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Gu W, Wang H, Huang X, Kraiczy J, Singh PNP, Ng C, Dagdeviren S, Houghton S, Pellon-Cardenas O, Lan Y, Nie Y, Zhang J, Banerjee KK, Onufer EJ, Warner BW, Spence J, Scherl E, Rafii S, Lee RT, Verzi MP, Redmond D, Longman R, Helin K, Shivdasani RA, Zhou Q. SATB2 preserves colon stem cell identity and mediates ileum-colon conversion via enhancer remodeling. Cell Stem Cell 2022; 29:101-115.e10. [PMID: 34582804 PMCID: PMC8741647 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2021.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [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: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Adult stem cells maintain regenerative tissue structure and function by producing tissue-specific progeny, but the factors that preserve their tissue identities are not well understood. The small and large intestines differ markedly in cell composition and function, reflecting their distinct stem cell populations. Here we show that SATB2, a colon-restricted chromatin factor, singularly preserves LGR5+ adult colonic stem cell and epithelial identity in mice and humans. Satb2 loss in adult mice leads to stable conversion of colonic stem cells into small intestine ileal-like stem cells and replacement of the colonic mucosa with one that resembles the ileum. Conversely, SATB2 confers colonic properties on the mouse ileum. Human colonic organoids also adopt ileal characteristics upon SATB2 loss. SATB2 regulates colonic identity in part by modulating enhancer binding of the intestinal transcription factors CDX2 and HNF4A. Our study uncovers a conserved core regulator of colonic stem cells able to mediate cross-tissue plasticity in mature intestines.
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- Wei Gu
- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Cell Biology Program and Center for Epigenetics Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 430 E 67th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1283 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1283 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1283 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Cell Biology Program and Center for Epigenetics Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 430 E 67th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA,Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200 Denmark,The Novo Nordisk Foundation for Stem Cell Biology (Danstem), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine & Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA,Lead Contact ()
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Jadhav U, Cavazza A, Banerjee KK, Xie H, O'Neill NK, Saenz-Vash V, Herbert Z, Madha S, Orkin SH, Zhai H, Shivdasani RA. Extensive Recovery of Embryonic Enhancer and Gene Memory Stored in Hypomethylated Enhancer DNA. Mol Cell 2019; 74:542-554.e5. [PMID: 30905509 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [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: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Developing and adult tissues use different cis-regulatory elements. Although DNA at some decommissioned embryonic enhancers is hypomethylated in adult cells, it is unknown whether this putative epigenetic memory is complete and recoverable. We find that, in adult mouse cells, hypomethylated CpG dinucleotides preserve a nearly complete archive of tissue-specific developmental enhancers. Sites that carry the active histone mark H3K4me1, and are therefore considered "primed," are mainly cis elements that act late in organogenesis. In contrast, sites decommissioned early in development retain hypomethylated DNA as a singular property. In adult intestinal and blood cells, sustained absence of polycomb repressive complex 2 indirectly reactivates most-and only-hypomethylated developmental enhancers. Embryonic and fetal transcriptional programs re-emerge as a result, in reverse chronology to cis element inactivation during development. Thus, hypomethylated DNA in adult cells preserves a "fossil record" of tissue-specific developmental enhancers, stably marking decommissioned sites and enabling recovery of this epigenetic memory.
