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Connors CT, Villaca CBP, Anderson-Baucum EK, Rosario SR, Rutan CD, Childress PJ, Padgett LR, Robertson MA, Mastracci TL. A Translational Regulatory Mechanism Mediated by Hypusinated Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 5A Facilitates β-Cell Identity and Function. Diabetes 2024; 73:461-473. [PMID: 38055903 PMCID: PMC10882153 DOI: 10.2337/db23-0148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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As professional secretory cells, β-cells require adaptable mRNA translation to facilitate a rapid synthesis of proteins, including insulin, in response to changing metabolic cues. Specialized mRNA translation programs are essential drivers of cellular development and differentiation. However, in the pancreatic β-cell, the majority of factors identified to promote growth and development function primarily at the level of transcription. Therefore, despite its importance, the regulatory role of mRNA translation in the formation and maintenance of functional β-cells is not well defined. In this study, we have identified a translational regulatory mechanism mediated by the specialized mRNA translation factor eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A), which facilitates the maintenance of β-cell identity and function. The mRNA translation function of eIF5A is only active when it is posttranslationally modified ("hypusinated") by the enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS). We have discovered that the absence of β-cell DHPS in mice reduces the synthesis of proteins critical to β-cell identity and function at the stage of β-cell maturation, leading to a rapid and reproducible onset of diabetes. Therefore, our work has revealed a gatekeeper of specialized mRNA translation that permits the β-cell, a metabolically responsive secretory cell, to maintain the integrity of protein synthesis necessary during times of induced or increased demand. ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
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- Craig T Connors
- Department of Biology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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Connors CT, Anderson-Baucum EK, Rosario S, Villaca CBP, Rutan CD, Childress PJ, Padgett LR, Robertson MA, Mastracci TL. Deoxyhypusine synthase is required for the translational regulation of pancreatic beta cell maturation. bioRxiv 2023:2023.04.24.537996. [PMID: 37162889 PMCID: PMC10168283 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.24.537996] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
As professional secretory cells, beta cells require adaptable mRNA translation to facilitate a rapid synthesis of proteins, including insulin, in response to changing metabolic cues. Specialized mRNA translation programs are essential drivers of cellular development and differentiation. However, in the pancreatic beta cell, the majority of factors identified to promote growth and development function primarily at the level of transcription. Therefore, despite its importance, the regulatory role of mRNA translation in the formation and maintenance of functional beta cells is not well defined. In this study, we have identified a translational regulatory mechanism in the beta cell driven by the specialized mRNA translation factor, eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A), which facilitates beta cell maturation. The mRNA translation function of eIF5A is only active when it is post-translationally modified ("hypusinated") by the enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS). We have discovered that the absence of beta cell DHPS in mice reduces the synthesis of proteins critical to beta cell identity and function at the stage of beta cell maturation, leading to a rapid and reproducible onset of diabetes. Therefore, our work has revealed a gatekeeper of specialized mRNA translation that permits the beta cell, a metabolically responsive secretory cell, to maintain the integrity of protein synthesis necessary during times of induced or increased demand. ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS Pancreatic beta cells are professional secretory cells that require adaptable mRNA translation for the rapid, inducible synthesis of proteins, including insulin, in response to changing metabolic cues. Our previous work in the exocrine pancreas showed that development and function of the acinar cells, which are also professional secretory cells, is regulated at the level of mRNA translation by a specialized mRNA translation factor, eIF5A HYP . We hypothesized that this translational regulation, which can be a response to stress such as changes in growth or metabolism, may also occur in beta cells. Given that the mRNA translation function of eIF5A is only active when the factor is post-translationally modified ("hypusinated") by the enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS), we asked the question: does DHPS/eIF5A HYP regulate the formation and maintenance of functional beta cells? We discovered that in the absence of beta cell DHPS in mice, eIF5A is not hypusinated (activated), which leads to a reduction in the synthesis of critical beta cell proteins that interrupts pathways critical for identity and function. This translational regulation occurs at weaning age, which is a stage of cellular stress and maturation for the beta cell. Therefore without DHPS/eIF5A HYP , beta cells do not mature and mice progress to hyperglycemia and diabetes. Our findings suggest that secretory cells have a mechanism to regulate mRNA translation during times of cellular stress. Our work also implies that driving an increase in mRNA translation in the beta cell might overcome or possibly reverse the beta cell defects that contribute to early dysfunction and the progression to diabetes.
