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Phillips KE, Buinewicz SAP, Kagan E, Frank HE, Dunning E, Benito KG, Kendall PC. The Pediatric Accommodation Scale: Psychometric Evaluation of a Therapist-Report Format. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2024; 55:667-679. [PMID: 36149550 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-022-01447-z] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problem in youth, and accommodation is prevalent among youth with anxiety disorders. The Pediatric Accommodation Scale (PAS) is an interview administered by trained evaluators and a parent-report form (PAS-PR) to assess accommodation and its impact. Both have strong psychometric properties including internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and data supporting construct validity. The present study evaluates the Pediatric Accommodation Scale - Therapist Report (PAS-TR), a therapist-reported version of the PAS-PR. Participants were 90 youth enrolled in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety. Therapists completed the PAS-TR over 16 therapy sessions. Internal consistency at baseline, convergent validity, divergent validity, and parent-therapist agreement were evaluated. Results suggest that the PAS-TR has mixed psychometric qualities suggesting that while not strong prior to the initiation of treatment, the PAS-TR may be a useful measure for therapists to rate accommodation as treatment progresses. Implications for assessment, treatment, and research are discussed.
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- Katherine E Phillips
- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Temple University, 1701 North 13th St, 19122, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Temple University, 1701 North 13th St, 19122, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Temple University, 1701 North 13th St, 19122, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Abel MR, Henin A, Holmén J, Kagan E, Hamilton A, Noyola N, Hirshfeld-Becker DR. Anxiety and Disruptive Behavior Symptoms and Disorders in Preschool-Age Offspring of Parents With and Without Bipolar Disorder: Associations With Parental Comorbidity. J Atten Disord 2024; 28:625-638. [PMID: 38084063 DOI: 10.1177/10870547231215288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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OBJECTIVE We examined the relative contribution of parental bipolar disorder (BPD) and psychiatric comorbidities (disruptive behavior disorders [DBD] and anxiety disorders) in predicting psychiatric symptoms and disorders in 2-5-year-old offspring. METHODS Participants were 60 families with a parent with BPD and 78 offspring and 70 comparison families in which neither parent had a mood disorder and 91 offspring. Parent and offspring diagnoses and symptoms were assessed using standardized diagnostic interviews and measures, with offspring assessors masked to parental diagnoses. RESULTS Offspring of parents with BPD had significant elevations in behavioral, mood and anxiety disorders and symptoms. Both parental BPD and DBD contributed to elevations in child disruptive behavioral symptoms, whereas child anxiety symptoms were more strongly predicted by comorbid parental anxiety. Parental BPD was a stronger predictor than comorbid DBD of child DBDs. CONCLUSION Some of the elevated risk for disorders in preschoolers is accounted for by parental comorbidity.
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- Madelaine R Abel
- Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- St. John's University, New York, NY, USA
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- Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Syracuse University, New York, NY, USA
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- Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Uchida M, Spencer AE, Kenworthy T, Chan J, Fitzgerald M, Rosales AM, Kagan E, Saunders A, Biederman J. A Pilot Study: Cardiac Parameters in Children Receiving New-Generation Antidepressants. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2017; 37:359-362. [PMID: 28301398 DOI: 10.1097/jcp.0000000000000683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Because of concerns about potential associations between high doses of citalopram and QTc prolongation in adults, this study examined whether such associations are operant in children. We hypothesized that therapeutic doses of nontricyclic antidepressant medications (non-TCAs) prescribed to children would be cardiovascularly safe. STUDY DESIGN The sample consisted of 49 psychiatrically referred children and adolescents 6 to 17 years old of both sexes treated with a non-TCA (citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, bupropion, duloxetine, venlafaxine, mirtazapine). To standardize the doses of different antidepressants, we converted doses of individual medicines into "citalopram equivalent doses" (CEDs) based on dosing recommendation for individual antidepressants. Correlation analysis was carried out to compare the continuous and weight-based CED to variables of interest. A QTc grouping was defined as normal, borderline, or abnormal, and CED was compared across QTc groupings using linear regression. An antidepressant dosage group was defined as low or high dose, and a t test compared variables of interest across dosage groups. RESULTS No significant associations were found between total or weight-corrected CEDs of any antidepressant examined and QTc or any other electrocardiogram or blood pressure parameters. In patients taking citalopram or escitalopram, a significant correlation was found between PR interval and total daily dose, which disappeared when weight-based doses were used or when corrected by age. CONCLUSIONS Although limited by a relatively small sample size, these results suggest that therapeutic doses of non-TCA antidepressants when used in children do not seem to be associated with prolonged QTc interval or other adverse cardiovascular effects.
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- Mai Uchida
- From the *Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital; and †Pediatric Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
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Cha Y, Erez T, Reynolds IJ, Kumar D, Ross J, Koytiger G, Kusko R, Zeskind B, Risso S, Kagan E, Papapetropoulos S, Grossman I, Laifenfeld D. Drug repurposing from the perspective of pharmaceutical companies. Br J Pharmacol 2017; 175:168-180. [PMID: 28369768 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Drug repurposing holds the potential to bring medications with known safety profiles to new patient populations. Numerous examples exist for the identification of new indications for existing molecules, most stemming from serendipitous findings or focused recent efforts specifically limited to the mode of action of a specific drug. In recent years, the need for new approaches to drug research and development, combined with the advent of big data repositories and associated analytical methods, has generated interest in developing systematic approaches to drug repurposing. A variety of innovative computational methods to enable systematic repurposing screens, experimental as well as through in silico approaches, have emerged. An efficient drug repurposing pipeline requires the combination of access to molecular data, appropriate analytical expertise to enable robust insights, expertise and experimental set-up for validation and clinical development know-how. In this review, we describe some of the main approaches to systematic repurposing and discuss the various players in this field and the need for strategic collaborations to increase the likelihood of success in bringing existing molecules to new indications, as well as the current advantages, considerations and challenges in repurposing as a drug development strategy pursued by pharmaceutical companies. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Inventing New Therapies Without Reinventing the Wheel: The Power of Drug Repurposing. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v175.2/issuetoc.
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- Y Cha
- Immuneering Corporation, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Global Research and Development, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Netanya, Israel
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- Global Research and Development, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, West Chester, PA, USA
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- Immuneering Corporation, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Immuneering Corporation, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Immuneering Corporation, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Immuneering Corporation, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Immuneering Corporation, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Global Research and Development, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, West Chester, PA, USA
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- Global Research and Development, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Netanya, Israel
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- Global Research and Development, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Frazer, PA, USA
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- Global Research and Development, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Netanya, Israel
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- Global Research and Development, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Netanya, Israel
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Kendall PC, Makover H, Swan A, Carper MM, Mercado R, Kagan E, Crawford E. What steps to take? How to approach concerning anxiety in youth. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Uchida M, Biederman J, Gabrieli JDE, Micco J, de Los Angeles C, Brown A, Kenworthy T, Kagan E, Whitfield-Gabrieli S. Emotion regulation ability varies in relation to intrinsic functional brain architecture. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2015; 10:1738-48. [PMID: 25999363 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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This study investigated the neural basis of individual variation in emotion regulation, specifically the ability to reappraise negative stimuli so as to down-regulate negative affect. Brain functions in young adults were measured with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging during three conditions: (i) attending to neutral pictures; (ii) attending to negative pictures and (iii) reappraising negative pictures. Resting-state functional connectivity was measured with amygdala and dorsolateral prefrontal cortical (DLPFC) seed regions frequently associated with emotion regulation. Participants reported more negative affect after attending to negative than neutral pictures, and less negative affect following reappraisal. Both attending to negative vs neutral pictures and reappraising vs attending to negative pictures yielded widespread activations that were significantly right-lateralized for attending to negative pictures and left-lateralized for reappraising negative pictures. Across participants, more successful reappraisal correlated with less trait anxiety and more positive daily emotion, greater activation in medial and lateral prefrontal regions, and lesser resting-state functional connectivity between (a) right amygdala and both medial prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortices, and (b) bilateral DLPFC and posterior visual cortices. The ability to regulate emotion, a source of resilience or of risk for distress, appears to vary in relation to differences in intrinsic functional brain architecture.