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- Unmesh Jadhav
- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Molecular Biology Core Facility, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Kumar N, Tsai YH, Chen L, Zhou A, Banerjee KK, Saxena M, Huang S, Toke NH, Xing J, Shivdasani RA, Spence JR, Verzi MP. The lineage-specific transcription factor CDX2 navigates dynamic chromatin to control distinct stages of intestine development. Development 2019; 146:dev172189. [PMID: 30745430 PMCID: PMC6432663 DOI: 10.1242/dev.172189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Lineage-restricted transcription factors, such as the intestine-specifying factor CDX2, often have dual requirements across developmental time. Embryonic loss of CDX2 triggers homeotic transformation of intestinal fate, whereas adult-onset loss compromises crucial physiological functions but preserves intestinal identity. It is unclear how such diverse requirements are executed across the developmental continuum. Using primary and engineered human tissues, mouse genetics, and a multi-omics approach, we demonstrate that divergent CDX2 loss-of-function phenotypes in embryonic versus adult intestines correspond to divergent CDX2 chromatin-binding profiles in embryonic versus adult stages. CDX2 binds and activates distinct target genes in developing versus adult mouse and human intestinal cells. We find that temporal shifts in chromatin accessibility correspond to these context-specific CDX2 activities. Thus, CDX2 is not sufficient to activate a mature intestinal program; rather, CDX2 responds to its environment, targeting stage-specific genes to contribute to either intestinal patterning or mature intestinal function. This study provides insights into the mechanisms through which lineage-specific regulatory factors achieve divergent functions over developmental time.
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- Namit Kumar
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Genetics, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Genetics, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Genetics, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Genetics, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Genetics, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Center for Organogenesis, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Genetics, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Banerjee KK, Saxena M, Kumar N, Chen L, Cavazza A, Toke NH, O'Neill NK, Madha S, Jadhav U, Verzi MP, Shivdasani RA. Enhancer, transcriptional, and cell fate plasticity precedes intestinal determination during endoderm development. Genes Dev 2018; 32:1430-1442. [PMID: 30366903 PMCID: PMC6217732 DOI: 10.1101/gad.318832.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
After acquiring competence for selected cell fates, embryonic primordia may remain plastic for variable periods before tissue identity is irrevocably determined. Banerjee et al. show that the midgut endoderm is primed for heterologous cell fates and that transcription factors act on a background of shifting chromatin access to determine intestinal at the expense of foregut identity. After acquiring competence for selected cell fates, embryonic primordia may remain plastic for variable periods before tissue identity is irrevocably determined (commitment). We investigated the chromatin basis for these developmental milestones in mouse endoderm, a tissue with recognizable rostro–caudal patterning and transcription factor (TF)-dependent interim plasticity. Foregut-specific enhancers are as accessible and active in early midgut as in foregut endoderm, and intestinal enhancers and identity are established only after ectopic cis-regulatory elements are decommissioned. Depletion of the intestinal TF CDX2 before this cis element transition stabilizes foregut enhancers, reinforces ectopic transcriptional programs, and hence imposes foregut identities on the midgut. Later in development, as the window of chromatin plasticity elapses, CDX2 depletion weakens intestinal, without strengthening foregut, enhancers. Thus, midgut endoderm is primed for heterologous cell fates, and TFs act on a background of shifting chromatin access to determine intestinal at the expense of foregut identity. Similar principles likely govern other fate commitments.
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- Kushal K Banerjee
- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.,Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.,Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.,Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Banerjee KK, Deshpande RS, Koppula P, Ayyub C, Kolthur-Seetharam U. Central metabolic sensing remotely controls nutrient-sensitive endocrine response in Drosophila via Sir2/Sirt1-upd2-IIS axis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 220:1187-1191. [PMID: 28104798 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.150805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Endocrine signaling is central in coupling organismal nutrient status with maintenance of systemic metabolic homeostasis. While local nutrient sensing within the insulinogenic tissue is well studied, distant mechanisms that relay organismal nutrient status in controlling metabolic-endocrine signaling are less well understood. Here, we report a novel mechanism underlying the distant regulation of the metabolic endocrine response in Drosophila melanogaster We show that the communication between the fat body and insulin-producing cells (IPCs), important for the secretion of Drosophila insulin-like peptides (dILPs), is regulated by the master metabolic sensor Sir2/Sirt1. This communication involves a fat body-specific direct regulation of the JAK/STAT cytokine upd2 by Sir2/Sirt1. We have also uncovered the importance of this regulation in coupling nutrient inputs with dILP secretion, and distantly controlling insulin/IGF signaling (IIS) in the intestine. Our results provide fundamental mechanistic insights into the top-down control involving tissues that play key roles in metabolic sensing, endocrine signaling and nutrient uptake.
