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Zhu J, Carr F, Tian P, McLeod M, MacFarlane M, De Coutere S, Sun M, Peltekian K. A102 INTERDISCIPLINARY TELEHEALTH REFERRAL PATHWAY AND CONSULTATIONS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AMONG CANADIAN OLDER ADULTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS. J Can Assoc Gastroenterol 2023. [PMCID: PMC9991312 DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwac036.102] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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Background Telehealth and telemedicine have become indispensable healthcare delivery tools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Older individuals with cirrhosis have complex medical needs that are currently unmet due to the growing disease burden and decreased access to care. Delivering timely specialist care virtually to older adults with cirrhosis will likely be beneficial and acceptable to such patients; however, this has not yet been prospectively evaluated. Purpose The primary goal is to pilot the delivery of dual specialist care from a hepatologist and geriatrician, delivered virtually, for older adults living with liver cirrhosis who are at high risk of geriatric syndromes (age >/= 65 with frailty, undifferentiated cognitive impairment from dementia or hepatic encephalopathy, recurrent falls, risk factors for polypharmacy and moderate to severe malnutrition). Care is delivered using a dedicated hepatology-geriatric referral pathway. Primary objectives include evaluating the impact of this approach on emergency care and inpatient utilization, along with patient attitude and satisfaction to the virtual interdisciplinary care delivery model. Method This pilot quality improvement study was conducted in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ethics approval was obtained from the Nova Scotia Health Research Ethics Board and the University of Alberta Research Ethics Board. Fifty to one hundred participants (age 65 years or older with at least one geriatric syndrome; diagnosis of liver cirrhosis by liver elastography or liver biopsy, or Fibrosis-4 Index for Liver Fibrosis greater than three and having radiological features of cirrhosis and/or portal hypertension) were recruited between September 2022 to December 2022 at the time of their hepatology consultation. After consent and screening, each patient underwent a telehealth appointment by zoom with a geriatrician within four weeks of their initial hepatology assessment. Follow-up by telephone using a standardized survey regarding ease of access and quality of their telehealth experience then occurred at 3-4 weeks, 3 months and 6 months for emergency room visits and hospital admission status. Result(s) Pending Conclusion(s) Pending Please acknowledge all funding agencies by checking the applicable boxes below Other Please indicate your source of funding; Pfizer Canada Disclosure of Interest J. Zhu Grant / Research support from: Pfizer Canada, F. Carr Grant / Research support from: Pfizer Canada, P. Tian: None Declared, M. McLeod: None Declared, M. MacFarlane: None Declared, S. De Coutere: None Declared, M. Sun: None Declared, K. Peltekian: None Declared
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- J Zhu
- Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax
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- Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton
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- Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax
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- Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax
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MacFarlane M, Thompson JMD, Mitchell EA, Lawton B, McLardy EM, Jonas SD, Tepania-Palmer G, Roa T, Warren G, Jowsey T. Pēpē-infant sleep practices and sudden unexpected death in infancy in Aotearoa New Zealand. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2021; 155:305-317. [PMID: 34473352 DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.13910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore pēpē [infant] sleep practices and the key motivators among selected Māori and non-Māori māmā [mothers] in Auckland, New Zealand, in relation to the risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI). METHODS Qualitative research underpinned by a kaupapa Māori cultural framework was undertaken. In-depth face-to-face interviews occurred in the homes of māmā with young pēpē born in Counties Manukau, Auckland. Interview transcripts were analyzed using general purpose thematic analysis. RESULTS Thirty māmā participated, including 17 Māori. Two-thirds of māmā reported previous or current bed sharing. The fundamental human need for adequate sleep motivated half the māmā in the present study, and especially Māori māmā, to bed share. The second most common reason given was closeness and convenience. This was followed by breastfeeding, which was cited as a reason by Māori māmā only. These findings were interpreted in terms of intrinsic fear, culture, and māmā deployment of knowledge. CONCLUSION Service providers are encouraged to respond to the lived experiences and cultural realities, values, and beliefs of māmā when designing and delivering effective SUDI prevention interventions. Innovative approaches for providing structured and opportunistic, culturally appropriate education and support around safe sleep are likely to be well-received by māmā and their whānau [family/ies].
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- Melanie MacFarlane
- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau-University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau-University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau-University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Te Tātai Hauora O Hine-Centre for Women's Health Research, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao-Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato-University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand
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McBride S, Wei-LaPierre L, McMurray F, MacFarlane M, Qiu X, Patten DA, Dirksen RT, Harper ME. Skeletal muscle mitoflashes, pH, and the role of uncoupling protein-3. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 663:239-248. [PMID: 30659802 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important cellular signaling molecules, but can cause oxidative damage if not kept within tolerable limits. An important proximal form of ROS in mitochondria is superoxide. Its production is thought to occur in regulated stochastic bursts, but current methods using mitochondrial targeted cpYFP to assess superoxide flashes are confounded by changes in pH. Accordingly, these flashes are generally referred to as 'mitoflashes'. Here we provide regulatory insights into mitoflashes and pH fluctuations in skeletal muscle, and the role of uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3). Using quantitative confocal microscopy of mitoflashes in intact muscle fibers, we show that the mitoflash magnitude significantly correlates with the degree of mitochondrial inner membrane depolarization and ablation of UCP3 did not affect this correlation. We assessed the effects of the absence of UCP3 on mitoflash activity in intact skeletal muscle fibers, and found no effects on mitoflash frequency, amplitude or duration, with a slight reduction in the average size of mitoflashes. We further investigated the regulation of pH flashes (pHlashes, presumably a component of mitoflash) by UCP3 using mitochondrial targeted SypHer (mt-SypHer) in skeletal muscle fibers. The frequency of pHlashes was significantly reduced in the absence of UCP3, without changes in other flash properties. ROS scavenger, tiron, did not alter pHlash frequency in either WT or UCP3KO mice. High resolution respirometry revealed that in the absence of UCP3 there is impaired proton leak and Complex I-driven respiration and maximal coupled respiration. Total cellular production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as detected by Amplex-UltraRed was unaffected. Altogether, we demonstrate a correlation between mitochondrial membrane potential and mitoflash magnitude in skeletal muscle fibers that is independent of UCP3, and a role for UCP3 in the control of pHlash frequency and of proton leak- and Complex I coupled-respiration in skeletal muscle fibers. The differential regulation of mitoflashes and pHlashes by UCP3 and tiron also indicate that the two events, though may be related, are not identical events.
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- S McBride
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642-8711, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642-8711, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642-8711, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada.
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MacFarlane M, Thompson JMD, Zuccollo J, McDonald G, Elder D, Stewart AW, Lawton B, Percival T, Baker N, Schlaud M, Fleming P, Taylor B, Mitchell EA. Smoking in pregnancy is a key factor for sudden infant death among Māori. Acta Paediatr 2018; 107:1924-1931. [PMID: 29869345 DOI: 10.1111/apa.14431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM To examine the sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) disparity between Māori and non-Māori in New Zealand. METHODS A nationwide prospective case-control study ran from March 2012 to February 2015. Exposure to established SUDI risk factors was analysed to investigate the disparity experienced by Māori. Infant ethnicity was based on mother's ethnicity. Māori ethnicity was prioritised. Non-Māori includes Pacific, Asian, NZ European and Other. RESULTS There were 137 cases and 649 controls. The Māori SUDI rate was 1.41/1000 live births compared to 0.53/1000 for non-Māori. Parents/caregivers of 132 cases (96%) and 258 controls (40%) were interviewed. Smoking in pregnancy was associated with an equally increased SUDI risk for Māori (adjusted OR = 8.11, 95% CI = 2.64, 24.93) and non-Māori (aOR = 5.09, 95% CI = 1.79, 14.47), as was bed-sharing (aOR = 3.66, 95% CI = 1.49, 9.00 vs aOR = 11.20, 95% CI = 3.46, 36.29). Bed-sharing prevalence was similar; however, more Māori controls smoked during pregnancy (46.7%) than non-Māori (22.8%). The main contributor relating to increased SUDI risk for Māori/non-Māori infants is the combination of smoking in pregnancy and bed sharing. CONCLUSION The association between known SUDI risk factors, including bed sharing and/or smoking in pregnancy and SUDI risk, is the same regardless of ethnicity. Māori infants are exposed more frequently to both behaviours because of the higher Māori smoking rate.
