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Al Tabosh T, Liu H, Koça D, Al Tarrass M, Tu L, Giraud S, Delagrange L, Beaudoin M, Rivière S, Grobost V, Rondeau-Lutz M, Dupuis O, Ricard N, Tillet E, Machillot P, Salomon A, Picart C, Battail C, Dupuis-Girod S, Guignabert C, Desroches-Castan A, Bailly S. Impact of heterozygous ALK1 mutations on the transcriptomic response to BMP9 and BMP10 in endothelial cells from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and pulmonary arterial hypertension donors. Angiogenesis 2024; 27:211-227. [PMID: 38294582 PMCID: PMC11021321 DOI: 10.1007/s10456-023-09902-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Heterozygous activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1) mutations are associated with two vascular diseases: hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and more rarely pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Here, we aimed to understand the impact of ALK1 mutations on BMP9 and BMP10 transcriptomic responses in endothelial cells. Endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) and microvascular endothelial cells (HMVECs) carrying loss of function ALK1 mutations were isolated from newborn HHT and adult PAH donors, respectively. RNA-sequencing was performed on each type of cells compared to controls following an 18 h stimulation with BMP9 or BMP10. In control ECFCs, BMP9 and BMP10 stimulations induced similar transcriptomic responses with around 800 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). ALK1-mutated ECFCs unexpectedly revealed highly similar transcriptomic profiles to controls, both at the baseline and upon stimulation, and normal activation of Smad1/5 that could not be explained by a compensation in cell-surface ALK1 level. Conversely, PAH HMVECs revealed strong transcriptional dysregulations compared to controls with > 1200 DEGs at the baseline. Consequently, because our study involved two variables, ALK1 genotype and BMP stimulation, we performed two-factor differential expression analysis and identified 44 BMP9-dysregulated genes in mutated HMVECs, but none in ECFCs. Yet, the impaired regulation of at least one hit, namely lunatic fringe (LFNG), was validated by RT-qPCR in three different ALK1-mutated endothelial models. In conclusion, ALK1 heterozygosity only modified the BMP9/BMP10 regulation of few genes, including LFNG involved in NOTCH signaling. Future studies will uncover whether dysregulations in such hits are enough to promote HHT/PAH pathogenesis, making them potential therapeutic targets, or if second hits are necessary.
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- T Al Tabosh
- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- INSERM UMR_S 999 «Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies», Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
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- Genetics Department, Femme-Mère-Enfants Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Bron, France
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- Genetics Department, Femme-Mère-Enfants Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Bron, France
- National Reference Center for HHT, 69677, Bron, France
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- Genetics Department, Femme-Mère-Enfants Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Bron, France
- National Reference Center for HHT, 69677, Bron, France
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- Internal Medicine Department, CHU of Montpellier, St Eloi Hospital and Center of Clinical Investigation, INSERM, CIC 1411, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 7, France
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- Internal Medicine Department, CHU Estaing, 63100, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, 67091, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Hôpital Lyon SUD, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100, Villeurbanne, France
- Faculty of Medicine, Lyon University, 69921, Lyon, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
- Genetics Department, Femme-Mère-Enfants Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Bron, France
- National Reference Center for HHT, 69677, Bron, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- INSERM UMR_S 999 «Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies», Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Biosanté unit U1292, Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France.
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Beaudoin M, Potvin S, Hudon A, Giguère CE, Dumais A. Prediction of quality of life in schizophrenia using machine learning models on data from clinical antipsychotic trials of intervention effectiveness (CATIE) schizophrenia trial. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9471565 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Introduction Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder. While research focus remains mainly on negative outcomes, it is questionable whether we are placing enough emphasis on improving their sense of well-being and functioning. This could be accessed through the study of the quality of life (QoL). To date, QoL prediction models mainly focused on neurocognition and psychotic symptoms, but their predictive power remained limited. Objectives The aim is to accurately predict the QoL within schizophrenia using unsupervised learning methods. Methods We computed variables from 952 patients from the CATIE study, a randomized, double-blind clinical trial for schizophrenia treatment. QoL was measured using the Heinrichs-Carpenter Quality of Life Scale and potential predictors included almost all available variables: symptoms, neurocognition, medication adherence, insight, adverse effects, etc. By optimizing parameters to reach optimal models, three linear regressions were calculated: (1) baseline predictors of 12-month QoL, (2) 6-month predictors of 12-month QoL, and (3) baseline predictors of 6-month QoL. Adjustments were made to ensure that included variables were not collinear nor redundant with QoL. Results Calculated models had adjusted R-squared of 0.918, 0.922 and 0.913, respectively. Best predictors were medication side effects, sociodemographic and neurocognitive variables. Low psychotic and depressive symptoms were also included, as well as lab values suggesting the absence of problems with chloremia and calcemia. Conclusions Calculated predictive models explain almost all subsequent QoL. It appears that physical health variables, generally omitted from mental health-related studies, have an important impact on patients’ QoL. Therefore, interventions should also consider these aspects. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Lebert-Charron A, Boujut E, Beaudoin M, Quintard B. Du stress au burnout scolaire : définitions, déterminants pychosociaux, évaluation et pistes de prévention. PRAT PSYCHOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prps.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Beaudoin M, Best K, Routhier F, Atack L, Hitzig S, Kairy D. Usability of the participation and quality of life (PAR-QoL) outcomes tool-kit website for spinal cord injury. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.554] [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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Beaudoin M, Routhier F, Lettre J, Archambault P, Lemay M. Effects and impacts of a robotic arm used by individuals with upper limb motor impairment: A scoping review. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2015.07.