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Hafidi Y, El Hatka H, Schmitz D, Krauss M, Pettrak J, Biel M, Ittobane N. Sustainable Soil Additives for Water and Micronutrient Supply: Swelling and Chelating Properties of Polyaspartic Acid Hydrogels Utilizing Newly Developed Crosslinkers. Gels 2024; 10:170. [PMID: 38534588 DOI: 10.3390/gels10030170] [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: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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Drought and water shortage are serious problems in many arid and semi-arid regions. This problem is getting worse and even continues in temperate climatic regions due to climate change. To address this problem, the use of biodegradable hydrogels is increasingly important for the application as water-retaining additives in soil. Furthermore, efficient (micro-)nutrient supply can be provided by the use of tailored hydrogels. Biodegradable polyaspartic acid (PASP) hydrogels with different available (1,6-hexamethylene diamine (HMD) and L-lysine (LYS)) and newly developed crosslinkers based on diesters of glycine (GLY) and (di-)ethylene glycol (DEG and EG, respectively) were synthesized and characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and regarding their swelling properties (kinetic, absorbency under load (AUL)) as well as biodegradability of PASP hydrogel. Copper (II) and zinc (II), respectively, were loaded as micronutrients in two different approaches: in situ with crosslinking and subsequent loading of prepared hydrogels. The results showed successful syntheses of di-glycine-ester-based crosslinkers. Hydrogels with good water-absorbing properties were formed. Moreover, the developed crosslinking agents in combination with the specific reaction conditions resulted in higher water absorbency with increased crosslinker content used in synthesis (10% vs. 20%). The prepared hydrogels are candidates for water-storing soil additives due to the biodegradability of PASP, which is shown in an exemple. The incorporation of Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions can provide these micronutrients for plant growth.
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- Youssef Hafidi
- Molecular Chemistry and Organic Materials Team (CMMO), Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes 50050, Morocco
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- Molecular Chemistry and Organic Materials Team (CMMO), Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes 50050, Morocco
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- IAP-Institute for Applied Polymer Chemistry, University of Applied Sciences Aachen, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- Research Institute of Water Management and Climate Future at RWTH Aachen University e.V., 52072 Aachen, Germany
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- IAP-Institute for Applied Polymer Chemistry, University of Applied Sciences Aachen, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- IAP-Institute for Applied Polymer Chemistry, University of Applied Sciences Aachen, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- Molecular Chemistry and Organic Materials Team (CMMO), Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes 50050, Morocco
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Amort K, Wigger A, Klumpp S, Biel M, Eichner G, Kramer M, Wunderlin N. Computertomographische Untersuchung des Schädels von Katzen mit kraniofazialem Trauma im Hinblick auf Maxilla- und Orbitafrakturen. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1623662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Zusammenfassung
Gegenstand und Ziel: Computertomographische Untersuchung des Schädels von Katzen mit einem kraniofazialen Trauma. Auswertung der Befunde hinsichtlich des isolierten und gemeinsamen Auftretens von Maxilla-und Orbitafrakturen.
Material und Methoden: Prospektive Studie (August 2006 – Juni 2010): Bei Katzen mit kraniofazialem Trauma erfolgte eine computertomographische Untersuchung des Schädels.
Ergebnisse: Bei den 38 untersuchten Tieren handelte es sich mit Ausnahme einer Maine-Coonund einer Somali-Katze um Europäische Kurzhaarkatzen. Das Alter der Katzen lag zwischen 11 und 187 Monaten (Durchschnitt 53 Monate). Das Verhältnis männlicher zu weiblicher Tiere betrug 22:16 (1,4). Insgesamt wiesen 27 (71%) Tiere mindestens eine Maxillafraktur auf. Multiple Maxillafrakturen (≥ 2) bestanden bei 16 (42%) Katzen. Die Orbita war bei 28 (74%) Tieren in das Frakturgeschehen involviert. Maxilla-und Orbitafrakturen traten statistisch signifikant (p < 0,001) häufig gemeinsam auf und wurden bei 26 (68%) Katzen diagnostiziert. Die Odds Ratio für das gemeinsame Auftreten dieser Frakturen betrug 87 (p < 0,001). Multiple Frakturen (≥ 2) der knöchernen Augenhöhle kamen bei 16 (57%) der 28 Katzen mit Orbitafrakturen vor. Beidseitige Orbitafrakturen wiesen 25 (67%) Patienten auf (95%-Konfidenzintervall: 48–79%). Am häufigsten (66%) fanden sich Frakturen im Bereich der medialen Orbitawand, gefolgt von Frakturen des Orbitabodens (61%).
Schlussfolgerung: Der Einsatz der Computertomographie (CT) zeigte, dass Maxilla-und Orbitafrakturen bei Katzen mit einem kraniofazialen Trauma deutlich häufiger vorkommen als bisher angenommen und bei über der Hälfte der Patienten kombiniert auftreten. Bei Katzen mit Orbitafrakturen ist überwiegend die mediale und ventrale Orbitawand in das Frakturgeschehen involviert.
Klinische Relevanz: Maxilla-und Orbitafrakturen kommen bei Katzen mit einem kraniofazialen Trauma häufig vor. Die mittels CT gewonnenen Informationen könnten zukünftig zu einer Optimierung des Behandlungsregimes beitragen.
