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Zobl W, Wehr M, Drake C, Schimming J, Pellegrino-Coppola D, Blum J, Capinha LS, Davilo E, Walker P, Islam B, Tolosa L, Jennings P, van Vugt-Lussenburg B, Boei J, Leist M, van de Water B, Fisher C, Escher S. P20-09 Which scope of NAM testing is sufficient for hazard characterisation? – An investigation based on transcriptomics data. Toxicol Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.07.675] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Noerenberg A, Tolosa L, Gómez Lechón M, Runge N, Johannssen T, López S, Guzmán C, Castell J, Donato M, Jover R. Characterization of proliferating human hepatocytes as a model system for drug interaction studies and toxicity screenings. Toxicol Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.06.1729] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Chatterjee M, Ge X, Kostov Y, Luu P, Tolosa L, Woo H, Viscardi R, Falk S, Potts R, Rao G. A rate-based transcutaneous CO2 sensor for noninvasive respiration monitoring. Physiol Meas 2015; 36:883-94. [PMID: 25832294 PMCID: PMC4417034 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/5/883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The pain and risk of infection associated with invasive blood sampling for blood gas measurements necessitate the search for reliable noninvasive techniques. In this work we developed a novel rate-based noninvasive method for a safe and fast assessment of respiratory status. A small sampler was built to collect the gases diffusing out of the skin. It was connected to a CO2 sensor through gas-impermeable tubing. During a measurement, the CO2 initially present in the sampler was first removed by purging it with nitrogen. The gases in the system were then recirculated between the sampler and the CO2 sensor, and the CO2 diffusion rate into the sampler was measured. Because the measurement is based on the initial transcutaneous diffusion rate, reaching mass transfer equilibrium and heating the skin is no longer required, thus, making it much faster and safer than traditional method. A series of designed experiments were performed to analyze the effect of the measurement parameters such as sampler size, measurement location, subject positions, and movement. After the factor analysis tests, the prototype was sent to a level IV NICU for clinical trial. The results show that the measured initial rate of increase in CO2 partial pressure is linearly correlated with the corresponding arterial blood gas measurements. The new approach can be used as a trending tool, making frequent blood sampling unnecessary for respiratory status monitoring.
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- M Chatterjee
- Center for Advanced Sensor Technology, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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- Center for Advanced Sensor Technology, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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- Center for Advanced Sensor Technology, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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- Center for Advanced Sensor Technology, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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- Center for Advanced Sensor Technology, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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- GE Healthcare, 8880 Gorman Rd Laurel, MD 20723, United States
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- Fluorometrix Biomedical, 517 Court Pl, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, United States
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- Center for Advanced Sensor Technology, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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Aranda A, Sequedo L, Tolosa L, Quintas G, Burello E, Castell J, Gombau L. Dichloro-dihydro-fluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA) assay: A quantitative method for oxidative stress assessment of nanoparticle-treated cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2013; 27:954-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2013.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Revised: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 01/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Spitzmaul G, Tolosa L, Winkelman BHJ, Heidenreich M, Frens MA, Chabbert C, de Zeeuw CI, Jentsch TJ. Vestibular role of KCNQ4 and KCNQ5 K+ channels revealed by mouse models. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:9334-44. [PMID: 23408425 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.433383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The function of sensory hair cells of the cochlea and vestibular organs depends on an influx of K(+) through apical mechanosensitive ion channels and its subsequent removal over their basolateral membrane. The KCNQ4 (Kv7.4) K(+) channel, which is mutated in DFNA2 human hearing loss, is expressed in the basal membrane of cochlear outer hair cells where it may mediate K(+) efflux. Like the related K(+) channel KCNQ5 (Kv7.5), KCNQ4 is also found at calyx terminals ensheathing type I vestibular hair cells where it may be localized pre- or postsynaptically. Making use of Kcnq4(-/-) mice lacking KCNQ4, as well as Kcnq4(dn/dn) and Kcnq5(dn/dn) mice expressing dominant negative channel mutants, we now show unambiguously that in adult mice both channels reside in postsynaptic calyx-forming neurons, but cannot be detected in the innervated hair cells. Accordingly, whole cell currents of vestibular hair cells did not differ between genotypes. Neither Kcnq4(-/-), Kcnq5(dn/dn) nor Kcnq4(-/-)/Kcnq5(dn/dn) double mutant mice displayed circling behavior found with severe vestibular impairment. However, a milder form of vestibular dysfunction was apparent from altered vestibulo-ocular reflexes in Kcnq4(-/-)/Kcnq5(dn/dn) and Kcnq4(-/-) mice. The larger impact of KCNQ4 may result from its preferential expression in central zones of maculae and cristae, which are innervated by phasic neurons that are more sensitive than the tonic neurons present predominantly in the surrounding peripheral zones where KCNQ5 is found. The impact of postsynaptic KCNQ4 on vestibular function may be related to K(+) removal and modulation of synaptic transmission.
