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Choi E, Su C, Wu J, Aredo J, Neal J, Leung A, Backhus L, Marchand L, Liang S, Cheng I, Wakelee H, Han S. OA01.01 Second Primary Lung Cancer among Lung Cancer Survivors Who Never Smoked. J Thorac Oncol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.09.119] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Choi E, Luo S, Tammemägi M, Aredo J, Marchand L, Cheng I, Wakelee H, Han S. PR01.02 Smoking Cessation After Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Risk of Second Primary Lung Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Study. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2020.10.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sha Z, Chilakala S, Crabill G, Cheng I, Xu Y, Fishovitz J, Lee I. A Proteolytic Site-Directed Affinity Label to Inhibit the Human ATP-Dependent Protease Caseinolytic Complex XP. Chembiochem 2020; 21:2049-2059. [PMID: 32180302 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000031] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Human caseinolytic protease component X and P (hClpXP) is a heterooligomeric ATP-dependent protease. The hClpX subunit catalyzes ATP hydrolysis whereas the hClpP subunit catalyzes peptide bond cleavage. In this study, we generated a peptidyl chloromethyl ketone (dansyl-FAPAL-CMK) that inhibited the hClpP subunit through alkylation of the catalytic His122, which was detected by LC-MS. This inhibitor is composed of a peptide sequence derived from a hydrolyzed peptide product of a substrate cleaved by hClpXP. Binding of FAPAL positions the electrophilic chloromethyl ketone moiety near His122 where alkylation occurs. Dansyl FAPAL-CMK exhibits selectivity for hClpXP over other ATP-dependent proteases such as hLon and the 26S proteasome and abolishes hClpXP activity in HeLa cell lysate. Using the fluorogenic peptide substrate FR-Cleptide as reporter, we detected biphasic inhibition time courses; this supports a slow-binding, time-dependent, covalent inhibition mechanism that is often found in active-site directed affinity labels. Because this inhibitor reacts only with hClpXP but not hLon or the proteasome, it has the potential to serve as a chemical tool to help validate endogenous protein substrates of hClpXP in cell lysate, thereby benefiting investigation of the physiological functions of hClpXP in different cell types or tissue samples.
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- Zhou Sha
- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115, USA.,Present address: Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA.,Present address: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA.,Present address: Agilent Technologies, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
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Kuhn KD, Edamura K, Bhatia N, Cheng I, Clark SA, Haynes CV, Heffner DL, Kabir F, Velasquez J, Spano AJ, Deppmann CD, Keeler AB. Molecular dissection of TNFR-TNFα bidirectional signaling reveals both cooperative and antagonistic interactions with p75 neurotrophic factor receptor in axon patterning. Mol Cell Neurosci 2020; 103:103467. [PMID: 32004684 PMCID: PMC7682658 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2020.103467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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During neural development, complex organisms rely on progressive and regressive events whereby axons, synapses, and neurons are overproduced followed by selective elimination of a portion of these components. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) together with its cognate receptor (Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1; TNFR1) have been shown to play both regressive (i.e. forward signaling from the receptor) and progressive (i.e. reverse signaling from the ligand) roles in sympathetic neuron development. In contrast, a paralog of TNFR1, p75 neurotrophic factor receptor (p75NTR) promotes mainly regressive developmental events in sympathetic neurons. Here we examine the interplay between these paralogous receptors in the regulation of axon branch elimination and arborization. We confirm previous reports that these TNFR1 family members are individually capable of promoting ligand-dependent suppression of axon growth and branching. Remarkably, p75NTR and TNFR1 physically interact and p75NTR requires TNFR1 for ligand-dependent axon suppression of axon branching but not vice versa. We also find that p75NTR forward signaling and TNFα reverse signaling are functionally antagonistic. Finally, we find that TNFα reverse signaling is necessary for nerve growth factor (NGF) dependent axon growth. Taken together these findings demonstrate several levels of synergistic and antagonistic interactions using very few signaling pathways and that the balance of these synergizing and opposing signals act to ensure proper axon growth and patterning.
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- K D Kuhn
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School, Palmyra, VA 22963, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA; Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
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Chilakala S, Cheng I, Lee I, Xu Y. Analysis of oxygen-18 labeled phosphate to study positional isotope experiments using LC-QTOF-MS. Anal Biochem 2018; 566:62-66. [PMID: 30419188 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2018.11.001] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A method is proposed in this paper for the determination of oxygen-18 labeled phosphate so that positional isotope experiments using sensitive and rapid liquid chromatography-QTOF-mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF-MS) experiments can be carried out. The positional isotope exchange technique is a useful tool in understanding the mechanisms and kinetics of many enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Detection of the positions and concentration of these exchanged isotopes is the key. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging are commonly used analytical techniques for measurement of 18O/16O, 31P and 15N isotope enrichment. Since these techniques either require a time-consuming derivatization step or have a limited sensitivity, an LC and accurate mass-based method for monitoring 18O/16O exchange was developed and compared with a standard GC-MS method. Our results showed that the LC-QTOF-MS method developed was not only as accurate as the standard GC-MS method, but also a sensitive and robust analytical platform for the simultaneous determination of isotope enrichment and the analysis of positional isotopes without chemical derivation. The LC-QTOF-MS method developed was successfully applied to the measurement of 18O/16O in the reversibility study of ATP hydrolysis by Lon proteases.
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- Sujatha Chilakala
- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44115, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44115, USA.
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Fishovitz J, Sha Z, Chilakala S, Cheng I, Xu Y, Lee I. Utilization of Mechanistic Enzymology to Evaluate the Significance of ADP Binding to Human Lon Protease. Front Mol Biosci 2017; 4:47. [PMID: 28744459 PMCID: PMC5504276 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Lon, also known as Protease La, is one of the simplest ATP-dependent proteases. It is a homooligomeric enzyme comprised of an ATPase domain and a proteolytic domain in each enzyme subunit. Despite sharing about 40% sequence identity, human and Escherichia coli Lon proteases utilize a highly conserved ATPase domain found in the AAA+ family to catalyze ATP hydrolysis, which is needed to activate protein degradation. In this study, we utilized mechanistic enzymology techniques to show that despite comparable kcat and Km parameters found in the ATPase activity, human and E. coli Lon exhibit significantly different susceptibility to ADP inhibition. Due to the low affinity of human Lon for ADP, the conformational changes in human Lon generated from the ATPase cycle are also different. The relatively low affinity of human Lon for ADP cannot be accounted for by reversibility in ATP hydrolysis, as a positional isotope exchange experiment demonstrated both E. coli Lon and human Lon catalyzed ATP hydrolysis irreversibly. A limited tryptic digestion study however indicated that human and E. coli Lon bind to ADP differently. Taken together, the findings reported in this research article suggest that human Lon is not regulated by a substrate-promoted ADP/ATP exchange mechanism as found in the bacterial enzyme homolog. The drastic difference in structural changes associated with ADP interaction with the two protease homologs offer potential for selective inhibitor design and development through targeting the ATPase sites. In addition to revealing unique mechanistic differences that distinguish human vs. bacterial Lon, this article underscores the benefit of mechanistic enzymology in deciphering the physiological mechanism of action of Lon proteases and perhaps other closely related ATP-dependent proteases in the future.
