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Pokorney SD, Thomas KL, James B, Alberts MJ, Berger PB, Dorsch M, Fermann GJ, House J, Mann M, Naccarelli GV, Vijapurkar U, Granger CB, Hylek EM. P3840Use of oral anticoagulation is less among hospitalized patients with paroxysmal compared to persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p3840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S D Pokorney
- Duke University Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Durham, United States of America
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- Duke University Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Durham, United States of America
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- Premier Inc., Charlotte, United States of America
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- Hartford Hospital, Hartford, United States of America
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- Independent Consultant, New York, United States of America
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States of America
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, United States of America
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- Premier Inc., Charlotte, United States of America
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- Premier Inc., Charlotte, United States of America
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- Penn State Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Hershey, United States of America
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- Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Janssen Scientific Affairs, Titusville, United States of America
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- Duke University Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Durham, United States of America
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- Boston University, Boston, United States of America
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Clifton NE, Pocklington AJ, Scholz B, Rees E, Walters JTR, Kirov G, O'Donovan MC, Owen MJ, Wilkinson LS, Thomas KL, Hall J. Schizophrenia copy number variants and associative learning. Mol Psychiatry 2017; 22:178-182. [PMID: 27956746 PMCID: PMC5285462 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Large-scale genomic studies have made major progress in identifying genetic risk variants for schizophrenia. A key finding from these studies is that there is an increased burden of genomic copy number variants (CNVs) in schizophrenia cases compared with controls. The mechanism through which these CNVs confer risk for the symptoms of schizophrenia, however, remains unclear. One possibility is that schizophrenia risk CNVs impact basic associative learning processes, abnormalities of which have long been associated with the disorder. To investigate whether genes in schizophrenia CNVs impact on specific phases of associative learning we combined human genetics with experimental gene expression studies in animals. In a sample of 11 917 schizophrenia cases and 16 416 controls, we investigated whether CNVs from patients with schizophrenia are enriched for genes expressed during the consolidation, retrieval or extinction of associative memories. We show that CNVs from cases are enriched for genes expressed during fear extinction in the hippocampus, but not genes expressed following consolidation or retrieval. These results suggest that CNVs act to impair inhibitory learning in schizophrenia, potentially contributing to the development of core symptoms of the disorder.
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- N E Clifton
- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Blanford GE, Thomas KL, McKay DS. Microbeam Analysis of Four Chondritic Interplanetary Dust Particles for Major Elements, Carbon and Oxygen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1988.tb00906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Amin E, Wright N, Poirier GL, Thomas KL, Erichsen JT, Aggleton JP. Selective lamina dysregulation in granular retrosplenial cortex (area 29) after anterior thalamic lesions: an in situ hybridization and trans-neuronal tracing study in rats. Neuroscience 2010; 169:1255-67. [PMID: 20570608 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.05.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2010] [Revised: 05/21/2010] [Accepted: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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There is growing evidence that lesions of the anterior thalamic nuclei cause long-lasting intrinsic changes to retrosplenial cortex, with the potential to alter its functional properties. The present study had two goals. The first was to identify the pattern of changes in eight markers, as measured by in-situ hydridisation, in the granular retrosplenial cortex (area Rgb) following anterior thalamic lesions. The second was to use retrograde trans-neuronal tracing methods to identify the potential repercussions of intrinsic changes within granular retrosplenial cortex. In Experiment 1, adult rats received unilateral lesions of the anterior thalamic nuclei and were perfused 4 weeks later. Of the eight markers, four (c-fos, zif268, 5ht2rc, kcnab2) showed a very similar pattern of change, with decreased levels in superficial retrosplenial cortex (lamina II) in the ipsilateral hemisphere but little or no change in deeper layers (lamina V). A fifth marker (cox6b) showed a shift in activity levels in the opposite direction to the previous four markers. Three other markers (cox6a1, CD74, ncs-1) did not appear to change activity levels after surgery. The predominant pattern of change, a decrease in superficial cortical activity, points to potential alterations in plasticity and metabolism. In Experiment 2, wheat germ agglutin (WGA) was injected into the anterior thalamic nuclei in rats given different survival times, sometimes in combination with the retrograde, fluorescent tracer, Fast Blue. Dense aggregations of retrogradely labeled cells were always found in lamina VI of granular retrosplenial cortex, but additional labeled cells in lamina II were only found: (1) in WGA cases, that is never after Fast Blue injections, and (2) after longer WGA survival times (3 days). These layer II Rgb cells are likely to have been trans-neuronally labeled, revealing a pathway from lamina II of Rgb to those deeper retrosplenial cells that project directly to the anterior thalamic nuclei.
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- E Amin
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales CF10 3AT, UK
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Hafezi-Moghadam A, Noda K, Almulki L, Iliaki EF, Poulaki V, Thomas KL, Nakazawa T, Hisatomi T, Miller JW, Gragoudas ES. VLA-4 blockade suppresses endotoxin-induced uveitis: in vivo evidence for functional integrin up-regulation. FASEB J 2007; 21:464-74. [PMID: 17202250 DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6390com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Leukocyte adhesion to the vascular wall is a critical early step in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases and is mediated in part by the leukocyte integrin, VLA-4, which binds to endothelial vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) -1. Here, we investigate VLA-4's role in endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU). At various time points (6-48 h) after EIU induction, the severity of the inflammation was evaluated by quantifying cell and protein content in the aqueous fluid, firm leukocyte adhesion in the retinal vessels, and the number of extravasated leukocytes into the vitreous. Functional activation of VLA-4 in vivo was investigated in our previously introduced autoperfused micro flow chamber assay. Firm adhesion of EIU leukocytes to immobilized VCAM-1 under physiological blood flow conditions was significantly increased compared with normal controls (P<0.05), suggesting an important role for VLA-4 in EIU. VLA-4 blockade in vivo significantly suppressed all uveitis-related inflammatory parameters studied, decreasing the clinical score by 45% (P<0.01), protein content in the aqueous fluid by 21% (P<0.01), retinal leukostasis by 68% (P<0.01), and leukocyte accumulation in the vitreous by 75% (P<0.01). Our data provide novel evidence for functional up-regulation of VLA-4 during EIU and suggest VLA-4 blockade as a promising therapeutic strategy for treatment of acute inflammatory eye diseases.