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- Guillermo Spitzmaul
- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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To date, thermistors are used to continuously monitor the body temperature of newborn babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. The thermistor probe is attached to the body with a strong adhesive tape to ensure that the probe stays in place. However, these strong adhesives are shown to increase microbial growth and cause serious skin injuries via epidermal stripping. The latter compromises the skin's ability to serve as a protective barrier leading to increase in water loss and further microbial infections. In this article a new approach is introduced that eliminates the need for an adhesive. Instead, two kinds of fluorophores are entrapped in a skin friendly chitosan gel that can be easily wiped on and off of the skin, and has antimicrobial properties as well. A CCD camera is used to detect the temperature dependent fluorescence of the fluorophore, tris(1,10-phenthroline)ruthenium(II) while 8-aminopyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid serves as the reference. This temperature sensor was found to have a resolution of at least 0.13°C.
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- Ht Lam
- Center for Advanced Sensor Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Castell J, Tolosa L, Pinto S, Donato M, O’connor J, Gómez-Lechón M. Development of multiparametric cell-based protocol to assess and classify hepatotoxicity potential of drugs. Toxicol Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.03.478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mir M, Asensio VJ, Tolosa L, Gou-Fabregas M, Soler RM, Lladó J, Olmos G. Tumor necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma cooperatively induce oxidative stress and motoneuron death in rat spinal cord embryonic explants. Neuroscience 2009; 162:959-71. [PMID: 19477238 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Revised: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The accumulation of reactive microglia in the degenerating areas of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) tissue is a key cellular event creating a chronic inflammatory environment that results in motoneuron death. We have developed a new culture system that consists in rat spinal cord embryonic explants in which motoneurons migrate outside the explant, growing as a monolayer in the presence of glial cells. The proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) have been proposed to be involved in ALS-linked microglial activation. In our explants, the combined exposure to these cytokines resulted in an increased expression of the pro-oxidative enzymes inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), the catalytic subunit of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase, gp91(phox) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), as compared to each cytokine alone. This effect was related to their cooperation in the activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB). TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma also cooperated to promote protein oxidation and nitration, thus increasing the percentage of motoneurons immunoreactive for nitrotyrosine. Apoptotic motoneuron death, measured through annexin V-Cy3 and active caspase-3 immunoreactivities, was also found cooperatively induced by TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma. Interestingly, these cytokines did not affect the viability of purified spinal cord motoneurons in the absence of glial cells. It is proposed that the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma have cooperative/complementary roles in inflammation-induced motoneuron death.
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- M Mir
- Grup de Neurobiologia Cel.lular, Institut Universitari d'Investigacions en Ciències de la Salut/Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Cra. de Valldemossa, km 7.5, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Tolosa L, Mir M, Olmos G, Lladó J. Vascular endothelial growth factor protects motoneurons from serum deprivation–induced cell death through phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-mediated p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibition. Neuroscience 2009; 158:1348-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J R Lakowicz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA
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Lakowicz JR, Gryczynski I, Gryczynski Z, Tolosa L, Randers-Eichhorn L, Rao G. Polarization-based sensing of glucose using an oriented reference film. J Biomed Opt 1999; 4:443-9. [PMID: 23014617 PMCID: PMC6938719 DOI: 10.1117/1.429955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We describe a new approach to glucose sensing using polarization measurements in the presence of a stretch-oriented reference film. The method relies on measurement of the polarized emission from the reference film and of a fluorophore which changes intensity in response to glucose. A glucose-sensitive fluorescent signal was provided by the glucose/galactose binding protein from E. coli. This protein was labeled with an environmentally sensitive fluorophore at a single genetically inserted cysteine residue, and displayed decreased fluorescence upon glucose binding. Using the protein and the reference film we observed glucose-sensitive polarization values for micromolar glucose concentrations. This method of polarization-based sensing is generic and can be used for any sensing fluorophore which displays a change in intensity. In principle, one can construct simple and economical devices for this type of glucose measurement. © 1999 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
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Tolosa L, Gryczynski I, Eichhorn LR, Dattelbaum JD, Castellano FN, Rao G, Lakowicz JR. Glucose sensor for low-cost lifetime-based sensing using a genetically engineered protein. Anal Biochem 1999; 267:114-20. [PMID: 9918662 PMCID: PMC6905191 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1998.2974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [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: 11/22/2022]
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We describe a glucose sensor based on a mutant glucose/galactose binding protein (GGBP) and phase-modulation fluorometry. The GGBP from Escherichia coli was mutated to contain a single cysteine residue at position 26. When labeled with a sulfhydryl-reactive probe 2-(4'-iodoacetamidoanilino)naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid, the labeled protein displayed a twofold decrease in intensity in response to glucose, with a dissociation constant near 1 microM glucose. The ANS-labeled protein displayed only a modest change in lifetime, precluding lifetime-based sensing of glucose. A modulation sensor was created by combining ANS26-GGBP with a long-lifetime ruthenium (Ru) metal-ligand complex on the surface of the cuvette. Binding of glucose changed the relative intensity of ANS26-GGBP and the Ru complex, resulting in a dramatic change in modulation at a low frequency of 2.1 MHz. Modulation measurements at 2.1 MHz were shown to accurately determine the glucose concentration. These results suggest an approach to glucose sensing with simple devices.
