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Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Marshall DL, Burns JM, Pierens GK, Van Meurs DP, Kong D, Bernhardt PV, Blanksby SJ, Savage GP, Eaton PE, Williams CM. 9-Azahomocubane. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303133. [PMID: 37823679 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
Homocubane, a highly strained cage hydrocarbon, contains two very different positions for the introduction of a nitrogen atom into the skeleton, e. g., a position 1 exchange results in a tertiary amine whereas position 9 yields a secondary amine. Herein reported is the synthesis of 9-azahomocubane along with associated structural characterization, physical property analysis and chemical reactivity. Not only is 9-azahomocubane readily synthesized, and found to be stable as predicted, the basicity of the secondary amine was observed to be significantly lower than the structurally related azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, although similar to 1-azahomocubane.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tyler Fahrenhorst-Jones
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Central Analytical Research Facility and School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 4000, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Central Analytical Research Facility and School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 4000, Queensland, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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Kong D, Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Kuo A, Simmons JL, Tan L, Burns JM, Pierens GK, Li R, West NP, Boyle GM, Smith MT, Savage GP, Williams CM. seco-1-Azacubane-2-carboxylic Acid: Derivative Scope and Comparative Biological Evaluation. J Org Chem 2024; 89:798-803. [PMID: 38131648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02333] [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: 12/23/2023]
Abstract
The unusual and sterically constrained amino acid, seco-1-azacubane-2-carboxylic acid, was incorporated into a range of bioactive chemical templates, including enalaprilat, perindoprilat, endomorphin-2 and isoniazid, and subjected to biological testing. The endomorphin-2 derivative displayed increased activity at the δ opioid receptor, but a loss in activity was observed in the other cases, although human normal cell line evaluation suggests limited cytotoxic effects.
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- Dehui Kong
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, 4029, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, 4029, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Kong D, Burns JM, Pierens GK, Bernhardt PV, Savage GP, Williams CM. seco-1-Azacubane-2-carboxylic acid-Amide Bond Comparison to Proline. J Org Chem 2023; 88:12867-12871. [PMID: 37647582 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
seco-1-Azacubane-2-carboxylic acid, an unusual and sterically constrained amino acid, was found to undergo amide bond formation at both the N- and C-termini using proline based bioactive molecule templates as a concept platform.
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- Tyler Fahrenhorst-Jones
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Marshall DL, Burns JM, Pierens GK, Hormann RE, Fisher AM, Bernhardt PV, Blanksby SJ, Savage GP, Eaton PE, Williams CM. 1-Azahomocubane. Chem Sci 2023; 14:2821-2825. [PMID: 36937576 PMCID: PMC10016339 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00001j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Highly strained cage hydrocarbons have long stood as fundamental molecules to explore the limits of chemical stability and reactivity, probe physical properties, and more recently as bioactive molecules and in materials discovery. Interestingly, the nitrogenous congeners have attracted much less attention. Previously absent from the literature, azahomocubanes, offer an opportunity to investigate the effects of a nitrogen atom when incorporated into a highly constrained polycyclic environment. Herein disclosed is the synthesis of 1-azahomocubane, accompanied by comprehensive structural characterization, physical property analysis and chemical reactivity. These data support the conclusion that nitrogen is remarkably well tolerated in a highly strained environment.
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- Tyler Fahrenhorst-Jones
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland Brisbane 4072 Queensland Australia
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- Central Analytical Research Facility and School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane 4000 Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland Brisbane 4072 Queensland Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland Brisbane 4072 Queensland Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 60637 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 60637 USA
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland Brisbane 4072 Queensland Australia
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- Central Analytical Research Facility and School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane 4000 Queensland Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory Melbourne 3168 Victoria Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 60637 USA
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland Brisbane 4072 Queensland Australia
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Burns JM, Clark T, Williams CM. Comprehensive Computational Investigation of the Barton-Kellogg Reaction for Both Alkyl and Aryl Systems. J Org Chem 2021; 86:7515-7528. [PMID: 34015929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The course of the Barton-Kellogg (BK) reaction for alkyl- and aryl-substituted substrates has been investigated at the DLPNO-CCSD(T)/def2-TZVPP//ωB97X-D/def2-TZVPP level of theory, with results compared to available experimental kinetic data. Through comparison with the unsubstituted parent system, the preference for the formation of 1,3,4-dihydrothiadiazole over the isomeric 1,2,3-dihydrothiadiazole was observed to result from reduced steric repulsion in the relevant transition-state structure. Nitrogen extrusion [retro-(3 + 2)-cycloaddition] from the intermediate dihydrothiadiazole was found to be the rate-determining step. The barrier for this process was, however, significantly lower for aromatic substrates, which is consistent with the difficulty in isolating aryl-substituted dihydrothiadiazoles. The electronic structure of the transient thiocarbonyl ylide was also investigated, highlighting the contradictory results from wave-function theory- and density functional theory-based methods. Correlation of unrestricted natural orbital eigenvalues with previous experimental models suggested that the dipole intermediates possess low diradical character and are therefore considered to be closed-shell species. Exergonic conrotatory electrocyclization of the dipole led to sterically congested thiirane products, even for very bulky systems (di-t-butyl). These results complement the recent work of Mlostoń et al. Finally, DLPNO-CCSD(T)//ωB97X-D was found to be a reliable method for estimating the feasibility of the BK reaction, which should assist experimentalists in the selection of viable substrates.
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- Jed M Burns
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072 Queensland, Australia.,Computer-Chemie-Centrum and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Computer-Chemie-Centrum and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072 Queensland, Australia
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are a family of anionic carbohydrates that play an essential role in the physiology and pathology of all eukaryotic life forms. Experimental determination of GAG-protein complexes is challenging due to their difficult isolation from biological sources, natural heterogeneity, and conformational flexibility-including possible ring puckering of sulfated iduronic acid from 1C4 to 2SO conformation. To overcome these challenges, we present GlycoTorch Vina (GTV), a molecular docking tool based on the carbohydrate docking program VinaCarb (VC). Our program is unique in that it contains parameters to model 2SO sugars while also supporting glycosidic linkages specific to GAGs. We discuss how crystallographic models of carbohydrates can be biased by the choice of refinement software and structural dictionaries. To overcome these variations, we carefully curated 12 of the best available GAG and GAG-like crystal structures (ranging from tetra- to octasaccharides or longer) obtained from the PDB-REDO server and refined using the same protocol. Both GTV and VC produced pose predictions with a mean root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) of 3.1 Å from the native crystal structure-a statistically significant improvement when compared to AutoDock Vina (4.5 Å) and the commercial software Glide (5.9 Å). Examples of how real-space correlation coefficients can be used to better assess the accuracy of docking pose predictions are given. Comparisons between statistical distributions of empirical "salt bridge" interactions, relevant to GAGs, were compared to density functional theory (DFT) studies of model salt bridges, and water-mediated salt bridges; however, there was generally a poor agreement between these data. Water bridges appear to play an important, yet poorly understood, role in the structures of GAG-protein complexes. To aid in the rapid prototyping of future pose scoring functions, we include a module that allows users to include their own torsional and nonbonded parameters.
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- Eric D Boittier
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Chemistry and Physics, Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.,Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Houston SD, Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Xing H, Chalmers BA, Sykes ML, Stok JE, Farfan Soto C, Burns JM, Bernhardt PV, De Voss JJ, Boyle GM, Smith MT, Tsanaktsidis J, Savage GP, Avery VM, Williams CM. The cubane paradigm in bioactive molecule discovery: further scope, limitations and the cyclooctatetraene complement. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 17:6790-6798. [PMID: 31241113 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01238a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The cubane phenyl ring bioisostere paradigm was further explored in an extensive study covering a wide range of pharmaceutical and agrochemical templates, which included antibiotics (cefaclor, penicillin G) and antihistamine (diphenhydramine), a smooth muscle relaxant (alverine), an anaesthetic (ketamine), an agrochemical instecticide (triflumuron), an antiparasitic (benznidazole) and an anticancer agent (tamibarotene). This investigation highlights the scope and limitations of incorporating cubane into bioactive molecule discovery, both in terms of synthetic compatibility and physical property matching. Cubane maintained bioisosterism in the case of the Chagas disease antiparasitic benznidazole, although it was less active in the case of the anticancer agent (tamibarotenne). Application of the cyclooctatetraene (COT) (bio)motif complement was found to optimize benznidazole relative to the benzene parent, and augmented anticancer activity relative to the cubane analogue in the case of tamibarotene. Like all bioisosteres, scaffolds and biomotifs, however, there are limitations (e.g. synthetic implementation), and these have been specifically highlighted herein using failed examples. A summary of all templates prepared to date by our group that were biologically evaluated strongly supports the concept that cubane is a valuable tool in bioactive molecule discovery and COT is a viable complement.