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- Kushal K Banerjee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India
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Ghosh S, Banerjee KK, Vaidya VA, Kolthur-Seetharam U. Early Stress History Alters Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Impairs Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Adult Male Rats. J Neuroendocrinol 2016; 28. [PMID: 27196416 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Early-life adversity is associated with an enhanced risk for adult psychopathology. Psychiatric disorders such as depression exhibit comorbidity for metabolic dysfunction, including obesity and diabetes. However, it is poorly understood whether, besides altering anxiety and depression-like behaviour, early stress also evokes dysregulation of metabolic pathways and enhances vulnerability for metabolic disorders. We used the rodent model of the early stress of maternal separation (ES) to examine the effects of early stress on serum metabolites, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 signalling, and muscle mitochondrial content. Adult ES animals exhibited dyslipidaemia, decreased serum IGF1 levels, increased expression of liver IGF binding proteins, and a decline in the expression of specific metabolic genes in the liver and muscle, including Pck1, Lpl, Pdk4 and Hmox1. These changes occurred in the absence of alterations in body weight, food intake, glucose tolerance, insulin tolerance or insulin levels. ES animals also exhibited a decline in markers of muscle mitochondrial content, such as mitochondrial DNA levels and expression of TFAM (transcription factor A, mitochondrial). Furthermore, the expression of several genes involved in mitochondrial function, such as Ppargc1a, Nrf1, Tfam, Cat, Sesn3 and Ucp3, was reduced in skeletal muscle. Adult-onset chronic unpredictable stress resulted in overlapping and distinct consequences from ES, including increased circulating triglyceride levels, and a decline in the expression of specific metabolic genes in the liver and muscle, with no change in the expression of genes involved in muscle mitochondrial function. Taken together, our results indicate that a history of early adversity can evoke persistent changes in circulating IGF-1 and muscle mitochondrial function and content, which could serve to enhance predisposition for metabolic dysfunction in adulthood.
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- S Ghosh
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Gupta A, Kohli A, Aggarwal NK, Banerjee KK. Study of age of fusion of hyoid bone. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2008; 10:253-6. [PMID: 18442944 DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 03/10/2008] [Accepted: 03/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The present study was conducted to determine the age of fusion of greater cornua with the body of hyoid bone. Age of fusion of hyoid bone can help in determining the age of an individual, especially of unknown dead bodies where only skeletal remains are available. A victim of compression of neck will more likely have fracture of hyoid bone if his hyoid bone is fused. Indian authors have reported that the fusion of hyoid bone occurs after 40 years of age. Studies done by foreign workers observed that hyoid bone fused at an earlier age (30-40 years). A total of 170 excised hyoid bones from dead bodies belonging to the age group of 20-65 years were studied. Fusion occurred earlier in females as compared to males by about 5 years. The mean age of unilateral and bilateral fusion in males was 38.25 and 53.16 years, respectively. The mean age of unilateral and bilateral fusion in females was 38.00 and 48.50 years, respectively. All the hyoid bones were fused after the age of 60 years. No significant differences were found between the fusion on right and left side.
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- Atul Gupta
- Department of Forensic Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110095, India.
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When bodies are brought for autopsy it is sometimes unclear whether the injuries are due to a fall from a height or due to blunt trauma from other causes, especially when the bodies are found near buildings with no eyewitnesses available. Studies discussing the injury patterns in adults after falls exclusively from buildings are rare. A five-year retrospective study was carried out on 151 cases of fatal falls from buildings brought for autopsy. The aim was to assess the pattern of these injuries and identify features helpful in discriminating between these and injuries due to blunt trauma from other causes. The majority of cases comprised subjects who fell from heights of 10-20 feet (3-6m) with most falls occurring late at night or in the early morning. The pattern that emerged is quite distinct from ground level falls and pedestrian injuries. Abrasions are the commonest injury and bruises very rare. Lacerations are mostly on the head and skull fractures are evenly distributed between the vertex, base and vertex plus base. Subarachnoid haemorrhage is the commonest intracranial lesion. Extradural haemorrhage alone is rare. Fractures of ribs and cervical vertebrae are common and fractures of thoracic vertebrae and long bones are uncommon. Safety measures to prevent such falls have been suggested.
