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Wu LN, Nettersheim J, Feß J, Schnell A, Burgardt S, Hiebel S, Adam D, Eckardt A, Widera A. Indication of critical scaling in time during the relaxation of an open quantum system. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1714. [PMID: 38402235 PMCID: PMC10894203 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46054-9] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024] Open
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Near continuous phase transitions, universal power-law scaling, characterized by critical exponents, emerges. This behavior reflects the singular responses of physical systems to continuous control parameters like temperature or external fields. Universal scaling extends to non-equilibrium dynamics in isolated quantum systems after a quench, where time takes the role of the control parameter. Our research unveils critical scaling in time also during the relaxation dynamics of an open quantum system. Here we experimentally realize such a system by the spin of individual Cesium atoms dissipatively coupled through spin-exchange processes to a bath of ultracold Rubidium atoms. Through a finite-size scaling analysis of the entropy dynamics via numerical simulations, we identify a critical point in time in the thermodynamic limit. This critical point is accompanied by the divergence of a characteristic length, which is described by critical exponents that turn out to be unaffected by system specifics.
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- Ling-Na Wu
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, 10623, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Theoretical Physics and School of Science, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University Kaiserslautern-Landau, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Hao Y, Wu LN, Lyu YT, Liu YZ, Qin XS, Zheng R. [Evaluation of the application value of seven tumor-associated autoantibodies in non-small cell lung cancer based on machine learning algorithms]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 57:1827-1838. [PMID: 38008573 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20221111-01099] [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: 11/28/2023]
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Objective: Based on the diagnostic model established and validated by the machine learning algorithm, to investigate the value of seven tumor-associated autoantibodies (TAABs), namely anti-p53, PGP9.5, SOX2, GAGE7, GBU4-5, MAGEA1 and CAGE antibodies in the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to differentiate between NSCLC and benign lung nodules. Methods: This was a retrospective study of clinical cases. Model building queue: a total of 227 primary patients who underwent radical lung cancer surgery in the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, from November 2018 to June 2021 were collected as the NSCLC group, and 120 cases of benign lung nodules, 122 cases of pneumonia and 120 healthy individuals were selected as the control groups. External validation queue: a total of 100 primary patients who underwent radical lung cancer surgery in the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, from May 2022 to December 2022 were collected as the NSCLC group, and 36 cases of benign lung nodules, 32 cases of pneumonia and 44 healthy individuals were selected as the control groups. In addition, NSCLC was divided into early (stage 0-ⅠB) and mid-to-late (stage ⅡA-ⅢB) subgroups. The levels of 7-TAABs were detected by enzyme immunoassay, and serum concentrations of CEA and CYFRA21-1 were detected by electrochemiluminescence. Four machine learning algorithms, XGBoost, Lasso logistic regression, Naïve Bayes, and Support Vector Machine are used to establish classification models. And the best performance model was chosen based on evaluation metrics and a multi-indicator combination model was established. In addition, an online risk evaluation tool was generated to assist clinical applications. Results: Except for p53, the levels of rest six TAABs, CEA and CYFRA21-1 were significantly higher in the NSCLC group (P<0.05). Serum levels of anti-SOX2 [1.50 (0.60, 10.85) U/ml vs. 0.8 (0.20, 2.10) U/ml, Z=2.630, P<0.05] and MAGEA1 antibodies [0.20 (0.10, 0.43) U/ml vs. 0.10 (0.10, 0.20) U/ml, Z=2.289, P<0.05], CEA [3.13 (2.12, 5.64) ng/ml vs. 2.11 (1.25, 3.09) ng/ml, Z=3.970, P<0.05] and CYFRA21-1 [4.31(2.37, 7.14) ng/ml vs. 2.53(1.92, 3.48) ng/ml, Z=3.959, P<0.05] were significantly higher in patients with mid-to late-stage NSCLC than in early stages. XGBoost model was used to establish a multi-indicator combined detection model (after removing p53). 6-TAABs combined with CYFRA21-1 was the best combination model for the diagnosis of NSCLC and early NSCLC. The optimal diagnostic thresholds were 0.410, 0.701 and 0.744, and the AUC was 0.828, 0.757 and 0.741, respectively (NSCLC vs. control, NSCLC vs. benign lung nodules, early NSCLC vs. benign lung nodules) in model building queue, and the AUC was 0.760, 0.710 and 0.660, respectively (NSCLC vs. control, NSCLC vs. benign lung nodules, early NSCLC vs. benign lung nodules) in external validation queue. Conclusion: In the diagnosis of NSCLC, 6-TAABs is superior to that of traditional tumor markers CEA and CYFRA21-1, and can compensate for the shortcomings of traditional tumor markers. For the differential diagnosis of NSCLC and benign lung nodule, "6-TAABs+CYFRA21-1" is the most cost-effective combination, and plays an important role in prevention and screening for early lung cancer.
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- Y Hao
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110000, China Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang 110000, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110000, China Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang 110000, China
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- Biological Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110000, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110000, China Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang 110000, China
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110000, China
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Wu LN, Lu DH, Piao YS. [Advances in IgG 4-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2023; 62:1139-1143. [PMID: 37650189 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20220908-00668] [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: 09/01/2023]
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- L N Wu
- Department of Pathology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
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Cao JH, Chen F, Liu Q, Mao TW, Xu WX, Wu LN, You L. Detection of Entangled States Supported by Reinforcement Learning. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:073201. [PMID: 37656843 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.073201] [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] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Discrimination of entangled states is an important element of quantum-enhanced metrology. This typically requires low-noise detection technology. Such a challenge can be circumvented by introducing nonlinear readout process. Traditionally, this is realized by reversing the very dynamics that generates the entangled state, which requires a full control over the system evolution. In this Letter, we present nonlinear readout of highly entangled states by employing reinforcement learning to manipulate the spin-mixing dynamics in a spin-1 atomic condensate. The reinforcement learning found results in driving the system toward an unstable fixed point, whereby the (to be sensed) phase perturbation is amplified by the subsequent spin-mixing dynamics. Working with a condensate of 10 900 ^{87}Rb atoms, we achieve a metrological gain of 6.97_{-1.38}^{+1.30} dB beyond the classical precision limit. Our work will open up new possibilities in unlocking the full potential of entanglement caused quantum enhancement in experiments.
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- Jia-Hao Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Theoretical Physics and School of Science, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing, China
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Tian YX, Wang Y, Chen HY, Ma J, Liu QY, Qu YJ, Sun HW, Wu LN, Li XL. Organophosphate esters in soils of Beijing urban parks: Occurrence, potential sources, and probabilistic health risks. Sci Total Environ 2023; 879:162855. [PMID: 36931520 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are an emerging contaminant widely distributed in the soil. OPEs have drawn increasing attention for their biological toxicity and possible threat to human health. This research investigated the pollution characteristics of two typical OPEs, organophosphate triesters (tri-OPEs) and organophosphate diesters (di-OPEs), in soils of 104 urban parks in Beijing. The median concentrations of Σ11tri-OPEs and Σ8di-OPEs were 157 and 17.9 ng/g dw, respectively. Tris(2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate were the dominant tri-OPE and di-OPE, respectively. Consumer materials (such as building insulation and decorative materials), traffic emissions, and reclaimed water irrigation may be critical sources of tri-OPEs in urban park soils. Di-OPEs mainly originated from the degradation of parent compounds and industrial applications. Machine learning models were employed to determine the influencing factors of OPEs and predict changes in their concentrations. The predicted OPEs concentrations in Beijing urban park soils in 2025 and 2030 are three times and five times those in 2018, respectively. According to probabilistic health risk assessment, non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks of OPEs can be negligible for children and adults. Our results could inform measures for preventing and controlling OPEs pollution in urban park soils.