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- Jennifer Fishovitz
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Saint Mary's CollegeNotre Dame, IN, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH, United States
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Cheng I, Chan K, Wong C, Li L, Chiu K, Cheung R, Yiu E. Neuronavigated high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for chronic post-stroke dysphagia: A randomized controlled study. J Rehabil Med 2017; 49:475-481. [DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Knowledge of the basic principles of parenteral nutrition is essential for any clinician working in paediatric and neonatal intensive care units. This article aims to give a brief review of the up-to-date recommendations for the paediatric population together with practical tips and considerations about current challenges and issues we believe are still open for debate, particularly with regard to neonates.
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- A L Paltrinieri
- Neonatal Unit, Evelina London Children's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Evelina London Children's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neonatal Unit, Evelina London Children's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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Park DY, Cheng I. Response to letter to the editor regarding: "Local versus distal transplantation of human neural stem cells following chronic spinal cord injury" by Cheng et al. Spine J 2016; 16:793-4. [PMID: 27342710 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.02.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- D Y Park
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, 1250 16th St., Santa Monica, 90404, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 450 Broadway St., MC 6342, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
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Strauss KA, Jinks RN, Puffenberger EG, Venkatesh S, Singh K, Cheng I, Mikita N, Thilagavathi J, Lee J, Sarafianos S, Benkert A, Koehler A, Zhu A, Trovillion V, McGlincy M, Morlet T, Deardorff M, Innes AM, Prasad C, Chudley AE, Lee INW, Suzuki CK. CODAS syndrome is associated with mutations of LONP1, encoding mitochondrial AAA+ Lon protease. Am J Hum Genet 2015; 96:121-35. [PMID: 25574826 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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CODAS syndrome is a multi-system developmental disorder characterized by cerebral, ocular, dental, auricular, and skeletal anomalies. Using whole-exome and Sanger sequencing, we identified four LONP1 mutations inherited as homozygous or compound-heterozygous combinations among ten individuals with CODAS syndrome. The individuals come from three different ancestral backgrounds (Amish-Swiss from United States, n = 8; Mennonite-German from Canada, n = 1; mixed European from Canada, n = 1). LONP1 encodes Lon protease, a homohexameric enzyme that mediates protein quality control, respiratory-complex assembly, gene expression, and stress responses in mitochondria. All four pathogenic amino acid substitutions cluster within the AAA(+) domain at residues near the ATP-binding pocket. In biochemical assays, pathogenic Lon proteins show substrate-specific defects in ATP-dependent proteolysis. When expressed recombinantly in cells, all altered Lon proteins localize to mitochondria. The Old Order Amish Lon variant (LONP1 c.2161C>G[p.Arg721Gly]) homo-oligomerizes poorly in vitro. Lymphoblastoid cell lines generated from affected children have (1) swollen mitochondria with electron-dense inclusions and abnormal inner-membrane morphology; (2) aggregated MT-CO2, the mtDNA-encoded subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase; and (3) reduced spare respiratory capacity, leading to impaired mitochondrial proteostasis and function. CODAS syndrome is a distinct, autosomal-recessive, developmental disorder associated with dysfunction of the mitochondrial Lon protease.
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- Kevin A Strauss
- Clinic for Special Children, Strasburg, PA 17579, USA; Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA; Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA.
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- Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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- Clinic for Special Children, Strasburg, PA 17579, USA; Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
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- Clinic for Special Children, Strasburg, PA 17579, USA; Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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- Auditory Physiology and Psychoacoustics Research Laboratory, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Medical Genetics Program, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Health Research Institute and Western University, London, ON N6C 2V5, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Smolik AC, Bengez-Pudja L, Cheng I, Mascotti DP. Characterization of E. coli manganese superoxide dismutase binding to RNA and DNA. Biochim Biophys Acta 2014; 1844:2251-6. [PMID: 25269891 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Bacterial manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) has been shown to localize to the chromosomal portion of the cell and impart protection from ionizing radiation to DNA. The binding affinity of bacterial MnSOD to non-sequence specific double stranded oligomeric DNA has been quantitated previously by nitrocellulose filter binding and gel shift assays. In the current study we have examined the equilibrium binding of Escherichia coli MnSOD to poly(U), poly(A), poly(C), poly(dU) and double-stranded (ds) DNA. Equilibrium association constant, Kobs, was measured by monitoring intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence quenching. Based on the extent of quenching, Kobs was determined as a function of monovalent salt (MX) concentration and type, as well as temperature, from which ΔG°obs and ΔH°obs were determined. It was found that the polynucleotides bind to MnSOD in the following affinity hierarchy, poly(dU)>poly(U)>dsDNA>poly(A)>poly(C). The differences in the hierarchy were not large in magnitude as the poly(dU) bound with less than a 100-fold higher affinity than poly(C) at any given [MX]. For each polynucleotide, Kobs decreases only slightly with increasing [K(+)], surprising for a relatively non-specific nucleic acid protein. Thus, our finding that MnSOD can bind to RNA leads to the possibility that MnSOD may confer protection to RNA, as well. This is, as of yet, untested. Typically one would expect strong electrostatic interactions to dominate a non-specific binding event like that, but our results show an unexpectedly strong non-electrostatic contribution to the binding.
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- Angela C Smolik
- Department of Chemistry, John Carroll University, 20700 North Park Boulevard, University Heights, OH 44118, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, John Carroll University, 20700 North Park Boulevard, University Heights, OH 44118, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, John Carroll University, 20700 North Park Boulevard, University Heights, OH 44118, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, John Carroll University, 20700 North Park Boulevard, University Heights, OH 44118, USA.