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Padgett LR, Robertson MA, Anderson‐Baucum EK, Connors CT, Wu W, Mirmira RG, Mastracci TL. Deoxyhypusine synthase, an essential enzyme for hypusine biosynthesis, is required for proper exocrine pancreas development. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21473. [PMID: 33811703 PMCID: PMC8034418 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201903177r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Pancreatic diseases including diabetes and exocrine insufficiency would benefit from therapies that reverse cellular loss and/or restore cellular mass. The identification of molecular pathways that influence cellular growth is therefore critical for future therapeutic generation. Deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS) is an enzyme that post-translationally modifies and activates the mRNA translation factor eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A). Previous work demonstrated that the inhibition of DHPS impairs zebrafish exocrine pancreas development; however, the link between DHPS, eIF5A, and regulation of pancreatic organogenesis remains unknown. Herein we identified that the conditional deletion of either Dhps or Eif5a in the murine pancreas results in the absence of acinar cells. Because DHPS catalyzes the activation of eIF5A, we evaluated and uncovered a defect in mRNA translation concomitant with defective production of proteins that influence cellular development. Our studies reveal a heretofore unappreciated role for DHPS and eIF5A in the synthesis of proteins required for cellular development and function.
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- Department of BiologyIndiana University‐Purdue University‐Indianapolis (IUPUI)IndianapolisINUSA
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- Department of BiologyIndiana University‐Purdue University‐Indianapolis (IUPUI)IndianapolisINUSA
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- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic DiseasesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisINUSA
- Department of Medical and Molecular GeneticsIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisINUSA
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- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic DiseasesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisINUSA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisINUSA
- Department of PediatricsIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisINUSA
- Kovler Diabetes Center and the Department of MedicineUniversity of ChicagoChicagoILUSA
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- Indiana Biosciences Research InstituteIndianapolisINUSA
- Department of BiologyIndiana University‐Purdue University‐Indianapolis (IUPUI)IndianapolisINUSA
- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic DiseasesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisINUSA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisINUSA
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a disease characterized by destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells. Currently, there remains a critical gap in our understanding of how to reverse or prevent beta cell loss in individuals with T1D. Previous studies in mice discovered that pharmacologically inhibiting polyamine biosynthesis using difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) resulted in preserved beta cell function and mass. Similarly, treatment of non-obese diabetic mice with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imatinib mesylate reversed diabetes. The promising findings from these animal studies resulted in the initiation of two separate clinical trials that would repurpose either DFMO (NCT02384889) or Imatinib (NCT01781975) and determine effects on diabetes outcomes; however, whether these drugs directly stimulated beta cell growth remained unknown. To address this, we used the zebrafish model system to determine pharmacological impact on beta cell regeneration. After induction of beta cell death, zebrafish embryos were treated with either DFMO or Imatinib. Neither drug altered whole-body growth or exocrine pancreas length. Embryos treated with Imatinib showed no effect on beta cell regeneration; however, excitingly, DFMO enhanced beta cell regeneration. These data suggest that pharmacological inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis may be a promising therapeutic option to stimulate beta cell regeneration in the setting of diabetes.
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- Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Integrative Data Science Initiative, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- CONTACT Teresa L. Mastracci Department of Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN46202, USA
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Tong X, Chaudhry Z, Lee CC, Bone RN, Kanojia S, Maddatu J, Sohn P, Weaver SA, Robertson MA, Petrache I, Evans-Molina C, Kono T. Cigarette smoke exposure impairs β-cell function through activation of oxidative stress and ceramide accumulation. Mol Metab 2020; 37:100975. [PMID: 32283079 PMCID: PMC7170997 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2020.100975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Epidemiological studies indicate that first- and second-hand cigarette smoke (CS) exposure are important risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Additionally, elevated diabetes risk has been reported to occur within a short period of time after smoking cessation, and health risks associated with smoking are increased when combined with obesity. At present, the mechanisms underlying these associations remain incompletely understood. The objective of this study was to test the impact of CS exposure on pancreatic β-cell function using rodent and in vitro models. METHODS Beginning at 8 weeks of age, C57BL/6 J mice were concurrently fed a high-fat diet (HFD) and exposed to CS for 11 weeks, followed by an additional 11 weeks of smoking cessation with continued HFD. Glucose tolerance testing was performed during CS exposure and during the cessation period. Cultured INS-1 β-cells and primary islets were exposed ex vivo to CS extract (CSE), and β-cell function and viability were tested. Since CS increases ceramide accumulation in the lung and these bioactive sphingolipids have been implicated in pancreatic β-cell dysfunction in diabetes, islet and β-cell sphingolipid levels were measured in islets from CS-exposed mice and in CSE-treated islets and INS-1 cells using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. RESULTS Compared to HFD-fed, ambient air-exposed mice, HFD-fed and CS-exposed