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- Y X Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Miao KK, Li J, Wu LN, Zhang B, Li MQ. [Genetic variants, circulating levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 with risk of breast cancer: a case-control study and Mendelian randomization analysis]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 56:590-594. [PMID: 35644972 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20211107-01030] [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: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To assess the association of genetic polymorphisms and circulating levels of chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP1) with risk of breast cancer. Methods: A total of 820 patients with pathologically confirmed breast cancer and 900 age-and area-of-residence-matched healthy controls who visited the hospital for routine health screening during the same period were included in this case-control study. Mendelian randomization analysis was performed using three widely followed functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the MCP1 gene rs1024611, rs2857656 and rs4586 to construct instrumental variables. Results: MCP1 rs1024611 (OR=1.26, P=0.002), rs2857656 (OR=1.23, P=0.006) and rs4586 (OR=1.23, P=0.003) were significantly associated with increased risk of breast cancer. SNP rs1024611 (β=1.194, P<0.001), rs2857656 (β=1.221, P<0.001) and rs4586 (β=1.137, P<0.001) were positively correlated with higher circulating level of MCP1. The case-control study showed that an increase of 23.7 pg/ml of circulating levels of MCP1 was associated with a 0.25-fold increased risk of breast cancer. MR analysis confirmed that the genetic predicted circulating levels of MCP1 were associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, and the risk of breast cancer increased by 0.20 times with an increase of 23.7 pg/ml in MCP1. Conclusion: Genetic variants and circulating levels of MCP1 are significantly associated with the risk of breast cancer and can be used as a biomarker for early prediction of breast cancer.
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- K K Miao
- Department of Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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Fang XY, Zhan YX, Zhou XM, Wu LN, Lin J, Yi YT, Jiang CM, Wang J, Liu J. CXCL12/CXCR4 Mediates Orthodontic Root Resorption via Regulating the M1/M2 Ratio. J Dent Res 2021; 101:569-579. [PMID: 34847760 DOI: 10.1177/00220345211050324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mechanical force-induced external root resorption is a major clinical side effect of orthodontic treatment. Recent work has revealed that M1 macrophages play a vital role in promoting orthodontic root resorption (ORR), but the mechanism of how mechanical force stimulation increases the M1/M2 macrophage ratio in periodontal tissue is poorly understood. In the current study, we showed that C-X-C motif chemokine 12 (CXCL12)+ periodontal ligament cells (PDLCs) and C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4)+ monocytes in the periodontal ligament (PDL) were significantly increased after force application with ongoing root resorption, and these effects were partially rescued after force removal in mice. The expression of CXCL12 in PDLCs was increased by force stimulation in a time- and intensity-dependent manner in vitro. Blockage of the CXCL12/CXCR4 axis using CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100 was sufficient to alleviate ORR and reverse the force-enhanced M1/M2 macrophage ratio. Further mechanism exploration showed that Ly6Chi inflammatory monocytes homed in a CXCL12/CXCR4 axis-dependent manner. The number and proportion of CD11b+ Ly6Chi inflammatory monocytes in cervical lymph nodes were significantly increased by force loading, accompanied by decreased CD11b+ Ly6Chi monocytes in the blood. These changes were blunted by intraperitoneal injection of AMD3100. In addition, blockage of the CXCL12/CXCR4 axis effectively reversed M2 suppression and promoted M1 polarization. Collectively, results indicate that force-induced CXCL12/CXCR4 axis mediates ORR by increasing the M1/M2 ratio in periodontal tissues through attracting Ly6Chi inflammatory monocytes and modulating macrophage polarization. The results also imply that AMD3100 is potentially inhibitory to root resorption.
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- X Y Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.,Lab for Aging Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.,College & Hospital of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.,Lab for Aging Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Orthodontics, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Lab for Aging Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.,Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Away from equilibrium, the properties of open quantum systems depend on the details of their environment. A microscopic derivation of a master equation (ME) is therefore crucial. Of particular interest are Lindblad-type equations, not only because they provide the most general class of Markovian MEs, but also since they are the starting point for efficient quantum trajectory simulations. Lindblad-type MEs are commonly derived from the Born-Markov-Redfield equation via a rotating-wave approximation (RWA). However the RWA is valid only for ultraweak system-bath coupling and often fails to accurately describe nonequilibrium processes. Here we derive an alternative Lindbladian approximation to the Redfield equation, which does not rely on ultraweak system-bath coupling. Applying it to an extended Hubbard model coupled to Ohmic baths, we show that, especially away from equilibrium, it provides a good approximation in large parameter regimes where the RWA fails.
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- Tobias Becker
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Wu LN, Zhang LN, Weng SX, Xie CP, Zheng HH. [Effect of different thyroid decalcification on HE staining, immunohistochemistry and nucleic acid quality]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:80-83. [PMID: 31914543 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2020.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- L N Wu
- Department of Pathology, Taizhou Hosptial of Zhejiang Province, Enze Medical Center, Linhai 317000, China
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We investigate the relaxation dynamics of an interacting Stark-localized system coupled to a dephasing bath, and compare its behavior to the conventional disorder-induced many body localized system. Specifically, we study the dynamics of population imbalance between even and odd sites, and the growth of the von Neumann entropy. For a large potential gradient, the imbalance is found to decay on a timescale τ that grows quadratically with the Wannier-Stark tilt. For the noninteracting system, it shows an exponential decay, which becomes a stretched exponential decay in the presence of finite interactions. This is different from a system with disorder-induced localization, where the imbalance exhibits a stretched exponential decay also for vanishing interactions. As another clear qualitative difference, we do not find a logarithmically slow growth of the von Neumann entropy as it is found for the disordered system. Our findings can immediately be tested experimentally with ultracold atoms in optical lattices.
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- Ling-Na Wu
- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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Zhang S, Huangfu H, Wang BQ, Gao W, Wu LN, Li Y, Li WY. [The expressions and correlations of IL-10, CD14 and CD68 in laryngal squamous cell carcinoma]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2017; 31:839-843. [PMID: 29774998 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2017.11.006] [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] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:The aim of this study is to investigate the distribution of IL-10, CD14 and CD68 in the tumor microenvironment of LSCC with the clinicopathologic factors. Method:We detected the expressions of IL-10, CD14 and CD68 in 46 primary LSCC tumor tissues by immunohistochemistry staining and explore the relationship between them and clinicopathologic factors. Result:We found that the expressions of IL-10, CD14 and CD68 were significantly correlated with clinical stage and T stage (P<0.01). IL-10 and CD14 were correlated with lymph node metastasis (P<0.01), and CD68 was correlated with pathological differentiation (P<0.05). There is a positive correlation trend between the expression of IL-10 and CD14 (P<0.01). Conclusion:We confirm that the high level expressions of IL-10, monocytes and TAMs contribute to the tumor development of LSCC and there is a positive correlation between the expression of IL-10 and monocytes.
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- S Zhang
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Cancer, Key Institute and Laboratory of Otolaryngology Affiliated with Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Cancer, Key Institute and Laboratory of Otolaryngology Affiliated with Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Cancer, Key Institute and Laboratory of Otolaryngology Affiliated with Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Cancer, Key Institute and Laboratory of Otolaryngology Affiliated with Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Cancer, Key Institute and Laboratory of Otolaryngology Affiliated with Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Cancer, Key Institute and Laboratory of Otolaryngology Affiliated with Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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Wu LN, Luo XY, Xu ZF, Ueda M, Wang R, You L. Harmonic trap resonance enhanced synthetic atomic spin-orbit coupling. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46756. [PMID: 28447670 PMCID: PMC5406833 DOI: 10.1038/srep46756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) plays an essential role in many exotic and interesting phenomena in condensed matter physics. In neutral-atom-based quantum simulations, synthetic SOC constitutes a key enabling element. The strength of SOC realized so far is limited by various reasons or constraints. This work reports tunable SOC synthesized with a gradient magnetic field (GMF) for atoms in a harmonic trap. Nearly ten-fold enhancement is observed when the GMF is modulated near the harmonic-trap resonance in comparison with the free-space situation. A theory is developed that well explains the experimental results. Our work offers a clear physical insight into and analytical understanding of how to tune the strength of atomic SOC synthesized with GMF using harmonic trap resonance.