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- Mai Uchida
- Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA and
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- Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA and
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- Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA and
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- Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA and
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- Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA and
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- Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Chai XJ, Hirshfeld-Becker D, Biederman J, Uchida M, Doehrmann O, Leonard JA, Salvatore J, Kenworthy T, Brown A, Kagan E, de Los Angeles C, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Gabrieli JDE. Functional and structural brain correlates of risk for major depression in children with familial depression. Neuroimage Clin 2015; 8:398-407. [PMID: 26106565 PMCID: PMC4474282 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Revised: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Despite growing evidence for atypical amygdala function and structure in major depression, it remains uncertain as to whether these brain differences reflect the clinical state of depression or neurobiological traits that predispose individuals to major depression. We examined function and structure of the amygdala and associated areas in a group of unaffected children of depressed parents (at-risk group) and a group of children of parents without a history of major depression (control group). Compared to the control group, the at-risk group showed increased activation to fearful relative to neutral facial expressions in the amygdala and multiple cortical regions, and decreased activation to happy relative to neutral facial expressions in the anterior cingulate cortex and supramarginal gyrus. At-risk children also exhibited reduced amygdala volume. The extensive hyperactivation to negative facial expressions and hypoactivation to positive facial expressions in at-risk children are consistent with behavioral evidence that risk for major depression involves a bias to attend to negative information. These functional and structural brain differences between at-risk children and controls suggest that there are trait neurobiological underpinnings of risk for major depression. We studied brain correlates of familial risk for major depression. At-risk children exhibited hyperactivation to fearful faces compared to controls. At-risk children exhibited hypoactivation to happy faces compared to controls. At-risk children exhibited reduced amygdala volume compared to controls. These results identify trait neurobiological underpinnings of risk for depression.
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- Xiaoqian J Chai
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA ; Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA ; Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA ; Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA ; Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA ; Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Adeyemo BO, Biederman J, Zafonte R, Kagan E, Spencer TJ, Uchida M, Kenworthy T, Spencer AE, Faraone SV. Mild traumatic brain injury and ADHD: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. J Atten Disord 2014; 18:576-84. [PMID: 25047040 DOI: 10.1177/1087054714543371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [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] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigated the association between mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and ADHD, which increases risk of injuries and accidents. METHOD We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that examined the relationship between mTBI and ADHD. RESULTS Five studies, comprising 3,023 mTBI patients and 9,716 controls, fit our a priori inclusion and exclusion criteria. A meta-analysis found a significant association between ADHD and mTBI, which was significant when limited to studies that reported on ADHD subsequent to mTBI and when the direction of the association was not specified, but not for studies that reported mTBI subsequent to ADHD. Heterogeneity of effect size and publication biases were not evident. CONCLUSION The literature documents a significant association between mTBI and ADHD. Further clarification of the relationship and direction of effect between mTBI and ADHD and treatment implications could have large clinical, scientific, and public health implications.
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- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Mattfeld AT, Gabrieli JDE, Biederman J, Spencer T, Brown A, Kotte A, Kagan E, Whitfield-Gabrieli S. Brain differences between persistent and remitted attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Brain 2014; 137:2423-8. [DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fried R, Joshi G, Kotte A, Kagan E, Biederman J. Toward developing a simulated workplace laboratory for adults with high functioning autism spectrum disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/ojpsych.2013.33032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Jaywant S, Kagan E. SU-FF-T-397: Stereotactic Radiotherapy: Varian 120-Leaf MLC Verses Radionics' MMLC. Med Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2241316] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Jaywant S, Kagan E. 498 Stereotactic radiotherapy for tumors of the spine using the XKnife system: the head and neck localizer HNL vs the body localizer BL. Radiother Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(05)81474-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kagan E. Bioregulators as instruments of terror. Clin Lab Med 2001; 21:607-18, ix-x. [PMID: 11572142] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Bioregulators are naturally occurring organic compounds that regulate diverse cellular processes. Unlike traditional disease-causing biowarfare agents that take hours or days to act, many bioregulators act within minutes of administration. If exploited for the purpose of bioterrorism, they could potentially cause profound physiologic effects. Other effects may be more subtle. The main groups of bioregulators discussed are cytokines; eicosanoids, neurotransmitters, hormones, and proteolytic enzymes. Because advances continually are being made in their development, bioregulators should be considered as weapons with increasing bioterrorism potential.
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- E Kagan
- Department of Pathology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Kim SK, Ragupathi G, Cappello S, Kagan E, Livingston PO. Effect of immunological adjuvant combinations on the antibody and T-cell response to vaccination with MUC1-KLH and GD3-KLH conjugates. Vaccine 2000; 19:530-7. [PMID: 11027818 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00195-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 11/23/2022]
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A year ago we described a comparison of 19 immunological adjuvants for their ability to augment antibody and T-cell responses against vaccines containing two cancer antigens, GD3 ganglioside and MUC1 peptide, covalently attached to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). As in our previous experience, the saponin fraction QS-21 was the most potent single adjuvant but several other adjuvants also had potent adjuvant activity. Induction of an immune response against cancer antigens is generally difficult because these antigens are autoantigens. To get maximal benefit from the adjuvant component of cancer vaccines we have now tested whether combinations of the optimal adjuvants induced an improved immune response compared to QS-21 alone. Since over the intervening year a new semi-synthetic saponin adjuvant (GPI-0100) containing the dodecylamide derivative of hydrolyzed naturally-occurring saponins had become available, this was tested as well. Twelve different adjuvant combinations and GPI-0100 were compared for their ability to augment (1) antibody responses against GD3 and MUC1 and (2) T-cell responses against GD3, MUC1 and KLH. GPI-0100 and five adjuvant combinations were superior to QS-21 alone for induction of IgM and IgG antibodies against MUC1 and/or GD3: QS-21 plus bacterial nucleotide CpG, QS-21 plus monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), QS-21 plus non-ionic block copolymer CRL-1005, QS-21 plus Titermax and Titermax plus CpG. Antibody responses were documented both by ELISA against purified antigens and by FACS for cell surface reactivity. There was no evidence for T-cell immunity against GD3 or MUC1. The antibody responses against GD3 and MUC1 were, however, strongly correlated with IFN-gamma release and DTH against KLH. These results demonstrate that combinations of immunological adjuvants are able to augment antibody and T-cell responses to these conjugates beyond that attainable with QS-21 alone, and again confirm the absolute necessity of potent adjuvants or adjuvant combinations for optimal immunogenicity with conjugate vaccines.