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- Sevan D Houston
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- Discovery Biology, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, 4029, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UQ, Brisbane, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria (VIC), Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria (VIC), Australia
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- Discovery Biology, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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Milton AC, La Monica H, Dowling M, Yee H, Davenport T, Braunstein K, Flego A, Burns JM, Hickie IB. Gambling and the Role of Resilience in an International Online Sample of Current and Ex-serving Military Personnel as Compared to the General Population. J Gambl Stud 2019; 36:477-498. [PMID: 31620927 DOI: 10.1007/s10899-019-09900-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Compared to the general population, military personnel are particularly vulnerable to developing gambling problems. The present study examined the presentation of gambling-including gambling frequency, personal thoughts on reducing gambling and recommendations from others to reduce gambling-across these populations. Additionally, the study measured the association between gambling and various psychosocial risk and protective factors-including psychological distress, suicidal ideation, external encouragement to reduce substance use, days out of role, personal wellbeing, resilience, social support and intimate bonds. Data was extracted from the Global Health & Wellbeing Survey, an online self-report survey conducted in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. Of the 10,765 eligible respondents, 394 were military veterans and 337 were active military personnel. Consistent with previous research, a higher proportion of gambling behaviours were observed in both current and ex-serving military samples, compared to the general population. To varying degrees, significant associations were found between the different gambling items and all psychosocial risk and protective factors in the general population sample. However, the military sample yielded only one significant association between gambling frequency and the protective factor 'resilience'. A post hoc stepwise linear regression analysis demonstrated the possible mediating role resilience plays between gambling frequency and other psychosocial risk (psychological distress, and suicidal thoughts and behaviour) and protective factors (personal wellbeing) for the military sample. Given the findings, it is recommended that routine screening tools identifying problem gambling are used within the military, and subsequent resilience focused interventions are offered to at risk personnel.
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- A C Milton
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia. .,Project Synergy, InnoWell Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.,Project Synergy, InnoWell Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.,Project Synergy, InnoWell Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.,Project Synergy, InnoWell Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.,Project Synergy, InnoWell Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Project Synergy, InnoWell Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Movember Foundation, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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Arachchige KSA, Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Burns JM, Al-Fayaad HA, Behera JN, Rao CNR, Clegg JK, Williams CM. 1,4-Diazacubane crystal structure rectified as piperazinium. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:11751-11753. [PMID: 31513198 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06272f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
All 21 [n]-azacubanes are proposed by theoreticians to be stable, however, to-date only the synthesis of 1,4-diazacubane has been reported - as a Ni2+ templated Kagome metal organic framework (MOF). Described herein is the structural reassignment of this Kagome MOF on the basis of deducing the precise experimental procedure, and demonstrating that rather than the formation of 1,4-diazacubane, charge is balanced by disordered piperazinium cations across a twelve-fold symmetry site. Furthermore, quantum chemical calculations reveal that 1,4-diazacubane is unlikely to form under the reported conditions due to unfavorable enthalpies for select hypothetical reactions leading to such a product. This significant structure correction upholds the unconquered synthesis status quo of azacubane.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia.
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P. O., Bangalore 560064, India and Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India and School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar 752 050, India
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P. O., Bangalore 560064, India and Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia.
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Xing H, Houston SD, Chen X, Ghassabian S, Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Kuo A, Murray CEP, Conn KA, Jaeschke KN, Jin DY, Pasay C, Bernhardt PV, Burns JM, Tsanaktsidis J, Savage GP, Boyle GM, De Voss JJ, McCarthy J, Walter GH, Burne THJ, Smith MT, Tie JK, Williams CM. Cyclooctatetraene: A Bioactive Cubane Paradigm Complement. Chemistry 2019; 25:2729-2734. [PMID: 30681236 PMCID: PMC6436534 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201806277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Cubane was recently validated as a phenyl ring (bio)isostere, but highly strained caged carbocyclic systems lack π character, which is often critical for mediating key biological interactions. This electronic property restriction associated with cubane has been addressed herein with cyclooctatetraene (COT), using known pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds as templates. COT either outperformed or matched cubane in multiple cases suggesting that versatile complementarity exists between the two systems for enhanced bioactive molecule discovery.
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- Hui Xing
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, 4029, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD, Australia
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- CISRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria (VIC, Australia
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- CISRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria (VIC, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, 4029, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, 4029, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
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- Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD, Australia
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Burns JM, Boittier ED. Pathway Bifurcation in the (4 + 3)/(5 + 2)-Cycloaddition of Butadiene and Oxidopyrylium Ylides: The Significance of Molecular Orbital Isosymmetry. J Org Chem 2019; 84:5997-6005. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b03236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jed M. Burns
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067 Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067 Queensland, Australia
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Moore PW, Zerk TJ, Burns JM, Bernhardt PV, Williams CM. Cover Feature: Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions in the Ley-Griffith Oxidation: Practical Considerations for the Synthetic Chemist (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2-3/2019). European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201801822] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Peter W. Moore
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Australia
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Pinkerton DM, Chow S, Eisa NH, Kainth K, Vanden Berg TJ, Burns JM, Guddat LW, Savage GP, Chadli A, Williams CM. Synthesis of the seco-Limonoid BCD Ring System Identifies a Hsp90 Chaperon Machinery (p23) Inhibitor. Chemistry 2018; 25:1451-1455. [PMID: 30570197 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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D-Ring-seco-limonoids (tetranortriterpenoids), such as gedunin and xylogranin B display anti-cancer activity, acting via inhibition of Hsp90 and/or associated chaperon machinery (e.g., p23). Despite this, these natural products have received relatively little attention, both in terms of an enabling synthetic approach (which would allow access to derivatives), and as a consequence their structure-activity relationship (SAR). Disclosed herein is a generally applicable synthetic route to the BCD ring system of the seco-D-ring double bond containing limonoids. Furthermore, cell based assays revealed the first skeletal fragment that exhibited inhibition of the p23 enzyme at a level which was equipotent to that of gedunin, despite being much less structurally complex.
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- David M Pinkerton
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Georgia Cancer Center, Molecular Oncology Program, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.,Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Georgia Cancer Center, Molecular Oncology Program, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria, Australia
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- Georgia Cancer Center, Molecular Oncology Program, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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Moore PW, Zerk TJ, Burns JM, Bernhardt PV, Williams CM. Hydrogen‐Bonding Interactions in the Ley–Griffith Oxidation: Practical Considerations for the Synthetic Chemist. European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201800860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Peter W. Moore
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences University of Queensland 4072 Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences University of Queensland 4072 Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences University of Queensland 4072 Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences University of Queensland 4072 Brisbane Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences University of Queensland 4072 Brisbane Australia
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Fabian CJ, Klemp JR, Burns JM, Vidoni ED, Nydegger JL, Kreutzjans AL, Phillips TL, Baker HA, Hendry B, John C, Amin AL, Khan QJ, Mitchell MP, O'Dea AP, Sharma P, Wagner JL, Hursting SD, Kimler BF. Abstract P6-12-11: Feasibility and biomarker modulation due to high levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity as part of a weight loss intervention in older, sedentary, obese breast cancer survivors. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs17-p6-12-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We sought to demonstrate that older, sedentary, obese breast cancer survivors could achieve > 200 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVI PA) as part of a weight loss intervention; and to assess modulation of risk biomarkers. This level of PA in combination with moderate calorie restriction is associated with weight losses of >10% in women without cancer, which in turn is associated with significant modulation of cancer risk biomarkers.
Eleven participants with BMI > 30 kg/m2 enrolled in a 12-week program that consisted of moderate caloric restriction, weekly phone group behavioral sessions, and individualized exercise plans based on measured heart rate reserve. Women were provided an accelerometer with heart rate monitor linked to GarminConnect, membership to a YMCA, twice weekly supervised exercise sessions with a personal trainer, and weekly feedback regarding weight and physical activity progress. The goal was to increase MVI PA (≥45% heart rate reserve) gradually from <60 to >200 minutes per week.