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- Ling-Na Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurements, School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, Peoples Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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Luo XY, Zou YQ, Wu LN, Liu Q, Han MF, Tey MK, You L. Deterministic entanglement generation from driving through quantum phase transitions. Science 2017; 355:620-623. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aag1106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Zeng YC, Wu R, Xing R, Chi F, Wang SL, Chen XD, Xuan Y, Wu LN, Duan QY, Tang MY, Niu N, Sun YN, Fan GL, Wang HM. Radiation-enhancing effect of sodium glycididazole in patients suffering from non-small cell lung cancer with multiple brain metastases: A randomized, placebo-controlled study. Cancer Radiother 2016; 20:187-92. [PMID: 27052296 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2016.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 01/26/2016] [Revised: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Median survival of patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer is poor. This study was to investigate the radiation-enhancing effect of sodium glycididazole combined with whole-brain radiotherapy of multiple brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-four patients with multiple brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer were included: the study group (n=32) received whole-brain radiotherapy combined with sodium glycididazole at a dose of 700mg/m(2) intravenous infusion 30minutes before radiotherapy, three times a week; the control group (n=32) only received whole-brain radiotherapy. The primary end point was central nervous system (CNS) progression-free survival and overall survival. The treatment-related toxicity was also recorded. RESULTS The CNS disease control rate was better (90.6% vs 65.6%, P=0.016) in the study group than in the control group at 3 month of follow-up. The median CNS progression-free survival time was longer in the study group than in the control group (7.0 months vs 4.0 months, P=0.038). There was no significant difference of the median overall survival time between the study group and the control group (11.0 months vs 9.0 months, P=0.418). On the other hand, the treatment-related toxicity showed no statistically significant difference between these two groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS The study indicated that sodium glycididazole was an effective, promising radiation-enhancing agent that improved CNS disease control rate, extended the median CNS progression-free survival time and was well tolerated in patients suffering from non-small cell lung cancer with multiple brain metastases.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39, Huaxiang Road, Shenyang 110022, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Harbin First Hospital, 151, Diduan Street, Harbin 150010, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Zeng YC, Wu R, Xiao YP, Chi F, Xue M, Zhang ZY, Xing R, Zhong WZ, Wang SL, Tian X, Chen W, Chen JJ, Wu LN. Serum C-reactive protein predicts poor prognosis in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 22:20-4. [PMID: 25684985 DOI: 10.3747/co.22.2178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to evaluate the association of serum C-reactive protein (crp) with prognosis in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 79 patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (cT3-4N0-3M0) treated with chemoradiotherapy. Chemoradiotherapy consisted of external-beam radiotherapy to the nasopharynx (70-80 Gy), the lymph node-positive area (60-70 Gy), and the lymph node-negative area (50-60 Gy) combined with 3 cycles of various platinum-based regimens delivered at 3-week intervals. Elevated crp was defined as more than 8 mg/L. The survival rate was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and univariate and multivariate analyses (Cox proportional hazards model) were used to identify factors significantly associated with prognosis. RESULTS During the median follow-up of 3.9 years (range: 1-5.5 years), 23 patients died from nasopharyngeal cancer. The 5-year cancer-specific survival (css) rate was 62.90%. Before chemoradiotherapy, 18 patients had high serum crp; the css rate in that subgroup was significantly worse than the rate in the remaining patients (p = 0.0002). Multivariate analysis showed that crp was an independent prognostic indicator of css, with a hazard ratio of 3.04 (95% confidence interval: 1.22 to 7.55; p = 0.017). Among the 18 patients with elevated serum crp, 9 achieved normal serum crp after chemoradiotherapy, of whom 5 remained living with no evidence of recurrence or metastasis during follow-up. By contrast, the remaining 9 patients in whom serum crp did not normalize after chemoradiotherapy died within 4.2 years. CONCLUSIONS Elevated serum crp before treatment predicts poor prognosis in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Cancer Insititute, No. 1 Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Lung Cancer Research Institute and Cancer Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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Zeng YC, Xue M, Chi F, Xu ZG, Fan GL, Fan YC, Zheng MH, Zhong WZ, Wang SL, Zhang ZY, Chen XD, Wu LN, Jin XY, Chen W, Li Q, Zhang XY, Xiao YP, Wu R, Guo QY. Serum levels of selenium in patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer before and after radiotherapy. Cancer Radiother 2012; 16:179-82. [PMID: 22521871 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2011.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2011] [Revised: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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PURPOSE This study was to evaluate the influence of radiotherapy on the selenium serum levels of non-small cell cancer patients with brain metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS This prospective study included 95 non-small cell cancer patients with brain metastases treated by radiotherapy from December 2007 until November 2010. Plasma selenium levels were determined before and at the end of the radiotherapy. Age, body mass index (BMI), prior chemotherapy, pathological type and personal habits (smoking and alcoholism) were recorded for each patient. RESULTS The mean age was 63 years; the mean BMI was 27.6. Seventy-six patients (80%) were non-smokers. Sixty-two patients (65.3%) showed no drinking habits and 8 (8.4%) have no prior chemotherapy. Thirty-nine patients (41.1%) were adenocarcinoma, 51 (53.7%) were squamous cell carcinoma and five (5.3%) were large cell carcinoma. At the beginning of radiotherapy, the mean selenium level for all patients was 90.4 μg/l and after radiation this value dropped to 56.3 μg/l. Multivariate analysis showed statistically significant difference in the plasma selenium concentration before and after radiotherapy for age (P<0.001), BMI (P<0.001), smoking (P<0.001), alcoholism (P<0.001), prior chemotherapy (P<0.001) and pathological type (P<0.001). CONCLUSION Significant reduction in plasma levels of selenium was recorded in patients undergoing radiotherapy, suggesting attention to the nutritional status of this micronutrient and other antioxidant agents.
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- Y C Zeng
- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
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Hodson AK, Friedman ML, Wu LN, Lewis EE. European earwig (Forficula auricularia) as a novel host for the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. J Invertebr Pathol 2011; 107:60-4. [PMID: 21356215 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The natural history of many entomopathogenic nematode species remains unknown, despite their wide commercial availability as biological control agents. The ambushing entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae, and the introduced European earwig, Forficula auricularia, forage on the soil surface. Since they likely encounter one another in nature, we hypothesized that earwigs are susceptible to nematode infection. In the laboratory, the LC(50) for F. auricularia was 226 S. carpocapsae/earwig and the reproductive potential was 123.5 infective juvenile nematodes/mg tissue. This susceptibility depended on host body size with significantly higher mortality rates seen in larger earwigs. In a study of host recognition behavior, S. carpocapsae infective juveniles responded to earwig cuticle as strongly as they did to Galleria mellonella cuticle. We also found that earwigs exposed to S. carpocapsae cleaned and scratched their front, middle and back legs significantly more than controls. Coupled with previous field data, these findings lead us to suggest that F. auricularia may be a potential host for S. carpocapsae.
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- Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California Davis, United States.
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Zeng YC, Wu R, Xu ZG, Zhang XY, Fan GL, Wu LN, Wang YM, Hao SH, Zheng W, Chen XD, Chi F, Zhang ZY, Li X, Jin XY, Chen W, Wang SL, Xiao FD, Wang EY, Dong XQ, Zhang LB, Jia MX, Xia HHX, Zhang HB, Li Y. Safety and radiation-enhancing effect of sodium glycididazole in locoregionally advanced laryngeal cancers previously treated with platinum-containing chemotherapy regimens: A preliminary report. Cancer Radiother 2010; 14:59-64. [PMID: 19695922 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2009.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2008] [Revised: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 06/19/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine the safety and radiation-enhancing effect of sodium glycididazole in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (stage T3-4,N0-3,M0) with conventional radiotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with locoregional advanced laryngeal cancer (stage T3-4,N0-3,M0) were included: group 1(control, n=30)were not administered of sodium glycididazole; group 2 (test, n=30) received sodium glycididazole at a dose of 700 mg/m(2) intravenous infusion 30 minutes before radiotherapy three times a week. Surrogate end-points of efficacy were tumor and nodal size. Safety parameters were vomiting, nausea, mucositis, laryngeal edema, esophagus and skin reaction, dysphagia, dyspnea, neurological deficit. Patients were evaluated weekly during treatment for 7 weeks and thereafter monthly for 3 months. RESULTS In the test, the overall response rate was 88.89% (95%CI, 71.00-97.00%) at 7 weeks and 92.59% (95%CI, 76.00 to 99.00%) at 1 month of follow-up. In the control, the overall response rate was 62.5% (95%CI, 41.00 to 81.00%) at 7 weeks and 58.33% (95%CI, 37.00 to 78.00%) at 1 month of follow-up. The short-term locoregional response rate was better in the test group at 7 weeks (p=0.027) and at 1 month (p=0.005) of follow-up. The test group had significantly more nausea and vomiting in weeks 1 (p=0.047), 2 (p=0.007), and 3 (p=0.01) of treatment. CONCLUSIONS The study indicates sodium glycididazole is an effective radiation-enhancing agent that improves short-term locoregional control and is well tolerated in patients with locoregionally advanced laryngeal cancer.
