisms are acting at a vegetative promoter. Involvement of additional elements in this mode of induction are discussed.
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- E Krüger
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany
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Tissue sections from 73 radical-prostatectomy specimens were studied immunohistochemically for the presence of p53 protein. In seven specimens numerous tumor cells showed a strong nuclear immunostaining. An additional 27 revealed a more discrete and focal accumulation of p53 protein. Comparison of the pathologic characteristics of the p53-negative and -positive groups showed that the presence of p53 protein closely correlated with more advanced tumor stages (p < 0.00001), with higher primary (p = 0.0004), combined (p < 0.0001) and worst (p < 0.0001) Gleason grades, and with larger total (p = 0.0001) and high-grade (p < 0.0001) tumor volumes. No staining was found in areas of benign hyperplasia or in well-differentiated tumor zones. Our results suggest that the accumulation of p53 protein to immunohistochemically detectable concentrations is not a feature of low-grade cancer. This finding implies that abnormal p53 accumulation might be involved in the process of prostatic cancer progression.
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- R P Henke
- Institute of Pathology, University of Hamburg, Germany
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A member of the clpC subfamily of stress response-related Clp ATPases was cloned from Bacillus subtilis. The B. subtilis clpC gene was induced in response to various stresses, including heat shock. Its product was identified as a general stress protein (Gsp12) described previously. A dramatic increase in the amount of clpC mRNA immediately after exposure to multiple stresses suggested regulation on a transcriptional level. Induction by heat shock was independent of the alternative sigma factor SigB, indicating a new mechanism of heat shock induction in B. subtilis. A clpC insertional mutant had an impaired tolerance for heat shock and salt stress. Furthermore, the mutation triggered the formation of elongated cells, a phenomenon particularly pronounced during stress.
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- E Krüger
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany
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Prostatic cancer frequently shows striking morphological heterogeneity and multifocal growth. To better understand the relationship between chromosomal changes and pathological characteristics, 31 routinely processed radical prostatectomy specimens were studied for the presence of numerical chromosomal aberrations by in situ hybridization with centromeric nucleic acid probes specific for chromosomes 7, 10, 17, X, and Y. In 24 of the cases preoperative core biopsy specimens were available and were examined with the probe for the X chromosome. In eight of the prostatectomy specimens chromosome numbers consistent with a normal male karyotype were found. Three cases, besides diploid chromosome numbers, showed a focal doubling of hybridization signals, consistent with tetraploidy. The other 20 cases displayed numerical chromosomal aberrations to a various degree. In this group the appearance of numerical chromosomal aberrations often showed considerable local heterogeneity, generally coinciding with morphological dedifferentiation, and was significantly correlated with tumor stage (P = .0004) as well as primary (P = .0068), worst (P = .0002), and combined (P < .0001) Gleason grades, total tumor volume (P = .0448), and the volume of tumor with Gleason grades 4 or 5 (P < .0001). In four of the 24 core biopsy specimens no residual tumor tissue was left for cytogenetic examination. In the remaining 20 biopsy specimens the presence or absence of numerical changes matched the result obtained on the corresponding prostatectomy specimen. We conclude that in prostatic cancer the presence of numerical chromosomal aberrations is associated with advanced disease. Especially in low differentiated tumors local heterogeneity in 2 chromosome numbers can be very marked. It is possible to forecast the presence or absence of numerical chromosomal changes on preoperative core biopsy specimens.
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- R P Henke
- Department of Pathology, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Krüger E, Lenz M, Walz PH. [Gigantic pyohydronephrosis and contralateral ureteral bud. Problems of differential diagnosis]. Urologe A 1993; 32:316-9. [PMID: 8372415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Both giant hydronephrosis and blind-ending ureteral bud are rare conditions. We report on a patient with an impacted ureteral stone leading to giant pyohydronephrosis (6.51) on the right side, which in turn caused displacement of the ureter containing the stone to the left. An asymptomatic blind-ending ureteral bud initially complicated the diagnosis. After nephrectomy, a unsuspected transitional cell carcinoma of the right renal pelvis and the ureter was found.