mice had reduced weight gain and better glucose tolerance during the active smoking period. Following smoking cessation, CS-mice exhibited rapid weight gain and had accelerated worsening of their glucose tolerance. CS-exposed mice had higher serum proinsulin/insulin ratios, indicative of β-cell dysfunction, significantly lower β-cell mass (p = 0.017), reduced β-cell proliferation (p = 0.006), and increased islet ceramide content compared to non-smoking control mice. Ex vivo exposure of isolated islets to CSE was sufficient to increase islet ceramide levels, which was correlated with reduced insulin gene expression and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, and increased β-cell oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Treatment with the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine markedly attenuated the effects of CSE on ceramide levels, restored β-cell function and survival, and increased cyclin D2 expression, while also reducing activation of β-cell ER and oxidative stress. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that CS exposure leads to impaired insulin production, processing, secretion and reduced β-cell viability and proliferation. These effects were linked to increased β-cell oxidative and ER stress and ceramide accumulation. Mice fed HFD continued to experience detrimental effects of CS exposure even during smoking cessation. Elucidation of the mechanisms by which CS exposure impairs β-cell function in synergy with obesity will help design therapeutic and preventive interventions for both active and former smokers.
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- Xin Tong
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA,Corresponding author. 1400 Jackson St, Denver, CO, 80806, USA. Tel.: +303 270 2080.
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Corresponding author. Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Corresponding author. Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS 2031A, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. Tel.: +317 274 4145; fax 317 274 4107.
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Ye L, Robertson MA, Mastracci TL, Anderson RM. An insulin signaling feedback loop regulates pancreas progenitor cell differentiation during islet development and regeneration. Dev Biol 2015; 409:354-69. [PMID: 26658317 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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As one of the key nutrient sensors, insulin signaling plays an important role in integrating environmental energy cues with organism growth. In adult organisms, relative insufficiency of insulin signaling induces compensatory expansion of insulin-secreting pancreatic beta (β) cells. However, little is known about how insulin signaling feedback might influence neogenesis of β cells during embryonic development. Using genetic approaches and a unique cell transplantation system in developing zebrafish, we have uncovered a novel role for insulin signaling in the negative regulation of pancreatic progenitor cell differentiation. Blocking insulin signaling in the pancreatic progenitors hastened the expression of the essential β cell genes insulin and pdx1, and promoted β cell fate at the expense of alpha cell fate. In addition, loss of insulin signaling promoted β cell regeneration and destabilization of alpha cell character. These data indicate that insulin signaling constitutes a tunable mechanism for β cell compensatory plasticity during early development. Moreover, using a novel blastomere-to-larva transplantation strategy, we found that loss of insulin signaling in endoderm-committed blastomeres drove their differentiation into β cells. Furthermore, the extent of this differentiation was dependent on the function of the β cell mass in the host. Altogether, our results indicate that modulation of insulin signaling will be crucial for the development of β cell restoration therapies for diabetics; further clarification of the mechanisms of insulin signaling in β cell progenitors will reveal therapeutic targets for both in vivo and in vitro β cell generation.
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- Lihua Ye
- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research in the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2043, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2043, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research in the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2043, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research in the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2043, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research in the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2043, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2043, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Mastracci TL, Robertson MA, Mirmira RG, Anderson RM. Polyamine biosynthesis is critical for growth and differentiation of the pancreas. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13269. [PMID: 26299433 PMCID: PMC4547391 DOI: 10.1038/srep13269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The pancreas, in most studied vertebrates, is a compound organ with both exocrine and endocrine functions. The exocrine compartment makes and secretes digestive enzymes, while the endocrine compartment, organized into islets of Langerhans, produces hormones that regulate blood glucose. High concentrations of polyamines, which are aliphatic amines, are reported in exocrine and endocrine cells, with insulin-producing β cells showing the highest concentrations. We utilized zebrafish as a model organism, together with pharmacological inhibition or genetic manipulation, to determine how polyamine biosynthesis functions in pancreatic organogenesis. We identified that inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis reduces exocrine pancreas and β cell mass, and that these reductions are at the level of differentiation. Moreover, we demonstrate that inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the rate-limiting enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis, phenocopies inhibition or knockdown of the enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS). These data identify that the pancreatic requirement for polyamine biosynthesis is largely mediated through a requirement for spermidine for the downstream posttranslational modification of eIF5A by its enzymatic activator DHS, which in turn impacts mRNA translation. Altogether, we have uncovered a role for polyamine biosynthesis in pancreatic organogenesis and identified that it may be possible to exploit polyamine biosynthesis to manipulate pancreatic cell differentiation.