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Laprell L, Hüll K, Stawski P, Schön C, Michalakis S, Biel M, Sumser MP, Trauner D. Restoring Light Sensitivity in Blind Retinae Using a Photochromic AMPA Receptor Agonist. ACS Chem Neurosci 2016; 7:15-20. [PMID: 26495755 PMCID: PMC4722500 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Retinal degenerative diseases can have many possible causes and are currently difficult to treat. As an alternative to therapies that require genetic manipulation or the implantation of electronic devices, photopharmacology has emerged as a viable approach to restore visual responses. Here, we present a new photopharmacological strategy that relies on a photoswitchable excitatory amino acid, ATA. This freely diffusible molecule selectively activates AMPA receptors in a light-dependent fashion. It primarily acts on amacrine and retinal ganglion cells, although a minor effect on bipolar cells has been observed. As such, it complements previous pharmacological approaches based on photochromic channel blockers and increases the potential of photopharmacology in vision restoration.
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- L. Laprell
- Center
of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of
Chemistry Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center
of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of
Chemistry Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center
of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of
Chemistry Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center
for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of
Pharmacy - Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center
for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of
Pharmacy - Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center
for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of
Pharmacy - Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center
of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of
Chemistry Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center
of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of
Chemistry Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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Farinelli P, Perera A, Arango-Gonzalez B, Trifunovic D, Wagner M, Carell T, Biel M, Zrenner E, Michalakis S, Paquet-Durand F, Ekström PAR. DNA methylation and differential gene regulation in photoreceptor cell death. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1558. [PMID: 25476906 PMCID: PMC4649831 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) defines a group of inherited degenerative retinal diseases causing progressive loss of photoreceptors. To this day, RP is still untreatable and rational treatment development will require a thorough understanding of the underlying cell death mechanisms. Methylation of the DNA base cytosine by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) is an important epigenetic factor regulating gene expression, cell differentiation, cell death, and survival. Previous studies suggested an involvement of epigenetic mechanisms in RP, and in this study, increased cytosine methylation was detected in dying photoreceptors in the rd1, rd2, P23H, and S334ter rodent models for RP. Ultrastructural analysis of photoreceptor nuclear morphology in the rd1 mouse model for RP revealed a severely altered chromatin structure during retinal degeneration that coincided with an increased expression of the DNMT isozyme DNMT3a. To identify disease-specific differentially methylated DNA regions (DMRs) on a genomic level, we immunoprecipitated methylated DNA fragments and subsequently analyzed them with a targeted microarray. Genome-wide comparison of DMRs between rd1 and wild-type retina revealed hypermethylation of genes involved in cell death and survival as well as cell morphology and nervous system development. When correlating DMRs with gene expression data, we found that hypermethylation occurred alongside transcriptional repression. Consistently, motif analysis showed that binding sites of several important transcription factors for retinal physiology were hypermethylated in the mutant model, which also correlated with transcriptional silencing of their respective target genes. Finally, inhibition of DNMTs in rd1 organotypic retinal explants using decitabine resulted in a substantial reduction of photoreceptor cell death, suggesting inhibition of DNA methylation as a potential novel treatment in RP.
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- P Farinelli
- 1] Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Lund, BMC-B11, Lund 22184, Sweden [2] Division of Experimental Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of Pharmacy - Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Division of Experimental Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Division of Experimental Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of Pharmacy - Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Division of Experimental Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at the Department of Pharmacy - Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Division of Experimental Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Lund, BMC-B11, Lund 22184, Sweden
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Wunderlin N, Amort K, Wigger A, Klumpp S, Biel M, Eichner G, Kramer M. [Computed tomography in cats with craniofacial trauma with regard to maxillary and orbital fractures]. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere 2012; 40:341-349. [PMID: 23076018] [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] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Computed tomographic examination of the skull of cats with craniofacial trauma. Analysis of diagnostic findings with regard to the occurrence of isolated and combined maxillary and orbital fractures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective study (August 2006 - June 2010): Computed tomography (CT) of the skull of cats with craniofacial trauma. RESULTS Thirty-eight cats met the inclusion criteria. Breeds were 36 Domestic Shorthair cats, one Maine Coon and one Somali cat. Age at admission ranged from 11 to 187 months. The ratio of the numbers of males to females was 22:16 (1.4). Computed tomographic examination revealed a maxillary fracture in 27 (71%) animals. Sixteen (42%) cats had multiple maxillary fractures (≥2). Twenty-eight animals (74%) displayed orbital fractures. Combined maxillary and orbital fractures occurred in 26 (68%) patients. The odds ratio of this combined occurrence was 87 (p<0.001). Sixteen (57%) of 28 cats with orbital fractures showed multiple orbital fractures (≥2). The incidence of bilateral orbital fractures was 67% (25 patients). The medial orbital wall was the most commonly fractured orbital wall (66%), and the orbital floor the second most common (61%). CONCLUSION Computed tomographic examination of the skull of cats with craniofacial trauma showed that maxillary and orbital fractures are more common than previously described. Combined maxillary and orbital fractures occurred in more than half of the patients. In cats, orbital fractures mainly affect the medial orbital wall and the orbital floor. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Cats with craniofacial trauma often have maxillary and orbital fractures. The additional information taken from the computed tomographic examination could lead to an optimised therapeutical concept.
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- N Wunderlin
- Klinikum Veterinärmedizin, Klinik für Kleintiere der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 108, Gießen.