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- E Krüger
- Abteilung für Urologie, Kreiskrankenhaus Lüdenscheid
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Henke RP, Krüger E, Ayhan N, Hübner D, Hammerer P. [Significance of numerical chromosome aberrations in prostate cancer]. Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol 1993; 77:133-137. [PMID: 7511271] [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: 05/21/2023]
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Thirty-one routinely processed radical prostatectomy specimens were examined for the presence of numerical chromosomal aberrations by in situ hybridization with centromeric nucleic acid probes specific for chromosomes 7, 10, 17, X, and Y. In eight of the prostatectomy specimens, chromosome numbers consistent with a normal male karyotype were found. Three cases, in addition to diploid chromosome numbers, showed a focal doubling of hybridization signals, consistent with tetraploidy. The other 20 cases displayed more or less marked numerical chromosomal aberrations. In this group, the appearance of numerical chromosomal aberrations often showed considerable local heterogeneity and was significantly correlated with tumor stage, Gleason grades, and tumor volume. We conclude that in prostatic cancer the presence of numerical chromosomal aberrations is associated with advanced disease. Especially in low differentiated tumors local heterogeneity in chromosome numbers can be very marked.
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- R P Henke
- Institut für Pathologie, Universität Hamburg
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Henke RP, Krüger E, Ayhan N, Hübner D, Hammerer P. Numerical chromosomal aberrations in prostate cancer: correlation with morphology and cell kinetics. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol 1993; 422:61-6. [PMID: 7679850 DOI: 10.1007/bf01605134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [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] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Eleven routinely processed radical prostatectomy specimens were studied for the presence of numerical chromosomal aberrations by means of in situ hybridization with nucleic acid probes specific for chromosomes 7, 10, 17, X, and Y. Cytogenetic information was correlated with morphology, tumour stage and volume as well as with cell kinetics, the latter being assessed by immunohistochemistry with antibodies raised against the proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and against a formalin-resistant epitope of the Ki-67 antigen, MIB 1. In 5 of 11 cases, numerical aberrations of at least one chromosome were found. The cases with normal chromosome numbers were those with the smallest volumes of Gleason grade 4 and/or 5 tumour (mean 0.5 cm3) and represented tumours restricted to the prostate. Tumours with aberrations in the number of detected chromosomes showed advanced stages and large volumes of high-grade tumour (mean 12.5 cm3). All 4 tumours with positive surgical margins were recruited from a group with marked local heterogeneity in chromosome numbers. Immunostaining with MIB 1 and PCNA was most intense in areas of high-grade tumour and was positively correlated with the emergence of chromosomal aberrations. The data suggest that the appearance of numerical chromosomal aberrations in prostate cancer coincides with aggressive tumour behaviour and could be used as an additional prognostic marker.
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- R P Henke
- Institute of Pathology, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Olenik C, Krüger E, Söling F, Hahn W, Messerschmid M, Hausmann R. T7 infection-dependent selective expression of cloned genes in P1-lysogenic Escherichia coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 179:1200-4. [PMID: 1930165 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(91)91699-d] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Expression systems based on the selective transcription of genes cloned behind a T7 promoter, by T7 RNA polymerase, display a non-negligible basal expression when the T7 RNA polymerase gene is present within the host organism before induction of the system. This is a problem, especially for cloning and controlled expression of genes toxic to the host organism. We have circumvented this problem by taking advantage of abortive T7 infection of E. coli (P1), in the course of which T7 RNA polymerase is synthesized but bacterial growth is not quantitatively impaired. We have tested this system with three reporter genes, the 6-phospho-beta-galactosidase gene of Staphylococcus aureus, the luciferase operon of Vibrio harveyi, and the rabbit beta-globin gene; we have found very low basal levels, while, upon T7 infection, transcription is at least as efficient as in other in vivo T7 RNA polymerase systems in use.
