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Liu Q, Sun YX, Liu KJ, Li PQ, Zhao XX, Hu ZJ. [Oncological outcomes of laparoscopic radical trachelectomy for early stage cervical cancer]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2024; 59:135-142. [PMID: 38389233 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20231115-00195] [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: 02/24/2024]
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Objective: To analyze and summarize the oncological outcomes after laparoscopic radical trachelectomy (LRT) for early stage cervical cancer. Methods: The clinical data and follow-up results of 148 patients with early stage cervical cancer who underwent LRT in Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University from July 2014 to June 2023 were collected, while tumor outcomes and postoperative pregnancy were analyzed retrospectively. Results: (1) General situation: the median age of 148 patients with LRT was 33 years (range: 19-42 years). Pathological type: 111 cases of squamous cell carcinoma, 36 cases of adenocarcinoma, 1 case of adenosquamous carcinoma. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2018) stage: 17 cases of stage Ⅰa1 with lympho-vascular space invasion, 25 cases of stage Ⅰa2, 102 cases of stage Ⅰb1, and 4 cases of stage Ⅰb2. (2) Tumor outcomes: 148 patients were followed up regularly after LRT, and the median follow-up time was 59 months (range: 2-104 months). During the follow-up period, 5 cases of tumor recurred (including 1 death), and the median recurrence time was 10 months (range: 4-33 months). Among them, there were 3 cases of pelvic metastasis, 1 case of distant metastasis, and 1 case of both pelvic and distant metastasis. Both 3-year and 5-year disease-free survival rates of 148 patients were 94.5%, and the 5-year overall survival rate was 98.9%. (3) Postoperative pregnancy: among 148 patients with LRT, 67 patients had pregnancy requirements, followed up for 1 year, and 20 of them were pregnant, with a pregnancy rate of 29.9% (20/67). Among the 20 pregnant patients, 2 cases early abortion, 1 case mid-term abortion, and 17 cases gave birth (including 4 cases of premature birth and 13 cases of full-term birth). Conclusion: Under the condition of strict control of surgical indications, guaranteed surgical scope and tumor-free operation, LRT in patients with early cervical cancer has a good outcome.
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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Wang YS, Jin YX, Liu KJ, Guo C, Wang YH, Xu C, Zhang ZX, Dong WP. [Species identification of Ligustrum lucidum]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2023; 48:2940-2948. [PMID: 37381954 DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20230315.101] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Ligustrum lucidum is a woody perennial plant of genus Ligustrum in family Oleaceae. Its dried fruit has high medicinal value. In this study, the authors evaluated the variability and species identification efficiency of three specific DAN barcodes(rbcL-accD, ycf1a, ycf1b) and four general DAN barcodes(matK, rbcL, trnH-psbA, ITS2) for a rapid and accurate molecular identification of Ligustrum species. The results revealed that matK, rbcL, trnH-psbA, ITS2 and ycf1a were inefficient for identifying the Ligustrum species, and a large number of insertions and deletions were observed in rbcL-accD sequence, which was thus unsuitable for development as specific barcode. The ycf1b-2 barcode had DNA barcoding gap and high success rate of PCR amplification and DNA sequencing, which was the most suitable DNA barcode for L. lucidum identification and achieved an accurate result. In addition, to optimize the DNA extraction experiment, the authors extracted and analyzed the DNA of the exocarp, mesocarp, endocarp and seed of L. lucidum fruit. It was found that seed was the most effective part for DNA extraction, where DNAs of high concentration and quality were obtained, meeting the needs of species identification. In this study, the experimental method for DNA extraction of L. lucidum was optimized, and the seed was determined as the optimal part for DNA extraction and ycf1b-2 was the specific DNA barcode for L. lucidum identification. This study laid a foundation for the market regulation of L. lucidum.
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- Yu-Shuang Wang
- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100093, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083, China
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Wen XY, Liu KJ, Xu S, Yao HL. [Clinical application of Da Vinci robot Xi system in subtotal colorectal resection and natural orifice specimen extraction with single anastomosis]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 25:262-265. [PMID: 35340175 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn441530-20210808-00316] [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: 06/14/2023]
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Birjandi AA, Okuhara S, Al-Lami HA, Sagai T, Amano T, Shiroishi T, Xavier GM, Liu KJ, Cobourne MT, Iseki S. A UNIQUE MUSCLE; DISSECTING THE ROLE OF SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALIES OF THE TONGUE. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2021.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhou ZR, Huang W, Liu KJ, Lin FL, Wang XL, Wang F, Jiang RW. Soluble Expression, One-Step Purification and Characterization of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Fused with ompA3 in Escherichia coli. Protein Pept Lett 2021; 28:533-542. [PMID: 33172365 DOI: 10.2174/0929866527666201110123426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human growth hormone (hGH) is the first recombinant protein approved for the treatment of human growth hormone deficiency. However, expression in inclusion bodies and low expression levels are enormous challenges for heterologous expression of hGH in Escherichia coli. OBJECTIVE To increase the soluble expression of recombinant hGH with correct folding in E. coli. METHODS We constructed a new recombinant expression plasmid containing the coding sequence of the outer membrane protein A (ompA3) which was used for the expression in Transetta (DE3) E. coli. In order to simplify the purification process and cleavage of recombinant proteins, the fusion sequence should contain hexahistidine-tag (His6) and enterokinase recognition sites (D4K). The effect of different expression conditions on recombinant hGH expression was optimized in flask cultivations. Furthermore, the periplasmic solution containing soluble hGH was purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. Circular dichroism (CD), western blot and mass spectrometry analyses were used to characterize the protein. Moreover, the growth-promoting effect of the purified hGH was also evaluated by cell proliferation assay. RESULTS High-level expression (800 μg/mL) was achieved by induction with 0.5 mM IPTG at 30°C for 10 hours. The purity of hGH was over 90%. The immunological activity, secondary structure and molecular weight of the purified hGH were consistent with native hGH. The purified hGH was found to promote the growth of MC3T3-E1 cells, and was found to show the highest activity at a concentration of 100 ng/mL. CONCLUSION Our research provides a feasible and convenient method for the soluble expression of recombinant hGH in E. coli, and may lay a foundation for the production and application of hGH in the industry.
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- Zhen-Ru Zhou
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chines Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chines Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chines Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chines Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chines Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chines Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chines Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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He YQ, Liu KJ, Wen LZ, Chen DF, Wang B. [The damage of digestive system in coronavirus disease 2019]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2020; 59:649-652. [PMID: 34865386 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20200221-00107] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Y Q He
- Department of Gastroenterology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
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Wang H, Liu KJ, Sun YH, Cui LY, Meng X, Jiang GM, Zhao FW, Li JJ. Abortion in donkeys associated with Salmonella abortus equi infection. Equine Vet J 2019; 51:756-759. [PMID: 30868638 DOI: 10.1111/evj.13100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar abortus equi (S. abortus equi) is well known as the aetiological agent of equine abortion. However, abortion caused by S. abortus equi has not been previously described in donkeys. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether S. abortus equi was correlated with an abortion outbreak consisting of 61 abortions. STUDY DESIGN Investigation of the clinical cases using pathoanatomical, bacteriological, serological and molecular approaches. METHODS Autopsies on nine aborted foetuses were performed. Tissue specimens from seven aborted foetuses and two mares were cultured and subjected to detection of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1), equine herpesvirus 4 (EHV-4) and equine arteritis virus (EAV) by polymerase chain reaction. The isolates were serotyped according to the Kaufmann-White scheme and analysed by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST). Detection of EHV and EAV antibodies was performed in all pregnant mares. RESULTS No obvious gross lesions were observed in the foetuses. Nine Gram-negative isolates were obtained from all nine tissue samples and were identified as Salmonella spp. All of the isolates belonged to the B group, the O antigen epitope was 4, 12 and H antigen was not obtained. The isolates of Salmonella were characterised as sequence type (ST) 251. Detection of EHV-1, EHV-4 and EAV was negative. MAIN LIMITATIONS The mechanism that causes abortion in donkeys needs further study and the lack of histological examination. CONCLUSION Salmonella abortus equi was isolated as the single agent and was responsible for the abortions. Equine practitioners should be aware of S. abortus equi infection as a cause of abortion in donkeys.