The median age was 61, 5/11 women had received prior chemotherapy, and 7/11 were currently taking aromatase inhibitors. Median values of baseline anthropomorphic measures acquired by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (GE Lunar iDXA) included BMI, 37.3 kg/m2; total mass, 97.5 kg; fat mass, 47.6 kg; visceral fat, 1.7 kg (range 1.4-3.0); and fat mass index, 17.6 kg/m2. The majority had a baseline VO2 peak in the poor range for their age. All 11 participants completed the intervention, with no reported serious adverse events. Median MVI PA achieved over weeks 5-12 was 161 minutes/week (range 48-320). VO2 peak was increased in 10/11 with a median relative change of 12% from baseline. All but one lost weight with an overall median of 8% total mass loss, which was associated with 13% total fat mass loss and 21% visceral fat mass loss. For those with MVI PA above the median, values were 11%, 17%, and 40%, respectively. Visceral fat mass loss was linearly correlated with minutes per week of MVI PA (p=0.032); these parameters in turn were associated with changes in a number of serum biomarkers, including adiponectin-leptin ratio, TNF-alpha, as well as circulating adipose stromal cells, a potential marker for metastasis. Insulin and hs-CRP were favorably modulated in almost all participants but change was not linearly correlated with activity or mass loss parameters; thus these may not be ideal biomarkers to document a dose response to level of MVI PA.
Conclusion: These results demonstrate that older, sedentary, obese breast cancer survivors can safely achieve a high level of MVI PA when provided a structured program that includes an exercise trainer. It is feasible to design a clinical trial for such breast cancer survivors to examine biomarker modulation as a function of level of physical activity.
Citation Format: Fabian CJ, Klemp JR, Burns JM, Vidoni ED, Nydegger JL, Kreutzjans AL, Phillips TL, Baker HA, Hendry B, John C, Amin AL, Khan QJ, Mitchell MP, O'Dea AP, Sharma P, Wagner JL, Hursting SD, Kimler BF. Feasibility and biomarker modulation due to high levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity as part of a weight loss intervention in older, sedentary, obese breast cancer survivors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-12-11.
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- CJ Fabian
- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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Evidence for a post-transition state bifurcation in a (4 + 3)-cycloaddition is presented.
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- Jed M. Burns
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- The University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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Krenske EH, Burns JM, McGeary RP. Claisen rearrangements of benzyl vinyl ethers: theoretical investigation of mechanism, substituent effects, and regioselectivity. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:7887-7893. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01666b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Theoretical calculations are reported which examine the mechanisms of Claisen rearrangements of benzyl vinyl ethers and the ways in which substituents influence reactivity and regioselectivity.
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- Elizabeth H. Krenske
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- The University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- The University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- The University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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Croome KP, Lee DD, Burns JM, Musto K, Paz D, Nguyen JH, Perry DK, Harnois DM, Taner CB. The Use of Donation After Cardiac Death Allografts Does Not Increase Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Am J Transplant 2015; 15:2704-11. [PMID: 25968609 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 01/02/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence in patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) with donation after brain death (DBD) and donation after cardiac death (DCD) allografts has not previously been investigated. Rates and patterns of HCC recurrences were investigated in patients undergoing DBD (N = 1633) and DCD (N = 243) LT between 2003 and 2012. LT for HCC was identified in 397 patients (340 DBD and 57 DCD). No difference in tumor number (p = 0.26), tumor volume (p = 0.34) and serum alphafetoprotein (AFP) (p = 0.47) was seen between the groups. HCC recurrence was identified in 41 (12.1%) patients in the DBD group and 7 (12.3%) patients in the DCD group. There was no difference in recurrence-free survival (p = 0.29) or cumulative incidence of HCC recurrence (p = 0.91) between the groups. Liver allograft was the first site of recurrence in 22 (65%) patients in the DBD group and two (37%) patients in the DCD group (p = 0.39). LT for HCC with DBD and DCD allografts demonstrate no difference in the rate of HCC recurrence. Previously published differences in survival demonstrated between recipients with HCC receiving DBD and DCD allografts despite statistical adjustment can likely be explained by practice patterns not captured by variables contained in the SRTR database.
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- K P Croome
- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
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Burns JM, Lestyk K, Freistroffer D, Hammill MO. Preparing Muscles for Diving: Age-Related Changes in Muscle Metabolic Profiles in Harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and Hooded (Cystophora cristata) Seals. Physiol Biochem Zool 2015; 88:167-82. [PMID: 25730272 DOI: 10.1086/680015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In adult marine mammals, muscles can sustain aerobic metabolism during dives in part because they contain large oxygen (O2) stores and metabolic rates are low. However, young pups have significantly lower tissue O2 stores and much higher mass-specific metabolic rates. To investigate how these differences may influence muscle function during dives, we measured the activities of enzymes involved in aerobic and anaerobic metabolic pathways (citrate synthase [CS], β-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase [HOAD], lactate dehydrogenase [LDH]) and the LDH isoform profile in six muscles from 41 harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and 30 hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals ranging in age from fetal to adult. All neonatal muscles had significantly higher absolute but lower metabolically scaled CS and HOAD activities than adults (∼ 70% and ∼ 85% lower, respectively). Developmental increases in LDH activity lagged that of aerobic enzymes and were not accompanied by changes in isozyme profile, suggesting that changes in enzyme concentration rather than structure determine activity levels. Biochemical maturation proceeded faster in the major locomotory muscles. In combination, findings suggest that pup muscles are unable to support strenuous aerobic exercise or rely heavily on anaerobic metabolism during early diving activities and that pups' high mass-specific metabolic rates may play a key role in limiting the ability of their muscles to support underwater foraging.
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- J M Burns
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska 99508; 2Department of Life Sciences, Great Basin College, Elko, Nevada 89801; 3Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada
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Morris JK, Vidoni ED, Perea RD, Rada R, Johnson DK, Lyons K, Pahwa R, Burns JM, Honea RA. Insulin resistance and gray matter volume in neurodegenerative disease. Neuroscience 2014; 270:139-47. [PMID: 24735819 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The goal of this study was to compare insulin resistance in aging and aging-related neurodegenerative diseases, and to determine the relationship between insulin resistance and gray matter volume (GMV) in each cohort using an unbiased, voxel-based approach. Insulin resistance was estimated in apparently healthy elderly control (HC, n=21) and neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer's disease (AD), n=20; Parkinson's disease (PD), n=22) groups using Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance 2 (HOMA2) and intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT). HOMA2 and GMV were assessed within groups through General Linear Model multiple regression. We found that HOMA2 was increased in both AD and PD compared to the HC group (HC vs. AD, p=0.002, HC vs. PD, p=0.003), although only AD subjects exhibited increased fasting glucose (p=0.005). Furthermore, our voxel-based morphometry analysis revealed that HOMA2 was related to GMV in all cohorts in a region-specific manner (p<0.001, uncorrected). Significant relationships were observed in the medial prefrontal cortex (HC), medial temporal regions (AD), and parietal regions (PD). Finally, the directionality of the relationship between HOMA2 and GMV was disease-specific. Both HC and AD subjects exhibited negative relationships between HOMA2 and brain volume (increased HOMA2 associated with decreased brain volume), while a positive relationship was observed in PD. This cross-sectional study suggests that insulin resistance is increased in neurodegenerative disease, and that individuals with AD appear to have more severe metabolic dysfunction than individuals with PD or PD dementia.
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- J K Morris
- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States; Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States; Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States; Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
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- Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States; Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States; Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
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OBJECTIVE Both low and high body mass index (BMI) has been associated with cognitive impairment and dementia risk, including Alzheimer disease (AD). We examined the relationship of BMI with potential underlying biological substrates for cognitive impairment. METHODS We analyzed cross-sectional data from participants enrolled in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) with PET imaging using Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB, n = 101) or CSF analyses (n = 405) for β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) and total tau. We assessed the relationship of CSF biomarkers and global PiB uptake with BMI using linear regression controlling for age and sex. We also assessed BMI differences between those who were and were not considered biomarker positive. Finally, we assessed BMI change over 2 years in relationship to AD biomarkers. RESULTS No dementia, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and AD groups were not different in age, education, or BMI. In the overall sample, CSF Aβ (β = 0.181, p < 0.001), tau (β = -0.179, p < 0.001), tau/Aβ ratio (β = -0.180, p < 0.001), and global PiB uptake (β = -0.272, p = 0.005) were associated with BMI, with markers of increased AD burden associated with lower BMI. Fewer overweight individuals had biomarker levels indicative of pathophysiology (p < 0.01). These relationships were strongest in the MCI and no dementia groups. CONCLUSIONS The presence and burden of in vivo biomarkers of cerebral amyloid and tau are associated with lower BMI in cognitively normal and MCI individuals. This supports previous findings of systemic change in the earliest phases of the disease. Further, MCI in those who are overweight may be more likely to result from heterogeneous pathophysiology.