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- Laboratory of Developmental Tumor Vaccinology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Box 113, 1275 York Avenue, NY 10021, New York, USA
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Zhang P, Wang YZ, Kagan E, Bonner JC. Peroxynitrite targets the epidermal growth factor receptor, Raf-1, and MEK independently to activate MAPK. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:22479-86. [PMID: 10801894 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m910425199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Activation of ERK-1 and -2 by H(2)O(2) in a variety of cell types requires epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) phosphorylation. In this study, we investigated the activation of ERK by ONOO(-) in cultured rat lung myofibroblasts. Western blot analysis using anti-phospho-ERK antibodies along with an ERK kinase assay using the phosphorylated heat- and acid-stable protein (PHAS-1) substrate demonstrated that ERK activation peaked within 15 min after ONOO(-) treatment and was maximally activated with 100 micrometer ONOO(-). Activation of ERK by ONOO(-) and H(2)O(2) was blocked by the antioxidant N-acetyl-l-cysteine. Catalase blocked ERK activation by H(2)O(2), but not by ONOO(-), demonstrating that the effect of ONOO(-) was not due to the generation of H(2)O(2). Both H(2)O(2) and ONOO(-) induced phosphorylation of EGFR in Western blot experiments using an anti-phospho-EGFR antibody. However, the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor AG1478 abolished ERK activation by H(2)O(2), but not by ONOO(-). Both H(2)O(2) and ONOO(-) activated Raf-1. However, the Raf inhibitor forskolin blocked ERK activation by H(2)O(2), but not by ONOO(-). The MEK inhibitor PD98059 inhibited ERK activation by both H(2)O(2) and ONOO(-). Moreover, ONOO(-) or H(2)O(2) caused a cytotoxic response of myofibroblasts that was prevented by preincubation with PD98059. In a cell-free kinase assay, ONOO(-) (but not H(2)O(2)) induced autophosphorylation and nitration of a glutathione S-transferase-MEK-1 fusion protein. Collectively, these data indicate that ONOO(-) activates EGFR and Raf-1, but these signaling intermediates are not required for ONOO(-)-induced ERK activation. However, MEK-1 activation is required for ONOO(-)-induced ERK activation in myofibroblasts. In contrast, H(2)O(2)-induced ERK activation is dependent on EGFR activation, which then leads to downstream Raf-1 and MEK-1 activation.
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- Laboratory of Pulmonary Pathobiology, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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We showed previously that both crocidolite and chrysotile asbestos inhalation induced a persistent macrophage inflammatory response within the pleural space of the rat. We postulated that the stimulus for pleural macrophage recruitment after asbestos exposure was the induction of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) synthesis by pleural mesothelial cells. To test this hypothesis, rat pleural mesothelial cells (RPMC) were cultured with or without chrysotile or crocidolite asbestos fibers (8 micrograms/cm2) in the presence (50 ng/mL) or absence of either tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) or interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta). MCP-1 mRNA expression was assessed by RT-PCR in RPMC cultured for 2 to 24 hours, and MCP-1 protein secretion was measured by ELISA in conditioned medium from 24-hour and 48-hour cultures. Crocidolite and chrysotile fibers induced MCP-1 mRNA expression in RPMC which was maximal after 12 hours in the absence of cytokines, but which peaked after 2 hours when RPMC were challenged with asbestos + TNF-alpha or IL-1 beta. Both types of asbestos also significantly increased MCP-1 protein secretion after 24 and 48 hours (P < .0001), an effect that was potentiated by cytokine stimulation. Rats exposed by inhalation to either chrysotile or crocidolite asbestos fibers also had greater amounts of MCP-1 protein in their pleural lavage fluid than did sham-exposed rats. These findings suggest that MCP-1 secretion by RPMC may have a role in the initiation and/or potentiation of asbestos-induced pleural injury.
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- S Tanaka
- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799, USA
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Choe N, Zhang J, Iwagaki A, Tanaka S, Hemenway DR, Kagan E. Asbestos exposure upregulates the adhesion of pleural leukocytes to pleural mesothelial cells via VCAM-1. Am J Physiol 1999; 277:L292-300. [PMID: 10444523 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1999.277.2.l292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study was designed to assess the effects of in vitro and in vivo asbestos exposure on the adhesion of rat pleural leukocytes (RPLs) labeled with the fluorochrome calcein AM to rat pleural mesothelial cells (RPMCs). Exposure of RPMCs for 24 h to either crocidolite or chrysotile fibers (1.25-10 microgram/cm(2)) increased the adhesion of RPLs to RPMCs in a dose-dependent fashion, an effect that was potentiated by interleukin-1beta. These findings were not observed with nonfibrogenic carbonyl iron particles. Crocidolite and chrysotile plus interleukin-1beta also upregulated vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 mRNA and protein expression in RPMCs, and the binding of RPL to asbestos-treated RPMCs was abrogated by anti-vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 antibody. PRLs exposed by intermittent inhalation to crocidolite for 2 wk manifested significantly greater binding to RPMCs than did RPLs from sham-exposed animals. The ability of asbestos fibers to upregulate RPL adhesion to RPMCs may play a role in the induction and/or potentiation of asbestos-induced pleural injury.
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- N Choe
- Department of Pathology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799, USA
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Zhu S, Manuel M, Tanaka S, Choe N, Kagan E, Matalon S. Contribution of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species to particulate-induced lung injury. Environ Health Perspect 1998; 106 Suppl 5:1157-1163. [PMID: 9788891 PMCID: PMC1533367 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s51157] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Recently, a second pathway for the generation of potential oxidants with the reactivity of the hydroxyl radical without the need for metal catalysis has been described. In response to various inflammatory stimuli, lung endothelial, alveolar, and airway epithelial cells, as well as activated alveolar macrophages, produce both nitric oxide (.NO) and superoxide anion radicals (O2.-). .NO regulates pulmonary vascular and airway tone and plays an important role in lung host defense against various bacteria. However, .NO may be cytotoxic by inhibiting critical enzymes such as mitochondrial aconitase and ribonucleotide reductase, by S-nitrosolation of thiol groups, or by binding to their iron-sulfur centers. In addition, .NO reacts with O2.- at a near diffusion-limited rate to form the strong oxidant peroxynitrite (ONOO-), which can nitrate and oxidize key amino acids in various lung proteins such as surfactant protein A, and inhibit their functions. The presence of ONOO- in the lungs of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome has been demonstrated by measuring levels of nitrotyrosine, the stable product of tyrosine nitration. Various studies have shown that inhalation or intratracheal instillation of various respirable mineral dusts or asbestos fibers increased levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA. In this presentation, we review the evidence for the upregulation of .NO in the lungs of animals exposed to mineral particulates and assess the contribution of reactive nitrogen species in the pathogenesis of the resultant lung injury.
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- S Zhu
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35233-6810, USA
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Choe N, Tanaka S, Kagan E. Asbestos fibers and interleukin-1 upregulate the formation of reactive nitrogen species in rat pleural mesothelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1998; 19:226-36. [PMID: 9698594 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.19.2.3111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide radical (.NO) and peroxynitrite anion (ONOO-) have been implicated in lung inflammation and may be important in pleural injury. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of asbestos exposure and cytokine stimulation on .NO and ONOO- production by rat pleural mesothelial cells. Accordingly, rat parietal pleural mesothelial cells were cultured for 2 to 72 h with or without 50 ng/ml of recombinant interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in the presence (1.05 to 8.4 microg/cm2) or absence of crocidolite or chrysotile asbestos fibers. The effects of asbestos were compared with those of carbonyl iron, a nonfibrogenic particulate. Mesothelial cell messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of the inducible form of .NO synthase (iNOS), assessed with the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), increased progressively from 2 to 12 h in IL-1beta-containing cultures. Nitrite (NO2-), the stable oxidation product of .NO in mesothelial cell conditioned medium, was assayed through the Griess reaction. Both types of asbestos fibers (chrysotile > crocidolite) upregulated the formation of NO2- in mesothelial cells costimulated with IL-1beta in a concentration-dependent and time-dependent fashion. In contrast, carbonyl iron did not upregulate NO2- formation in IL-1beta-stimulated cells. Both types of asbestos fibers also induced iNOS protein expression and the formation of nitrotyrosine in mesothelial cells and greatly induced the formation of nitrate (NO3-), a surrogate marker of ONOO- formation, in IL-1beta-stimulated cells. However, the effects of chrysotile were notably greater than those of crocidolite. These findings may have significance for the induction of pleural injury by asbestos fibers.
