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Mayo F, González-Vinceiro L, Hiraldo-González L, Calle-Castillejo C, Morales-Alvarez S, Ramírez-Lorca R, Echevarría M. Aquaporin-4 Expression Switches from White to Gray Matter Regions during Postnatal Development of the Central Nervous System. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:3048. [PMID: 36769371 PMCID: PMC9917791 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24033048] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the most abundant water channel in the central nervous system and plays a fundamental role in maintaining water homeostasis there. In adult mice, AQP4 is located mainly in ependymal cells, in the endfeet of perivascular astrocytes, and in the glia limitans. Meanwhile, its expression, location, and function throughout postnatal development remain largely unknown. Here, the expression of AQP4 mRNA was studied by in situ hybridization and RT-qPCR, and the localization and amount of protein was studied by immunofluorescence and western blotting, both in the brain and spinal cord. For this, wild-type mice of the C57BL/6 line, aged 1, 3, 7, 11, 20, and 60 days, and 18 months were used. The results showed a change in both the expression and location of AQP4 in postnatal development compared to those during adult life. In the early stages of postnatal development it appears in highly myelinated areas, such as the corpus callosum or cerebellum, and as the animal grows, it disappears from these areas, passing through the cortical regions of the forebrain and concentrating around the blood vessels. These findings suggest an unprecedented possible role for AQP4 in the early cell differentiation process, during the first days of life in the newborn animal, which will lead to myelination.
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- Francisco Mayo
- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
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Hiraldo-González L, Trillo-Contreras JL, García-Miranda P, Pineda-Sánchez R, Ramírez-Lorca R, Rodrigo-Herrero S, Blanco MO, Oliver M, Bernal M, Franco-Macías E, Villadiego J, Echevarría M. Evaluation of aquaporins in the cerebrospinal fluid in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258165. [PMID: 34597351 PMCID: PMC8486078 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258165] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Brain aquaporin 1 (AQP1) and AQP4 are involved in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homeostasis and might participate in the origin of hydrocephalus. Studies have shown alterations of perivascular AQP4 expression in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Due to the overlapping of clinical signs between iNPH and certain neurological conditions, mainly AD, specific biomarkers might improve the diagnostic accuracy for iNPH. The goal of the present study was to analyze and quantify the presence of AQP1 and AQP4 in the CSF of patients with iNPH and AD to determine whether these proteins can be used as biomarkers of iNPH. We examined AQP1 and AQP4 protein levels in the CSF of 179 participants (88 women) classified into 5 groups: possible iNPH (81 participants), hydrocephalus associated with other neurological disorders (13 participants), AD (41 participants), non-AD dementia (32 participants) and healthy controls (12 participants). We recorded each participant's demographic and clinical variables and indicated, when available in the clinical history, the record of cardiovascular and respiratory complications. An ELISA showed virtually no AQP content in the CSF. Information on the vascular risk factors (available for 61 patients) confirmed some type of vascular risk factor in 86% of the patients with possible iNPH and 58% of the patients with AD. In conclusion, the ELISA analysis showed insufficient sensitivity to detect the presence of AQP1 and AQP4 in CSF, ruling out the possible use of these proteins as biomarkers for diagnosing iNPH.
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- Laura Hiraldo-González
- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Clinical Neuroscience Management Unit, Neurology Service, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Clinical Neuroscience Management Unit, Neurosurgery Service, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Clinical Neuroscience Management Unit, Neurosurgery Service, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Clinical Neuroscience Management Unit, Neurology Service, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Clinical Neuroscience Management Unit, Neurology Service, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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Trillo-Contreras JL, Toledo-Aral JJ, Villadiego J, Echevarría M. Aquaporin-4 Mediates Permanent Brain Alterations in a Mouse Model of Hypoxia-Aged Hydrocephalus. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22189745. [PMID: 34575909 PMCID: PMC8471142 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22189745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the principal water channel in the brain being expressed in astrocytes and ependymal cells. AQP4 plays an important role in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homeostasis, and alterations in its expression have been associated with hydrocephalus. AQP4 contributes to the development of hydrocephalus by hypoxia in aged mice, reproducing such principal characteristics of the disease. Here, we explore whether these alterations associated with the hydrocephalic state are permanent or can be reverted by reexposure to normoxia. Alterations such as ventriculomegaly, elevated intracranial pressure, and cognitive deficits were reversed, whereas deficits in CSF outflow and ventricular distensibility were not recovered, remaining impaired even one month after reestablishment of normoxia. Interestingly, in AQP4−/− mice, the impairment in CSF drainage and ventricular distensibility was completely reverted by re-normoxia, indicating that AQP4 has a structural role in the chronification of those alterations. Finally, we show that aged mice subjected to two hypoxic episodes experience permanent ventriculomegaly. These data reveal that repetitive hypoxic events in aged cerebral tissue promote the permanent alterations involved in hydrocephalic pathophysiology, which are dependent on AQP4 expression.
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- José Luis Trillo-Contreras
- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville-IBiS, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain; (J.L.T.-C.); (J.J.T.-A.)
- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville-IBiS, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain; (J.L.T.-C.); (J.J.T.-A.)
- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 28031 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville-IBiS, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain; (J.L.T.-C.); (J.J.T.-A.)
- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 28031 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence: (J.V.); (M.E.); Tel.: +34-955-920-034 (J.V.); +34-955-920-036 (M.E.)
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville-IBiS, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain; (J.L.T.-C.); (J.J.T.-A.)
- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain
- Correspondence: (J.V.); (M.E.); Tel.: +34-955-920-034 (J.V.); +34-955-920-036 (M.E.)
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Netti V, Fernández J, Melamud L, Garcia-Miranda P, Di Giusto G, Ford P, Echevarría M, Capurro C. Aquaporin-4 Removal from the Plasma Membrane of Human Müller Cells by AQP4-IgG from Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Induces Changes in Cell Volume Homeostasis: the First Step of Retinal Injury? Mol Neurobiol 2021; 58:5178-5193. [PMID: 34263427 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02491-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the target of the specific immunoglobulin G autoantibody (AQP4-IgG) produced in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). Previous studies demonstrated that AQP4-IgG binding to astrocytic AQP4 leads to cell-destructive lesions. However, the early physiopathological events in Müller cells in the retina are poorly understood. Here, we investigated the consequences of AQP4-IgG binding to AQP4 of Müller cells, previous to the inflammatory response, on two of AQP4's key functions, cell volume regulation response (RVD) and cell proliferation, a process closely associated with changes in cell volume. Experiments were performed in a human retinal Müller cell line (MIO-M1) exposed to complement-inactivated sera from healthy volunteers or AQP4-IgG positive NMOSD patients. We evaluated AQP4 expression (immunofluorescence and western blot), water permeability coefficient, RVD, intracellular calcium levels and membrane potential changes during hypotonic shock (fluorescence videomicroscopy) and cell proliferation (cell count and BrdU incorporation). Our results showed that AQP4-IgG binding to AQP4 induces its partial internalization, leading to the decrease of the plasma membrane water permeability, a reduction of swelling-induced increase of intracellular calcium levels and the impairment of RVD in Müller cells. The loss of AQP4 from the plasma membrane induced by AQP4-IgG positive sera delayed Müller cells' proliferation rate. We propose that Müller cell dysfunction after AQP4 removal from the plasma membrane by AQP4-IgG binding could be a non-inflammatory mechanism of retinal injury in vivo, altering cell volume homeostasis and cell proliferation and consequently, contributing to the physiopathology of NMOSD.
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- Vanina Netti
- Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Laboratorio de Biomembranas, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica "Bernardo Houssay" (IFIBIO-HOUSSAY), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Laboratorio de Biomembranas, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica "Bernardo Houssay" (IFIBIO-HOUSSAY), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Neurología, Centro Universitario de Neurología Dr. J.M. Ramos Mejía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Laboratorio de Biomembranas, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica "Bernardo Houssay" (IFIBIO-HOUSSAY), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Laboratorio de Biomembranas, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica "Bernardo Houssay" (IFIBIO-HOUSSAY), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Laboratorio de Biomembranas, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica "Bernardo Houssay" (IFIBIO-HOUSSAY), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Luque R, Echevarría M, Alcobía B, Urda A, Domínguez I, Marco F. [Results and complications of adjacent segment disease treated by minimally invasive lateral intersomatic arthrodesis]. Acta Ortop Mex 2020; 34:388-398. [PMID: 34020519] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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INTRODUCTION A comparative clinical study has been conducted on patients involved using lateral intersomatic arthrodesis for the treatment of adjacent segment disease using titanium and PEEK intersomatic devices. MATERIAL AND METHODS Clinical (EVA and oswestry disability index ODI) and radiological (alignment and fusion), complications (major and minor) and quality of life (EQ5D) of 32 patients intervened from September 2015 to September 2018 have been analyzed and compared, with an average follow-up of 25 months (46-18). The average age in surgery was 66 years (39-89) and 68% of patients were women. RESULTS The most common segment involved was L3-L4 (62%) right retroperitoneal approach 86%. Lumbar EVA improved from 6.2 ± 2.12 to 4.1 ± 1.71 (p = 0.028). The LEG EVA descended from 5.3 ± 2.26 to 1.9 ± 1.58 (p = 0.02). The ODI scales improved from 50.2 ± 18.9 to 33.3 ± 10.2 (p = 0.025) and the EQ5D went from 0.52 to 0.73 (p = 0.039) with no statistically significant differences between the groups (ODI p = 0.18, EQ5D p = 0.293). Radiologically increased intervertebral height, lumbar and segmental lordosis, decreased Cobb's angle and the overall melting rate was 84.3% (88% Ti/82% PEEK), with no differences between the groups. CONCLUSION Lateral lumbar interbody fusion is an effective method for treating adjacent segment disease with clinical-radiological results and literature-like complications. No differences have been found between Ti and PEEK implants.