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- M MacFarlane
- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health; University of Auckland; Auckland New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health; University of Auckland; Auckland New Zealand
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- University of Otago; Wellington New Zealand
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- University of Otago; Dunedin New Zealand
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- University of Otago; Wellington New Zealand
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- University of Auckland; Auckland New Zealand
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- Centre for Women's Health Research; Victoria University of Wellington; Wellington New Zealand
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- University of Auckland; Auckland New Zealand
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- Nelson Hospital; Nelson New Zealand
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- Robert Koch University; Berlin Germany
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- University of Otago; Dunedin New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health; University of Auckland; Auckland New Zealand
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Mitchell EA, Thompson JM, Zuccollo J, MacFarlane M, Taylor B, Elder D, Stewart AW, Percival T, Baker N, McDonald GK, Lawton B, Schlaud M, Fleming P. The combination of bed sharing and maternal smoking leads to a greatly increased risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy: the New Zealand SUDI Nationwide Case Control Study. N Z Med J 2017; 130:52-64. [PMID: 28571049] [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: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite a major reduction in overall infant mortality, sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) continues to be of concern in New Zealand, as the rate is high by international standards, and is even higher in indigenous Māori. AIM To identify modifiable risk factors for SUDI. METHODS A three-year (1 March 2012-28 February 2015) nationwide case-control study was conducted in New Zealand. RESULTS There were 137 SUDI cases, giving a SUDI mortality rate of 0.76/1,000 live births. The rate for Māori was 1.41/1,000, Pacific 1.01/1,000 and non-Māori non-Pacific (predominantly European) 0.50/1,000. The parent(s) of 97% of the SUDI cases were interviewed. Six hundred and forty-nine controls were selected and 258 (40%) were interviewed. The two major risk factors for SUDI were: maternal smoking in pregnancy (adjusted OR=6.01, 95% CI=2.97, 12.15) and bed sharing (aOR=4.96, 95% CI=2.55, 9.64). There was a significant interaction (p=0.002) between bed sharing and antenatal maternal smoking. Infants exposed to both risk factors had a markedly increased risk of SUDI (aOR=32.8, 95% CI=11.2, 95.8) compared with infants not exposed to either risk factor. Infants not sharing the parental bedroom were also at increased risk of SUDI (aOR=2.77, 95% CI=1.45, 5.30). Just 21 cases over the three-year study were not exposed to smoking in pregnancy, bed sharing or front or side sleeping position. CONCLUSIONS This study has shown that many of the risk factors that were identified in the original New Zealand Cot Death Study (1987-1989) are still relevant today. The combination of maternal smoking in pregnancy and bed sharing is extremely hazardous for infants. Furthermore, our findings indicate that the SUDI prevention messages are still applicable today and should be reinforced. SUDI mortality could be reduced to just seven p.a. in New Zealand (approximately one in 10,000 live births).
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- Edwin A Mitchell
- Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland
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- Epidemiologist/Statistician, Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland
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- Perinatal Pathologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Otago, Wellington
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- Dean, Department of the Dean, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin
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- Professor and HOD, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, Wellington
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- Biostatistician, Section of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland
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- Senior Lecturer, Pacific Health Section, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland
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- Senior Lecturer, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin
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- Senior Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Women's Health Research Centre, University of Otago, Wellington
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- Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Professor of Infant Health and Developmental Physiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, England
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Busacca S, Law EWP, Powley IR, Proia DA, Sequeira M, Le Quesne J, Klabatsa A, Edwards JM, Matchett KB, Luo JL, Pringle JH, El-Tanani M, MacFarlane M, Fennell DA. Resistance to HSP90 inhibition involving loss of MCL1 addiction. Oncogene 2015; 35:1483-92. [PMID: 26096930 PMCID: PMC4819782 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 10/29/2014] [Revised: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Inhibition of the chaperone heat-shock protein 90 (HSP90) induces apoptosis, and it is a promising anti-cancer strategy. The mechanisms underpinning apoptosis activation following HSP90 inhibition and how they are modified during acquired drug resistance are unknown. We show for the first time that, to induce apoptosis, HSP90 inhibition requires the cooperation of multi BH3-only proteins (BID, BIK, PUMA) and the reciprocal suppression of the pro-survival BCL-2 family member MCL1, which occurs via inhibition of STAT5A. A subset of tumour cell lines exhibit dependence on MCL1 expression for survival and this dependence is also associated with tumour response to HSP90 inhibition. In the acquired resistance setting, MCL1 suppression in response to HSP90 inhibitors is maintained; however, a switch in MCL1 dependence occurs. This can be exploited by the BH3 peptidomimetic ABT737, through non-BCL-2-dependent synthetic lethality.
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- S Busacca
- Department of Cancer Studies, Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cancer Studies, Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., Lexington, MA, USA
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- Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., Lexington, MA, USA
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- Department of Cancer Studies, Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.,MRC Toxicology Unit, Leicester, UK
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- Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Cancer Studies, Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cancer Studies, Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, School of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
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- Department of Cancer Studies, Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Chen J, MacFarlane M, Wong E, Hoover D. Sci-Fri AM: Mountain - 05: Unified Optimization and Delivery of Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy and Volume-modulated Arc Therapy. Med Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4894945] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Simpson KL, Cawthorne C, Zhou C, Hodgkinson CL, Walker MJ, Trapani F, Kadirvel M, Brown G, Dawson MJ, MacFarlane M, Williams KJ, Whetton AD, Dive C. A caspase-3 'death-switch' in colorectal cancer cells for induced and synchronous tumor apoptosis in vitro and in vivo facilitates the development of minimally invasive cell death biomarkers. Cell Death Dis 2013; 4:e613. [PMID: 23640455 PMCID: PMC3674346 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2013.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/06/2012] [Revised: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Novel anticancer drugs targeting key apoptosis regulators have been developed and are undergoing clinical trials. Pharmacodynamic biomarkers to define the optimum dose of drug that provokes tumor apoptosis are in demand; acquisition of longitudinal tumor biopsies is a significant challenge and minimally invasive biomarkers are required. Considering this, we have developed and validated a preclinical 'death-switch' model for the discovery of secreted biomarkers of tumour apoptosis using in vitro proteomics and in vivo evaluation of the novel imaging probe [(18)F]ML-10 for non-invasive detection of apoptosis using positron emission tomography (PET). The 'death-switch' is a constitutively active mutant caspase-3 that is robustly induced by doxycycline to drive synchronous apoptosis in human colorectal cancer cells in vitro or grown as tumor xenografts. Death-switch induction caused caspase-dependent apoptosis between 3 and 24 hours in vitro and regression of 'death-switched' xenografts occurred within 24 h correlating with the percentage of apoptotic cells in tumor and levels of an established cell death biomarker (cleaved cytokeratin-18) in the blood. We sought to define secreted biomarkers of tumor apoptosis from cultured cells using Discovery Isobaric Tag proteomics, which may provide candidates to validate in blood. Early after caspase-3 activation, levels of normally secreted proteins were decreased (e.g. Gelsolin and Midkine) and proteins including CD44 and High Mobility Group protein B1 (HMGB1) that were released into cell culture media in vitro were also identified in the bloodstream of mice bearing death-switched tumors. We also exemplify the utility of the death-switch model for the validation of apoptotic imaging probes using [(18)F]ML-10, a PET tracer currently in clinical trials. Results showed increased tracer uptake of [(18)F]ML-10 in tumours undergoing apoptosis, compared with matched tumour controls imaged in the same animal. Overall, the death-switch model represents a robust and versatile tool for the discovery and validation of apoptosis biomarkers.