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- A Hafezi-Moghadam
- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Methia N, André P, Hafezi-Moghadam A, Economopoulos M, Thomas KL, Wagner DD. ApoE deficiency compromises the blood brain barrier especially after injury. Mol Med 2001; 7:810-5. [PMID: 11844869 PMCID: PMC1950012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein E (apoE) mediates lipoprotein uptake by receptors such as the LDL receptor (LDLR). The isoform apoE4 has been linked to Alzheimer's disease and to poor outcomes after brain injury. Astrocytes that induce blood brain barrier (BBB) properties in endothelium also produce apoE. We decided to investigate the role of apoE in BBB function and in the restoration of BBB after brain injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS Wild-type (WT) mice and mice deficient in apoE or LDLR were fed normal chow or diets rich in fat and cholesterol. The BBB leakage was determined through injection of Evans blue dye and measurement of the amount of dye extravasated in the brains 3 hours later. Brain injury was induced by applying dry ice directly onto the excised parietal region of the brain. The mice were given 7 days to recover. In some experiments, peroxidase was infused to observe the site of leakage by histology. RESULTS We found 70% more spontaneous leakage of injected Evans blue dye in the brains of apoE-/- mice than in wild type. This increase in permeability appeared selective for the brain. The leaky BBB in apoE-/- mice may provide an explanation for the neurological deficits seen in these animals. In an established model of BBB leakage induced by trauma (cold injury), the apoE-/- mice showed even more compromised BBB function, compared with WT mice, suggesting that apoE is important for BBB recovery. No deficit in BBB was observed in injured LDLR-/- mice, even on Western Diet. In contrast, higher plasma cholesterol levels in apoE-/- mice further increased BBB leakage after injury. We extracted 5x more Evans blue from these brains than from WT. In the injury model, injection of peroxidase resulted in prominent retention of this protein in the cortex of apoE-/- but not in WT. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that the combination of loss of apoE function with high plasma cholesterol and especially brain injury results in dramatic BBB defects in the cortex and may explain in part the importance of apoE in Alzheimer's disease and in successful recovery from brain injury.
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- N Methia
- The Center for Blood Research and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Thomas SV, Kurup JR, Kuruvilla A, Nair BN, Thomas KL, Sarma PS. An expert system for the diagnosis of epilepsy: results of a clinical trial. Natl Med J India 2001; 14:274-6. [PMID: 11767220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Artificial intelligence is an area where computer systems are used to solve real-life problems that require expert human intelligence. Expert systems serve as an effective alternative to supplement the dearth of human experts in a narrow domain of applications. We developed an expert system named SEIZ using DIAGNOS (an expert system shell for diagnostic applications) for the diagnosis and management of epilepsy. METHODS A clinical trial was done to test the reliability of SEIZ. The clinical and demographic data from the medical records of 50 patients with epilepsy who attended an epilepsy clinic were provided to the expert system. The system-generated diagnosis was compared with the clinical diagnosis. RESULTS The seizure types and epileptic syndromes for the 50 patients included generalized -tonic-clonic seizure (14), absence (4), complex partial seizure (18), simple partial seizure (4), juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (5) and other epileptic syndromes (3). There were two cases of hysterical conversion reaction. There was concordance in the diagnosis between the expert system and clinician in 47 cases (94%). The overall sensitivity was 94% and the specificity was 100% for absence, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, simple partial seizures and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; 94% for complex partial seizures and 98% for hysterical conversion reaction. CONCLUSION This expert system could generate reliable diagnoses for patients with epilepsy. Such a system may be useful for a doctor in a remote or peripheral area where an expert on epilepsy is not available.
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- S V Thomas
- Department of Biostatistics, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695011, Kerala, India.
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Thomas KL, Leduc I, Olsen B, Thomas CE, Cameron DW, Elkins C. Cloning, overexpression, purification, and immunobiology of an 85-kilodalton outer membrane protein from Haemophilus ducreyi. Infect Immun 2001; 69:4438-46. [PMID: 11401984 PMCID: PMC98517 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.7.4438-4446.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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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We have identified an 85-kDa outer membrane protein that is expressed by all tested strains of Haemophilus ducreyi. Studies of related proteins from other pathogenic bacteria, including Haemophilus influenzae, Pasteurella multocida, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Shigella dysenteriae, suggested a role for these proteins in pathogenesis and immunity. In keeping with the first such described protein from Haemophilus influenzae type B, we termed the H. ducreyi protein D15. The gene encoding the H. ducreyi D15 protein was cloned and sequenced, and the deduced amino acid sequence was found to be most similar to sequences of the D15-related proteins from other Pasteurella spp. The arrangement of the flanking genes was similar to that of H. influenzae Rd and suggested that D15 was part of a multigene operon. Attempts to make a null mutation of the D15 gene were unsuccessful, paralleling results in other D15 gene studies. Overexpression of H. ducreyi D15 in Escherichia coli resulted in a source of recombinant D15 (rD15) from which it was readily purified. rD15 was immunogenic, and it was found that immunization of rabbits with an rD15 vaccine preparation conferred partial protection against a virulent challenge infection. Antisera to an N-terminal peptide recognized all tested strains of H. ducreyi.
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- K L Thomas
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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The physiologic role of L-selectin shedding is unknown. Here, we investigate the effect of L-selectin shedding on firm adhesion and transmigration. In a tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced model of inflammation, inhibition of L-selectin shedding significantly increased firm adhesion and transmigration by a lymphocyte function-associated antigen (LFA)-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1-dependent mechanism. We examined the quality of leukocyte rolling and L-selectin-mediated signaling. Blockade of L-selectin shedding significantly reduced the "jerkiness" of leukocyte rolling, defined as the variability of velocity over time. A low level of jerkiness was also observed in the rolling of microbeads conjugated with L-selectin, a model system lacking the mechanism for L-selectin shedding. Inhibition of L-selectin shedding potentiated activation of LFA-1 and Mac-1 induced by L-selectin cross-linking as shown by activation epitope expression and binding of ICAM-1-conjugated beads. We conclude that inhibition of L-selectin shedding increases leukocyte adhesion and transmigration by (a) increasing leukocyte exposure to the inflamed endothelium by decreasing jerkiness and (b) promoting leukocyte activation by outside-in signaling. These observations help to resolve the apparent discrepancy between the minor contribution of L-selectin to rolling and the significant leukocyte recruitment defect in L-selectin knockout mice.