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Pomykala KL, Ganz PA, Bower JE, Kwan L, Castellon SA, Mallam S, Cheng I, Ahn R, Breen EC, Irwin MR, Silverman DHS. The association between pro-inflammatory cytokines, regional cerebral metabolism, and cognitive complaints following adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Brain Imaging Behav 2014; 7:511-23. [PMID: 23835929 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9243-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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To examine relationships following adjuvant chemotherapy between circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines, regional cerebral metabolism, and cognitive complaints in early stage breast cancer patients. 33 breast cancer patients who had completed initial treatment (surgery, ± radiation, 23 chemotherapy, 10 no chemotherapy) obtained resting (18)F-FDG PET/CT brain imaging at baseline and 1 year later. Pro-inflammatory cytokine markers (IL-1ra, sTNF-RII, CRP, and IL-6) and cognitive complaints were also assessed at both time points. At baseline, consistent correlations were seen between the left medial frontal and right inferior lateral anterior temporal cortices and inflammatory markers within the chemotherapy group, and not in the no chemotherapy group. After 1 year, correlations persisted in the medial frontal cortex and the temporal cortex, the latter shifting superiorly. Both of these regional correlations demonstrated the highest levels of significance when looking across the 1 year time frame (IL-1ra: peak voxel p < 0.0005; cluster size p < 0.0005, p = 0.001 after correction (medial prefrontal), p < 0.0005; cluster size p = 0.001, p = 0.029 corr. (anterior temporal), sTNF-RII: p < 0.0005; cluster size p = 0.001, p = 0.040 corr. (medial prefrontal)). Positive correlations were also seen within the chemotherapy group between baseline memory complaints and the medial frontal (p < 0.0005; cluster size p < 0.0005, p < 0.0005 corr.) and anterior temporal (p < 0.0005; cluster size p < 0.0005, p = 0.002 corr.) cortices at baseline and 1 year later. Metabolism in the medial prefrontal cortex and anterior temporal cortex was found to correlate with both memory complaints and cytokine marker levels in chemotherapy patients.
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- K L Pomykala
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 Medical Plaza, Suite B114, Mail Code: 737024, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-7370, USA
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Mikita N, Cheng I, Fishovitz J, Huang J, Lee I. Processive Degradation of Unstructured Protein by Escherichia coli Lon Occurs via the Slow, Sequential Delivery of Multiple Scissile Sites Followed by Rapid and Synchronized Peptide Bond Cleavage Events. Biochemistry 2013; 52:5629-44. [DOI: 10.1021/bi4008319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Natalie Mikita
- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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Carty CL, Spencer KL, Setiawan VW, Fernandez-Rhodes L, Malinowski J, Buyske S, Young A, Jorgensen NW, Cheng I, Carlson CS, Brown-Gentry K, Goodloe R, Park A, Parikh NI, Henderson B, Le Marchand L, Wactawski-Wende J, Fornage M, Matise TC, Hindorff LA, Arnold AM, Haiman CA, Franceschini N, Peters U, Crawford DC. Replication of genetic loci for ages at menarche and menopause in the multi-ethnic Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study. Hum Reprod 2013; 28:1695-706. [PMID: 23508249 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Do genetic associations identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of age at menarche (AM) and age at natural menopause (ANM) replicate in women of diverse race/ancestry from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study? SUMMARY ANSWER We replicated GWAS reproductive trait single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in our European descent population and found that many SNPs were also associated with AM and ANM in populations of diverse ancestry. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Menarche and menopause mark the reproductive lifespan in women and are important risk factors for chronic diseases including obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Both events are believed to be influenced by environmental and genetic factors, and vary in populations differing by genetic ancestry and geography. Most genetic variants associated with these traits have been identified in GWAS of European-descent populations. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION A total of 42 251 women of diverse ancestry from PAGE were included in cross-sectional analyses of AM and ANM. MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS SNPs previously associated with ANM (n = 5 SNPs) and AM (n = 3 SNPs) in GWAS were genotyped in American Indians, African Americans, Asians, European Americans, Hispanics and Native Hawaiians. To test SNP associations with ANM or AM, we used linear regression models stratified by race/ethnicity and PAGE sub-study. Results were then combined in race-specific fixed effect meta-analyses for each outcome. For replication and generalization analyses, significance was defined at P < 0.01 for ANM analyses and P < 0.017 for AM analyses. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE We replicated findings for AM SNPs in the LIN28B locus and an intergenic region on 9q31 in European Americans. The LIN28B SNPs (rs314277 and rs314280) were also significantly associated with AM in Asians, but not in other race/ethnicity groups. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns at this locus varied widely among the ancestral groups. With the exception of an intergenic SNP at 13q34, all ANM SNPs replicated in European Americans. Three were significantly associated with ANM in other race/ethnicity populations: rs2153157 (6p24.2/SYCP2L), rs365132 (5q35/UIMC1) and rs16991615 (20p12.3/MCM8). While rs1172822 (19q13/BRSK1) was not significant in the populations of non-European descent, effect sizes showed similar trends. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION Lack of association for the GWAS SNPs in the non-European American groups may be due to differences in locus LD patterns between these groups and the European-descent populations included in the GWAS discovery studies; and in some cases, lower power may also contribute to non-significant findings. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS The discovery of genetic variants associated with the reproductive traits provides an important opportunity to elucidate the biological mechanisms involved with normal variation and disorders of menarche and menopause. In this study we replicated most, but not all reported SNPs in European descent populations and examined the epidemiologic architecture of these early reported variants, describing their generalizability and effect size across differing ancestral populations. Such data will be increasingly important for prioritizing GWAS SNPs for follow-up in fine-mapping and resequencing studies, as well as in translational research.