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- Teresa L Mastracci
- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.,Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
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- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.,Department of Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.,Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.,Department of Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.,Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
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Ye L, Robertson MA, Hesselson D, Stainier DYR, Anderson RM. Glucagon is essential for alpha cell transdifferentiation and beta cell neogenesis. Development 2015; 142:1407-17. [PMID: 25852199 DOI: 10.1242/dev.117911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [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: 12/11/2022]
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The interconversion of cell lineages via transdifferentiation is an adaptive mode of tissue regeneration and an appealing therapeutic target. However, its clinical exploitation is contingent upon the discovery of contextual regulators of cell fate acquisition and maintenance. In murine models of diabetes, glucagon-secreting alpha cells transdifferentiate into insulin-secreting beta cells following targeted beta cell depletion, regenerating the form and function of the pancreatic islet. However, the molecular triggers of this mode of regeneration are unknown. Here, using lineage-tracing assays in a transgenic zebrafish model of beta cell ablation, we demonstrate conserved plasticity of alpha cells during islet regeneration. In addition, we show that glucagon expression is upregulated after injury. Through gene knockdown and rescue approaches, we also find that peptides derived from the glucagon gene are necessary for alpha-to-beta cell fate switching. Importantly, whereas beta cell neogenesis was stimulated by glucose, alpha-to-beta cell conversion was not, suggesting that transdifferentiation is not mediated by glucagon/GLP-1 control of hepatic glucose production. Overall, this study supports the hypothesis that alpha cells are an endogenous reservoir of potential new beta cells. It further reveals that glucagon plays an important role in maintaining endocrine cell homeostasis through feedback mechanisms that govern cell fate stability.
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- Lihua Ye
- Wells Center for Pediatric Research and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2053, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Wells Center for Pediatric Research and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2053, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1550 4th Street Rock Hall Room 381, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1550 4th Street Rock Hall Room 381, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Wells Center for Pediatric Research and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Van Nuys Medical Sciences Building MS2053, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Samowitz WS, Curtin K, Lin HH, Robertson MA, Schaffer D, Nichols M, Gruenthal K, Leppert MF, Slattery ML. The colon cancer burden of genetically defined hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer. Gastroenterology 2001; 121:830-8. [PMID: 11606497 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2001.27996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Estimates of the frequency of hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) based on clinical criteria have varied widely. Recent studies of germline mismatch repair gene mutations have suggested that HNPCC accounts for close to 3% of all colon cancer, but this estimate may have been inflated by inclusion of founder effects peculiar to Finland. We therefore determined by genetic criteria the colon cancer burden associated with HNPCC in a population-based study of 1066 individuals from Utah and California. METHODS The coding regions of mismatch repair genes hMSH2 and hMLH1 were sequenced from the germline of those individuals whose tumors exhibited microsatellite instability. RESULTS Microsatellite instability was present in 16% (171/1066) of tumors. Pathogenic germline mismatch repair gene mutations were identified in 7 individuals, and missense amino acid changes of uncertain significance were identified in another 6 individuals. After adjusting for the availability of sufficient germline DNA for sequencing, the 7 clearly pathogenic mutations accounted for 0.86% of colon cancer at the population level. Individuals with these mutations were significantly younger, more likely to have a family history of colon and endometrial cancer, and more likely to have first-degree relatives with a young-age onset of colon cancer than individuals with unstable tumors but without germline mutations (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS We conclude that genetically defined HNPCC accounts for a very small percentage of colon cancer at the population level, a percentage less than that estimated by most previous clinical studies.
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- W S Samowitz
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.
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AIM To assess guidelines for the emergency triage, assessment, and treatment (ETAT) of sick children presenting to hospitals in the developing world. This study pretested the guidelines in Malawi, assessing their performance when used by nurses compared to doctors trained in advanced paediatric life support (APLS). METHODS Triage was performed simultaneously by a nurse and assessing doctor on 2281 children presenting to the under 5s clinic. Each patient was allocated one of three priorities, according to the ETAT guidelines. Any variation between nurse and assessor was recorded on the assessment forms. RESULTS Nurses identified 92 children requiring emergency treatment and 661 with signs indicating a need for urgent medical assessment. One hundred and forty two (6.2%) had different priorities allocated by the APLS trained doctor, but these children did not tend to need subsequent admission. Eighty five per cent of admissions were prioritised to an emergency or urgent category. CONCLUSION Although there are no gold standards for comparison the ETAT guidelines appear to reliably select out the majority of patients requiring admission.