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- R Luque
- Unidad de Columna. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid. España
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- Unidad de Columna. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid. España
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- Unidad de Columna. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid. España
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- Unidad de Columna. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid. España
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- Unidad de Columna. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid. España
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- Unidad de Columna. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid. España
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Calero C, López-Campos JL, Gómez Izquierdo L, Sánchez-Silva R, López-Villalobos JL, Sáenz-Coronilla FJ, Arellano-Orden E, Montes-Worboys A, Echevarría M. Expression of aquaporins in bronchial tissue and lung parenchyma of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Multidiscip Respir Med 2019. [DOI: 10.4081/mrm.2014.405] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background: Aquaporins AQP1 and AQP5 are highly expressed in the lung. Recent studies have shown that the expression of these proteins may be mechanistically involved in the airway inflammation and in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of AQP1 and AQP5 in the bronchial tissue and the lung parenchyma of patients with COPD and COPD-resistant smokers.
Methods: Using a case–control design, we selected a group of 15 subjects with COPD and 15 resistant smokers (smokers without COPD) as a control, all of whom were undergoing lung resection surgery due to a lung neoplasm. We studied the expression of AQP1 and AQP5 in the bronchial tissue and the lung parenchyma by means of immunohistochemistry and reverse-transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction. Tissue expression of AQP1 and AQP5 was semi-quantitatively assessed in terms of intensity and expression by immunohistochemistry using a 4-point scale ranging from 0 (none) to 3 (maximum).
Results: There were no significant differences in gene expression between COPD patients and resistant smokers both in the bronchial tissue and in the lung parenchyma. However, AQP1 gene expression was 2.41-fold higher in the parenchyma of smokers with COPD compared to controls, whereas the AQP5 gene showed the opposite pattern, with a 7.75-fold higher expression in the bronchus of smokers with COPD compared with controls. AQP1 and AQP5 proteins were preferentially expressed in endothelial cells, showing a higher intensity for AQP1 (66.7% of cases with an intensity of 3, and 93.3% of subjects with an extension of 3 among patients with COPD). Subtle interstitial disease was associated with type II pneumocyte hyperplasia and an increased expression of AQP1.
Conclusions: This study provides pilot observations on the differences in AQP1 and AQP5 expression between COPD patients and COPD-resistant smokers. Our findings suggest a potential role for AQP1 in the pathogenesis of COPD.
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García-Miranda P, Morón-Civanto FJ, Martínez-Olivo MDM, Suárez-Luna N, Ramírez-Lorca R, Lebrato-Hernández L, Lamas-Pérez R, Navarro G, Abril-Jaramillo J, García-Sánchez MI, Casado-Chocán JL, Uclés-Sánchez AJ, Romera M, Echevarría M, Díaz-Sánchez M. Predictive Value of Serum Antibodies and Point Mutations of AQP4, AQP1 and MOG in A Cohort of Spanish Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20225810. [PMID: 31752329 PMCID: PMC6887710 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The detection of IgG aquaporin-4 antibodies in the serum of patients with Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) has dramatically improved the diagnosis of this disease and its distinction from multiple sclerosis. Recently, a group of patients have been described who have an NMO spectrum disorder (NMOsd) and who are seronegative for AQP4 antibodies but positive for IgG aquaporin-1 (AQP1) or myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibodies. The purpose of this study was to determine whether AQP1 and MOG could be considered new biomarkers of this disease; and if point mutations in the gDNA of AQP4, AQP1 and MOG genes could be associated with the etiology of NMOsd. We evaluated the diagnostic capability of ELISA and cell-based assays (CBA), and analyzed their reliability, specificity, and sensitivity in detecting antibodies against these three proteins. The results showed that both assays can recognize these antigen proteins under appropriate conditions, but only anti-AQP4 antibodies, and not AQP1 or MOG, appears to be a clear biomarker for NMOsd. CBA is the best method for detecting these antibodies; and serum levels of AQP4 antibodies do not correlate with the progression of this disease. So far, the sequencing analysis has not revealed a genetic basis for the etiology of NMOsd, but a more extensive analysis is required before definitive conclusions can be drawn.
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- Pablo García-Miranda
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain; (P.G.-M.); (F.J.M.-C.); (M.d.M.M.-O.); (N.S.-L.); (R.R.-L.)
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain; (P.G.-M.); (F.J.M.-C.); (M.d.M.M.-O.); (N.S.-L.); (R.R.-L.)
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain; (P.G.-M.); (F.J.M.-C.); (M.d.M.M.-O.); (N.S.-L.); (R.R.-L.)
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain; (P.G.-M.); (F.J.M.-C.); (M.d.M.M.-O.); (N.S.-L.); (R.R.-L.)
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain; (P.G.-M.); (F.J.M.-C.); (M.d.M.M.-O.); (N.S.-L.); (R.R.-L.)
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Neurociencias, Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; (L.L.-H.); (R.L.-P.); (J.L.C.-C.); (A.J.U.-S.)
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Neurociencias, Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; (L.L.-H.); (R.L.-P.); (J.L.C.-C.); (A.J.U.-S.)
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- Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Sevilla, Spain; (G.N.); (J.A.-J.); (M.I.G.-S.)
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- Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Sevilla, Spain; (G.N.); (J.A.-J.); (M.I.G.-S.)
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- Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Sevilla, Spain; (G.N.); (J.A.-J.); (M.I.G.-S.)
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Neurociencias, Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; (L.L.-H.); (R.L.-P.); (J.L.C.-C.); (A.J.U.-S.)
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Neurociencias, Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; (L.L.-H.); (R.L.-P.); (J.L.C.-C.); (A.J.U.-S.)
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- Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, 41014 Sevilla, Spain;
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain; (P.G.-M.); (F.J.M.-C.); (M.d.M.M.-O.); (N.S.-L.); (R.R.-L.)
- Correspondence: (M.E.); (M.D.-S.); Tel.: +34-955-923036 (M.E.); +34-955-012593 (M.D.-S.)
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Neurociencias, Servicio de Neurología del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; (L.L.-H.); (R.L.-P.); (J.L.C.-C.); (A.J.U.-S.)
- Correspondence: (M.E.); (M.D.-S.); Tel.: +34-955-923036 (M.E.); +34-955-012593 (M.D.-S.)
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Osorio G, Zulueta-Dorado T, González-Rodríguez P, Bernabéu-Wittel J, Conejo-Mir J, Ramírez-Lorca R, Echevarría M. Expression Pattern of Aquaporin 1 and Aquaporin 3 in Melanocytic and Nonmelanocytic Skin Tumors. Am J Clin Pathol 2019; 152:446-457. [PMID: 31305898 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Study of aquaporin 1 (AQP1) and aquaporin 3 (AQP3) expression to understand its potential role in the pathophysiology of skin cancer. METHODS Analysis of AQP1 and AQP3 expression by immunohistochemistry of 72 skin biopsy specimens from melanocytic skin tumors, nonmelanocytic tumors, or healthy samples. RESULTS AQP1 showed strong labeling in 100% of benign common melanocytic nevi. Small blood vessels, stroma, and melanophages surrounding different types of melanomas tumors also were positive. Tumoral melanocytes in atypical nevi and melanomas were negative for AQP1. AQP3 showed strong labeling in 100% of melanocytic nevi, 100% of atypical melanocytic nevi, and 100% of melanomas. In all basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, staining for AQP3 was positive. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this work represents the first demonstration of AQP1/AQP3 expression in human melanocytic skin tumors. More studies are needed to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms of expression of both AQPs in melanocytic tumors and their potential as molecular therapeutic targets.
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- Giovana Osorio
- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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Trillo-Contreras JL, Ramírez-Lorca R, Hiraldo-González L, Sánchez-Gomar I, Galán-Cobo A, Suárez-Luna N, Sánchez de Rojas-de Pedro E, Toledo-Aral JJ, Villadiego J, Echevarría M. Combined effects of aquaporin-4 and hypoxia produce age-related hydrocephalus. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2018; 1864:3515-3526. [PMID: 30293570 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Aquaporin-4, present in ependymal cells, in glia limiting and abundantly in pericapillary astrocyte foot processes, and aquaporin-1, expressed in choroid plexus epithelial cells, play an important role in cerebrospinal fluid production and may be involved in the pathophysiology of age-dependent hydrocephalus. The finding that brain aquaporins expression is regulated by low oxygen tension led us to investigate how hypoxia and elevated levels of cerebral aquaporins may result in an increase in cerebrospinal fluid production that could be associated with a hydrocephalic condition. Here we have explored, in young and aged mice exposed to hypoxia, whether aquaporin-4 and aquaporin-1 participate in the development of age-related hydrocephalus. Choroid plexus, striatum, cortex and ependymal tissue were analyzed separately both for mRNA and protein levels of aquaporins. Furthermore, parameters such as total ventricular volume, intraventricular pressure, cerebrospinal fluid outflow rate, ventricular compliance and cognitive function were studied in wild type, aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-4 knock-out animals subjected to hypoxia or normoxia. Our data demonstrate that hypoxia is involved in the development of age-related hydrocephalus by a process that depends on aquaporin-4 channels as a main route for cerebrospinal fluid movement. Significant increases in aquaporin-4 expression that occur over the course of animal aging, together with a reduced cerebrospinal fluid outflow rate and ventricular compliance, contribute to produce more severe hydrocephalus related to hypoxic events in aged mice, with a notable impairment in cognitive function. These results indicate that physiological events and/or pathological conditions presenting with cerebral hypoxia/ischemia contribute to the development of chronic adult hydrocephalus.