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- C L Carty
- Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Park DY, Mayle RE, Smith RL, Corcoran-Schwartz I, Kharazi AI, Cheng I. Combined Transplantation of Human Neuronal and Mesenchymal Stem Cells following Spinal Cord Injury. Global Spine J 2013; 3:1-6. [PMID: 24436845 PMCID: PMC3854610 DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1337118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Transplantation of human fetal neural stem cells (hNSCs) previously demonstrated significant functional recovery after spinal cord contusion in rats. Other studies indicated that human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) can home to areas of damage and cross the blood-brain barrier. The purpose of this article is to determine if combined administration of mesenchymal stem cells and neuronal stem cells improves functional outcomes in rats. The study design was a randomized controlled animal trial. Female adult Long-Evans hooded rats underwent laminectomy at T10 level. Moderate spinal cord contusion at T10 level was induced by the MASCIS Impactor. Four groups were identified. The MSC + NSC group received hMSCs intravenously (IV) immediately after spinal cord injury (acute) and returned 1 week later (subacute) for injection of hNSC directly at site of injury. The MSC-only group received hMSC IV acutely and cell media subacutely. The NSC-only group received cell media IV acutely and hNSC subacutely. The control group received cell media IV acutely and subacutely. Subjects were assessed for 6 weeks using Basso, Beattie, Bresnahan Locomotor Rating Score. Twenty-four subjects were utilized, six subjects in each group. Statistically significant functional improvement was seen in the MSC + NSC group and the NSC-only group versus controls (p = 0.027, 0.042, respectively). The MSC-only group did not demonstrate a significant improvement over control (p = 0.145). Comparing the MSC + NSC group and the NSC-only group, there was no significant difference (p = 0.357). Subacute transplantation of hNSCs into contused spinal cord of rats led to significant functional recovery when injected either with or without acute IV administration of hMSCs. Neither hMSCs nor addition of hMSC to hNSC resulted in significant improvement.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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Liu YL, Chen YL, Cheng I, Lin MI, Jow GM, Mu SC. Early oral-motor management on feeding performance in premature neonates. J Formos Med Assoc 2013; 112:161-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 05/17/2010] [Accepted: 12/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Wang LJ, Mu SC, Cheng I, Chen YL, Chen BF, Jow GM. Decreased leptin concentration in neonates is associated with enhanced postnatal growth during the first year. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2012; 28:521-5. [PMID: 23089316 DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Leptin regulates maternal metabolism and fetal growth by reducing food intake and increasing energy expenditure, particularly during the third trimester. In this study, we investigated the relationships between leptin and growth, and explored the longitudinal change of leptin in early postnatal life. A total of 58 infants were categorized according to gestational length and birth weight. Arterial blood samples were taken within 24 hours (Day 1), and on Days 4 and 7 of life. Plasma leptin levels were measured by commercial human leptin enzyme immunometric assay. The average serum leptin level declined in the first week of life. There was a positive correlation between leptin level and body weight on Day 4. Neonates with leptin decrease between Day 1 and Day 4 had better weight gain at one year old, and the hospital stay day was shorter. Furthermore, the full feeding days and the duration of feeding priming and full feeding days in the leptin decrease group were less than in the leptin increase group. Serum leptin was significantly decreased and positively correlated with neonates' body weight gain in the first week of life. A rapid decline in serum leptin after birth is associated with greater future weight gain and physiological advantage for infants' life.
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- Ling-Jen Wang
- Department of Pediatric, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Cheng I, Chen YL, Lin CH, Jow GM, Mu SC. Complicated Candida parapsilosis peritonitis on peritoneal dialysis in a neonate with renal failure because of bilateral adrenal abscesses. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2011; 27:466-8. [PMID: 21943820 DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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We present a full-term female infant with a difficult delivery course complicated with Escherichia coli sepsis and bilateral adrenal abscesses. She developed renal failure and received peritoneal dialysis. Peritonitis of Candida parapsilosis developed later. The infant was successfully treated with hemofiltration and a combination of antifungal agents.
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- I Cheng
- Department of Pediatrics, Shin Kong WHS Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Cheng I, Chen YL, Tsai YL, Chou YY, Sung TC, Mu SC. Is Langerhan cell histiocytosis complicated with hydrops fetalis exclusively lethal in premature neonates? Pediatr Dermatol 2011; 28:469-71. [PMID: 21438915 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01310.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease and is lethal in premature neonates. A male premature neonate born at gestational 33 weeks presented with generalized vesicles, hydrops fetalis with pleural effusion, bilateral cataracts, and severe respiratory distress syndrome complicated with persistent pulmonary hypertension. Skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
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- I Cheng
- Department of Pediatrics, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ho SP, Wang LJ, Cheng I, Chen YL, Sung TC, Jow GM, Mu SC. Association of plasma leptin levels with maternal body weight and body mass index in premature and term newborns. Pediatr Neonatol 2010; 51:19-25. [PMID: 20225534 DOI: 10.1016/s1875-9572(10)60005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Leptin plays an important role in the regulation of body weight and energy metabolism in adults; its role in neonates also needs to be explored. The current study aims to determine the correlation between serum leptin concentrations and anthropometric variables in newborns and their mothers, and to examine the effects of sex, gestational age and antenatal steroid use on neonatal leptin levels. METHODS This was a retrospective study. Blood samples were collected from 55 newborns within 24 hours of birth. Plasma leptin levels were measured by immunometric assay. The relationship between neonatal leptin levels and anthropometric parameters was determined using Pearson's correlation and further evaluated by linear regression analysis. RESULTS Neonatal leptin was significantly correlated with maternal body weight (p < 0.002) and maternal body mass index (BMI) (p < 0.001). However, it was not correlated with gestational age (p = 0.130), birth weight (p = 0.097), or birth BMI (p = 0.336). The leptin levels in premature newborns (gestational age < 37 weeks; 0.69 +/- 1.82ng/mL) were significantly less than those in term newborns (gestational age > or = 37 weeks; 2.09 +/- 2.30 ng/mL, p = 0.031). There were no significant differences between sexes (p = 0.277) or in relation to antenatal steroid use (p = 0.611). CONCLUSION Neonatal serum leptin concentrations within 24 hours of birth correlated with maternal body weight and BMI, especially in premature newborns. Premature newborns had significantly lower leptin levels than full-term newborns.
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- Shih-Ping Ho
- Department of Pediatrics, Shin Kong WHS Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Cheng W, Tseng CJ, Lin TTC, Cheng I, Pan HW, Hsu HC, Lee YM. Glypican-3-mediated oncogenesis involves the Insulin-like growth factor-signaling pathway. Carcinogenesis 2008; 29:1319-26. [PMID: 18413366 PMCID: PMC2500215 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgn091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Glypican-3 (gpc3) is the gene responsible for Simpson-Golabi-Behmel overgrowth syndrome. Previously, we have shown that GPC3 is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we demonstrated the mechanisms for GPC3-mediated oncogenesis. Firstly, GPC3 overexpression in NIH3T3 cells gave to cancer cell phenotypes including growing in serum-free medium and forming colonies in soft agar, or on the other way, GPC3 knockdown in HuH-7 cells decreased oncogenecity. We further demonstrated that GPC3 bound specifically through its N-terminal proline-rich region to both Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II and IGF-1R. GPC3 stimulated the phosphorylation of IGF-1R and the downstream signaling molecule extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in an IGF-II-dependent way. Also, GPC3 knockdown in HCC cells decreased the phosphorylation of both IGF-1R and ERK. Therefore, GPC3 confers oncogenecity through the interaction between IGF-II and its receptor, and the subsequent activation of the IGF-signaling pathway. This data are novel to the current understanding of the role of GPC3 in HCC and will be important in future developments of cancer therapy.