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- Anil Kohli
- Dept. of Forensic Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
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Sarkar AK, Adak SK, Bhattacharya P, Marimuthu P, Chaudhuri RN, Banerjee KK. Risk assessment of cardiovascular diseases among bank employees--a biochemical approach. Occup Med (Lond) 1999; 49:313-8. [PMID: 10628057 DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.5.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In different epidemiological studies, an association between sedentary life style and incidence of cardiovascular diseases has been demonstrated. This study was carried out among 50 sedentary bank employees working at different nationalized banks within Calcutta City, India and 50 individuals with non-sedentary jobs matched for age group and sex for the control group. Body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), plasma level of glucose, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and triglycerides (Tgs) were found to be significantly higher whereas high density lipoprotein (HDL) and reduced glutathione were found to be significantly lower among the bank employees as compared with the control subjects. Further, significant alteration in the activity of different enzymes (e.g., glutathione reductase, glutathione S-transferase, glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase, catalase and superoxide dismutase) involved in glutathione-mediated antioxidant scavenging systems and increases in lipid peroxidation were also observed in the bank employees. From the study, it appears that the relative risk for cardiovascular disease is increased among bank employees due to the sedentary nature of their jobs.
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- A K Sarkar
- Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, India
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Various studies conducted in and outside India for estimation of age from long bone joints revealed that unlike other vital parameters no uniform pattern exists for epiphyseal union of long bones in different countries of the world and also in different parts of the same country. A radiological study was conducted in 180 boys and girls of the capital city of India, Delhi, between the age group of 14-20 years to find out the age at which epiphyseal union at wrist and ankle joint takes place. The result of the study showed that the wrist joint epiphyseal union is completed in all cases in the age group of 19-20 years in males and 18-19 years in females. In the ankle joint, 17-18 years was the age group in males and 16-17 years the age group in females which showed complete epiphyseal union in all cases.
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- K K Banerjee
- Department of Forensic Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Shahdara, Delhi, India
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Banerjee KK, Agarwal BB, Kohli A, Aggarwal NK. Study of head injury victims in fatal road traffic accidents in Delhi. Indian J Med Sci 1998; 52:395-8. [PMID: 10085617] [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: 02/11/2023]
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The study revealed 31% were the victims of Head injury injury in this part of Delhi in vehicular accidents. Although majority of the fatalities were on the spot quite a number of such victims survived for a varied period. A multipronged approach including the preventive and curative measures for this man-made calamity is the need of the hour. Amongst various preventive measure are wearing helmet be made compulsory for both the driver and pillion riders of two-wheelers, development of a safe traffic sense amongst the road users. Traffic Police should be honest, exemplary punishment for the reckless driver, decongestion of Delhi roads etc. The curative measures are facilities of CT scanners and neurosurgeons in all the major hospitals, provision of first-aid in the PCR (Police control room) vans, to institute immediate treatment to the victim without waiting for the medico-legal formalities, opening of more fully equipped Accident and trauma centres. It is high time the concerned authorities gave some serious thought towards this avoidable epidemic on Delhi roads.
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- K K Banerjee
- Deptt of Forensic Medicine UCMS, Shahdara, Delhi
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Banerjee KK, Marimuthu P, Sarkar A, Chaudhuri RN. Influence of cigarette smoking on Vitamin C, glutathione and lipid peroxidation status. Indian J Public Health 1998; 42:20-3. [PMID: 10389502] [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: 02/13/2023] Open
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There has been a growing interest during recent years in the role of free radicals and lipid-peroxidation at tissue-level for the causation of cancer and other age-related diseases like atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cataract etc. Free radicals and increased lipid peroxidation play a significant role for causation of human diseases by oxidative damage and functional degeneration of the tissues. Vitamin C, a well-known dietary antioxidant, and other enzymatic antioxidants like glutathione can protect the lipids of lipoproteins and other biomembranes against peroxidative damage by intercepting oxidants before they can attack the tissues. But cigarette smoking was found to affect the antioxidant protective action of Vitamin C, glutathione etc. A group of adult male smokers in this study were found to have lowered Vitamin 'C' & glutathione levels, but increased lipid-peroxide levels in their blood. Thus the increased pathogenicity of the smoking may also be due to indirect biochemical effect of enhanced oxidative stress by increased lipid-peroxidation and lowered Vitamin C & other antioxidants at tissue-level.