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- A Hafezi-Moghadam
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
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Thomas KL, Everitt BJ. Limbic-cortical-ventral striatal activation during retrieval of a discrete cocaine-associated stimulus: a cellular imaging study with gamma protein kinase C expression. J Neurosci 2001; 21:2526-35. [PMID: 11264326 PMCID: PMC6762397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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We investigated the neuronal activation associated with reexposure to a discrete cocaine-associated stimulus using in situ hybridization to quantify the expression of the plasticity-regulated gene, gamma protein kinase C (gamma PKC), in the limbic-cortical-ventral striatal system. Groups of rats were trained to self-administer cocaine paired with a light stimulus (Paired) or paired with an auditory stimulus but also receiving light presentations yoked to those in the Paired group (Unpaired). Additional groups received noncontingent cocaine-light pairings (Pavlovian) or saline-light pairings (Saline) that were yoked to the Paired group. After acquisition of self-administration by the Paired and Unpaired groups, all groups had a 3 d drug- and training-free period before being reexposed to noncontingent presentations of the light conditioning stimulus during a 5 min test session in the training context. There were four major patterns of results for regional gamma PKC expression 2 hr later. (1) Changes occurred only in groups in which the light was predictive of cocaine. (2) Increases were seen in the amygdala, but decreases were seen in the medial prefrontal cortex. (3) No changes were seen in the hippocampus. (4) Although changes were observed in the basal and central nuclei of the amygdala and the prelimbic cortex in both the Paired and Pavlovian groups, additional changes were observed in the nucleus accumbens core, lateral amygdala, and anterior cingulate cortex in the Pavlovian group. These results suggest not only that regionally selective alterations in gamma PKC expression are an index of the retrieval of Pavlovian associations formed between a drug and a discrete stimulus, but also that a distinct neural circuitry may underlie Pavlovian stimulus-reward associations in cocaine-experienced rats.
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- K L Thomas
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom.
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Fear memory retrieval has been shown to induce a protein-synthesis dependent re-consolidation of memories within the amygdala. Here, using immunocytochemistry, we investigated the molecular basis of this process in the rat and show that retrieval of a cued fear memory induces the activation, by phosphorylation, of the transcription factor CREB within the basal and lateral nuclei of the amygdala, as well as expression of the CREB-regulated immediate-early gene, c-fos, in the basal amygdala. We also show an increase in CREB phosphorylation within the central nucleus of the amygdala following behavioural testing, with an accompanying increase in Fos-immunoreactive nuclei in animals retrieving the cued association. There were no changes in either phosphorylated CREB or Fos in the hippocampus following exposure to discrete fear stimuli. These results show that activation of CREB, which has been shown to be involved in the formation of long-term fear memories, also accompanies memory retrieval, and also suggest a role for CREB phosphorylation in memory re-consolidation following retrieval.
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- J Hall
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EB. UK
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Hall J, Thomas KL, Everitt BJ. Cellular imaging of zif268 expression in the hippocampus and amygdala during contextual and cued fear memory retrieval: selective activation of hippocampal CA1 neurons during the recall of contextual memories. J Neurosci 2001; 21:2186-93. [PMID: 11245703 PMCID: PMC6762622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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The neuroanatomical and molecular basis of fear memory retrieval was studied by analyzing the expression of the plasticity-associated immediate early gene zif268. Cellular quantitative in situ hybridization revealed that zif268 is expressed within specific regions of the hippocampus and amygdala during fear memory retrieval. Within the hippocampus, increased expression of zif268 was observed within CA1 neurons, but not dentate gyrus neurons, during the retrieval of contextual, but not cued, fear associations. In contrast, zif268 expression was increased within neurons of the amygdala (lateral, basal, and central nuclei) during the retrieval of both contextual and cued fear memories. These results demonstrate activation of hippocampal CA1 neurons in contextual fear memory retrieval that was not merely a correlate of the behavioral expression of fear itself, because it was limited to the retrieval of contextual, and not cued, fear memories. Further studies revealed that the selective increase in hippocampal CA1 zif268 expression seen after contextual fear memory retrieval was limited to the retrieval of recent (24 hr) but not older (28 d) memories. These experiments represent the first demonstration that zif268 expression in specific neuronal populations is associated with memory retrieval and suggest that this gene may contribute to plasticity and reconsolidation accompanying the retrieval process.
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- J Hall
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EB United Kingdom
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The hippocampus is required for many forms of long-term memory in both humans and animals, and formation of long-lasting memories requires the synthesis of new proteins. Furthermore, the long-term potentiation (LTP) of hippocampal synapses, a widely studied model of memory, also depends on both de novo gene transcription and protein synthesis and results in the activation of transcription from promotors containing the cAMP response element (CRE). Expression of several genes is induced during the establishment of LTP; these include the immediate-early genes (IEGs) BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), zif268 and C/EBPbeta (CCAAT-enhancer binding protein beta), all of which contain CRE sites within their promotor regions. However, these genes induced by LTP are not known to be rapidly induced following learning in a natural setting. Here we demonstrate rapid and selective induction of BDNF expression during hippocampus-dependent contextual learning.