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- José Luis Trillo-Contreras
- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville 41009, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville 41009, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville 41009, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville 41009, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville 41009, Spain; Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville 41009, Spain; Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Spain.
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. (HUVR)/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)/University of Seville, Seville 41013, Spain; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, Seville 41009, Spain.
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Villadiego J, Romo-Madero S, García-Swinburn R, Suárez-Luna N, Bermejo-Navas A, Echevarría M, Toledo-Aral JJ. Long-term immunosuppression for CNS mouse xenotransplantation: Effects on nigrostriatal neurodegeneration and neuroprotective carotid body cell therapy. Xenotransplantation 2018; 25:e12410. [PMID: 29932254 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The use of long-term immunosuppressive treatments on neural transplantation has been controversial during the last decades. Although nowadays there is a consensus about the necessity of maintaining a permanent state of immunosuppression to preserve the survival of cerebral grafts, little is known about the effects that chronic immunosuppression produces both on the neurodegenerative process and on transplants function. METHODS Here, we establish a new immunosuppressive protocol, based on the discontinuous administration of CsA (15 mg/kg; s.c.) and prednisone (20 mg/kg; s.c.), to produce long-term immunosuppression in mice. Using this treatment, we analyse the effects that long-term immunosuppression induces in a chronic 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6,-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) model of parkinsonism and on the neuroprotective and neurorestorative anti-parkinsonian actions exerted by rat carotid body (CB) xenografts. RESULTS This protocol preserves the survival of rat CB xenotransplants maintaining the general wellness of the grafted mice. Although permanent immunosuppression does not prevent the MPTP-induced cell death of nigral neurons and the consequent degeneration of dopaminergic striatal innervation, allowing for its use as Parkinson's disease (PD) model, it reduces the microglial activation and slightly declines the striatal damage. Moreover, we reported that chronic administration of immunosuppressant drugs does not alter the neuroprotective and restorative anti-parkinsonian actions of rat CB xenografts into parkinsonian mice. CONCLUSIONS This new immunosuppressive protocol provides a new murine model to assay the long-term effects of cerebral xenografts and offer a pharmacological alternative to the commonly used genetic immunodeficient mice, allowing the use of genetically modified mice as hosts. In addition, it will permit the experimental analysis of the effects produced by human CB xenografts in the chronic PD murine model, with the final aim of using CB allografts as an option of cell therapy in PD patients.
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- Javier Villadiego
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Spain
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Galán-Cobo A, Arellano-Orden E, Sánchez Silva R, López-Campos JL, Gutiérrez Rivera C, Gómez Izquierdo L, Suárez-Luna N, Molina-Molina M, Rodríguez Portal JA, Echevarría M. The Expression of AQP1 IS Modified in Lung of Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Addressing a Possible New Target. Front Mol Biosci 2018; 5:43. [PMID: 29774214 PMCID: PMC5943501 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Activation of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process (EMT) by which alveolar cells in human lung tissue undergo differentiation giving rise to a mesenchymal phenotype (fibroblast/miofibroblasts) has been well recognized as a key element in the origin of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Here we analyzed expression of AQP1 in lung biopsies of patients diagnosed with IPF, and compared it to biopsies derived from patients with diverse lung pneumonies, such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis or normal lungs. Immunostaining for AQP1 showed a clear increment of AQP1 localized in the alveolar epithelium in biopsies from IPF patients alone. Moreover, to examine the possible participation of AQP1 in the pathophysiology of IPF, we evaluated its role in the pro-fibrotic transformation induced by transforming growth factor (TGF-β) in vitro. Human alveolar epithelial cells (A549), and fibroblasts derived from an IPF patient (LL29), or fibroblasts from healthy normal lung tissue (MRC-5), were treated with TGF-β, and levels of expression of AQP1, as well as those of E-cadherin, vimentin, α-SMA and collagen were analyzed by RT-qPCR, western blot and immunohistochemistry. An increase of AQP1 mRNA and protein after TGF-β treatment (4–72h) was observed either in A549 or IPF fibroblast-LL29 but not in MRC-5 fibroblasts. A gradual reduction of E-cadherin, and increased expression of vimentin, with no changes in α-SMA levels were observed in A549. Whereas in LL29 and MRC-5, TGF-β1 elicited a large production of collagen and α-SMA that was significantly greater in IPF fibroblast-LL29. Changes observed are consistent with activation of EMT by TGF-β, but whether modifications in AQP1 expression are responsible or independent events occurring at the same time is still unknown. Our results suggest that AQP1 plays a role in the pro-fibrotic TGF-β action and contributes to the etiology and pathophysiology of IPF. Understanding AQP1's role will help us comprehend the fate of this disease.
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- Ana Galán-Cobo
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Laboratorio de Neumologia Experimental, Servicio de Neumologia, Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Galán-Cobo A, Ramírez-Lorca R, Echevarría M. Role of aquaporins in cell proliferation: What else beyond water permeability? Channels (Austin) 2016; 10:185-201. [PMID: 26752515 PMCID: PMC4954585 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2016.1139250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
In addition to the extensive data demonstrating the importance of mammalian AQPs for the movement of water and some small solutes across the cell membrane, there is now a growing body of evidence indicating the involvement of these proteins in numerous cellular processes seemingly unrelated, at least some of them in a direct way, to their canonical function of water permeation. Here, we have presented a broad range of evidence demonstrating that these proteins have a role in cell proliferation by various different mechanisms, namely, by allowing fast cell volume regulation during cell division; by affecting progression of cell cycle and helping maintain the balance between proliferation and apoptosis, and by crosstalk with other cell membrane proteins or transcription factors that, in turn, modulate progression of the cell cycle or regulate biosynthesis pathways of cell structural components. In the end, however, after discussing all these data that strongly support a role for AQPs in the cell proliferation process, it remains impossible to conclude that all these other functions attributed to AQPs occur completely independently of their water permeability, and there is a need for new experiments designed specifically to address this interesting issue.
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- Ana Galán-Cobo
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica), Seville, Spain
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Muñoz-Manchado AB, Villadiego J, Romo-Madero S, Suárez-Luna N, Bermejo-Navas A, Rodríguez-Gómez JA, Garrido-Gil P, Labandeira-García JL, Echevarría M, López-Barneo J, Toledo-Aral JJ. Chronic and progressive Parkinson's disease MPTP model in adult and aged mice. J Neurochem 2015; 136:373-87. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Ana B. Muñoz-Manchado
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
- Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; CIMUS; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS); Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
- Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; CIMUS; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS); Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-IBiS; HUVR/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC; Sevilla Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica; Universidad de Sevilla; Sevilla Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED); Spain
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Galán-Cobo A, Ramírez-Lorca R, Toledo-Aral JJ, Echevarría M. Aquaporin-1 plays important role in proliferation by affecting cell cycle progression. J Cell Physiol 2015; 231:243-56. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Ana Galán-Cobo
- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS); Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica); Seville Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS); Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica); Seville Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS); Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica); Seville Spain
- Biomedical Research Centre Network for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED); Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS); Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica); Seville Spain
- Biomedical Research Centre Network for Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES); Madrid Spain
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Galán-Cobo A, Ramírez-Lorca R, Serna A, Echevarría M. Overexpression of AQP3 Modifies the Cell Cycle and the Proliferation Rate of Mammalian Cells in Culture. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137692. [PMID: 26367709 PMCID: PMC4569366 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Abnormal AQP3 overexpression in tumor cells of different origins has been reported and a role for this enhanced AQP3 expression in cell proliferation and tumor processess has been indicated. To further understand the role AQP3 plays in cell proliferation we explore the effect that stable over expression of AQP3 produces over the proliferation rate and cell cycle of mammalian cells. The cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry with propidium iodide (PI) and the cell proliferation rate measured through cell counting and BrdU staining. Cells with overexpression of AQP3 (AQP3-o) showed higher proliferation rate and larger percentage of cells in phases S and G2/M, than wild type cells (wt). Evaluation of the cell response against arresting the cell cycle with Nocodazole showed that AQP3-o exhibited a less modified cell cycle pattern and lower Annexin V specific staining than wt, consistently with a higher resistance to apoptosis of AQP3-overexpressing cells. The cell volume and complexity were also larger in AQP3-o compared to wt cells. After transcriptomic analysis, RT-qPCR was performed to highlight key molecules implicated in cell proliferation which expression may be altered by overexpression of AQP3 and the comparative analysis between both type of cells showed significant changes in the expression of Zeb2, Jun, JunB, NF-kβ, Cxcl9, Cxcl10, TNF, and TNF receptors. We conclude that the role of AQP3 in cell proliferation seems to be connected to increments in the cell cycle turnover and changes in the expression levels of relevant genes for this process. Larger expression of AQP3 may confer to the cell a more tumor like phenotype and contributes to explain the presence of this protein in many different tumors.