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- K K Banerjee
- Department of Occupational Health, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Calcutta
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A thyroid-hormonal evaluation of thirty-five women consuming commercially packed milk containing thiocyanate was carried out. The mean serum thiocyanate concentration, which was measured by the FeCl3 colour test, was significantly higher (P < 0.01) than that of control subjects. Serum thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations of exposed women were compared with those of thirty-five control subjects. Thiocyanate ingestion was associated with lower levels of T4 (P < 0.01) and higher levels of TSH (P < 0.01) compared with the control subjects. T3 was found to be higher in the women consuming thiocyanate-containing milk but the difference was not significant. The serum T4 level was found to be negatively correlated (r -0.359, P < 0.05) while the TSH level was positively correlated (r 0.354, P < 0.05) with thiocyanate concentration in the exposed group. From this study, it appears that ingestion of milk with added thiocyanate impairs thyroid function.
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- K K Banerjee
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta, India
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A thyroid-hormone evaluation of workers dealing with cyanide compounds in an electroplating process of a cable industry was carried out. Serum thiocyanate (SCN) levels of 35 nonsmoking copper-ply employees were assayed by a ferric-chloride color test. The mean SCN concentration of these employees was 316 +/- 15 mumol/L, which was significantly (P < 0.01) higher than that of control subjects (90.8 +/- 9.02 mumol/L). Serum thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations of exposed workers were compared with those of 35 control subjects. Cyanide exposure resulted in a decrease in T4 and T3 concentrations (P < 0.05) and an increase in TSH concentration (P < 0.05), compared with the control subjects. The serum T4 level was found to be negatively correlated (r = -0.363, P < 0.05), whereas the TSH level was positively correlated (r = 0.354, P < 0.05), with SCN concentration in the exposed group. The study suggests that occupational cyanide exposure in the industry impairs thyroid function.
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- K K Banerjee
- Department of Occupational Health, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta, India
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Saha N, Banerjee KK. Carbohydrate-mediated regulation of interaction of Vibrio cholerae hemolysin with erythrocyte and phospholipid vesicle. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:162-7. [PMID: 8995242 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.1.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Vibrio cholerae hemolysin is an extracellular pore-forming monomeric protein with a native molecular weight of about 60,000. In this study, we showed that the hemolysin interacted with immobilized phospholipids and cholesterol and formed oligomers in vesicles constituted from phospholipids alone with a stoichiometry identical to those produced in rabbit erythrocyte membrane. However, the hemolysin bound to glycoproteins with terminal beta1-galactosyl residues and an association constant of 9.4 x 10(7) M(-1) was estimated for the hemolysin-asialofetuin complex by solid phase binding assay. Oligomerization of the hemolysin in lipid bilayer converted the sugar-binding monomer to a lectin with strong carbohydrate-dependent hemagglutinating activity accompanied by inactivation of hemolytic activity and loss in ability to interact with phospholipids. There was no evidence for erythrocyte surface carbohydrates playing an essential role in interaction of the hemolysin with the cell. However, specific glycoproteins inhibited hemolysis of rabbit erythrocytes as well as interaction of the hemolysin with phospholipid. The results suggest (i) V. cholerae hemolysin is a monomer with distinct domains associated with specific binding to carbohydrates and interaction with lipids, (ii) the pore-forming property depends solely on the protein-lipid interaction with no evidence for involvement of sugars, and (iii) specific sugars can down-regulate the ability of the hemolysin to form pores in lipid bilayers.