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Wunderlin N, Biel M, Peppler C, Amort K, Kramer M. [Enterocutaneous fistula formation in a dog as a result of colonic foreign body perforation]. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere 2012; 40:122-128. [PMID: 22526816] [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] [Received: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A 5-year-old female Poodle was presented with a 3-month history of recurrent abscess and fistula formation on the right abdominal wall. Radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations demonstrated an enterocutaneous fistula formation secondary to foreign body perforation of the colon. Additionally, the diagnosis of a pyometra was made. Twenty-four hours after surgical therapy (ventral midline coeliotomy, foreign body removal, closure of the colon perforation, abdominal lavage and drainage, revision of the fistula) the patient was euthanized due to sepsis and incipient multiorgan dysfunction.
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- N Wunderlin
- Klinikum Veterinärmedizin, Klinik für Kleintiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen.
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Biel M, Sievert C, Loebel N, Rose A, Zimmermann R. Reduction of endotracheal tube biofilms using antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2011.03.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Biel M. Photodynamic therapy and the treatment of head and neck malignancies. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2011.03.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Biel M, Klumpp S, Peppler C, Kramer M, Thiel C. [Partial pancreatectomy using a linear stapler device for the treatment of pancreatic neoplasias in three dogs]. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere 2011; 39:441-447. [PMID: 22167171] [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] [Received: 02/13/2010] [Accepted: 02/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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- M Biel
- Klinikum Veterinärmedizin der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Klinik für Kleintiere - Chirurgie, Frankfurter Straße 108, Gießen.
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Michalakis S, Kleppisch T, Polta SA, Wotjak CT, Koch S, Rammes G, Matt L, Becirovic E, Biel M. Altered synaptic plasticity and behavioral abnormalities in CNGA3-deficient mice. Genes Brain Behav 2010; 10:137-48. [PMID: 20846178 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2010.00646.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The role of the cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channel CNGA3 is well established in cone photoreceptors and guanylyl cyclase-D-expressing olfactory neurons. To assess a potential function of CNGA3 in the mouse amygdala and hippocampus, we examined synaptic plasticity and performed a comparative analysis of spatial learning, fear conditioning and step-down avoidance in wild-type mice and CNGA3 null mutants (CNGA3(-/-) ). CNGA3(-/-) mice showed normal basal synaptic transmission in the amygdala and the hippocampus. However, cornu Ammonis (CA1) hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) induced by a strong tetanus was significantly enhanced in CNGA3(-/-) mice as compared with their wild-type littermates. Unlike in the hippocampus, LTP was not significantly altered in the amygdala of CNGA3(-/-) mice. Enhanced hippocampal LTP did not coincide with changes in hippocampus-dependent learning, as both wild-type and mutant mice showed a similar performance in water maze tasks and contextual fear conditioning, except for a trend toward higher step-down latencies in a passive avoidance task. In contrast, CNGA3(-/-) mice showed markedly reduced freezing to the conditioned tone in the amygdala-dependent cued fear conditioning task. In conclusion, our study adds a new entry on the list of physiological functions of the CNGA3 channel. Despite the dissociation between physiological and behavioral parameters, our data describe a so far unrecognized role of CNGA3 in modulation of hippocampal plasticity and amygdala-dependent fear memory.
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- S Michalakis
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science, Department of Pharmacy-Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandstrasse 5-13, Munich, Germany.
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Schaeferhoff K, Michalakis S, Tanimoto N, Fischer MD, Becirovic E, Beck SC, Huber G, Rieger N, Riess O, Wissinger B, Biel M, Seeliger MW, Bonin M. Induction of STAT3-related genes in fast degenerating cone photoreceptors of cpfl1 mice. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:3173-86. [DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0376-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2010] [Revised: 03/25/2010] [Accepted: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Viero C, Carney J, Mason S, Davies M, Bannister M, Williams A, Sartiani L, Del Lungo M, Melchiorre M, Biel M, Varro A, Mugelli A, Romanelli MN, Cerbai E, Sciarra L, Marras E, Zuccaro L, Allocca G, De Ruvo E, Lioy E, Delise P, Calo' L, Van Ryn J, Kink-Eiband M, Priepke H, Wienen W, Gay-Jordi G, Benito B, Guasch E, Serrano-Mollar A, Sirenko V, Brugada J, Mont L. Abstracts: Pharmacology (Basic Science). Europace 2009. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hyperpolarization-activated and cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels belong to the superfamily of voltage-gated pore loop channels. HCN channels are unique among vertebrate voltage-gated ion channels, in that they have a reverse voltage-dependence that leads to activation upon hyperpolarization. In addition, voltage-dependent opening of these channels is directly regulated by the binding of cAMP. HCN channels are encoded by four genes (HCN1-4) and are widely expressed throughout the heart and the central nervous system. The current flowing through HCN channels, designated I(h) or I(f), plays a key role in the control of cardiac and neuronal rhythmicity ("pacemaker current"). In addition, I(h) contributes to several other neuronal processes, including determination of resting membrane potential, dendritic integration and synaptic transmission. In this review we give an overview on structure, function and regulation of HCN channels. Particular emphasis will be laid on the complex roles of these channels for neuronal function and cardiac rhythmicity.
