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Jia J, Shen Z, Sun K. Study of the impact of truncations on wedge waves by using the laser ultrasound technique. Appl Opt 2015; 54:7406-7412. [PMID: 26368778 DOI: 10.1364/ao.54.007406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This research focuses on measuring the impact of truncations on the dispersion characteristics of wedge waves propagating along the wedge tip by using the laser-generated ultrasound. First, the finite element method was used to simulate laser-induced wedge waves and the dispersion curves were obtained by using the 2D Fourier transformation method. Pulsed laser excitation and laser-based wedge wave detection were also utilized to investigate these characteristics experimentally. For the 20° and 60° line wedges, both experimental and numerical results indicated that a nonideal wedge tip had great impact on the wedge waves. The modes of the 20° line wedge with truncations presented anomalous dispersion, low mode closed to high mode in high frequency, and the characteristics of antisymmetric Lamb waves as truncation increased. Meanwhile, the modes of the 60° line wedge with truncations showed the characteristics of antisymmetric Lamb waves, and the A1 mode was also observed clearly. The findings of this study can be used to evaluate and detect wedge structure.
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AIM: To investigate the pathological characteristics and carcinogenesis mechanism of benign lymphoadenosis of oral mucosa (BLOM).
METHODS: The expressions of Ki-67, CD34 and apoptosis were evaluated by immunohistochemical SP staining in 64 paraffin-embedded tissue samples. Of them, 9 were from BLOM with dysplasia, 15 from BLOM without dysplasia, 15 from oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), 15 from oral precancerosis, and 10 from normal tissues. Cell proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis of tissue samples were also analyzed.
RESULTS: The expression of Ki-67 in BLOM with dysplasia, oral precancerosis and OSCC was significantly higher than in BLOM without dysplasia and normal mucosa. The microvascular density (MVD) in BLOM with and without dysplasia, oral precancerosis, and OSCC was significantly higher than in normal mucosa. Apoptosis in BLOM and oral precancerosis was significantly higher than in OSCC and normal mucosa.
CONCLUSION: Benign lymphoadenosis of oral mucosa has potentialities of cancerization.
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- Shu-Xia Li
- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing 100081, China.
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Wu JG, Xu YZ, Sun CW, Soloway RD, Xu DF, Wu QG, Sun KH, Weng SF, Xu GX. Distinguishing malignant from normal oral tissues using FTIR fiber-optic techniques. Biopolymers 2001; 62:185-92. [PMID: 11391568 DOI: 10.1002/bip.1013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 12/19/2022]
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Oral tissue samples were studied using mid-IR fiber-optic attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy and other spectral techniques. The 1745 cm(-1) band, which is assigned to the ester group (C==O) vibration of triglycerides, is a reliable marker that is present in normal tissues but absent or a weak band in malignant oral tissues. Other bands such as C--H stretching bands and the amide bands are also helpful in distinguishing malignant tissues from normal tissues. Subtraction spectra confirmed the above conclusion. In addition, Raman spectroscopic measurements were in agreement with the results observed from FTIR spectra.
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- J G Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Medical School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Hsieh SC, Sun KH, Tsai CY, Tsai YY, Tsai ST, Huang DF, Han SH, Yu HS, Yu CL. Monoclonal anti-double stranded DNA antibody is a leucocyte-binding protein to up-regulate interleukin-8 gene expression and elicit apoptosis of normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2001; 40:851-8. [PMID: 11511752 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/40.8.851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether anti-double stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) autoantibody could bind and affect the functions of normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN). METHODS Normal human PMN were incubated with different concentrations of a monoclonal mouse anti-dsDNA antibody (12B3) or mouse isotype-matched IgG2a. The binding of anti-dsDNA and PMN was measured by flow cytometry and interleukin-8 (IL-8) gene expression in PMN was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). PMN apoptosis was justified by morphological changes. The cognate antigen(s) of anti-dsDNA on the PMN surface was identified by membrane biotinylation, immunoprecipitation and Western blot. RESULTS The binding of PMN with anti-dsDNA was much higher than with non-specific mouse IgG2a (70.8 vs 2.0%). Anti-dsDNA at concentrations higher than 12.5 ng/ml significantly enhanced the production and mRNA expression of IL-8 by PMN. However, anti-dsDNA facilitated PMN apoptosis after 3 h incubation. Western blot analysis of biotinylated PMN cell lysates demonstrated that a 50-52 kDa membrane molecule is the cognate antigen of anti-dsDNA. CONCLUSIONS Anti-dsDNA autoantibody up-regulates IL-8 gene expression and elicits activation-induced cell death (AICD) of human PMN via binding to a 50-52 kDa membrane-expressed molecule.
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- S C Hsieh
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sun KH, Tang SJ, Lin ML, Wang YS, Sun GH, Liu WT. Monoclonal antibodies against human ribosomal P proteins penetrate into living cells and cause apoptosis of Jurkat T cells in culture. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2001; 40:750-6. [PMID: 11477279 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/40.7.750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine the role of autoantibodies to the ribosomal P protein (anti-P Abs) in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using monoclonal anti-P antibodies (anti-P mAbs). METHODS Anti-P mAbs were prepared by a standard hybridoma procedure using recombinant human P1 and P2 proteins as immunogens. We studied the reactivities of these mAbs to P proteins, their binding and penetration capabilities in different cell lines and their apoptotic effects on Jurkat T cells. RESULTS In addition to recognizing human P0, P1 and P2 proteins, the anti-P mAb 9B6-4 bound to 20-40% and penetrated 50-90% of astrocytes, Jurkat T cells and lung cancer cells via the P0 surface protein. Treatment with the mAb 9B6-4 also caused increases in the percentages of Jurkat T cells in the sub-G1 phase of the cell cycle (14.8%) and undergoing apoptosis (21.3%). CONCLUSION Anti-P autoantibodies may play a role in the pathogenesis of lymphopenia or lymphocyte dysfunction in SLE.
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- K H Sun
- Faculty of Medical Technology and Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tang SJ, Shaw JF, Sun KH, Sun GH, Chang TY, Lin CK, Lo YC, Lee GC. Recombinant expression and characterization of the Candida rugosa lip4 lipase in Pichia pastoris: comparison of glycosylation, activity, and stability. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 387:93-8. [PMID: 11368188 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although Candida rugosa utilizes a nonuniversal serine codon (CUG) for leucine, it is possible to express lipase genes (LIP) in heterologous systems. After replacing the 19 CUG codons in LIP4 with serine codons by site-directed mutagenesis, a recombinant LIP4 was functionally overexpressed in Pichia pastoris in this study. This recombinant glycosylated lipase was secreted into the culture medium with a high purity of 100 mg/liter in a culture broth. Purified recombinant LIP4 had a molecular mass of 60 kDa, showing a range similar to that of lipase in a commercial preparation. Since LIP4 has only a glycosylation site at position Asn-351, this position may also be the major glycosylation site in C. rugosa lipases. Although the thermal stability of recombinant LIP4 significantly increased from 52 to 58 degrees C after glycosylation, there were no significant differences in the catalytic properties of recombinant glycosylated lipase from P. pastoris and the unglycosylated one from Escherichia coil. These two recombinant LIP4s showed higher esterase activities toward long-chain ester (C16 and C18) and exhibited higher lipase activities toward unsaturated and long-chain lipids. In addition, LIP4 does not show interfacial activation as compared with LIP1 toward lipid substrates of tributyrin and triolein. These observations demonstrated that LIP4 shows distinguished catalytic activities with LIP1 in spite of their high sequence homology.