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- E D Vidoni
- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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Weidanz WP, Lafleur G, Kita-Yarbro A, Nelson K, Burns JM. Signalling through the IL-2 receptor γ(c) peptide (CD132) is essential for the expression of immunity to Plasmodium chabaudi adami blood-stage malaria. Parasite Immunol 2011; 33:512-6. [PMID: 21585397 PMCID: PMC3155670 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01298.x] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A genetic dissection approach was employed to determine whether the IL-2 receptor complex (IL-2R) comprised of α, β and γ chains is required for the suppression of Plasmodium chabaudi adami parasitemia. Blood-stage infections in IL-2Rγ(c)(-/y) mice failed to cure with parasitemia remaining elevated for > 50 days indicating the IL-2Rγ(c) through which all members of the γ(c) family of cytokines signal has an essential role in protective immunity against blood-stage malarial parasites. In contrast, the curing of parasitemia in IL-2/15Rβ⁻/⁻ mice, deficient in both IL-2 and IL-15 signalling was significantly delayed but did occur, indicating that neither cytokine plays an essential role in parasite clearance. Moreover, the observation that the time course of parasitemia in IL-15⁻/⁻ mice was nearly identical to that seen in controls suggests that the parasitemia-suppressing role of stimulating through the IL-2/15Rβ chain is owing to IL-2 signalling and not a redundant function of IL-15.
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- W P Weidanz
- Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Spermatophore counts in wild females of Papilio glaucus show that the monomorphic nonmimetic male mates less frequently with the mimetic female morph than with the nonmimetic female morph. Female dimorphism in this species cannot be maintained by heterozygous advantage. Mating preference for the nonmimetic female may sufficiently counteract avian predation pressure favoring the mimetic female to account for the maintenance of the nonmimetic morph in the population in those areas in which the model is abundant and to account for the reduction in frequency or elimination of the mimetic morph in those areas in which the model is less numerous or absent.
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Burns JM. Mating frequency in natural population of skippers and butterflies as determined by spermatophore counts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 61:852-9. [PMID: 16591715 PMCID: PMC305406 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.61.3.852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- J M Burns
- DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
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Burns JM, Skomp N, Bishop N, Lestyk K, Hammill M. Development of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in cardiac and skeletal muscles from harp and hooded seals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 213:740-8. [PMID: 20154189 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In diving animals, skeletal muscle adaptations to extend underwater time despite selective vasoconstriction include elevated myoglobin (Mb) concentrations, high acid buffering ability (beta) and high aerobic and anaerobic enzyme activities. However, because cardiac muscle is perfused during dives, it may rely less heavily on Mb, beta and anaerobic pathways to support contractile activity. In addition, because cardiac tissue must sustain contractile activity even before birth, it may be more physiologically mature at birth and/or develop faster than skeletal muscles. To test these hypotheses, we measured Mb levels, beta and the activities of citrate synthase (CS), beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HOAD) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in cardiac and skeletal muscle samples from 72 harp and hooded seals, ranging in age from fetuses to adults. Results indicate that in adults cardiac muscle had lower Mb levels (14.7%), beta (55.5%) and LDH activity (36.2%) but higher CS (459.6%) and HOAD (371.3%) activities (all P<0.05) than skeletal muscle. In addition, while the cardiac muscle of young seals had significantly lower [Mb] (44.7%) beta (80.7%) and LDH activity (89.5%) than adults (all P<0.05), it was relatively more mature at birth and weaning than skeletal muscle. These patterns are similar to those in terrestrial species, suggesting that seal hearts do not exhibit unique adaptations to the challenges of an aquatic existence.
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- J M Burns
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
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Honea RA, Swerdlow RH, Vidoni ED, Goodwin J, Burns JM. Reduced gray matter volume in normal adults with a maternal family history of Alzheimer disease. Neurology 2010; 74:113-20. [PMID: 20065246 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181c918cb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE A consistently identified risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD) is family history of dementia, with maternal transmission significantly more frequent than paternal transmission. A history of maternal AD may be related to AD-like glucose consumption in cognitively healthy subjects. In this cross-sectional study, we tested whether cognitively healthy people with a family history of AD have less gray matter volume (GMV), an endophenotype for late-onset AD, than individuals with no family history, and whether decreases in GMV are different in subjects with a maternal family history. METHODS As part of the Kansas University Brain Aging Project, 67 cognitively intact individuals with a maternal history of late-onset AD (FHm, n = 16), a paternal history of AD (FHp, n = 8), or no parental history of AD (FH-, n = 43), similar in age, gender, education, and Mini-Mental State Examination score, were scanned at 3 T. We used voxel-based morphometry to examine GMV differences between groups, controlling for age, gender, and apoE4. RESULTS Cognitively healthy individuals with a family history of late-onset AD had significantly decreased GMV in the precuneus, middle frontal, inferior frontal, and superior frontal gyri compared with FH- individuals. FHm subjects had significantly smaller inferior frontal, middle frontal, precuneus, and lingual gyri compared with FH- and FHp subjects. CONCLUSIONS Overall, maternal family history of Alzheimer disease (AD) in cognitively normal individuals is associated with lower gray matter volume in AD-vulnerable brain regions. These data complement and extend reports of cerebral metabolic differences in subjects with a maternal family history.
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- R A Honea
- University of Kansas School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 2100 West 36th Ave., Suite 110, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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Prewitt JS, Freistroffer DV, Schreer JF, Hammill MO, Burns JM. Postnatal development of muscle biochemistry in nursing harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups: limitations to diving behavior? J Comp Physiol B 2010; 180:757-66. [PMID: 20140678 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0448-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2009] [Revised: 01/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Adult marine mammal muscles rely upon a suite of adaptations for sustained aerobic metabolism in the absence of freely available oxygen (O(2)). Although the importance of these adaptations for supporting aerobic diving patterns of adults is well understood, little is known about postnatal muscle development in young marine mammals. However, the typical pattern of vertebrate muscle development, and reduced tissue O(2) stores and diving ability of young marine mammals suggest that the physiological properties of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pup muscle will differ from those of adults. We examined myoglobin (Mb) concentration, and the activities of citrate synthase (CS), beta-hydroxyacyl coA dehydrogenase (HOAD), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in muscle biopsies from harbor seal pups throughout the nursing period, and compared these biochemical parameters to those of adults. Pups had reduced O(2) carrying capacity ([Mb] 28-41% lower than adults) and reduced metabolically scaled catabolic enzyme activities (LDH/RMR 20-58% and CS/RMR 29-89% lower than adults), indicating that harbor seal pup muscles are biochemically immature at birth and weaning. This suggests that pup muscles do not have the ability to support either the aerobic or anaerobic performance of adult seals. This immaturity may contribute to the lower diving capacity and behavior in younger pups. In addition, the trends in myoglobin concentration and enzyme activity seen in this study appear to be developmental and/or exercise-driven responses that together work to produce the hypoxic endurance phenotype seen in adults, rather than allometric effects due to body size.
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- J S Prewitt
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
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Lestyk KC, Folkow LP, Blix AS, Hammill MO, Burns JM. Development of myoglobin concentration and acid buffering capacity in harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals from birth to maturity. J Comp Physiol B 2009; 179:985-96. [PMID: 19565249 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0378-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2009] [Revised: 06/08/2009] [Accepted: 06/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Pinnipeds rely on muscle oxygen stores to help support aerobic diving, therefore muscle maturation may influence the behavioral ecology of young pinnipeds. To investigate the pattern of muscle development, myoglobin concentration ([Mb]) and acid buffering ability (beta) was measured in ten muscles from 23 harp and 40 hooded seals of various ages. Adult [Mb] ranged from 28-97 to 35-104 mg g tissue(-1) in harp and hooded seals, respectively, with values increasing from the cervical, non-swimming muscles to the main swimming muscles of the lumbar region. Neonatal and weaned pup muscles exhibited lower (approximately 30% adult values) and less variable [Mb] across the body than adults. In contrast, adult beta showed little regional variation (60-90 slykes), while high pup values (approximately 75% adult values) indicate significant in utero development. These findings suggest that intra-uterine conditions are sufficiently hypoxic to stimulate prenatal beta development, but that [Mb] development requires additional postnatal signal such as exercise, and/or growth factors. However, because of limited development in both beta and [Mb] during the nursing period, pups are weaned with muscles with lower aerobic and anaerobic capacities than those of adults.