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- C Wahl-Schott
- Center for Integrated Protein Science CIPSM and Zentrum für Pharmaforschung, Department Pharmazie, Pharmakologie für Naturwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 München, Germany
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an FDA-approved minimally invasive medical treatment modality that utilizes light in the presence of oxygen to activate photosensitizing agents that are relatively selectively concentrated in abnormal or neoplastic cells resulting in cell death. At the present time, PDT has been approved for clinical treatment in the United States, European Union, Canada, Russia, and Japan. In the United States, US Food and Drug administration approval has been given for the use of PDT in the treatment of Barrett's esophagus, obstructing esophageal carcinoma and early and obstructing tracheobronchial carcinoma using the photosensitizer Photofrin; actinic keratosis using the photosensitizer Levulan (aminolevulinic acid); and macular degeneration using the photosensitizer BPD. In the EU the above noted indications have also been approved in addition to the treatment of early head and neck cancers and palliative treatment of head and neck cancer using the photosensitizer Foscan; and treatment of basal and squamous cell skin cancers using the photosensitizer Metvix.
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- M Biel
- Ear Nose and Throat Specialty Care of Minnesota, 2211 Park Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404, USA.
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The treatment of cancer through the development of new therapies is one of the most important challenges of our time. The decoding of the human genome has yielded important insights into the molecular basis of physical disorders, and in most cases a connection between failures in specific genes and the resulting clinical symptoms can be made. The modulation of epigenetic mechanisms enables, by definition, the alteration of cellular phenotype without altering the genotype. The information content of a single gene can be crucial or harmful, but the prerequisite for a cellular effect is active gene transcription. To this end, epigenetic mechanisms play a very important role, and the transcription of a given gene is directly influenced by the modification pattern of the surrounding histone proteins as well as the methylation pattern of the DNA. These processes are effected by different enzymes which can be directly influenced through the development of specific modulators. Of course, all genetic information is written as a four-character code in DNA. However, epigenetics describes the art of reading between the lines.
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- Markus Biel
- University of Leipzig, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Deck P, Pendzialek D, Biel M, Wagner M, Popkirova B, Ludolph B, Kragol G, Kuhlmann J, Giannis A, Waldmann H. Development and biological evaluation of acyl protein thioesterase 1 (APT1) inhibitors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006; 44:4975-80. [PMID: 16003812 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200462625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Patrick Deck
- Department of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Thiele CM, Marx A, Berger R, Fischer J, Biel M, Giannis A. Determination of the Relative Configuration of a Five-Membered Lactone from Residual Dipolar Couplings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006; 45:4455-60. [PMID: 16763954 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Thiele CM, Marx A, Berger R, Fischer J, Biel M, Giannis A. Bestimmung der relativen Konfiguration eines Fünfring-Lactons aus dipolaren Restkopplungen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200503247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lipid-modified proteins play decisive roles in important biological processes such as signal transduction, organisation of the cytoskeleton and vesicular transport. Lipidation of these proteins is essential for correct biological function. Among the modifications with lipids, prenylation and myristoylation are well understood. However, the machinery of palmitoylation is still under investigation. Recently, an enzyme, acyl protein thioesterase 1 (APT1), that may play a regulatory role in the palmitoylation cycle of H-Ras and G-protein alpha subunits, was purified. Motivated by this work, several inhibitors of APT1 were designed, synthesized and biologically evaluated leading to highly active compounds.
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- Markus Biel
- University of Leipzig, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Deck P, Pendzialek D, Biel M, Wagner M, Popkirova B, Ludolph B, Kragol G, Kuhlmann J, Giannis A, Waldmann H. Development and Biological Evaluation of Acyl Protein Thioesterase 1 (APT1) Inhibitors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200462625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Biel M, Wascholowski V, Giannis A. Epigenetik - ein Epizentrum der Genregulation: Histone und histonmodifizierende Enzyme. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200461346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Markus Biel
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Biel M, Kretsovali A, Karatzali E, Papamatheakis J, Giannis A. Design, Synthese und biologische Evaluierung eines niedermolekularen Inhibitors der Histon-Acetyltransferase Gcn5. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200453879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Biel M, Kretsovali A, Karatzali E, Papamatheakis J, Giannis A. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of the Histone Acetyltransferase Gcn5. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004; 43:3974-6. [PMID: 15274229 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200453879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Markus Biel
- University of Leipzig, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Hattar S, Lucas RJ, Mrosovsky N, Thompson S, Douglas RH, Hankins MW, Lem J, Biel M, Hofmann F, Foster RG, Yau KW. Melanopsin and rod-cone photoreceptive systems account for all major accessory visual functions in mice. Nature 2003; 424:76-81. [PMID: 12808468 PMCID: PMC2885907 DOI: 10.1038/nature01761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 801] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.1] [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] [Received: 04/21/2003] [Accepted: 06/02/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In the mammalian retina, besides the conventional rod-cone system, a melanopsin-associated photoreceptive system exists that conveys photic information for accessory visual functions such as pupillary light reflex and circadian photo-entrainment. On ablation of the melanopsin gene, retinal ganglion cells that normally express melanopsin are no longer intrinsically photosensitive. Furthermore, pupil reflex, light-induced phase delays of the circadian clock and period lengthening of the circadian rhythm in constant light are all partially impaired. Here, we investigated whether additional photoreceptive systems participate in these responses. Using mice lacking rods and cones, we measured the action spectrum for phase-shifting the circadian rhythm of locomotor behaviour. This spectrum matches that for the pupillary light reflex in mice of the same genotype, and that for the intrinsic photosensitivity of the melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells. We have also generated mice lacking melanopsin coupled with disabled rod and cone phototransduction mechanisms. These animals have an intact retina but fail to show any significant pupil reflex, to entrain to light/dark cycles, and to show any masking response to light. Thus, the rod-cone and melanopsin systems together seem to provide all of the photic input for these accessory visual functions.