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- N Choe
- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Tanaka S, Choe N, Hemenway DR, Zhu S, Matalon S, Kagan E. Asbestos inhalation induces reactive nitrogen species and nitrotyrosine formation in the lungs and pleura of the rat. J Clin Invest 1998; 102:445-54. [PMID: 9664087 PMCID: PMC508904 DOI: 10.1172/jci3169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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To determine whether asbestos inhalation induces the formation of reactive nitrogen species, three groups of rats were exposed intermittently over 2 wk to either filtered room air (sham-exposed) or to chrysotile or crocidolite asbestos fibers. The rats were killed at 1 or 6 wk after exposure. At 1 wk, significantly greater numbers of alveolar and pleural macrophages from asbestos-exposed rats than from sham-exposed rats demonstrated inducible nitric oxide synthase protein immunoreactivity. Alveolar macrophages from asbestos-exposed rats also generated significantly greater nitrite formation than did macrophages from sham-exposed rats. Strong immunoreactivity for nitrotyrosine, a marker of peroxynitrite formation, was evident in lungs from chrysotile- and crocidolite-exposed rats at 1 and 6 wk. Staining was most evident at alveolar duct bifurcations and within bronchiolar epithelium, alveolar macrophages, and the visceral and parietal pleural mesothelium. Lungs from sham-exposed rats demonstrated minimal immunoreactivity for nitrotyrosine. Significantly greater quantities of nitrotyrosine were detected by ELISA in lung extracts from asbestos-exposed rats than from sham-exposed rats. These findings suggest that asbestos inhalation can induce inducible nitric oxide synthase activation and peroxynitrite formation in vivo, and provide evidence of a possible alternative mechanism of asbestos-induced injury to that thought to be induced by Fenton reactions.
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- S Tanaka
- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799, USA
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Choe N, Tanaka S, Xia W, Hemenway DR, Roggli VL, Kagan E. Pleural macrophage recruitment and activation in asbestos-induced pleural injury. Environ Health Perspect 1997; 105 Suppl 5:1257-60. [PMID: 9400734 PMCID: PMC1470154 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s51257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The pathogenesis of asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis is poorly understood. Moreover, there has been a long-standing controversy regarding the relative potential of different commercial types of asbestos to cause pleural disease. We postulated that inhaled asbestos fibers translocate to the pleural space where they stimulate the recruitment and activation of pleural macrophages. To test this hypothesis, and to determine whether there are differences between inhaled amphibole and serpentine asbestos, Fischer 344 rats were exposed by intermittent inhalation (6 hr/day for 5 days/week over 2 weeks) to either National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) crocidolite (average concentration 7.55 mg/m3) or NIEHS chrysotile fibers (average concentration 8.51 mg/m3). Comparisons were made with sham-exposed rats. The rats were sacrificed at 1 and 6 weeks after the cessation of exposure. More pleural macrophages were recovered at 1 and 6 weeks after crocidolite and chrysotile exposure than after sham exposure. Small numbers of crocidolite fibers (approximately 1 per 4000 cells) were detected in the pleural cell pellet of one crocidolite-exposed rat by scanning electron microscopy. Pleural macrophage supernatants were assayed for production of nitric oxide (NO) (by the Griess reaction) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) (by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method). Significantly greater amounts of NO as well as TNF-alpha were generated by pleural macrophages at 1 and 6 weeks after either crocidolite or chrysotile inhalation than after sham exposure. Conceivably, translocation of asbestos fibers to the pleural space may provide a stimulus for persistent pleural space inflammation, cytokine production, and the generation of toxic oxygen and nitrogen radicals. Enhanced cytokine secretion within the pleural space may in turn upregulate adhesion molecule expression and the synthesis of extracellular matrix constituents by pleural mesothelial cells. Thus, our findings may have significance for the development of asbestos-induced pleural injury.
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- N Choe
- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA
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Kuwahara M, Kagan E. The mesothelial cell and its role in asbestos-induced pleural injury. Int J Exp Pathol 1995; 76:163-70. [PMID: 7547426 PMCID: PMC1997170] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- M Kuwahara
- Department of Comparative Pathophysiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Thomas G, Ando T, Verma K, Kagan E. Asbestos fibers and interferon-gamma up-regulate nitric oxide production in rat alveolar macrophages. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1994; 11:707-15. [PMID: 7524571 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.11.6.7524571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
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The present study was undertaken to determine whether asbestos exposure induces the formation of nitric oxide (NO.) radical by rat alveolar macrophages (AM). For this purpose, AM from Sprague-Dawley rats were cultured for 48 h in the presence or absence of either chrysotile (serpentine) or crocidolite (amphibole) asbestos fibers. The effects of asbestos fibers were compared with those of nonfibrogenic carbonyl iron particles. Nitrite (NO2-), the stable oxidation product of NO. in macrophage conditioned medium, was assayed by the Griess reaction. Production of NO2- by AM was significantly increased by both chrysotile (P < 0.01) and crocidolite (P < 0.05) asbestos fibers (10 micrograms/ml). Since interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is known to induce NO. synthase within macrophages, and since elevated levels of intrapulmonary IFN-gamma have been noted in asbestos workers, the combined effects of asbestos and IFN-gamma also were studied in the context of NO. formation. Addition of IFN-gamma (250 to 500 IU/ml) synergistically enhanced the formation of NO2- induced by chrysotile and crocidolite. Notably, carbonyl iron had no significant effect on NO. production by AM. NO2- production was significantly attenuated by the NO. synthase inhibitor, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (0.5 to 1 mg/ml). By contrast, superoxide dismutase (150 U/ml) significantly enhanced asbestos-induced NO2- production by AM (P < 0.001). Since superoxide anion can interact with NO. to generate the toxic hydroxyl radical, and since superoxide dismutase is known to protect against asbestos-induced injury, the induction of NO. radical by asbestos fibers may represent a novel form of asbestos-related injury.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Oxidoreductases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Amino Acid Oxidoreductases/metabolism
- Animals
- Aorta/physiology
- Arginine/analogs & derivatives
- Arginine/pharmacology
- Asbestos, Crocidolite/pharmacology
- Asbestos, Crocidolite/toxicity
- Asbestos, Serpentine/pharmacology
- Asbestos, Serpentine/toxicity
- Biological Assay
- Cells, Cultured
- Culture Media, Conditioned/pharmacology
- Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
- Iron Carbonyl Compounds
- L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/metabolism
- Macrophages, Alveolar/metabolism
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Nitric Oxide/biosynthesis
- Nitric Oxide Synthase
- Organometallic Compounds/pharmacology
- Organometallic Compounds/toxicity
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Superoxide Dismutase/pharmacology
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
- omega-N-Methylarginine
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- G Thomas
- Department of Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