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- Wei Cheng
- Graduate Institute of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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Handelsman E, Cheng I, Thompson B, Hershow R, Mofenson LM, Hollinger FB, Chen KT, Burchett SK, Klinzman D, Stapleton JT. Impact of GB virus type C infection on mother-to-child HIV transmission in the Women and Infants Transmission Study Cohort. HIV Med 2008; 8:561-7. [PMID: 17944690 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2007.00510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND GB virus type C (GBV-C) viraemia is associated with a beneficial outcome in HIV-infected individuals in several though not all studies. GBV-C viraemia was examined in a matched case-control study of 133 HIV-infected pregnant women who transmitted HIV to their infants ('cases') and 266 non-transmitting controls. METHODS HIV-infected children and controls were pair-matched for high-risk delivery, race and year of delivery. GBV-C status was determined in maternal plasma samples obtained at or within 3 months of delivery. RESULTS Pregnant women with GBV-C viraemia (11% of those studied) had lower HIV RNA levels (P=0.01) and higher CD4 percentages (P=0.0006) [corrected] than women without GBV-C. A trend towards decreased mother-to-child transmission in the multivariate analysis was observed among GBV-C viraemic women delivering after highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became available [odds ratio (OR) 0.30, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.08-1.05; P=0.06], but not in women delivering prior to the widespread use of HAART. CONCLUSIONS GBV-C viraemia was associated with a beneficial effect on CD4 percentage and HIV RNA level in these pregnant women, and was also associated with a trend towards reduced risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission among women after HAART became available. Further studies with larger or multiple cohorts are necessary to assess possible benefits in this population.
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Collective evidence suggests that cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) plays a role in prostate cancer risk. Cyclooxygenase 2 is the major enzyme that converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, which are potent mediators of inflammation. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit the enzymatic activity of COX2 and long-term use of NSAIDs appears to modestly lower the risk of prostate cancer. We investigated whether common genetic variation in COX2 influences the risk of advanced prostate cancer. Nine single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in COX2 were genotyped among 1012 men in our case–control study of advanced prostate cancer. Gene–environment interactions between COX2 polymorphisms and NSAID use were also evaluated. Information on NSAID use was obtained by questionnaire. Three SNPs demonstrated nominally statistically significant associations with prostate cancer risk, with the most compelling polymorphism (rs2745557) associated with a lower risk of disease (odds ratio (OR) GC vs GG=0.64; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.49–0.84; P=0.002). We estimated through permutation analysis that a similarly strong result would occur by chance 2.7% of the time. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use was associated with a lower risk of disease in comparison to no use (OR=0.67; 95% CI: 0.52–0.87). No significant statistical interaction between NSAID use and rs2745557 was observed (P=0.12). Our findings suggest that variation in COX2 is associated with prostate cancer risk.
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- I Cheng
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0794, USA
- Center of Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0794, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg Mary Ann and J Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, School of Medicine and Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0794, USA
- Center of Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0794, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0794, USA. E-mail:
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Cheng I, Lin CH, Lin MI, Lee JS, Chiu HC, Mu SC. Outcome of myasthenia gravis mothers and their infants. Acta Paediatr Taiwan 2007; 48:141-5. [PMID: 17912986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this retrospective study was to assess neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with myasthenia gravis (MG). METHODS Pregnant women with MG who were treated in our hospital over an 8-year period were enrolled. Data relating to the course of the mother's MG (including the anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody (anti-AchR) titer and drug dosage), delivery mode, delivery course, puerperium period, and neonatal outcomes were obtained from the medical records. RESULTS Twelve women with MG had 13 pregnancies in our hospital from January 1997 to December 2005. None of the mothers needed intensive care. Two patients delivered vaginally, and ten delivered by cesarean section. Fourteen infants were born at an average gestational age of 37.2 +/- 2.0 weeks; their average birth weight was 2838.6 +/- 724.2 g. Two neonates (14.2%) had a congenital anomaly. Transitory neonatal myasthenia gravis (NMG) was diagnosed in one infant (7.1%). CONCLUSIONS In our study, MG exacerbations occurred in 38.5% of the patients. Postpartum, all MG patients experienced deterioration except one patient who deteriorated in the first trimester with a concomitant upper airway tract infection. Only 1 of the 14 neonates developed transient NMG; the incidence of transient NMG was lower than that previously reported. There was no correlation between the occurrence of NMG and the maternal anti-AChR titer. The cesarean section rate was approximately 33%; this high rate of elective cesarean sections in these MG patients could have prevented the occurrence of some of the complications related to vaginal delivery.
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- I Cheng
- Department of Pediatrics, Shin Kong WHS Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Crawford R, Paszczynski A, Lang Q, Erwin D, Allenbach L, Corti G, Anderson T, Cheng I, Wai C, Barnes B, Wells R, Assefi T, Mojarradi M. Measurement of microbial activity in soil by colorimetric observation of in situ dye reduction: an approach to detection of extraterrestrial life. BMC Microbiol 2002; 2:22. [PMID: 12150716 PMCID: PMC119848 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-2-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2002] [Accepted: 07/31/2002] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Detecting microbial life in extraterrestrial locations is a goal of space exploration because of ecological and health concerns about possible contamination of other planets with earthly organisms, and vice versa. Previously we suggested a method for life detection based on the fact that living entities require a continual input of energy accessed through coupled oxidations and reductions (an electron transport chain). We demonstrated using earthly soils that the identification of extracted components of electron transport chains is useful for remote detection of a chemical signature of life. The instrument package developed used supercritical carbon dioxide for soil extraction, followed by chromatography or electrophoresis to separate extracted compounds, with final detection by voltammetry and tandem mass-spectrometry. RESULTS Here we used Earth-derived soils to develop a related life detection system based on direct observation of a biological redox signature. We measured the ability of soil microbial communities to reduce artificial electron acceptors. Living organisms in pure culture and those naturally found in soil were shown to reduce 2,3-dichlorophenol indophenol (DCIP) and the tetrazolium dye 2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide inner salt (XTT). Uninoculated or sterilized controls did not reduce the dyes. A soil from Antarctica that was determined by chemical signature and DNA analysis to be sterile also did not reduce the dyes. CONCLUSION Observation of dye reduction, supplemented with extraction and identification of only a few specific signature redox-active biochemicals such as porphyrins or quinones, provides a simplified means to detect a signature of life in the soils of other planets or their moons.
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- Environmental Biotechnology Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844, USA.