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Giannis A, Biel M. Web Site: Schnappschüsse der Biochemie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/1521-3757(20020104)114:1<199::aid-ange199>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Seeliger MW, Grimm C, Ståhlberg F, Friedburg C, Jaissle G, Zrenner E, Guo H, Remé CE, Humphries P, Hofmann F, Biel M, Fariss RN, Redmond TM, Wenzel A. New views on RPE65 deficiency: the rod system is the source of vision in a mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis. Nat Genet 2001; 29:70-4. [PMID: 11528395 DOI: 10.1038/ng712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the most serious form of the autosomal recessive childhood-onset retinal dystrophies. Mutations in the gene encoding RPE65, a protein vital for regeneration of the visual pigment rhodopsin in the retinal pigment epithelium, account for 10-15% of LCA cases. Whereas previous studies of RPE65 deficiency in both animal models and patients attributed remaining visual function to cones, we show here that light-evoked retinal responses in fact originate from rods. For this purpose, we selectively impaired either rod or cone function in Rpe65-/- mice by generating double- mutant mice with models of pure cone function (rhodopsin-deficient mice; Rho-/-) and pure rod function (cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha3-deficient mice; Cnga3-/-). The electroretinograms (ERGs) of Rpe65-/- and Rpe65-/-Cnga3-/- mice were almost identical, whereas there was no assessable response in Rpe65-/-Rho-/- mice. Thus, we conclude that the rod system is the source of vision in RPE65 deficiency. Furthermore, we found that lack of RPE65 enables rods to mimic cone function by responding under normally cone-isolating lighting conditions. We propose as a mechanism decreased rod sensitivity due to a reduction in rhodopsin content to less than 1%. In general, the dissection of pathophysiological processes in animal models through the introduction of additional, selective mutations is a promising concept in functional genetics.
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- M W Seeliger
- Retinal Electrodiagnostics Research Group, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Germany.
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) cation channels control the rhythmic activity of heart and neuronal networks. The activation of these channels is regulated in a complex manner by hormones and neurotransmitters. In addition it was suggested that the channels may be controlled by the pH of the cytosol. Here we demonstrate that HCN2, a member of the HCN channel family, is directly modulated by the intracellular pH in the physiological range. Protons inhibit HCN2 channels by shifting the voltage dependence of channel activation to more negative voltages. By using site-directed mutagenesis, we have identified a single histidine residue (His-321) localized at the boundary between the voltage-sensing S4 helix and the cytoplasmic S4-S5 linker of the channel that is a major determinant of pH sensitivity. Replacement of His-321 by either arginine, glutamine, or glutamate results in channels that are no longer sensitive to shifts in intracellular pH. In contrast, cAMP-mediated modulation is completely intact in mutant channels indicating that His-321 is not involved in the molecular mechanism that controls modulation of HCN channel activity by cyclic nucleotides. Because His-321 is conserved in all four HCN channels known so far, regulation by intracellular pH is likely to constitute a general feature of both cardiac and neuronal pacemaker channels.
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- X Zong
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, Biedersteiner Str. 29, 80802 München, Germany
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Moosmang S, Stieber J, Zong X, Biel M, Hofmann F, Ludwig A. Cellular expression and functional characterization of four hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker channels in cardiac and neuronal tissues. Eur J Biochem 2001; 268:1646-52. [PMID: 11248683 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hyperpolarization-activated cation currents (I(h)) have been identified in cardiac pacemaker cells and a variety of central and peripheral neurons. Four members of a gene family encoding hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels (HCN1--4) have been cloned recently. Native I(h) currents recorded from different cell types exhibit distinct activation kinetics. To determine if this diversity of I(h) currents may be caused by differential expression of HCN channel isoforms, we investigated the cellular distribution of the transcripts of HCN1--4 in the murine sinoatrial node, retina and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) by in situ hybridization. In the sinoatrial node, the most prominently expressed HCN channel is HCN4, whereas HCN2 and HCN1 are detected there at moderate and low levels, respectively. Retinal photoreceptors express high levels of HCN1, whereas HCN2, 3 and 4 were not found in these cells. In DRG neurons, the dominant HCN transcript is HCN1, followed by HCN2. We next determined the functional properties of recombinant HCN1--4 channels expressed in HEK293 cells. All four channel types gave rise to I(h) currents but displayed marked differences in their activation kinetics. Our results suggest that the heterogeneity of native I(h) currents is generated, at least in part, by the tissue-specific expression of HCN channel genes.
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- S Moosmang
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Freichel M, Suh SH, Pfeifer A, Schweig U, Trost C, Weissgerber P, Biel M, Philipp S, Freise D, Droogmans G, Hofmann F, Flockerzi V, Nilius B. Lack of an endothelial store-operated Ca2+ current impairs agonist-dependent vasorelaxation in TRP4-/- mice. Nat Cell Biol 2001; 3:121-7. [PMID: 11175743 DOI: 10.1038/35055019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 446] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Agonist-induced Ca2+ entry into cells by both store-operated channels and channels activated independently of Ca2+-store depletion has been described in various cell types. The molecular structures of these channels are unknown as is, in most cases, their impact on various cellular functions. Here we describe a store-operated Ca2+ current in vascular endothelium and show that endothelial cells of mice deficient in TRP4 (also known as CCE1) lack this current. As a consequence, agonist-induced Ca2+ entry and vasorelaxation is reduced markedly, showing that TRP4 is an indispensable component of store-operated channels in native endothelial cells and that these channels directly provide an Ca2+-entry pathway essentially contributing to the regulation of blood vessel tone.