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- C Olenik
- Institut für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, FRG
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Investigations with dihydrolipoic acid in rat heart mitochondria and mitoplasts reveal an activation of ATP-synthase up to 45%, whereas ATPase activities decrease by 36%. In parallel with an increase in ATP synthesis oligomycin-sensitive mitochondrial -SH groups are activated at 2-4 nmol dihydrolipoic acid/mg protein. ATPase activation by the uncouplers carbonylcyanide-p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone and oleate is diminished by dihydrolipoic acid, and ATP synthesis depressed by oleate is partially restored. No such efficiency of dihydrolipoic acid is seen with palmitate-induced ATPase activation or decrease of ATP synthesis. This indicates different interference of oleate and palmitate with mitochondria. In addition to its known coenzymatic properties dihydrolipoic acid may act as a substitute for coenzyme A, thereby diminishing the uncoupling efficiency of oleate. Furthermore, dihydrolipoic acid is a very potent antioxidant, shifting the -SH-S-S- equilibrium in mitochondria to the reduced state and improving the energetic state of cells.
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- G Zimmer
- Gustav-Embden-Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, Universität Frankfurt, Germany
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Schröder C, Krüger E, Abel J. [Acute poisoning caused by the herbicide dichlorprop (preparation SYS 67 PROP)]. Kinderarztl Prax 1991; 59:81-4. [PMID: 2056670] [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: 12/30/2022]
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We report on the acute poisoning of a 5-year-old boy by the herbicide "dichlorprop". This preparation is described as an effective means of plant protection. The effects of the intoxication were established by changes observed in almost all of the child's organs. The predominant effect was haemolytic anemia. All the pathological parameters regressed as a result of symptomatic therapy. General conclusions are drawn about intoxication, especially by means of plant protection agents.
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- C Schröder
- Klinik für Kindermedizin, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
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Spanakis E, Ghavami G, Krüger E. [Conservative therapy of mandibular fractures in children with operatively secured splints]. Dtsch Zahnarztl Z 1990; 45:764-6. [PMID: 2135266] [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: 12/30/2022]
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In the treatment of mandibular fractures in children offering no adequate possibility for attaching splints to the teeth, we use prosthetic splints fixed with four circumferential wires. This monomaxillary fixation is sufficient to stabilize fractures of the mandibular anterior segment. Fractures situated distal to the canines require additional intermaxillary fixation, i.e. zygomaticomaxillary suspension of the mandible. When functional therapy is needed at the same time, we use an activator instead of the prosthetic splint. 59 patients treated in this way were reevaluated within a period of 10 years. The results of this reevaluation are reported.
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- E Spanakis
- Abteilung für Mund- und Kiefer-Gesichtschirurgie der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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Some experimental results are presented for an elastically bent perfect silicon crystal in a strongly asymmetric diffraction geometry as a neutron monochromator. The use of this unconventional geometry of the monochromator appears to be suitable for a wide (several centimetres) incident polychromatic beam, when, thanks to the spatial condensation of the diffracted neutrons (Fankuchen effect), a high monochromatic beam density may be obtained. Furthermore, when using focusing in real and in momentum space by adjusting an optimum bending radius, the intensity diffracted by a sample may be comparable even with the best mosaic monochromators such as highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (PG). A comparison is demonstrated on the rocking curves of a strongly mosaic Ni–Al(020) crystal obtained with the monochromatic beam from bent Si(111), Si(400) and from PG(002), Cu(220) mosaic monochromators.