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Tadros R, Chami N, Beaudoin M, Lo K, Robb L, Lemarbre F, Talajic M, Lettre G. Novel Mutations in Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Identified by Whole Exome Sequencing. Can J Cardiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.07.623] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rivas MA, Beaudoin M, Gardet A, Stevens C, Sharma Y, Zhang CK, Boucher G, Ripke S, Ellinghaus D, Burtt N, Fennell T, Kirby A, Latiano A, Goyette P, Green T, Halfvarson J, Haritunians T, Korn JM, Kuruvilla F, Lagacé C, Neale B, Lo KS, Schumm P, Törkvist L, Dubinsky M, Brant SR, Silverberg M, Duerr RH, Altshuler D, Gabriel S, Lettre G, Franke A, D’Amato M, McGovern DP, Cho JH, Rioux JD, Xavier RJ, Daly MJ. Deep resequencing of GWAS loci identifies independent rare variants associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Nat Genet 2011; 43:1066-73. [PMID: 21983784 PMCID: PMC3378381 DOI: 10.1038/ng.952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 568] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.7] [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] [Received: 01/05/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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More than 1,000 susceptibility loci have been identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of common variants; however, the specific genes and full allelic spectrum of causal variants underlying these findings have not yet been defined. Here we used pooled next-generation sequencing to study 56 genes from regions associated with Crohn's disease in 350 cases and 350 controls. Through follow-up genotyping of 70 rare and low-frequency protein-altering variants in nine independent case-control series (16,054 Crohn's disease cases, 12,153 ulcerative colitis cases and 17,575 healthy controls), we identified four additional independent risk factors in NOD2, two additional protective variants in IL23R, a highly significant association with a protective splice variant in CARD9 (P < 1 × 10(-16), odds ratio ≈ 0.29) and additional associations with coding variants in IL18RAP, CUL2, C1orf106, PTPN22 and MUC19. We extend the results of successful GWAS by identifying new, rare and probably functional variants that could aid functional experiments and predictive models.
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- Manuel A. Rivas
- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (ATGU), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Université de Montréal and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Gastrointenstinal Unit, Center for the Study of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Université de Montréal and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (ATGU), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Schittenhelmstr. 12, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (ATGU), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Unit of Gastroenterology, IRCCS - Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Université de Montréal and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Örebro University Hospital, Department of Medicine and School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- The Medical Genetics Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Clarus Ventures, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Université de Montréal and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (ATGU), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Université de Montréal and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Pedriatic IBD Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Mount Sinai Hospital Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (ATGU), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Université de Montréal and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Schittenhelmstr. 12, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Medical Genetics Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Université de Montréal and Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (ATGU), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Gastrointenstinal Unit, Center for the Study of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (ATGU), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Beaudoin M, Johnson S, Devries A, Mohades-Kassai A, Tiedje T. Temperature Dependence of the Optical Absorption Edge in Indium Phosphide. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-421-367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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AbstractOptical bandgap thermometry is a new method for measuring the temperature of semiconductor substrates. In this method, the temperature of the substrate is inferred from the wavelength of the onset of transparency of the substrate which is a measure of its bandgap. Common configurations of this technique are diffuse reflectance and transmittance. In order to calibrate these spectra to substrate temperature and to better understand the temperature dependence of the absorption edge, the transmittance spectra of semi-insulating InP:Fe and n-type InP:S substrates have been measured as a function of temperature in a tube. The width of the absorption edge (Urbach parameter) is found to increase linearly with temperature from 8.7 meV at room temperature to 15.7 meV at 595°C for semi-insulating InP:Fe while it remains independent of temperature at a value of about 21.5 meV for heavily doped (6.5×1018 cm−3) InP:S. For InP:Fe, the temperature dependent part of the width is smaller than predicted by the standard theory where the width of the edge is proportional to the phonon population. The values of the Urbach parameter for InP:Fe are higher than those of semi-insulating GaAs which is attributed to the higher ionicity of InP.
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Dib S, Denarier E, Dionne N, Beaudoin M, Friedman HH, Peterson AC. Regulatory modules function in a non-autonomous manner to control transcription of the mbp gene. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 39:2548-58. [PMID: 21131280 PMCID: PMC3074125 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Multiple regulatory modules contribute to the complex expression programs realized by many loci. Although long thought of as isolated components, recent studies demonstrate that such regulatory sequences can physically associate with promoters and with each other and may localize to specific sub-nuclear transcription factories. These associations provide a substrate for putative interactions and have led to the suggested existence of a transcriptional interactome. Here, using a controlled strategy of transgenesis, we analyzed the functional consequences of regulatory sequence interaction within the myelin basic protein (mbp) locus. Interactions were revealed through comparisons of the qualitative and quantitative expression programs conferred by an allelic series of 11 different enhancer/inter-enhancer combinations ligated to a common promoter/reporter gene. In a developmentally contextual manner, the regulatory output of all modules changed markedly in the presence of other sequences. Predicted by transgene expression programs, deletion of one such module from the endogenous locus reduced oligodendrocyte expression levels but unexpectedly, also attenuated expression of the overlapping golli transcriptional unit. These observations support a regulatory architecture that extends beyond a combinatorial model to include frequent interactions capable of significantly modulating the functions conferred through regulatory modules in isolation.