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- M Freichel
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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In an attempt to study the functional role of the positively charged amino acids present in the S4 segment of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation (HCN) channels, we have introduced single and sequential amino acid replacements throughout this domain in the mouse type 2 HCN channel (mHCN2). Sequential neutralization of the first three positively charged amino acids resulted in cumulative shifts of the midpoint voltage activation constant towards more hyperpolarizing potentials. The contribution of each amino acid substitution was approximately -20 mV. Amino acid replacements to neutralize either the first (K291Q) or fourth (R300Q) positively charged amino acid resulted in the same shift (about 20 mV) towards more hyperpolarized potentials. Replacing the first positively charged amino acid with the negatively charged glutamic acid (K291E) produced a shift of approximately -50 mV in the same direction. None of the above amino acid substitutions had any measurable effect on the time course of channel activation. This suggests that the S4 domain of HCN channels critically controls the voltage dependence of channel opening but is not involved in regulating activation kinetics. No channel activity was detected in mutants with neutralization of the last six positively charged amino acids from the S4 domain, suggesting that these amino acids cannot be altered without impairing channel function.
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- L Vaca
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Instituto de Fisiologia Celular, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico, DF.
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Cardiac pacemaking is controlled by a mixed Na(+)/K(+) current named I(f), which is activated by hyperpolarized membrane potentials. Recently, a family of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation (HCN) channels has been cloned. The members of this family exhibit the general features of I(f) channels. This review describes the molecular diversity of the HCN channel family and the structural determinants of channel function including activation by voltage, modulation by cyclic nucleotides and ion permeation. The relationships between cloned HCN channel types and native cardiac I(f) currents are explored.
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- A Ludwig
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, München, Deutschland.
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Freise D, Held B, Wissenbach U, Pfeifer A, Trost C, Himmerkus N, Schweig U, Freichel M, Biel M, Hofmann F, Hoth M, Flockerzi V. Absence of the gamma subunit of the skeletal muscle dihydropyridine receptor increases L-type Ca2+ currents and alters channel inactivation properties. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:14476-81. [PMID: 10799530 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.19.14476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In skeletal muscle the oligomeric alpha(1S), alpha(2)/delta-1 or alpha(2)/delta-2, beta1, and gamma1 L-type Ca(2+) channel or dihydropyridine receptor functions as a voltage sensor for excitation contraction coupling and is responsible for the L-type Ca(2+) current. The gamma1 subunit, which is tightly associated with this Ca(2+) channel, is a membrane-spanning protein exclusively expressed in skeletal muscle. Previously, heterologous expression studies revealed that gamma1 might modulate Ca(2+) currents expressed by the pore subunit found in heart, alpha(1C), shifting steady state inactivation, and increasing current amplitude. To determine the role of gamma1 assembled with the skeletal subunit composition in vivo, we used gene targeting to establish a mouse model, in which gamma1 expression is eliminated. Comparing litter-matched mice with control mice, we found that, in contrast to heterologous expression studies, the loss of gamma1 significantly increased the amplitude of peak dihydropyridine-sensitive I(Ca) in isolated myotubes. Whereas the activation kinetics of the current remained unchanged, inactivation of the current was slowed in gamma1-deficient myotubes and, correspondingly, steady state inactivation of I(Ca) was shifted to more positive membrane potentials. These results indicate that gamma1 decreases the amount of Ca(2+) entry during stimulation of skeletal muscle.
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- D Freise
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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Gerstner A, Zong X, Hofmann F, Biel M. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a new modulatory cyclic nucleotide-gated channel subunit from mouse retina. J Neurosci 2000; 20:1324-32. [PMID: 10662822 PMCID: PMC6772363] [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] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels play a key role in olfactory and visual transduction. Native CNG channels are heteromeric complexes consisting of the principal alpha subunits (CNG1-3), which can form functional channels by themselves, and the modulatory beta subunits (CNG4-5). The individual alpha and beta subunits that combine to form the CNG channels in rod photoreceptors (CNG1 + CNG4) and olfactory neurons (CNG2 + CNG4 + CNG5) have been characterized. In contrast, only an alpha subunit (CNG3) has been identified so far in cone photoreceptors. Here we report the molecular cloning of a new CNG channel subunit (CNG6) from mouse retina. The cDNA of CNG6 encodes a peptide of 694 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 80 kDa. Among the CNG channel subunits, CNG6 has the highest overall similarity to the CNG4 beta subunit (47% sequence identity). CNG6 transcripts are present in a small subset of retinal photoreceptor cells and also in testis. Heterologous expression of CNG6 in human embryonic kidney 293 cells did not lead to detectable currents. However, when coexpressed with the cone photoreceptor alpha subunit, CNG6 induced a flickering channel gating, weakened the outward rectification in the presence of extracellular Ca(2+), increased the sensitivity for L-cis diltiazem, and enhanced the cAMP efficacy of the channel. Taken together, the data indicate that CNG6 represents a new CNG channel beta subunit that may associate with the CNG3 alpha subunit to form the native cone channel.