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- J Hall
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK
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Granon S, Passetti F, Thomas KL, Dalley JW, Everitt BJ, Robbins TW. Enhanced and impaired attentional performance after infusion of D1 dopaminergic receptor agents into rat prefrontal cortex. J Neurosci 2000; 20:1208-15. [PMID: 10648725 PMCID: PMC6774157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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The role in spatial divided and sustained attention of D1 and D2-like dopamine (DA) receptors in the rat prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) was investigated in a five-choice serial reaction time task. Rats were trained to detect brief flashes of light (0.5-0.25 sec) presented randomly in a spatial array of five apertures. When performance stabilized, animals received bilateral microinfusions of either the D1 DA receptor antagonist SCH 23390, the D1 DA receptor agonist SKF 38393, or the D2 DA antagonist sulpiride into the mPFC. Rats were divided into two groups, with low (<75% correct) and high (>75%) baseline levels of accuracy. Infusions of the D2 receptor antagonist sulpiride had no significant effect on any task variable. SCH 23390 (0.3 microg) selectively impaired the accuracy of attentional performance in rats in the high baseline condition. By contrast, SKF 38393 (0.06 microg) enhanced the accuracy of attentional performance in the low baseline condition, a lower dose (0.03 microg) also increasing the speed of making correct responses. Finally, the beneficial effects of SKF-383893 on choice accuracy were antagonized by SCH 23390 (1.0 microg). The results provide apparently the first demonstration of enhanced cognitive function after local administration of a D1 receptor agonist to the mPFC and suggest dissociable roles of D1 and D2 DA receptors of the mPFC in modulating attentional function.
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- S Granon
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom
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Thomas KL, Huttunen M. Neural migration, pro-inflammatory interleukins and periventricular leukomalacia: involvement in schizophrenia. Trends Neurosci 1999; 22:389-90. [PMID: 10441315 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-2236(99)01424-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Dalley JW, Thomas KL, Howes SR, Tsai TH, Aparicio-Legarza MI, Reynolds GP, Everitt BJ, Robbins TW. Effects of excitotoxic lesions of the rat prefrontal cortex on CREB regulation and presynaptic markers of dopamine and amino acid function in the nucleus accumbens. Eur J Neurosci 1999; 11:1265-74. [PMID: 10103121 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [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]
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The present study investigated the effects of excitotoxic lesions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) on dopamine (DA) and excitatory amino acid (EAA) function in the nucleus accumbens core using in vivo microdialysis in freely moving rats. As a postsynaptic marker of neuronal function, the nuclear levels of the transcriptional factor CREB and its active phosphorylated form, CREB-P, were measured in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), and in the core and shell subregions of the nucleus accumbens of sham and lesioned animals. PFC-lesioned animals exhibited a greater locomotor response to novelty and amphetamine administration (125-500 microg/kg i.v.). No change was observed in extracellular levels of glutamate or saturable d-aspartate binding (a marker for the high-affinity EAA transporter) in the nucleus accumbens of PFC-lesioned animals. Extracellular levels of DA were comparable in sham and lesioned animals under tonic conditions, however, following amphetamine administration, DA efflux was significantly attenuated in lesioned animals. No correlation was observed between microdialysate levels of amino acids and the attenuated dopaminergic response to amphetamine in lesioned animals. Further, no effect of the lesion was found on nuclear CREB protein in saline- and amphetamine-treated rats. The density of CREB-P immunoreactive nuclei, while remaining unchanged in the VTA, increased in the nucleus accumbens shell following amphetamine treatment in lesioned animals. The results show that an important modulatory role of the PFC on the behavioural response to novelty and amphetamine is associated with the level of immediate-early gene regulation rather than levels of extracellular DA and amino acids in the ventral striatum.
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- J W Dalley
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK.
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- J D Guin
- John L. McClellan Veterans Administration Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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We have compared changes in mRNA of three genes, zif268, raf B, and syntaxin 1 B, following the unilateral induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in rats previously trained in a water maze, and in behaviourally naive animals. mRNA of all three genes was enhanced in the potentiated dentate gyrus of naive animals 3 h after the induction of LTP. Training did not affect expression of mRNA for zif268 or for syntaxin 1 B. Expression of raf B was enhanced by training, and in trained animals the LTP-associated increase in expression of raf B was occluded. These results suggest that LTP and spatial training engage a common pathway utilizing an increase in mRNA for raf B, and demonstrate a dissociation between LTP and spatial learning with respect to expression of zif268 and syntaxin 1B.
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- G Richter-Levin
- Division of Neurophysiology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK.
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Thomas KL. A welfare concern. Can Vet J 1998; 39:133. [PMID: 17424501 PMCID: PMC1539938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Wilkinson LS, Dias R, Thomas KL, Augood SJ, Everitt BJ, Robbins TW, Roberts AC. Contrasting effects of excitotoxic lesions of the prefrontal cortex on the behavioural response to D-amphetamine and presynaptic and postsynaptic measures of striatal dopamine function in monkeys. Neuroscience 1997; 80:717-30. [PMID: 9276488 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(97)00075-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The effects of excitotoxic lesions of the prefrontal cortex on behavioural, neurochemical and molecular indices of dopamine function in the caudate nucleus were studied in the marmoset. The lesion, which encompassed both the lateral and orbital regions of prefrontal cortex, made the animals more sensitive to the performance disrupting effects of the dopamine releasing drug, D-amphetamine, in a variation of the object retrieval task. Specifically, following drug administration, the lesioned marmosets were less able to gain access to food reward in the minimum number of responses. Analysis of the nature of the errors suggested that the deficit was not due to inhibition of a prepotent response as the lesioned monkeys were just as likely to make a detour reach to the unopened side of the box as a direct "line-of-sight" reach into the unopened front of the box. Rather, the data indicated a general disorganization of behaviour. The enhanced behavioural responsiveness to manipulations increasing presynaptic dopamine function was accompanied by neurochemical changes indicating a reduced responsiveness, as revealed by in vivo microdialysis. Thus, in lesioned animals, whilst there were no effects on baseline levels of extracellular dopamine in dorsolateral caudate, evoked release, both to systemic D-amphetamine and to a local depolarizing pulse of potassium ions, was attenuated. These opposite effects of the prefrontal cortex lesion on behavioural and neurochemical indices of striatal dopamine function occurred in the absence of any changes in striatal dopamine receptors of the D1 and D2 subtype, as determined both by radioligand binding assays and measurements of messenger RNA using in situ hydridization techniques. These data provide further insight into the interactions between prefrontal cortex and striatal dopamine function in the non-human primate. In particular, when taken in the light of our previous studies they indicate that following prefrontal manipulations, concurrence between behavioural and neurochemical indices of striatal dopamine function depends, critically, on the behavioural task. These findings are discussed with respect to the growing body of evidence implicating abnormalities in frontostriatal neurotransmission in complex disorders such as schizophrenia.