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- Y C Zeng
- Department of Medical Oncology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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Chen PQ, Yuan J, Du QY, Chen L, Li GQ, Huang ZY, Yang DD, Wu LN. Effects of dihydroartemisinin on fine structure of erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium berghei ANKA strain. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2000; 21:234-8. [PMID: 11324422] [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] Open
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AIM The fine structural changes of Plasmodium berghei ANKA strain after treatment with the dihydroartemisinin (DATM) were observed. METHODS DATM 180 mg.kg-1.d-1 was given ig to outbreed NIH mice infected with P. berghei ANKA strain. Blood samples were collected, embedded and examined by electron microscopy. RESULTS In P. berghei ANKA strain, 1 h after drug administration, the parasites food vacuole membranes were destroyed, and the pigment grains showed some changes. The nucleus membrane, cytomembrane, and food vacuole membranes were stratified 2 h after administration. At the same time, swelling and separation of the outer and inner membrane or shrinking of the mitochondria were seen. Stripped nuclear and cytoplasm membrane were developed and vacuolizations were seen 4 h later. Eight hours after administration, a large number of parasite structures were destroyed except for a few parasite autophagic vacuoles. CONCLUSION DATM was a fast-acting and effective antimalarial drug. Its primary target is the membrane system. No obvious resistant characteristics were found upto 24 generations after resistant induction test for 4 months.
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- Tropical Medicine Institute, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China.
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As a continuation of our studies on mineralization in epiphyseal growth plate (GP) chondrocyte cultures, the effects of tri-iodothyronine (T3) in both beta-glycerophosphate-containing, serum-free (HL-1) and beta-glycerophosphate-free, serum-containing medium (DATP5) were studied. The GP cells responded to T3 in a serum-, stage-, and dosage-dependent manner. Added at graded levels (0.1-10.0 nM) to preconfluent cultures (from day 7) in both HL-1 and DATP5, T3 caused progressive decreases in protein, collagen, and DNA synthesis but increased mineral deposition. In postconfluent cultures, these effects of T3 were generally muted. In preconfluent cultures, proteoglycan (PG) levels were not significantly affected in DATP5, although in HL-1 they were decreased by approximately 50%. In postconfluent cultures, T3 increased PG levels in DATP5 but had no effect in HL-1. In HL-1, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity was progressively increased by 200-500% in both pre- and postconfluent cultures. In DATP5 in preconfluent cultures, T3 initially stimulated but later suppressed ALP; in postconfluent cultures, T3 also transiently increased ALP but did not suppress activity upon longer exposure. The inhibitory effects of T3 on protein, PG, and DNA levels of GP chondrocytes suggest that in vivo its effects on bone growth must occur primarily after cellular proliferation. Apparently by binding to the 50 kDa thyroxine-binding globulin, which cannot penetrate the PG barrier, accessibility of T3 to GP chondrocytes is limited until the time of vascular penetration when its stimulatory effects on ALP and mineral deposition become critical for continued bone development.
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- Y Ishikawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Nie D, Ishikawa Y, Guo Y, Wu LN, Genge BR, Wuthier RE, Sauer GR. Inhibition of terminal differentiation and matrix calcification in cultured avian growth plate chondrocytes by Rous sarcoma virus transformation. J Cell Biochem 1998; 69:453-62. [PMID: 9620171 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19980615)69:4<453::aid-jcb6>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Endochondral bone formation involves the progression of epiphyseal growth plate chondrocytes through a sequence of developmental stages which include proliferation, differentiation, hypertrophy, and matrix calcification. To study this highly coordinated process, we infected growth plate chondrocytes with Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) and studied the effects of RSV transformation on cell proliferation, differentiation, matrix synthesis, and mineralization. The RSV-transformed chondrocytes exhibited a distinct bipolar, fibroblast-like morphology, while the mock-infected chondrocytes had a typical polygonal morphology. The RSV-transformed chondrocytes actively synthesized extracellular matrix proteins consisting mainly of type I collagen and fibronectin. RSV-transformed cells produced much less type X collagen than was produced by mock-transformed cells. There also was a significant reduction of proteoglycan levels secreted in both the cell-matrix layer and culture media from RSV-transformed chondrocytes. RSV-transformed chondrocytes expressed two- to- threefold more matrix metalloproteinase, while expressing only one-half to one-third of the alkaline phosphatase activity of mock infected cells. Finally, RSV-transformed chondrocytes failed to calcify the extracellular matrix, while mock-transformed cells deposited high levels of calcium and phosphate into their extracellular matrix. These results collectively indicate that RSV transformation disrupts the preprogrammed differentiation pattern of growth plate chondrocytes and inhibit chondrocyte terminal differentiation and mineralization. They also suggest that the expression of extracellular matrix proteins, type II and type X collagens, and the cartilage proteoglycans are important for chondrocyte terminal differentiation and matrix calcification.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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The effects of the trace metals zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and cadmium (Cd) on the metabolism of growth plate chondrocytes was examined using a mineralizing culture system. Supplementation of serum-free primary cultures of growth plate chondrocytes with 10-100 mu m Zn resulted in an increase in cell protein and greatly increased alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity; however, above 25 mu m Zn mineralization of the cultures was reduced. The effects of Zn on cellular protein and AP activity were enhanced by the addition of the albumin to the culture media. Removal of Zn from basal culture media resulted in recoverable reductions in cellular protein and AP activities. Cadmium was acutely toxic to chondrocyte cell cultures at concentrations above 5 mu m. Even at very low concentrations (0.25 mu m) Cd caused significant reductions in DNA, cellular protein, and matrix protein synthesis. In contrast, Cd had negligible effects on AP activity or culture mineralization. Manganese treatment (50 mu m) resulted in reduced levels of proteoglycan, cell protein, DNA synthesis, and collagen synthesis, although AP specific activity did not change. At 10 mu m, Mn significantly reduced mineralization but had only minor influence on other culture parameters. Both Zn (200 mu m) and Cd (0.1 mu m), but not Mn, induced the synthesis of metallothionein. The physiological and biochemical effects of specific metal ions is largely dependent on their physicochemical properties, especially their ligand affinities. Knowledge of these properties allows predictions to be made regarding whether the organic or the mineral phase are most likely to be affected in a mineralized tissue.
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- T M Litchfield
- University of South Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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A phosphatidyl serine-amorphous calcium phosphate complex has been synthesized as a model of the matrix vesicle system that is associated with the induction of mineral deposition in bone, cartilage and dentine. The complex has been studied using a novel technique of subtractive extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS). This enables spectra of the components of the molecules to be subtracted from the complex so as to identify the sites of interaction. The results suggest there is a movement in the nitrogen atom of the phosphatidyl serine which approaches the calcium atom in the mineral phase. This interpretation would link the membrane structure of the vesicle to the structure of the mineral in a way that could explain some of its roles in biomineralization.
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- M G Taylor
- School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, United Kingdom
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Following exposure to cadmium or zinc, chickens were sacrificed and the liver, kidney, and bone epiphyseal growth plates harvested. When cytosolic extracts of the growth plate cartilage were fractionated by gel filtration chromatography, a protein with high metal-binding capacity and low ultraviolet (UV) absorbance eluted in the same position as liver metallothionein (MT) and a MT standard. Cd or Zn treatment resulted in a 25-fold or 5-fold induction in growth plate MT, respectively. In liver the greatest level of MT induction was seen with short-term Cd exposures. In contrast, MT levels in the growth plate increased as the duration of Cd exposure increased. Induction of MT in growth plate chondrocyte cell cultures was observed for media Cd concentrations of > or = 0.1 microM and Zn concentrations of > or = 100 microM. Basal and inducible levels of MT declined through the culture period and were lowest in the terminally differentiated mineralized late stages of the culture. Alkaline phosphatase activity was also lowest in the late-stage cultures, while total cellular protein increased throughout the culture period. Treatment of chondrocytes with Zn prior to Cd exposure resulted in a protective induction of MT. Pre-treatment of chondrocytes with dexamethasone resulted in suppressed synthesis of MT upon Cd exposure and greater Cd toxicity. Both Cd and Zn resulted in significantly increased levels of MT mRNA in chondrocyte cell cultures. Dexamethasone treatment resulted in an approximate 2- to 3-fold increase in MT mRNA. This is contrary to the finding that MT protein levels were decreased by dexamethasone. The findings suggest that an increased rate of MT degradation in dexamethasone-treated and late-stage chondrocyte cultures may be associated with the terminally differentiated phenotype.
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- G R Sauer
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.