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- Samar Dib
- Department of Human Genetics, Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Royal Victoria Hospital, H-5, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Beaudoin M, Agrigoroaei S, Desrichard O, Fournet N, Roulin JL. Validation of the French version of the Memory Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. European Review of Applied Psychology 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2007.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Daull P, Lepage R, Benrezzak O, Cayer J, Beaudoin M, Belleville K, Blouin A, Sirois P, Nantel F, Jeng AY, Battistini B. The first preclinical pharmacotoxicological safety assessment of CGS 35601, a triple vasopeptidase inhibitor, in chronically instrumented, conscious, and unrestrained spontaneously hypertensive rats. Drug Chem Toxicol 2006; 29:183-202. [PMID: 16707327 DOI: 10.1080/01480540600566717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/24/2022]
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CGS 35601 is a triple vasopeptidase inhibitor (VPI) of angiotensin-converting enzyme, neutral endopeptidase, and endothelin-converting enzyme-1 with respective IC50 values of 22, 2, and 55 nM. We characterized the safety profile and toxicity of escalating doses of CGS 35601 over a 20-day period in chronically instrumented, unrestrained, conscious, male, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Once instrumented with an arterial catheter, the SHR were placed in metabolic cages allowing daily assessment of hemodynamics and blood sampling for biochemical and hematological measurements. After a 7-day stabilization period, the SHR were divided into 2 groups: Gr. 1, (n = 13 to 18) receiving CGS 35601 at 0.01, 0.1, 1 and 5 mg kg(-1) day(-1) (continuous i.a. infusion) for 5 consecutive days/dose, followed by a 5-day washout; and Gr. 2, (n = 10) receiving vehicle (saline). The highest dose of CGS 35601 dose-dependently reduced MABP from 156 +/- 4 up to 94 +/- 5 mm Hg, whereas heart rate, metabolic, electrolytic, and hematological profiles, growth, diuresis, and renal activity were unaffected, and no hepatic or liver toxicities were observed. These results suggest that this novel triple VPI presents no safety concerns at this stage and may become of interest for the treatment of hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders. Long-term chronic experiments are needed to assess possible angioedema and increases in vascular permeability.
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- P Daull
- Department of Medicine, Laval University, Laval Hospital Research Center, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada
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Daull P, Blouin A, Belleville K, Beaudoin M, Arsenault D, Leonard H, Sirois P, Nantel F, Jeng AY, Battistini B. Triple VPI CGS 35601 reduces high blood pressure in low-renin, high-salt Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2006; 231:830-3. [PMID: 16741007] [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: 05/09/2023] Open
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We previously reported that CGS 35601, a potent triple inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme, neutral endopeptidase, and endothelin-converting enzyme 1, completely normalized mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) in 36-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats, a normal renin model. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of this triple vasopeptidase inhibitor (VPI) on the hemodynamic profile of instrumented, conscious, and unrestrained Dahl salt-sensitive (DSS) rats, a gene-prone, high-salt diet-induced low-renin hypertension model. Male DSS rats (mean weight [+/-SEM], 385 +/- 10 g) were fed a normal diet (Group 1) or a high-salt diet (Groups 2 and 3; 8% NaCl in food) for 6 weeks and then instrumented with a carotid catheter and placed individually in metabolic cages for 30 days. The hemodynamic, hematological, and biochemical profiles were assessed daily. Dose-dependent treatment started after a 7-day stabilization period in Groups 1 and 2 (vehicle dosage, 250 microl/hr) and Group 3 (CGS 35601 dosages of 0.1, 1, and 5 mg/kg/day for 6 days per dose by means of constant intra-arterial infusion), followed by a 5-day washout period. Two additional groups included normotensive Wistar rats (Group 4) and DSS rats that received a double high-salt solid (8% NaCl) and liquid (1% NaCl) diet (Group 5). The MABP in rats receiving CGS 35601 decreased in a dose-dependent fashion toward the baseline level observed in DSS rats receiving a normal diet. The heart rate was unaffected. The hemodynamic profile returned to normal during the washout period. This novel triple VPI is a potent and effective antihypertensive agent with a safe short-term profile that may be of interest for treating hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. Other hypertensive rat models are being tested.
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- P Daull
- Laval Hospital Research Center, Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Pavilion Mallet-Room 2679, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Ste-Foy, Canada, G1V 4G5
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Daull P, Blouin A, Beaudoin M, Gadbois S, Belleville K, Cayer J, Berthiaume N, Sirois P, Nantel F, Jeng AY, Battistini B. The hemodynamic and metabolic profiles of Zucker diabetic fatty rats treated with a single molecule triple vasopeptidase inhibitor, CGS 35601. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2006; 231:824-9. [PMID: 16741006] [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: 05/09/2023] Open
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CGS 35601 is a triple vasopeptidase inhibitor (VPI) of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), neutral endopeptidase (NEP), and endothelin (ET) converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1), with respective IC(50) values of 22, 2, and 55 nM. The aim of the present study was to establish the hemodynamic profile of Zucker diabetic fatty (Zdf)-Fatty rats, a high-fat diet gene-prone model developing spontaneous Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and the effects of CGS 35601. Male Zdf-Fatty (14 weeks, n = 17-23), Zdf-Lean (14 weeks, n = 8-10), and Wistar (14 weeks, n = 9-10) rats on distinct diets were implanted with a catheter in the left carotid and placed individually in a metabolic cage for 30 days. The hemodynamic profile and some metabolic biomarkers were assessed daily. After a 7-day stabilization period, the Zdf-Fatty rats were divided into two groups: Group 1, controls (n = 7-10) receiving vehicle-saline (250 microl/hr) and Group 2, (n = 10-13) receiving increasing doses of CGS 35601 (0.1, 1, and 5 mg/kg/day x 6 days each, intra-arterially) followed by a 5-day washout period. Mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) of young Zdf-Fatty rats was compared with age-matched Zdf-Lean and Wistar rats, which were found similar. MABP decreased by 5.9% (from baseline at 102 +/- 5 to 96 +/- 4 mmHg), 12.7% (to 89 +/- 6 mmHg) and 21.6% (to 80 +/- 4 mmHg), at 0.1, 1, and 5 mg/kg/day, respectively, in CGS 35601-treated Zdf-Fatty rats. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were similarly reduced. The heart rate was not affected. Hyperglycemic status and insulin-resistance were not modulated by short-term treatment. CGS 35601 presented an excellent short-term safety profile. This novel molecule and class of VPI may be of interest for lowering vascular tone. Further long-term studies, once cardiovascular and renal complications have developed in this T2D rat model are warranted to define the efficacy of this class of VPI.