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- Keri C Lestyk
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
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Perry DK, Burns JM, Pollinger HS, Amiot BP, Gloor JM, Gores GJ, Stegall MD. Proteasome inhibition causes apoptosis of normal human plasma cells preventing alloantibody production. Am J Transplant 2009; 9:201-9. [PMID: 18976291 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02461.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Antibody production by normal plasma cells (PCs) against human leukocyte antigens (HLA) can be a major barrier to successful transplantation. We tested four reagents with possible activity against PCs (rituximab, polyclonal rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG), intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and the proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib) to determine their ability to cause apoptosis of human bone marrow-derived PCs and subsequently block IgG secretion in vitro. IVIG, rituximab and rATG all failed to cause apoptosis of PCs and neither rituximab nor rATG blocked antibody production. In contrast, bortezomib treatment led to PC apoptosis and thereby blocked anti-HLA and antitetanus IgG secretion in vitro. Two patients treated with bortezomib for humoral rejection after allogeneic kidney transplantation demonstrated a transient decrease in bone marrow PCs in vivo and persistent alterations in alloantibody specificities. Total IgG levels were unchanged. We conclude that proteasome activity is important for PC longevity and its inhibition may lead to new techniques of controlling antibody production in vivo.
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- D K Perry
- Division of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, von Leibig Transplant Center, Mayo CLinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
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Burns JM, Cornell LD, Perry DK, Pollinger HS, Gloor JM, Kremers WK, Gandhi MJ, Dean PG, Stegall MD. Alloantibody levels and acute humoral rejection early after positive crossmatch kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant 2008; 8:2684-94. [PMID: 18976305 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02441.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We examined the course of donor-specific alloantibody (DSA) levels early after transplant and their relationship with acute humoral rejection (AHR) in two groups of positive crossmatch (+XM) kidney transplant recipients: High DSA group-41 recipients with a baseline T- or B-cell flow crossmatch (TFXM, BFXM) channel shift >or=300 (molecules of equivalent soluble fluorochrome units (MESF) of approximately 19 300) who underwent pretransplant plasmapheresis (PP), and Low DSA group-29 recipients with a baseline channel shift <300 who did not undergo PP. The incidence of AHR was 39% (16/41) in the High DSA group and 31% (9/29) in the Low DSA group. Overall, mean DSA levels decreased by day 4 posttransplant and remained low in patients who did not develop AHR. By day 10, DSA levels increased in patients developing AHR with 92% (23/25) of patients with a BFXM >359 (MESF of approximately 34 000) developing AHR. The BFXM and the total DSA measured by single antigen beads correlated well across a wide spectrum suggesting that either could be used for monitoring. We conclude that AHR is associated with the development of High DSA levels posttransplant and protocols aimed at maintaining DSA at lower levels may decrease the incidence of AHR.
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- J M Burns
- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Burns JM, Cronk BB, Anderson HS, Donnelly JE, Thomas GP, Harsha A, Brooks WM, Swerdlow RH. Cardiorespiratory fitness and brain atrophy in early Alzheimer disease. Neurology 2008; 71:210-6. [PMID: 18625967 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000317094.86209.cb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine the correlation of cardiorespiratory fitness with brain atrophy and cognition in early-stage Alzheimer disease (AD). BACKGROUND In normal aging physical fitness appears to mitigate functional and structural age-related brain changes. Whether this is observed in AD is not known. METHODS Subjects without dementia (n = 64) and subjects with early-stage AD (n = 57) had MRI and standard clinical and psychometric evaluations. Peak oxygen consumption (VO(2)(peak)), the standard measure of cardiorespiratory fitness, was assessed during a graded treadmill test. Normalized whole brain volume, a brain atrophy estimate, was determined by MRI. Pearson correlation and linear regression were used to assess fitness in relation to brain volume and cognitive performance. RESULTS Cardiorespiratory fitness (VO(2)(peak)) was modestly reduced in subjects with AD (34.7 [5.0] mL/kg/min) vs subjects without dementia (38.1 [6.3] mL/kg/min, p = 0.002). In early AD, VO(2)(peak) was associated with whole brain volume (beta = 0.35, p = 0.02) and white matter volume (beta = 0.35, p = 0.04) after controlling for age. Controlling for additional covariates of sex, dementia severity, physical activity, and physical frailty did not attenuate the relationships. VO(2)(peak) was associated with performance on delayed memory and digit symbol in early AD but not after controlling for age. In participants with no dementia, there was no relationship between fitness and brain atrophy. Fitness in participants with no dementia was associated with better global cognitive performance (r = 0.30, p = 0.02) and performance on Trailmaking A and B, Stroop, and delayed logical memory but not after controlling for age. CONCLUSIONS Increased cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with reduced brain atrophy in Alzheimer disease (AD). Cardiorespiratory fitness may moderate AD-related brain atrophy or a common underlying AD-related process may impact both brain atrophy and cardiorespiratory fitness.
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- J M Burns
- Department of Neurology, Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 3599 Rainbow Blvd, MSN 2012, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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Perry DK, Pollinger HS, Burns JM, Rea D, Ramos E, Platt JL, Gloor JM, Stegall MD. Two novel assays of alloantibody-secreting cells demonstrating resistance to desensitization with IVIG and rATG. Am J Transplant 2008; 8:133-43. [PMID: 18184311 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Donor-specific alloantibody presents a major barrier to the successful transplantation of kidneys and hearts. However, the study of alloantibody production has been hampered by both an inadequate source of antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) and a paucity of assays to determine their function. We describe two new assays that allow for the determination of the frequency and specificities of allo-ASCs in humans using purified HLA as targets. These assays demonstrated allo-ASCs in the CD138(+) fraction of the bone marrow, but not in peripheral blood. Alloantibody specificities in these assays correlated well with those detected in the serum suggesting that bone marrow-derived ASCs are indeed a major source of alloantibody in vivo. However, ASCs for a specific HLA antigen were rare with an estimated frequency of only 1/2 x 10(6) marrow cells. Pretransplant treatment in vivo with multiple plasmaphereses and low-dose IVIG alone or in combination with rATG had no effect on ASC number or alloantibody production. These techniques allow for the study of allospecific ASCs and provide a method to test the potential efficacy of agents on alloantibody production in vivo.
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- D K Perry
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, and von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
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Burns JM, Donnelly JE, Anderson HS, Mayo MS, Spencer-Gardner L, Thomas G, Cronk BB, Haddad Z, Klima D, Hansen D, Brooks WM. Peripheral insulin and brain structure in early Alzheimer disease. Neurology 2007; 69:1094-104. [PMID: 17846409 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000276952.91704.af] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Accumulating evidence suggests insulin and insulin signaling may be involved in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer disease (AD). The relationship between insulin-mediated glucoregulation and brain structure has not been assessed in individuals with AD. METHODS Nondemented (Clinical Dementia Rating [CDR] 0, n = 31) and early stage AD (CDR 0.5 and 1, n = 31) participants aged 65 years and older had brain MRI to determine whole brain and hippocampal volume and 3-hour IV glucose tolerance tests to determine glucose and insulin area under the curve (AUC). Linear regression models were used to assess the relationship of insulin and glucose with brain volume, cognition, and dementia severity. RESULTS In early AD, insulin and glucose AUCs were related to whole brain (insulin beta = 0.66, p < 0.001; glucose beta = 0.45, p < 0.01) and hippocampal volume (insulin beta = 0.42, p < 0.05; glucose beta = 0.46, p < 0.05). These relationships were independent of age, sex, body mass index, body fat, cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Insulin AUC, but not glucose, was associated with cognitive performance in early AD (beta = 0.40, p = 0.04). Insulin AUC was associated with dementia severity (Pearson r = -0.40, p = 0.03). Glucose and insulin were not related to brain volume or cognitive performance in nondemented individuals. CONCLUSIONS Increased peripheral insulin is associated with reduced Alzheimer disease (AD)-related brain atrophy, cognitive dysfunction, and dementia severity, suggesting that insulin signaling may play a role in the pathophysiology of AD.
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- J M Burns
- University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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Burns JM, Lestyk KC, Folkow LP, Hammill MO, Blix AS. Size and distribution of oxygen stores in harp and hooded seals from birth to maturity. J Comp Physiol B 2007; 177:687-700. [PMID: 17576570 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0167-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Revised: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 04/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pinnipeds rely primarily on oxygen stores in blood and muscles to support aerobic diving; therefore rapid development of body oxygen stores (TBO(2)) is crucial for pups to transition from nursing to independent foraging. Here, we investigate TBO(2) development in 45 harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and 46 hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals ranging in age from neonates to adult females. We found that hooded seal adults have the largest TBO(2) stores yet reported (89.5 ml kg(-1)), while harp seal adults have values more similar to other phocids (71.6 ml kg(-1)). In adults, large TBO(2) stores resulted from large blood volume (harp169, hood 194 ml kg(-1)) and high muscle Mb content (harp 86.0, hood 94.8 mg g(-1)). In contrast, pups of both species had significantly lower mass-specific TBO(2 )stores than adults, and stores declined rather than increased during the nursing period. This decline was due to a reduction in mass-specific blood volume and the absence of an increase in the low Mb levels (harp 21.0, hood 31.5 mg g(-1)). Comparisons with other phocid species suggests that the pattern of blood and muscle development in the pre- and post-natal periods varies with terrestrial period, and that muscle maturation rates may influence the length of the postweaning fast. However, final maturation of TBO(2) stores does not take place until after foraging begins.