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Foegh ML, Asotra S, Conte JV, Howell M, Kagan E, Verma K, Ramwell PW. Early inhibition of myointimal proliferation by angiopeptin after balloon catheter injury in the rabbit. J Vasc Surg 1994; 19:1084-91. [PMID: 7911163 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(94)70221-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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PURPOSE Coronary artery restenosis after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty occurs in more than 40% of patients. Angiopeptin, a stable synthetic octapeptide analogue of somatostatin, attenuates accelerated coronary artery myointimal thickening in rabbit cardiac allografts and myointimal thickening after arterial injury. In this study the temporal relationship between the angiopeptin treatment schedule and efficacy was explored. The relationship between inhibition of myointimal thickening by angiopeptin and inhibition of vascular cell proliferation was also examined. METHODS The aorta and the common and external iliac arteries of the rabbit underwent balloon injury. Angiopeptin (2 to 200 micrograms/kg/day) was administered for 1 day before injury and for 1, 5, and 21 days after injury. Morphometric studies were performed to determine measurement of intimal thickening. Inhibition of vascular cell proliferation by angiopeptin was evaluated by tritiated thymidine incorporation into the balloon-injured rabbit aorta. Thymidine was either administered intraperitoneally or added ex vivo to aorta segments of rabbits treated with angiopeptin (2, 20, or 200 micrograms/kg/day) from 1 day before injury until sacrifice 72 hours later. RESULTS Administration of angiopeptin (2 to 200 micrograms/kg/day) significantly reduced intimal thickening by approximately 50% in all three vessels when evaluated 3 weeks after injury. This inhibitory effect was unrelated to duration of treatment and dose. Treatment initiated at the time of injury was found to be effective, but delaying treatment for 8, 18, or 27 hours abrogated the inhibitory effect of angiopeptin on myointimal thickening. Angiopeptin treatment significantly decreased thymidine-labeled nuclei of smooth muscle cells in vitro. Angiopeptin treatment similarly inhibited thymidine uptake in vitro by balloon-injured aorta segments. CONCLUSION Angiopeptin significantly inhibits myointimal thickening by inhibiting vascular cell proliferation. Administration of angiopeptin for 2 days is as efficacious as 3 weeks treatment in inhibiting myointimal thickening. Delaying treatment for as little as 8 hours after injury abrogates the inhibitory effects of angiopeptin. This speaks to the importance of early events immediately after vascular tissue injury, suggesting that angiopeptin inhibits the expression of early genes causally related to the vascular injury response and thereby triggering vascular cell proliferation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta/cytology
- Aorta/drug effects
- Aorta/injuries
- Aorta/metabolism
- Catheterization/adverse effects
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Depression, Chemical
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Iliac Artery/cytology
- Iliac Artery/drug effects
- Iliac Artery/injuries
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/injuries
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Oligopeptides/pharmacology
- Peptides, Cyclic
- Rabbits
- Somatostatin/analogs & derivatives
- Somatostatin/pharmacology
- Thymidine/metabolism
- Time Factors
- Tritium
- Tunica Intima/cytology
- Tunica Intima/drug effects
- Tunica Intima/injuries
- Tunica Intima/metabolism
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- M L Foegh
- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007
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This study has shown, for the first time, that in vitro exposure of rat AMs to either crocidolite (amphibole) or chrysotile (serpentine) asbestos fibers induces the synthesis not only of the O2*- anion, but also of the nitrogen radical, NO*. Furthermore, this asbestos-related effect is enhanced in the presence of interferon-gamma. NO* has been implicated in several pathologic reactions, such as inflammation and immune complex-mediated cell injury. Additionally, NO* may interact with secondary amines to generate nitrosamines, which are potent carcinogens. Our findings could represent a novel type of asbestos-mediated injury, and we propose that the injurious effects of asbestos might be mediated via the interaction of NO* with O2*-, with the generation of ONOO- and other potent toxic free radicals.
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- G Thomas
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20007
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Kuwahara M, Kuwahara M, Verma K, Ando T, Hemenway DR, Kagan E. Asbestos exposure stimulates pleural mesothelial cells to secrete the fibroblast chemoattractant, fibronectin. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1994; 10:167-76. [PMID: 8110473 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.10.2.8110473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [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: 01/28/2023] Open
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Parietal pleural plaques and visceral pleural fibrosis are well-recognized stigmata of occupational asbestos exposure. However, their pathogenesis is poorly understood. Conceivably, phagocytosis of asbestos fibers by pleural mesothelial cells may stimulate the recruitment of fibroblasts to sites of asbestos-induced pleural injury. To test this hypothesis, rat parietal pleural mesothelial cells were cultured for 6 to 96 h with or without crocidolite or chrysotile asbestos fibers (concentration range, 2 to 100 micrograms/cm2). Asbestos fibers were actively phagocytosed by pleural mesothelial cells and were incorporated within phagosomes. Conditioned medium was assayed for chemotactic activity toward RL-87 rat lung fibroblasts and for fibronectin immunoreactivity. The effects of asbestos were compared with those of alpha-cristobalite (which is strongly fibrogenic), alpha-quartz (a less fibrogenic particulate), and carbonyl iron (a nonfibrogenic agent). Both types of asbestos stimulated the secretion of fibroblast chemoattractant activity by pleural mesothelial cells in a time-dependent manner. This effect peaked at 96 h in cultures containing 4 micrograms/cm2 of asbestos (P < 0.001). alpha-Cristobalite also enhanced the secretion of the mesothelial cell-derived chemoattractant, an effect that was maximal at a concentration of 20 micrograms/cm2 (P < 0.001). Furthermore, crocidolite, chrysotile, and alpha-cristobalite stimulated pleural mesothelial cell fibronectin synthesis. In contrast, alpha-quartz and carbonyl iron particles had no noticeable effect on either immunoreactive fibronectin secretion or chemoattractant release by pleural mesothelial cells. The ability of asbestos fibers and alpha-cristobalite particles to stimulate the secretion of the fibroblast chemoattractant, fibronectin, by pleural mesothelial cells may have relevance to the induction of pleural injury by fibrogenic particulates.
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- M Kuwahara
- Department of Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20007
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Inamoto T, Georgian MM, Kagan E, Ogimoto K. Enhanced release of an alveolar macrophage-derived chemoattractant for fibroblasts in rats after asbestos inhalation. J Vet Med Sci 1993; 55:195-201. [PMID: 8390300 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.55.195] [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: 01/30/2023] Open
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Our studies indicate the effects of in vivo asbestos exposure on the ability of alveolar macrophages (AM) to elaborate a chemoattractant for fibroblast using a rat model of asbestos inhalation. Two groups of rats were exposed by intermittent inhalation (6 hr/day for 5 days/week over a total period of 4 weeks) to either amphibole (crocidolite) or serpentine (chrysotile) asbestos. A group of control rats were sham-exposed to clean air only. The animals were sacrificed 2-5 months after the cessation of exposure. The AM were obtained from the 3 exposure groups in 2 different rat strains by the bronchoalveolar lavage and the cultured in RPMI-1640 medium for 24-96 hr at 37 degrees C. The supernatants from cultured AM were tested for chemotactic activity towards fetal rat skin fibroblasts in a chemotactic assay using 8 microns pore-size filters. The culture supernatants of AM obtained from crocidolite-exposed rats exhibited a significantly greater chemotactic activity towards rat fibroblasts than similar culture supernatants from sham-exposed control animals (p < 0.01) in both rat strains. Significant chemotactic activity was observed after chrysotile exposure (p < 0.05) in ACI rats but not in Fischer-344 rats. Maximal chemoattractant release from AM was noted after 48 hr in culture. Preliminary characterization of the chemoattractant has shown that it is a thermolabile and trypsin sensitive factor whose activity was partially reduced after dialysis. Since AM accumulate at sites of intrapulmonary asbestos deposition, these findings may have relevance to the pathologic accumulation of interstitial lung fibroblasts which occurs during asbestos-mediated lung injury.