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- L S Wilkinson
- The Babraham Institute, Department of Neurobiology, Cambridge, U.K
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Endothelin (ET) is a potent vasoconstrictor which has also been proposed to act as a neuromodulator. We have investigated the action of ET-1 on neurones in vivo, using c-fos as a marker of neuronal activation. Intrastriatal injection of ET-1 caused seizures and barrel rolling which were prevented by pretreatment with the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist MK-801 and attenuated by the nitric-oxide synthase inhibitor N omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA). In association with these behaviours, a dramatic increase in c-fos mRNA expression was seen in the cerebral cortex. This increase was blocked by both MK-801 and L-NNA. We suggest that ET-1 modulates the activity of cortical afferents to the striatum, and causes seizures via an NMDA receptor-dependent mechanism.
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- A M Sullivan
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Hippocalcin is an EF-hand [Persechini A. et al. (1989) Trends Neurosci. 12, 462-467] Ca2+ binding protein encoded by a neuron-specific gene. A detailed atlas of hippocalcin messenger RNA expression in the adult rat brain was complied using in situ hybridization. Highest levels of messenger RNA are found in the hippocampus, where messenger RNA is localized in proximal dendrites of CA pyramidal cells. Expression is also seen in other brain regions, including the neocortex, caudate-putamen, taenia tecti, claustrum, olfactory tubercle, anterior olfactory nucleus, and granule cell and glomerular layers of the olfactory bulb. The rat hippocalcin gene spans approximately 9 kb and consists of three exons, separated by introns of 6.7 and 0.25 kb. Sequence analysis of the putative proximal promoter region identified two clusters of multiple E-box sites which may regulate the cell-specific expression. Two lacZ fusion constructs carrying 0.9 and 3.4 kb of rat hippocalcin gene upstream region were used to create transgenic mice. With the 3.4 kb construct, transgene expression varied between founder mice, but was always found in the dentate gyrus and CA1-CA4 regions of the hippocampus, thus partly mimicking the expression of the endogenous gene. For the 0.9 kb construct, the levels of lacZ expression were weaker and more variable. Neither construct showed expression in any peripheral tissues examined. To establish an in vitro model of transcriptional regulation, the 3.4 and 0.9 kb 5' upstream regions were fused to a promoterless reporter gene encoding chloramphenicol acetyltransferase and transiently transfected into the hippocalcin-positive NG-108 cells. The 3.4 kb construct was strongly expressed, whilst the 0.9 kb construct was not expressed. In this paper, we describe the detailed expression pattern of the rat hippocalcin gene, the gene structure and its neuron-specific promoter.
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- A L Grant
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K
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Quantitative in situ hybridization revealed that following the induction of hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) in the dentate gyrus of freely moving rats, specific increases in the expression of the NR2B subunit of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor and mGluR1c, a short splice variant of the metabotropic glutamate receptors that are linked intracellularly to phospholipase C (PLC) and protein kinase C (PKC), were seen in the postsynaptic dentate granule cells. There were no changes in the expression of NR2A; NR2C and NR2D NMDA receptor subunits; or mGluR1a, mGluR1b, mGluR5a, and mGluR5b PLC-associated metabotropic receptors. The elevations in NR2B and mGluR1c mRNA were delayed, occurring days after LTP induction. NR2B expression was enhanced significantly by 48 hr after LTP but was starting to decrease toward basal levels by 96 hr. The transient increase in the expression of NR2B mirrored the increase in the expression of PKC-sensitive isoforms of the NR1 subunits of the NMDA receptor we observed previously (Thomas et al. 1994a). The increase in mGluR1c expression was more persistent, showing a significant increase 96 hr after LTP. This study demonstrates that not only are there changes in the expression of individual glutamate receptor subunits but the increases in their expression occur days after the induction of LTP and may reflect so-called late-onset genes that may be important for the maintenance of LTP.
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- K L Thomas
- Neurobiology Division, Medical Research Council Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Thomas KL, Aaron GB. Hospital provides hospice are through palliative care service. Oncol Nurs Forum 1996; 23:117. [PMID: 8628702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- K L Thomas
- Palliative Care Service, Providence Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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Several isoforms of the NMDA receptor 1 (NR1) subunits of the ionotropic NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) glutamate receptor contain a consensus site for phosphorylation by protein kinase C (PKC) which, once phosphorylated results in an increased conductance through the receptor channel. Using in situ hybridization, we investigated the expression of NR1 subunits sensitive or insensitive to modification by PKC in the granule cells of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, following the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP). A selective 50% increase only in the levels of mRNA NR1 subunits containing this consensus sequence for PKC phosphorylation was seen 48 h after LTP induction. The change in the expression of PKC-sensitive NR1 subunits may be the molecular basis for the increased response of the post-synaptic cell to released glutamate during the maintenance phase of LTP.
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- K L Thomas
- Neurobiology Division, Medical Research Council Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Keller LP, Thomas KL, Clayton RN, Mayeda TK, DeHart JM, McKay DS. Aqueous alteration of the Bali CV3 chondrite: evidence from mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and oxygen isotopic compositions. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 1994; 58:5589-5598. [PMID: 11539152 DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(94)90252-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A petrographic, geochemical, and oxygen isotopic study of the Bali CV3 carbonaceous chondrite revealed that the meteorite has undergone extensive deformation and aqueous alteration on its parent body. Deformation textures are common and include flattened chondrules, a well-developed foliation, and the presence of distinctive (100) planar defects in olivine. The occurrence of alteration products associated with the planar defects indicates that the deformation features formed prior to the episode of aqueous alteration. The secondary minerals produced during the alteration event include well-crystallized Mg-rich saponite, framboidal magnetite, and Ca-phosphates. The alteration products are not homogeneously distributed throughout the meteorite, but occur in regions adjacent to relatively unaltered material, such as veins of altered material following the foliation. The alteration assemblage formed under oxidizing conditions at relatively low temperatures (<100 degrees C). Altered regions in Bali have higher Na, Ca, and P contents than unaltered regions which suggests that the fluid phase carried significant dissolved solids. Oxygen isotopic compositions for unaltered regions in Bali fall within the field for other CV3 whole-rocks, however, the oxygen isotopic compositions of the heavily altered material lie in the region for the CM and CR chondrites. The heavy-isotope enrichment of the altered regions in Bali suggest alteration conditions similar to those for the petrographic type-2 carbonaceous chondrites.