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- J M Burns
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
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Cobb WS, Kercher KW, Matthews BD, Burns JM, Tinkham NH, Sing RF, Heniford BT. Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: a single center experience. Hernia 2006; 10:236-42. [PMID: 16453072 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-006-0072-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2005] [Accepted: 12/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A retrospective chart review at the Carolinas Medical Center was performed on all patients who underwent laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) from July 1998 through December 2003. LVHR was successfully completed in 270 of the 277 patients, or 98%, in whom it was attempted. Half of the patients (138/277) had at least one previous failed repair. The average defect measured 143.3 cm(2), and mesh was used in all repairs. The mean operating time was 168.3 min, mean blood loss was 50 cc, and average length of hospitalization was 3.0 days. Thirty-four complications occurred in 31 patients (11%). Only two mesh infections occurred (0.7%). At a mean follow-up period of 21 months, the rate of hernia recurrence was 4.7%. As experience grows and length of follow-up expands, LVHR may become the preferred approach for ventral hernia in difficult patients, especially obese patients and patients who have failed prior open repairs.
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- W S Cobb
- Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program, Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., MEB #601, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA.
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Harrell AG, Novitsky YW, Kercher KW, Foster M, Burns JM, Kuwada TS, Heniford BT. In vitro infectability of prosthetic mesh by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Hernia 2006; 10:120-4. [PMID: 16453077 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-005-0056-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Although mesh use is important for effective herniorrhaphy in adults, prosthetic infections can cause serious morbidity. Bacterial adherence to the mesh is a known precursor to prosthetic infection. We compared the ability of common mesh prosthetics to resist bacterial adherence. The meshes studied included polypropylene (Marlex, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with and without silver chlorhexidine coating (DualMesh Plus and Dualmesh) composite meshes (Composix E/X, Proceed, and Parietex Composite) and lightweight polypropylene meshes (TiMesh, Ultrapro, and Vypro). Fifteen samples of each mesh type were individually inoculated with a suspension of 10(8 )methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in tryptic soy broth. After incubation at 37 degrees C for 1 h, the mesh pieces were then removed and serially washed. The colony-forming units (CFU) of MRSA present in the initial inoculum, at the end of the 1-h warm-water bath (broth count), and the pooled washes (wash count), were determined using serial dilutions and spot plating. The bacteria not accounted for in the broth or wash counts were considered adhered to the mesh. Samples of each mesh type were also analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Data are presented as the mean percentage adherence with ANOVA and Tukey's test used to determine significance (P<0.05). The DualMesh Plus mesh had no detectable MRSA in the broth or the pooled wash samples. Dualmesh had less adherence compared with Marlex, Proceed, and Vypro (P<0.05). Conversely, Vypro had a statistically higher adherence (96%, P<0.05) as compared to TiMesh, Ultrapro, Composix E/X, and Parietex Composite. SEM confirmed bacterial adherence to all the mesh types except DualMesh Plus. The ability of a biomaterial to resist infection has an important clinical significance. DualMesh Plus, due to its antimicrobial coating, is the only mesh type of the nine tested that demonstrated a bactericidal property. Standard PTFE (Dualmesh) also had less bacterial adherence. Vypro demonstrated an increase in bacterial adherence; this was possibly due to the multifilament polyglactin 910 weaved within the prolene component of the mesh.
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- A G Harrell
- Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program, Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA
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BACKGROUND Extrapyramidal signs (EPS) are common in Alzheimer disease (AD) and increase in prevalence as AD advances. The neuropathologic substrate responsible for EPS in AD remains to be fully characterized. METHODS Subjects had a clinical diagnosis of AD confirmed by neuropathologic examination. EPS during life were documented by clinical methods assessing bradykinesia, cogwheel rigidity, rest tremor, and parkinsonian gait. Subjects with EPS and previous neuroleptic exposure were excluded. Twenty-eight subjects were in the EPS group and 104 subjects were without EPS. Neuron loss, alpha-synuclein (ASYN)-labeled pathology, and tau-labeled pathology in the substantia nigra were measured using semiquantitative techniques such that higher scores represented increased pathologic burden. RESULTS Presence of nigral ASYN-labeled pathology was more common (50 vs 28.9%; p < 0.05) in the EPS group than in those without EPS. There was more nigral neuron loss in the EPS group (1.50 vs 1.11 in no-EPS group; p < 0.05). Tau-labeled burden was not different by group comparisons; however, EPS onset at later stages of dementia severity was associated with increased tau-labeled pathology (Kendall tau-B = 0.48, p < 0.01) and this association remained after controlling for dementia severity at death. Additionally, moderate to severe tau burden was more common in the subgroup with "pure AD" (definite AD without other neuropathology) with EPS (81.8%) than cases without EPS (49.0%; p < 0.05). Four subjects with EPS (14.3%) had little to no significant nigral pathologic changes. CONCLUSIONS Clinically detected extrapyramidal signs (EPS) in Alzheimer disease (AD) are associated with substantia nigra pathology including alpha-synuclein aggregation, hyperphosphorylated tau accumulation, and neuron loss that may account for the increasing prevalence of EPS as AD progresses. In some cases, limited nigral pathology suggests extranigral factors in the clinical symptoms of EPS.
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- J M Burns
- Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Burns JM, Costa DP, Frost K, Harvey JT. Development of body oxygen stores in harbor seals: effects of age, mass, and body composition. Physiol Biochem Zool 2005; 78:1057-68. [PMID: 16228944 DOI: 10.1086/432922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Harbor seal pups are highly precocial and can swim and dive at birth. Such behavioral maturity suggests that they may be born with mature body oxygen stores or that stores develop quickly during the nursing period. To test this hypothesis, we compared the blood and muscle oxygen stores of harbor seal pups, yearlings, and adults. We found that pups had smaller oxygen stores than adults (neonates 57%, weaned pups 75%, and yearlings 90% those of adults), largely because neonatal myoglobin concentrations were low (1.6+/-0.2 g% vs. 3.8+/-0.3 g% for adults) and changed little during the nursing period. In contrast, blood oxygen stores were relatively mature, with nursing pups having hematocrit (55%+/-0.2%), hemoglobin (21.7+/-0.4 g%), and blood volume (12.3+/-0.5 mL/kg) only slightly lower than the corresponding values for adults (57%+/-0.2%, 23.8+/-0.3 g %, and 15.0+/-0.5 mL/kg). Because neonatal pups had relatively high metabolic rates (11.0 mL O2/kg min), their calculated aerobic dive limit was less than 50% that of adults. These results suggest that harbor seals' early aquatic activity is primarily supported by rapid development of blood, with immature muscle oxygen stores and elevated use rates limiting aerobic diving ability.
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- J M Burns
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA.
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BACKGROUND Atypical presentations of neurodegenerative dementing disorders include the syndrome of progressive posterior cortical dysfunction (PPCD) involving selective higher order visuospatial deficits. The neuropathologic correlates of PPCD remain poorly defined. METHODS This is a retrospective case series of 27 individuals (14 men, 13 women) diagnosed clinically with PPCD. Participants were either enrolled in the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) or referred to the memory diagnostic center of an urban academic medical center. Clinical evaluations included physical and neurologic examinations, the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), and psychometric measures. Neuropathologic examinations were completed in 21 individuals with PPCD. Psychometric measures from 65 individuals with mild dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) enrolled in the ADRC were used for comparison. RESULTS Neuropathologic etiologies of PPCD were Alzheimer disease (AD) (n = 13), AD plus Parkinson disease (n = 1), AD-Lewy body variant (n = 2), dementia with Lewy bodies plus progressive subcortical gliosis of Neumann (n = 1), corticobasal degeneration (n = 2), and prion-associated diseases: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (n = 1) and fatal familial insomnia (n = 1). Confirming the clinical impression, psychometric profiles for individuals with PPCD differed from those of people with DAT alone and revealed disproportionate deficits on measures of visuospatial ability. CONCLUSIONS AD was the most frequent cause of PPCD in this series, although non-Alzheimer's dementing disorders also should be considered.