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- K L Simpson
- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, UK
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- Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, 27 Palatine Road, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, UK
- Stem Cell and Leukaemia Proteomics Laboratory, School of Cancer and Enabling Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, UK
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- Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, 27 Palatine Road, Manchester, UK
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- Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, 27 Palatine Road, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, UK
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, UK
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- Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, 27 Palatine Road, Manchester, UK
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- Stem Cell and Leukaemia Proteomics Laboratory, School of Cancer and Enabling Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, UK
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Bird P, Babbage M, O'Beirne G, Feldman M, MacFarlane M. Patterns of Hearing Loss Following Retrosigmoid Excision of Unilateral Vestibular Schwannoma. Skull Base Surg 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1314171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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MacFarlane M. Robert Goudie MacFarlane. West J Med 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e414] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Ammoun S, Zhou L, Barczyk M, Hilton D, Hafizi S, Hanemann C, Lehnus KS, Donovan LK, Pilkington GJ, An Q, Anderson IA, Thomson S, Bailey M, Lekka E, Law J, Davis C, Banfill K, Loughrey C, Hatfield P, Bax D, Elliott R, Bishop R, Taylor K, Marshall L, Gaspar N, Viana-Pereira M, Reis R, Renshaw J, Ashworth A, Lord C, Jones C, Bellamy C, Shaw L, Alder J, Shorrocks A, Lea R, Birks S, Burnet M, Pilkington G, Bruch JD, Ho J, Watts C, Price SJ, Camp S, Apostolopoulos V, Mehta A, Roncaroli F, Nandi D, Clark B, Mackinnon M, MacLeod N, Stewart W, Chalmers A, Cole A, Hanna G, Bailie K, Conkey D, Harney J, Darlow C, Chapman S, Mohsen L, Price S, Donovan L, Birks S, Pilkington G, Dyer H, Lord H, Fletcher K, das Nair R, MacNiven J, Basu S, Byrne P, Glancz L, Critchley G, Grech-Sollars M, Saunders D, Phipps K, Clayden J, Clark C, Greco A, Acquati S, Marino S, Hammouche S, Wilkins SP, Smith T, Brodbelt A, Hammouche S, Clark S, Wong AHL, Eldridge P, Farah JO, Ho J, Bruch J, Watts C, Price S, Lamb G, Smith S, James A, Glegg M, Jeffcote T, Boulos S, Robbins P, Knuckey N, Banigo A, Brodbelt AR, Jenkinson MD, Jeyapalan JN, Mumin MA, Forshew T, Lawson AR, Tatevossian RG, Jacques TS, Sheer D, Kilday J, Wright K, Leavy S, Lowe J, Schwalbe E, Clifford S, Gilbertson R, Coyle B, Grundy R, Kinsella P, Clynes M, Amberger-Murphy V, Barron N, Lambert SR, Jones D, Pearson D, Ichimura I, Collins V, Steele L, Sinha P, Chumas P, Tyler J, Ogawa D, Chiocca E, DeLay M, Bronisz A, Nowicki M, Godlewski J, Lawler S, Lee MK, Javadpour M, Jenkinson MD, Lekka E, Abel P, Dawson T, Lea B, Davis C, Lim CSK, Grundy PL, Pendleton M, Lord H, Mackinnon M, Williamson A, James A, Stewart W, Clark B, Chalmers A, Merve A, Zhang X, Marino S, Miller S, Rogers HA, Lyon P, Rand V, Adamowicz-Brice M, Clifford SC, Hayden JT, Dyer S, Pfister S, Korshunov A, Brundler MA, Lowe J, Coyle B, Grundy RG, Nankivell M, Mulvenna P, Barton R, Wilson P, Faivre-Finn C, Pugh C, Langley R, Ngoga D, Tennant D, Williams A, Moss P, Cruickshank G, Owusu-Agyemang K, Bell S, Stewart W, St.George J, Piccirillo SG, Watts C, Qadri S, Pirola E, Jenkinson M, Brodbelt A, Rahman R, Rahman C, Smith S, MacArthur D, Rose F, Shakesheff K, Grundy R, Carroll C, Watson P, Hawkins M, Spoudeas H, Walker D, Holland T, Ring H, Rooney A, McNamara S, Mackinnon M, Fraser M, Rampling R, Carson A, Grant R, Royds J, Al Nadaf S, Ahn A, Chen YJ, Wiles A, Jellinek D, Braithwaite A, Baguley B, MacFarlane M, Hung N, Slatter T, Rusbridge S, Walmsley N, Griffiths S, Wilford P, Rees J, Ryan D, Watts C, Liu P, Galavotti S, Shaked-Rabi M, Tulchinsky E, Brandner S, Jones C, Salomoni P, Schulte A, Gunther HS, Zapf S, Riethdorf S, Westphal M, Lamszus K, Selvanathan SK, Hammouche S, Salminen HJ, Jenkinson MD, Setua S, Watts C, Welland ME, Shevtsov M, Khachatryan W, Kim A, Samochernych K, Pozdnyakov A, Guzhova IV, Romanova IV, Margulis B, Smith S, Rahman R, Rahman C, Barrow J, Macarthur D, Rose F, Grundy R, Smith S, Long A, Barrow J, Macarthur D, Coyle B, Grundy R, Maherally Z, Smith JR, Dickson L, Pilkington GJ, Prabhu S, Harris F, Lea R, Snape TJ, Sussman M, Wilne S, Whitehouse W, Chow G, Liu JF, Walker D, Snape T, Karakoula A, Rowther F, Warr T, Williamson A, Mackinnon M, Zisakis A, Varsos V, Panteli A, Karypidou O, Zampethanis A, Fotovati A, Abu-Ali S, Wang PS, Deleyrolle L, Lee C, Triscott J, Chen JY, Franciosi S, Nakamura Y, Sugita Y, Uchiumi T, Kuwano M, Leavitt BR, Singh SK, Jury A, Jones C, Wakimoto H, Reynolds BA, Pallen CJ, Dunn SE, Shepherd S, Scott S, Bowyer D, Wallace L, Hacking B, Mohsen L, Jena R, Gillard J, Price S, Lee C, Fotovati A, Verraeult M, Wakimoto H, Reynolds B, Dunham C, Bally M, Hukin J, Singhal S, Singh S, Dunn S. Abstracts from the 2011 BNOS Conference, June 29 - July 1, 2011, Homerton College, Cambridge. Neuro Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nor144] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Melis M, Simpson K, Honeychurch J, Weldman A, MacFarlane M, Dive C, Illidge T. 397 Development of a doxycycline-dependent caspase 3 death switch model to assess the immune response to rapid and synchronous tumour cell apoptosis in vivo. EJC Suppl 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(10)71198-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Twiddy D, Naik S, Mistry R, Edwards J, Walker RA, Cohen GM, MacFarlane M. A TRAIL-R1-specific ligand in combination with doxorubicin selectively targets primary breast tumour cells for apoptosis. Breast Cancer Res 2010. [PMCID: PMC2875620 DOI: 10.1186/bcr2555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Programmed cell death and its morphological manifestation termed apoptosis is a conserved pathway that appears to operate in all multicellular organisms. During embryonic development, cell death is essential for successful organogenesis, and apoptosis also operates in adult organisms to maintain normal cellular homeostasis. The removal of disordered cells by a controlled cellular mechanism is especially critical in long-lived mammals that must integrate multiple physiological as well as pathological death signals. Gain- and loss-of-function models of genes in the core apoptotic pathway suggest that perturbation of cellular homeostasis can be a primary pathogenic event that results in disease. Indeed, there is now compelling evidence that insufficient apoptosis can manifest as cancer or autoimmunity, whereas accelerated cell death is evident in acute and chronic degenerative diseases, further highlighting the fact that deregulation of cell death pathways has major health implications. Not surprisingly, during the past 25 years a huge endeavour aimed at unravelling this fundamental biological process has led to major advances in our understanding of cell death pathways. Therapeutic strategies to manipulate apoptosis have immense potential and this review highlights several potentially viable drug targets for modulating cell death that have been discovered from the elegant work of many scientists in elucidating the protein components and key regulators of apoptosis signalling pathways.