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- N Saha
- Division of Immunology and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India
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Human placental extract, an agent clinically used world-wide in a number of physiological anomalies, has been claimed to be effective in children of slow learners. Since the monoaminergic neurotransmitter systems in the brain play an important role in the processes of learning and memory, we examined the effects of human placental extract on the levels of norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonine in rat brain as an attempt to evaluate the possible underlying biochemical mechanism of action of the extract. We also determined the changes of brain monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity following placental extract treatment. The results showed that subchronic (5, 10, 15 or 20) administration of placental extract (2-4 ml/kg/day) had the effect of increasing all the monoamines and decreasing the MAO activity which could be the possible mode of action of the extract in slow learners.
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- K K Banerjee
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India
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Biswas T, Roy S, Banerjee KK. L-rhamnose inhibits proliferation of murine splenocytes by the lipopolysaccharide and polysaccharide moiety of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 lipopolysaccharide. Immunology 1995; 84:322-5. [PMID: 7751010 PMCID: PMC1415105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The induction of proliferation of murine splenocytes by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and its polysaccharide (PS) and lipid A fractions was investigated. The LPS-induced proliferation reached a maximum at a concentration of 30 ng/ml. The PS and lipid A induced proliferation of murine splenocytes at similar concentrations. Preincubation of murine splenocytes with varying concentrations of L-rhamnose blocked LPS- and PS-induced proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. The lipid A-induced stimulation, on the contrary, was not affected by preincubation of the cells with L-rhamnose. These data suggest that activation of splenocytes by LPS and PS is mechanistically different from that induced by lipid A and is presumably involved in the specific recognition of carbohydrate structures on LPS and PS.
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- T Biswas
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Calcutta, India
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The carbohydrate-binding specificity of the cell-free hemagglutinin (HA) of Vibrio cholerae (K.K. Banerjee, A.N. Ghose, K. Datta-Roy, S.C. Pal, and A.C. Ghose, Infect. Immun.58:3698-3705, 1990) was studied by using glycoconjugates with defined sugar sequences. The HA was not inhibited by simple sugars including glucobiose, galabiose, and their N-acetylated derivatives. The hemagglutination of rabbit erythrocytes by the HA was inhibited moderately by fetuin, calf thyroglobulin, and human alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, all of which contain multiple asparagine-linked complex-type oligosaccharide units alone or in combination with serine/threonine-linked oligosaccharide units. The inhibitory potencies of the glycoproteins increased approximately 10-fold following removal of the terminal sialic acid and were completely destroyed by exhausative proteolysis. The HA agglutinated phosphatidylcholine liposomes containing GM1-ganglioside or its asialo-derivative in the presence of Ca2+ ions. The association constants of the complexes of the HA with asialofetuin, asialothyroglobulin, GM1-ganglioside, and asialo-GM1-ganglioside were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based assay and found to be 1.7 x 10(7) M-1, 1.5 x 10(7) M-1, 1.8 x 10(7) M-1, and 2.4 x 10(7) M-1, respectively. Studies using chemically modified glycoproteins and plant lectins with defined sugar specificity revealed that the HA recognized the terminal beta 1-galactosyl moiety of these glycoconjugates. There was no evidence for the presence of an extended carbohydrate-binding domain in the HA molecule or a preference of the HA for a complex, branched oligosaccharide structure. Similar to the mechanisms proposed for the binding of cholera toxin and Shiga toxin to glycolipids and neoglycoproteins, the strong interaction of V. cholerae cell-free HA with glycoconjugates appeared to be a consequence of multiple weak binding to terminal beta1-galactosyl moieties of the glycoproteins or glycolipids.