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- S J Tang
- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Republic of China.
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In order to improve the accuracy for detecting human foamy virus (HFV), an indicator cell line was established by co-transfecting baby hamster kidney-21 cells with two plasmids: one containing a G418 antibiotic resistance marker and the other including the luc gene which was placed downstream of the inducible HFV long terminal repeat promoter (from -533 to +20). Among 11 independent subclones, IdB14 was found to be stable with a low basal level of luciferase activity. Although the changes in luciferase activity in infected clones showed time-dependency and peaked at day 8, it is possible to differentiate infected and uninfected cells on day 2. The sensitivity of the foamy virus activated luciferase (FAL) assay was 400 times higher than the end-point syncytium formation by TCID(50). The HFV LTR promoter in the IdB14 cell line was specific for this virus. Moreover, a linear relationship was found between the MOI and the activated intensity of luciferase expression. These findings suggest that the FAL assay using the IdB14 indicator cell line is a simple and useful technique for rapid diagnosis and quantitation of active HFV infection.
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- H Y Tai
- Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, School of Medical Technology and Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Section 2, Lie-Nong Street, 112, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Yu CL, Sun KH, Tsai CY, Hsieh SC, Yu HS. Anti-dsDNA antibody up-regulates interleukin 6, but not cyclo-oxygenase, gene expression in glomerular mesangial cells: a marker of immune-mediated renal damage? Inflamm Res 2001; 50:12-8. [PMID: 11235016 DOI: 10.1007/s000110050718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN To determine whether anti-double stranded DNA antibody (anti-dsDNA) can affect the synthesis of eicosanoids and cytokines in rat glomerular mesangial cells (RMC). MATERIALS OR SUBJECTS Glomerular mesangial cells were isolated and subcultured from Sprague-Dawley rats. Monoclonal anti-dsDNA (12B3 clone) was derived from autoimmune MRL-lpr/lpr mouse by hybridoma technology. METHODS The mRNA expression of cyclo-oxygenase type 1 (COX-1), type 2 (COX-2), Th1 (IL-2 and IFN-gamma)/Th2 (IL-4 and IL-10) and proinflammatory (IL-6 and TNF-alpha) and anti-inflammatory (TGF-beta) cytokines of RMC +/- anti-dsDNA was detected by RT-PCR. The PGE2 production by RMC +/- anti-dsDNA was measured by ELISA. The statistical significance was assessed by non-parametric Wilcoxon signed rank test. RESULTS We found RMC spontaneously expressed COX-1, but not COX-2. The incubation of RMC with anti-dsDNA (50 ng/ml) did not affect COX expression and PGE2 production by RMC. RMC also spontaneously expressed IL-6, TNF-alpha and TGF-beta mRNA. However, only IL-6 was up-regulated by anti-dsDNA. CONCLUSIONS Increased IL-6 expression in RMC may become a marker of anti-dsDNA-mediated immune damage of mesangial cells.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine & Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei.
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It is difficult to express recombinant Candida rugosa lipases (CRLs) in heterologous systems, since C. rugosa utilizes a nonuniversal serine codon CUG for leucine. In this study, recombinant LIP4 in which all 19 CUG codons had been converted to a universal serine codon was overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). The recombinant LIP4 was found mainly in the inclusion bodies and showed a low catalytic activity. To increase the amount of soluble form and activity of recombinant LIP4, the DNA was fused to the gene for thioredoxin (TrxFus-LIP4) and then expressed in E. coli strain AD494(DE3). This strategy promotes the formation of disulfide bonds in the cytosol and yields enzymatically active forms of LIP4. The purified recombinant TrxFus-LIP4 and LIP4 expressed in AD494(DE3) had the same catalytic profiles. In addition, recombinant LIP4 had higher esterase activities toward long-chain ester and lower lipase activities toward tributyrin, triolein, and olive oil. This system for the expression of fungal lipase in E. coli strain AD494(DE3) is reliable and may produce enzymatically active forms of recombinant lipase without an in vitro refolding procedure.
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- S J Tang
- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
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Sun KH, Yu CL, Tang SJ, Sun GH. Monoclonal anti-double-stranded DNA autoantibody stimulates the expression and release of IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and TNF-alpha from normal human mononuclear cells involving in the lupus pathogenesis. Immunology 2000; 99:352-60. [PMID: 10712664 PMCID: PMC2327177 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2000.00970.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In our previous reports, we found polyclonal anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA) purified from patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) exerted inhibitory effect on [3H]thymidine incorporation of human mononuclear cells (MNC). However, the other immunological effects of anti-dsDNA on the functions of MNC have not yet been reported. In this study, two monoclonal antibodies, 12B3 and 9D7, with different anti-dsDNA activity were evaluated for their effects on the expression and release of different cytokines from human MNC. We confirmed absence of endotoxin in the two monoclonal antibody preparations and the used medium as detected by Limulus amoebocyte lysate test. The mRNA expression and release of different cytokines including interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) were measured. We found the two monoclonal anti-dsDNA not only dose-responsively suppressed the phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-induced thymidine uptake of human MNC but stimulated the mRNA expression of IL-1beta, IL-6 and IL-8 in normal human MNC detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) measurement of cytokines in MNC culture supernatants revealed that anti-dsDNA enhanced IL-1beta, IL-8, TNF-alpha and IL-10 release from resting MNC. These effects of anti-dsDNA antibodies were not affected by polymyxin B, a potent binder and neutralizer of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). These in vitro studies suggest that anti-dsDNA possess a dual effect on normal human MNC: (a) to enhance the release of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1beta, IL-8 and TNF-alpha) from MNC to augment inflammatory reaction; and (b) to polarize the immune reaction towards the T helper 2 (Th2) (increased IL-10 production) pathway. This unique effect of anti-dsDNA may play a role in lupus pathogenesis by augmenting inflammatory reactions and autoantibody production which are commonly found in patients with active SLE.
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- K H Sun
- Faculty of Medical Technology & Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Cold acclimation has been suggested to be mediated by alternations in the gene expression pattern in the cold-adapted fish. To investigate the mechanism of cold acclimation in fish brain at the molecular level, relevant subsets of differentially expressed genes of interest were identified and cloned by the PCR-based subtraction suppression hybridization. Characterization of the selected cold-induced cDNA clones revealed one encoding ependymin. This gene was shown to be brain-specific. The expression of ependymin was induced by a temperature shift from 25 degrees C to 6 degrees C in Cyprinus carpio or 12 degrees C in Danio rerio. Activation of ependymin was detected 2 h after cold exposure and peaked at more than 10-fold at 12 h. This peak level remains unchanged until the temperature returns to 25 degrees C. Although the amount of soluble ependymin protein in brain was not changed by cold treatment, its level in the fibrous insoluble polymers increased 2-fold after exposure to low temperature. These findings indicate that the increase in ependymin expression is an early event that may play an important role in the cold acclimation of fish.