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- M A Robertson
- Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
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AIMS To evaluate the performance of guidelines for emergency triage and treatment (ETAT) of children presenting to hospitals in the developing world. Part of the study was concerned with the delivery of emergency treatment to the sickest group of patients, characterisation of their illness, and outcome. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 236 children were admitted during the study period, 27 of whom died. The three main causes of death were malaria or malaria related illness (n = 7), pneumonia (n = 6), and malnutrition (n = 11). Forty seven children were categorised as needing emergency treatment. Thirty one had no treatment, and eight died; 16 received one or more recommended treatments, of whom five died. The main limitations to delivery of immediate care were the lack of staff in the department and lack of rapidly available blood.
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- M A Robertson
- Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
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Rowell JE, Lupton CJ, Robertson MA, Pfeiffer FA, Nagy JA, White RG. Fiber characteristics of qiviut and guard hair from wild muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). J Anim Sci 2001; 79:1670-4. [PMID: 11465352 DOI: 10.2527/2001.7971670x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In response to increasing commercial interest and the high market value of qiviut (the downy underwool of the muskox), we have employed standards and measurements used in the wool and cashmere industries to describe qiviut fiber characteristics. Fleece samples (qiviut with guard hair) were shaved from the midshoulder of 299 wild muskox hides of known sex and age (1, 2, 3, and 4+ yr) during the Banks Island, Canada, muskox harvest in November 1997. Samples were analyzed for fiber diameter distribution of raw fiber and qiviut, scoured and qiviut yields, and lengths of guard hair and qiviut fiber. We found a sex x age interaction for average fiber diameter (AFD) in raw fiber (P= 0.002) and qiviut (P < 0.001) only. Adult males had significantly coarser AFD than females (21.5 microm, males vs 20.1 microm, females and 18.2 microm, males vs 17.5 microm, females) for raw fiber and qiviut, respectively. Qiviut AFD from yearlings was 1.7 microm finer than the AFD of adult qiviut. Fiber diameter distribution (SD) decreased with age in the raw sample (P < 0.003) and qiviut (P < 0.001) and qiviut SD was greater (P < 0.001) in males than in females. Qiviut theoretical yield (% mass of fibers < or = 30 microm) increased (P < 0.001) with age, and females had higher theoretical yields than males (P < 0.001). Scoured yield did not vary between sexes in any age class and averaged 93.3%. Qiviut staple length did not differ with either age or sex. In summary, differences between the sexes were small up to the 3rd yr, and these differences were not likely to be of commercial importance. However, considering that AFD is a primary commercial criterion of value, AFD changes from 16.5 microm in yearlings to 18.2 microm in adults and from 17.5 microm in adult females to 18.2 microm in adult males would be expected to result in significant differences in commercial value.
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- J E Rowell
- Large Animal Research Station, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 99775-7000, USA.
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Saiki Y, Dyck JD, Kantoch MJ, Robertson MA, Olley PM, Rebeyka IM. Prenatal right ventricular infarction associated with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001; 122:180-1. [PMID: 11436053 DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.112938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Y Saiki
- Divisions of Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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A newborn male presented with watery diarrhea, dehydration and metabolic acidosis. Severe secretory diarrhea of variable magnitude persisted when the patient was on parenteral nutrition with no oral intake. Initial light microscopic evaluation of a small intestinal mucosal biopsy showed partial villous atrophy and crypt hypoplasia. Ultrastructural studies of the villous enterocyte revealed internalized inclusions of microvilli, typical of microvillous inclusion disease. Presented are a case report and a discussion of the differential diagnosis of watery diarrhea in the neonate, as well as a short review of microvillous inclusion disease.