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- H Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Gelatin-Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dong-E-E-Jiao Co. Ltd., Donge, Shandong, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Gelatin-Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dong-E-E-Jiao Co. Ltd., Donge, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Zheng JX, Han YS, Wang JC, Yang H, Kong H, Liu KJ, Chen SY, Chen YR, Chang YQ, Chen WM, Guo JL, Sun PH. Strigolactones: a plant phytohormone as novel anti-inflammatory agents. Medchemcomm 2017; 9:181-188. [PMID: 30108912 DOI: 10.1039/c7md00461c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Strigolactones (SLs) are a novel class of plant hormones with enormous potential for the prevention and treatment of inflammation. To further investigate the anti-inflammatory activities of SLs, a representative SL, GR24, and the reductive products of its D-ring were synthesized and their anti-inflammatory activities were fully evaluated on both in vitro and in vivo models. Among these compounds, the two most active optical isomers (2a and 6a) demonstrated strong inhibitory activity on the release of inflammatory cytokines, including nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by blocking the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways; they also greatly inhibited the migration of neutrophils and macrophages in fluorescent protein labeled zebrafish larvae. These results identified the promising anti-inflammatory effects of SLs, and suggested that both the absolute configuration of SL and the α,β-unsaturated D-ring structure are essential for the observed anti-inflammatory activity.
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- Jun-Xia Zheng
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry , Guangdong University of Technology , Guangzhou , PR China
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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- School of Stomatology and Medicine , Foshan University , Foshan , PR China . ; Tel: +86 2085224497
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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- School of Stomatology and Medicine , Foshan University , Foshan , PR China . ; Tel: +86 2085224497
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- College of Pharmacy , Jinan University , Guangzhou , PR China
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Chen DF, Sun WJ, Liu KJ, Wen LZ. [Current epidemiology and pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-associated liver cancer]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2017; 25:111-114. [PMID: 28297796 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Liver cancer is a common malignant tumor. Although the overall incidence and mortality rates of liver cancer has been decreasing in recent years, the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)-associated liver cancer tends to increase. The health and social issues brought by NAFLD-associated liver cancer have attracted more and more attention, and its epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis and treatment await further research. This article summarizes the current epidemiology and pathogenesis of NAFLD-associated liver cancer.
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- D F Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
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Sun YX, Liu Q, Liu KJ, Li PQ, Hu ZJ. [A retrospective study on the outcomes of the oncology, fertility and pregnancy in patients with early-stage cervical cancer after undergoing the fertility-sparing treatments]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2016; 51:442-7. [PMID: 27356480 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-567x.2016.06.008] [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: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the outcomes of the oncology, the fertility and pregnancy on patients with early-stage cervical cancer after undergoing fertility-sparing treatments, and to investigate its value on clinical treatment. METHODS A total of 29 patients with cervical cancer (stage Ⅰa2-Ⅰb1) who had undergone the fertility- sparing treatments in Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University from February 2010 to September 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. Surgical procedures included transvaginal cervical cold knife conization (CKC) + laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy (PLD) or total laparoscopic uterine cervix extensive resection (RT; contains PLD); 48 patients with early cervical cancer under going laparoscopic uterine extensive resection (RH; contains PLD) by the same group of physicians in the same period were chosen as the control group. The perioperative related indicators, postoperative specimen examination, pregnancies after surgery and postoperative tumor follow- up results were retrospectively analyzed and compared between the two groups. RESULTS (1) Among these 29 patients in the study group, 26 cases were underwent the fertility-sparing surgery quick frozen pathological examinations were positive in 3 cases, which underwent total laparoscopic RT eventually. (2) The perioperative related indicators: compared with the study group and the control group, the operation time [(182±21), (147±24) minutes, respectively] has significant difference (t=6.563, P<0.01). There were no significant difference (P> 0.05) in intra-operative blood loss [(102±26), (99±34) ml], postoperative aerofluxus time [(1.3±0.4), (1.1±0.9) days], the average length of hospital stay [(11.2±2.1), (10.6±3.5) days], rate of urine retention [10%(3/29), 10%(5/48)] and rate of postoperative infection [3% (1/29), 2%(1/48)]. (3)Postoperative specimen examination: compared with the study group and the control group, there were no significant difference (P>0.05) innumber of removed lymphatic nodes (23.4±4.1, 22.8±3.9), length of cardinal ligament [(2.9±0.5), (3.0±0.6) cm], lengthof uterosacral ligament [(2.6±0.7), (2.8±0.4) cm], length of removed vaginal [(3.4±0.3), (3.5±0.3) cm]. (4) Pregnancies after surgery and postoperative tumor follow-up results: in the study group, only 14 patients had fertility requirement after treatments. Pregnancies occurred in 5 women (5/14), which included1 case of full-term labor, 1 case of preterm labor, and 3 cases of spontaneous abortion. The Average follow-up time in postoperative patients of the study group and control group was 29.4, and 30.2 months respectively. In follow- up period, compare with study group and the control group, there was no significant difference (χ(2)=0.004, P> 0.05) in the recurrence rate [4% (1/26), 4% (2/48)]. CONCLUSION Fertility-sparing surgery of early-stage cervical cancer is safe but the outcome of the fertility and pregnancy is still need toimprove.
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- Y X Sun
- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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Puleo CM, Yeh HC, Liu KJ, Wang TH. Coupling confocal fluorescence detection and recirculating microfluidic control for single particle analysis in discrete nanoliter volumes. Lab Chip 2008; 8:822-5. [PMID: 18432356 DOI: 10.1039/b717941c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The recent proliferation of platforms designed to handle arrays of nano- and picolitre volumes is in response to the need to perform biological assays on discrete entities, such as single cells. However, a critical challenge associated with this trend for in vitro compartmentalization is the need for highly sensitive, yet low-volume detection platforms. In this paper, we coupled confocal fluorescence detection with recirculating microfluidic control to perform single particle DNA assays within five nL chambers. The performance of this low-volume assay was shown to match that of traditional single molecule detection platforms. However, volume requirements per measurement were nearly 3 orders of magnitude less than conventional systems, enabling future integration with lab-on-a-chip systems that require discrete or digitalized sample processing.
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- C M Puleo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Wang SL, Xie DP, Liu KJ, Qin JF, Feng M, Kunze W, Liu CY. Nitric oxide mediates the inhibitory effect of ethanol on the motility of isolated longitudinal muscle of proximal colon in rats. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007; 19:515-21. [PMID: 17564633 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.00918.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of ethanol on colon motility in rats and to test the possibility that nitric oxide (NO) mediates this effect. Proximal colon longitudinal muscle strips (LM) (8 x 3 mm) cut parallel to the longitudinal muscle fibres of the colon were isolated and mounted in an organ bath. Ethanol (0.57, 0.87 and 1.30 mmol L(-1)) dose-dependently inhibited the motility of LM. Longitudinal muscle strips from female rats were more sensitive to the inhibitory effect of ethanol than that from male rats. L-NAME (N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester) (100 micromol L(-1)), AG (aminoguanidine) (10 micromol L(-1)), ODQ (1H-[1,2,4]Oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one) (10 micromol L(-1)) and PTIO (2-Phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl 3-oxide) (200 micromol L(-1)) partly blocked the inhibitory effect of ethanol on LM. Pretreatment with L-NAME, AG, ODQ and PTIO abolished the sex difference of the inhibitory effect of ethanol on LM. Tetrodotoxin (TTX) (10 micromol L(-1)) partly blocked the inhibitory effect but did not influence the sex difference. The relaxation of LM induced by SNP (sodium nitroprusside) (0.1-10 micromol L(-1)) in female rats was greater than that in male rats. In conclusion, ethanol inhibited the colon motility in vitro. This inhibitory effect on LM was mediated by NO through the iNOS - NO - cGMP pathway.