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- M MacFarlane
- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
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Wright RHG, Dornan ES, Donaldson MM, MacFarlane M, Herzyk P, Morgan IM. TopBP1 contains transcriptional regulatory domains and regulates gene pathways involved in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res 2008. [PMCID: PMC3300724 DOI: 10.1186/bcr1905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Inoue S, MacFarlane M, Harper N, Wheat LMC, Dyer MJS, Cohen GM. Histone deacetylase inhibitors potentiate TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced apoptosis in lymphoid malignancies. Cell Death Differ 2005; 11 Suppl 2:S193-206. [PMID: 15608694 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [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: 11/08/2022] Open
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New therapies are required for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), an incurable disease characterized by failure of mature lymphocytes to undergo apoptosis. Activation of cell surface death receptors, such as via TRAIL receptor ligation, may provide a novel therapeutic target for various malignancies. However, CLL and other lymphoid malignancies are resistant to TRAIL. We report that low concentrations of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, such as depsipeptide, which alone failed to induce apoptosis, markedly sensitize CLL cells and other primary lymphoid malignancies to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. These combinations caused little or no toxicity to normal lymphocytes. HDAC inhibitors sensitized resistant cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis by facilitating formation of an active death-inducing signalling complex (DISC), leading to the rapid activation of caspase-8. The facilitated DISC formation also occurred in the absence of TRAIL-R2 upregulation. Thus, the combination of HDAC inhibitors and TRAIL may be valuable in the treatment of various hemopoietic malignancies.
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MESH Headings
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
- Caspase 8
- Caspases/drug effects
- Caspases/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cycloheximide/pharmacology
- Death Domain Receptor Signaling Adaptor Proteins
- Depsipeptides/pharmacology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
- Humans
- Jurkat Cells/drug effects
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphocytes/drug effects
- Membrane Glycoproteins/pharmacology
- Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/analysis
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/drug effects
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
- U937 Cells/drug effects
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- S Inoue
- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, PO Box 138, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
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MacFarlane M, Inoue S, Kohlhaas SL, Majid A, Harper N, Kennedy DBJ, Dyer MJS, Cohen GM. Chronic lymphocytic leukemic cells exhibit apoptotic signaling via TRAIL-R1. Cell Death Differ 2005; 12:773-82. [PMID: 15861184 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Clinical trials have been initiated with Apo2L/TRAIL (Genentech) and agonistic mAbs to TRAIL receptors, -R1 and -R2 (Human Genome Sciences). The apoptosis-inducing ability of these mAbs and different TRAIL preparations, in the presence or absence of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi), varied markedly against primary chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cells and various tumor cell lines, demonstrating an unanticipated preferential apoptotic signaling via either TRAIL-R1 or -R2. Contrary to literature reports that TRAIL-induced apoptosis occurs primarily via signaling through TRAIL-R2, CLL cells, in the presence of HDACi, undergo predominantly TRAIL-R1-mediated apoptosis. Consequently, Apo2L/TRAIL, which signals primarily through TRAIL-R2, is virtually devoid of activity against CLL cells. To maximize therapeutic benefit, it is essential to ascertain whether a primary tumor signals via TRAIL-R1/-R2, prior to initiating therapy. Thus combination of an agonistic TRAIL-R1 Ab and an HDACi, such as the anticonvulsant sodium valproate, could be of value in treating CLL.
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- M MacFarlane
- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, UK
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Hague A, Hicks DJ, Hasan F, Smartt H, Cohen GM, Paraskeva C, MacFarlane M. Increased sensitivity to TRAIL-induced apoptosis occurs during the adenoma to carcinoma transition of colorectal carcinogenesis. Br J Cancer 2005; 92:736-42. [PMID: 15685228 PMCID: PMC2361885 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The death ligand TRAIL (Apo2L) has potential for cancer therapy, since tumour cells are thought to be more sensitive than normal cells. We investigated whether sensitivity to TRAIL increases during the adenoma to carcinoma transition of colorectal carcinogenesis. Under the same culture conditions, we compared the extent of TRAIL-induced apoptosis in four premalignant adenoma and three carcinoma cell lines. Although TRAIL induced some apoptosis in adenoma cultures, the carcinoma cell lines were significantly more sensitive (P<0.001). This finding was recapitulated in an in vitro model of tumour progression in which conversion of the adenoma cell line AA/C1 to a tumorigenic phenotype was associated with increased TRAIL sensitivity (P<0.001). Increased TRAIL sensitivity during colorectal carcinogenesis has been previously attributed to changes in the balance between TRAIL receptors TRAIL-R1 and -R2 and ‘decoy’ receptors TRAIL-R3 and -R4 during malignant progression. To address this, cell surface receptor expression was measured by flow cytometry. In summary, during colorectal carcinogenesis, there is a marked increase in sensitivity to TRAIL-induced apoptosis associated with progression from benign to malignant tumour that could be exploited for colon cancer therapy, but alterations in cell surface TRAIL receptor expression may not be the primary reason for this change.
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- A Hague
- Department of Oral and Dental Science, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK
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- Cancer Research Campaign Colorectal Tumour Biology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Cancer Research Campaign Colorectal Tumour Biology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Cancer Research Campaign Colorectal Tumour Biology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, PO Box 138, Leicester Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
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- Cancer Research Campaign Colorectal Tumour Biology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
- Cancer Research Campaign Colorectal Tumour Biology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK. E-mail:
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, PO Box 138, Leicester Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
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Turner C, Devitt A, Parker K, MacFarlane M, Giuliano M, Cohen GM, Gregory CD. Macrophage-mediated clearance of cells undergoing caspase-3-independent death. Cell Death Differ 2003; 10:302-12. [PMID: 12700630 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 12/19/2022] Open
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Little is known of the functions of caspases in mediating the surface changes required for phagocytosis of dying cells. Here we investigate the role played by the effector caspase, caspase-3 in this process using the caspase-3-defective MCF-7 breast carcinoma line and derived caspase-3-expressing transfectants. Our results indicate that, while certain typical features of apoptosis induced by etoposide--namely classical morphological changes and the ability to degrade DNA into oligonucleosomal fragments - are caspase-3-dependent, loss of cell adhesion to plastic and the capacity to interact with, and to be phagocytosed by, human monocyte-derived macrophages - both by CD14-dependent and CD14-independent mechanisms--do not require caspase-3. Furthermore, both etoposide-induced caspase-3-positive and -negative MCF-7 cells suppressed proinflammatory cytokine release by macrophages. These results demonstrate directly that cell surface changes that are sufficient for anti-inflammatory clearance by human macrophages can be regulated independently of stereotypical features of the apoptosis programme that require caspase-3.
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- C Turner
- MRC Center for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, UK
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van Loo G, Saelens X, van Gurp M, MacFarlane M, Martin SJ, Vandenabeele P. The role of mitochondrial factors in apoptosis: a Russian roulette with more than one bullet. Cell Death Differ 2002; 9:1031-42. [PMID: 12232790 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 439] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2002] [Revised: 06/07/2002] [Accepted: 06/11/2002] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are 'life-essential' organelles for the production of metabolic energy in the form of ATP. Paradoxically mitochondria also play a key role in controlling the pathways that lead to cell death. This latter role of mitochondria is more than just a 'loss of function' resulting in an energy deficit but is an active process involving different mitochondrial proteins. Cytochrome c was the first characterised mitochondrial factor shown to be released from the mitochondrial intermembrane space and to be actively implicated in apoptotic cell death. Since then, other mitochondrial proteins, such as AIF, Smac/DIABLO, endonuclease G and Omi/HtrA2, were found to undergo release during apoptosis and have been implicated in various aspects of the cell death process. Members of the Bcl-2 protein family control the integrity and response of mitochondria to apoptotic signals. The molecular mechanism by which mitochondrial intermembrane space proteins are released and the regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis by Bcl-2 proteins is still elusive. This review summarises and evaluates the current knowledge concerning the complex role of released mitochondrial proteins in the apoptotic process.