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- P Daull
- Laval Hospital Research Center, Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, Laval University, Pavilion Mallet-Room 2679, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada, G1V 4G5
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Daull P, Blouin A, Cayer J, Beaudoin M, Belleville K, Sirois P, Nantel F, Chang TMS, Battistini B. Profiling biochemical and hemodynamic markers using chronically instrumented, conscious and unrestrained rats undergoing severe, acute controlled hemorrhagic hypovolemic shock as an integrated in-vivo model system to assess new blood substitutes. Vascul Pharmacol 2005; 43:289-301. [PMID: 16253569 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2005.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 09/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to assess several biochemical and physiological endpoint parameters alongside controlled hemorrhagic and recovery phases of chronically instrumented, conscious and unrestrained healthy rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (12-14 weeks; 430+/-20 g; n=22-18) were instrumented with a saline-perfused femoral arterial catheter and placed individually in a metabolic cage for up to 20 days, allowing instant assessments of the hemodynamic profile and blood and urine sampling for hematological profile and biochemical measurements to assess hepatic, renal and metabolic functions. In addition, body weight, food and water intake, and diuresis were monitored daily. After a 7-day stabilization period, the rats underwent severe and acute hemorrhagic shock (HS) (removal of 50% of total circulating blood volume), kept in hypovolemic shock for an ischemic period of 50 min and then resuscitated over 10 min. Gr. 1 was re-infused with autologous shed blood (AB; n=10) whereas Gr. 2 was infused 1:1 with a solution of sterile saline-albumin (SA; 7% w/v) (n=8-12). Ischemic rats recovered much more rapidly following AB re-infusion than those receiving SA. Normal hemodynamic and biochemical profiles were re-established after 24 h. Depressed blood pressure lasted 4-5 days in SA rats. The hematological profile in the SA resuscitated rats was even more drastically affected. Circulating plasma concentrations of hemoglobin (-40%), hematocrit (-50%), RBC (-40%) and platelets (-41%) counts were still severely decreased 24 h after the acute ischemic event whereas WBC counts increased 2.2-fold by day 4. It took 5-9 days for these profiles to normalize after ischemia-reperfusion with SA. Diuresis increased in both groups (by 45+/-7% on day 1) but presented distinct electrolytic profiles. Hepatic and renal functions were normal in AB rats whereas altered in SA rats. The present set of experiments enabled us to validate a model of HS in conscious rats and the use of an integrated in vivo platform as a valuable tool to characterize HS-induced stress and to test new classes of blood substitutes in real time, post-event, over days.
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- P Daull
- Laval Hospital Research Center, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada
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Beaudoin M. Book Review: Problems in Anaesthesia: Current Issues in Cardiac Anesthesia. Anaesth Intensive Care 1999. [DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- M. Beaudoin
- Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to validate the commonly accepted indicators of risk of ischemic stroke that indicate the necessity for cerebral protection during carotid endarterectomy (CEA), and to examine the efficacy of high-dose thiopentone sodium (thiopental) as a cerebral protection method in patients who are at high risk of intraoperative ischemic stroke. METHOD In a prospective study of 37 CEAs performed for symptomatic stenosis > 70%, functional and clinical indicators of risk of ischemic stroke during carotid cross-clamping were identified. Functional indicators of risk were the development of ischemic electro-encephalogram (EEG) changes and stump pressure < 25 mm Hg. Clinical indicators of risk were previous ischemic hemispheric stroke and severe bilateral disease. These indicators were correlated in all patients, some of whom had two or three coexisting indicators of risk. The EEG and stump pressure were monitored continuously during carotid occlusion in all operations. Carotid occlusion times were recorded. Intraluminal shunting was eliminated in favor of high-dose thiopental cerebral protection in all patients. Neurologic outcome was deemed to measure the efficacy of thiopental protection in patients who are identified to be at risk and, hence, in need of cerebral protection. The validity of the indicators used to identify risk of ischemic stroke during CEA was assessed. RESULTS The absolute stroke risk was found to be 29.7% for the whole group (37 patients) and 57.9% in 19 patients who had commonly accepted indications for protective shunting. The correlation of ischemic EEG changes with stump pressure < 25 mm Hg was only 27.3%, whereas the expected correlation based on well-documented reports in the literature was 100%. The lack of correlation may have been related to the prevention of ischemic EEG changes by thiopental. There were no neurologic deficits in the series. CONCLUSIONS The absence of neurologic deficit in the study indicated that thiopental protection was effective in preventing ischemic stroke in high-risk patients and safely replaced intraluminal shunting.