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- S L Wang
- Department of Physiology and Key Lab of Medical Neurobiology, Medical School of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Diethanolamides are nonionic emulsifiers widely used in industries such as cosmetics and as corrosion inhibitors. Candida antarctica lipase (Novozym 435) was used to catalyze the amidation of various fatty acids with diethanolamine. Contents of fatty acids, metal ions, and water affected the yields of diethanolamides. Hexanoic acid was the best substrate among all acyl donors. Yields of hexanoyl diethanolamide (HADEA), lauroyl diethanolamide (LADEA), and oleoyl diethanolamide (OADEA), obtained after 24 h of lipase-catalyzed reaction at 50 degrees C and 250 rpm with 90 mM fatty acid and 360 mM diethanolamine in acetonitrile, were 76.5, 49.5, and 12.1%, respectively. Addition of 1 mM metal salts increased the yields of HADEA and LADEA. Kinetic analysis showed that the yields of HADEA and LADEA in lipase-catalyzed reactions were largely associated with the rate of the forward reaction constant k(1). Anhydrous enzyme was found to be the best for the amidation reaction. Study on the enzyme operational stability showed that C. antarctica lipase retained 95 and 85% of the initial activity for the syntheses of HADEA and LADEA, respectively (even after repeated use for 10 days). The reaction runs smoothly without the use of hazardous reactants, and the developed method is useful for the industrial application.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Tungfang Junior College of Technology and Commerce, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 82901
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Liu KJ, Shi X. In vivo reduction of chromium (VI) and its related free radical generation. Mol Cell Biochem 2001; 222:41-7. [PMID: 11678610] [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: 02/22/2023]
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Chromium (VI) compounds are widely recognized as human carcinogens. Extensive studies in vitro and in model systems indicate that the reactive intermediate, Cr (V), generated by cellular reduction of Cr (VI), is likely the candidate for the ultimate carcinogenic form of chromium compounds. Here we review our current understanding of the in vivo reduction of Cr (VI) and its related free radical generation. Our results demonstrate that Cr (V) is indeed generated from the reduction of Cr (VI) in vivo, and that Cr (V) thus formed can mediate the generation of free radicals. Cr (V) and its related free radicals are very likely to be involved in the mechanism of Cr (VI)-induced toxicity and carcinogenesis. These studies also illustrate that in vivo EPR spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging can be very useful and powerful tools for studying paramagnetic metal ions in chemical and biochemical reactions occurring in intact animals.
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- K J Liu
- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131, USA
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Li H, Wang Y, Liu KJ, Lo SC, Freedman MT. Computerized radiographic mass detection--part I: Lesion site selection by morphological enhancement and contextual segmentation. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2001; 20:289-301. [PMID: 11370896 DOI: 10.1109/42.921478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This paper presents a statistical model supported approach for enhanced segmentation and extraction of suspicious mass areas from mammographic images. With an appropriate statistical description of various discriminate characteristics of both true and false candidates from the localized areas, an improved mass detection may be achieved in computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD). In this study, one type of morphological operation is derived to enhance disease patterns of suspected masses by cleaning up unrelated background clutters, and a model-based image segmentation is performed to localize the suspected mass areas using stochastic relaxation labeling scheme. We discuss the importance of model selection when a finite generalized Gaussian mixture is employed, and use the information theoretic criteria to determine the optimal model structure and parameters. Examples are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed methods on mass lesion enhancement and segmentation when applied to mammographical images. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves a very satisfactory performance as a preprocessing procedure for mass detection in CAD.
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- H Li
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of Maryland at College Park, 20742, USA
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Li H, Wang Y, Liu KJ, Lo SC, Freedman MT. Computerized radiographic mass detection--part II: Decision support by featured database visualization and modular neural networks. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2001; 20:302-313. [PMID: 11370897 DOI: 10.1109/42.921479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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: 05/23/2023]
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Based on the enhanced segmentation of suspicious mass areas, further development of computer-assisted mass detection may be decomposed into three distinctive machine learning tasks: 1) construction of the featured knowledge database; 2) mapping of the classified and/or unclassified data points in the database; and 3) development of an intelligent user interface. A decision support system may then be constructed as a complementary machine observer that should enhance the radiologists performance in mass detection. We adopt a mathematical feature extraction procedure to construct the featured knowledge database from all the suspicious mass sites localized by the enhanced segmentation. The optimal mapping of the data points is then obtained by learning the generalized normal mixtures and decision boundaries, where a is developed to carry out both soft and hard clustering. A visual explanation of the decision making is further invented as a decision support, based on an interactive visualization hierarchy through the probabilistic principal component projections of the knowledge database and the localized optimal displays of the retrieved raw data. A prototype system is developed and pilot tested to demonstrate the applicability of this framework to mammographic mass detection.
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- H Li
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of Maryland at College Park, 20742, USA
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Liu KJ, Atten MJ, Lichtor T, Cho MJ, Hawkins D, Panizales E, Busker J, Stone J, Donahue PE. Serum amylase and lipase elevation is associated with intracranial events. Am Surg 2001; 67:215-9; discussion 219-20. [PMID: 11270877] [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: 02/19/2023]
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Serum amylase and lipase elevation has been observed in trauma patients and patients with traumatic intracranial bleeding. However, the causes of this elevation have not been clearly elucidated. A further question remains as to whether other intracranial events are associated with such enzyme elevation as well. We retrospectively reviewed 75 patients consecutively admitted to Cook County Hospital Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit over a 3-month period for trauma, infection, tumor, or other space-occupying lesions with an unstable condition or neurological deficit. Eleven patients (15%) had elevated amylase and lipase levels. The patients were divided into two groups: Group I (n = 64) had normal and Group II (n = 11) had raised amylase and lipase levels [amylase 402 +/- 444 U/L with normal < or = 125 U/L and lipase 474 +/- 313 U/L with normal < or = 55 U/L]. All Group II patients suffered an intracranial event. Twenty-four Group I (38%) and 10 Group II (91%) patients required craniotomy (P < 0.01). No patients had clinical or radiographic evidence of pancreatitis. In summary, intracranial events are associated with serum amylase and lipase elevation probably through centrally activated pathways. Because of the lack of diagnostic value, routine pancreatic enzyme monitoring should not be performed in this patient population.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Surgery, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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Liu KJ, Cho MJ, Atten MJ. Current Literature: Hypocaloric Parenteral Nutrition Support in Elderly Obese Patients. Nutr Clin Pract 2001. [DOI: 10.1177/088453360101600111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We have conducted an expression cloning screen of approximately 50, 000 cDNAs from a tadpole stage Xenopus laevis cDNA library to functionally identify genes affecting a wide range of cellular and developmental processes. Fifty-seven cDNAs were isolated for their ability to alter gross tadpole morphology or the expression patterns of tissue-specific markers. Thirty-seven of the cDNAs have not been previously described for Xenopus, and 15 of these show little or no similarity to sequences in the NCBI database. The screen and the identified genes are presented in this paper to demonstrate the power, ease, speed, and flexibility of expression cloning in the X. laevis embryo. Future screens such as this one can be done on a larger scale and will complement the sequence-based screens and genome-sequencing projects which are producing a large body of novel genes without ascribed functions.