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- S J Tang
- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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Sun KH, Hong CC, Tang SJ, Sun GH, Liu WT, Han SH, Yu CL. Anti-dsDNA autoantibody cross-reacts with the C-terminal hydrophobic cluster region containing phenylalanines in the acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein P1 to exert a cytostatic effect on the cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 263:334-9. [PMID: 10491293 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The present study was an attempt to map the epitope in P1 protein which may cross-react with anti-dsDNA. In addition to wild-type P1, the genes of its C-terminal mutants were cloned and expressed. The binding activity of these proteins with anti-dsDNA was determined by Western blot and ELISA. The P1 mutants with complete deletion of the acidic charge and hydrophobic clusters, deletion of the hydrophobic cluster, or replacement of the phenylanlanines with alanine in the hydrophobic cluster lost the binding activity. Moreover, P1 mutants with mutation at the serine phosphorylation sites (positions 102 and 105) retained their binding activities with anti-dsDNA. However, those with mutation at the serine phosphorylation sites and without the hydrophobic cluster lost their binding activities. These findings suggest that phenylalanines in the C-terminal hydrophobic cluster region of ribosomal P proteins are essential to their cross-reactivity with anti-dsDNA.
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- K H Sun
- Faculty of Medical Technology & Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Synthesis of multiple extracellular lipases in Candida rugosa has been demonstrated. However, it is difficult to characterize the expression spectrum of lip genes, since the sequences of the lip multigene family are very closely related. A competitive reverse transcription-PCR assay was developed to quantify the expression of lip genes. In agreement with the protein profile, the abundance of lip mRNAs was found to be (in decreasing order) lip1, lip3, lip2, lip5, and lip4. To analyze the effects of different culture conditions, the transcript concentrations for these mRNA species were normalized relative to the values for gpd, encoding glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. In relative terms, lip1 and lip3 were highly and constitutively expressed (about 10(5) molecules per microg of total RNA) whereas the other inducible lip genes, especially lip4, showed significant changes in mRNA expression under different culture conditions. These results indicate that differential transcriptional control of lip genes results in multiple forms of lipase proteins.
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- G C Lee
- Institute of Biochemistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 11211
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Yu CL, Huang MH, Kung YY, Tsai CY, Tsai YY, Tsai ST, Huang DF, Sun KH, Han SH, Yu HS. Interleukin-13 increases prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production by normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophils by enhancing cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) gene expression. Inflamm Res 1998; 47:167-73. [PMID: 9628259 DOI: 10.1007/s000110050312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether interleukin-13 (IL-13) can affect arachidonic acid metabolism and phagocytic activity of normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN). METHODS Normal human PMN (1 x 10(6) cells/ml) were incubated with different concentrations of IL-13 (0.1-10 ng/ml) for a variety of times (30-120 min). Phagocytosis and intracellular cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) were detected by flow cytometry. The expression of COX-1 and COX-2 mRNA was detected by RT-PCR. The concentration of PGE2 in the PMN cultured supernatants was determined by EIA. RESULTS We found that IL-13 at an optimal concentration of 1 ng/ml significantly enhanced COX-2 gene expression and PGE2 production (121.57 +/- 22.17 pg/ml in IL-13 stimulation vs. 73.16 +/- 11.72 pg/ml in controls) by PMN. In addition, IL-13 stimulated PMN phagocytosis via increased complement receptor type 1 (CR1) and type 3 (CR3), but not IgG Fcgamma receptor type 3 (FcgammaRIII). The cytoplasmic neutral esterase activity of PMN was also enhanced by IL-13 stimulation for 24 h. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that IL-13 can stimulate PMN and modulates the inflammatory reactions via the cyclooxygenase pathway.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan
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Yu CL, Huang MH, Tsai CY, Tsai YY, Tsai ST, Sun KH, Han SH, Yu HS. The effect of human polyclonal anti-dsDNA autoantibodies on apoptotic gene expression in cultured rat glomerular mesangial cells. Scand J Rheumatol 1998; 27:54-60. [PMID: 9506879 DOI: 10.1080/030097498441182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In our previous studies, we found that polyclonal anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA) purified from sera of patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were cytotoxic to cultured rat glomerular mesangial cells (RMC) through an apoptotic mechanism. In order to determine whether these nephritogenic antibodies affect the expression of apoptosis-related genes in the tissues, the expression of Fas, p53, c-myc, and bcl-2 genes in the kidneys and livers of 12-week-old normal BALB/c and autoimmune MRL-lpr/lpr mice was detected by a reverse transcription-assisted polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We found the mRNA of the four genes were expressed in the tissues of the normal mice. In contrast, decreased expression of the four genes in the kidney and absent expression of bcl-2 in the liver of the lpr mice were noted. Interestingly, RMC only expressed p53 and c-myc, but not Fas or bcl-2, in culture. The purified polyclonal anti-dsDNA dose-responsively (50-200 IU/ml) suppressed the 3H-thymidine incorporation of RMC after incubation for 48 h. However, the incubation of 100 IU/ml of anti-dsDNA with RMC for 4 h did not affect the expression of these apoptotic genes. The results suggest that anti-dsDNA induce RMC apoptosis via an unidentified mechanism different from Fas, c-myc or p53 pathway.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Hsieh SC, Huang MH, Tsai CY, Tsai YY, Tsai ST, Sun KH, Yu HS, Han SH, Yu CL. The expression of genes modulating programmed cell death in normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 233:700-6. [PMID: 9168918 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [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] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) have a short life and die in progression via apoptosis. In order to understand the molecular basis of PMN apoptosis, the expression of apoptosis-related (Fas, Fas-ligand, p53, and c-myc) and survival-related (bcl-2) genes was detected by flow cytometry, Western blot and reverse transcription-assisted polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We found that Fas and Fas-ligand (FasL) were expressed on the surface of most of the cells. However, the disappearance of FasL was much faster than Fas after 24 h incubation. p53 and bcl-2 were also expressed in the cytoplasm of most of the cells. In contrast, the expression of c-myc was negligible in PMN. The addition of monoclonal anti-human Fas antibody (25 micrograms/ml) to PMN suspension enhanced whereas anti-FasL antibody (25 micrograms/ml) suppressed PMN apoptosis in 48 h incubation. These results suggest that the activation of Fas pathway induced by Fas-FasL interaction among PMNs is one of the mechanisms for spontaneous PMN apoptosis. Lack of proto-oncoprotein c-myc expression in PMN is responsible for their non-proliferative property and may aggravate the spontaneous apoptosis of the cells.
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- S C Hsieh
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yu CL, Tsai CY, Sun KH, Hsieh SC, Tsai YY, Tsai ST, Yu HS, Han SH. Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) is a binder for surface membrane proteins on blood cells and glomerular mesangial cells. Immunopharmacology 1997; 35:237-45. [PMID: 9043937 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-3109(96)00133-6] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A macromolecule with a molecular weight of 90-100 kDa was purified from normal human pregnancy urine. The molecule was proved to be the Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) by Western blot analysis. The macromolecule contains carbohydrate as detected by an enzyme immunoassay. Functionally, the glycoprotein can adhere to and stimulate the thymidine incorporation of human mononuclear cells (MNC) in modest degree via its membranotropic property. In addition to MNC, the protein can also bind to the surface of human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), red blood cells (RBC) and rat glomerular mesangial cells (RMC). Western blot analysis of various cell lysates with/without proteinase K pretreatment before cell lysis revealed that a 60 kDa and a molecule larger that 94 kDa on the surface of PMN, a 60 kDa protein on MNC and a 32 kDa protein on RBC are the binding molecules for THG. In contrast, many proteins on the surface of RMC could be bound by THG. Immunoprecipitation of membranous iodinated MNC lysates also confirmed that the 60 kDa molecule on MNC is the binding protein for THG. A number of monosaccharide including N-acetylneuraminic acid, N-acetyl-galactosamine, N-acetyl-glucosamine and alpha-methyl-D-mannoside could not inhibit the mitogenic effect of THG on human mononuclear cells. These results suggest that THG is capable of reacting with surface membrane proteins on different cells, but not through the specific carbohydrate-containing lectin-like receptors on the cell surface.