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- T Inamoto
- Department of Animal Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Jacobsson J, Cheng L, Lyke K, Kuwahara M, Kagan E, Ramwell PW, Foegh ML. Effect of estradiol on accelerated atherosclerosis in rabbit heterotopic aortic allografts. J Heart Lung Transplant 1992; 11:1188-93. [PMID: 1457445] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells are early and major events in the formation of atherosclerotic lesions. We report on an aorta transplant model in rabbits wherein myointimal proliferation is inhibited by 17-beta-estradiol. The abdominal aortas of outbred white New Zealand rabbits were harvested and allografted to the carotid artery of the recipient. The animals, which were fed either a normal or a high-cholesterol (0.5%) diet, were killed 3 weeks later. The degree of myointimal proliferation was measured with a digitized system attached to a light microscope. The myointimal hyperplasia was expressed as the cross section area of the intima/the area of the intima + the area of the media x 100. Transmission electron micrographs were obtained for all vessels. Intimal thickening was shown mainly to consist of proliferating smooth muscle cells. The cholesterol diet resulted in significantly higher serum total cholesterol levels compared to animals on a normal diet (p < 0.0001) but did not affect serum high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol or serum triglyceride levels. The cholesterol diet was also associated with a greater but not significant amount of intimal thickening. Treatment with 17-beta-estradiol significantly decreased both serum triglyceride concentration (p < 0.05) and myointimal thickening (p < 0.01) in cholesterol-fed animals. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the endothelial cells appeared structurally normal in the estradiol-treated animals. Further, estradiol prevented the appearance of vacuolized macrophages. Thus estradiol may decrease myointimal thickening by preserving the endothelium and preventing macrophage appearance in the intima.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J Jacobsson
- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20007
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Inamoto T, Georgian MM, Kagan E, Ogimoto K. The effects of asbestos inhalation on the distribution and enhancement of immunoassociated antigen expression of alveolar macrophage subpopulation. J Vet Med Sci 1992; 54:829-36. [PMID: 1329998 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.54.829] [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: 12/26/2022] Open
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We have studied the effects of in vivo asbestos exposure on the surface immune-associated (Ia) antigen expression and distribution of alveolar macrophage subpopulations defined by continuous iso-osmotic Percoll gradients (density range: 1.006 to 1.123 g/ml) using a rat model of asbestos inhalation. Two groups of rats were exposed by intermittent inhalation (6 hr/day for 5 days/week over 4 weeks) to either amphibole (crocidolite) or serpentine (chrysotile) asbestos. A group of control rats was sham-exposed to clean air only. Alveolar macrophages from rats of three groups were obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage. During exposure, distinct differences appeared within 7 days of asbestos exposure, and some of these findings persisted in the crocidolite-exposed group for as long as 2 to 5 months after the cessation of exposure. Furthermore, relatively greater proportions of Ia-antigen positive cells were detected in several density fractions obtained from both asbestos-exposed groups (especially the crocidolite-exposed group). Multinucleated alveolar macrophages were seen frequently in all Percoll fractions after both types of asbestos inhalation. A significant proportion of multinucleated alveolar macrophages in these fractions expressed surface Ia-antigen positivity. The finding of enriched numbers of higher-density phagocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage cell subpopulations from asbestos-exposed rats may reflect the presence of newly recruited-immature monocytes and/or macrophages at sites of intrapulmonary asbestos deposition. Also, increased proportions of Ia-antigen positive cells suggest that a part of them were functionally activated.
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- T Inamoto
- Department of Animal Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Kim YD, Fomsgaard JS, Heim KF, Ramwell PW, Thomas G, Kagan E, Moore SP, Coughlin SS, Kuwahara M, Analouei A. Brief ischemia-reperfusion induces stunning of endothelium in canine coronary artery. Circulation 1992; 85:1473-82. [PMID: 1555288 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.85.4.1473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [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] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Brief ischemic episodes that induce stunning of the myocardium may also induce stunning of the coronary endothelium. To test this hypothesis, we examined both in vivo and in vitro responses of canine coronary arteries exposed to brief ischemia. METHODS AND RESULTS Functional recovery of the endothelium was examined in vivo during reperfusion after 15 minutes of ischemia. Vasodilatory responses to acetylcholine were severely impaired during the first hour of reperfusion but gradually improved over a 90-minute period after ischemia. The vasoconstrictive response to U46619 was enhanced for the first 30 minutes of reperfusion and returned to normal within 60 minutes. In vitro vasomotor responses to potassium chloride, acetylcholine, bradykinin, and sodium nitroprusside were examined in isolated segments of canine coronary arteries preexposed in vivo to brief ischemia (10-30 minutes) and 20 minutes of reperfusion. The results showed enhanced contractile responses and blunted endothelium-dependent but not endothelium-independent vasodilatory responses of arterial rings subjected to 10 minutes of ischemia. Twenty and 30 minutes of ischemia completely impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation. When reperfusion was extended to 120 minutes after 15 minutes of ischemia, vasodilatory responses to acetylcholine had recovered by almost 90%. Examination of endothelial integrity by transmission electron microscopy after 10-15 minutes of ischemia revealed no evidence of structural damage. Twenty and 30 minutes of ischemia induced cytoplasmic vacuolation, partial detachment of endothelium, and swelling of cytoplasmic organelles. CONCLUSIONS These data support the hypothesis that brief ischemia-reperfusion induces stunning of endothelium in which endothelium-dependent vasodilatory function is impaired temporarily without morphological damage.
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- Y D Kim
- Department of Anesthesia, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C
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Azumi N, Underhill CB, Kagan E, Sheibani K. A novel biotinylated probe specific for hyaluronate. Its diagnostic value in diffuse malignant mesothelioma. Am J Surg Pathol 1992; 16:116-21. [PMID: 1733346 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199202000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Diffuse malignant mesotheliomas are known to secrete a large amount of hyaluronate, whereas adenocarcinomas produce predominantly neutral mucins. In the present study, we assessed the diagnostic usefulness of a new, highly specific and sensitive hyaluronate binding probe to discriminate between mesotheliomas and adenocarcinomas. We studied 33 mesotheliomas and 37 adenocarcinomas in order to establish specific diagnostic criteria for using the hyaluronate binding probe. Of the adenocarcinomas, only three showed significant positive staining for hyaluronate (8%). By contrast, all the mesotheliomas exhibited positive staining for hyaluronate. Furthermore, the staining reaction was classed as moderate or greater in 26 mesotheliomas (79%), thus suggesting the utility of this probe in the differential diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma versus adenocarcinoma. We conclude that strong cytoplasmic or membranous staining for hyaluronate is highly predictive of malignant mesothelioma. The hyaluronate binding probe should therefore be considered an important adjunct to be used in combination with electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry in the histologic diagnosis of diffuse malignant mesothelioma.
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- N Azumi
- Department of Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20007
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Kuwahara M, Jacobsson J, Kuwahara M, Kagan E, Ramwell PW, Foegh ML. Coronary artery ultrastructural changes in cardiac transplant atherosclerosis in the rabbit. Transplantation 1991; 52:759-65. [PMID: 1949159 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199111000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Accelerated coronary atherosclerosis is the limiting factor for long-term survival of cardiac transplant recipients, but its pathogenesis is poorly understood. Morphologic and ultrastructural changes in suitable models may help explain the underlying mechanisms. In this study, early (3, 7, 14, and 21 days) and late (42 days) ultrastructural changes of the coronary artery were characterized in rabbit cardiac allografts. Thirty-four New Zealand white male rabbits (3.0-4.0 kg) served as donors and recipients. All recipients received cyclosporine (10 mg/kg/day i.m.) as immunosuppressant. In order to increase the normally very low cholesterol levels in rabbits, both the donor and recipient animals were fed a 0.5% cholesterol diet. Recipient animals were sacrificed between 3 days and 6 weeks after transplantation. The specimens from both donor and recipient were examined by transmission electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and morphometry. Our data indicate that intimal thickening was initiated with smooth muscle cell migration within 1 week after transplantation, and occurrence of macrophage-derived foam cells and vacuolized smooth muscle cells 3 weeks after transplantation. These changes occurred in the presence of an ultrastructurally intact endothelium. Platelets were only seldom seen adhering to the endothelium. In contrast, lymphocytes and monocytes were frequently found adhering to the endothelium at 2 and 3 weeks posttransplantation. From 3 weeks posttransplantation, lymphocytes were seen only occasionally in the intima but not in the media. This study suggests that early events elicit a change in the smooth muscle cells in the media to the secretory phenotype that migrates to the intima and proliferate. Lymphocyte and monocyte adhesion to the endothelium may enhance smooth muscle migration and proliferation. The large macrophage involvement may relate to the high serum cholesterol levels induced by the cholesterol diet. All these changes occurred in the presence of a structurally normal endothelium and without apparent platelet involvement.