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- J A Renner
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Burns JM, Matthews BD, Pollinger HS, Mostafa G, Joels CS, Austin CE, Kercher KW, Norton HJ, Heniford BT. Effect of carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum and wound closure technique on port site tumor implantation in a rat model. Surg Endosc 2005; 19:441-7. [PMID: 15645327 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-8937-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Received: 04/03/2004] [Accepted: 08/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) pneumoperitoneum and wound closure technique on port site tumor implantation. METHODS A standard quantity of rat mammary adenocarcinoma (SMT2A)was allowed to grow in a flank incision in Wistar-Furth rats (n = 90) for 14 days. Thereafter, 1-cm incisions were made in each animal in three quadrants. There were six control animals. The experimental animals were divided into a 60-min CO2 pneumoperitoneum group (n = 42) and a no pneumoperitoneum (n = 42) group. The flank tumor was lacerated transabdominally in the experimental groups. The three wound sites were randomized to closure of (a) skin; (b) skin and fascia; and (c) skin, fascia, and peritoneum. The abdominal wounds were harvested en bloc on postoperative day 7. RESULTS Histologic comparison of the port sites in the pneumoperitoneum and no-pneumoperitoneum groups did not demonstrate a statistically significant difference in tumor implantation for any of the closure methods. Evaluation of the closure techniques showed no statistical difference between the pneumoperitoneum group and the no-pneumoperitoneum group in the incidence of port site tumor implantation. Within the no-pneumoperitoneum group, there was a significant increase (p = 0.03) in tumor implantation with skin closure alone vs all three layers. Additionally, when we compared all groups by closure technique, the rate of tumor implantation was found to be significantly higher (p = 0.01) for skin closure alone vs closure of all three layers. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that closure technique may influence the rate of port site tumor implantation. The use of a CO2 pneumoperitoneum did not alter the incidence of port site tumor implantation at 7 days postoperatively.
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- J M Burns
- Department of General Surgery, James G. Cannon Research Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Cobb WS, Heniford BT, Burns JM, Carbonell AM, Matthews BD, Kercher KW. Cirrhosis is not a contraindication to laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 2004; 19:418-23. [PMID: 15624057 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-8722-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2004] [Accepted: 10/12/2003] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cirrhosis of the liver contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in abdominal surgery. The proven benefits of laparoscopy seem especially applicable to patients with this complex disease. This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic procedures in a series of consecutively treated patients with biopsy-proven cirrhosis. METHODS The medical records of all patients with biopsy-proven cirrhosis undergoing laparoscopic surgery at the authors' medical center between January 2000 and December 2003 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS A total of 50 patients (27 men and 23 women) underwent 52 laparoscopic procedures. Among these 50 patients were 39 patients with Child-Pugh classification A cirrhosis, 10 with classification B, and 1 with classification C, who underwent a variety of laparoscopic procedures including cholecystectomy (n = 22), splenectomy (n = 18), colectomy (n = 4), diagnostic laparoscopy (n = 3), ventral hernia repair (n = 1), Nissen fundoplication (n = 1), Heller myotomy (n = 1), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (n = 1), and radical nephrectomy (n = 1). There were two conversions (4%) to an open procedure. The mean operative time was 155 min. Estimated blood loss averaged 124 ml for all procedures, and 20 patients (40%) required perioperative transfusion of blood products. One patient required a single blood transfusion postoperatively because of anemia. No one experienced hepatic decompensation. Overall morbidity was 16%. There were no deaths. The mean length of hospitalization was 3 days. CONCLUSIONS Although technically challenging because portal hypertension, varices, and thrombocytopenia frequently coexist, basic and advanced laparoscopic procedures are safe for patients with mild to moderate cirrhosis of the liver.
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- W S Cobb
- Department of Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, MEB 601, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA
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Leavitt SW, Idso SB, Kimball BA, Burns JM, Sinha A, Stott L. The effect of long-term atmospheric CO2 enrichment on the intrinsic water-use efficiency of sour orange trees. Chemosphere 2003; 50:217-222. [PMID: 12653293 DOI: 10.1016/s0045-6535(02)00378-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Every two months of 1992, as well as on three occasions in 1994-1995, we obtained leaf samples together with samples of surrounding air from eight well-watered and fertilized sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) trees that were growing out-of-doors at Phoenix, Arizona, USA. These trees had been planted in the ground as small seedlings in July of 1987 and enclosed in pairs by four clear-plastic-wall open-top chambers of which two have been continuously maintained since November of that year at a CO2 concentration of 400 micromol mol(-1) and two have been maintained at 700 micromol mol(-1). In September 2000, we also extracted north-south and east-west oriented wood cores that passed through the center of each tree's trunk at a height of 45 cm above the ground. Stable-carbon isotope ratios (13C/12C) derived from these leaf, wood and air samples were used to evaluate each tree's intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE). The grand-average result was an 80% increase in this important plant parameter in response to the 300 micromol mol(-1) increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration employed in the study. This increase in sour orange tree iWUE is identical to the long-term CO2-induced increase in the trees' production of wood and fruit biomass, which suggests there could be little to no change in total water-use per unit land area for this species as the air's CO2 content continues to rise. It is also identical to the increase in the mean iWUE reported for 23 groups of naturally occurring trees scattered across western North America that was caused by the historical rise in the air's CO2 content that occurred between 1800 and 1985.
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- S W Leavitt
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, 105 W. Stadium, Bldg. #58, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Burns JM, Belk CC, Dunn PD. A protective glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored membrane protein of Plasmodium yoelii trophozoites and merozoites contains two epidermal growth factor-like domains. Infect Immun 2000; 68:6189-95. [PMID: 11035724 PMCID: PMC97698 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.11.6189-6195.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Using sera from mice immunized and protected against Plasmodium yoelii malaria, we identified a novel blood-stage antigen gene, pypag-2. The 2.1-kb pypag-2 cDNA contains a single open reading frame that encodes a 409-amino-acid protein with a predicted molecular mass of 46.8 kDa. Unlike many characterized plasmodial antigens, blocks of tandemly repeated amino acids are lacking in the pypAg-2 protein sequence. Recombinant pypAg-2, comprising the full-length protein minus the predicted N-terminal signal and C-terminal anchor sequences, was produced and used to raise a high-titer polyclonal rabbit antiserum. This antiserum was used to identify and characterize the native protein through immunoblotting, immunoprecipitation and immunofluorescence assays. Consistent with the presence of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor, pypAg-2 fractionated with the detergent phase of Triton X-114-solubilized proteins and could be metabolically labeled with [(3)H]palmitic acid. By immunofluorescence, pypAg-2 expression was localized to both the trophozoite and merozoite membranes. Similar to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1, pypAg-2 contains two C-terminal epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains. Most importantly, immunization with recombinant pypAg-2 protected mice against lethal P. yoelii malaria. Thus, pypAg-2 is a target of protective immune responses and represents a novel addition to the family of merozoite surface proteins that contain one or more EGF-like domains.
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- J M Burns
- Department of Microbiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA.
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Burns JM, Miller J, Miller L. Centers of excellence or centers of discount? Bus Health 2000; 18:37-8, 41. [PMID: 11141793] [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: 02/18/2023]
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Burns JM, Adeeku EK, Belk CC, Dunn PD. An unusual tryptophan-rich domain characterizes two secreted antigens of Plasmodium yoelii-infected erythrocytes. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2000; 110:11-21. [PMID: 10989141 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(00)00252-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Previously, we reported the characterization of pypAg-1, a novel protective membrane protein of Plasmodium yoelii-infected erythrocytes. Immunization studies indicated that pypAg-1 contained at least two protective epitopes. One of these determinants was associated with the N-terminal portion of pypAg-1, that also included a 220 amino acid domain unusually rich in tryptophan residues. Using sera from mice immunized against P. yoelii, we have identified a second related antigen, pypAg-3. The pypag-3 cDNA encodes a 43 kDa blood-stage protein that is also characterized by the presence of a 220 residue tryptophan-rich domain. Of particular interest, sequence comparisons revealed that 24 tryptophan residues are positionally conserved between pypAg-1 and pypAg-3. Otherwise, the two antigens share limited sequence similarity. Full-length recombinant pypAg-3 was expressed, purified and used to produce a high titer polyclonal rabbit antiserum. As with pypAg-1, immunofluorescence studies showed that pypAg-3 is expressed in the cytoplasm and associated with the membrane of P. yoelii infected erythrocytes. In addition, pypAg-1 and pypAg-3 appear to be secreted proteins, as both were detected in culture supernatants of P. yoelii-infected erythrocytes. Finally, metabolically labeled pypAg-1 and pypAg-3 secreted from parasitized cells bind to the surface of uninfected, normal mouse erythrocytes. As such, the conservation of the unusual tryptophan-rich domain between two blood-stage malarial proteins with similar biological properties suggests that it may be important for protein export and/or function.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan/chemistry
- Antigens, Protozoan/genetics
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary
- DNA, Protozoan/genetics
- Erythrocytes/metabolism
- Erythrocytes/parasitology
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Malaria/parasitology
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/immunology
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plasmodium yoelii/genetics
- Plasmodium yoelii/immunology
- Plasmodium yoelii/metabolism
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protozoan Proteins
- Rabbits
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Tryptophan/chemistry
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- J M Burns
- Department of Microbiology, Meharry Medical College, 1005 D.B. Todd Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208, USA.