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Nie D, Ishikawa Y, Yoshimori T, Wuthier RE, Wu LN. Retinoic acid treatment elevates matrix metalloproteinase-2 protein and mRNA levels in avian growth plate chondrocyte cultures. J Cell Biochem 1998; 68:90-9. [PMID: 9407317] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a crucial role in tissue remodeling. In growth plate (GP) cartilage, extensive remodeling occurs at the calcification front. To study the potential involvement of MMPs in retinoic acid (RA) regulation of skeletal development, we studied the effect of all-trans-RA on MMPs levels in mineralizing chicken epiphyseal chondrocyte primary cultures. When treated for 4 day periods on days 10 and 17, RA increased levels of an approximately 70 kDa gelatinase activity. The N-terminal sequence of the first 20 amino acid residues of the purified enzyme was identical to that deduced from chicken MMP-2 cDNA. Time-course studies indicated that RA elevated MMP-2 activity levels in the cultures within 16 h. This increase was inhibited by cycloheximide and was enhanced by forskolin. The increase in MMP-2 activity induced by RA was accompanied by an increase in MMP-2 mRNA levels and was abolished by treatment with cycloheximide. This upregulation of MMP levels by RA in GP chondrocytes is consistent with its effects on osteoblasts and osteosarcoma cells and opposite its inhibitory effects on fibroblasts and endothelial cells. It may well be related to the breakdown of the extracellular matrix in the GP and would be governed by the availability of RA at the calcification front where extensive vascularization also occurs.
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- D Nie
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Wu LN, Ishikawa Y, Genge BR, Sampath TK, Wuthier RE. Effect of osteogenic protein-1 on the development and mineralization of primary cultures of avian growth plate chondrocytes: modulation by retinoic acid. J Cell Biochem 1997; 67:498-513. [PMID: 9383709 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19971215)67:4<498::aid-jcb8>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Osteogenic protein-1 (OP-1), a member of the TGF-beta family of proteins, induces endochondral bone formation. Here we studied the effect of OP-1 on the development of primary cultures of avian growth plate (GP) chondrocytes in either serum-free or serum-containing medium, in the absence or presence of retinoic acid (RA). OP-1 was added on day 7 of culture and continued for 7 days, or until the cultures were harvested, typically on day 21. Alone, OP-1 caused approximately 2-fold increase in proteoglycan synthesis into both the medium and the cell:matrix layer. Additionally, OP-1 caused a dosage-dependent increase in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and an increase in protein, when given from days 7-14 and examined on day 14. This stimulation was greater in cells grown in serum-free than in serum-containing media (3-5-fold vs. 2-3-fold increase in ALP; approximately 40% vs. approximately 20% increase in protein). Such stimulation of ALP activity and proteoglycan (PG) synthesis in cultured GP cells indicates that OP-1 elicits differentiation of chondrocytes. OP-1 minimally affected cell division (DNA content); however, a slight increase was seen when examined early in the culture. Alone, OP-1 increased mineral (Ca and Pi) content of the cultures by approximately 2-fold in both types of media. As early as day 14, clusters of mineral encircled many of the OP-1 treated cells. Thus, as in vivo, OP-1 strongly promoted mineral formation by the cultured GP chondrocytes. When present together, OP-1 and RA generally blocked the action of the other. Separately OP-1 and RA each stimulated protein synthesis, ALP activity, and Ca2+ deposition; together they were inhibitory to each. Also, RA blocked the stimulation of PG synthesis induced by OP-1; whereas OP-1 decreased cell division engendered by RA. Thus, this GP chondrocyte culture system is a good model for studying factors that influence differentiation and mineral deposition during bone growth in vivo.
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Wu LN, Ishikawa Y, Nie D, Genge BR, Wuthier RE. Retinoic acid stimulates matrix calcification and initiates type I collagen synthesis in primary cultures of avian weight-bearing growth plate chondrocytes. J Cell Biochem 1997; 65:209-30. [PMID: 9136079 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(199705)65:2<209::aid-jcb7>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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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The effect of retinoic acid (RA) on primary cultures of growth plate chondrocytes obtained from weight-bearing joints was examined, Chondrocytes were isolated from the tibial epiphysis of 6- to 8-week-old broiler-strain chickens and cultured in either serum-containing or serum-free media. RA was administered at low levels either transiently or continuously after the cells had become established in culture. Effects of RA on cellular protein levels, alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity, synthesis of proteoglycan (PG), matrix calcification, cellular morphology, synthesis of tissue-specific types of collagen, and level of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity were explored. RA treatment generally increased AP activity and stimulated mineral deposition, especially if present continuously. RA also caused a shift in cell morphology from spherical/polygonal to spindle-like. This occurred in conjunction with a change in the type of collagen synthesized: type X and II collagens were decreased, while synthesis of type I collagen was increased. There was also a marked increase in the activity of MMP. Contrasting effects of continuous RA treatment on cellular protein levels were seen: they were enhanced in serum-containing media, but decreased in serum-free HL-1 media. Levels of RA as low as 10 nM significantly inhibited PG synthesis and caused depletion in the levels of PG in the medium and cell-matrix layer. Thus, in these appendicular chondrocytes, RA suppressed chondrocytic (PG, cartilage-specific collagens) and enhanced osteoblastic phenotype (cell morphology, type I collagen, alkaline phosphatase, and mineralization).
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Ishikawa Y, Wu LN, Genge BR, Mwale F, Wuthier RE. Effects of calcitonin and parathyroid hormone on calcification of primary cultures of chicken growth plate chondrocytes. J Bone Miner Res 1997; 12:356-66. [PMID: 9076578 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1997.12.3.356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Few studies have been directed toward elucidating the action of calcitonin (CT) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) on growth plate chondrocytes, cells directly involved in longitudinal bone growth and provisional calcification. In this study, primary cultures of avian growth plate chondrocytes that calcify without the supplement of beta-glycerophosphate were used to investigate the effects of synthetic human CT and 1-34 bovine PTH on (1) cell division and growth; (2) the deposition of Ca2+ and inorganic phosphate (Pi); (3) the activity of alkaline phosphatase (AP), an enzyme long associated with the mineralization process; (4) the levels of proteoglycans; and (5) the synthesis of collagens. Added continually to preconfluent cultures from day 6 until harvest, CT (1-30 nM) and PTH (0.1-1.0 nM) increased mineral deposition; the maximal increase was seen between days 18-21 at 10 nM CT (175-260%) and 0.5 nM PTH (approximately 170-280%), both p < 0.001. CT had no significant effect on cellular protein, or AP-specific activity, whereas PTH increased cellular protein, DNA, proteoglycan, and collagen content of the cultures in a dosage-dependent manner. AP activity and levels of Type II and X collagens and fibronectin in the culture medium showed a biphasic response to PTH; maximal increases were seen at 0.5 nM between days 15-18. Longer exposure (days 21-27) to PTH at higher levels (5-10 nM) caused a marked decreased in AP activity but a lesser decrease in the collagens. These results indicate that CT and PTH can act directly on chondrocytes to stimulate mineralization, but that PTH specifically stimulated cell division and synthesis of cellular and extracellular proteins by growth plate chondrocytes. The implications of these findings with regard to Ca2+ homeostasis and bone formation are discussed.
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- Y Ishikawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
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Wu LN, Genge BR, Dunkelberger DG, LeGeros RZ, Concannon B, Wuthier RE. Physicochemical characterization of the nucleational core of matrix vesicles. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:4404-11. [PMID: 9020163 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.7.4404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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While previous studies revealed that matrix vesicles (MV) contain a nucleational core (NC) that converts to apatite when incubated with synthetic cartilage lymph, the initial mineral phase present in MV is not well characterized. This study explored the physicochemical nature of this Ca2+ and Pi-rich NC. MV, isolated from growth plate cartilage, were analyzed directly by solid-state 31P NMR, or incubated with hydrazine or NaOCl to remove organic constituents. Other samples of MV were subjected to sequential treatments with enzymes, salt solutions, and detergents to expose the NC. We examined the NC using transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive analysis with x-rays, and electron and x-ray diffraction, Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy, high performance thin-layer chromatographic analysis, and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. We found that most of the MV proteins and lipids could be removed without destroying the NC; however, NaOCl treatment annihilated its activity. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that annexin V, a phosphatidylserine (PS)-dependent Ca2+-binding protein, was the major protein in the NC; high performance thin-layer chromatographic analysis revealed that the detergents removed the majority of the polar lipids, but left significant free cholesterol and fatty acids, and small but critical amounts of PS. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the NC was composed of clusters of approximately 1.0 nm subunits, which energy-dispersive analysis with x-rays revealed contained Ca and Pi with a Ca/P ratio of 1.06 +/- 0. 01. Electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform-infrared analysis all indicated that the NC was noncrystalline. 1H-Cross-polarization 31P NMR indicated that the solid phase of MV was an HPO42--rich mixture of amorphous calcium phosphate and a complex of PS, Ca2+, and Pi. Taken together, our findings indicate that the NC of MV is composed of an acid-phosphate-rich amorphous calcium phosphate intermixed with PS-Ca2+-Pi, annexin V, and other proteins and lipids.