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- Ana Galán-Cobo
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica), Seville, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Serna A, Galán-Cobo A, Rodrigues C, Sánchez-Gomar I, Toledo-Aral JJ, Moura TF, Casini A, Soveral G, Echevarría M. Functional inhibition of aquaporin-3 with a gold-based compound induces blockage of cell proliferation. J Cell Physiol 2014; 229:1787-801. [PMID: 24676973 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AQP3 has been correlated with higher transport of glycerol, increment of ATP content, and larger proliferation capacity. Recently, we described the gold(III) complex Auphen as a very selective and potent inhibitor of AQP3's glycerol permeability (Pgly ). Here we evaluated Auphen effect on the proliferation of various mammalian cell lines differing in AQP3 expression level: no expression (PC12), moderate (NIH/3T3) or high (A431) endogenous expression, cells stably expressing AQP3 (PC12-AQP3), and human HEK293T cells transiently transfected (HEK-AQP3) for AQP3 expression. Proliferation was evaluated in the absence or presence of Auphen (5 μM) by counting number of viable cells and analyzing 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation. Auphen reduced ≈50% the proliferation in A431 and PC12-AQP3, ≈15% in HEK-AQP3 and had no effect in PC12-wt and NIH/3T3. Strong arrest in the S-G2/M phases of the cell cycle, supported by analysis of cyclins (A, B1, D1, E) levels, was observed in AQP3-expressing cells treated with Auphen. Flow-cytometry of propidium iodide incorporation and measurements of mitochondrial dehydrogenases activity confirmed absence of cytotoxic effect of the drug. Functional studies evidenced ≈50% inhibition of A431 Pgly by Auphen, showing that the compound's antiproliferative effect correlates with its ability to inhibit AQP3 Pgly . Role of Cys-40 on AQP3 permeability blockage by Auphen was confirmed by analyzing the mutated protein (AQP3-Ser-40). Accordingly, cells transfected with mutated AQP3 gained resistance to the antiproliferative effect of Auphen. These results highlight an Auphen inhibitory effect on proliferation of cells expressing AQP3 and suggest a targeted therapeutic effect on carcinomas with large AQP3 expression.
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- Ana Serna
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica), Seville, Spain
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Martín E, Hornero F, Rodríguez R, Castellà M, Porras C, Romero B, Maroto L, Pérez de la Sota E, Echevarría M, Dalmau M, Díez L, Buendía J, Enríquez F, Castaño M, Reyes G, Ginel A, Pérez M, García R, Barquero J, Heredero A, Jiménez A, Castedo E, Lugo J, Pradas G, Gómez M, Rieta J. Estudio multicéntrico español para la predicción del riesgo perioperatorio de accidente cerebrovascular tras cirugía de bypass coronario aislada: el modelo PACK2. Cirugía Cardiovascular 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.circv.2014.02.009] [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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Sánchez Gomar I, Díaz Sánchez M, Uclés Sánchez AJ, Casado Chocán JL, Ramírez-Lorca R, Serna A, Villadiego J, Toledo-Aral JJ, Echevarría M. An immunoassay that distinguishes real neuromyelitis optica signals from a labeling detected in patients receiving natalizumab. BMC Neurol 2014; 14:139. [PMID: 24980919 PMCID: PMC4096525 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cell-based assays for neuromyelitis optica (NMO) diagnosis are the most sensitive and specific methods to detect anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibodies in serum, but some improvements in their quantitative and specificity capacities would be desirable. Thus the aim of the present work was to develop a sensitive quantitative method for detection of anti-AQP4 antibodies that allows clear diagnosis of NMO and distinction of false labeling produced by natalizumab treatment. METHODS Sera from 167 individuals, patients diagnosed with NMO (16), multiple sclerosis (85), optic neuritis (24), idiopathic myelitis (21), or other neurological disorders (13) and healthy controls (8), were used as the primary antibody in an immunofluorescence assay on HEK cells transfected with the M23 isoform of human AQP4 fused with enhanced green fluorescent protein. Cells used were freshly transfected or stored frozen and then thawed just before adding the serum. RESULTS Microscopic observation and fluorescence quantification produced similar results in fresh and frozen samples. Serum samples from patients diagnosed with NMO were 100% positive for anti-AQP4 antibodies, while all the other sera were negative. Using serum from patients treated with natalizumab, a small and unspecific fluorescent signal was produced from all HEK cells, regardless of AQP4 expression. CONCLUSIONS Our cell-based double-label fluorescence immunoassay protocol significantly increases the signal specificity and reduces false diagnosis of NMO patients, especially in those receiving natalizumab treatment. Frozen pretreated cells allow faster detection of anti-AQP4 antibodies.
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Av, Manuel Siurot s/n, Seville 41013, Spain.
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Calero C, López-Campos JL, Izquierdo LG, Sánchez-Silva R, López-Villalobos JL, Sáenz-Coronilla FJ, Arellano-Orden E, Montes-Worboys A, Echevarría M. Expression of aquaporins in bronchial tissue and lung parenchyma of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Multidiscip Respir Med 2014; 9:29. [PMID: 24917931 PMCID: PMC4050095 DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-9-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Aquaporins AQP1 and AQP5 are highly expressed in the lung. Recent studies have shown that the expression of these proteins may be mechanistically involved in the airway inflammation and in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of AQP1 and AQP5 in the bronchial tissue and the lung parenchyma of patients with COPD and COPD-resistant smokers. Methods Using a case–control design, we selected a group of 15 subjects with COPD and 15 resistant smokers (smokers without COPD) as a control, all of whom were undergoing lung resection surgery due to a lung neoplasm. We studied the expression of AQP1 and AQP5 in the bronchial tissue and the lung parenchyma by means of immunohistochemistry and reverse-transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction. Tissue expression of AQP1 and AQP5 was semi-quantitatively assessed in terms of intensity and expression by immunohistochemistry using a 4-point scale ranging from 0 (none) to 3 (maximum). Results There were no significant differences in gene expression between COPD patients and resistant smokers both in the bronchial tissue and in the lung parenchyma. However, AQP1 gene expression was 2.41-fold higher in the parenchyma of smokers with COPD compared to controls, whereas the AQP5 gene showed the opposite pattern, with a 7.75-fold higher expression in the bronchus of smokers with COPD compared with controls. AQP1 and AQP5 proteins were preferentially expressed in endothelial cells, showing a higher intensity for AQP1 (66.7% of cases with an intensity of 3, and 93.3% of subjects with an extension of 3 among patients with COPD). Subtle interstitial disease was associated with type II pneumocyte hyperplasia and an increased expression of AQP1. Conclusions This study provides pilot observations on the differences in AQP1 and AQP5 expression between COPD patients and COPD-resistant smokers. Our findings suggest a potential role for AQP1 in the pathogenesis of COPD.
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- Carmen Calero
- Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain ; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain ; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain ; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain ; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain ; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain ; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain ; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain ; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain ; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Muñoz-Manchado AB, Villadiego J, Suárez-Luna N, Bermejo-Navas A, Garrido-Gil P, Labandeira-García JL, Echevarría M, López-Barneo J, Toledo-Aral JJ. Neuroprotective and reparative effects of carotid body grafts in a chronic MPTP model of Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2013; 34:902-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Revised: 03/19/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Martins AP, Marrone A, Ciancetta A, Galán Cobo A, Echevarría M, Moura TF, Re N, Casini A, Soveral G. Targeting aquaporin function: potent inhibition of aquaglyceroporin-3 by a gold-based compound. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37435. [PMID: 22624030 PMCID: PMC3356263 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are membrane channels that conduct water and small solutes such as glycerol and are involved in many physiological functions. Aquaporin-based modulator drugs are predicted to be of broad potential utility in the treatment of several diseases. Until today few AQP inhibitors have been described as suitable candidates for clinical development. Here we report on the potent inhibition of AQP3 channels by gold(III) complexes screened on human red blood cells (hRBC) and AQP3-transfected PC12 cells by a stopped-flow method. Among the various metal compounds tested, Auphen is the most active on AQP3 (IC(50) = 0.8±0.08 µM in hRBC). Interestingly, the compound poorly affects the water permeability of AQP1. The mechanism of gold inhibition is related to the ability of Au(III) to interact with sulphydryls groups of proteins such as the thiolates of cysteine residues. Additional DFT and modeling studies on possible gold compound/AQP adducts provide a tentative description of the system at a molecular level. The mapping of the periplasmic surface of an homology model of human AQP3 evidenced the thiol group of Cys40 as a likely candidate for binding to gold(III) complexes. Moreover, the investigation of non-covalent binding of Au complexes by docking approaches revealed their preferential binding to AQP3 with respect to AQP1. The high selectivity and low concentration dependent inhibitory effect of Auphen (in the nanomolar range) together with its high water solubility makes the compound a suitable drug lead for future in vivo studies. These results may present novel metal-based scaffolds for AQP drug development.