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- C L Yu
- Section of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
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Sun Y, Sun KH, Wang G. [The ultrastructural study on radiation injuries of the jaws and soft tissues]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 1996; 31:147-9. [PMID: 9387554] [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: 02/05/2023]
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To search for the pathological basis of osteoradionecrosis (ORN), a ultrastructural investigation was performed on some experimental and clinical speciments. The result of this ultrastrcture study shows the nature of ORN is direct injuries of radiation rays to cells; damage of the arterioles are not the main pathologicalbasis, changes of the cytoplasm are more evident than that of nuclei. The changes of blood vessels in soft tissues are more extensive and serious than those of the bone.
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- School of Stomatology, Beijing Medical University
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Yu CL, Huang MH, Tsai CY, Sun KH, Hsieh SC, Tsai YY, Tsai ST, Yu HS, Han SH. The reactivity of sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus to seven different species of single and double stranded deoxyribonucleic acids. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1996; 14:137-44. [PMID: 8737719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Anti-DNA antibodies are frequently found in the serum of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). To understand whether the avidity of SLE sera to different species of single-stranded (ss) and double-stranded (ds) DNA is different or not, the reactivity of active SLE sera to seven species of DNA from viral, bacterial, piscine, and mammalian sources was compared. METHODS Nineteen sera from patients with active SLE were studied for their reactivity to different ssDNA and dsDNA from Escherichia coli (EC), Micrococcus lysodeikticus (ML), Clostridium perfringens (CP), calf thymus (CT), salmon testis (ST), human placenta (HP) and lambda phage by ELISA. The dsDNA was purified by treating it with S1 nuclease and proteinase K, followed by Sephacryl S-300 gel filtration. The ssDNA was purified by absorption on a hydroxyapatite column after heat-cleavage of the dsDNA. RESULTS The reactivity of SLE sera to 7 species of dsDNA was not significantly different and they recognized a more widely shared epitope. In contrast, the reactivity of these sera to 7 species of ssDNA was erratic and the antigens could be grouped into high (CP and HP), medium (EC, ML, CT, and ST) and low (lambda-phage) antigenicities. CONCLUSION The anti-ssDNA and anti-dsDNA antibodies of SLE patients recognize more widely shared determinants on the DNA of seven different species. Lambda-phage DNA shows the poorest immunogenicity among them.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Sun KH, Liu WT, Tang SJ, Tsai CY, Hsieh SC, Wu TH, Han SH, Yu CL. The expression of acidic ribosomal phosphoproteins on the surface membrane of different tissues in autoimmune and normal mice which are the target molecules for anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies. Immunol Suppl 1996; 87:362-71. [PMID: 8778020 PMCID: PMC1384103] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Affinity-purified polyclonal anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) antibodies from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) exert a cytostatic effect on cultured rat glomerular mesangial cells (MC). The cognate antigens expressed on the surface of MC have been proved to be acidic ribosomal phosphoproteins (P proteins) in our previous study. The mesangial cytostatic effect of anti-dsDNA antibodies is attributed to the cross-reactivity of the antibodies with membrane-expressed P proteins, but not to the effect of minute amounts of anti-ribosomal P proteins antibodies contained in the anti-dsDNA preparations. Immunofluorescence staining of the native cells demonstrated that anti-dsDNA antibodies bound to the surface of rat mesangial cells, rat brain astrocytes (RBA-1) and mouse fibroblasts (3T3). Anti-dsDNA antibodies also exert potent cytostatic effects on these cells in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, the plasma membranes of different cell lines and tissues from normal and autoimmune mice were isolated and probed by anti-dsDNA antibodies in Western blot analysis. We found the actively proliferating cells such as MC, RBA-1 and 3T3 may express both P0 (38,000 MW) and P1 (19,000 MW) on the surface membrane. In addition, the kidney, liver and spleen from either autoimmune MRL-lpr/lpr or BALB/c mice may constantly express P0 protein, but the expression of P1 is inconsistent. In contrast, brain and muscle from either mice failed to express P proteins on their surface. Unexpectedly, a high molecular weight substance (larger than 205,000 MW) with unknown nature appears in the membrane of brain and muscle tissues in both mice. Immunoprecipitation of the surface-biotinylated MC-lysate by anti-dsDNA antibodies further confirmed that P1 (19,000 MW) and P2 (17,000 MW) are really expressed on the cell surface. These results suggest that P proteins expressed on the surface of different tissues become the targets for anti-dsDNA antibodies mediating pleomorphic tissue damage in patients with SLE.
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- K H Sun
- Faculty of Medical Technology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipeh, Taiwan
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Yu CL, Tsai CY, Hsieh SC, Tsai YY, Tsai ST, Sun KH, Yu HS, Han SH. Production of the third component of complement (C3) by peripheral polymorphonuclear neutrophils of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Proc Natl Sci Counc Repub China B 1995; 19:225-232. [PMID: 8742620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) can spontaneously produce the third component of complement (C3) in in vitro culture as detected by ELISA. This C3-producing capacity of PMN can be augmented by TNF-alpha (20 ng/ml) and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (100 ng/ml), but not by IL-1 beta or IL-8. The C3 production by PMN was found to be temperature dependent and was suppressed by the addition of protein inhibitor. The C3 mRNA in PMN could be detected by reverse transcription assisted polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) after TNF-alpha or LPS stimulation for 6 hours. To further understand C3 production by peripheral blood PMN in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spontaneous and TNF-alpha stimulated production of C3 by peripheral PMN were compared in 15 cases of active RA, 15 inactive RA and 15 normal individuals. We failed to find any significant difference among the three groups. We conclude that PMN plays a negligible role in C3 hypercomplementemia in patients with active RA.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sun KH, Liu WT, Tsai CY, Tang SJ, Han SH, Yu CL. Anti-dsDNA antibodies cross-react with ribosomal P proteins expressed on the surface of glomerular mesangial cells to exert a cytostatic effect. Immunology 1995; 85:262-9. [PMID: 7642215 PMCID: PMC1383890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Affinity-purified human polyclonal anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA) exerted a cytostatic effect towards human and rat glomerular mesangial cells (MC). In order to identify the cognate antigens for anti-dsDNA on the surface of MC, we used these autoantibodies to probe a human renal lambda gt11 cDNA expression library. Two cDNA clones encoding the cognate proteins for the autoantibodies were isolated. Sequencing analysis of the two cDNA showed that they had 98.6% homology with the gene of the P0 and 99.2% homology with the gene of the P1 human acidic ribosomal phosphoproteins (P protein). Two galactosidase fusion proteins (125,000 and 150,000 MW) derived from the two cDNA inserts expressed in lysogenic Escherichia coli Y1089 could react with the original screening antibodies in an immunoblotting analysis. After transformation and expression of the full-length P1 clone in prokaryotic cells, the purified P1 protein was able to react with anti-dsDNA. In a cross-inhibition experiment, the dsDNA binding activity of anti-dsDNA was inhibited by a synthetic polypeptide corresponding to the carboxyl-terminal 20 amino acids of P protein and purified P1 protein in a dose-dependent manner, but this was less potent than the inhibition caused by calf thymus dsDNA. By use of well-defined systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) sera, we found only sera containing a high titre of anti-dsDNA activity (> 300 IU/ml) reacted with P1 of rat MC lysate. Furthermore, the 38,000 and 19,000 MW macromolecules were proved to be the cognate antigens for anti-dsDNA expression on the surface of the MC, by Western blot of the MC plasma membrane lysates. These results suggest that anti-dsDNA may cross-react with ribosomal P proteins expressed on the surface of the MC and exert cytostasis towards these cells.