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OBJECTIVE This review draws on current knowledge of risk for youth suicide to categorize strategies for intervention. Its goal is to identify areas of 'research need' and to provide an evidence base to identify 'best buy' preventive interventions for youth suicide. METHOD The design, development, implementation and evaluation of prevention strategies ranging from clinical interventions to population-based universal approaches are considered within five risk factor domains: individual, family, community, school and peer. RESULTS There is a paucity of evidence on the effects of interventions targeting depression and suicidal behaviour. Nevertheless, there are effective indicated, selective and universal interventions for important risk factors for depression and suicidal behaviour. Little evidence has emerged to support the efficacy of some traditional approaches to suicide prevention, such as school based suicide education programs and telephone hotlines. CONCLUSIONS Youth suicide prevention strategies in Australia have generally employed traditional approaches that focus on clinical interventions for self-harmers, restricting access to lethal means, providing services to high risk groups and enhancing general practitioner responses. Both program development and research evaluation of interventions for many important risk and protective factors for suicide have been neglected.
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- J M Burns
- Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Burns JM, Lewis GK, DeVico AL. Soluble complexes of regulated upon activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted (RANTES) and glycosaminoglycans suppress HIV-1 infection but do not induce Ca(2+) signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:14499-504. [PMID: 10588734 PMCID: PMC24465 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.25.14499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 01/26/2023] Open
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Chemokines comprise a family of low-molecular-weight proteins that elicit a variety of biological responses including chemotaxis, intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization, and activation of tyrosine kinase signaling cascades. A subset of chemokines, including regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha), and MIP-1beta, also suppress infection by HIV-1. All of these activities are contingent on interactions between chemokines and cognate seven-transmembrane spanning, G protein-coupled receptors. However, these activities are strongly inhibited by glycanase treatment of receptor-expressing cells, indicating an additional dependence on surface glycosaminoglycans (GAG). To further investigate this dependence, we examined whether soluble GAG could reconstitute the biological activities of RANTES on glycanase-treated cells. Complexes formed between RANTES and a number of soluble GAG failed to induce intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization on either glycanase-treated or untreated peripheral blood mononuclear cells and were unable to stimulate chemotaxis. In contrast, the same complexes demonstrated suppressive activity against macrophage tropic HIV-1. Complexes composed of (125)I-labeled RANTES demonstrated saturable binding to glycanase-treated peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and such binding could be reversed partially by an anti-CCR5 antibody. These results suggest that soluble chemokine-GAG complexes represent seven-transmembrane ligands that do not activate receptors yet suppress HIV infection. Such complexes may be considered as therapeutic formulations for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.
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- J M Burns
- Division of Basic Science, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Villalta F, Zhang Y, Bibb KE, Pratap S, Burns JM, Lima MF. Signal transduction in human macrophages by gp83 ligand of Trypanosoma cruzi: trypomastigote gp83 ligand up-regulates trypanosome entry through protein kinase C activation. Mol Cell Biol Res Commun 1999; 2:64-70. [PMID: 10527894 DOI: 10.1006/mcbr.1999.0150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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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We found that Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigote cloned surface ligand (gp83 trans-sialidase) signals macrophages to up-regulate parasite entry by activating protein kinase C (PKC). Incubation of r-gp83 ligand with macrophages activates PKC and this activation is abolished when r-gp83 is depleted by immunoprecipitation with anti-r-gp83 antibodies, which recognize the secreted gp83 of trypomastigotes by immunoblotting. This activation is seen as early as 15 min with maximal activity at 60 min and correlates with the concentration of macrophage cell cytosol. Bisindolylmaleimide I, a PKC inhibitor, abolished the activation of PKC induced by r-gp83 ligand. Incubation of macrophages with r-gp83 ligand significantly enhanced the number of trypanosomes per cell. Bisindolylmaleimide I also inhibited the enhancement of trypomastigote uptake by macrophages induced by the r-ligand. These results demonstrate that T. cruzi uses a novel mechanism to signal cells in the process of trypanosome entry, via a secreted trypanosome ligand which signals macrophages through activation of PKC.
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- F Villalta
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA.
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Burns JM, Baghurst PA, Sawyer MG, McMichael AJ, Tong SL. Lifetime low-level exposure to environmental lead and children's emotional and behavioral development at ages 11-13 years. The Port Pirie Cohort Study. Am J Epidemiol 1999; 149:740-9. [PMID: 10206624 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Port Pirie Cohort Study is the first study to monitor prospectively the association between lifetime blood lead exposure and the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems experienced by children. Lead exposure data along with ratings on the Child Behavior Checklist were obtained for 322 11-13-year-old children from the lead smelting community of Port Pirie, Australia. Mean total behavior problem score (95% confidence interval (CI)) for boys whose lifetime average blood lead concentration was above 15 microg/dl was 28.7 (24.6-32.8) compared with 21.1 (17.5-24.8) in boys with lower exposure levels. The corresponding mean scores (95% CI) for girls were 29.7 (25.3-34.2) and 18.0 (14.7-21.3). After controlling for a number of confounding variables, including the quality of the child's HOME environment (assessed by Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment), maternal psychopathology, and the child's IQ, regression modeling predicted that for a hypothetical increase in lifetime blood lead exposure from 10 to 30 microg/dl, the externalizing behavior problem score would increase by 3.5 in boys (95% CI 1.6-5.4), and by 1.8 (95% CI -0.1 to 11.1) in girls. Internalizing behavior problem scores were predicted to rise by 2.1 (95% CI 0.0-4.2) in girls but by only 0.8 (95% CI -0.9 to 2.4) in boys.
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- J M Burns
- Division of Human Nutrition, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Burns JM, Adeeku EK, Dunn PD. Protective immunization with a novel membrane protein of Plasmodium yoelii-infected erythrocytes. Infect Immun 1999; 67:675-80. [PMID: 9916076 PMCID: PMC96372 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.675-680.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 08/24/1998] [Accepted: 11/11/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Immunization with a particulate fraction of blood-stage antigens was shown previously to protect mice against Plasmodium yoelii malaria. To identify antigens inducing the protective response, sera from immunized mice were used to screen a P. yoelii cDNA expression library. Sequence analysis of one 2.6-kb cDNA clone indicated that the identified gene, pypag-1, encoded a novel plasmodial antigen. Two nonoverlapping regions of pypag-1 were expressed in Escherichia coli. The first recombinant antigen, pAg-1N, contained the N-terminal 337 residues, which included a putative transmembrane domain and a region relatively rich in tryptophan residues. The second recombinant antigen, pAg-1C, contained the remaining C-terminal 211 residues, which included 31 copies of a 5-amino-acid degenerative repeat. Immunoblot studies using rabbit antiserum raised against recombinant pAg-1N showed that the native pypAg-1 protein migrated at approximately 98 kDa, considerably slower than its predicted molecular mass of 66 kDa. Immunofluorescence studies localized the expression of the native pypAg-1 protein both to the cytoplasm and at the surface of P. yoelii-infected erythrocytes. Immunization with either pAg-1N or pAg-1C induced a four- to sevenfold reduction in P. yoelii blood-stage parasitemia. As such, pypAg-1 appears to contain at least two distinct protective epitopes. To our knowledge, this is the first characterization of a protective antigen of P. yoelii that is associated with the erythrocyte membrane.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan/genetics
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/isolation & purification
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Protozoan
- Disease Models, Animal
- Erythrocytes/immunology
- Gene Expression
- Immunoblotting
- Malaria/prevention & control
- Malaria Vaccines/genetics
- Malaria Vaccines/immunology
- Malaria Vaccines/isolation & purification
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/immunology
- Membrane Proteins/isolation & purification
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plasmodium yoelii/genetics
- Plasmodium yoelii/immunology
- Protozoan Proteins/genetics
- Protozoan Proteins/immunology
- Protozoan Proteins/isolation & purification
- Rabbits
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Vaccination
- Vaccines, Synthetic/genetics
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/isolation & purification
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- J M Burns
- Department of Microbiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA.
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