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- J E Frawley
- Department of Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Prince Henry Hospital, University of New South Wales, Australia
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Leclerc A, Landre MF, Pietri F, Beaudoin M, David S. Evaluation of Interventions for Prevention of Back, Neck, and Shoulder Disorders in Three Occupational Groups. Int J Occup Environ Health 1997; 3:5-12. [PMID: 9891095 DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1997.3.1.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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An epidemiologic study was carried out in order to evaluate the effects of prevention programs at the workplace aimed at reducing back, neck, and shoulder morbidity among active workers. The intervention group included 275 workers in three occupational subgroups: hospital workers, warehouse workers, and office workers. The control group included 250 workers as comparable as possible to the intervention group. Comparisons were made, according to one-year changes in morbidity scores, for low back, upper back, neck, and shoulder disorders separately. An overall measure was also used. The one-year change in the overall measure was significantly different between the intervention group and the control group, indicating a positive effect of the prevention programs. Positive effects were stronger for some sites of pain and some occupational groups.
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- A Leclerc
- INSERM Unit 88, HNSM, 14 rue du Val d'Osne, 94410 Saint-Maurice, France
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Beaudoin M, Bensaada A, Leonelli R, Desjardins P, Masut RA, Isnard L, Chennouf A, L'Espérance G. Self-consistent determination of the band offsets in InAsxP1-x/InP strained-layer quantum wells and the bowing parameter of bulk InAsxP1-x. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1996; 53:1990-1996. [PMID: 9983661 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Aboujaoude M, Noel B, Beaudoin M, Ghattas G, Lalonde L, Oliva VL. Pseudoaneurysm of the proper hepatic artery with duodenal fistula appearing as a late complication of blunt abdominal trauma. J Trauma 1996; 40:123-5. [PMID: 8576975 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199601000-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Posttraumatic pseudoaneurysms of the hepatic artery are rare and usually occur as a complication of open abdominal trauma. Even less common is the coexisting presence of enteric fistulization. We report a patient with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage occurring 3 years after blunt abdominal trauma resulting from a pseudoaneurysm of the proper hepatic artery with duodenal fistulization. The patient was treated successfully by ligation of the proper hepatic artery and closure of the duodenal opening.
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- M Aboujaoude
- Department of Surgery, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The antimicrobial activities of penicillin (PEN), ampicillin (AMP), cephalothin (CT), trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), streptomycin (STM), and gentamicin (GM) against 122 representative strains of Streptococcus suis, were compared by the agar dilution procedure. The current US National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) breakpoints for non-enterococcal streptococci were used for PEN, AMP, CT, and TMP-SMX. Overall, 50% of strains were not fully susceptible to PEN, whereas these percentages for AMP and CT were 9% and 6% respectively. One strain was resistant to TMP-SMX. High-level GM resistance could not be detected, but more than 46% of strains were highly resistant to STM (MIC > 2000 mg l-1). This high percentage of resistance to STM precludes the use of this aminoglycoside-penicillin combination as empiric therapy in severe S. suis infections. These results should prompt microbiology laboratories to carry out antimicrobial susceptibility tests on a routine basis on S. suis isolates.
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Beaudoin M, Harel J, Higgins R, Gottschalk M, Frenette M, MacInnes JI. Molecular analysis of isolates of Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 by restriction-endonuclease-digested DNA separated on SDS-PAGE and by hybridization with an rDNA probe. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993; 138:2639-45. [PMID: 1362584 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-138-12-2639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/18/2022]
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This study was undertaken to assess the discriminatory value of restriction endonuclease (RE) digestion patterns of Streptococcus suis chromosomal DNA using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and DNA-rDNA hybridization. For the RE digestion patterns, DNAs were digested separately with the enzymes BamHI and BglII and the resultant fragments were separated by SDS-PAGE. An Escherichia coli rDNA probe derived from pKK3535 was used for the hybridization. Twenty-three S. suis capsular type 2 isolates recovered from diseased and clinically healthy pigs, from a human case, and from a cow were compared in this study. The majority of isolates associated with septicaemia belonged to one restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) profile group. Isolates associated with pneumonia belonged either to the REA profile group of isolates associated with septicaemia or to a second REA profile group. The REA profiles of isolates from clinically healthy animals were more heterogeneous. The REA profile of the type 2 reference strain, S735, which was originally isolated from a pig, was very different from those of the porcine and bovine isolates but similar to the profile of the human isolate. The profiles obtained after rDNA hybridization were more homogeneous. Although different patterns were detected in the 23 isolates, there was no correlation between the source of the isolate and the patterns observed with this technique.
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- M Beaudoin
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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Beaudoin M, Meunier M, Arsenault CJ. Blueshift of the optical band gap: Implications for the quantum confinement effect in a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H multilayers. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1993; 47:2197-2202. [PMID: 10006259 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.47.2197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Beaudoin M, Higgins R, Harel J, Gottschalk M. Studies on a murine model for evaluation of virulence ofStreptococcus suiscapsular type 2 isolates. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05552.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Beaudoin M, Higgins R, Harel J, Gottschalk M. Studies on a murine model for evaluation of virulence of Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 isolates. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1992; 78:111-6. [PMID: 1490593 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(92)90011-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Five different parameters, time of incubation of the culture, type of culture medium, inoculum, strain of inbred mice, and age of mice, were tested using the LD50 technique to standardize a murine model for the evaluation of the virulence of Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 isolates. A model using 28 day-old mice belonging to CF1 strain appeared to give the best results. The inoculum size was the parameter most influencing the 50% lethal dose obtained with mice. Inoculation with 1-ml volume of a bacterial suspension instead of 0.1 or 0.5 ml decreased the LD50. The standardized model was used to evaluate the virulence of some isolates of known pathogenicity for pigs. The minimum lethal dose was used in the model and it appeared that the virulence of Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 isolates can be measured from highly virulent to totally avirulent.