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- M Kuwahara
- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20007
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Kuwahara M, Kuwahara M, Bijwaard KE, Gersten DM, Diglio CA, Kagan E. Mesothelial cells produce a chemoattractant for lung fibroblasts: role of fibronectin. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1991; 5:256-64. [PMID: 1910811 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb/5.3.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [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: 12/29/2022] Open
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Pleural fibrosis may complicate several types of non-exudative pleural injury. Although the pathogenesis of such lesions is poorly understood, it is conceivable that mesothelial cells may recruit fibroblasts to sites of pleural damage. In order to test this possibility, conditioned medium from cultured rat mesothelial cells was tested for chemoattractant activity towards RL-87 rat lung fibroblasts. For this purpose, rat pleural or pericardial mesothelial cells were maintained in vitro for 6 to 96 h. Conditioned medium from each source was obtained at defined culture times and tested for chemotactic activity in a 48-well microchemotaxis assembly. A progressive, time-dependent increase in fibroblast chemoattractant activity was detected in both pleural and pericardial mesothelial cell conditioned medium samples. This effect was maximal in 96-h cultures. Checkerboard analysis revealed that the conditioned medium was truly chemotactic for lung fibroblasts. Characterization of the chemoattractant demonstrated that it was a nondialyzable (greater than 16 kD), thermolabile (100 degrees C for 15 min), acid-stable (pH 2.5), trypsin-sensitive, and pepsin-sensitive protein. The chemotaxin was shown to be fibronectin, since activity was abolished, in a dose-dependent manner, by treatment with anti-rat fibronectin antiserum as well as by passage through a gelatin agarose affinity column. This product consisted of two bands on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of apparent molecular masses 250 and 220 kD. The secretion of a mesothelial cell-derived fibroblast chemoattractant may play a role in the response of the pleura to injury and in the pathogenesis of pleural fibrosis.
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- M Kuwahara
- Department of Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007
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Abbondanzo SL, English CK, Kagan E, McPherson RA. Fatal adenovirus pneumonia in a newborn identified by electron microscopy and in situ hybridization. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1989; 113:1349-53. [PMID: 2556087] [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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A male infant born at 25 weeks' gestation died at 2 weeks of age from progressive respiratory insufficiency, metabolic acidosis, and renal failure. Autopsy revealed extensive hemorrhage and necrosis in the lungs, as well as hyaline membrane disease. Alveolar and bronchiolar lining cells contained frequent intranuclear inclusions visible by light microscopy that corresponded to arrays of icosahedral particles suggestive of adenovirus by electron microscopy. Confirmation of overwhelming adenovirus infection was made with in situ DNA hybridization. This case demonstrates the advantage of DNA probe analysis for retrospective diagnosis when no adequate specimen is available for culture or antigen detection. This case is also unusual in that a premature newborn had severe adenovirus infection.
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- S L Abbondanzo
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
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Zhao Y, Conte J, Cai B, Kagan E, Katz N, Foegh M. Feasibility of serial fine needle aspiration biopsies to monitor dog single lung allografts. Transplant Proc 1989; 21:3653-4. [PMID: 2669274] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Y Zhao
- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC 20007
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Rockoff SD, Kagan E. Inorganic dust pneumoconioses. J Thorac Imaging 1988; 3:vii. [PMID: 3184239] [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: 01/04/2023]
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Asbestosis is a pneumoconiosis that results from the inhalation of asbestos fibers. There is a body of evidence that implicates the alveolar macrophage in the pathogenesis of asbestosis because of its prominence in asbestos-related histologic lesions. Injury to the alveolar epithelium also may contribute to the pathogenesis of asbestosis. Evidence is presented to suggest that pulmonary fibrosis may result from the persistent release of inflammatory mediators (chemoattractants, lysosomal enzymes, toxic oxygen radicals, arachidonic acid metabolites, interleukins, and fibroblast growth factors) at sites of asbestos deposition. Histologic features of asbestosis can be detected within months after the initial contact with asbestos. In contrast, the stigmata of asbestos-related disease usually are not radiologically detectable, even by the most sensitive imaging techniques, until after a latency period of at least a decade, and often considerably longer. There is, therefore, a long diagnostic delay between the time when asbestosis is histologically detectable and when it is radiographically detectable.
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- E Kagan
- Department of Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007
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- J Shamian
- Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
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Rockoff SD, Kagan E, Schwartz A, Kriebel D, Hix W, Rohatgi P. Visceral pleural thickening in asbestos exposure: the occurrence and implications of thickened interlobar fissures. J Thorac Imaging 1987; 2:58-66. [PMID: 3682046 DOI: 10.1097/00005382-198710000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [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: 01/06/2023]
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We evaluated fissural (ie, visceral pleural) thickening on radiographs in two asbestos-exposed study populations and a control group. Asbestos workers had an incidence of fissural thickening of 54.5% compared with 16.0% in the unexposed control group, with a strong positive statistical effect due to asbestos exposure beyond that attributable to age. Fissural thickening occurred in 85% of workers with parietal plaques and in 36% without pleural plaques. Fissural thickening occurred in 45% without radiographic evidence of pulmonary fibrosis, but it was very common (85%) in those with pulmonary fibrosis. Data analysis showed that fissural thickening responds more strongly to asbestos exposure than does plaque formation, with 21 years of asbestos exposure needed for a 50% chance of developing fissural thickening, while 31 years of exposure were needed for a 50% chance of forming pleural plaques. From a second group of 57 asbestos workers evaluated clinically, 8 were diagnosed as having asbestosis with radiographically clear lungs and fissural thickening. We conclude that visceral pleural thickening is common in asbestos exposure, that it is related to the years since first asbestos exposure, and that its presence may indicate the presence of pulmonary asbestosis, even with radiographically normal lungs.
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- S D Rockoff
- Department of Radiology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037
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Kagan E. Current perspectives in asbestosis. Ann Allergy 1985; 54:464-73. [PMID: 3893229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Oghiso Y, Kagan E, Brody AR. Intrapulmonary distribution of inhaled chrysotile and crocidolite asbestos: ultrastructural features. Br J Exp Pathol 1984; 65:467-84. [PMID: 6087872 PMCID: PMC2040992] [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: 01/18/2023]
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Although all commercial types of asbestos can cause pulmonary fibrosis, little is known about ultrastructural differences in the evolution of pulmonary lesions induced by amphiboles and serpentines. The present study was designed to compare the histological and ultrastructural effects produced by chronic inhalation of either crocidolite (amphibole) or chrysotile (serpentine) asbestos in the rat. Animals, exposed by intermittent inhalation for 3 months, were killed after 2 to 16 months. When inhaled, both types of asbestos caused thickened alveolar duct bifurcations associated with macrophage aggregates. Crocidolite inhalation also produced subpleural collections of alveolar macrophages and lymphocytes. Electron microscopy revealed some similarities, but also distinct differences, in the pulmonary distribution of inhaled chrysotile and crocidolite. Whereas both asbestos varieties were identified within the pulmonary interstitium, only crocidolite was detected inside alveolar macrophages. Chrysotile fibres were seen infrequently within the vascular compartment. Microcalcifications were noted after chrysotile inhalation, but were never observed following crocidolite exposure. Both asbestos types induced slight pulmonary fibrosis. These findings indicate that crocidolite and chrysotile produce different pathogenetic features, although both are fibrogenic.