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- K H Sun
- Faculty of Medical Technology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, China
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Hsieh SC, Tsai CY, Sun KH, Tsai YY, Tsai ST, Han SH, Yu HS, Yu CL. Defective spontaneous and bacterial lipopolysaccharide-stimulated production of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist by polymorphonuclear neutrophils of patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus. Br J Rheumatol 1995; 34:107-12. [PMID: 7704455 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/34.2.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) binds competitively to IL-1 receptors but does not transduce the signal which blocks the biological activities induced by IL-1. In this study, polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and mononuclear cells (MNC) from the patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (n = 11), inactive SLE (n = 13) and normal individuals (n = 13) were compared for the IL-1ra producing capacity of these cells. PMN and MNC at a concentration of 1 x 10(6) cells/ml were incubated with medium alone (spontaneous) or stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 100 ng/ml) for 24 h. The IL-1ra concentration in the supernatants was quantified by ELISA method. Both spontaneous and LPS-stimulated production of IL-1ra by PMN, but not by MNC, of active SLE were significantly lower than that of inactive SLE or normal groups. Prednisolone (1 and 5 micrograms/ml) did not change the production of IL-1ra by normal PMN either spontaneously or LPS-stimulation in in vitro study. Moreover, the IL-1ra producing capacity of PMN in seven active SLE on admission and after intensive immunosuppressive treatment was measured. These results suggest that the defective IL-1ra production by SLE-PMN is relevant to disease activity and may be regarded as a new indicator of disease activity in patients with active SLE.
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- S C Hsieh
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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The MRL-lpr/lpr and MRL-(++) mice were studied for the expression of cytokines in the spleen, lymph node, thymus, kidney and brain through the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The frequencies of IL-4 and TNF-alpha expression in the thymus and spleen were significantly higher in MRL-lpr/lpr mice than in MRL-(++) mice from the age of 17 to 32 weeks. More importantly, IL-4 transcript was demonstrated in the early rather than in the terminal stage of the lupus disease. At the 20th week, MRL-lpr/lpr mice with active disease exhibited higher concentrations of IL-1 alpha, IL-6 and TNF-alpha in serum than MRL-(++) mice. Interestingly, in MRL-lpr/lpr but not MRL-(++) mice, the IL-6 concentration in cultured supernatants of the thymic cells was significantly higher than that of the splenic or lymph node cells. On the other hand, IL-6 and IL-1 beta were expressed in the brain and kidney of MRL-lpr/lpr mice but not of MRL-(++) mice. Cultured MRL-lpr/lpr mesangial cells could also express IL-6 but to a lesser extent. These results suggest that the abnormal splenic and thymic IL-4 and TNF-alpha expression may predispose the development of autoimmune reactions. The expression of IL-1 beta and IL-6 in the brain and kidney may be implicated in the damage of these two organs in MRL-lpr/lpr mice.
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- C Y Tsai
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Hsieh SC, Tsai CY, Sun KH, Yu HS, Tsai ST, Wang JC, Tsai YY, Han SH, Yu CL. Decreased spontaneous and lipopolysaccharide stimulated production of interleukin 8 by polymorphonuclear neutrophils of patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1994; 12:627-33. [PMID: 7895397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Interleukin 8 (IL-8) acts as a potent chemotactic cytokine and also as an autocrine factor for polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), thus amplifying the acute inflammatory reaction. We undertook to study the IL-8 producing capacity of PMN in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS PMN from twelve patients with active SLE, from fifteen patients with inactive disease and from sixteen healthy individuals were incubated for 24 hours in medium alone, or in medium with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or TNF-alpha. The IL-8 concentration in the culture supernatants was measured by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS We found that the spontaneous and LPS-stimulated, but not TNF-alpha-stimulated, production of IL-8 by the PMN of active SLE patients were significantly lower than that of healthy individuals. The impaired IL-8 production by SLE-PMN was linked to disease activity but not to the administration of steroid, because incubation of normal PMN or inactive SLE-PMN with prednisolone (1 microgram/ml and 5 micrograms/ml) for 24 hours did not affect IL-8 production. In addition, IL-8 production increased in three active SLE patients after effective treatment with immunosuppressants but not in two cases of ineffective treatment, in the follow-up study. CONCLUSION These results suggest that decreased IL-8 production is one of the defects of PMN in patients with active SLE, which might predispose SLE patients to infection.
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- S C Hsieh
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, School of Medicine, Taiwan, ROC
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Wang SL, Zou ZJ, Sun KH. [Ultrastructural study of the parotid glands with Sjogren's syndrome]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 1994; 29:283-4. [PMID: 7743862] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Yu CL, Sun KH, Shei SC, Tsai CY, Tsai ST, Wang JC, Liao TS, Lin WM, Chen HL, Yu HS. Interleukin 8 modulates interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha release from normal human mononuclear cells. Immunopharmacology 1994; 27:207-14. [PMID: 8071060 DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(94)90017-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Recombinant human interleukin 8 (IL-8) enhanced the release of inflammatory cytokines including interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) from normal human mononuclear cells in a dose-related manner (from 1 ng/ml to 10 ng/ml with a maximal effect at 5 ng/ml) when the cells incubated with IL-8 for 24 h. This cytokine-releasing activity of IL-8 is temperature-dependent and required protein synthesis since low temperature (4 degrees C) and cycloheximide (100 micrograms/ml) minimized the cytokine release from MNC. However, when IL-8 concentration was greater than 20 ng/ml, the cytokine release was suppressed. For further investigating the subcellular mechanism of the adverse effect of high dose IL-8 (20 ng/ml) in cytokine synthesis, human mononuclear cells (1 x 10(6)/ml) were stimulated with PHA (1 microgram/ml) in the presence of 20 ng/ml IL-8 for 3 days. We found not only [3H]thymidine incorporation of MNC was tremendously inhibited but DNA fragmentation appeared. Subsequently, the cell cycle of PHA-stimulated MNC retarded in the phase of G0/G1. These results suggest that in low concentration (5-10 ng/ml) IL-8 not only activated neutrophil phagocytosis but facilitated the release of inflammatory cytokines from mononuclear cells. Higher dose of IL-8 (more than 20 ng/ml) conversely suppressed these cytokine release from damaged cells by its cytotoxic effect. This newly found cytokine-releasing activity of IL-8 may play a role in the modulation of inflammation.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taiwan, ROC
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The factors that induce complications subsequent to fractures of the mandibular condyle have long been controversial. A clinical and histologic study of seven patients (nine temporomandibular joints [TMJs]) who suffered from severe TMJ problems subsequent to condylar fractures showed that the complications were related to comminution of the condyle, sagittal fracture of the condyle, and subcondylar fracture dislocation. Alterations in these TMJs all involved secondary osteoarthrosis. Additionally, aseptic necrosis, bifid deformity of the condyle (two of the three sagittally fractured condyles), and TMJ ankylosis occurred in these patients. It is suggested that the involved fracture patterns be given more attention by clinicians.
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- X G Wu
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Great Wall Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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A complete condyle specimen from a female patient who had temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis and associated craniofacial deformities was obtained. Abundant chondrocyte clusters were found in the remaining cartilage of the enlarged condyle. The implications of the clusters in this patient are discussed.