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Shibata A, Stamey TA, McNeal JE, Cheng I, Peehl DM. Genetic polymorphisms in the androgen receptor and type II 5 alpha-reductase genes in prostate enlargement. J Urol 2001; 166:1560-4. [PMID: 11547131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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PURPOSE We examined the association of androgen receptor gene cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) repeat length and the 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms A49T and V89L in the type II 5 alpha-reductase gene with prostate enlargement measured as the weight of the surgically removed prostate. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 68 men with a prostate weighing 80 gm. or greater were compared with 197 controls with a prostate weighing less than 80 gm. These men had undergone radical prostatectomy between 1992 and 1996. DNA was extracted from archival prostate tissue uninvolved with cancer and genotyped for 3 polymorphic markers. The effects of genetic variants and clinicopathological variables on prostate enlargement risk were estimated by logistic regression. RESULTS The age adjusted odds ratio estimate of prostate enlargement risk in men with 23 or greater versus 20 or fewer CAG repeats was 0.41 (95% confidence interval 0.19 to 0.89). This risk reduction was consistently found when an alternative prostate enlargement definition and subject restriction were used. No consistent association with prostate enlargement risk was observed for A49T or V89L polymorphisms. CONCLUSIONS Our finding further supports the hypothesis that the shorter CAG repeat length of the androgen receptor gene is related to prostate enlargement.
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- Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Yoo AS, Cheng I, Chung S, Grenfell TZ, Lee H, Pack-Chung E, Handler M, Shen J, Xia W, Tesco G, Saunders AJ, Ding K, Frosch MP, Tanzi RE, Kim TW. Presenilin-mediated modulation of capacitative calcium entry. Neuron 2000; 27:561-72. [PMID: 11055438 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)00066-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [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: 11/23/2022]
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We studied a novel function of the presenilins (PS1 and PS2) in governing capacitative calcium entry (CCE), a refilling mechanism for depleted intracellular calcium stores. Abrogation of functional PS1, by either knocking out PS1 or expressing inactive PS1, markedly potentiated CCE, suggesting a role for PS1 in the modulation of CCE. In contrast, familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD)-linked mutant PS1 or PS2 significantly attenuated CCE and store depletion-activated currents. While inhibition of CCE selectively increased the amyloidogenic amyloid beta peptide (Abeta42), increased accumulation of the peptide had no effect on CCE. Thus, reduced CCE is most likely an early cellular event leading to increased Abeta42 generation associated with FAD mutant presenilins. Our data indicate that the CCE pathway is a novel therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease.
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- A S Yoo
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown 02129, USA
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Pack-Chung E, Meyers MB, Pettingell WP, Moir RD, Brownawell AM, Cheng I, Tanzi RE, Kim TW. Presenilin 2 interacts with sorcin, a modulator of the ryanodine receptor. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:14440-5. [PMID: 10748169 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m909882199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Perturbed Ca(2+) homeostasis is a common molecular consequence of familial Alzheimer's disease-linked presenilin mutations. We report here the molecular interaction of the large hydrophilic loop region of presenilin 2 (PS2) with sorcin, a penta-EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein that serves as a modulator of the ryanodine receptor intracellular Ca(2+) channel. The association of endogenous sorcin and PS2 was demonstrated in cultured cells and human brain tissues. Membrane-associated sorcin and a subset of the functional PS2 complexes were co-localized to a novel subcellular fraction that is distinctively positive for calcineurin B. Sorcin was found to interact with PS2 endoproteolytic fragments but not full-length PS2, and the sorcin/PS2 interaction was greatly enhanced by treatment with the Ca(2+) ionophore A23187. Our findings reveal a molecular link between PS2 and intracellular Ca(2+) channels (i.e. ryanodine receptor) and substantiate normal and/or pathological roles of PS2 in intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis.
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- Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
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Hensley K, Robinson KA, Pye QN, Floyd RA, Cheng I, Garland WA, Irwin I. CPI-1189 inhibits interleukin 1beta-induced p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation: an explanation for its neuroprotective properties? Neurosci Lett 2000; 281:179-82. [PMID: 10704772 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)00861-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38-MAPK) is a central enzyme in one of the major protein kinase cascades that regulate proapoptotic and proinflammatory signal transduction. p38-MAPK is activated by receptor/ligand recognition events or by exposure to extracellular stressors, including oxidative stress. Activation of p38-MAPK is affected by dual phosphorylation on a specific inhibitory domain. Dual phosphorylation causes a structural change in the p38-MAPK enzyme which allows binding of ATP and target substrate. Agents which block ATP docking to phosphoactivated p38-MAPK are being investigated for treatment of inflammatory diseases and neurodegenerative pathologies. An alternative strategy for p38-MAPK antagonism would be the inhibition of p38-MAPK phosphoactivation. We now report potent inhibition of p38-MAPK phosphorylation by a synthetic benzamide (CPI-1189) which displays protective action against tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha)-induced neurodegeneration. In primary astrocytes treated with interleukin 1beta (IL1beta), CPI-1189 inhibits p38-MAPK phosphorylation at concentrations of 10 nM or less. While the precise molecular target of CPI-1189 remains unknown, these findings suggest a novel mechanism for the neuroprotective properties of the compound. These findings also indicate that antagonism of the p38-MAPK may be achieved through pharmacological inhibition of p38-MAPK phosphorylation, a strategy that is conceptually distinct from direct inhibition of ATP binding to the active enzyme.
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- K Hensley
- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma 73104, USA.
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- I Cheng
- Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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An informal discussion of the possibilities of combining emergency medicine and international work during a residency program. A brief summary of emergency medicine related illness in the international setting is presented. An example of a successful combination of international work during residency is given. A list of tips and a starter’s list of resources are provided.