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- A Gerstner
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, 80802 München, Germany
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Biel M, Eastwood JA, Muenzen P, Greenberg S. Evolving trends in critical care nursing practice: results of a certification role delineation study. Am J Crit Care 1999; 8:285-90. [PMID: 10467464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND In 1997, the AACN Certification Corporation, in conjunction with Professional Examination Service, undertook a role delineation study as 1 component of a large-scale, comprehensive, and systematic study of practice to update previous data. Focus groups made up of practicing critical care nurses were used to determine trends and changes in adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care nursing practice. METHODS Sixteen focus groups (6 adult, 5 pediatric, and 5 neonatal) used specially prepared protocols to guide discussions. Questions were designed to elicit descriptions of changes in critical care nursing practice in the preceding 5 years. Qualitative comments of the participants were analyzed across all the focus groups, rather than separately for the adult, pediatric, and neonatal focus groups. Then data for the focus groups for each patient-age range were aggregated and reviewed to abstract themes. RESULTS Trends and changes in practice for adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care nurses were determined. Common themes include ethical and legal issues, changes in the population of patients, psychosocial factors, and the impact of managed care. CONCLUSIONS The results of these focus groups can be used to update the test blueprints that underlie the CCRN certification examination programs for adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care nurses. Critical care nursing practice is changing. Specific knowledge of the changes is important for educators, managers, and clinicians. The results of this role delineation study can be used to teach, adapt systems, and validate practice.
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- M Biel
- AACN Certification Corporation, Aliso Viejo, Calif. 92656, USA
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Biel M, Eastwood JA, Muenzen P, Greenberg S. Evolving trends in critical care nursing practice: results of a certification role delineation study. Am J Crit Care 1999. [DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1999.8.5.285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND: In 1997, the AACN Certification Corporation, in conjunction with Professional Examination Service, undertook a role delineation study as 1 component of a large-scale, comprehensive, and systematic study of practice to update previous data. Focus groups made up of practicing critical care nurses were used to determine trends and changes in adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care nursing practice. METHODS: Sixteen focus groups (6 adult, 5 pediatric, and 5 neonatal) used specially prepared protocols to guide discussions. Questions were designed to elicit descriptions of changes in critical care nursing practice in the preceding 5 years. Qualitative comments of the participants were analyzed across all the focus groups, rather than separately for the adult, pediatric, and neonatal focus groups. Then data for the focus groups for each patient-age range were aggregated and reviewed to abstract themes. RESULTS: Trends and changes in practice for adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care nurses were determined. Common themes include ethical and legal issues, changes in the population of patients, psychosocial factors, and the impact of managed care. CONCLUSIONS: The results of these focus groups can be used to update the test blueprints that underlie the CCRN certification examination programs for adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care nurses. Critical care nursing practice is changing. Specific knowledge of the changes is important for educators, managers, and clinicians. The results of this role delineation study can be used to teach, adapt systems, and validate practice.
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Hyperpolarization-activated cation currents, termed I(h), are observed in a variety of neurons. Four members of a gene family encoding hyperpolarization-activated cyclic-nucleotide-gated cation channels (HCN1-4) have been cloned. The regional expression and cellular localization of the four HCN channel types in mouse brain was investigated using in situ hybridization. The expression of HCN1 was restricted to the olfactory bulb, cerebral cortex, hippocampus, superior colliculus and cerebellum. In contrast, HCN2 transcripts were found at high levels nearly ubiquitously in the brain, and the strongest signals were seen in the olfactory bulb, hippocampus, thalamus and brain stem. HCN3 was uniformly expressed at very low levels throughout the brain. Finally, HCN4 transcripts were prominently expressed selectively in the thalamus and olfactory bulb. Some neurons expressed two or more HCN channel transcripts including hippocampal pyramidal neurons (HCN1, HCN2 and low levels of HCN 4) and thalamic relay neurons (HCN2 and HCN4). Our results demonstrate that each HCN channel transcript has a unique distribution in the brain. Furthermore, they suggest that the heterogeneity of neuronal I(h) may be, at least in part, due to the differential expression of HCN channel genes.
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- S Moosmang
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, Germany
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Biel M, Seeliger M, Pfeifer A, Kohler K, Gerstner A, Ludwig A, Jaissle G, Fauser S, Zrenner E, Hofmann F. Selective loss of cone function in mice lacking the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel CNG3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:7553-7. [PMID: 10377453 PMCID: PMC22124 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.13.7553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two types of photoreceptors, rods and cones, coexist in the vertebrate retina. An in-depth analysis of the retinal circuitry that transmits rod and cone signals has been hampered by the presence of intimate physical and functional connections between rod and cone pathways. By deleting the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel CNG3 we have generated a mouse lacking any cone-mediated photoresponse. In contrast, the rod pathway is completely intact in CNG3-deficient mice. The functional loss of cone function correlates with a progressive degeneration of cone photoreceptors but not of other retinal cell types. CNG3-deficient mice provide an animal model to dissect unequivocally the contribution of rod and cone pathways for normal retinal function.