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- G van Loo
- Molecular Signalling and Cell Death Unit, Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Gent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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MacFarlane M. OMInously, a mitochondrial serine protease is now unveiled as the third 'MAC'. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2001; 22:608-9. [PMID: 11730957 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-6147(00)01941-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bouchier-Hayes L, Conroy H, Egan H, Adrain C, Creagh EM, MacFarlane M, Martin SJ. CARDINAL, a novel caspase recruitment domain protein, is an inhibitor of multiple NF-kappa B activation pathways. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:44069-77. [PMID: 11551959 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107373200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Proteins possessing the caspase recruitment domain (CARD) motif have been implicated in pathways leading to activation of caspases or NF-kappaB in the context of apoptosis or inflammation, respectively. Here we report the identification of a novel protein, CARDINAL, that contains a CARD motif and also exhibits a high degree of homology to the C terminus of DEFCAP/NAC, a recently described member of the Apaf-1/Nod-1 family. In contrast with the majority of CARD proteins described to date, CARDINAL failed to promote apoptosis or NF-kappaB activation. Rather, CARDINAL potently suppressed NF-kappaB activation associated with overexpression of TRAIL-R1, TRAIL-R2, RIP, RICK, Bcl10, and TRADD, or through ligand-induced stimulation of the interleukin-1 or tumor necrosis factor receptors. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that CARDINAL interacts with the regulatory subunit of the IkappaB kinase (IKK) complex, IKKgamma (NEMO), providing a molecular basis for CARDINAL function. Thus, CARDINAL is a novel regulator of NF-kappaB activation in the context of pro-inflammatory signals.
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- L Bouchier-Hayes
- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Smurfit Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Waterhouse N, MacFarlane M. A dead cool meeting in Keystone 2001. Cell Death Differ 2001; 8:1125-30. [PMID: 11687891 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400939] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- N Waterhouse
- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego CA 92109, USA
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Harper N, Farrow SN, Kaptein A, Cohen GM, MacFarlane M. Modulation of tumor necrosis factor apoptosis-inducing ligand- induced NF-kappa B activation by inhibition of apical caspases. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:34743-52. [PMID: 11461927 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105693200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [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: 01/22/2023] Open
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), a member of the TNF family, induces apoptosis in many transformed cells. We report TRAIL-induced NF-kappaB activation, concomitant with production of the pro-inflammatory cytokine Interleukin-8 in the relatively TRAIL-insensitive cell line, HEK293. In contrast, TRAIL-induced NF-kappaB activation occurred in HeLa cells only upon pretreatment with the caspase inhibitor, benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp-(OMe) fluoromethyl ketone (z-VAD.fmk), indicating that this was due to a caspase-sensitive component of TRAIL-induced NF-kappaB activation. NF-kappaB activation was mediated by the death receptors, TRAIL-R1 and -R2, but not by TRAIL-R3 or -R4 and was only observed in HeLa cells in the presence of z-VAD.fmk. Receptor-interacting protein, an obligatory component of TNF-alpha-induced NF-kappaB activation, was cleaved during TRAIL-induced apoptosis. We show that receptor-interacting protein is recruited to the native TRAIL death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) and that recruitment is enhanced in the presence of z-VAD.fmk, thus providing an explanation for the potentiation of TRAIL-induced NF-kappaB activation by z-VAD.fmk in TRAIL-sensitive cell lines. Examination of the TRAIL DISC in sensitive and resistant cells suggests that a high ratio of c-FLIP to caspase-8 may partially explain cellular resistance to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Sensitivity to TRAIL-induced apoptosis was also modulated by inhibition or activation of NF-kappaB. Thus, in some contexts, modulation of NF-kappaB activation possibly at the level of apical caspase activation at the DISC may be a key determinant of sensitivity to TRAIL-induced apoptosis.
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- N Harper
- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, P. O. Box 138, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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MacFarlane M. Promoter-specific or all wRAPped up in the genome? Trends Pharmacol Sci 2001; 22:447-8. [PMID: 11543860 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-6147(00)01849-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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One important cell death pathway involves binding of the cell surface receptor Fas, which recruits and activates specific initiator and effector caspases. In this study Balb/c mice were injected with monoclonal antibody to Fas either alone or followed by the tripeptide caspase inhibitor Z-VAD.fmk. At four hours mice were killed along with concurrent controls and tissues processed for histological examination and immunocytochemical staining for cleaved caspase-3. The livers in all animals treated with Fas alone showed massive apoptosis and positive staining for cleaved caspase-3 whereas those treated with Fas and Z-VAD.fmk or controls showed little or no apoptosis or staining for cleaved caspase-3. These features suggest that massive apoptosis may be important in fulminant liver disease.
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- P Greaves
- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
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Oppenheimer P, Weghorst S, Williams L, Ali A, Cain J, MacFarlane M, Sinanan M. Laparoscopic surgical simulator and port placement study. Stud Health Technol Inform 2000; 70:233-5. [PMID: 10977547] [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: 02/17/2023]
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We have developed a virtual laparoscopic surgical simulator and gathered data during student trial runs. The students performed simulated surgical dissections from 3 pairs of port positions with angles between the cutting and grasping instruments set to 60, 90, and 120 degrees. Preliminary data indicates improved performance at the 90 degree angle. Study updates can be found at http:¿www.hitl.washington.edu/research/lss
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- P Oppenheimer
- Human Interface Technology Lab, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, USA
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MacFarlane M, Cohen GM, Dickens M. JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) and p38 activation in receptor-mediated and chemically-induced apoptosis of T-cells: differential requirements for caspase activation. Biochem J 2000; 348 Pt 1:93-101. [PMID: 10794718 PMCID: PMC1221040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Activation of the stress-activated mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAP kinases), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38, is necessary for the induction of apoptosis in neuronal cells; however, in other cell types their involvement may be stimulus-dependent. In the present study we investigate the activation of JNK and p38 in a single non-neuronal cell type, undergoing receptor-mediated (tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand and CD95) or chemically-induced (lactacystin) apoptosis. In Jurkat T-cells, receptor-mediated and chemically-induced apoptosis resulted in a time-dependent activation of the initiator caspases-8 and -9, respectively. Both types of stimuli resulted in a significant activation of JNK and p38, which closely paralleled the time-dependent induction of apoptosis. The caspase inhibitor, benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp-(OMe) fluoromethyl ketone (z-VAD.FMK) inhibited receptor-mediated apoptosis and suppressed JNK and p38 activation. In contrast, inhibition of lactacystin-induced apoptosis with z-VAD.FMK, as assessed by phosphatidylserine exposure and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage, did not inhibit activation of JNK or p38, demonstrating that during chemically-induced apoptosis, activation of JNK and p38 is independent of effector caspases. The role of p38 in apoptosis was assessed using the specific p38 inhibitor, SB203580. No effect on the induction of apoptosis or caspase activation was observed, although activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase-2 (MAPKAPK-2), an immediate downstream target of p38, was inhibited. Therefore neither p38 activation nor activation of MAPKAPK-2 is critical for induction of either receptor- or chemically-induced apoptosis. Thus, within a single cell type, (1) the mechanism of p38 and JNK activation during apoptosis is stimulus-dependent and (2) activation of the p38 pathway is not required for caspase activation or apoptosis, assessed by phosphatidylserine exposure, but may still be required to elicit other features of the apoptotic phenotype.
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- M MacFarlane
- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, UK
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Caspases play a central role in the execution phase of apoptosis and are responsible for many of the morphological features normally associated with this form of cell death. Caspases can activate one another and consequently can initiate specific caspase cascades. Caspases-8 and -9 appear to be the apical caspases activated in death receptor- and mitochondrial stress-induced apoptosis, respectively. The role of large protein complexes in mediating these pathways is discussed.
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- S B Bratton
- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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A case of a 69 year old woman with multiple meningiomas is presented. Since her first presentation with Jacksonian seizures in 1978, she has had 16 meningiomas excised in seven separate surgical procedures. This is extremely unusual due to both the large number of tumours, and the long period over which they have occurred. We review the epidemiology, possible pathogenesis and genetic associations of this condition.
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- A Granger
- Department of Health Care of the Elderly, The Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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The apoptotic protease activating factor (Apaf-1) plays a central role in apoptosis: interaction of this protein with procaspase-9 leads to cleavage and activation of this initiator caspase. In common with other mRNAs whose protein products have a major regulatory function, the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of Apaf-1 is long, G-C rich and has the potential to form secondary structure. We have shown that the 5' UTR of Apaf-1 contains an internal ribosome entry segment, located in a 233 nucleotide region towards the 3' end of the leader, and that the translation initiation of this mRNA occurs only by internal ribosome entry. The Apaf-1 IRES is active in almost all human cell types tested, including Human cervical carcinoma (HeLa), Human liver carcinoma (HepG2), Human breast carcinoma (MCF7), Human embryonic kidney (HK293), African Green Monkey kidney (COS7) and Human lung (MRC5). The Apaf-1 IRES initiates translation as efficiently as the HRV IRES, but is less active than the c-myc IRES. We propose that the Apaf-1 IRES ensures that a constant cellular level of Apaf-1 protein is maintained even under conditions where cap-dependent translation is compromised. Oncogene (2000) 19, 899 - 905.