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- N Saha
- Division of Immunology and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India
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Bishayee A, Banerjee KK, Chatterjee M. Effects of human placental extract on hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme. Riv Eur Sci Med Farmacol 1995; 17:19-26. [PMID: 8545551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Effects of acute or subchronic administration of human placental extract (HPE), a worldwide clinically used agent, on hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme activities were evaluated in rats. Hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 (Cyt. P450) and cytochrome b5 (Cyt. b5) contents and cytosolic glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities were maximally induced after various periods of time following a single intraperitoneal injection of HPE (4 ml/kg) whereas microsomal UDP-glucuronyltransferase (UDPGT) activities were inhibited significantly. All these altered effects were returned almost to the basal levels after 96 h of treatment. Subchronic treatment (30 days) with HPE (1,2 or 4 ml/kg) afforded a significant induction of Cyt. P-450 and Cyt. b5 levels and that of GST activities with a concurrent suppression of the activities of UDPGT and these results were found to be dose-dependent. However, microsomal NADPH cytochrome c reductase activity was not affected either by acute or subchronic treatment. The observed variations in the levels and activities of above house-keeping enzymes were discussed in relation to the possible carcinogenic risk of long-term treatment with this pharmaceutical agent.
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- A Bishayee
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India
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Banerjee KK, Bishayee A, Chatterjee M. Role of human placental extract on succinic dehydrogenase activity in carrageenin-induced edema in rats in vivo and its effect on erythrocyte lysis, platelet aggregation and trypsin activity in vitro. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 1994; 38:121-4. [PMID: 8063356] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Significant increase of liver succinic dehydrogenase (SDH, EC 1.3.99.1) activity was produced by carrageenin-induced edema in rats. Pretreatment with human placental extract inhibited the increased liver SDH activity in a dose-dependent manner. Placental extract was found to have little or no effect on the liver SDH activity in normal rats. Furthermore, heat-induced erythrocyte lysis was inhibited to a substantial extent by the extract and was found to be dose-responsive. However, adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation and trypsin activity were not changed by the placental extract in vitro. The study indicates that the membrane stabilization and depletion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis may contribute to antiinflammatory effect of the extract.
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- K K Banerjee
- Department of Occupational Health, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Calcutta
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Banerjee KK, Muthu PM. Effect of cigarette smoking on thyroid hormone homeostasis. Indian J Med Res 1994; 99:74-6. [PMID: 8005642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Serum thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and thiocyanate (SCN) levels in 40 smokers smoking filter or non-filter cigarettes were compared to those in 20 control subjects. Both types of cigarette smoking resulted in a decrease in T4 (P < 0.01) and increase in TSH (P < 0.05) to the same degree as compared to control. T3 was found to be higher in the smokers but the rise was not significant. SCN was elevated significantly in the smokers. The filter attached to the cigarette was found to have little or no effect on the alteration of the levels of the biochemical indices studied.
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- K K Banerjee
- Department of Occupational Health, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Calcutta
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Banerjee KK, Bishayee A, Chatterjee M. Elevated lipid peroxidation, decreased glutathione levels and changes in glutathione-related enzymes in rats treated with human placental extract. Acta Med Okayama 1993; 47:223-7. [PMID: 8213215 DOI: 10.18926/amo/31554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The in vivo effects of human placental extract (1-4 ml/kg) on hepatic lipid peroxidation, blood and liver glutathione (GSH) levels and several enzymes associated with the antioxidant defence mechanism; i.e., catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and glutathione S-transferase, together with some blood biochemical responses were investigated in rats. At an optimal dose level (4 ml/kg), a single acute intraperitoneal administration of the extract caused a significant enhancement (49.9%; p < 0.001) of lipid peroxidation with a decline in GSH level both in blood (45.1%; p < 0.001) and liver (61.0%; p < 0.001) in comparison to control animals. Activities of catalase, glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase were inhibited in a dose-responsive way by the treatment with the extract which also increased the activity of glutathione S-transferase in a dose-dependent manner. The extract was found to be hepatotoxic in terms of elevation of serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase, serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase, serum lactate dehydrogenase and blood methemoglobin concentration. Results of this study suggest the adverse consequences of the administration of the extract due to its substantial ability to alter normal cellular processes.