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- M Biel
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Biedersteiner Strasse 29, 80802 Munich, Germany
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Cardiac pacemaking is produced by the slow diastolic depolarization phase of the action potential. The hyperpolarization-activated cation current (If) forms an important part of the pacemaker depolarization and consists of two kinetic components (fast and slow). Recently, three full-length cDNAs encoding hyperpolarization-activated and cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels (HCN1-3) have been cloned from mouse brain. To elucidate the molecular identity of cardiac pacemaker channels, we screened a human heart cDNA library using a highly conserved neuronal HCN channel segment and identified two cDNAs encoding HCN channels. The hHCN2 cDNA codes for a protein of 889 amino acids. The HCN2 gene is localized on human chromosome 19p13.3 and contains eight exons spanning approximately 27 kb. The second cDNA, designated hHCN4, codes for a protein of 1203 amino acids. Northern blot and PCR analyses showed that both hHCN2 and hHCN4 are expressed in heart ventricle and atrium. When expressed in HEK 293 cells, either cDNA gives rise to hyperpolarization-activated cation currents with the hallmark features of native If. hHCN2 and hHCN4 currents differ profoundly from each other in their activation kinetics, being fast and slow, respectively. We thus conclude that hHCN2 and hHCN4 may underlie the fast and slow component of cardiac If, respectively.
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- A Ludwig
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, Biedersteiner Strasse 29, 80802 München, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, Germany
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- M Biel
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technischen Universität München, Germany
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- M Biel
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technischen Universität München, Germany
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Biel M, Sautter A, Ludwig A, Hofmann F, Zong X. Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels--mediators of NO:cGMP-regulated processes. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 1998; 358:140-4. [PMID: 9721016 DOI: 10.1007/pl00005235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels represent one of the three known cellular receptor classes for cGMP. Activation of CNG channels by binding of cyclic nucleotides to a site in the C-terminus results in opening of the channel pore, entry of Ca2+ into the cell and subsequent induction of Ca2+-dependent processes. In this review we will summarize new data on the complex molecular structure and the activation mechanism of CNG channels. In addition, we will discuss the role of CNG channels as mediators of NO:cGMP-dependent cellular processes.
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- M Biel
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Pacemaker activity of spontaneously active neurons and heart cells is controlled by a depolarizing, mixed Na+/K+ current, named Ih (or I(f) in the sinoatrial node of the heart). This current is activated on hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane. In addition to depolarizing pacemaker cells, Ih is involved in determining the resting membrane potential of neurons and provides a mechanism to limit hyperpolarizing currents in these cells. Hormones and neurotransmitters that induce a rise in cyclic AMP levels increase Ih by a mechanism that is independent of protein phosphorylation, and which involves direct binding of the cyclic nucleotide to the channel that mediates Ih. Here we report the molecular cloning and functional expression of the gene encoding a hyperpolarization-activated cation channel (HAC1) that is present in brain and heart. This channel exhibits the general properties of Ih channels. We have also identified full-length sequences of two related channels, HAC2 and HAC3, that are specifically expressed in the brain, indicating the existence of a family of hyperpolarization-activated cation channels.
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- A Ludwig
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Sautter A, Zong X, Hofmann F, Biel M. An isoform of the rod photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated channel beta subunit expressed in olfactory neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:4696-701. [PMID: 9539801 PMCID: PMC22553 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.8.4696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Sensory transduction in olfactory neurons involves the activation of a cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channel by cAMP. Previous studies identified a CNG channel alpha subunit (CNG2) and a beta subunit (CNG5), which when heterologously expressed form a channel with properties similar but not identical to those of native olfactory neurons. We have cloned a new type of CNG channel beta subunit (CNG4. 3) from rat olfactory epithelium. CNG4.3 derives from the same gene as the rod photoreceptor beta subunit (CNG4.1) but lacks the long, glutamic acid-rich domain found in the N terminus of CNG4.1. Northern blot and in situ hybridization revealed that CNG4.3 is expressed specifically in olfactory neurons. Expression of CNG4.3 in human embryonic kidney 293 cells did not lead to detectable currents. Coexpression of CNG4.3 with CNG2 induced a current with significantly increased sensitivity for cAMP whereas cGMP affinity was not altered. Additionally, CNG4.3 weakened the outward rectification of the current in the presence of extracellular Ca2+, decreased the relative permeability for Ca2+, and enhanced the sensitivity for L-cis diltiazem. Upon coexpression of CNG2, CNG4.3, and CNG5, a conductance with a cAMP sensitivity greater than that of either the CNG2/CNG4.3 or the CNG2/CNG5 channel and near that of native olfactory channel was observed. Our data suggest that CNG4.3 forms a subunit of the native olfactory CNG channel. The expression of various CNG4 isoforms in retina and olfactory epithelium indicates that the CNG4 subunit may be necessary for normal function of both photoreceptor and olfactory CNG channels.
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- A Sautter
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, Biedersteiner Strasse 29, 80802 Munich, Germany
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The activation of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels is a complex process comprising the initial ligand binding and a consecutive allosteric transition from a closed to an open configuration. The cone and olfactory CNG channels differ considerably in cyclic nucleotide affinity and efficacy. In each channel, the cyclic nucleotide-binding site is connected to the last transmembrane segment of the channel by a linker peptide (C-linker) of approximately 90 amino acids. Here we report that replacement of three amino acids in the cone C-linker by the corresponding amino acids of the olfactory channel (I439V, D481A and D494S) profoundly enhanced the cAMP efficacy and increased the affinities for cAMP and cGMP. Unlike the wild-type cone channel, the mutated channel exhibited similar single-channel kinetics for both cGMP and cAMP, explaining the increase in cAMP efficacy. We thus conclude that the identified amino acids are major determinants of channel gating.
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- X Zong
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany
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