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- M Beaudoin
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses Porcines, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
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Gaiarsa JL, Beaudoin M, Ben-Ari Y. Effect of neonatal degranulation on the morphological development of rat CA3 pyramidal neurons: inductive role of mossy fibers on the formation of thorny excrescences. J Comp Neurol 1992; 321:612-25. [PMID: 1380521 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903210408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Intracellular peroxidase injections were made on CA3 pyramidal neurons from slices obtained from 3-60 day old control and experimental rats. Experimental rats had been irradiated at birth with gamma-rays to destroy the granule cells of the fascia dentata. Neonatal gamma-ray irradiation induced a clear cut reduction of the total number of granule cells (80% decrease at P60) and mossy fibers as revealed by Nissl and Timm stains. The number of branching points and segments, total dendritic length, and density of dendritic spines in the stratum radiatum and stratum oriens on CA3 pyramidal cells were not significantly different between control and irradiated rats. To quantify the development of thorny excrescences we measured the number and total area of the thorny excrescences per neuron at different stages of development. gamma-Ray irradiation induced a reduction in the number and total area of thorny excrescences. This effect was readily apparent by postnatal day (P) 12, and a reduction of 70% in the total area was observed at P30. In conclusion, gamma-ray irradiation destroys the majority of granule cells and induces a reduction in the development of thorny excrescences. Our data strongly suggest that this effect is directly caused by the lack of mossy fibers rather than by the irradiation itself since other parameters (i.e., the number of segments and branching points, density of non-mossy spines, and total dendritic length) were not affected. Therefore, we suggest that mossy fibers play an inductive role in the formation of thorny excrescences.
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- J L Gaiarsa
- INSERM U29, Hôpital de Port-Royal, Paris, France
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Higgins R, Gottschalk M, Beaudoin M, Rawluk SA. Distribution of Streptococcus suis capsular types in Quebec and western Canada. Can Vet J 1992; 33:27-30. [PMID: 17423925 PMCID: PMC1481170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Of a total of 561 isolates of Streptococcus suis recovered from various tissues of diseased pigs, 464 were from veterinary laboratories in Quebec and 97 were from western Canada, particularly Alberta (84). Almost 83% of all these isolates belonged to the 23 known S. suis capsular types. There was no marked difference between the two groups of isolates. Capsular type 2 was the most prevalent and represented 32% of all isolates. The other important capsular types were, in decreasing order, 3, 1/2, 8 and 4. Lungs, brain, and meninges were the source of the majority of isolates. More than 40% of all S. suis isolates were found in pure culture. The number of isolations of this microorganism was higher in piglets aged five to eight weeks than in any other age group.
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Beaudoin M. Legal information. Administration of medication p.r.n. by nursing assistants. Infirm Aux 1991; 64:5-6. [PMID: 1765395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Arsenault CJ, Meunier M, Beaudoin M, Movaghar B. Perpendicular transport in a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H single- and double-barrier structures. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1991; 44:11521-11524. [PMID: 9999282 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.44.11521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Six new capsular types of Streptococcus suis (types 23 to 28) are described. All reference strains were isolated from diseased pigs and were morphologically and biochemically similar to previously described capsular types 1 to 22. Clear and specific reactions were obtained for each of the new capsular types with three different typing techniques; no cross-reactions were detected among them or with other S. suis capsular types. Their capsular material presented similar ultrastructural characteristics, as shown by electron microscopy, and fimbriae similar to those described for other capsular types of S. suis were observed. When untypeable field isolates were tested with antisera raised against the six new capsular types, capsular type 23 appeared to be the most prevalent, representing more than 50% of all these isolates. Most isolates were recovered from cases of pneumonia, septicemia, and meningitis. Presumptive biochemical identification described for S. suis capsular types 1 to 22 may also be used for capsular types 23 to 28.
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- M Gottschalk
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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- M Gottschalk
- Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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The axons of dentate granule cells, the mossy fibres, establish synaptic contacts with the thorny excrescences of the apical dendrite of CA3 pyramidal neurons. Dentate granule granule cells develop postnatally in rats, whereas the CA3 pyramidal cells are generated before birth. In the present studies, using unilateral neonatal gamma-ray irradiation to destroy the granule cells in one hemisphere, we have studied the effect of mossy fibre deprivation on the development of their targets. We show that such "degranulation" prevents the normal development of giant thorny excrescences, suggesting that the development of thorny excrescences in CA3 pyramidal neurons is under the control of mossy fibres. In contrast, irradiation of the hippocampus of the neonatal rat does not affect the development of the dendritic arborization of CA3 pyramidal cells and their non-mossy dendritic spines.
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The incidence and biochemical patterns of Streptococcus suis capsular types 9-22 are presented. Of 148 untypeable (with types 1-8 antisera) isolates of S. suis recovered from diseased pigs, 10% were not capsulated. Of the remaining 134 isolates, only 53% belonged to capsular types 9-22; capsular types 22 and 9 were the most prevalent, representing 19% and 13%, respectively. Capsular type 15 (de Moor's group T Streptococcus) is reported here for the first time in North America since it was described in 1963 in Europe. Of 188 untypeable isolates recovered from clinically healthy pigs, 25% were noncapsulated. Of the remaining 141 isolates, 90% belonged to the new capsular types, and 87% were identified as 1 of 4 types: 17, 18, 19, and 21. Capsular types 12 and 20 were not detected among the Canadian isolates. Almost half of strains were arginine dihydrolase-negative, and 45% fermented mannitol, which is seldom a positive test with capsular types 1-8. Although some strains were negative with salicin or trehalose, none were negative for both sugars. Only 54% of isolates tested with 1 rapid multitest system were correctly identified as S. suis. A tentative biochemical profile that might be used with a microplate identification system is also presented. Biochemical identification using the conventional system instead of the rapid multitest system is preferable.