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- X G Wu
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PLA General Hospital, (Great Wall Hospital), Beijing, China
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Yu CL, Tsai CY, Lin WM, Liao TS, Chen HL, Sun KH, Chen KH. Tamm-Horsfall urinary glycoprotein enhances monokine release and augments lymphocyte proliferation. Immunopharmacology 1993; 26:249-58. [PMID: 8288446 DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(93)90041-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) purified from pregnancy urine was found to stimulate normal human mononuclear cell (MNC) proliferation at a concentration greater than 10 micrograms/ml. This stimulation was non-specific because the percentage of B and T cell subpopulations including CD20, CD3, CD4, CD8 and CD4/CD8 ratio was not changed by THG. THG not only bound to human mononuclear cells but depolarized the membrane potential, increased 22Na+ uptake and enhanced the expression of IL-2R and HLA-class II antigens on these cells. The concentrations of sIL-2R, sCD4 and sCD8 in the THG-stimulated MNC culture supernatants were significantly increased compared with control supernatants. In addition, overnight incubation of THG (5-50 micrograms/ml) with MNC dose-responsively enhanced the syntheses of IL-1 beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha by monocytes, with a maximal effect at 25 micrograms/ml. This monokine releasing activity of THG could be neutralized by a specific antibody against THG. When monocytes/macrophages were depleted from mononuclear cells by incubating with lysosomotropic methyl ester of L-leucine, THG retained the capability of stimulating lymphocytes proliferation but to a lesser degree. These results suggest that urinary THG activates monocytes to synthesize large amount of monokines through its membrane effect. The released monokines subsequently stimulate lymphocytes expressing IL-2R and HLA-class II antigens and finally lead to cell proliferation.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Gu ZY, Zhang ZK, Sun KH, Wu QG, Xu HC. Immunohistochemical and histological studies on internal derangement and organic disturbance of temporomandibular joint. Chin Med J (Engl) 1993; 106:830-4. [PMID: 8143495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The study examined the articular cartilages of 14 patients who suffered from temporomandibular joint disturbance syndrome (TMJDS) and 3 healthy fresh cadavers by light microscopy and immunofluorescence, and assayed 14 patients' synovial fluids and sera with indirect hemoagglutination. The results showed that there were antibodies to type II collagen in synovial fluids in 5 of 14 patients and there were some immune complexes in cartilage. So, the authors think that there are autoimmune reactions in the articular tissues in TMJDS because of the exposure of some sequestered antigens.
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- Z Y Gu
- School of Stomatology, Beijing Medical University
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Yu CL, Liu CL, Tsai CY, Sun KH, Liao TS, Lin WM, Chen HL, Yu HS. Prostaglandin E2 suppresses phytohemagglutinin-induced immune responses of normal human mononuclear cells by decreasing intracellular glutathione generation, but not due to increased DNA strand breaks or apoptosis. Agents Actions 1993; 40:191-9. [PMID: 8023743 DOI: 10.1007/bf01984061] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) at concentrations more than 1 x 10(-8) M markedly suppressed the cell proliferation and release of soluble molecules of interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R), CD4 (sCD4) and CD8 (sCD8) from phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated normal human mononuclear cells (MNC) in a dose-related manner. To further elucidate the subcellular mechanism of the inhibitory effect of PGE2 on PHA-stimulated MNC, intracellular concentration of glutathione (GSH) in PHA-stimulated MNC was sequentially measured from day 1 to day 3 by enzymic method. Furthermore, the effect of PGE2 on nuclear DNA including DNA strand breaks in alkali treatment and DNA fragmentation (apoptosis) of PHA-stimulated MNC were also measured. We found intracellular GSH levels were significantly decreased in the early stage of lymphocyte activation (day 1), but no evidence of increased DNA strand breaks or apoptotic process appeared in 3-day culture. In addition, butathione sulfoximine (a specific GSH inhibitor) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP also exhibited both proliferation inhibition and GSH-decreasing effects on PHA-stimulated MNC as well as PGE2. These results suggest that the immunosuppressive effect of PGE2 is mediated by the decreased generation of intracellular GSH, but not by the increased DNA strand breaks or apoptotic mechanism in the cells.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wang J, Wu QG, Sun KH, Ben CR, Wei MJ. [Histolgical and immunohistochemical study of malignant myoepithelioma of salivary glands]. Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue 1993; 2:160-2. [PMID: 15159832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Histological and immunohistochemical features of 12 cases of malignant myoepithelioma of the salivary glands were studied.There were 4 major histologic types in the tumor tissues:(1)clear tumor cells proliferated mainly with or without keratin peral;(2)spindle shaped tumor cells proliferated mainly with or without mucoid regions;(3)plasmacytoid(hyaline) tumor cells were arranged in adenoid configurations.In the immunohistochemical studies,the tumor cells were positive for actin;myosin;glial,fibrillary,acidic,protein.(GFAP);S-100 protein antibodies.The authors consider that the application of the above-mentioned antibodies may assist in the differentiated diagnosis of malignant myoepithlioma.
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- J Wang
- School of Stomatology,Beijing Medical University. Beijing 100081,China
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Tsai CY, Wu TH, Sun KH, Liao TS, Lin WM, Yu CL. Polyclonal IgG anti-dsDNA antibodies exert cytotoxic effect on cultured rat mesangial cells by binding to cell membrane and augmenting apoptosis. Scand J Rheumatol 1993; 22:162-71. [PMID: 8356408 DOI: 10.3109/03009749309099265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 01/30/2023]
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IgG anti-double stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA) purified from serum of patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), have been found to be cytotoxic to the cultured rat mesangial cells (MC). In the present study, by use of immunofluorescent staining, immunoblotting, radioimmunoprecipitation, and cell cycle analysis, we showed that IgG anti-dsDNA could bind to the membrane of MC. The bound epitope was a 28 kDa protein, which would disappear if the cells were treated in advance with proteinase K (100 micrograms/ml). In addition, binding of MC by 20 micrograms/ml of anti-dsDNA IgG F(ab')2 activated plasma membrane (equivalent to 80 IU/ml of calf thymus double-stranded DNA binding activity) resulted in release of much more 3H-arachidonic acid than binding by 20 micrograms/ml of human IgG F(ab')2 (26.71 +/- 3.75% in the case of anti-dsDNA vs. 4.73 +/- 2.86% in the case of IgG). To understand further the cytotoxic mechanism of anti-dsDNA, we incubated MC with anti-dsDNA, for a variety of periods (from 10 minutes to 24 hours). After incubation, the cells were fixed and stained with hematoxylin-eosin for morphologic observation. Simultaneously, the genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed in 1.8% agarose gel electrophoresis. We found that cell death caused anti-dsDNA followed a process of apoptosis rather than necrosis. These results suggest that binding of anti-dsDNA with MC membrane may activate endonuclease which will fracture the DNA and lead to programmed cell death.
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- C Y Tsai
- Section of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Veterans General Hospital Taipei, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taiwan, ROC
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This paper presents the results from a study of 23 patients with chronic obstructive parotitis (COP) in whom the sialographic changes were related to the clinical and histopathologic features. The sialographic changes were divided into four types. The stimulated parotid flow rate (SPFR) was normal in sialography Type I patients, while SPFR was significantly reduced in Types II, III, and IV patients, as compared with healthy persons. The changes observed by light microscopy were irregular dilation and chronic inflammation of main and branching ducts with saliva deposits in the enlarged luminal system. Ultrastructural changes included degeneration of ductal epithelial cells, marked proliferation of periductal fibrous tissue, and moderately electron-dense deposits in the lumen of the dilated peripheral ducts. The extent of the histopathologic changes largely paralleled the severity of the sialographic changes. These findings indicate that COP is a relatively common inflammatory disease and that the sialographic classification reflects the severity of the disease.