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- L Tolosa
- Department of Biophysics, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA
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Lakowicz JR, Gryczynski I, Tolosa L, Dattelbaum JD, Castellano FN, Li L, Rao G. ADVANCES IN FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY: MULTI-PHOTON EXCITATION, ENGINEERED PROTEINS, MODULATION SENSING AND MICROSECOND RHENIUM METAL-LIGAND COMPLEXES. Acta Phys Pol A 1999; 95:179-195. [PMID: 31660002 PMCID: PMC6816252 DOI: 10.12693/aphyspola.95.179] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The technology and applications of fluorescence spectroscopy are rapidly advancing. In this overview presentation we summarize some recent developments from this laboratory. Two and three-photon excitation have been observed for a wide variety of intrinsic and extrinsic fluorophores, including tryptophan, tyrosine, DNA stains, membrane probes, and even alkanes. It has been possible to observe multi-photon excitation of biopolymers without obvious photochemical or photo-thermal effects. Although not de-scribed in our lecture, another area of increasing interest is the use of engineered proteins for chemical and clinical sensing. We show results for the glucose-galactose binding protein from E. coli. The labeled protein shows spectral changes in response to micromolar concentrations of glucose. This protein was used with a novel sensing method based on the modulated emission of the labeled proteins and a long lifetime reference fluorophore. And finally, we describe a recently developed rhenium complex which displays a lifetime near 3 µs in oxygenated aqueous solution. Such long life-time probes allow detection of microsecond dynamic processes, bypassing the usual nanosecond timescale limit of fluorescence. The result of these developments in protein engineering, sensing methods, and metal-ligand probe chemistry will be the increased use of fluorescence in clinical chemistry and point-of-care analyses.
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- J R Lakowicz
- University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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We describe a new approach to fluorescence sensing based on a mixture of fluorophores, one of which is sensitive to the desired analyte. If a long-lifetime analyte-insensitive fluorophore is mixed with a short-lifetime analyte-sensitive fluorophore, the modulation of the emission at conveniently low frequencies becomes equal to the fractional fluorescence intensity of the sensing fluorophore. Under these conditions, the modulation can be used to determine the analyte concentration. This can be used with any fluorophore that changes intensity in response to analyte and does not require the sensing fluorophore to display a change in lifetime. The feasibility of modulation-based sensing was demonstrated using mixtures of 6-carboxyfluorescein and [Ru 2,2'-(bipyridyl)3]2+ as a pH sensor and of the calcium probe Fluo-3 and [Ru 2,2'-(bipyridyl)3]2+ as a calcium sensor.
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- J R Lakowicz
- Department of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA
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We describe an optical assay for glucose based on the luminescence decay time of a long lifetime metal-ligand complex. Concanavalin A was covalently labeled with Ruthenium metal-ligand complex (RuCon A) which served as the donor. The acceptor was malachite green which was covalently linked to insulin. The malachite green insulin was also covalently labeled with maltose (MIMG) to provide binding affinity to RuCon A. Binding of RuCon A to MIMG resulted in a decreased intensity and decay time of RuCon A. Glucose was detected by competitive displacement of MIMG from RuCon A, resulting in increased intensity and decay time. This glucose assay has several favorable features. The long lifetime of RuCon A allows phase-modulation decay time measurements using an amplitude-modulated bluelight-emitting diode as the light source. Reversibility of the assay can be controlled by the extent of sugar labeling of the insulin. Finally, the glucose-sensitive range can be adjusted by selection of the sugar structure and extent of labeling of the insulin.
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- L Tolosa
- Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA
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