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Following LTP induction in freely moving rats, in situ hybridization revealed discrete changes in the expression of one isoform in each of four families of serine/threonine kinases constitutively expressed in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Expression of the alpha isoform of CaMKII showed a transient increase over the soma and a more persistent increase over the dendritic field of dentate granule cells. Of the PKC isoforms, only gamma PKC was up-regulated substantially 2 hr after LTP induction, declining to control levels 48 hr later. An increase in the expression of mRNA for ERK2 and raf-B was seen at 24 hr only. These results show that, during the maintenance phase of LTP in the hippocampus, there are selective increases in the expression of serine/threonine kinases and that these increases have specific and characteristic temporal and spatial profiles.
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- K L Thomas
- Neurobiology Division, Medical Research Council Centre, Cambridge, England
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The production of nitrogen-containing gases by denitrification in three organisms was examined using membrane inlet mass spectrometry. The effects of O2 (during both growth and maintenance) and of pH, nitrate concentration and carbon source were tested in non-proliferating cell suspensions. Two strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were capable of co-respiration of NO3- and O2 and, under controlled O2 supply, gave oscillatory denitrification. Variations in culture and assay conditions affected both the rate of denitrification and the ratio of end products (N2O:N2). Higher rates were seen following anaerobic growth. Optimum values of pH and nitrate concentration for denitrification are given. Generally, the optimum pH was 7.0-7.5, approximately that of the growth medium. Optimum nitrate concentration was generally 20 mM.
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- K L Thomas
- Microbiology Group, School of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Wales College of Cardiff, UK
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Thomas KL, Keller L, Blanford GE, McKay DS. Quantitative analyses of carbon in anhydrous and hydrated interplanetary dust particles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1063/1.46532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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It has previously been shown that an intracellular serine/threonine kinase known as extracellularly signal-regulated kinase, also known as microtubule-associated protein kinase, is phosphorylated and activated in response to a range of hormones, growth factors (e.g. nerve growth factor) and neurotransmitters (e.g. N-methyl-D-aspartate) in a variety of cells including neurons. Extracellularly regulated kinases phosphorylate transcription factors, cytoskeletal proteins and enzyme targets. As such they are believed to function in neuronal signal transduction. In situ hybridization histochemistry using synthetic oligonucleotide probes has been used to identify cells in the adult rat central nervous system containing messenger RNAs coding for two isoforms of extracellularly regulated kinase. Extracellularly regulated kinase-2 messenger RNA was observed in many regions including the cerebral cortex, olfactory bulb, hippocampus, amygdala, basal ganglia (except the globus pallidus and endopeduncular nucleus), basal nucleus, thalamus, hypothalamus, brain stem nuclei, cerebellum and neurons in the spinal cord. Extracellularly regulated kinase-1 messenger RNA was confined to fewer regions than extracellularly regulated kinase-2 messenger RNA. Hybridization signals for extracellularly regulated kinase-1 were seen in the olfactory bulb, cortex, regions of the hippocampus, amygdala, nucleus basalis of Maynert, substantia nigra, some hypothalamic and brainstem nuclei and cerebellum, as well as neurons of the spinal cord. Of particular interest, extracellularly regulated kinase-1 messenger RNA was absent from all regions of the basal ganglia and thalamus. Furthermore, extracellularly regulated kinase-1 was almost absent from the CA1 region, whereas extracellularly regulated kinase-2 was present in all neurons of the hippocampus. There were no CNS regions that expressed extracellularly regulated kinase-1 but not extracellularly regulated kinase-2; however, neurons of the dorsal root ganglia showed extracellularly regulated kinase-1 but not extracellularly regulated kinase-2 messenger RNA. Although extracellularly regulated kinase-1 and extracellularly regulated kinase-2 expression was selectively neuronal in the brain, extracellularly regulated kinase-1 messenger RNA was localized to glia in the spinal cord. The distinct cellular distribution of individual extracellularly regulated kinases in the adult rat CNS suggests that they play unique signalling roles.
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- K L Thomas
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council Centre, Cambridge, U.K
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The major active ingredient of marijuana, delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC), has been used as a psychoactive agent for thousands of years. Marijuana, and delta 9-THC, also exert a wide range of other effects including analgesia, anti-inflammation, immunosuppression, anticonvulsion, alleviation of intraocular pressure in glaucoma, and attenuation of vomiting. The clinical application of cannabinoids has, however, been limited by their psychoactive effects, and this has led to interest in the biochemical bases of their action. Progress stemmed initially from the synthesis of potent derivatives of delta 9-THC, and more recently from the cloning of a gene encoding a G-protein-coupled receptor for cannabinoids. This receptor is expressed in the brain but not in the periphery, except for a low level in testes. It has been proposed that the nonpsychoactive effects of cannabinoids are either mediated centrally or through direct interaction with other, non-receptor proteins. Here we report the cloning of a receptor for cannabinoids that is not expressed in the brain but rather in macrophages in the marginal zone of spleen.
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- S Munro
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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The proto-oncogene c-jun is thought to play a role in the control of growth and differentiation of many cell types. It has been demonstrated previously that damage to axons of peripheral motor or sensory neurons resulted within 24 h in substantially increased levels of the c-jun gene in the parent cell bodies. These increased levels of c-jun protein and messenger RNA are maintained if the damaged nerve is ligated, but return to basal levels if the peripheral nerve is allowed to regenerate. We have examined the expression of immediate early genes in central neurons of the rat and now show that a 6-hydroxydopamine-induced axotomy of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway results in a substantial increase in the levels of c-jun (but not c-fos) messenger RNA and protein within neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta. However, the central neuronal response differs from the peripheral nerve response in that it becomes maximal at four to eight days post-lesion and is transient, declining to control levels in nigral neurons by 14 days post-lesion. These expression patterns may be related to the differential capacity of central and peripheral neurons to regenerate. The precise role of c-jun in these processes, or in the regenerative response, is unclear but it remains possible that c-jun activation following axon damage leads to an increased expression of genes which are essential for the regenerative response. The nature of the mechanism by which c-jun levels are attenuated in central neurons is also unclear, but inhibitory factors, generated by the central environment, may play a role.