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- K K Banerjee
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India
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Banerjee KK, Bishayee A, Chatterjee M. Anti-inflammatory effect of human placental extract: a biochemical mechanistic approach. Riv Eur Sci Med Farmacol 1992; 14:361-6. [PMID: 1308603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Significant increase of liver succinic dehydrogenase (SHD) activity was produced by carrageenin-induced edema in rats. Pretreatment with human placental extract "Placentrex" inhibited the increased liver SHD activity in a dose-dependent manner. "Placentrex" was found to have no effect on the liver SHD activity in normal rats. Furthermore, heat-induced erythrocyte lysis was inhibited to a substantial extent by "Placentrex" and was found to be almost dose-responsive. However, adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation and trypsin activity were not changed in vitro by the "Placentrex". No alkaline phosphatase activity was found in this preparation. All these studies indicate that the membrane stabilization and depletion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis may be the basis of anti-inflammatory effect of this drug.
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A lectin with strong hemagglutinating activity toward erythrocytes of several animal species was isolated from an 18-h culture supernatant of a diarrheagenic strain, V2, of non-O1 Vibrio cholerae. The hemagglutinin (HA) was purified free of lipopolysaccharide by salt fractionation followed by gel filtration, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and, finally, gel filtration in the presence of urea and deoxycholate. The purification procedure resulted in an HA preparation with 80-fold enhancement of specific activity. The HA consisted of noncovalently bound subunits of Mr 62,000 and behaved essentially as a single component with pI 6.0. Nonpolar and acidic amino acids contributed 46 and 24%, respectively, to the total amino acid residues. Electron micrographs of the HA showed it to consist of large, nonstoichiometric aggregates' of disklike molecules of 10-nm diameter. Inhibition of the HA by the glycoproteins fetuin, asialofetuin, and mucin, but not by ovalbumin and simple sugars, suggested the specific requirement of complex carbohydrates for binding. Rabbit antisera to the purified HA inhibited the hemagglutinating activities of the crude cell-free HA preparations, but not cell-associated HA activities of the parent (V2) or of other O1 and non-O1 V. cholerae strains. This suggested that the released and cell-associated HA activities were mediated by antigenically distinct components. Immunoblotting experiments showed that the antisera recognized a polypeptide component of Mr 62,000 in the cell envelope preparations of the parent and several other V. cholerae O1 and non-O1 strains. These data suggested that the HA was a nonfimbrial lectin of somatic origin with no protease activity and was apparently distinct from V. cholerae HAs described so far.
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- K K Banerjee
- Division of Immunology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India
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Srivastava VK, Banerjee KK, Laisram N, Sinha RS, Ghorai BK. Radioactive bromide partition test in the diagnosis of tubercular meningitis in children. Indian J Med Res 1985; 81:448-53. [PMID: 4030029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Chatterjee N, Banerjee KK, Sen A. Difference between tortoise and hen lysozymes in the mode of association with N-acetyl D-glucosamine as revealed by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. FEBS Lett 1983; 159:171-4. [PMID: 6873293 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(83)80440-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Tortoise lysozyme, unlike hen lysozyme, does not distinguish between the alpha- and beta-anomeric forms of N-acetyl D-glucosamine. This indicates that alpha- and beta-anomeric forms of the inhibitor have the same affinities and experience identical magnetic environments in tortoise lysozyme. The dissociation constant of tortoise lysozyme-inhibitor complex was calculated from chemical shift data and found to be 3.5 X 10(-2) M. The enthalpy of dissociation was calculated to be 5.0 kcal/mol.
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A method for correcting spherical aberration and coma in fast two-element objectives using high-index materials is discussed. It involves use of an aplanatic lens with a single lens having a minimum spherical aberration and no coma. The method deals only with monochromatic designs. It can be effective in designing high-aperture aplanatic IR objectives. Optical data and performance characteristics of germanium and silicon two-lens systems designed by the proposed method are given.
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- K O Varughese
- Instruments Research & Development Establishment, Dehra Dun, India
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Banerjee KK, Sen A. Purification and properties of a lectin from the seeds of Croton tiglium with hemolytic activity toward rabbit red cells. Arch Biochem Biophys 1981; 212:740-53. [PMID: 6798942 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(81)90418-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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