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Cheng I, Qureshi I, Chattopadhyay N, Qureshi A, Butters RR, Hall AE, Cima RR, Rogers KV, Hebert SC, Geibel JP, Brown EM, Soybel DI. Expression of an extracellular calcium-sensing receptor in rat stomach. Gastroenterology 1999; 116:118-26. [PMID: 9869609 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(99)70235-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Circulating levels of Ca2+ can influence secretory functions and myoelectrical properties of the stomach. A Ca2+-sensing receptor (CaR) has recently been identified in tissues that regulate systemic Ca2+ homeostasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate expression of CaR in the stomach of the rat. METHODS In forestomach and glandular stomach, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify a 380-base pair product, which is 99% homologous with transcripts obtained in parathyroid and kidney. RESULTS Northern analysis of gastric mucosal polyA+ RNA revealed 7. 5- and 4.1-kilobase transcripts, similar to those obtained in rat parathyroid and kidney. Immunohistochemistry revealed CaR expression in regions of the submucosal plexus and myenteric neurons. In sections of intact tissue, preparations of primary culture surface cells and surgically dissected gastric glands, staining was observed consistently in epithelial cells of the gastric glands and in gastric surface cells. In parietal cells in isolated gastric glands, intracellular levels of Ca2+ responded to conditions that are known to activate CaR. CONCLUSIONS These are the first reported observations that CaR is expressed in different epithelial cells of mammalian gastric mucosa and its enteric nerve regions. The effects of extracellular Ca2+ on gastric function may be attributable to activation of CaR.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Extracellular Space/metabolism
- Gastric Mucosa/cytology
- Gastric Mucosa/metabolism
- Immunohistochemistry
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle, Smooth/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth/metabolism
- Parietal Cells, Gastric/metabolism
- RNA/biosynthesis
- RNA/isolation & purification
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Calcium-Sensing
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Stomach/cytology
- Transcription, Genetic
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- I Cheng
- Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and West Roxbury Veterans Administration Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Cheng I, Klingensmith ME, Chattopadhyay N, Kifor O, Butters RR, Soybel DI, Brown EM. Identification and localization of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor in human breast. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998; 83:703-7. [PMID: 9467597 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.2.4558] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The extracellular calcium (Ca2+o)-sensing receptor (CaR) plays a critical role in maintaining Ca2+o homeostasis in mammals by virtue of its presence in parathyroid gland and kidney. The breast is well recognized as a Ca(2+)-handling organ, and the effects of altering Ca2+o on the proliferation of breast epithelial cells are well documented. To date there are no data regarding the expression and localization of CaR in breast tissue. In the present study, we assessed the distribution of CaR messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and protein in normal and fibrocystic human breast tissue as well as in ductal carcinoma of the breast using RT-PCR, Northern analysis, and immunohistochemistry with CaR-specific antisera. In all tissues, RT-PCR performed using sense and antisense primers based on the sequence of the human parathyroid CaR complementary DNA amplified a product of the size expected (425 bp) for genuine CaR transcripts. Nucleotide sequencing of RT-PCR products confirmed more than 99% homology with human parathyroid CaR complementary DNA. Although insufficient quantities of mRNA were isolated from normal and fibrocystic tissue for Northern analysis, a single 5.2-kb CaR transcript was expressed in malignant breast tissue similar to the major CaR transcript in human parathyroid. Localization of CaR protein by immunohistochemistry showed specific CaR staining of the ductal epithelial cells of the breast in all three tissue types. These findings indicate the presence of CaR mRNA and protein in the breast, providing indirect evidence that the CaR may have some role(s) in the control of Ca2+ transport, epithelial cell proliferation, and/or other processes in normal and abnormal breast tissue.
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- I Cheng
- Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Chattopadhyay N, Cheng I, Rogers K, Riccardi D, Hall A, Diaz R, Hebert SC, Soybel DI, Brown EM. Identification and localization of extracellular Ca(2+)-sensing receptor in rat intestine. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 1998; 274:G122-30. [PMID: 9458781 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.274.1.g122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 12/13/2022]
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The extracellular calcium (Ca2+o)-sensing receptor (CaR) plays vital roles in Ca2+o homeostasis, but no data are available on its expression in small and large intestine. Polymerase chain reaction products amplified from reverse-transcribed duodenal RNA using CaR-specific primers showed > 99% homology with the rat kidney CaR. Northern analysis with a CaR-specific cRNA probe demonstrated 4.1- and 7.5-kb transcripts in all intestinal segments. Immunohistochemistry with CaR-specific antisera showed clear basal staining of epithelial cells of small intestinal villi and crypts and modest apical staining of the former, whereas there was both basal and apical staining of colonic crypt epithelial cells. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry also demonstrated CaR expression in Auerbach's myenteric plexus of small and large intestines and in the submucosa in the region of Meissner's plexus. Our results reveal CaR expression in several cell types of small and large intestine, in which it may modulate absorptive and/or secretomotor functions.
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- N Chattopadhyay
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Cima RR, Cheng I, Klingensmith ME, Chattopadhyay N, Kifor O, Hebert SC, Brown EM, Soybel DI. Identification and functional assay of an extracellular calcium-sensing receptor in Necturus gastric mucosa. Am J Physiol 1997; 273:G1051-60. [PMID: 9374702 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.5.g1051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In mammals and amphibians, increases in extracellular Ca2+ can activate bicarbonate secretion and other protective functions of gastric mucosa. We hypothesized that the recently cloned extracellular Ca(2+)-sensing receptor (CaR) is functioning in the gastric mucosa. In Necturus maculosus gastric mucosa, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using primers based on previously cloned CaR sequences amplified a 326-bp DNA fragment that had 84% nucleotide sequence identity with the rat kidney CaR. Immunohistochemical localization of the CaR using specific anti-CaR antiserum revealed its presence on the basal aspect of gastric epithelial cells. In microelectrode studies of Necturus antral mucosa, exposure to elevated Ca2+ (4.8 mM) and the CaR agonists NPS-467 and neomycin sulfate resulted in significant hyperpolarizations of basal membrane electrical potentials and increases in apical-to-basal membrane resistance ratios. Circuit analysis revealed that these changes reflected specific decreases in basolateral membrane resistance. Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis using indomethacin significantly attenuated these effects. We conclude that the CaR is present and functioning in Necturus gastric antrum.
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- R R Cima
- Department of Surgery, West Roxbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Massachusetts, USA
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Yang TH, Tzeng S, Cheng I, Burnett MG, Yoshizawa Y, Fukuyama K, Lee SC, Epstein WL. Identification of the mouse calcium-binding proteins, MRP 8 and MRP 14, in Schistosoma mansoni-induced granulomas: biochemical and functional characterization. J Leukoc Biol 1997; 61:258-66. [PMID: 9060448 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.61.3.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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Granuloma initiation factor (GIF), which elicits a granulomatous reaction in naive murine skin, contains low-molecular-weight proteins partially purified from organized granulomas developed in livers of mice with schistosomiasis. In this study, we found that 10- and 14-kDa proteins in the GIF are highly homologous to mouse migration inhibitory factor-related protein (MRP) 8 and MRP 14. Compared with the N-terminal amino acid sequence deduced from each corresponding cDNA, the 10-kDa protein from the granuloma lacks the first methionine, whereas the 14 kDa misses methionine, alanine, and asparagine. Immunohistochemically, cells expressing MRP 8 and MRP 14 considerably increased in different murine tissues after Schistosoma mansoni infection and concentrated in liver around the dilated blood vessels and at the edge of granulomas. The staining of differentiated macrophages and epithelioid cells located in the center of the granulomas was negative. Immunoreactivity of peritoneal exudate cells also was found to gradually disappear with time in cell culture. Furthermore, in vivo effects of the recombinant proteins in murine skin were described histologically. Both MRPs caused severe infiltration of neutrophils and monocytes during 7-14 days. The reaction resulting from individual MRP implantation became minimal after 50 days but inoculation of the Ca2+-dependent heterodimers showed an extensive eosinophil accumulation.