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- R Jenkins
- MRC Molecular Neurobiology Unit, MRC Centre, Cambridge, U.K
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Thomas KL, Blanford GE, Keller LP, Klock W, McKay DS. Carbon abundance and silicate mineralogy of anhydrous interplanetary dust particles. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 1993; 57:1551-1566. [PMID: 11539451 DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(93)90012-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have studied nineteen anhydrous chondritic interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) using analytical electron microscopy. We have determined a method for quantitative light element EDX analysis of small particles and have applied these techniques to a group of IDPs. Our results show that some IDPs have significantly higher bulk carbon abundances than do carbonaceous chondrites. We have also identified a relationship between carbon abundance and silicate mineralogy in our set of anhydrous IDPs. In general, these particles are dominated by pyroxene, olivine, or a subequal mixture of olivine and pyroxene. The pyroxene-dominated IDPs have a higher carbon abundance than those dominated by olivines. Members of the mixed mineralogy IDPs can be grouped with either the pyroxene- or olivine-dominated particles based on their carbon abundance. The high carbon, pyroxene-dominated particles have primitive mineralogies and bulk compositions which show strong similarities to cometary dust particles. We believe that the lower carbon, olivine-dominated IDPs are probably derived from asteroids. Based on carbon abundances, the mixed-mineralogy group represents particles derived from either comets or asteroids. We believe that the high carbon, pyroxene-rich anhydrous IDPs are the best candidates for cometary dust.
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- K L Thomas
- Lockheed Engineering and Science Co., Houston, TX 77058, USA
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Peterson LM, Evans ML, Thomas KL, Graham MM. Vascular response to fractionated irradiation in the rat lung. Radiat Res 1992; 131:224-6. [PMID: 1386468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effects of fractionated hemithorax irradiation on normal lung tissue were examined by measuring changes in the vascular permeability surface area product (PS) and relative lung blood flow in Sprague-Dawley rats. The rats received five daily fractions per week of either 3.0 or 4.0 Gy for 4 weeks to the left lung. Between 3 and 5 weeks after the start of irradiation, the average PS was approximately 50% above normal for the group of rats that received 3.0 Gy/day and 200-300% above normal in the group of rats that received 4.0 Gy/day. Treatment with cyproheptadine, indomethacin, or theophylline had no effect, but treatment with dexamethasone significantly reduced PS to near normal levels. Left-to-right blood flow ratios in the group of rats that received 3.0 Gy/day decreased to 66% of normal levels by 4 weeks. In the group of rats that received 4.0 Gy/day, blood flow decreased to 46% of normal levels by 4 weeks. Treatment with dexamethasone maintained normal blood flow until the drug dose was reduced. These results agree with earlier studies using single-dose irradiation and indicate that the methods used to measure PS and blood flow are sensitive at low doses.
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- L M Peterson
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195
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Thomas KL, Rose S, Jenner P, Marsden CD. Acute reserpine treatment induces down regulation of D-1 dopamine receptor associated adenylyl cyclase activity in rat striatum. Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 44:83-91. [PMID: 1321631 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90041-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Behavioural studies suggest a functional interaction between D-1 and D-2 systems in normal rat striatum to alter motor behaviour and which is disrupted by dopamine depletion induced by acute reserpine treatment. Consequently, we have investigated the effect of acute reserpine treatment on the biochemical interaction between D-1 and D-2 receptors present in rat striatal slices. Twenty-four hours following the administration of reserpine (5 mg/kg i.p.), striatal dopamine content was depleted by more than 73%; the density (B(max)) of D-1 receptor sites measured by the in vitro binding of [3H]SCH 23390 to striatal membranes was increased while the binding of [3H]spiperone to D-2 receptor sites was unaltered. Reserpine treatment had no effect on the affinity (Kd) of [3H]SCH 23390 or [3H]spiperone for D-1 and D-2 sites. Basal levels of cyclic AMP accumulation in striatal slices prepared from reserpine-treated rats were lower than those observed in control slices. In striatal slices prepared from normal rats, dopamine (10-320 microM) and the D-1 agonist SKF 38393 (0.1-3.2 microM) induced concentration-dependent increases in cyclic AMP accumulation. The D-1 antagonist SCH 23390 (10 microM) abolished the accumulation of cyclic AMP produced by dopamine or SKF 38393. The D-2 antagonist (+/-)-sulpiride (50 microM) enhanced the response to dopamine (10-320 microM) while the D-2 agonist quinpirole (10 microM) abolished the response to SKF 38393 (0.1-3.2 microM). However, 24 hr after reserpine treatment the ability of dopamine (10-320 microM) and SKF 38393 (0.1-3.2 microM) to elicit an increase in cyclic AMP accumulation was markedly reduced in striatal slices. SCH 23390 (10 microM) did not enhance the trend for an increase in cyclic AMP accumulation produced by dopamine. Also, quinpirole (10 microM) did not affect the response to SKF 38393 (0.1-3.2 microM) in striatal slices from reserpine pretreated rats. The data confirm the positive linkage between D-1 receptors and adenylyl cyclase and the inhibitory coupling to D-2 sites in striatal slices from normal, rats. Acute reserpine treatment appears to cause an uncoupling of D-1 receptors associated with adenylyl cyclase.