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- T C Grammer
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 401 Barker Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Liu CY, Liu JZ, Li ZY, Liu KJ. [The vagus nerve coordinates the motion of gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi in the interdigestive period in rabbits]. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi 2000; 16:347-9. [PMID: 11236698] [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: 02/19/2023]
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AIM To investigate the effect of vagus nerve on coordinating the motion of gallbladder (GB) and sphincter of Oddi (SO) in the interdigestive period in rabbits. METHODS Fasted for 15 h-18 h, but allowed to drink water, the rabbib were anesthetized with urethane (1.0 mg/kg, i.v.). In order to measure GB pressure, a frog bladder filled with normal saline was put into GB and connected to a transducer (TP-200T). Myoelectric signals of SO was recorded by a pair of copper electrodes. RESULTS In the interdigestive period, phasic contractions of GB (PCGB) and clusters of spike potentials of SO (CSPSO) was 1:1 correlated (Y = 0.962X + 0.587, r = 0.982, P < 0.01). That is, every PCGB was accompanied by one CSPSO. Microinjection of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH, 0.8 nmol, 1 microliter) or monosodium glutamate (MSG, 2 mumol, 1 microliter) into dorsal vagal complex (DVC) enhanced the motility of GB and SO, and the 1:1 temporal relation between PCGB and CSPSO still existed. Vagotomy or intravenous injection of atropine inhibited the PCGB and the spike potentials of SO, and the 1:1 correlation between PCGB and CSPSO disappeared. The spike bursts of SO did not respond to the artificial rise of gallbladder pressure. CONCLUSION In the interdigestive period in rabbits, gallbladder and SO contract and relax rhythmically and simultaneously. This eoordinated motion between GB and SO is controlled by DVC via vagus nerve and peripheral M receptors.
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- C Y Liu
- Department of Physiology, Shandong Medical University, Jinan 250012
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Rolett EL, Azzawi A, Liu KJ, Yongbi MN, Swartz HM, Dunn JF. Critical oxygen tension in rat brain: a combined (31)P-NMR and EPR oximetry study. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 279:R9-R16. [PMID: 10896858 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.279.1.r9] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The relationship between cerebral interstitial oxygen tension (Pt(O(2))) and cellular energetics was investigated in mechanically ventilated, anesthetized rats during progressive acute hypoxia to determine whether there is a "critical" brain Pt(O(2)) for maintaining steady-state aerobic metabolism. Cerebral Pt(O(2)), measured by electron paramagnetic resonance oximetry, decreased proportionately to inspired oxygen fraction. (31)P-nuclear magnetic resonance measurements revealed no changes in P(i), phosphocreatine (PCr)/P(i) ratio, or intracellular pH when arterial blood oxygen tension (Pa(O(2))) was reduced from 145.1 +/- 11.7 to 56.5 +/- 4.4 mmHg (means +/- SE). Intracellular acidosis, a sharp rise in P(i), and a decline in the PCr/P(i) ratio developed when Pa(O(2)) was reduced further to 40.7 +/- 2.3 mmHg. The corresponding Pt(O(2)) values were 15.1 +/- 1.8, 8.8 +/- 0.4, and 6.8 +/- 0.3 mmHg. We conclude that over a range of decreasing oxygen tensions, cerebral oxidative metabolism is not sensitive to oxygen concentration. Oxygen becomes a regulatory substrate, however, when Pt(O(2)) is decreased to a critical level.
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- E L Rolett
- Department of Medicine, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Research Centers, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
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Miyake M, Liu KJ, Walczak TM, Swartz HM. In vivo EPR dosimetry of accidental exposures to radiation: experimental results indicating the feasibility of practical use in human subjects. Appl Radiat Isot 2000; 52:1031-8. [PMID: 10836403 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(00)00053-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Low frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) provides the potential advantage of making accurate and sensitive measurements of absorbed radiation dose in teeth in situ, i.e. without removing the teeth from the potential victim. The potential limiting factors for making such measurements are: (1) whether low frequency EPR is sufficiently sensitive to detect radiation-induced signal in human teeth; (2) whether sufficient sensitivity can be maintained under in vivo conditions. In this manuscript, we summarize results indicating that this approach is feasible. Using 1.2 GHz EPR spectroscopy, we found that the lower limit for these measurements in isolated human teeth is 0.2 Gy or lower. Measurements of radiation-induced EPR signals in the teeth of living rats were achieved with sufficient sensitivity to indicate that, when taking into consideration the larger mass of human teeth, similar measurements in human teeth in situ would provide sensitivity in the dose range for potential accidental exposures. We estimate that the current lower limit for detecting radiation doses in human teeth in situ (in vivo) is 0.5-1.0 Gy; this would be sufficient for determining if a person has been exposed to potentially life threatening doses of ionizing radiation. The limiting factor for sensitivity appears to be background signals rather than signal/noise, and there are feasible means to overcome this problem and further increase sensitivity. The additional instrumental developments required to make an effective in vivo EPR dosimetric spectrometer for the measurements in teeth in human subjects in situ, seem quite achievable.
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- M Miyake
- EPR Center for the Study of Viable Biological Systems, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Taie S, Leichtweis SB, Liu KJ, Miyake M, Grinberg O, Demidenko E, Swartz HM. Effects of ketamine/xylazine and pentobarbital anesthesia on cerebral tissue oxygen tension, blood pressure, and arterial blood gas in rats. Adv Exp Med Biol 2000; 471:189-98. [PMID: 10659147 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4717-4_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- S Taie
- Department of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, Kagawa Medical School, Japan
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Liu KJ, Cho MJ, Atten MJ, Panizales E, Walter R, Hawkins D, Donahue PA. Hypocaloric parenteral nutrition support in elderly obese patients. Am Surg 2000; 66:394-9; discussion 399-400. [PMID: 10776878] [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: 02/16/2023]
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Hypocaloric nutritional support has been successfully used to achieve positive nitrogen balance in obese patients. However, advanced age is associated with changes in substrate metabolism. To evaluate the efficacy of this practice in elderly patients, we retrospectively reviewed 30 obese patients requiring parenteral nutrition support. Total caloric requirements (TCR) were calculated on the basis of the Harris-Benedict equation. Patients were given a minimum of 1.5 g/kg/day protein, 75 per cent of TCR when current body weight was >120 and < or =150 per cent of ideal body weight (IBW), and 60 per cent of TCR if current body weight was >150 per cent of IBW. The patients were divided into two groups: Group I (N = 18) patients were age <60 and Group II (N = 12) patients were > or =60 years of age. Only one of the Group I patients (143.2 +/- 25.7% IBW, received 18.2 +/- 3.7 kcal/kg/day and 1.6 +/- 0.4 g/kg/day protein), but five of the Group II patients (141.3 +/- 14.4% IBW, received 18.3 +/- 2.6 kcal/kg/day and 1.7 +/- 0.3 g/kg/day protein), had negative nitrogen balance (P = 0.025). Apparently, elderly obese patients have limited capacity to mobilize their fat stores as energy sources and may continue to undergo protein catabolism with hypocaloric high-protein nutrition support. Therefore, this form of nutritional support should be used with caution in elderly obese patients.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Surgery, Cook County Hospital, Rush Medical School, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Timmins GS, Liu KJ, Bechara EJ, Kotake Y, Swartz HM. Trapping of free radicals with direct in vivo EPR detection: a comparison of 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide and 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide as spin traps for HO* and SO4*-. Free Radic Biol Med 1999; 27:329-33. [PMID: 10468206 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(99)00049-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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To spin trap hydroxyl radical (HO*) with in vivo detection of the resultant radical adducts, the use of two spin traps, 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO) and 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DEPMPO) (10 mmol/kg) has been compared. In mice treatment with 5-aminolevulinic acid and Fe3+ resulted in detection of adducts of hydroxyl radicals (HO*), but only with use of DEPMPO. Similarly, 'HO* adducts' generated via nucleophilic substitution of SO4*- adducts formed in vivo could be observed only when using DEPMPO as the spin trap. The reasons for the differences observed between DEPMPO and DMPO are likely due to different in vivo lifetimes of their hydroxyl radical adducts. These results seem to be the first direct in vivo EPR detection of hydroxyl radical adducts.