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- S L Wang
- Department of Oral Radiology, Beijing Hospital for Stomatology, China
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Yu CL, Lin WM, Liao TS, Tsai CY, Sun KH, Chen KH. Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) purified from normal human pregnancy urine increases phagocytosis, complement receptor expressions and arachidonic acid metabolism of polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Immunopharmacology 1992; 24:181-90. [PMID: 1478853 DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(92)90074-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) purified from normal human pregnancy urine was found to increase polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) phagocytosis (46.57 +/- 3.54% in the medium versus 75.85 +/- 5.37% in the presence of 25 micrograms/ml THG) after 30 min preincubation. The phagocytosis-enhancing activity of THG was dose-dependent (5-50 micrograms/ml) and was possibly mediated by the increased expressions of complement receptor type 1 (CR1) and type 3 (CR3) on the neutrophils. The release of [3H]arachidonic acid and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), but not thromboxane B2 (TXB2), from neutrophils were also significantly enhanced by THG. Using 3,3'-dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide as indicator, THG (25 micrograms/ml) depolarized the membrane potential of PMN after 30 min preincubation. In addition, THG exhibited a specific membranotropic effect with PMN. It is conceivable that THG binds to the cell surface and depolarizes the membrane potential of PMN which subsequently enhances the release of arachidonic acid metabolites and the translocation of the complement receptors to the membrane. These biochemical events lead to the increment of PMN phagocytosis and suggests that THG may play an important role in the defense mechanisms of the urinary tract in that a large amount of THG is usually present.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Yu CL, Tsai CY, Sun KH, Chen YS, Lin WM, Liao TS, Chen KH, Wang SR. Increased spontaneous release of cytidine deaminase by polymorphonuclear neutrophils of patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus. Br J Rheumatol 1992; 31:675-8. [PMID: 1393373 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/31.10.675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Cytidine deaminase activity (CD) in the neutrophil culture supernatants (PMN SUP) of 27 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was measured using a spectrophotometric method. Compared with the controls (5.449 +/- 1.358 U/5 x 10(6) PMN), the CD activity in the spontaneous culture supernatants of PMN was significantly increased in active (10.003 +/- 2.637 U/5 x 10(6) PMN) but not in inactive (5.358 +/- 1.624 U/5 x 10(6) PMN) SLE. However, after stimulation with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP, 1 x 10(-7) M), the ratio of enzyme activity between stimulated and spontaneous PMN supernatants was decreased in active SLE (0.794 +/- 0.178) compared with normal controls (1.300 +/- 0.225). In contrast, the enzyme activity in the cytoplasm of either stimulated or non-stimulated PMN was not different among these three groups. These results suggest that CD of PMN is releasable and can be enhanced by chemotactic factor stimulation in normal PMN. The increased spontaneous release of CD by active SLE PMN is one of the indicators for the disease activity in these patients.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans' General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Sun KH, Liu WT, Tsai CY, Liao TS, Lin WM, Yu CL. Inhibition of astrocyte proliferation and binding to brain tissue of anticardiolipin antibodies purified from lupus serum. Ann Rheum Dis 1992; 51:707-12. [PMID: 1616350 PMCID: PMC1004730 DOI: 10.1136/ard.51.6.707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Polyclonal anticardiolipin antibodies purified from pooled serum samples of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus were shown to have inhibitory effects on cultured normal rat brain astrocytes (RBA-1 cells). Anticardiolipin antibodies at concentrations from 50 to 200 micrograms/ml inhibited the [3H]thymidine incorporation of RBA-1 cells in a dose dependent manner after three days of culture. A kinetic study showed that anticardiolipin antibodies (100 micrograms/ml) maximally inhibit the proliferation of RBA-1 cells (20.6 (5.1)% of the control value) after incubation for one day. In contrast, human gamma globulin (100 micrograms/ml) had no effect on these cells. In the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies (100 micrograms/ml), the RBA-1 cells attached to the bottom of wells became spherical and the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in the cytoplasm was slightly reduced. Using 3,3'-dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide as an indicator, anticardiolipin antibodies depolarised the membrane potential of RBA-1 cells after one day of culture. In addition, the percentage binding of RBA-1 cells with anticardiolipin antibodies was greater than with gamma globulin as determined by flow cytometric analysis. Immunofluorescence staining of brain tissue from BALB/c mice with anticardiolipin antibodies was noted in the corpus callosum, the cellular zone near the corpus callosum, and cells scattered in brain tissue. These results suggest that anticardiolipin antibodies have an inhibitory effect on brain cells and elicit thrombus formation in brain vessels, which plays a part in neuropsychiatric lupus.
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- K H Sun
- School of Medical Technology, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sun KH. [Benign lymphadenosis of the oral mucosa: ultrastructural and immunopathological study]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 1992; 27:104-6. [PMID: 1288985] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Tsai CY, Wu TH, Sun KH, Lin WM, Yu CL. Increased excretion of soluble interleukin 2 receptors and free light chain immunoglobulins in the urine of patients with active lupus nephritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1992; 51:168-72. [PMID: 1550398 PMCID: PMC1005652 DOI: 10.1136/ard.51.2.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 12/27/2022]
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Samples of protein from the urine of 23 patients with lupus nephropathy and 15 patients with proteinuria who did not have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were studied for the presence of cytokines, soluble interleukin 2 receptors (sIL-2R), and free light chain immunoglobulins. The patients with lupus nephropathy were divided into two groups with active (nephritis) and inactive inflammation (nephrosis) based on the results of the analysis of urine samples and renal histology. The crude urine proteins (5 mg/ml) after precipitation by 80% ammonium sulphate from 14 patients with lupus nephritis contained higher concentrations of sIL-2R (4.88 (SEM 1.27 ng/ml) than those from nine patients with nephrosis (1.11 (0.52) ng/ml) or 15 patients without SLE (1.31 (0.87) ng/ml). The concentration of sIL-2R in protein from urine samples was not correlated with the concentration in plasma and was inversely correlated with the excretion of protein in urine over 24 hours in patients with SLE. It is suggested that, in addition to leakage from the circulation, the local production of sIL-2R by inflamed kidneys is possible. The crude proteins in urine were further fractionated by gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200. Arbitrarily, four fractions could be obtained from urine from patients with SLE but only three fractions were found in the urine of patients without SLE. Fraction IV derived from patients with nephritis or nephrosis augmented the pokeweed mitogen induced [3H]thymidine uptake of mononuclear cells. In addition, the positive rates of free kappa (kappa) (35.7%) and lambda (lambda) (42.9%) chains in proteins in urine from nephritic patients were higher than those in the other two groups. These results suggest that the severity of inflammation in the kidneys of patients with lupus can be reflected by the increased excretion of sIL-2R, free light chain immunoglobulins, and cytokine-like molecules in urine.