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- M J Coldwell
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH
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Stoneley M, Chappell SA, Jopling CL, Dickens M, MacFarlane M, Willis AE. c-Myc protein synthesis is initiated from the internal ribosome entry segment during apoptosis. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:1162-9. [PMID: 10648601 PMCID: PMC85234 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.4.1162-1169.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Recent studies have shown that during apoptosis protein synthesis is inhibited and that this is in part due to the proteolytic cleavage of eukaryotic initiation factor 4G (eIF4G). Initiation of translation can occur either by a cap-dependent mechanism or by internal ribosome entry. The latter mechanism is dependent on a complex structural element located in the 5' untranslated region of the mRNA which is termed an internal ribosome entry segment (IRES). In general, IRES-mediated translation does not require eIF4E or full-length eIF4G. In order to investigate whether cap-dependent and cap-independent translation are reduced during apoptosis, we examined the expression of c-Myc during this process, since we have shown previously that the 5' untranslated region of the c-myc proto-oncogene contains an IRES. c-Myc expression was determined in HeLa cells during apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. We have demonstrated that the c-Myc protein is still expressed when more than 90% of the cells are apoptotic. The presence of the protein in apoptotic cells does not result from either an increase in protein stability or an increase in expression of c-myc mRNA. Furthermore, we show that during apoptosis initiation of c-myc translation occurs by internal ribosome entry. We have investigated the signaling pathways that are involved in this response, and cotransfection with plasmids which harbor either wild-type or constitutively active MKK6, a specific immediate upstream activator of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), increases IRES-mediated translation. In addition, the c-myc IRES is inhibited by SB203580, a specific inhibitor of p38 MAPK. Our data, therefore, strongly suggest that the initiation of translation via the c-myc IRES during apoptosis is mediated by the p38 MAPK pathway.
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- M Stoneley
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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Rosen J, MacFarlane M, Richards C, Hannaford B, Sinanan M. Surgeon-tool force/torque signatures--evaluation of surgical skills in minimally invasive surgery. Stud Health Technol Inform 1999; 62:290-6. [PMID: 10538374] [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: 02/14/2023]
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The best method of training for laparoscopic surgical skills is controversial. Some advocate observation in the operating room, while others promote animal and simulated models or a combination of surgical related tasks. The mode of proficiency evaluation common to all of these methods has been subjective evaluation by a skilled surgeon. In order to define an objective means of evaluating performance, an instrumented laparoscopic grasper was developed measuring the force/torque at the surgeon hand/tool interface. The measured database demonstrated substantial differences between experienced and novice surgeon groups. Analyzing forces and torques combined with the state transition during surgical procedures allows an objective measurement of skill in MIS. Teaching the novice surgeon to limit excessive loads and improve movement efficiency during surgical procedures can potentially result in less injury to soft tissues and less wasted time during laparoscopic surgery. Moreover the force/torque database measured in this study may be used for developing realistic virtual reality simulators and optimization of medical robots performance.
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- J Rosen
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Cohen G, MacFarlane M, Sun X, Snowden R, Cain K. Caspases and apoptosis. Eur J Cancer 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(99)81659-1] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Inayat-Hussain SH, Osman AB, Din LB, Ali AM, Snowden RT, MacFarlane M, Cain K. Caspases-3 and -7 are activated in goniothalamin-induced apoptosis in human Jurkat T-cells. FEBS Lett 1999; 456:379-83. [PMID: 10462048 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00984-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 11/23/2022]
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Goniothalamin, a plant styrylpyrone derivative isolated from Goniothalamus andersonii, induced apoptosis in Jurkat T-cells as assessed by the externalisation of phosphatidylserine. Immunoblotting showed processing of caspases-3 and -7 with the appearance of their catalytically active large subunits of 17 and 19 kDa, respectively. Activation of these caspases was further evidenced by detection of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage (PARP). Pre-treatment with the caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD.FMK) blocked apoptosis and the resultant cleavage of these caspases and PARP. Our results demonstrate that activation of at least two effector caspases is a key feature of goniothalamin-induced apoptosis in Jurkat T-cells.
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- S H Inayat-Hussain
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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The age of minimally invasive surgery has brought forth astounding changes in the health care field. Less pain and quicker patient recovery have been demonstrated with several types of operations that were once performed by an open technique. With these changes have come reports of complications. The decreased sense of touch is just one of several limitations inherent to current techniques of minimally invasive surgery that limit detection of subtle or unapparent lesions on palpation, such as common duct stones and liver lesions. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the ability of a force-feedback-equipped grasper to restore some of the sense of touch that is lost in minimally invasive surgery. To demonstrate this ability, we created six silicone phantoms of identical dimensions but graded compliance, and asked 10 subjects to place them in increasing/decreasing order of compliance. They used three tools (their dominant gloved hand, a standard laparoscopic Babcock grasper, and our force-feedback device fitted with the identical Babcock grasper) to rate the compliance of the samples in a blinded fashion. These conditions thus approximated the conditions of open surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and minimally invasive surgery fitted with a force-sensing device, in terms of palpating tissues. Five surgeons skilled in minimally invasive surgery and five nonsurgeons participated in the study. The results indicate that the force-feedback device is significantly (P <0.05) better than a standard Babcock grasper at rating tissue compliance, but was not as successful as a gloved hand (mean of squared errors = 1.06, 3. 15, and 0.25, respectively). There was no significant difference between surgeons and nonsurgeons in rating compliance. We conclude that this force-feedback instrument is able to partially restore the sense of touch in minimally invasive surgery. This restored ability may thus potentially result in more efficient operations with improved diagnostic capabilities and fewer complications during minimally invasive surgery.
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- M MacFarlane
- Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Yang AL, Smith AG, Akhtar R, Clothier B, Robinson S, MacFarlane M, Festing MF. Low levels of p53 are associated with resistance to tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity in DBA/2 mice. Pharmacogenetics 1999; 9:183-8. [PMID: 10376765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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We show here that DBA/2 strain mice have a complex mutation/polymorphism in the promoter region of the Trp53 locus (the mouse p53 locus). This region has previously been shown to be essential for p53 expression. We further show that the DBA/2 mutation is associated with approximately fourfold lower p53 levels in thymocytes treated with the DNA-damaging agent etoposide in-vitro, and with relative resistance of these thymocytes to apoptosis induced by the DNA-damaging agent etoposide compared with C57BL/6 mice. When part of the promoter containing this mutation was inserted into a plasmid containing a luciferase reporter gene but lacking eukaryote promoter sequences and transfected into MCF-7 human breast cell line cells, the mean luciferase activity was slightly less with the DBA/2 than with the C57BL/6 promoter-reporter construct (p < 0.01). We found that DBA/2xC57BL/6 F2 hybrid mice with the DBA/2 genotype at the Trp53 locus were relatively resistant to tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity, and this resistance was additive with resistance associated with the Ahr locus. DBA/2 mice are long-lived and do not have particularly high levels of cancer, suggesting either that they carry other compensatory tumour resistance alleles (such as Ahr(d)), or that, while there may be a p53 protein dosage effect for acute toxicity, lower than normal levels of p53 may still be sufficient to protect against cancer. In evolutionary terms, it may be better to maintain low levels of p53 in order to avoid death from acute toxicity, even at the expense of a higher incidence of cancer in later life.