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- T H Yang
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0536, USA
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Warrington RC, Cheng I, Fang WD. Susceptibility of human colon carcinoma cells to anticancer drugs is enhanced by L-histidinol. Anticancer Res 1994; 14:367-72. [PMID: 8017835] [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: 01/28/2023]
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The effects of L-histidinol on cell cycle transit and anticancer drug susceptibility of four cultured human colon carcinoma cell lines have been examined. The lines studied included two lines, SW480 and SW 620, which were derived from the same patient as a grade III adenocarcinoma of the colon and a lymphatic metastatic form of colon carcinoma, respectively, as well as the human colon adenocarcinoma lines HT-29 and WiDr. L-Histidinol accentuates the vulnerability of all of these human carcinoma lines to several different classes of anticancer drugs, including 5-fluorouracil, the most effective and most commonly used single agent for metastatic colon carcinoma. The ability of L-histidinol to accentuate the sensitivity of these colocarcinoma lines to anticancer drugs, including those which are cell cycle-dependent, is in apparent contradiction to the finding that L-histidinol markedly slows cycle transit in all lines tested.
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- R C Warrington
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Warrington RC, Cheng I, Zhang L, Fang WD. L-histidinol increases the vulnerability of cultured human leukemia and lymphoma cells to anticancer drugs. Anticancer Res 1993; 13:2107-12. [PMID: 8297120] [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: 01/29/2023]
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L-Histidinol, a structural analogue of the essential amino acid L-histidine, enhances the toxicity of a variety of anticancer drugs for many tumor cells of animal origin. In this study, the effects of L-histidinol on the proliferation and anticancer drug susceptibility of two human tumor cell lines of lymphoid origin, Daudi and MOLT 4, have been examined. L-Histidinol increased the inherent capacity of six different antineoplastic agents to kill these human tumor cells, in a dose- and time-dependent manner, in spite of the observation that it slowed cell cycle progression in both lines.
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- R C Warrington
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Chesnut K, She JX, Cheng I, Muralidharan K, Wakeland EK. Characterizations of candidate genes for IDD susceptibility from the diabetes-prone NOD mouse strain. Mamm Genome 1993; 4:549-54. [PMID: 8268651 DOI: 10.1007/bf00361383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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: 01/29/2023]
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The nucleotide sequences of the NOD and C57BL/6J alleles of Glut-2, Sod-2, and Il-2 were determined by RT-PCR sequencing. Each of these loci is located in intervals that strongly correlated with susceptibility to diabetes in an (NOD/Uf x C57BL/6J)F1 x NOD/Uf backcross. No significant variations in the alleles of Glut-2 at 16 cM on Chromosome (Chr) 3 or Sod-2 at 8 cM on Chr 17 were detected. However, the Il-2 allele in NOD at 20 cM on Chr 3 was found to differ from that in C57BL/6J by a complex mutation involving the contraction of a simple sequence repeat (SSR). Il-2 in NOD differs from the allele in C57BL/6J via a complex mutation involving a deletion of four CAG codons from the SSR together with a length-compensatory four-codon duplication of a segment 5' from the SSR. Two nonsynonymous mutations in the coding region 5' to the SSR were also detected. Only these two allelic forms of Il-2 were detected in a survey of 13 standard inbred lines and 4 wild mouse strains. We propose to designate these alleles as Il-2a (for alleles such as C57BL/6J that contain 12 CAG repeats) and Il-2b (for alleles such as NOD), which occurred in a variety of standard inbred strains and in all four wild Mus musculus domesticus tested. The distribution of these Il-2 alleles among inbred strains correlated with the detection of Chr 3 as an interval effecting diabetes susceptibility in three separate genetic crosses.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- K Chesnut
- Center for Mammalian Genetics, College of Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0275
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Warrington RC, Cheng I, Fang W. Effects of L-histidinol on the proliferation and anticancer drug susceptibility of cultured B16f10 melanoma cells. Anticancer Res 1991; 11:1863-7. [PMID: 1768057] [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: 12/28/2022]
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L-Histidinol, a structural analogue of the essential amino acid L-histidine, is able to enhance the toxicity of a wide variety of anticancer drugs to tumor cells both in vitro and in vivo. In this study, the effects of L-histidinol on the viability, cell cycle traverse and anticancer drug susceptibility of B16f10 melanoma cells in culture have been examined. L-Histidinol inhibited the transit of B16f10 melanoma cells through the cell cycle in a dose-dependent manner. In spite of its capacity to slow cell cycle progression, L-histidinol nevertheless increased the capacity of several antineoplastic agents of varying modes of action to kill B16f10 melanoma cells.
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- R C Warrington
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Wakeland EK, Boehme S, She JX, Lu CC, McIndoe RA, Cheng I, Ye Y, Potts WK. Ancestral polymorphisms of MHC class II genes: divergent allele advantage. Immunol Res 1990; 9:115-22. [PMID: 2189934 DOI: 10.1007/bf02918202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- E K Wakeland
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville
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Warrington RC, Cheng I, Fang WD. Effects of L-histidinol on the susceptibility of P815 mastocytoma cells to selected anticancer drugs in vitro and in DBA/2J mice. J Natl Cancer Inst 1987; 78:1177-83. [PMID: 3108563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The effects of L-histidinol on the susceptibility of the transplantable murine mast-cell neoplasm P815 mastocytoma to selected anticancer drugs have been evaluated on cells growing in culture and in syngeneic DBA/2J mice. Combinations of L-histidinol and anticancer drugs of either phase specificity [cytarabine (ara-C) and vinblastine sulfate] or cycle specificity [5-fluorouracil (FUra) and methotrexate] had diverse effects on cultured mastocytoma cells as scored by clonogenic cell survival assays. Flow cytometric analysis of randomly proliferating P815 mastocytoma cells revealed that although exposure to L-histidinol did not preclude cells from traversing the cell cycle, the analogue nonetheless conferred a dose-dependent and apparently nonspecific delay of cell cycle transit. DBA/2J mice bearing intraperitoneal P815 mastocytoma cells were used to evaluate the in vivo efficacy of L-histidinol-ara-C and of L-histidinol-FUra combinations. Quantitative cell survival assays of murine bone marrow cells and of clonogenic tumor cells obtained from treated animals demonstrated that L-histidinol eliminated the bone marrow toxicity otherwise attending the use of the drugs ara-C and FUra. Simultaneously, the inclusion of L-histidinol provided a statistically significant increase in the capacity of these two anticancer drugs to eradicate intraperitoneal mastocytoma cells.
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