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- Ana Paula Martins
- REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
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- Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology and Targeting, Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Humana, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Morales C, Gómez P, Ortiz de la Tabla R, Echevarría M. [Unintentional endotracheal tube occlusion during spinal surgery under general anesthesia]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2011; 58:524-525. [PMID: 22164887 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-9356(11)70129-3] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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López-Campos JL, Sánchez Silva R, Gómez Izquierdo L, Márquez E, Ortega Ruiz F, Cejudo P, Barrot Cortés E, Toledo Aral JJ, Echevarría M. Overexpression of Aquaporin-1 in lung adenocarcinomas and pleural mesotheliomas. Histol Histopathol 2011; 26:451-9. [PMID: 21360438 DOI: 10.14670/hh-26.451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aquaporin-1 (AQP1) is the main water channel responsible for water transport through many epithelia and endothelia. The latest evidence pointed toward an important role of this protein also in gas permeation, angiogenesis, cell proliferation and migration. In the present work we studied the expression of AQP1 by immunohistochemical staining of 92 lung biopsies from patients diagnosed with a pleuro-pulmonary tumor (71 lung and 21 pleural neoplasms). AQP1 expression was analyzed comparing the results among the different histological patterns and against 9 control cases (5 parenchyma and 4 healthy pleura). Clear staining of AQP1 was detected in 39 of the 92 tumors analyzed. In parenchyma, AQP1 was more frequently detected in primary lung adenocarcinomas (55%, P<0.001); in contrast, small cell carcinomas were the least AQP1 expressive tumors studied (93% of negative staining, P<0.05). Carcinomas analyzed in pleura (mesotheliomas and metastatic adenocarcinomas) also revealed strong expression of AQP1. High expression of this protein was detected in small capillaries in areas near or surrounding the tumor, and novel intense AQP1 immunostaining was detected over thicker alveolar walls in alveoli inside or next to the tumoral tissue regardless of the tumor type. An important role of AQP1 in tumor angiogenesis is sustained by the abundant expression of this protein in the endothelia of tumor capillaries. Further studies are necessary to elucidate the potential pathophysiological role of this protein in pleuro-pulmonary neoplasms.
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- José Luis López-Campos
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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García Bernal D, Ramos P, Martínez A, Echevarría M. [General anesthesia in Dandy-Walker syndrome]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 58:259-60. [PMID: 21608287 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-9356(11)70053-6] [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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OBJECTIVE To analyze the value of patient and surgical variables as predictors of the survival until discharge of hospitalized surgical patients in a tertiary care hospital over the course of 1 year. MATERIAL AND METHODS The hospital records for patients admitted for surgery between January 1 and December 31, 2007, were consulted to extract age, sex, ASA physical status classification of the patient, type of admission and surgery (scheduled or emergency), surgical department assigned, and date of discharge or exitus. The data were subjected to multivariate survival analysis using the Cox regression model. RESULTS A total of 4184 patients underwent surgery in 2007; the median (25th-75th percentile) patient age was 56 (39-71) years. In 77.5% of the cases (3244 patients) surgery was scheduled; 23.1% of those patients had been admitted by the emergency department. The ASA classification was 1 for 21.8%, 2 for 44.2%, 3 for 28%, and 4 for 6%. Of patients classified as ASA 1-3, a total of 33.2% were aged 65 years or older; in contrast, 78.7% of ASA 4 patients were in that age bracket. Eighty-nine (2.1%) surgical patients died. Cox regression survival analysis showed that variables related to a lower likelihood of survival to discharge were a physical status classification of ASA 4, age 65 years or older, and emergency surgery (P < .0005 for all comparisons). CONCLUSIONS Patients over the age of 65 years, in an ASA 4 anesthetic risk category, admitted on an emergency basis for emergency surgery were at higher risk of death. Greater vigilance in the perioperative care of patients with these risk factors is advisable in the interest of reducing mortality.
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- Ma J Mayorga
- Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital de Valme, Sevilla
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Navia J, Monedero P, Echevarría M, Canet J, Aguilera L, Gómez-Herreras JI, Gómez-Sancho M, Puig M, Abengoechea JM, Hernández J, Romero AJ. [Health-care workload and instructional capacity of Spanish hospitals accredited to train residents in anesthesiology]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 57:341-50. [PMID: 20645485 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-9356(10)70246-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the health-care workload and instructional capacity of Spanish hospitals accredited to train anesthesiology residents. METHODS Survey of supervisors of anesthesiology residents in 2008 to determine caseloads in surgery and obstetrics as well as in pain clinics and critical care units. The results are presented for different Spanish autonomous communities. The maximum theoretical capacity for instruction in accordance with European guidelines is calculated. RESULTS The 100 hospitals surveyed train 325 residents per year and could theoretically increase the training opportunities they offer, within certain limits. Given optimal distribution of resources, the system could train 397 residents per year in pediatric surgery in 3-month rotations, 442 residents in neurosurgery in 2-month rotations, and 479 residents in thoracic surgery in 1-month rotations. Some Spanish communities presently have problems giving training in the settings of pediatric, thoracic, and major outpatient surgery. Furthermore, even though anesthesiologists are presently responsible for 41.6% of available critical care beds, 46 hospitals do not have a sufficient number of beds to give training in this setting. This shortage may have negative repercussions on the accreditation of training programs. CONCLUSIONS Although certain limitations were found, the survey showed that the training capacity of the system is greater than accreditation suggests. It would therefore be possible to increase the number of residents.
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- J Navia
- Miembros de la Comisión Nacional de la Especialidad de Anestesiología y Reanimación
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López-Campos JL, Cejudo P, Ortega F, López-Márquez I, Márquez-Martín E, Capote F, Echevarría M, Montemayor T, Barrot E. Shuttle walking versus maximal cycle testing: clinical correlates in patients with kyphoscoliosis. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007; 160:334-40. [PMID: 18068555 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2007] [Revised: 10/26/2007] [Accepted: 10/31/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A cross-sectional prospective design was used to compare the effectiveness of the shuttle walking test (SWT) and the maximal cycle ergometry test (CET) to assess the functional capacity of patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure due to severe kyphoscoliosis. Twenty-four patients completed both the SWT and CET. Heart rate, blood pressure, leg fatigue, chest pain and dyspnea (Borg's scale) were measured immediately after each test. Correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman analysis were used to compare the two methods. Borg's dyspnea, leg and chest pain after exercise were not significantly different between tests. Only heart rate (SWT 130[20.7] versus CET 116[28.75]; p = 0.048) and diastolic blood pressure (SWT: 85.5[13.75] versus CET 95[17.5]; p = 0.021) were slightly but significantly different between the two protocols. There was a good positive correlation between the distance walked in SWT and maximal oxygen consumption (r = 0.675; p < 0.001). SWT and CET testing elicited similar clinical and hemodynamic responses. SWT is a feasible measure of functional capacity in this patient group.
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- José Luis López-Campos
- Medical-Surgery Unit of Respiratory Diseases, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, Seville, Spain.
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Echevarría M, Muñoz-Cabello AM, Sánchez-Silva R, Toledo-Aral JJ, López-Barneo J. Development of cytosolic hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factor stabilization are facilitated by aquaporin-1 expression. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:30207-15. [PMID: 17673462 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702639200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [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: 12/31/2022] Open
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O(2) is essential for aerobic life, and the classic view is that it diffuses freely across the plasma membrane. However, measurements of O(2) permeability of lipid bilayers have indicated that it is much lower than previously thought, and therefore, the existence of membrane O(2) channels has been suggested. We hypothesized that, besides its role as a water channel, aquaporin-1 (AQP-1) could also work as an O(2) transporter, because this transmembrane protein appears to be CO(2)-permeable and is highly expressed in cells with rapid O(2) turnover (erythrocytes and microvessel endothelium). Here we show that in mammalian cells overexpressing AQP-1 and exposed to hypoxia, the loss of cytosolic O(2), as well as stabilization of the O(2)-dependent hypoxia-inducible transcription factor and expression of its target genes, is accelerated. In normoxic endothelial cells, knocking down AQP-1 produces induction of hypoxia-inducible genes. Moreover, lung AQP-1 is markedly up-regulated in animals exposed to hypoxia. These data suggest that AQP-1 has O(2) permeability and thus could facilitate O(2) diffusion across the cell membrane.
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- Miriam Echevarría
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, 41013 Spain
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of ultrasound in prenatal diagnosis of vasa praevia (VP) and to asses the risk of VP associated with different causal factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study of the incidence of VP in a series of 12,063 deliveries between January 2000 and March 2005. We also studied the factors that predisposed for VP and the perinatal outcome of pregnancies. RESULTS The prevalence of VP in our centre during this period was 0.07% (9 cases). All cases were prenatally diagnosed. The mean gestational age at diagnosis was 26 weeks. Multivariate analysis revealed the following associated factors: IVF pregnancies, bilobate or succenturiate placenta, and second-trimester placenta praevia, with an odds ratio of 7.75, 22.11 and 22.86, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In our series, the prenatal diagnosis of all cases of VP achieved during the second-trimester scan allowed us to avoid any prenatal death related to this condition.
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- S Baulies
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Human Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.
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Mejías R, Villadiego J, Pintado CO, Vime PJ, Gao L, Toledo-Aral JJ, Echevarría M, López-Barneo J. Neuroprotection by transgenic expression of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in dopaminergic nigrostriatal neurons of mice. J Neurosci 2006; 26:4500-8. [PMID: 16641229 PMCID: PMC6674068 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0122-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Oxidative damage to dopaminergic nigrostriatal (DNS) neurons plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a key cytoprotective enzyme that provides NADPH, the major source of the reducing equivalents of a cell. Mutations of this enzyme are the most common enzymopathies worldwide. We have studied in vivo the role of G6PD overexpressed specifically in the DNS pathway and show that the increase of G6PD activity in the soma and axon terminals of DNS neurons, separately from other neurons or glial cells, protects them from parkinsonism. Analysis of DNS neurons by histological, neurochemical, and functional methods showed that even a moderate increase of G6PD activity rendered transgenic mice more resistant than control littermates to the toxic effects of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). The neuroprotective action of G6PD was also observed in aged animals despite that they had a greater susceptibility to MPTP. Therefore, overexpression of G6PD in dopaminergic neurons or pharmacological activation of the native enzyme should be considered as potential therapeutic strategies to PD.