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Hartmann DP, Georgian MM, Kagan E. Enhanced alveolar macrophage Ia antigen expression after asbestos inhalation. The Journal of Immunology 1984. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.132.6.2693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hartmann DP, Georgian MM, Kagan E. Enhanced alveolar macrophage Ia antigen expression after asbestos inhalation. J Immunol 1984; 132:2693-5. [PMID: 6327809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hartmann DP, Georgian MM, Oghiso Y, Kagan E. Enhanced interleukin activity following asbestos inhalation. Clin Exp Immunol 1984; 55:643-50. [PMID: 6608427 PMCID: PMC1535921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Asbestos inhalation can cause pulmonary fibrosis and is associated with a variety of immunological abnormalities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of asbestos inhalation on interleukin-1 (IL-1) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) production in a rodent model. Two groups of rats were exposed, by intermittent inhalation, to either amphibole (crocidolite) or serpentine (chrysotile) asbestos. A third (control) group of rats was sham exposed to clean air. Animals from the three exposure groups were thereafter immunized (or not immunized) with fetal calf serum antigens. In order to assay interleukin activity, supernatants were generated from cultures containing alveolar macrophages and autologous splenic lymphocytes, and from cultures containing alveolar macrophages alone. Using assay systems designed to detect IL-1 and IL-2 functional activity, the supernatants were evaluated for their capacity to stimulate lymphoproliferation and fibroblast DNA synthesis. Macrophage-lymphocyte co-culture supernatants, when obtained from immunized, asbestos exposed rats, contained greater IL-1 and IL-2 activity than identical supernatants from immunized, sham exposed animals. These between group differences were not, however, observed in supernatants from unimmunized rats, or when supernatants were generated in the absence of immune lymphocytes. These observations suggest that asbestos exposure is associated with enhanced activation of lymphocytes by antigens. The possible relevance of these findings to asbestos related fibrogenesis and immunological stimulation is discussed.
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Kagan E, Oghiso Y, Hartmann DP. The effects of chrysotile and crocidolite asbestos on the lower respiratory tract: analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage constituents. Environ Res 1983; 32:382-397. [PMID: 6315391 DOI: 10.1016/0013-9351(83)90120-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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This study was designed to evaluate the effects of amphibole and serpentine asbestos inhalation on the constituents of the lower respiratory tract. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) analyses were performed on three groups of rats: one group was exposed to chrysotile (serpentine) asbestos, another group was exposed to crocidolite amphibole asbestos, while a third group was sham-exposed. Intermittent inhalational exposures lasted three months. The total BAL cell yields and the macrophage content of BAL cells were significantly lower after asbestos exposure, especially in the chrysotile-exposed group. These effects persisted for as long as 1 year after the cessation of exposure. Multinucleated macrophages were seen in BAL cells from both asbestos-exposed groups. Striking ultrastructural alterations of macrophage morphology were noted in BAL cells from both groups of asbestos-exposed rats. Chrysotile fibers were not seen in any BAL cells from chrysotile-exposed animals. However, 15 months after terminating the exposure regimen, a sizeable proportion of BAL macrophages from crocidolite-exposed rats contained phagocytosed asbestos fibers. Significantly higher beta-glucuronidase and lactate dehydrogenase activity was found in BAL fluids from both asbestos-exposed groups and was detected 17-18 months after exposure had ceased. These observations have served as useful correlates of asbestos-mediated injury to the lower respiratory tract. They have also provided evidence of continual pathological sequelae occurring long after withdrawal from asbestos exposure.
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Kagan E, Oghiso Y, Hartmann DP. Enhanced release of a chemoattractant for alveolar macrophages after asbestos inhalation. Am Rev Respir Dis 1983; 128:680-7. [PMID: 6625345 DOI: 10.1164/arrd.1983.128.4.680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Alveolar macrophage supernatants from 2 groups of asbestos-exposed rats and a group of sham-exposed rats were tested for chemoattractant activity towards rat alveolar macrophages. Enhanced chemotaxin release was observed in culture supernatants from both crocidolite and chrysotile asbestos-exposed rats when compared with supernatants from sham-exposed rats. These between-group differences persisted for as long as 15 months after exposure had ceased. Chemotactic factor release was maximal after 24 h of culture in all animal groups. Partial characterization of the chemoattractant from each of the 3 rat groups revealed that it was thermolabile, nondialyzable, and trypsin-sensitive. Separation on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed 3 major peaks of activity. The production of the chemotaxin in supernatants from asbestos-exposed rats was partially inhibited by both actinomycin D and puromycin. These agents had no appreciable effect on the production of chemoattractant in cultures from sham-exposed animals. The enhanced release of an alveolar macrophage chemoattractant after asbestos inhalation may explain why macrophages accumulate at sites of asbestos deposition in the lungs.
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We have identified 13 asbestos workers with lymphoplasmacytic neoplasms: six with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, four with IgG myeloma, two with IgA myeloma, and one with histiocytic lymphoma. The subjects' occupations were varied, but all had experienced protracted asbestos exposure (ranging from 3-37 years). Tumor latency periods were similar to other known asbestos-related malignancies and ranged from 16-41 years. Stigmata of asbestos-related pulmonary disease were evident in 12 subjects. Malignant pleural mesotheliomas co-existed with IgG myelomas in two individuals, an association which seems unlikely to be fortuitous. It has been speculated previously that asbestos may be a lymphoid system carcinogen. Our findings strongly support this view and indicate that patients presenting de novo with lymphoproliferative neoplasms should be investigated for previous occupational or environmental exposure to asbestos.
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In an effort to determine whether or not the addition of parenteral antibiotics to orally administered erythromycin and neomycin would diminish postoperative septic complications in elective colorectal operations, a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted comparing three groups. All patients received vigorous preoperative mechanical bowel preparation, 3 g erythromycin and 3 g neomycin orally, the day prior to operation. Patients in Group O received three doses of saline intravenously as placebo, patients in Group C received cefazolin, 1 g, immediately preoperatively and 1 g every 6 hours postoperatively, intravenously, for two doses, and patients in Group T received a single immediate preoperative dose of 6 g of ticarcillin intravenously and two saline placebo doses intravenously, postoperatively. The patients' progress was followed in the hospital and for one month postoperatively. Septic complications occurred in 35 per cent of patients in Group O, 7 per cent of patients in Group C, and 5 per cent of patients in Group T. Wound infections comprised most of these complications, occurring in 29 per cent of Group O, 4.7 per cent of Group C, and 2.3 per cent of Group T patients. Thus, the addition of either parenteral cefazolin or ticarcillin in this study significantly reduced wound infections in elective colorectal surgery.
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Yeager H, Russo DA, Yañez M, Gerardi D, Nolan RP, Kagan E, Langer AM. Cytotoxicity of a short-fiber chrysotile asbestos for human alveolar macrophages: preliminary observations. Environ Res 1983; 30:224-232. [PMID: 6299724 DOI: 10.1016/0013-9351(83)90182-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Studies were performed to compare the cytotoxicity for human alveolar macrophages of a naturally occurring short-fiber chrysotile asbestos (RG 144) to that of a standard reference mixed-fiber (long and short) chrysotile asbestos (UICC chrysotile A. Rhodesian). Parallel studies were also performed with quartz (Min-U-Sil 15), a known macrophage toxin. On a mass basis, and after 24 hr incubation, RG 144 was more cytotoxic than the UICC standard reference fiber and less toxic than quartz (silica). The cytotoxic potential of RG 144 chrysotile was further enhanced after size reduction by milling. These findings may have important biologic implications with respect to the use of short-fiber asbestos in industry.
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