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Holtgrave EA, Subotic V, Krüger E, Drescher D, Lücke M. Stabilization of maxillary segments and dental arch after puberty, in cleft lip and palate cases. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 1989; 17 Suppl 1:45-8. [PMID: 2691532 DOI: 10.1016/s1010-5182(89)80042-3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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To overcome the high tendency to relapse after orthodontic treatment in patients with cleft lip and palate, efficient stabilisation of the dental arch is essential. In patients with an alveolar defect, extended bridges are most suitable, because there is no need for further retention appliances, the functional and cosmetic results are acceptable and extensive prosthetic reconstruction can be avoided, regardless of the patients age.
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- E A Holtgrave
- Dept. of Dental Orthopaedics, Dental School, Free University of Berlin, West-Germany
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Nitzsche M, Krüger E. [Psychiatric long-term hospitalization--and how does life go on?]. Z Gesamte Hyg 1989; 35:518-23. [PMID: 2511678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Problems of longterm psychiatric hospitalisation are represented at the example of the topical supply situation in the mental hospital Bezirksnervenklinik Haldensleben. By means of a shown catalogue of symptoms from longterm psychiatric hospitalised patients tasks of care and inferences are discussed under the aspect, that the living and therapy conditions respectively their structures of the psychical sick persons authenticately show reactions on the course of illness and attendance. A lot of graduated care-offers in form of a therapeutical network first of all open a social reintegration in regard of individual and reality. At the same time hence it follows the chance for modifications in the psychiatric hospital.
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Mieler I, Krüger E. [Epidemiology of generalized periodontal atrophy]. Stomatol DDR 1989; 39:221-5. [PMID: 2623717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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1378 individuals of 15-44 years of age were examined for atrophic processes of the periodontia. 11% of the individuals showed typical inflammation - free gingival recession. Great importance must be attributed the McCall's festooms and the wedge shaped defects in cervical enamel, dentin or cement.
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Koschorek F, Gremmel H, Stelten J, Offermann W, Krüger E, Leibfritz D. Characterization of CNS lesions by using high-resolution 1H MR spectroscopy of CSF: preliminary results. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1989; 10:523-7. [PMID: 2501983 PMCID: PMC8334513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Sixty-six samples of CSF from 66 patients with a variety of diseases, including tumors, arteriovenous malformations, aneurysms, brain infarctions, and lumbar back pain, were studied with 1H MR spectroscopy at 360 MHz. 1H MR spectroscopy offers a simple means to obtain fast information about different metabolites simultaneously. As compared with the control group, which consisted of 19 CSF samples from the same group of 66 patients, but from individuals who had no abnormal findings on neurologic examination, common clinicochemical tests, or neuroradiologic studies, our preliminary results suggest that tumors and hemorrhages may be differentiated by 1H MR spectroscopy. MR peak intensities relative to lactate peak intensity were used as variables in a statistical analysis to determine the significance of individual resonance intensities in predicting CNS abnormalities. The most important factors for diagnosis were analyzed by means of a multivariate general linear hypothesis and a principal component method. The most important factors for predicting CNS abnormalities in the studied diseases were creatinine, glucose, creatine, citrate, protein content, glutamine, amount of cells, and valine. By using this model for discriminant analysis, we could predict hemorrhages correctly in 88% of cases and tumors in 75% of cases. All samples of controls were determined correctly. In cases of brain infarctions, different signals were observed, which may lead to further characterization of such lesions. 1H MR spectroscopy may offer a simple means for further characterizing CNS lesions. However, this needs confirmation by a prospective study, which would include a larger patient population with different diseases.
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- F Koschorek
- Department of Radiology, University of Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany
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Genz A, Krüger E, Dost B. [Aggressive behavior in the psychiatric clinic]. Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz) 1988; 40:542-50. [PMID: 3237883] [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: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Self and other directed violence of male psychiatric patients have been registered. The diagnostic analysis revealed an unequivocal correlation to delusional diseases and cerebroorganic hamper. Few patients caused a high percentage of all registered aggressions. Due to limited possibilities of drug treatment, changes of organization of communication and of the socio-organisational framework are aspired for the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Genz
- Bezirksnervenklinik Haldensleben
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