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- L N Wu
- Laboratory for Biomineralization Research, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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Wu LN, Wuthier MG, Genge BR, Wuthier RE. In situ levels of intracellular Ca2+ and pH in avian growth plate cartilage. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1997:310-24. [PMID: 9020233] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Interactions with the extracellular matrix, accumulation of Ca2+, formation of matrix vesicles, and regulation of tissue pH by growth plate chondrocytes all appear to be vital to endochondral calcification. Thus, the activities of Ca2+ and H+ ions in these cells, while still embedded in their organic matrix, are of great interest. Using laser confocal imaging and sensitive Ca2+ (Indo 1) and pH (BCECF) probes, cellular Ca2+ and pH were analyzed in thin sections of freshly isolated cartilage. Mean values of cytosolic Ca2+ in cells from the various zones of the growth plate were quite similar, but levels in individual cells and subcellular compartments varied significantly. Ca2+ was elevated intensely near the periphery of cells in the zones of maturation and hypertrophy, and many Ca2+ rich particles were seen in the matrix near these cells. Levels of Ca2+ within the cells varied with time. In the proliferative region, cyclical increases and decreases in Ca2+ were seen, but there was little shedding of Ca2+ rich particles. However, after repeated Ca2+ cycling, in the zones of maturation and hypertrophy, Ca2+ rich particles were shed from the cell surface, forming what appeared to be matrix vesicles. Intracellular pH levels also varied significantly within the chondrocytes and between the cells and zones. Numerous focal elevations in pH (> 8.0) were seen in central regions of the maturing and early hypertrophic cells, with lower pH (6.5-7.2) near the cell periphery of the late hypertrophic and calcifying cells. This pattern of cytoplasmic alkalinization and subsequent acidification appears to contribute to loading of Ca2+ and Pi into matrix vesicles during their formation by the chondrocytes.
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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The effects of two inhibitors, fluoride (F-) and zinc (Zn2+), were studied on the formation of mineral by matrix vesicles (MV) in an in vitro system. Kinetically, mineral formation by MV incubated in a synthetic cartilage lymph (SCL) is characterized by three phases: a lag period, a period of rapid uptake, and finally a period of slow uptake. Zn2+ at > or = 5 microM completely inhibited MV mineralization; at < or = 1 microM, it had little effect on rate of ion uptake, but delayed conversion of an OCP-like intermediate into hydroxyapatite (OHAp). F- at > or = 10 microM reduced the rate of rapid uptake by MV and caused the OCP-like precursor to convert to OHAp. When synthetic OCP was seeded into SCL, mineralization ensued and OHAp became the dominant phase. With Zn2+ present, OCP-like features persisted longer; with F-, the OCP-like features were lost more rapidly. When ACP was seeded into SCL, OHAp formed; Zn2+ at < or = 1 microM caused OCP-like mineral to form. Our findings indicate that Zn2+ stabilizes a noncrystalline precursor in MV regulating the length of the lag period; Zn2+ also favors the formation of an OCP-like intermediate whose growth accounts for the rapid uptake phase. This OCP-like phase appears to nucleate formation of OHAp by MV.
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- G R Sauer
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Matrix vesicles (MVs), structures that accumulate Ca2+ during the initiation of mineral formation in growing bone, are rich in annexin V. When MVs are fused with planar phospholipid bilayers, a multiconductance Ca2+ channel is formed, with activity essentially identical to that observed when annexin V is delivered to the bilayer with phosphatidylserine liposomes. Ca2+ currents through this channel, from either MV or annexin V liposomes, are blocked by Zn2+, as is Ca2+ uptake by MV incubated in synthetic cartilage lymph. Blockage by Zn2+ was most effective when applied to the side containing the MV or liposomes. ATP and GTP differentially modulated the activity of this channel: ATP increased the amplitude of the current and the number of conductance states; GTP dramatically reduced the number of events and conductance states, leading to well-defined Ca2+ channel activity from either MV or the annexin V liposomes. In the distinctive effects of ATP, GTP, and Zn2+ on the Ca2+ channel activity observed in both the MV and the liposome systems, the common factor was the presence of annexin V. From this we conclude that Ca2+ entry into MV results from the presence of annexin V in these membrane-enclosed structures.
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- N Arispe
- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Wu LN, Genge BR, Sauer GR, Wuthier RE. Characterization and reconstitution of the nucleational complex responsible for mineral formation by growth plate cartilage matrix vesicles. Connect Tissue Res 1996; 35:309-15. [PMID: 9084669 DOI: 10.3109/03008209609029205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Previous studies revealed that matrix vesicles (MV) have an acid-labile nucleationally active core (ALNAC) essential for mineral formation; current studies were aimed at characterizing and reconstituting ALNAC. SDS-PAGE and FTIR analyses revealed the presence of lipids, proteins and amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) in ALNAC. Extraction with chloroform-methanol reduced, but did not destroy MV calcification; treatment with chloroform-methanol-HCl destroyed all activity. This acidic solvent extracted the annexins, (phosphatidylserine (PS)-dependent Ca(2+)-binding proteins), and dissociated PS-Ca(2+)-Pi complexes present in the MV. Attempts to reconstitute ALNAC, centered on the Ca(2+)-PS-Pi complex. Various pure lipids, electrolytes and proteins were combined to form a synthetic nucleationally active complex (SNAC), analyzing the rate of Ca2+ uptake. Inclusion of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) or sphingomyelin (SM) with PS, or Mg2+ or Zn2+ with Ca2+, strongly inhibited activity; incorporation of annexin V increased SNAC activity. Thus, approaching from either deconstruction or reconstruction, it appears that ALNAC is composed of ACP complexed with PS and the annexins. Other lipids, proteins and electrolytes modulate its activity. These findings also indicate how ALNAC must be formed in vivo.
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.
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Nie D, Genge BR, Wu LN, Wuthier RE. Defect in formation of functional matrix vesicles by growth plate chondrocytes in avian tibial dyschondroplasia: evidence of defective tissue vascularization. J Bone Miner Res 1995; 10:1625-34. [PMID: 8592938 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650101104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 01/31/2023]
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Avian tibial dyschondroplasia (ATD), a disease characterized by an almost total lack of mineralization in affected areas of growth plate cartilage, may involve defective matrix vesicle (MV) mineralization. To explore the biochemical defect in ATD, both normal and diseased tissue were analyzed for the amount of isolatable MVs, their chemical composition, and their ability to induce mineral formation. We found significantly fewer MVs in ATD tissue, and in contrast to normal MVs, which rapidly mineralized when incubated in synthetic cartilage lymph, those isolated from ATD lesions induced only limited mineralization even after prolonged incubation. Analysis by detergent extraction revealed a nearly dysfunctional nucleational core in ATD MVs. Thus, in ATD tissue, there is a defect in the formation of MVs, and those that form are nearly inactive. There were also alterations in the lipid-dependent Ca2+(-)binding proteins (annexins) in ATD MVs. There were lower levels of annexins II and VI in endogenously produced collagenase-released matrix vesicles (CRMVs), but not in matrix vesicle-enriched microsomes (MVEMs) produced by tissue homogenization. These findings indicate that there is insufficient Ca2+ in ATD cells to enable incorporation of the annexins into MVs. Finally, there was evidence of phospholipid breakdown in ATD MVs, as well as in ATD tissue generally. This indicated that the ATD lesions were becoming necrotic. Taken together, these findings indicate that there is a defect in tissue vascularization such that the supply of mineral ions and nutrients to ATD cartilage is inadequate to support normal MV formation and subsequent mineralization.