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We studied the participation of adrenal medulla (AM) chromaffin cells in hypercapnic chemotransduction. Using amperometric recordings, we measured catecholamine (CAT) secretion from cells in AM slices of neonatal and adult rats perfused with solutions bubbled with different concentrations of CO2. The secretory activity augmented from 1.74 +/- 0.19 pC/min at 5% CO2 to 6.36 +/- 0.77 pC/min at 10% CO2. This response to CO2 was dose dependent and appeared without changes in extracellular pH, although it was paralleled by a drop in intracellular pH. Responsiveness to hypercapnia was higher in neonatal than in adult slices. The secretory response to hypercapnia required extracellular Ca2+ influx. Both the CO2-induced internal pH drop and increase in CAT secretion were markedly diminished by methazolamide (2 microm), a membrane-permeant carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitor. We detected the presence of two CA isoforms (CAI and CAII) in neonatal AM slices by in situ hybridization and real-time PCR. The expression of these enzymes decreased in adult AM together with the disappearance of responsiveness to CO2. In patch-clamped chromaffin cells, hypercapnia elicited a depolarizing receptor potential, which led to action potential firing, extracellular Ca2+ influx, and CAT secretion. This receptor potential (inhibited by methazolamide) was primarily attributable to activation of a resting cationic conductance. In addition, voltage-gated K+ current amplitude was also decreased by high CO2. The CO2-sensing properties of chromaffin cells may be of physiologic relevance, particularly for the adaptation of neonates to extrauterine life, before complete maturation of peripheral and central chemoreceptors.
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- Ana M Muñoz-Cabello
- Departamento de Fisiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Seville, Spain
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Ramírez-Lorca R, Muñoz-Cabello AM, Toledo-Aral JJ, Ilundáin AA, Echevarría M. Aquaporins in chicken: Localization of ck-AQP5 along the small and large intestine. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2006; 143:269-77. [PMID: 16418008 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Received: 08/07/2005] [Revised: 12/06/2005] [Accepted: 12/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aquaporins (AQPS) are transmembrane water channels poorly investigated in birds. Using degenerated primers and RT-PCR, we identified in kidney and gastrointestinal tract of Hubbard chickens (Gallus gallus) three fragments, corresponding to ck-AQP2, ck-AQP4, and ck-AQP5 mRNAs. Comparison of nucleotide ck-AQPs sequences to their rat and human orthologues revealed an overall identity of 75-90%. Expression in the renal and gastrointestinal systems of the three ck-AQPs mRNA was analysed by Northern assays. Transcript of ck-AQP2 was only identified in kidney. ck-AQP4 mRNA was highly expressed in brain, and to a lesser extent in kidney and stomach. ck-AQP5 mRNA was found in jejunum and ileum, and to a lesser extent in colon and lung. In situ hybridisation showed ck-AQP5 mRNA in the crypt cells of jejunum, ileum and colon, whereas it was absent from the cells lining the villi. Levels of ck-AQP5 mRNA (analyzed by Northern and in situ hybridisation assays) and protein (analysed by immunohistochemistry) decreased from the jejunum to the colon. This work confirmed the presence of AQPs in chicken, and showed that chicken and mammalian AQPs share a high degree of similarity in nucleotide sequence and tissue distribution.
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Lara I, Merino S, Martínez A, Echevarría M. [Suspicion of pulmonary thromboembolism in a pregnant woman: differential diagnosis]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2005; 52:372-4. [PMID: 16038180] [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: 05/03/2023]
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Gao L, Mejías R, Echevarría M, López-Barneo J. Induction of the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase gene expression by chronic hypoxia in PC12 cells. FEBS Lett 2004; 569:256-60. [PMID: 15225644 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We studied the regulation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) gene expression by chronic hypoxia. G6PD mRNA level and activity were increased in PC12 cells by hypoxia in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Cobalt chloride and dimethyloxalylglycine, which can mimic hypoxia, also activated G6PD gene expression. Interestingly, hypoxia-induced G6PD expression followed a time course much slower than that of phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1), a hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-dependent glycolytic enzyme. Hypoxic-G6PD induction was almost negligible in non-excitable Buffalo rat liver cells, although in these cells PGK1 was strongly upregulated by low PO(2). Furthermore, G6PD but not PGK1 induction was blocked by the antioxidants glutathione and N-acetylcysteine. These results suggest the dependence of G6PD gene expression on HIF and intracellular redox status and the differential hypoxic regulation of glucose-metabolizing enzymes.
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- Lin Gao
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Departamento de Fisiología and Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Seville, Spain
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Martínez JM, Echevarría M, Gómez O, Del Río M, Borrell A, Puerto B, Fortuny A. Jugular vein and carotid artery blood flow in fetuses with increased nuchal translucency at 10-14 weeks' gestation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003; 22:464-469. [PMID: 14618658 DOI: 10.1002/uog.898] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to obtain measurements of the jugular vein and carotid artery pulsatility index (PI) at 10-14 weeks' gestation in chromosomally normal and abnormal fetuses with or without increased nuchal translucency (NT), in order to explore whether a relationship exists between increased NT and overperfusion of the head. METHODS This was a prospective study involving 179 pregnant women at high risk for chromosomal anomalies or structural malformations who were referred for chorionic villus sampling or first-trimester ultrasound examination at 10-14 weeks' gestation, respectively. Color and pulsed Doppler ultrasound were used to obtain jugular vein and carotid artery blood flow velocity waveforms at the level of the mid-neck. All Doppler measurements were obtained by a single investigator. The PIs of the jugular vein and carotid artery were correlated with NT measurement and fetal karyotype. RESULTS Doppler measurements of the jugular vein and carotid artery were successfully obtained in 90.5% of the fetuses. The fetal karyotype was abnormal in 13 cases, including three trisomies 21 and two trisomies 18, and normal in 149 cases. In the group with normal karyotype the NT was above the 95th percentile in 22 cases (15%). No correlation between the jugular vein or the carotid artery PI and the thickness of the NT was found. There were no significant differences when comparing the values of the jugular vein and carotid artery PI between the group with normal NT and the group with increased NT, or between the group with a normal karyotype and an abnormal karyotype. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that NT is not related to blood flow impedance in either the carotid artery or the jugular vein. Overperfusion and venous congestion of the head do not appear to be a causative pathophysiological mechanism involved in increased NT.
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- J M Martínez
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ICGON, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
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Toledo-Aral JJ, Méndez-Ferrer S, Pardal R, Echevarría M, López-Barneo J. Trophic restoration of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway in long-term carotid body-grafted parkinsonian rats. J Neurosci 2003; 23:141-8. [PMID: 12514210 PMCID: PMC6742142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023] Open
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We studied the mechanisms underlying long-term functional recovery of hemiparkinsonian rats grafted intrastriatally with carotid body (CB) cell aggregates. Amelioration of their motor syndrome is a result of the trophic actions of these grafts on the remaining ipsilateral substantia nigra neurons rather than of the release of dopamine from the CB grafts. The grafts maintain a stable morphological appearance and differentiated cell phenotype for the duration of the life of the host. Adult CB expresses high levels of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and the multicomponent GDNF receptor complex. These properties may contribute to the trophic actions of the CB transplants on nigrostriatal neurons and to their extraordinary longevity. We show that CB glomus cells, although highly dopaminergic, are protected from dopamine-mediated oxidative damage because of the absence of the high-affinity dopamine transporter. Thus, intrastriatal CB grafts are uniquely suited for long-term delivery of trophic factors capable of promoting restoration of the nigrostriatal pathway.
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- Juan J Toledo-Aral
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Departamento de Fisiología and Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41013 Sevilla, Spain.
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Hachero A, Alamo F, Caba F, Echevarría M, Merino S, Gómez P, Rodríguez R. [Influence of bispectral index monitoring on fentanyl requirements during total intravenous anesthesia for major gynecological surgery]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2001; 48:364-9. [PMID: 11674982] [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: 02/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the influence that bispectral index (BIS) monitoring of hypnosis might have on need for analgesia during surgery under total intravenous anesthesia provided by bolus administration of fentanyl. PATIENTS AND METHOD Prospective, randomized and partially double-blind study of 40 patients undergoing major gynecological surgery under total intravenous anesthesia with propofol and fentanyl. In the BIS group (n = 20) propofol administration was adjusted to maintain BIS between 40 and 60. In the control group (n = 20) standard doses were given: 10 mg/kg-1/h-1 after anesthetic induction and for 5 minutes, 8 mg/kg-1/h-1 over the next 5 minutes and 6 mg/kg-1/h-1 throughout the rest of the operation. All patients received intravenous bolus administration of 150 or 75 microg of fentanyl to maintain analgesia whenever systolic blood pressure and heart rate increased 20% over baseline. We compared propofol and fentanyl requirements, intraoperative changes in BIS, and awakening from anesthesia. RESULTS Patient and surgical characteristics were similar in both groups. BIS monitoring allowed propofol administration to be decreased a mean 24% during maintenance of anesthesia, and this in turn was associated with a significant increase in mean dose of fentanyl (415 microg versus 253 microg in the BIS and control groups, respectively; p = 0.01). Mean values of BIS were higher in the BIS group (46.4 versus 42.2; p = 0.04) and patients in the BIS group awoke sooner (in 7.7 min versus 11.1 min; p = 0.01) and tended to report less pain upon arrival at the postanesthetic recovery room, although the difference was not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS BIS monitoring of depth of hypnosis can influence requirements for fentanyl during total intravenous anesthesia by bolus dosing for maintenance of analgesia. This is probably due to changes in the administration of propofol made possible by BIS monitoring.