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- A L Yang
- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, UK
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Sun XM, MacFarlane M, Zhuang J, Wolf BB, Green DR, Cohen GM. Distinct caspase cascades are initiated in receptor-mediated and chemical-induced apoptosis. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:5053-60. [PMID: 9988752 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.8.5053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 612] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [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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Release of cytochrome c is important in many forms of apoptosis. Recent studies of CD95 (Fas/APO-1)-induced apoptosis have implicated caspase-8 cleavage of Bid, a BH3 domain-containing proapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, in this release. We now demonstrate that both receptor-induced (CD95 and tumor necrosis factor) and chemical-induced apoptosis result in a similar time-dependent activation of caspases-3, -7, -8, and -9 in Jurkat T cells and human leukemic U937 cells. In receptor-mediated apoptosis, the caspase inhibitor, benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD. FMK), inhibits apoptosis prior to commitment to cell death by inhibiting the upstream activator caspase-8, cleavage of Bid, release of mitochondrial cytochrome c, processing of effector caspases, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, and externalization of phosphatidylserine. However, Z-VAD.FMK inhibits chemical-induced apoptosis at a stage after commitment to cell death by inhibiting the initiator caspase-9 and the resultant postmitochondrial activation of effector caspases. Cleavage of Bid but not release of cytochrome c is blocked by Z-VAD.FMK demonstrating that in chemical-induced apoptosis cytochrome c release is caspase-independent and is not mediated by activation of Bid. We propose that caspases form an integral part of the cell death-inducing mechanism in receptor-mediated apoptosis, whereas in chemical-induced apoptosis they act solely as executioners of apoptosis.
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- X M Sun
- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, P. O. Box 138, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN United Kingdom
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It is now well established that the caspases, a family of cysteine proteases, play a key role in apoptosis. Although overexpressing each of the caspases in cells triggered apoptosis, the precise role and contribution of individual caspases are still unclear. Caspase-1, the first caspase discovered, was initially implicated in mammalian apoptosis because of its similarity to the gene product ced-3. Using whole cells as well as an in vitro system to study apoptosis, the role of caspase-1 in Fas-mediated apoptosis in Jurkat T cells was examined in greater detail. Using various peptide-based caspase inhibitors, our results showed that N-acetyl-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp chloromethyl ketone and benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp (OMe) fluoromethyl ketone efficiently blocked Fas-mediated apoptosis in Jurkat T cells, whereas N-acetyl-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp aldehyde, which is more specific for caspase-1, had little effect. Cell lysates derived from anti-Fas-stimulated cells, which readily induced apoptotic nuclei morphology and DNA fragmentation in isolated thymocyte nuclei, had no caspase-1 activity using proIL-1beta as a substrate. Time-course studies showed no caspase-1 activity during the activation of apoptosis in Jurkat cells by agonistic Fas antibodies. Furthermore, no pro-caspase-1 protein nor activated form of the protein was detected in normal or apoptotic Jurkat cells. In contrast, both caspase-2 and caspase-3 were readily detected as proenzymes in control cells and their activated forms were detected in apoptotic cells. Incubation of recombinant active caspase-1 with control cell lysates did not activate the apoptotic cascade as shown by the lack of detectable apoptotic nuclei promoting activity using isolated nuclei as substrate. However, under similar conditions proIL-1beta was readily processed into the mature cytokine, indicating that the recombinant caspase-1 remained active in the presence of control cell lysates. Taken together our results demonstrate that caspase-1 is not required for the induction of apoptosis in Jurkat T cells mediated by the Fas antigen.
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- S C Chow
- Center for Mechanisms of Human Toxicity, Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, Leicester University, Hodgkin Building, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, United Kingdom.
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Oppenheimer P, Weghorst S, MacFarlane M, Sinanan M. Immersive surgical robotic interfaces. Stud Health Technol Inform 1999; 62:242-8. [PMID: 10538365] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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- P Oppenheimer
- Human Interface Technology Lab, University of Washington, USA
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Déas O, Dumont C, MacFarlane M, Rouleau M, Hebib C, Harper F, Hirsch F, Charpentier B, Cohen GM, Senik A. Caspase-independent cell death induced by anti-CD2 or staurosporine in activated human peripheral T lymphocytes. J Immunol 1998; 161:3375-83. [PMID: 9759854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We examined the effects of the cell-permeable, broad spectrum peptide caspase inhibitors, benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp(OMe)-fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD.fmk), and BOC-Asp(OMe)-fluoromethyl ketone (BOC-D.fmk), on apoptosis induced by anti-CD2, anti-Fas, and the protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine in activated human peripheral T lymphocytes. We monitored ultrastructural, flow cytometric, and biochemical apoptotic changes, including externalization of phosphatidylserine, cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and lamins, activation of caspase-3 and caspase-7, decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential, and DNA fragmentation. Z-VAD.fmk and BOC-D.fmk completely inhibited all the biochemical and ultrastructural changes of apoptosis in anti-Fas-treated cells. In marked contrast, neither Z-VAD.fmk nor BOC-D.fmk inhibited CD2- or staurosporine-mediated cell shrinkage, dilatation of the endoplasmic reticulum (seen in anti-CD2-treated cells), externalization of phosphatidylserine, and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential that accompanied cell death. However, these inhibitors did inhibit the cleavage of PARP and lamins and the formation of hypodiploid cells, and partially inhibited chromatin condensation. These results demonstrate that in activated T cells, anti-CD2 and staurosporine induce a caspase-independent cell death pathway that exhibits prominent cytoplasmic features of apoptosis. However, caspase activation is required for the proteolytic degradation of nuclear substrates such as PARP and lamins together with the DNA fragmentation and extreme chromatin condensation that occur in apoptotic cells.
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- O Déas
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche (UPR) 420, Villejuif, France
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Chandler JM, Cohen GM, MacFarlane M. Different subcellular distribution of caspase-3 and caspase-7 following Fas-induced apoptosis in mouse liver. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:10815-8. [PMID: 9556551 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.18.10815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [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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Caspases plays a key role in the execution phase of apoptosis. "Initiator" caspases, such as caspase-8, activate "effector" caspases, such as caspase-3 and -7, which subsequently cleave cellular substrates thereby precipitating the dramatic morphological changes of apoptosis. Following treatment of mice with an agonistic anti-Fas antibody to induce massive hepatocyte apoptosis, we now demonstrate a distinct subcellular localization of the effector caspases-3 and -7. Active caspase-3 is confined primarily to the cytosol, whereas active caspase-7 is associated almost exclusively with the mitochondrial and microsomal fractions. These data suggest that caspases-3 and -7 exert their primary functions in different cellular compartments and offer a possible explanation of the presence of caspase homologs with overlapping substrate specificities. Translocation and activation of caspase-7 to the endoplasmic reticulum correlates with the proteolytic cleavage of the endoplasmic reticular-specific substrate, sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1. Liver damage, induction of apoptosis, activation and translocation of caspase-7, and proteolysis of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 are all blocked by the caspase inhibitor, benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD. fmk). Our data demonstrate for the first time the differential subcellular compartmentalization of specific effector caspases following the induction of apoptosis in vivo.
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- J M Chandler
- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, P. O. Box 138, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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Srinivasula SM, Ahmad M, MacFarlane M, Luo Z, Huang Z, Fernandes-Alnemri T, Alnemri ES. Generation of constitutively active recombinant caspases-3 and -6 by rearrangement of their subunits. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:10107-11. [PMID: 9553057 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.17.10107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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: 01/14/2023] Open
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Caspases play a major role in the transduction of the apoptotic signal and execution of apoptosis in mammalian cells. Ectopic overexpression of the short prodomain caspases-3 and -6 precursors in mammalian cells does not induce apoptosis. This is due to their inability to undergo autocatalytic processing/activation and suggests that they depend on the long prodomain caspases for activation. To investigate directly the apoptotic activity of these two caspases in vivo, we engineered constitutively active recombinant caspases-3 and -6 precursors. This was achieved by making contiguous precursor caspases-3 and -6 molecules, which have their small subunits preceding their large subunits. Unlike their wild type counterparts, these recombinant molecules were capable of autocatalytic processing in an in vitro translation reaction, suggesting that they are catalytically active. They were also capable of autoprocessing and inducing apoptosis in vivo independent of the upstream caspases. Furthermore, their autocatalytic and apoptotic activities were inhibited by the pancaspase inhibitor z-VAD-fluoromethylketone, but not by CrmA or Bcl-2, thus directly demonstrating that the targets of inhibition of apoptosis by CrmA and Bcl-2 are upstream of caspases-3 and -6. Since caspases-3 and -6 are the most downstream executioners of apoptosis, the constitutively active versions of these caspases could be used at very low concentrations in gene therapy model systems to induce apoptosis in target tissues or tumors.