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- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/pharmacology
- Adenylyl Cyclases/metabolism
- Animals
- Benzazepines/metabolism
- Corpus Striatum/drug effects
- Corpus Striatum/metabolism
- Cyclic AMP/analysis
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Down-Regulation/drug effects
- Female
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Receptors, Dopamine/drug effects
- Receptors, Dopamine/metabolism
- Receptors, Dopamine D1
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Reserpine/pharmacology
- Spiperone/metabolism
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- K L Thomas
- Parkinson's Disease Society Experimental Research Laboratories, King's College London, U.K
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Thomas KL, Rose S, Jenner P, Marsden CD. Dissociation of the striatal D-2 dopamine receptor from adenylyl cyclase following 6-hydroxydopamine-induced denervation. Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 44:73-82. [PMID: 1321630 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90040-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Intracellular cyclic AMP accumulation following exposure to dopamine (DA) agonists and and antagonists was measured in striatal slices from rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion of the nigrostriatal pathway and which showed contralateral circling to apomorphine. Both DA (10-320 microM) and the D-1 agonist SKF 38393 (0.1-32 microM) increased cyclic AMP accumulation in striatal slices from the lesioned and intact hemispheres. The EC50 for DA to increase cyclic AMP accumulation in slices was greater in the 6-OHDA-lesioned striata compared to the intact striatum, but the EC50 for SKF 38393 was not affected. The D-1 antagonist SCH 23390 (10 microM) completely inhibited the ability of DA and SKF 38393 to increase cyclic AMP accumulation in striatal slices from both denervated and intact sides of the brain. In slices from the intact hemisphere the increase in DA-induced cyclic AMP accumulation was enhanced by the D-2 antagonist (+/-)-sulpiride (50 microM) but (+/-)-sulpiride had no effect on the DA response in slices from the lesioned side. Similarly, the ability of SKF 38393 to enhance cyclic AMP accumulation was blocked by the D-2 agonist quinpirole (10 microM) in striatal slices from the intact hemisphere but not in tissue from the lesioned side. The density of striatal D-1 and D-2 receptors assessed by [3H]SCH 23390 and [3H]spiperone binding did not differ between the hemispheres although there was an increase in the affinity of D-1 receptors for [3H]SCH 23390 in the lesioned striatum. After striatal deafferentiation there appears to be an uncoupling of the "inhibitory" D-2 receptor from the D-1 receptor-associated adenylyl cyclase.
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- K L Thomas
- Parkinson's Disease Society Experimental Research Laboratories, King's College London, U.K
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1. Plasma extravasation was induced by electrical nerve stimulation and by perfusion of tachykinins over a vacuum-induced blister base on rat footpad. 2. Stimulation of the sciatic nerve (18 V, 15 Hz, 0.5 ms) for 20 min produced a significant increase in the protein content of the perfusate. The response in capsaicin pretreated rats was only 4% of the control response. This indicates that the electrically-induced plasma extravasation response was mediated by capsaicin-sensitive sensory fibres. 3. Exogenous perfusion of the mammalian tachykinins substance P, neurokinin A and neurokinin B and the non-mammalian tachykinins physalaemin, kassinin and eledoisin was used to determine the tachykinin receptor type mediating the plasma extravasation response. Dose-response curves of the tachykinins (10(-9) M-10(-4) M) gave a rank order of potency of substance P = physalaemin greater than eledoisin greater than or equal to kassinin greater than neurokinin B = neurokinin A. 4. In addition, specific agonists of neurokinin receptors were perfused. Perfusion of [Glp6, D-Pro9] SP6-11 and [Glp6, L-Pro9]SP6-11 demonstrated that the L-Pro isomer was much more potent than the D-Pro isomer. 5. The rank order of potency and the greater potency of [Glp6, L-Pro9]SP6-11 over its D-isomer indicate an NK-1 neurokinin receptor mediates plasma extravasation in rat footpad skin.
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- P V Andrews
- National Research Institute of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Mount Royal Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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The present study was undertaken to study the ability of substance P (SP) to induce inositol phospholipid (IP) hydrolysis measured as inositol mono-phosphate (IP1) accumulation, in an in vivo blister model of neurogenic inflammation in the rat hind footpad. SP was found to induce IP1 accumulation in a concentration dependent manner. The use of SP analogues (SP5-11 and SP1-7) indicated that the response is mainly mediated by the C-terminal sequence of the peptide. The response was significantly reduced by the SP antagonist spantide, suggesting that the response is mostly due to activation of the SP receptor on small diameter vessels. Capsaicin pretreatment did not have an effect on the ability of SP to induce the response. Experiments with mepyramine suggest that the response is also partly mediated by SP induced histamine release from mast cells. This is the first study to provide direct evidence for phosphoinositide mediated SP effects in the skin.
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- K L Thomas
- National Research Institute of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Mount Royal Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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Thomas KL. Women veterinarians: pioneer and current. Can Vet J 1987; 28:400-2. [PMID: 17422815 PMCID: PMC1680467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Liggett AD, Weiss R, Thomas KL. Canine laryngopharyngeal rhabdomyoma resembling an oncocytoma: light microscopic, ultrastructural and comparative studies. Vet Pathol 1985; 22:526-32. [PMID: 4082377 DOI: 10.1177/030098588502200604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A laryngopharyngeal rhabdomyoma was diagnosed in a four-year-old dog with clinical signs of upper respiratory obstruction. In people, rhabdomyomas have a predilection for the head and neck area. Features of this tumor were compared with an oncocytoma with which it may be confused.
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Albert RA, Garrett PD, Whitley RD, Thomas KL. Surgical correction of everted third eyelid in two cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1982; 180:763-6. [PMID: 7085457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Clarkson DM, Thomas KL, Wynne-Williams G. A microcomputer system for the collection and analysis of antibiotic sensitivity test data. J Clin Pathol 1982; 35:444-51. [PMID: 7042763 PMCID: PMC497679 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.35.4.444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A microcomputer system for the routine collection and analysis of microbiological data is described. A digitising tablet is used as a method of data input. A series of analysis programmes was developed to allow investigation of the distribution of organisms in relation to the type of specimen in which they occur, the origin of the specimen and also to examine their associated sensitivity patterns. In this instance a Commodore PET was used, though other microcomputers could be similarly employed with equal facility.
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Thomas KL. A simple method of demonstrating transferable drug resistance. Med Lab Technol 1975; 32:313-5. [PMID: 785191] [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: 12/24/2022]
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Thomas KL, Jones AM. Comparison of methods of estimating the number of Escherichia coli in edible mussels and the relationship between the presence of salmonellae and E. coli. J Appl Bacteriol 1971; 34:717-25. [PMID: 4947439 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1971.tb01008.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Thomas KL. The use of gauze swabs for the detection of sonne dysentery in schools.. Med Lab Technol 1971; 28:146-7. [PMID: 5557099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Thomas KL. Survival of Salmonella paratyphi B, phage type 1 var. 6, in soil. Mon Bull Minist Health Public Health Lab Serv 1967; 26:39-45. [PMID: 5630456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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