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- M Gottschalk
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
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Popovici T, Represa A, Crépel V, Barbin G, Beaudoin M, Ben-Ari Y. Effects of kainic acid-induced seizures and ischemia on c-fos-like proteins in rat brain. Brain Res 1990; 536:183-94. [PMID: 2128198 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90024-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have analyzed the brain pattern and time-course of c-fos-like proteins expression in kainic acid-induced seizures in the rat. C-fos-like immunoreactivity increased initially in the hippocampus, notably in the dentate gyrus, at the time of the first limbic motor seizure (90 min after kainate). C-fos-like labelling progressively involved different structures of the limbic system when the rats manifested a permanent epileptic state (3-6 h). The labelling was still conspicuous 12 h after kainate treatment and progressively declined to reach control levels 48 h after kainate. This time-course is similar to that produced by kainic acid on 2-deoxyglucose consumption and correlates with the electrographic changes previously described, supporting the idea that c-fos-like immunostaining may provide a useful marker of neuronal activity, with a cellular resolution. Since anoxic-ischemic treatment produces a very slight and transient increase in c-fos-like immunostaining restricted to the fascia dentata, c-fos-like expression is seizure-related and not due to a local hypoxia or ischemia.
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Gottschalk M, Higgins R, Beaudoin M. Quebec. Distribution of Streptococcus suis capsular types 9 to 22 according to the site of isolation. Can Vet J 1990; 31:393. [PMID: 17423592 PMCID: PMC1480724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The presence of radial arterial lines may diminish distal digital perfusion. Using a pair of pulse oximeters on the index fingers of cannulated and noncannulated arms the saturation and oximeter pulse strength were assessed. Three hundred paired measurements in fifty consecutive Intensive Care patients were undertaken more than two hours after cannula insertion. The pulse strength was 19.7 (SD 6.1) and 19.7 (SD 5.7) on the cannulated and noncannulated sides while the saturation was 97.3 (SD 2.3) and 97.1 (SD 2.4) respectively. These differences are not clinically important and the study demonstrates that reliable pulse oximetry measurements may be made distal to a radial artery cannula. It is recommended that in each individual the placement of the sensor be such as to ensure the best signal and the most stable saturation readings.
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- R W Morris
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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Higgins R, Gottschalk M, Mittal KR, Beaudoin M. Streptococcus suis infection in swine. A sixteen month study. Can J Vet Res 1990; 54:170-3. [PMID: 2306668 PMCID: PMC1255623] [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: 12/31/2022]
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A total of 349 isolates of Streptococcus suis retrieved from different tissues from diseased pigs were examined in this study. Only 48% of them could be categorized as one of serotypes 1 to 8 and 1/2. Among typable isolates, serotype 2 was the most prevalent (23%), followed by serotype 3 (10%). The majority of all isolates originated from lungs, meninges/brain, and multiple tissues. Forty-one percent of typable isolates and 33% of untypable isolates were retrieved in pure culture. Other isolates were found in conjunction with Pasteurella multocida, Escherichia coli, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Actinomyces pyogenes, and other streptococci. Typable S. suis isolates were more frequently isolated from pigs between five and ten weeks of age, while untypable isolates were mostly found in animals aged more than 24 weeks. No obvious monthly and/or seasonal variation of the prevalence of isolation of S. suis could be detected.
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- R Higgins
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses Porcines, Faculté de Médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
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Beaudoin M. Peripheral nerve stimulators. Anaesth Intensive Care 1989; 17:235. [PMID: 2541634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Crepel V, Represa A, Beaudoin M, Ben-Ari Y. Hippocampal damage induced by ischemia and intra-amygdaloid kainate injection: effect on N-methyl-D-aspartate, N-(1-[2-thienyl]cyclohexyl)piperidine and glycine binding sites. Neuroscience 1989; 31:605-12. [PMID: 2556659 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(89)90426-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 01/01/2023]
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The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor channel-complex is widely distributed in the hippocampus, particularly in the CA1 region, in the terminal field of CA3 pyramidal axons and in the fascia dentata, in the terminal field of the perforant pathway. In the present study, we have examined, in the rat, the effect of specific lesions of various neuronal populations of the hippocampus on the distribution of several markers of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-channel complex. Anoxic-ischemic treatment produced a destruction of CA1 pyramidal cells (postsynaptic element): this was associated with a 50% loss of N-methyl-D-aspartate, glycine and N-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine binding sites. In contrast, the destruction of CA3 pyramidal cells and their axons (presynaptic element) by kainate treatment did not induce significant changes in the density of binding sites. The present results therefore strongly support an exclusively postsynaptic localization of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-channel complex in CA1; the possibility of a localization of the remaining binding sites on glial cells or interneurons is discussed. In the molecular layer of the fascia dentata, the anoxic-ischemic treatment produced a partial destruction of the median perforant pathway (presynaptic element) associated with a decrease in the density of N-methyl-D-aspartate, N-(1-[2-thienyl]cyclohexyl)piperidine and glycine binding sites; this suggests that, in contrast to CA1, in the molecular layer of the fascia dentata, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-binding sites are located both pre- and postsynaptically.