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- S M Srinivasula
- Center for Apoptosis Research and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Browne SJ, MacFarlane M, Cohen GM, Paraskeva C. The adenomatous polyposis coli protein and retinoblastoma protein are cleaved early in apoptosis and are potential substrates for caspases. Cell Death Differ 1998; 5:206-13. [PMID: 10200466 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Apoptosis in human monocytic THP.1 tumour cells, induced by diverse stimuli, was accompanied by proteolytic cleavage of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene product (APC) and by sequential cleavage of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene product (Rb). Cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), APC and the initial cleavage of Rb at the carboxy terminal region all occurred at a similar time, early in the apoptotic process. Subsequently, Rb underwent a secondary cleavage to 43 kDa and 30 kDa protein fragments. Two caspase inhibitors, benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp (OMe) fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD.FMK) and acetyl-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp chloromethyl ketone (YVAD.CMK), had markedly different effects on the induction of apoptosis. Z-VAD.FMK inhibited the primary and secondary cleavage of Rb, cleavage of APC and PARP, and apoptosis assessed by flow cytometry. In marked contrast, YVAD.CMK inhibited cleavage of APC and the secondary cleavage of Rb to the 43 kDa and 30 kDa protein fragments but did not inhibit the primary carboxy terminal cleavage of Rb, PARP proteolysis or apoptosis assessed by flow cytometry. These results suggest that different caspases are responsible for the cleavage of different substrates at different stages during the apoptotic process and that a caspase may either cleave APC directly or may be involved in the pathway leading to APC proteolysis. This is the first report suggesting that a cytoplasmic tumour suppressor gene (APC) may be cleaved by a caspase during apoptosis.
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- S J Browne
- CRC Colorectal Tumour Biology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Hannaford B, Trujillo J, Sinanan M, Moreyra M, Rosen J, Brown J, Leuschke R, MacFarlane M. Computerized endoscopic surgical grasper. Stud Health Technol Inform 1997; 50:265-71. [PMID: 10180551] [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: 02/11/2023]
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We report a computerized endoscopic surgical grasper with computer control and a force feedback (haptic) user interface. The system uses standard unmodified grasper shafts and tips. The device can control grasping forces either by direct surgeon control, via teleoperation, or under software control. In this paper, we test an automated palpation function in which the grasper measures mechanical properties of the grasped tissue by applying a programmed series of squeezes. Experimental results show the ability to discriminate between the normal tissues of small bowel, lung, spleen, liver, colon, and stomach. We anticipate applications in telesurgery, clinical endoscopic surgery, surgical training, and research.
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- B Hannaford
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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MacFarlane M, Ahmad M, Srinivasula SM, Fernandes-Alnemri T, Cohen GM, Alnemri ES. Identification and molecular cloning of two novel receptors for the cytotoxic ligand TRAIL. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:25417-20. [PMID: 9325248 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.41.25417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 434] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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A human receptor for the cytotoxic ligand TRAIL (TRAIL receptor-1, designated DR4) was identified recently as a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family. In this report we describe the identification of two additional human TRAIL receptors, TRAIL receptor-2 and TRAIL receptor-3, that belong to the tumor necrosis factor receptor family. Interestingly, TRAIL receptor-2 but not TRAIL receptor-3 contains a cytoplasmic "death domain" necessary for induction of apoptosis and is hence designated death receptor-5 (DR5). Like DR4, DR5 engages the apoptotic pathway independent of the adaptor molecule FADD/MORT1. Because of its lack of a death domain, TRAIL receptor-3 is not capable of inducing apoptosis. However, by competing for TRAIL, it is capable of inhibiting TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Thus, TRAIL receptor-3 may function as an antagonistic decoy receptor to attenuate the cytotoxic effect of TRAIL in most tissues that are TRAIL+, DR4+, and DR5+.
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- M MacFarlane
- Center for Apoptosis Research and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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MacFarlane M, Cain K, Sun XM, Alnemri ES, Cohen GM. Processing/activation of at least four interleukin-1beta converting enzyme-like proteases occurs during the execution phase of apoptosis in human monocytic tumor cells. J Cell Biol 1997; 137:469-79. [PMID: 9128256 PMCID: PMC2139780 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.2.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Identification of the processing/activation of multiple interleukin-1beta converting enzyme (ICE)-like proteases and their target substrates in the intact cell is critical to our understanding of the apoptotic process. In this study we demonstrate processing/activation of at least four ICE-like proteases during the execution phase of apoptosis in human monocytic tumor THP.1 cells. Apoptosis was accompanied by processing of Ich-1, CPP32, and Mch3alpha to their catalytically active subunits, and lysates from these cells displayed a proteolytic activity with kinetics, characteristic of CPP32/Mch3alpha but not of ICE. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting was used to obtain pure populations of normal and apoptotic cells. In apoptotic cells, extensive cleavage of Ich-1, CPP32, and Mch3alpha. was observed together with proteolysis of the ICE-like protease substrates, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), the 70-kD protein component of U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (U1-70K), and lamins A/B. In contrast, no cleavage of CPP32, Mch3alpha or the substrates was observed in normal cells. In cells exposed to an apoptotic stimulus, some processing of Ich-1 was detected in morphologically normal cells, suggesting that cleavage of Ich-1 may occur early in the apoptotic process. The ICE-like protease inhibitor, benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp (OMe) fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD.FMK), inhibited apoptosis and cleavage of Ich-1, CPP32, Mch3alpha, Mch2alpha, PARP, U1-70K, and lamins. These results suggest that Z-VAD.FMK inhibits apoptosis by inhibiting a key effector protease upstream of Ich-1, CPP32, Mch3alpha, and Mch2alpha. Together these observations demonstrate that processing/activation of Ich-1, CPP32, Mch3alpha, and Mch2alpha accompanies the execution phase of apoptosis in THP.1 cells. This is the first demonstration of the activation of at least four ICE-like proteases in apoptotic cells, providing further evidence for a requirement for the activation of multiple ICE-like proteases during apoptosis.
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- M MacFarlane
- Centre for Mechanisms of Human Toxicity, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
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DNA-damaging agents induce apoptosis primarily by a p53-dependent pathway. LTR6 cells containing a temperature-sensitive p53 were used to dissect further the mechanisms of p53-induced apoptosis. Apoptosis was accompanied by the processing and activation of CPP32 and Mch3 alpha, together with the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and lamin B1. These results demonstrate a critical role for the activation of interleukin-1 beta-converting enzyme-like proteases in p53-induced apoptosis.
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- J M Chandler
- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, U.K
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MacFarlane M, Jones NA, Dive C, Cohen GM. DNA-damaging agents induce both p53-dependent and p53-independent apoptosis in immature thymocytes. Mol Pharmacol 1996; 50:900-11. [PMID: 8863836] [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: 02/02/2023] Open
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Apoptosis in the immature thymus can be induced by both p53-dependent and -independent pathways, the former being activated by exposure to DNA-damaging agents and the latter being induced by glucocorticoids [Nature (Lond.) 362:847-849; Nature (Lond.) 362:849-852 (1993)]. We report that the DNA-damaging agents etoposide and gamma-radiation induced similar levels of apoptosis in both proliferatively enriched and quiescent immature rat thymocytes, as assessed by flow cytometry and the formation of both kilobase-pair and 180-bp integer fragments of DNA. However, a marked stabilization of p53 occurred exclusively in the proliferatively enriched population, which was also enriched for immature CD4- CD8- and mature CD4+ CD8-/CD4- CD8+ cells. In contrast, DNA damage-induced apoptosis in quiescent mature peripheral T cells was associated with an accumulation of p53. Our studies suggest that stabilization of p53 in thymocytes in response to DNA damage may be developmentally regulated. In immature thymocytes obtained from p53-null mice, DNA-damaging agents induced apoptosis at significantly lower levels and at later times than that seen in cells from p53 wild-type animals. These data support the hypothesis that DNA-damaging agents induce apoptosis primarily via a p53-dependent pathway in immature thymocytes as previously reported. We report here that DNA damage can also induce apoptosis by a p53-independent pathway in a particular subpopulation of immature thymocytes.
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- M MacFarlane
- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, UK.
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