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- G S Timmins
- EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Yuann JM, Liu KJ, Hamilton JW, Wetterhahn KE. In vivo effects of ascorbate and glutathione on the uptake of chromium, formation of chromium(V), chromium-DNA binding and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine in liver and kidney of osteogenic disorder shionogi rats following treatment with chromium(VI). Carcinogenesis 1999; 20:1267-75. [PMID: 10383900 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/20.7.1267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Several previous in vitro studies have indicated that ascorbate and glutathione are the major reductants of Cr(VI) in cells. In order to evaluate the in vivo effects of ascorbate and glutathione on Cr(VI)-induced carcinogenesis, Cr uptake and the formation of Cr(V), Cr-DNA adducts and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) were measured in the liver and kidney of Osteogenic Disorder Shionogi (ODS) rats that lack the ability to synthesize ascorbate. Despite a 10-fold difference in tissue ascorbate levels among different dietary ascorbate groups, the Cr(V) signal intensity, Cr uptake and total Cr-DNA binding were not affected in either organ. Treatment of ODS rats with Cr(VI) (10 mg/kg) had no substantial effect on the levels of ascorbate and glutathione in these tissues. The levels of Cr(V) and Cr-DNA binding were approximately 2-fold higher in the liver than in the kidney, although the levels of total Cr uptake were similar in both tissues. Cr uptake levels were significantly lower in the liver and kidney of ODS rats treated with high levels of ascorbate and a high dose of Cr(VI) (40 mg/kg), suggesting a detoxifying role played by plasma ascorbate. Similarly, modulation of glutathione levels by N-acetyl-L-cysteine, L-buthionine-S, R-sulfoximine or phorone in these animals by up to 2-fold had little or no consistent effect on Cr uptake, Cr-DNA binding, Cr(V) levels or 8-OH-dG formation in either organ. One possible explanation is that reduction of ascorbate and glutathione concentration to <10 and 50%, respectively, of normal in these two organs still provides threshold levels of these two reductants that are in excess of what is needed for significant reductive activation of Cr(VI). Alternatively, it is possible that ascorbate and glutathione do not play a major role in the formation of Cr(V), Cr-DNA binding or 8-OH-dG and that other cellular reductants, such as cysteine or other amino acids, might be more important reductants of Cr(VI) in vivo.
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- J M Yuann
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Department of Radiology and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755-3564, USA
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Liu KJ, Kotake Y, Lee M, Miyake M, Sugden K, Yu Z, Swartz HM. High-performance liquid chromatography study of the pharmacokinetics of various spin traps for application to in vivo spin trapping. Free Radic Biol Med 1999; 27:82-9. [PMID: 10443923 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(99)00042-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In vivo spin trapping is potentially a very useful tool to investigate the role of free radicals in physiologic processes and disease development. Unfortunately, knowledge on the stability and distribution of spin traps in living systems is limited. Therefore, in our study, we selected 11 acyclic and cyclic nitrone spin traps with diverse properties to determine their pharmacokinetics in mice. At varying times after intraperitoneal administration, we measured the concentration of the spin traps in the liver, heart, and blood. Our results showed that most spin traps were rapidly absorbed and were approximately evenly distributed throughout the mouse body. It was also found that most of the traps were relatively stable in vivo with more than half of the injected amount still available for spin trapping free radicals after an hour. Two of the 11 tested spin traps, however, decomposed after injection. These results indicate that for a successful in vivo spin trapping experiment, the stability of the spin trap is not of major concern, but the time course of distribution may be important.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
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Cellular toxicity, pharmacokinetics, and the in vitro and in vivo stability of the SO3*- spin adduct of the spin trap, 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1-pyrroline-n-oxide (DEPMPO), was investigated, and the results were compared with those of the widely used spin trap 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO). Similar to DMPO, DEPMPO was quickly taken up (<15 min) after intraperitoneal injection, and distributed evenly in the liver, heart, and blood of the mice. In the presence of ascorbate the in vitro stability of the adduct DEPMPO/SO3*- was 7 times better than DMPO/SO3*-. Under in vivo conditions, the spin adduct DEPMPO/SO3*- was 2-4 times more stable than DMPO/ SO3*-, depending on the route of administration of the adducts. Using a low frequency EPR spectrometer, we were able to observe the spin trapped SO3*- radical both with DMPO and DEPMPO directly in the intact mouse. DEPMPO had a detectable spin adduct signal at a concentration as low as 1 mM, as compared to 5 mM for DMPO. We conclude that DEPMPO is potentially a good candidate for trapping radicals in functioning biological systems, and represents an improvement over the commonly used trap DMPO.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
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Although nitric oxide (NO) is a central mediator during endotoxin-induced sepsis, direct detection of tissue NO in vivo, has until recently been difficult, and techniques have relied on indirect measurement of bi-products in blood or invasive technology. We have utilized electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) in conjunction with the spin-trapping technique to detect NO directly, and non-invasively, from the tissue of septic mice. Relative signal intensity arising from NO complexed with iron and diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC) measured directly from the liver and kidney of mice given endotoxin was maximal at 6 hours post endotoxin. We failed to detect an EPR signal from mice given pyrogen-free saline. The quality of the EPR signal obtained (high signal to noise ratio of 15:1) using our experimental set-up and L-band EPR hardware was such that we were able to establish a time course of NO production in tissue following endotoxin, and measurement of NO from other organs (kidney and spleen). Our EPR results probably reflected NO arising from inducible NO-synthase enzymes as a result of endotoxin stimulation. This technique was extended to experiments in which we first implanted an oxygen sensitive material (gloxy) into the liver of mice, and then monitored NO production following endotoxin. Due to the fact that the EPR spectrum from gloxy and that of NO-Fe-(DETC)2 do not overlap, we were able to monitor NO production and pO2 simultaneously in tissue, in real time.