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- D Nie
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Wu LN, Ishikawa Y, Sauer GR, Genge BR, Mwale F, Mishima H, Wuthier RE. Morphological and biochemical characterization of mineralizing primary cultures of avian growth plate chondrocytes: evidence for cellular processing of Ca2+ and Pi prior to matrix mineralization. J Cell Biochem 1995; 57:218-37. [PMID: 7759559 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240570206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Advances in the culture of mineralizing growth plate chondrocytes provided an opportunity to study endochondral calcification under controlled conditions. Here we report that these cultures synthesize large amounts of proteins characteristically associated with mineralization: type II and X collagens, sulfated proteoglycans, alkaline phosphatase, and the bone-related proteins, osteonectin and osteopontin. Certain chondrocytes appeared to accumulate large amounts of Ca2+ and Pi during the mineralization process: laser confocal imaging revealed high levels of intracellular Ca2+ in their periphery and X-ray microanalytical mapping revealed the presence of many Ca(2+)- and Pi-rich cell surface structures ranging from filamentous processes 0.14 +/- 0.02 microns by 0.5-2.0 microns, to spherical globules 0.70 +/- 0.27 microns in diameter. Removal of organic matter with alkaline sodium hypochlorite revealed numerous deposits of globular (0.77 +/- 0.19 micron) mineral (calcospherites) in the lacunae around these cells. The size and spatial distribution of these mineral deposits closely corresponded to the Ca(2+)-rich cell surface blebs. The globular mineral progressively transformed into clusters of crystallites. Taken with earlier studies, these findings indicate that cellular uptake of Ca2+ and Pi leads to formation of complexes of amorphous calcium phosphate, membrane lipids, and proteins that are released as cell surface blebs analogous to matrix vesicles. These structures initiate development of crystalline mineral. Thus, the current findings support the concept that the peripheral intracellular accumulation of Ca2+ and Pi is directly involved in endochondral calcification.
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Carbonic anhydrase (CA) which catalyzes the reversible hydrolysis of carbon dioxide is known to be important in osteoclastic bone resorption, however, suggested roles in calcium phosphate mineral formation have not been previously demonstrated. Biochemical evidence is provided for the presence of CA in growth plate matrix vesicles (MV) and the level of activity determined by enzyme assay. Inhibition of CA activity with the specific inhibitor acetazolamide resulted in reduced rates of MV mineralization. Other inhibitor studies showed that MV mineralization was also impaired by 4,4-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2, 2-disulfonic acid (DIDS), a blocker of membrane bicarbonate channels. No evidence was found for the presence of any proton pumps or channels. When acetazolamide and DIDS were combined, their inhibitory effects on MV mineralization were additive. These findings suggest that MV possess a pH regulation system composed of carbonic anhydrase and a putative bicarbonate channel. This system may function in the MV by providing intraluminal buffering capacity. The control of intravesicular pH is important for the stabilization of the acid-labile nucleational core complex and in preventing the build-up of protons during calcium phosphate phase transformations.
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- G R Sauer
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Cao X, Genge BR, Wu LN, Buzzi WR, Showman RM, Wuthier RE. Characterization, cloning and expression of the 67-kDA annexin from chicken growth plate cartilage matrix vesicles. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993; 197:556-61. [PMID: 8267590 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.2515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Analysis of a 67 kDa lipid-dependent Ca(2+)-binding protein from avian matrix vesicles revealed amino acid sequences homologous to mammalian annexin VI. PCR methods were used to identify a clone from an avian cDNA library that contained a full length copy of the 67-kDa annexin cDNA. This was restriction mapped, subcloned and sequenced. The cDNA sequence of the open reading frame showed 70 percent identity to that of murine annexin VI; the predicted amino acid sequence, 78 percent identity. There was no homology in the 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions. A plasmid was constructed that overexpresses the intact chicken 67-kDa matrix vesicle annexin in E. coli DH5 alpha in high yield; the physicochemical properties and the amino terminal sequence of the expressed protein exactly matched those of the native protein.
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- X Cao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29210
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Wu LN, Yoshimori T, Genge BR, Sauer GR, Kirsch T, Ishikawa Y, Wuthier RE. Characterization of the nucleational core complex responsible for mineral induction by growth plate cartilage matrix vesicles. J Biol Chem 1993; 268:25084-94. [PMID: 8227072] [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: 01/29/2023] Open
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The factors that drive mineralization of matrix vesicles (MV) have proven difficult to elucidate; in the present studies, various detergent, chemical, and enzyme treatments were used to reveal the nature of the nucleational core. Incubation with detergents that permeabilized the membrane enhanced calcification of treated MV incubated in synthetic cartilage lymph. While detergents removed most of the membrane lipid, they left significant amounts of the MV annexins and nearly all of the Ca2+, Pi, and Zn2+. Extraction with 1 M NaCl removed much of the Ca2+ and Pi present in MV, markedly reducing Ca2+ accumulation; these effects could be prevented by low levels of Ca2+ and Pi in the NaCl extractant. Treatment with chymotrypsin appeared to damage proteins required for MV mineralization; further treatment with detergents to bypass the membrane reactivated MV mineralization. Treatment of MV with pH 6 citrate removed Ca2+ and Pi, destroying their ability to mineralize; subsequent treatment with detergents did not reactivate these MV. Incubation of the detergent-resistant core with o-phenanthroline complexed Zn2+ and stimulated mineralization; addition of Zn2+ to synthetic cartilage lymph blocked the ability of the core to mineralize. These studies show that once the nucleational core complex is formed, the membrane-enclosed domain is no longer essential for MV calcification. Our findings indicate that the MV core contains two main components as follows: a smaller membrane-associated complex of Ca2+, Pi, phosphatidylserine, and the annexins that nucleates crystalline mineral formation, and a larger pool of Ca2+ and Pi bound to lumenal proteins. These proteins appear to bind large amounts of mineral ions, stabilize the nucleational complex, and aid its transformation to the first crystalline phase. Once nucleated, the crystalline phase appears to feed on protein-bound mineral ions until external ions enter through the MV ion channels. Zn2+ appears to regulate gating of the ion channels and conversion of the nucleational complex to the crystalline state.
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Wu LN, Yoshimori T, Genge BR, Sauer GR, Kirsch T, Ishikawa Y, Wuthier RE. Characterization of the nucleational core complex responsible for mineral induction by growth plate cartilage matrix vesicles. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74574-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Genge BR, Cao X, Wu LN, Buzzi WR, Showman RW, Arsenault AL, Ishikawa Y, Wuthier RE. Establishment of the primary structure of the major lipid-dependent Ca2+ binding proteins of chicken growth plate cartilage matrix vesicles: identity with anchorin CII (annexin V) and annexin II. J Bone Miner Res 1992; 7:807-19. [PMID: 1386488 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650070710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Electron microscopic studies of calcifying vertebrate tissues reveal the locus of de novo mineral formation within matrix vesicles (MV). The direct involvement of MV in the initiation of mineral formation is supported by the fact that MV isolated from avian growth plate cartilage rapidly accumulate large amounts of Ca2+ and P(i) and induce mineral formation. Exploration of the constituents of MV has revealed two major protein components, a 33 and a 36 kD protein, the former of which binds to cartilage-specific collagens. These annexin-like proteins bind to acidic phospholipids in the presence of submicromolar levels of Ca2+. Antibodies raised against both the purified 33 and the 36 kD MV annexin do not cross-react with the other, indicating that they are distinct proteins. Reported here are studies elucidating the primary structure of both MV proteins using both conventional protein and molecular biologic methods. These studies establish that the 33 kD protein is nearly identical to anchorin CII (annexin V) and that the 36 kD protein is identical to avian annexin II. Immunolocalization studies show that hypertrophic chondrocytes at the calcification front of avian growth plate contain the highest level of these annexins. Further, immunogold labeling indicates that the annexins are localized within MV isolated from the growth plate. Recent studies indicate that annexin V is a new type of ion-selective Ca2+ channel protein that possesses selective collagen binding properties. Since MV are tightly associated with the collagen- and proteoglycan-rich matrix, it is tempting to speculate that this MV protein may be a component of stretch-activated ion channels that enhance Ca2+ uptake during mechanical stress.