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Beaudoin M. [Legal responsibility of nurses and practical nurses]. Infirm Aux 1987; 60:13-4. [PMID: 3679533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Corman J, Smeesters C, Beaudoin M, Cartier R, Hurtubise M, Gélinas C, Baillargeon J, Emond M, Caussignac Y. [Predictive value of preoperative acidity tests in ulcer recurrence after supraselective vagotomy]. Can J Surg 1983; 26:348-50. [PMID: 6861028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The authors have analysed the predictive value of the basal and peak gastric acidity levels, measured preoperatively, in a series of 27 supraselective vagotomies. They recommend care in the choice of this operation for hypersecretors and they propose criteria for the preoperative selection of the candidates. They suggest determination of the preoperative basal gastric acidity level and a cimetidine suppression test to identify patients at high risk for recurrence of the ulcer.
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Beaudoin M, Saint-Louis G, Delorme J. [Hepatitis and scarlet fever in a young adult]. Union Med Can 1982; 111:367. [PMID: 7046184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Beaudoin M, Emond M, Baillargeon J. [Hepatobiliary diseases in pregnancy]. Union Med Can 1982; 111:141-4. [PMID: 7080264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Beaudoin M, Bayardelle P, Jarry M, Baillargeon J, Caussignac Y, Emond M. [Severe diarrhea associated with antibiotics]. Union Med Can 1981; 110:914-9. [PMID: 7303314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Larroche JC, Paul G, Helffer L, Beaudoin M. [Bacteroides fragilis. Maternal-placental and foetal contamination (author's transl)]. Arch Fr Pediatr 1981; 38:41-5. [PMID: 7194625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In order to study the maternal-placental and foetal contamination, cytologic study and aerobic-anaerobic cultures were performed on 1 000 placentae of infants who were referred to the Intensive Care Unit. Bacteroides were isolated from 30 specimens, and on smears, Gram negative bacteria were found on 11 of these cases. Only in 2 infants Bacteroides were isolated from blood, gastric aspirate and meconium; 20 infants were said to be infected on clinical and biological bases; eight were normal. Bacteroides infection is usually benign; the symptoms are not specific; the diagnosis is often delayed and the treatment uneasy. Nowadays, Carbenicillin, Ticarcilin, Cefoxin or Metronidazole are advised, according to the sensibility of the organism.
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Loc C, Larroche JC, Paul G, Beaudoin M. [Clostridium perfringens infection and necrotising enterocolitis]. Arch Fr Pediatr 1980; 37:233-40. [PMID: 6250508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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During a four year period (1974--1977) 21 infants died as a result of severe necrotising enterocolitis (N.E.C.). In 9 cases, Clostridium perfringens was isolated. When this organism is recovered either from the placenta or from the first meconium and or when the signs of the disease appear within a few days of birth, materno-fetal transmission of the infection may be suspected. The infection occurs most frequently in neonates in whom the gastrointestinal tract was already colonized by Clostridium.
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Beaudoin M, Carey MC, Small DM. Effects of taurodihydrofusidate, a bile salt analogue, on bile formation and biliary lipid secretion in the rhesus monkey. J Clin Invest 1975; 56:1431-41. [PMID: 811689 PMCID: PMC333121 DOI: 10.1172/jci108224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bile salts play a major role in bile formation and biliary lipid secretion. Sodium taurodihydrofusidate (TDHF), a derivative of the antibiotic fusidic acid, closely resembles bile salts in terms of structure, micellar characteristics, and capacity ot solubilize otherwise insolbule lipids. We have therefore studied the biliary secretion of this bile salt analogue and its influence on bile formation and biliary lipid secretion in primates. Alert, unanesthetized female rhesus monkeys prepared with a total biliary fistula were allowed to reach a steady bile salt secretion rate before each study. In three animals (group I),[14C]TDHF was infused intravenously. Most of the compound was secreted rapidly in bile chemically unchanged. The biliary secretion of this drug produced a twofold increase in bile flow; however, the bile salt output was markedly reduced during the infusion. In spite of this reduction, the phospholipid output remained essentially unchanged whereas the cholesterol output increased almost twofold. In five other animals (group II), the effect of TDHF on the bile salt secretion was further investigated by an intravenous infusion of [14C]taurocholate followed by a combined infusion of [14C]taurocholate and TDHF. When TDHF was added to the infusate, a reduction in the [14C]taurocholate output and a progressive rise in the plasma [14C]taurocholate concentration were observed in each animal. An analysis of the data in both groups indicates that (a) the most likely explanation to account for the decreased bile salt output is that the bile salt analogue, TDHF, interfered with bile salt secretion into the biliary canaliculi; (b) TDHF induces a greater secretion of biliary water than was observed with bile salts, an effect consistent with a stimulation of the bile salt-independent canalicular flow; (c) at similar 3alpha-hydroxysteroid secretion rates TDHF caused a significant increase in cholesterol secretion compared to that induced by bile salt. This finding suggests that TDHF affects cholesterol metabolism or secretion in a way distinct from bile salts. Thus, the solubilization of biliary lipids in mixed micelles, although essential, is only one of the factors which determine their secretion into bile.
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Emond M, Beaudoin M. [Hepatic effects of anovulants]. Union Med Can 1975; 104:1539-41. [PMID: 1220103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Shaffer EA, Beaudoin M. [Cholesteric biliary lithiasis: pathogeny and medical treatment]. Union Med Can 1974; 103:2061-9. [PMID: 4466019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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