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- A Hachero
- MIR de Anestesiología.Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapia del Dolor. Hospital Universitario de Valme. Sevilla
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Gómez P, Echevarría M, Calderón J, Caba F, Martínez A, Rodríguez R. [The efficacy and safety of continuous epidural analgesia versus intradural-epidural analgesia during labor]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2001; 48:217-22. [PMID: 11412732] [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: 04/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy and safety of intradural-epidural analgesia in comparison with continuous epidural analgesia during labor and childbirth. PATIENTS AND METHOD Forty-two women whose labor began spontaneously were enrolled and distributed randomly in two groups. The intradural-epidural analgesia group (IEA, n = 21) received 25 microgram of intradural fentanyl with 2.5 mg of isobaric bupivacaine with adrenalin, after which analgesia was maintained with epidural administration of one 8 mL bolus of 0.125% bupivacaine, followed by perfusion of a balanced concentration at a rate of 8 ml/h. Patients in the continuous epidural analgesia group (CEA, n = 21) were given 8 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine with adrenalin; the epidural perfusion of 0.125% bupivacaine and 1 microgram/ml of fentanyl was started at the same rate as in the IEA group. We recorded pain as assessed on a visual analog scale, extension of sensory and motor block, maternal hemodynamic constants, number of boluses of bupivacaine used, total doses of bupivacaine and oxytocin, instruments needed for childbirth, and side effects (pruritus, nausea and vomiting). RESULTS Analgesic efficacy during the first 30 minutes was greater in the IEA group. The total dose of bupivacaine, required top-up boluses, and the extension of sensory block at 30 minutes, one hour and two hours were also significantly less in the IEA group. The incidence of pruritus was higher in the IEA group. No significant differences were observed for other variables. CONCLUSIONS Intradural-epidural analgesia provides effective analgesia for labor, with rapid onset, reduced extension of sensory block, lower total doses of local anesthetics and few side effects.
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- P Gómez
- Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación. Hospital Universitario de Valme. Sevilla
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Alamo F, Hachero A, Rodríguez R, Ramos P, Echevarría M. [On amniotic fluid embolism]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2001; 48:251-2. [PMID: 11412740] [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: 02/20/2023]
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Antolín E, Comas C, Torrents M, Muñoz A, Figueras F, Echevarría M, Cararach M, Carrera JM. The role of ductus venosus blood flow assessment in screening for chromosomal abnormalities at 10-16 weeks of gestation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2001; 17:295-300. [PMID: 11339184 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2001.00395.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of ductus venosus blood flow assessment at 10-16 weeks' gestation in screening for chromosomal abnormalities. METHODS Ductus venosus blood flow was prospectively evaluated in 1371 consecutive pregnancies between 10 and 16 weeks of gestation. The pulsatility index for veins was calculated. All cases were screened for chromosomal defects combining maternal age and fetal nuchal translucency thickness. RESULTS A chromosomal abnormality was found in 20 cases. The overall detection rate, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and odds ratio for chromosomal abnormalities were 65%, 95.7%, 18.3%, 99.5% and 41 (95% CI 16-108), respectively, when using the 95th centile pulsatility index as a cut-off. CONCLUSIONS These preliminary results suggest that evaluation of the ductus venosus pulsatility index at 10-16 weeks' gestation is a useful second-line screening test for chromosomal defects. A combination of nuchal translucency measurement and ductus venosus assessment might increase specificity while maintaining an optimal detection rate for chromosomal abnormalities. Such a policy could identify 55% of all chromosomal abnormalities and about 69% of autosomal trisomies, reducing the need for invasive testing to less than 1%.
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- E Antolín
- Departmento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Paseo Bonanova 67, Barcelona 08017, Spain.
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Echevarría M, Ramírez-Lorca R, Hernández CS, Gutiérrez A, Méndez-Ferrer S, González E, Toledo-Aral JJ, Ilundáin AA, Whittembury G. Identification of a new water channel (Rp-MIP) in the Malpighian tubules of the insect Rhodnius prolixus. Pflugers Arch 2001; 442:27-34. [PMID: 11374065 DOI: 10.1007/s004240000494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Malpighian tubules (MT) of Rhodnius prolixus transport fluid at very high rates. To identify whether aquaporins (AQPs) are present in the MT of R. prolixus, total ribonucleic acid (RNA) was isolated from MT and used in a reverse transcription, polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), with two degenerate primers to highly conserved regions of the members of the AQPs family. A deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragment of 370 bp was amplified; its sequence revealed a novel protein, representing a new member of the major intrinsic protein (MIP) family. The complementary DNA (cDNA) sequence of this new MIP protein was cloned by using RNA from MT and the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) technique. The cDNA had 1133 bp and the largest open reading frame coded for a protein of 286 amino acids, named R. prolixus major intrinsic protein (Rp-MIP). The hydrophobicity profile of the amino acid sequence predicts six transmembrane domains. Northern blot analysis of MT RNA showed a single transcript of about 1-1.3 kb for Rp-MIP. RT-PCR of single isolated MT and in situ hybridization analysis showed Rp-MIP transcripts in both proximal and distal segments. Expression of Rp-MIP in Xenopus laevis oocytes doubled the osmotic water permeability Pf, indicating that Rp-MIP may function as an aquaporin protein in the MT of the insect and thus may participate in urine formation in R. prolixus.
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- M Echevarría
- Departamento de Fisiología y Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Sevilla y Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Edificio de Laboratorios, Av. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
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OBJECTIVE To assess the natural evolution of nuchal thickness in trisomy 18 fetuses. METHODS Serial measurements of nuchal thickness were performed over a 1- to 5-week period in 17 fetuses with trisomy 18, from the 10th to the 20th week of pregnancy. To avoid a confounding effect due to gestational age, nuchal thickness was also expressed in standard deviations (SD) for the corresponding gestational week. In addition, the changes were assessed in terms of the presence of clinically positive thickening, considered as such when its measurement was above 2.5 SD for the corresponding gestational week. RESULTS On the initial nuchal thickness measurement, sensitivity for trisomy 18 decreased from 66% on assessment at 10-13 weeks of gestation to 38% at 14-16 weeks. In serial determinations, a mean increase of 1.3 mm [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.1-2.5] was observed for a mean period of 21 days. When corrected for gestational age, the mean increase of 0.2 SD (95% CI, -1.2 to -1.6) was found to be non-significant. No clinically relevant changes were recorded on re-examination, with nuchal thickening remaining stable in 76% of cases. CONCLUSION Nuchal thickening at re-examination was observed in a similar proportion of trisomy 18 fetuses as when initially observed.
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- A Borrell
- Prenatal Diagnosis Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer), University of Barcelona Medical School, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Peris P, Alvarez L, Monegal A, Guañabens N, Durán M, Pons F, Martínez de Osaba MJ, Echevarría M, Ballesta AM, Muñoz-Gómez J. Biochemical markers of bone turnover after surgical menopause and hormone replacement therapy. Bone 1999; 25:349-53. [PMID: 10495139 DOI: 10.1016/s8756-3282(99)00175-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of surgical menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on the new biochemical markers of bone turnover. Fourteen women who had undergone surgical menopause and began HRT 3 months after surgery were recruited for a 1-year study. Results were compared with a control group of 31 healthy premenopausal women of similar age. Serum samples were obtained to determine total alkaline phosphatase, bone alkaline phosphatase, propeptides carboxy- and amino-terminal of type I procollagen (PICP, PINP), osteocalcin, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, and carboxy-terminal telopeptides of type I collagen (ICTP and serum CTX). Urine samples were analyzed for hydroxyproline, pyridinoline, deoxypyridinoline, alpha- and beta-carboxy-terminal telopeptides of type I collagen (alpha-CTX and beta-CTX), and amino-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX). Determinations were performed after 3 months of surgical menopause and after 3 and 9 months of HRT. All biochemical markers increased after menopause, and most of them normalized after 9 months of HRT. Serum PINP showed the highest proportion of increased values after surgery among bone formation markers (62%), as well as the highest mean percent increase (101%). Among bone resorption markers in postmenopausal women, urinary beta-CTX, alpha-CTX, NTX, and serum CTX showed the highest proportion of increased values (100%, 67%, 58%, 58%, respectively) as well as the greatest mean percent increase. They were also the markers with the most marked response to HRT. In conclusion, serum PINP is the most sensitive marker of bone formation, whereas beta-CTX is the most sensitive marker of bone resorption after surgical menopause. In addition, both markers showed the highest response after HRT.