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- B R Genge
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia
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Wu LN, Genge BR, Ishikawa Y, Wuthier RE. Modulation of cultured chicken growth plate chondrocytes by transforming growth factor-beta 1 and basic fibroblast growth factor. J Cell Biochem 1992; 49:181-98. [PMID: 1400624 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240490211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Expression of several cellular and matrix proteins which increase significantly during the maturation of growth plate cartilage has been shown to be affected by various endocrine and autocrine factors. In the studies reported here, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta 1) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) were administered to primary cultures of avian growth plate chondrocytes at pre- or post-confluent stages to study the interplay that occurs between these factors in modulating chondrocytic phenotype. Added continuously to pre-confluent chondrocytes, TGF-beta 1 stimulated the cells to produce abundant extracellular matrix and multilayered cell growth; cell morphology was altered to a more spherical configuration. These effects were generally mimicked by bFGF, but cell shape was not affected. Administered together with TGF-beta 1, bFGF caused additive stimulation of protein synthesis, and alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity was markedly, but transiently enhanced. During this pre-confluent stage, TGF-beta 1 also increased fibronectin secretion into the culture medium. Added to post-confluent cells, TGF-beta 1 alone caused a dosage-dependent suppression of AP activity, but bFGF alone did not. Under these conditions, TGF-beta 1 and bFGF had little effect on general protein synthesis, but TGF-beta 1 alone caused large, dosage-dependent increases in synthesis of fibronectin, and to some extent type II and X collagens. Given together with bFGF, TGF-beta 1 synergistically increased secretion of fibronectin. These findings reveal that regulation of phenotypic expression in maturing growth plate chondrocytes involves complex interactions between growth factors that are determined by timing, level, continuity, and length of exposure.
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Genge B, Cao X, Wu LN, Wuthier RE. Establishment of the primary structure of the two major matrix vesicle annexins by peptide and DNA sequencing. Bone Miner 1992; 17:202-8. [PMID: 1535255 DOI: 10.1016/0169-6009(92)90737-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- B Genge
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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Wuthier RE, Wu LN, Sauer GR, Genge BR, Yoshimori T, Ishikawa Y. Mechanism of matrix vesicle calcification: characterization of ion channels and the nucleational core of growth plate vesicles. Bone Miner 1992; 17:290-5. [PMID: 1377071 DOI: 10.1016/0169-6009(92)90753-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- R E Wuthier
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia
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A previously described chondrocyte alkaline phosphatase induction factor (CAP-IF) for chicken epiphyseal growth plate chondrocytes has been purified to SDS-PAGE homogeneity from fetal bovine serum by ammonium sulfate precipitation and by dye-ligand affinity (Affi-Gel Blue and Reactive Green-19 agarose) and hydroxyapatite column chromatographies. As determined by immunoprecipitation of [35S]methionine-labeled cellular proteins after 3 day treatment, this highly purified CAP-IF increases the level of AP and certain other membrane proteins 2- to 3-fold over control values. The pure protein of apparent 64.5 kDa molecular weight has been identified as fetuin by N-terminal amino acid sequencing. This was confirmed by the finding that high alkaline phosphatase (AP)-inducing activity is present in fetuin prepared by the Spiro method. However, fetuins prepared by the Pedersen or Deutsch procedures are inactive. At least half of the CAP-IF activity of fetuin was irreversibly destroyed by treatment with EDTA and addition of Zn2+ did not reactivate the EDTA-treated fetuin. Ascorbate synergistically enhanced the effect of fetuin on chondrocyte AP activity by over 8-fold during 3 day exposure. Because of the very high homology between fetuin and the A-chain of alpha 2-HS glycoprotein, we also tested and found that alpha 2HS glycoproteins from human serum and bovine bone are both strong AP inducers. Our findings suggest that the AP-inducing activity resides in a labile, cystatin/Zn(2+)-binding domain common to these related serum glycoproteins. These proteins appear to play a role in enhancing AP expression in normal growth plate cartilage differentiation.
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- Y Ishikawa
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Genge BR, Wu LN, Adkisson HD, Wuthier RE. Matrix vesicle annexins exhibit proteolipid-like properties. Selective partitioning into lipophilic solvents under acidic conditions. J Biol Chem 1991; 266:10678-85. [PMID: 2037607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Calcifiable proteolipids present in mineralizing tissues have been postulated to enhance apatite deposition by structuring membrane phosphatidylserine molecules into a conformation conducive to mineral formation. To examine whether proteolipid-like molecules are present in mineralizable matrix vesicles (MV), the vesicles were first extracted with chloroform/methanol (2:1, v/v), and then with chloroform/methanol/HCl (200:100:1, v/v) and the organic-soluble proteins subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis. Protein fractions were analyzed by Coomassie Blue staining and by immunoblot analysis of electrophoretically transferred MV protein with antisera to the 33- and 36-kDa annexins. We found that several MV proteins selectively partitioned into the lipophilic milieu under acidic conditions; however, very little protein did so at neutral pH. The principal organic-soluble MV proteins had molecular masses of 14, 33, and 36 kDa, with lesser bands at 28, 30, and 68 kDa. Immunological analyses revealed that the 33- and 36-kDa proteins were the MV annexins; the 14-kDa protein appeared to be hemoglobin, based on NH2-terminal sequencing. Our findings indicate that under acidic conditions the 33- and 36-kDa MV annexins undergo a conformational change which imparts a marked increase in the hydrophobicity of the proteins. While these observations reveal that the annexins possess proteolipid-like properties, radiolabeling and immunoprecipitation studies using [3H]myristic acid in chondrocyte cultures indicate that the MV annexins are not myristylated. Amino-terminal sequence analysis of the peptides generated by site-specific cleavage of the 33- and the 36-kDa MV annexins at tryptophan residues indicate that the 33 kDa is highly homologous to anchorin CII, a protein known to bind type II collagen, while the 36-kDa protein shares close homology with endonexin II, a tyrosine kinase substrate.
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- B R Genge
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Wu LN, Genge BR, Wuthier RE. Association between proteoglycans and matrix vesicles in the extracellular matrix of growth plate cartilage. J Biol Chem 1991; 266:1187-94. [PMID: 1985942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Matrix vesicles (MV) are microstructures localized to the extracellular matrix of developing hard tissues that induce mineral formation. MV proteins are not well characterized, and little is known of how they interact with the surrounding matrix. However, recent electron microscopic studies indicate that MV interact with matrix proteins in growth plate cartilage. In the studies now reported, procedures developed for dissecting various components from isolated MV led to the discovery that two major vesicle proteins (38 and 46 kDa) are readily released from MV by low ionic strength solutions. These low ionic strength-soluble proteins (LISSP) were shown to be major fragments of the link protein (LP) and hyaluronic acid-binding region (HABR) of matrix proteoglycans: they react immunologically with highly specific monoclonal antibodies to LP and HABR, and the NH2-terminal sequence of the 38-kDa LISSP is essentially identical to residues 40-78 of chicken cartilage LP and that the 46-kDa LISSP represents HABR. Release of both LISSP is enhanced by hyaluronidase treatment, indicating anchorage by a hyaluronate-mediated mechanism. Both LP and HABR are firmly attached to MV in either isotonic or hypertonic solutions. In contrast, our other studies show that dissociation of type II collagen from MV occurs only with hypertonic salts which do not release the LISSP. Thus, strong interactions occur under physiological conditions between MV and both the proteoglycans and collagens, but these take place by different mechanisms.
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Wu LN, Genge BR, Lloyd GC, Wuthier RE. Collagen-binding proteins in collagenase-released matrix vesicles from cartilage. Interaction between matrix vesicle proteins and different types of collagen. J Biol Chem 1991; 266:1195-203. [PMID: 1845989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Recent evidence indicates that matrix vesicles (MV) interact with cartilage-specific collagens and other matrix proteins. Both type II and X collagens bind to and cosediment with MV. Our companion study shows that MV also are tightly coupled to proteoglycan link proteins (LP) and hyaluronic acid-binding region (HABR) in cartilage matrix. Here we sought to identify proteins responsible for the nexus between MV and matrix collagens using affinity chromatography with types I, II, and X collagen-Sepharose columns. Elution with NaCl step-gradients in the presence of nonionic detergent was used to assess the affinity between the MV proteins and the covalently attached collagens. Several MV proteins were found to bind to native type I, II, and X collagens but none bound to denatured type I collagen. Alkaline phosphatase, proteoglycan LP and HABR, and the 33- and 67-kDa annexins, bound with varying affinities to the native type I, II and X columns. In particular, LP and HABR, the 67-kDa annexin, and alkaline phosphatase bound with high affinity to the cartilage-specific collagens, although LP, HABR, and a 37-kDa protein also bound less tightly to native type I collagen. Thus, several MV proteins bind specifically to native type II and X collagens and should promote interaction between MV and the extracellular matrix. Such interactions may be important in MV formation, or in MV-mediated mineralization.
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- L N Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Wu LN, Genge BR, Lloyd GC, Wuthier RE. Collagen-binding proteins in collagenase-released matrix vesicles from cartilage. Interaction between matrix vesicle proteins and different types of collagen. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)35301-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Wu LN, Genge BR, Wuthier RE. Association between proteoglycans and matrix vesicles in the extracellular matrix of growth plate cartilage. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)35300-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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