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- P E James
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Radiology, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3863, USA
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Liu KJ, Miyake M, James PE, Swartz HM. Separation and enrichment of the active component of carbon based paramagnetic materials for use in EPR oximetry. J Magn Reson 1998; 133:291-298. [PMID: 9716471 DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1998.1480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Carbon based paramagnetic materials are frequently used for EPR oximetry, especially in vivo, but the EPR spectra of these materials often have more than one paramagnetic center and/or relatively low signal intensity. To determine whether the multi-components of carbon based materials could be separated and enriched in the active component, we used density gradient centrifugation to separate the materials into several fractions. We studied two types of coals, gloxy and Pocahontas, and found these materials to have large density distribution. The separated density fractions had very different EPR spectra and intensities. The active component from the coal material had a more homogeneous EPR signal and significantly increased EPR signal intensity, whereas for India ink, only slight changes were observed. This result can be very useful in the development of better probes for EPR oximetry.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755, USA
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Gallez B, Debuyst R, Dejehet F, Liu KJ, Walczak T, Goda F, Demeure R, Taper H, Swartz HM. Small particles of fusinite and carbohydrate chars coated with aqueous soluble polymers: preparation and applications for in vivo EPR oximetry. Magn Reson Med 1998; 40:152-9. [PMID: 9660565 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [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: 11/11/2022]
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The development of oxygen-sensitive paramagnetic materials is being pursued actively because of their potential applications in in vivo EPR oximetry. Among these materials, several charcoals and carbohydrate chars are of special interest because of their desirable EPR properties: high sensitivity of the EPR linewidth to the partial pressure of oxygen, simple EPR spectra, and high spin density. Their potential use in humans, however, is limited by the need to demonstrate that they will not lead to deleterious effects. A strategy was used to optimize the biocompatibility of the oxygen-sensitive materials by decreasing the size of the particles and coating them with suspending or surfactive agents such as arabic gum, poloxamer (Pluriol 6800), and polyvinylpyrrolidone. The coated particles of a carbohydrate char and fusinite were characterized in vitro for their size, stability, and pO2 sensitivity. The feasibility of performing pO2 measurement was examined in vivo by inducing ischemia in the gastrocnemius muscle of mice. The use of arabic gum for coating the fusinite particles preserved the pO2 sensitivity in vivo, whereas the other surfactive agents led to a loss of the pO2 sensitivity in vivo. Small particles of fusinite coated by arabic gum and intravenously administered to mice accumulated in the liver, whereas the uncoated fusinite was toxic when injected intravenously due to the large size and aggregation of the particles. Histological studies performed up to 6 months after the injection in muscles of mice did not indicate any toxicity from the materials used in the present study.
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- B Gallez
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Radiopharmacy, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Liu KJ, Schwen M, Tucker PW, Kim BS. Hybrid membrane IgM with the transmembrane region of I-A alpha facilitates enhanced presentation of distinct epitopes to T cells. J Immunol 1998; 160:4161-8. [PMID: 9574515] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The role of B cell Ag receptors (membrane Ig or mIg) in the efficient Ag presentation to T cells, including the requirement of mIgM-associated Ig alpha/Igbeta, remains unclear. We report here that mIgM, substituted with greater than two-thirds of the NH2-terminal A alpha transmembrane (TM) regions of the MHC class II molecule, are capable of mediating the efficient presentation of specific Ag to some (Group 1) but not all (Group 2) T cell hybridomas. In contrast, the generation of epitopes recognized by the Group 2 hybridomas can be mediated only by the wild-type mIgM. Tyrosine phosphorylation appears to be necessary for the enhanced Ag presentation to Group 2 hybridomas, while it does not for Group 1 hybridomas. In addition, differential sensitivity of Ag processing to leupeptin, different duration required for epitope generation/presentation, as well as the involvement of distinct epitopes for stimulation of these groups of T cell hybridomas were observed. These results suggest that transport of the mIgM/Ag complexes to an endocytic compartment(s) for generation of certain T cell epitopes may be mediated by the N-terminal TM sequence of mIgM, independent of Ig alpha/Igbeta association. This function can be replaced by two-thirds of the NH2-terminal TM region of A alpha chain of class II molecules.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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In this paper, a scheme for estimating frequencies and damping factors of multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data is presented, multidimensional NMR data can be modeled as the sum of several multidimensional damped sinusoids. The estimated frequencies and damping factors of multidimensional NMR data play important roles in determining protein structures. In this paper we present a high-resolution subspace method for estimating the parameters of NMR data. Unlike other methods, this algorithm makes full use of the rank-deficiency and Hankel properties of the prediction matrix composed of NMR data. Hence, it can estimate the signal parameters under low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) by using a few data points. The effectiveness of the new algorithm is confirmed by computer simulations and it is tested by experimental data.
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- Y Li
- AT&T Labs-Research, Red Bank, NJ 07701-7033, USA
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Li H, Liu KJ, Lo SC. Fractal modeling and segmentation for the enhancement of microcalcifications in digital mammograms. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 1997; 16:785-798. [PMID: 9533579 DOI: 10.1109/42.650875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The objective of this research is to model the mammographic parenchymal, ductal patterns and enhance the microcalcifications using deterministic fractal approach. According to the theory of deterministic fractal geometry, images can be modeled by deterministic fractal objects which are attractors of sets of two-dimensional (2-D) affine transformations. The iterated functions systems and the collage theorem are the mathematical foundations of fractal image modeling. In this paper, a methodology based on fractal image modeling is developed to analyze and model breast background structures. We show that general mammographic parenchymal and ductal patterns can be well modeled by a set of parameters of affine transformations. Therefore, microcalcifications can be enhanced by taking the difference between the original image and the modeled image. Our results are compared with those of the partial wavelet reconstruction and morphological operation approaches. The results demonstrate that the fractal modeling method is an effective way to enhance microcalcifications. It may also be able to improve the detection and classification of microcalcifications in a computer-aided diagnosis system.
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- H Li
- Odyssey Technologies Inc., Jessup, MD 20794, USA
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The reduction of chromate (Cr(VI)) on the skin of living rats was investigated using the technique of in vivo electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy with a surface coil resonator. Topical application of aqueous solution of Cr(VI) on the skin of rats generated the transient species, Cr(V). Partial removal of the stratum corneum increased the rates of formation and decay of Cr(V), as well as Cr(V) signal intensity. The results demonstrate that skin represents one route for chromium to enter into animals and humans. The generation of reactive Cr(V) species in the reduction of Cr(VI) by the skin may play an important role in the mechanism of Cr(VI)-induced skin cancer. These findings indicate the potential for in vivo EPR spectroscopy for studying the metabolism of paramagnetic reactive species in chemical and biochemical reactions occurring in/on the skin of both small and large animals, and possibly humans.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Liu KJ, Richter HM, Cho MJ, Jarad J, Nadimpalli V, Donahue PE. Carcinoma involving the gallbladder in elderly patients presenting with acute cholecystitis. Surgery 1997; 122:748-54; discussion 754-6. [PMID: 9347852 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6060(97)90083-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [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: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The unexpected intraoperative finding of a cancerous gallbladder has become particularly problematic, because cancer recurs rapidly after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It would be desirable to identify the patients of greatest risk for gallbladder cancer before operation. After several elderly patients presenting with acute cholecystitis were found to have gallbladder cancer, we performed the following study. METHODS Records of patients (60 years of age or older, 1987 to 1995) with an admitting diagnosis of acute cholecystitis and symptoms including right upper quadrant pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, and leukocytosis were reviewed. RESULTS Eighty patients were included in the study. Carcinoma involving the gallbladder was found in seven patients; six had primary and one had metastatic carcinoma. The 73 patients without cancer underwent cholecystectomy. The differences between the noncancer and cancer patients included age (68 +/- 7 versus 74 +/- 8 years, p < 0.05), total bilirubin (mg/dl, 1.5 +/- 1.5 versus 3.7 +/- 3.4, p < 0.01), alkaline phosphatase (IU/L, 179 +/- 132 versus 369 +/- 226, p < 0.01), and aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L, 77 +/- 93 versus 158 +/- 157, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Additional work-up and open cholecystectomy should be considered in elderly patients presenting with apparent acute cholecystitis, especially when liver functions are abnormal.