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- C Y Tsai
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Tsai CY, Wu TH, Sun KH, Yu CL. Effect of antibodies to double stranded DNA, purified from serum samples of patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus, on the glomerular mesangial cells. Ann Rheum Dis 1992; 51:162-7. [PMID: 1550397 PMCID: PMC1005651 DOI: 10.1136/ard.51.2.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 12/27/2022]
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Polyclonal antibodies to double stranded DNA (dsDNA) purified from pooled serum samples of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) exerted cytotoxic effects on cultured rat mesangial cells. At concentrations from 5 to 150 IU/ml, antibodies to dsDNA inhibited the incorporation of thymidine labelled with 3H into rat mesangial cells in a dose response manner after three days of culture. In contrast, normal human IgG (1 mg/ml), heat aggregated human IgG (1 mg/ml), N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (1 x 10(-7) mol/l), tumour necrosis factor alpha (16 U/ml), lipopolysaccharides (1 microgram/ml), 4 beta-phorbol-12 beta-myristate-13 alpha-acetate (PMA) (20 ng/ml), interleukin 1 beta (10 U/ml), and 20% v/v phytohaemagglutinin stimulated mononuclear cell supernatant showed no significant effect on these cells. Anticardiolipin antibody, another autoantibody purified from the serum of patients with SLE, also inhibited the proliferation of rat mesangial cells but to a lesser extent. In the presence of antibodies to dsDNA (100 IU/ml), the mesangial cells became spherical and clustered together, which was very different from the original stellate appearance. These autoantibodies also depolarised the membrane potential of mesangial cells. Antibodies to dsDNA decreased the syntheses of prostaglandin E2, 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha and thromboxane B2 by mesangial cells. In an in vivo study, the antibodies to dsDNA showed a strong affinity for the glomeruli when intravenously injected into rats. These results suggest that the nephrotropic antibodies to dsDNA can directly damage the glomerular mesangial cells in addition to the formation of immune complexes with DNA which may cause kidney inflammation and tissue destruction.
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- C Y Tsai
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Anticardiolipin antibodies purified from serum from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by cardiolipin micelles were studied for their effects on lymphocytes and neutrophils. At a concentration of 160 micrograms/ml they markedly suppressed the [3H]thymidine incorporation of mononuclear cells stimulated by phytohaemagglutinin (4.9 (SEM 1.9%) of the control) and pokeweed mitogen (26.7 (10.5%) of the control). In addition, anticardiolipin antibodies changed the cell cycle of phytohaemagglutinin stimulated lymphocytes such that the S and G2+M phases were significantly diminished (G0/G1 = 64.62%, S = 20.59%, G2+M = 14.78% in the presence of normal human IgG v G0/G1 = 86.07%, S = 10.32%, G2+M = 3.59% in the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies). The suppression of lymphocyte proliferation by anticardiolipin antibodies was shown not to be caused by an alteration of T cell subpopulations. However, the interleukin 2 receptors on the cell surface and the soluble interleukin 2 receptors in the supernatant of phytohaemagglutinin stimulated mononuclear cells were decreased in the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies. On the other hand, the phagocytic activity of neutrophils was 40% inhibited at a higher concentration of anticardiolipin antibodies (300 micrograms/ml) through suppression of C3b/C4b and Fc receptors on polymorphonuclear leucocytes. These results suggest that anticardiolipin antibodies exert inhibitory effects on both lymphocytes and phagocytes in addition to the coagulation cascade. These newly found activities of anticardiolipin antibodies were mediated by the non-specific membranotropic property of the antibodies.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sun KH. [Resection of intracranial aneurysms: report of 10 cases]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1990; 28:398-9, 444. [PMID: 2269042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Resections of intracranial aneurysms were performed in 10 cases. There were 4 PCAAS, 1 ACOAA, 1 callosmarginal, 1MCA, 1 PCAA, 1 PCHAA, and 1 ICAA aneurysms. The diagnostic methods and operative indications are discussed. The histological changes of these removal aneurysms were discussed also. There were no mortality and severe complications. The surgical results were satisfied.
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- K H Sun
- General Hospital, Nanjing Unit of People's Liberation Army
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Sun KH. [Estrogen receptors in patients with brain tumors]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1989; 27:299-300, 318. [PMID: 2806009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Estrogen receptor (ER) of brain tumors was assayed in 45 patients. In this series there were 39 cases contained ER, ranged from 0.7 to 188 fmol/mg protein of tumors (mean: 16.1 fmol/mg). The mean level of ER was 10.3 fmol/mg in 20 cases with meningiomas, 8.4 fmol/mg in 11 cases with gliomas, 51.1 fmol/mg in 5 cases with neurilemmomas, 10.5 fmol/mg in 3 cases with medulloblastomas, 16 fmol/mg in 2 organized hematomas due to ruptured AVM, 5.7 fmol/mg in a chordoma, 3.9 fmol/mg in a metastatic carcinoma from thyroid gland, and 0.8 fmol/mg in a cholesteatoma. The presence of ER in the latter several kinds of brain tumors have not been reported in previous literatures. The ER level of the tumors correlated with histological type of tumors, as well as the sex and age of the patients.
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Keratinizing epithelium from the hard palate of guinea pigs was used to investigate effects of variations in composition of fixative solutions on tissue preservation. With 2.5% glutaraldehyde as fixative, the volume of the basal intercellular spaces increased significantly when the buffer osmolality was increased by intervals of about 100 mOsm (0.05 M, 0.10 M and 0.15 M). The intercellular space volume appeared to be insensitive to differences in concentration of the fixative within the range of 2.5-5% glutaraldehyde. The preservation of mitochondria was improved by increasing the concentration of glutaraldehyde to 5% or by adding formaldehyde as a second fixative.
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- K H Sun
- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Stomatology, Medical Sciences University of Beijing, China
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Tseng CL, Weng PS, Sun KH. Sorption of low-level radwaste by Spirulina. Radioisotopes 1986; 35:540-2. [PMID: 3101144 DOI: 10.3769/radioisotopes.35.10_540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The feasibility of using spirulina as adsorbent for the treatment of low-level liquid radwaste is studied. The experimental results indicate that the sorption capacity of spirulina is good for the di- and trivalent metallic ions at pH 3-7, but rather poor for the mono-valent metallic ions and non-metallic ions. Some factors affecting metal ion uptake by spirulina such as the content of detergent, sodium ion in liquid radwaste and the stability of spirulina under gamma irradiation were also investigated.
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Sun KH. [Benign lymphadenosis of the oral mucosa: clinicopathological analysis of 70 cases]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Ke Za Zhi 1986; 21:137-9, 190. [PMID: 3463482] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Chung YM, Lin WJ, Liu JH, Sun KH, Wu RT. [Isolation and purification of bovine retina S-antigen]. Zhonghua Min Guo Wei Sheng Wu Ji Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi 1986; 19:95-103. [PMID: 3816363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Fresh bovine retinas were precipitated by ammonium sulfate, and further purified by the Sephadex G-200 column and the hydroxyapatite column. Through the SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the isoelectric focusing gel electrophoresis, a single band of protein with molecular weight of 50,000 daltons, isoelectric point at 5.4-5.7, was identified as S-antigen. The yield of S-antigen from crude retina extract was 0.18%, higher than ever been reported. Guinea pigs were injected at the hind footpad with 5-30 micrograms of purified S-antigen which had been emulsified with an equal amount of complete Freund's adjuvant. There are severe uveitis findings in both clinical and pathological examinations. An experimental autoimmune uveitis animal model was successfully established. These results showed that it is an effective and rapid method for purification of retinal S-antigen.
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Sun KH, Liu CJ, Tan QF. [Diagnosis of cerebral arteriovenous malformations by CT scans]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1986; 24:199-200, 252. [PMID: 3757660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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