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- P Peris
- Service of Rheumatology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Vizuete ML, Venero JL, Vargas C, Ilundáin AA, Echevarría M, Machado A, Cano J. Differential upregulation of aquaporin-4 mRNA expression in reactive astrocytes after brain injury: potential role in brain edema. Neurobiol Dis 1999; 6:245-58. [PMID: 10448052 DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1999.0246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Astrocytes and aquaporin-4 (AQP4) play a significant role in brain ion homeostasis. Consequently the regulation of AQP4 mRNA in the CNS after different neurological insults was of interest. A single intrastriatal injection of ringer or quinolinic acid strongly induced AQP4 mRNA in the striatum, specially at the core of the lesion. Colocalization studies demonstrated that AQP4 mRNA induction was restricted to hypertrophic astrocytes. The extent of striatal AQP4 mRNA induction did not correlate with neuronal degeneration, but it did with extravasation of Evans blue dye as a marker of BBB disruption. Distant lesions were additionally induced by either 6-OHDA or a knife cut in the medial forebrain bundle (MFB). The former, but not the latter, induced a high AQP4 mRNA expression in the lesioned substantia nigra. However, axotomy of the MFB induced a high AQP4 mRNA expression at the lesion site. We conclude that the induction of AQP4 mRNA expression is related to disruption of the blood-brain barrier and under brain edema conditions this water channel plays a key role in the reestablishment of the brain osmotic equilibrium.
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- M L Vizuete
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Bromatología, Toxicología y Medicina Legal, Facultad de Farmacia, Calle Profesor García González s/n, Sevilla, 41012, Spain.
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Ramírez-Lorca R, Vizuete ML, Venero JL, Revuelta M, Cano J, Ilundáin AA, Echevarría M. Localization of aquaporin-3 mRNA and protein along the gastrointestinal tract of Wistar rats. Pflugers Arch 1999; 438:94-100. [PMID: 10370092 DOI: 10.1007/s004240050884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Since specific proteins responsible for water transport (aquaporins, AQPs) have been identified in a great variety of tissues, we decided to study the presence of AQP3 in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of Wistar rats. Poly(A+) RNA was purified from the mucosa of the stomach, jejunum, ileum and colon, and gross detection of AQP3 mRNA was done by Northern blot analysis. In situ hybridization studies were carried out to precisely localize the distribution of this transcript. Sections of the different tissues were hybridized with @400-bp [35S]riboprobes. The results presented here demonstrate that AQP3 is expressed throughout the GIT, with its expression in the colon and ileum greater than that in the stomach. Immunohistochemistry experiments, using a polyclonal antibody against AQP3, revealed that AQP3 protein is present at the basolateral membrane of the epithelial cells lining the villus tip of the small intestine and colon. The finding of AQP3 in the intestinal epithelia strongly suggests that this protein functions as a pathway for water transport in this epithelium.
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- R Ramírez-Lorca
- Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Animal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, C) Tramontana s/n, E-41012 Sevilla, Spain.
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Martinez JM, Echevarría M, Borrell A, Puerto B, Ojuel J, Fortuny A. Fetal heart rate and nuchal translucency in detecting chromosomal abnormalities other than Down syndrome. Obstet Gynecol 1998; 92:68-71. [PMID: 9649096 DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(98)00102-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the combined use of fetal heart rate (FHR) and nuchal translucency measurements would be useful in the prediction of fetal chromosomal abnormalities at 10-13 weeks' gestation. METHODS In a prospective study, 1053 (553 reported previously) consecutive singleton pregnancies between 10 and 13 weeks' gestation underwent chorionic villus sampling at our institution. Fetal heart rate and fetal nuchal translucency thickness were measured immediately before the invasive procedure. RESULTS Thirty-five abnormal karyotypes were diagnosed, including 17 trisomy 21, seven trisomy 18, one trisomy 13, one trisomy 9, four unbalanced translocation, two Klinefelter syndrome, one Turner syndrome, one deletion of chromosome 18, and one true mosaicism. Using 95% of normal ranges as the cutoff for both measurements, the detection rate for all chromosomal anomalies was 77.1%, with a false-positive rate (1-specificity) of 7.7%, a positive predictive value of 25.7%, and a negative predictive value of 99.2%. Fetal heart rate improved the sensitivity of nuchal thickness in trisomies 21 and 18 (from 62.5% to 75%) and was particularly useful to detect other chromosomal anomalies (from 27.2% to 81.8%). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that there is an added role of FHR in ultrasound screening of chromosomal abnormalities, specifically for those other than trisomy 21 and 18. The value of a single measurement of fetal heart rate for screening purposes needs to be confirmed by further investigation in a low-risk population.
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- J M Martinez
- Prenatal Diagnosis Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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Echevarría M, Ilundáin AA. Aquaporins. J Physiol Biochem 1998; 54:107-18. [PMID: 9858131] [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: 02/09/2023]
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Aquaporins (AQP) are members of the major intrinsic protein superfamily of integral membrane proteins, which function as specialized water channels to facilitate the passage of water through the cell membrane in animals, plants and bacterias. Ten AQP homologues named from 0 to 9 have been clones so far in mammals. They are widely distributed and more than one AQP could be present in the same cell. Most of the AQPs are only permeable to water and impermeable to small organic and inorganic molecules, except for AQP 3, 7 and 9 which are also permeable to urea and glycerol. From the hydrophobicity profile all AQPs seem to have six transmembrane domains with five connecting loops and with the amino and carboxyl termini in the cytoplasm. They are synthesized as monomers, but there is evidence suggesting that AQPs are formed in the membrane as tetrameric units, each of which has four water pores. The primary amino acid sequence contains putative phosphorylation sites for protein kinasses A and/or C or casein kinase II, and the expression and membrane protein abundance of some AQPs are known to be under hormonal regulation. The human genes for several AQPs have been cloned and an increasing number of disturbances associated to abnormal functioning of these proteins had been identified.
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- M Echevarría
- Depto. Fisiología y Biología Animal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Echevarría M, Caba F, Rodríguez J, Olmedo L, Avila C, Vázquez T, Bernal L, Sánchez J, Pallarés JA, Rodríguez R. [Explicit and implicit memory during inhalation and intravenous anesthesia]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 1998; 45:220-5. [PMID: 9719718] [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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OBJECTIVE Patients rarely report memory or knowledge of surgery after general anesthesia. During apparently adequate surgical anesthesia, however, information processing of high level functions, such as language comprehension and learning, can continue unconsciously. Our objective is to assess whether different anesthetic techniques (two inhalational and two intravenous) guarantee the absence of both types of memory. PATIENTS AND METHOD One hundred patients were randomly assigned to receive the following anesthetic procedures: desflurane/N2O (group 1), isoflurane/N2O (group 2), fentanyl/N2O (group 3) and total intravenous anesthesia (group 4). A cassette with the same music was played in all cases, and an order requiring a nonverbal response was given to 15 randomly chosen patients in each group. Response was evaluated at a visit 24 to 48 hours after surgery. Fifteen patients, therefore, constituted the study group for each anesthetic procedure, and 10 patients formed the control group. We assessed the presence of explicit memory in a structured interview, and implicit memory by way of the relation between the number of times the nonverbal order was obeyed and the time of the interview. RESULTS Explicit memory was absent in all patients. The presence of implicit memory was confirmed, however, in the isoflurane (p = 0.02) group. Significant differences between the isoflurane group and both the desflurane and total intravenous anesthesia groups (p = 0.03) were found. CONCLUSION Explicit memory was absent with all four anesthetic techniques used in our study. Implicit memory was more difficult to inhibit, however, with isoflurane/N2O.
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- M Echevarría
- Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital de Valme, Sevilla
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Caba F, Echevarría M, Gómez-Reja P, Calderón-Gavilán J, Martínez-Navas A, Merino-Grande S, Rodríguez-Rodríguez R. [Satisfaction with locoregional anesthesia in women who had undergone cesarean section]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 1998; 45:172-8. [PMID: 9646665] [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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OBJECTIVES To compare satisfaction with local-regional and general anesthesia in women undergoing cesarean, the possible influence of time of evaluation and recall of the anesthesiologist. PATIENTS AND METHODS Retrospective study performed in all women who delivered by cesarean in the 6 first months of 1997. The women were assigned to two groups according to type of anesthesia, local-regional or general. Their satisfaction with anesthesia was evaluated by questionnaire 48 to 72 hours after surgery and two weeks after release. Most items required discrete-point answers, including a satisfaction of a scale of 0 to 10. During the second interview we also evaluated satisfaction with the procedure and hospital in general, as well as recall of the anesthesiologist. Group homogeneity was based on demographic, sociocultural, obstetric and surgical variables. RESULTS In a context of high satisfaction with anesthesia, 189 (76%) of the 247 women receiving local-regional anesthesia gave high evaluations to the anesthesia (8.90 +/- 1.5; mean: 10), compared with 58 (24%) of those receiving general anesthesia (8 +/- 2; mean 8.5) (p = 0.001). Both groups were homogeneous except for the distribution of emergencies, which occurred more often in those receiving general anesthesia (p < 0.001). Women who had received local-regional anesthesia expressed greater willingness to repeat or recommend the technique (p < 0.001). The highest score in this group was from women receiving intradural anesthesia along with fentanyl for local anesthesia, with significant differences only in comparison to epidural anesthesia. The differences in responses between the first and second interview were scarce. The hospital received a lower evaluation than did either anesthesia or surgery (p < 0.001). The anesthesiologist, who was less well recognized than the obstetrician was remembered better among women receiving local-regional anesthesia (p = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS Local-regional anesthesia can improve levels of satisfaction over that of general anesthesia among women undergoing cesarean surgery, and contributes to maintaining recall of the anesthesiologist. These results may be related to the fact of being conscious during the birth of a child.
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- F Caba
- Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla
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