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- K J Liu
- Department of General Surgery, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., USA
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Liu KJ, Chatta GS, Twardzik DR, Vedvick TS, True LD, Spies AG, Cheever MA. Identification of rat prostatic steroid-binding protein as a target antigen of experimental autoimmune prostatitis: implications for prostate cancer therapy. The Journal of Immunology 1997. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.159.1.472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The long term goal of this study is to develop autoimmune prostatitis as a therapy for prostate cancer. An immune attack capable of destroying normal prostate epithelial cells should also destroy malignant prostate tissue and provide therapeutic benefit in cancer patients. The current study was initiated to identify antigenic targets for experimental autoimmune prostatitis on the assumption that such proteins might also be suitable targets for immunotherapy of prostate cancer. Male Lewis rats were immunized with syngeneic prostate homogenates, and the immune sera were used to screen prostate proteins for immunoreactivity by Western blot analysis. The dominant protein recognized by the immune sera was purified by ion exchange chromatography and reverse phase HPLC. Microsequence analysis of two polypeptide components of this immunodominant protein demonstrated N-terminal sequences identical with two of the three component chains of rat prostatic steroid-binding protein (PSBP). T cell responses to PSBP were also detected in rats immunized with prostate homogenate. Immunizing male rats with purified PSBP induced vigorous Ab and T cell responses. Significant prostate inflammation was observed in some rats immunized with PSBP. Adoptive transfer of T cells immune to PSBP induced rapid and severe destructive autoimmune prostatitis. These results demonstrate that PSBP is a major target Ag of experimental autoimmune prostatitis in a rat model and may serve as a target Ag for vaccine and T cell therapy against prostate cancer.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Liu KJ, Chatta GS, Twardzik DR, Vedvick TS, True LD, Spies AG, Cheever MA. Identification of rat prostatic steroid-binding protein as a target antigen of experimental autoimmune prostatitis: implications for prostate cancer therapy. J Immunol 1997; 159:472-80. [PMID: 9200488] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The long term goal of this study is to develop autoimmune prostatitis as a therapy for prostate cancer. An immune attack capable of destroying normal prostate epithelial cells should also destroy malignant prostate tissue and provide therapeutic benefit in cancer patients. The current study was initiated to identify antigenic targets for experimental autoimmune prostatitis on the assumption that such proteins might also be suitable targets for immunotherapy of prostate cancer. Male Lewis rats were immunized with syngeneic prostate homogenates, and the immune sera were used to screen prostate proteins for immunoreactivity by Western blot analysis. The dominant protein recognized by the immune sera was purified by ion exchange chromatography and reverse phase HPLC. Microsequence analysis of two polypeptide components of this immunodominant protein demonstrated N-terminal sequences identical with two of the three component chains of rat prostatic steroid-binding protein (PSBP). T cell responses to PSBP were also detected in rats immunized with prostate homogenate. Immunizing male rats with purified PSBP induced vigorous Ab and T cell responses. Significant prostate inflammation was observed in some rats immunized with PSBP. Adoptive transfer of T cells immune to PSBP induced rapid and severe destructive autoimmune prostatitis. These results demonstrate that PSBP is a major target Ag of experimental autoimmune prostatitis in a rat model and may serve as a target Ag for vaccine and T cell therapy against prostate cancer.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Liu KJ, Shi X, Dalal NS. Synthesis of Cr(IV)-GSH, its identification and its free hydroxyl radical generation: a model compound for Cr(VI) carcinogenicity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 235:54-8. [PMID: 9196034 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Current models of Cr(VI) carcinogenesis suggest an important role for Cr(IV) as an intermediate, toxic, carcinogenic species, but direct chemical evidence has been lacking. This is because Cr(IV) is a highly reactive oxidation state of Cr and few Cr(IV)-based compounds are known that can be used as a model compound containing a biological ligand. This study reports the isolation of such a stable Cr(IV) complex. The Cr(IV)-GSH complex has been synthesized through the reaction of Cr(VI) with GSH. Its electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum exhibits g = 1.9629 and a peak-to-peak line width of 480 G in aqueous medium as well as in the powder form. Magnetic susceptibility measurements showed that the compound has a magnetic moment of 2.53 Bohr magneton per Cr, establishing that the Cr ion has two unpaired electrons, hence its identity as Cr(IV). The Cr(IV)-GSH complex is able to generate hydroxyl (.OH) radical in the presence of molecular oxygen in aqueous medium. Catalase inhibited the .OH radical generation while H2O2 enhanced it, indicating that the .OH radical was generated via a Fenton-like reaction, H2O2 being generated as an intermediate in the reduction of molecular oxygen. Metal ion chelators, deferoxamine and 1,10-phenanthroline, attenuated the generation of Cr(IV)-mediated .OH radical. In the case of deferoxamine, a deferoxamine-derived free radical was generated as shown by EPR measurements. The results imply that Cr(IV) may play an important role in the mechanism of Cr(VI)-induced carcinogenesis and Cr(IV)-GSH can be used as a model compound to study the role of Cr(IV) in this mechanism.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Liu KJ, Atten MJ, Donahue PE. Cholestasis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a surgeon's perspective. Am Surg 1997; 63:519-24. [PMID: 9168766] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Cholestasis is a common finding in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The underlying causes may be related to intrahepatic processes, cholecystitis, papillary stenosis, or sclerosing cholangitis. Published reports of hepatobiliary diseases in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are reviewed. The etiological factors are considered, and available therapeutic approaches are discussed. Hepatic causes of cholestasis indicate poor prognosis, and effective treatments are not yet available. Cholecystitis, often acalculous in origin, remains a surgical disease. Endoscopic sphincterotomy appears to give good results in the treatment of papillary stenosis. Although a standard approach to sclerosing cholangitis has not been established, a trial of appropriate antibiotics may be beneficial. Frequently, the cause of cholestasis is multifactorial in these patients; thus, a coherent therapeutic approach is essential for optimal clinical results.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Surgery, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Early degeneration of cartilage is accompanied by a loss of proteoglycans and consequent changes in the content of water. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cannot reliably detect this change, since the relaxation properties of the cartilage are dominated by its collagen content. The applicability of a positively charged nitroxide as an MRI contrast agent in detection of the content of the negatively charged proteoglycans within the cartilage was investigated. The results from both MRI and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy indicate that the accumulation of the contrast agent reflects the amount of proteoglycans within the cartilage, presumably due to the electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged proteoglycans and the positively charged nitroxide. Such a contrast agent could be useful in the detection and study of early stages of the degeneration of joints.
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- G Bacic
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3863, USA
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Goda F, O'Hara JA, Liu KJ, Rhodes ES, Dunn JF, Swartz HM. Comparisons of measurements of pO2 in tissue in vivo by EPR oximetry and microelectrodes. Adv Exp Med Biol 1997; 411:543-9. [PMID: 9269471 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5865-1_67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- F Goda
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Hoopes PJ, Liu KJ, Bacic G, Rolett EL, Dunn JF, Swartz HM. Histological assessment of rodent CNS tissues to EPR oximetry probe material. Adv Exp Med Biol 1997; 411:13-21. [PMID: 9269407 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5865-1_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The effects of the paramagnetic oxygen sensing material, lithium phthalocyanine (LiPc) and fusinite were assessed in the brain of Mongolian gerbils and the spinal columns of rats respectively, to determine if there are histologically discernible changes in the tissue surrounding the probe material. This information is essential for the evaluation of the role of EPR oximetry in the measurements of pO2 in the CNS; the technique has great potential value for such measurements because it reports on the pO2 accurately and sensitively and, after the initial placement, measurements can be made repeatedly without invasive procedures or anesthesia. Histologic assessments demonstrated the inert nature of both the fusinite and LiPc EPR probes in rodent CNS tissue over relatively long (2 month) time periods. The fusinite suspensions and LiPc crystals (size range of approximately 100-200 microns) remained well localized to the point of injection and created mild acute tissue reaction on implantation (which appeared to resolve quickly) and virtually no tissue reaction at later times. The majority of the implanted fusinite and LiPc material was present extracellularly in the brain and spinal cord. MRI provided an accurate, noninvasive assessment of probe placement and was able to investigate pathologic effects (hemorrhage, edema, necrosis) associated with the probe placement and treatment effects.
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- P J Hoopes
- Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Dunn JF, Ding S, O'Hara JA, Liu KJ, Rhodes E, Goda F, Swartz HM. Can NMR diffusion-weighted imaging provide quantitative information on tumor interstital pO2? Adv Exp Med Biol 1997; 411:209-14. [PMID: 9269429 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5865-1_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- J F Dunn
- NMR Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755, USA
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Liu KJ, Hoopes PJ, Rolett EL, Beerle BJ, Azzawi A, Goda F, Dunn JF, Swartz HM. Effect of anesthesia on cerebral tissue oxygen and cardiopulmonary parameters in rats. Adv Exp Med Biol 1997; 411:33-9. [PMID: 9269409 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5865-1_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- K J Liu
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Jiang JJ, Liu KJ, Jordan SJ, Swartz HM, Mason RP. Detection of free radical metabolite formation using in vivo EPR spectroscopy: evidence of rat hemoglobin thiyl radical formation following administration of phenylhydrazine. Arch Biochem Biophys 1996; 330:266-70. [PMID: 8660655 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1996.0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [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: 02/01/2023]
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The spin-trapping technique in conjunction with a low-frequency electron paramagnetic (or spin) resonance (EPR or ESR) spectrometer was used to detect the hemoglobin thiyl free radical in living rats using a whole body resonator. The hemoglobin thiyl free radical was formed following the intragastric administration of phenylhydrazine at the LD50 dose of 188 mg/kg. The hemoglobin thiyl free radical was then trapped by preinjected 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO), which formed the DMPO/hemoglobin thiyl-free radical adduct in the blood. The time course of the in vivo formation and disappearance of the spin adduct was followed. The DMPO/hemoglobin thiyl free radical was detected in blood samples using 9.5 GHz (X-band) and 1.1 GHz (L-band) EPR at room temperature and 77 K. Pretreatment of rats with ascorbate and diethylmaleate (DEM) decreased the signal intensity of the DMPO/hemoglobin thiyl free radical spin adduct. The incubation of ascorbate or DEM at 37 degrees C with rat blood containing preformed DMPO/hemoglobin thiyl radical adduct showed that there was no effect of DEM on the free radical concentration, while ascorbate reduced the radical adduct. This study provided direct evidence of the formation of the DMPO/hemoglobin thiyl free radical in vivo and enabled us to study this formation in living animals free of any artifacts that can occur when using ex vivo methods.
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- J J Jiang
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Liu KJ, Nadimpalli V, Atten MJ, Chang HR, Finkelstein SD, Mak K, Attar BM, Donahue PE. Multicentric primary adenocarcinomas of the midgut: the first case report. Am J Gastroenterol 1996; 91:1239-43. [PMID: 8651179] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Multicentric adenocarcinomas of the midgut have not been described; even multiple adenocarcinomas limited to the small intestine are extremely uncommon, with only 14 cases reported in the literature. We report a case of multicentric synchronous involvement of the entire midgut with adenocarcinoma in a 52-yr-old Polish woman who had more than 30 lesions extending from duodenum to mid-transverse colon. There was no family history of cancer. Preoperative evaluation and intraoperative exploration were negative for primary malignancy of the lungs, breasts, ovaries, pancreas, and other parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Results of histopathological examination, immunohistochemical staining, and ras mutational analysis of the lesions uniformly support the diagnosis of multicentric poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. The cause for this unusual presentation is unknown, although sporadic genetic alteration(s) of oncogene(s) might have been the precipitating event.
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- K J Liu
- Cook County Hospital, Rush Medical College, Chicago 60612, Illinois
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BACKGROUND Gluconeogenic activity is reduced during starvation. However, it is less clear whether the utilization of gluconeogenic substrates is diminished with mild but prolonged diet restriction and, if so, whether there are intrinsic changes in the gluconeogenic pathway. We examined gluconeogenesis in the livers of diet-restricted rats with 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. METHODS Fischer 344 rats were given 88% (DR group) of what was consumed by the weight-matched ad libitum-fed normal rats (CL group). At the end of 5 weeks, the removed livers were perfused with [3-13C] alanine while 13C NMR spectroscopy was performed. RESULTS The final body and liver weights were the same for the two groups. In DR rats, both intrahepatic [3-13C] alanine and metabolites generated via pyruvate and oxaloacetate, including aspartate and carbamoyl aspartate, appeared in significantly reduced amounts. There was also marked diminution in the production of glucose. CONCLUSIONS In the livers of DR rats, alanine uptake through System A transport, the fluxes through pyruvate carboxylase, the biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides, and the production of glucose from alanine were all significantly decreased with mild intake restriction. Attenuated protein synthesis in the liver of diet-restricted animals may be the cause for this decreased utilization of alanine for gluconeogenesis.
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- K J Liu
- Department of Surgery, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Eckburg JJ, Chato JC, Liu KJ, Grinstaff MW, Swartz HM, Suslick KS, Auteri FP. The measurement of temperature with electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. J Biomech Eng 1996; 118:193-200. [PMID: 8738784 DOI: 10.1115/1.2795959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 02/01/2023]
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An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technique, potentially suitable for in vivo temperature measurements, has been developed based on the temperature response of nitroxide stable free radicals. The response has been substantially enhanced by encapsulating the nitroxide in a medium of a fatty acid mixture inside a proteinaceous microsphere. The mixture underwent a phase transition in the temperature range required by the application. The phase change dramatically altered the shape of the EPR spectrum, providing a highly temperature sensitive signal. Using the nitroxide dissolved in a cholesterol and a long-chain fatty acid ester, we developed a mixture which provides a peakheight ratio change from 3.32 to 2.11, with a standard deviation of 0.04, for a temperature change typical in biological and medical applications, from 38 to 48 degrees C. This translated to an average temperature resolution of 0.2 degree C for our experimental system. The average diameter of the nitroxide mixture-filled microspheres was approximately 2 microns. Therefore, they are compatible with in vivo studies where the microspheres could be injected into the microvasculature having a minimum vessel diameter of the order of 8 microns. This temperature measuring method has various potential clinical applications, especially in monitoring and optimizing the treatment of cancer with hyperthermia. However, several problems regarding temperature and spatial resolution need to be resolved before this technique can be successfully used to monitor temperatures in vivo.
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- J J Eckburg
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA
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The development of oxygen-sensitive paramagnetic materials is being actively pursued because of their potential applications for in vivo electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) oximetry. Among these materials, fusinite is of particular interest because of the high sensitivity of the EPR linewidth to the partial pressure pO2. Although this material has led to a number of very useful results in experimental systems, its potential use in humans is limited by the need to prove that it will not cause deleterious effects. The strategy used in this study to optimize the biocompatibility of the oxygen-sensitive materials was to prepare small silicon implants containing the fusinite. The use of silicon permits the diffusion of oxygen inside the implant while the material does not have contact with the biological environment. Radiosterilization did not affect the pO2 sensitivity of the material. The feasibility of performing pO2 measurement was verified in vivo by periodically inducing ischemia in the gastrocnemius muscle of mice over a period of 6 weeks.
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- B Gallez
- Laboratory of Medical Chemistry, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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