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- W Wilson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Poelman SM, Adeyanju MO, Robertson MA, Recant WM, Karrison T, Fleming GF, Olopade OI, Conzen SD. Human breast cancer susceptibility to paclitaxel therapy is independent of Bcl-2 expression. Clin Cancer Res 2000; 6:4043-8. [PMID: 11051254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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In laboratory studies, ectopic overexpression of the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 has been shown to result in resistance to the cytotoxic effects of many chemotherapeutic drugs. Furthermore, posttranslational modification of moderately expressed endogenous Bcl-2 has been correlated with susceptibility to paclitaxel treatment in vitro. To determine whether tumor expression of Bcl-2 protein correlates with response and ultimate outcome in vivo, we quantified Bcl-2 expression by immunohistochemical analysis of archived biopsy specimens from metastatic breast cancer patients treated with single-agent paclitaxel. The statistical association between the degree of Bcl-2 expression, objective tumor response, and clinical outcome was then determined. In patients (n = 39) whose tumors had low (< or = 10% cells positive) Bcl-2 levels by immunohistochemical analysis, the overall response (complete response + partial response) rate was 21% versus an overall response rate of 22% in patients (n = 36) with high (>10% cells positive) Bcl-2 expression (P = 0.92). In patients with low Bcl-2 expression, the median time to progression was 126 days [95% confidence interval (CI), 63-160 days]. This was not significantly different than the 105 days for patients with high tumor Bcl-2 expression (95% CI, 84-214 days). The median survival time from initiation of paclitaxel therapy for patients with low Bcl-2 expression was 663 days (95% CI, 456-1119 days) and was not significantly different than the 450 days (95% CI, 239-1058 days) observed for patients with high Bcl-2 expression. In conclusion, we found that in metastatic breast cancer, there is no significant association between tumor Bcl-2 expression and response to paclitaxel, median time to progression, or survival, suggesting that the main mechanism of paclitaxelinduced cytotoxicity in breast tumors is independent of Bcl-2 expression.
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- S M Poelman
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Robertson MA, Bleakney RR, Duncan KA. A re-audit of examination dose and screening time of radiographer-performed barium enemas. Clin Radiol 2000; 55:492. [PMID: 10873702 DOI: 10.1053/crad.2000.0384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- M A Robertson
- Department of Radiology, Grampian Universities Hospital Trust, U.K
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Kantor PF, Robertson MA, Coe JY, Lopaschuk GD. Volume overload hypertrophy of the newborn heart slows the maturation of enzymes involved in the regulation of fatty acid metabolism. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 33:1724-34. [PMID: 10334449 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00063-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of volume overload hypertrophy in the newborn heart on the cardiac enzymes controlling fatty acid metabolism. BACKGROUND Shortly after birth, a rise in 5'-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity results in the phosphorylation and inhibition of acetyl coenzyme A (CoA) carboxylase (ACC), and a decline in myocardial malonyl CoA levels with increased fatty acid oxidation rates. Whether the early onset of hypertrophy in the newborn heart alters this maturational increase in fatty acid oxidation is unknown. METHODS Newborn piglets underwent endovascular stenting of the ductus arteriosus on day 1 of life with a 4.5-mm diameter stent, resulting in a left to right shunt, and left ventricular (LV) volume loading. Left ventricular and right ventricular samples from fetal, newborn, three-week control and three-week stented animals were compared. RESULTS Stenting resulted in echocardiographic evidence of volume overload and myocardial hypertrophy. In control animals, left ventricular ACC activity declined from 274 +/- 30 pmol/mg/min on day 1 to 115 +/- 12 after three weeks (p < 0.05), but did not display this maturation drop in hypertrophied hearts, remaining elevated (270 +/- 50 pmol/mg/min, p < 0.05). At three weeks, malonyl CoA levels remained 2.8-fold higher in hypertrophied hearts than in control hearts. In control hearts, LV AMPK activity increased 178% between day 1 and three weeks, whereas in hypertrophied hearts AMPK activity at three weeks was only 71% of control values, due to a significant decrease in expression of the catalytic subunit of AMPK. CONCLUSIONS Early onset LV volume overload with hypertrophy results in a delay in the normal maturation of fatty acid oxidation in the newborn heart.
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- P F Kantor
- Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Smallhorn JF, Fouron JC, Robertson MA, Sandor G. [Standards of pediatric echocardiography]. Can J Cardiol 1998; 14:1003-6. [PMID: 9738158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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- J F Smallhorn
- Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, (Ontario)
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Fouron JC, Robertson MA, Sandor G. Standards for training in pediatric echocardiography. Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Can J Cardiol 1998; 14:899-901. [PMID: 9706272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Kantoch MJ, Frost GF, Robertson MA. Use of transesophageal echocardiography in radiofrequency catheter ablation in children and adolescents. Can J Cardiol 1998; 14:519-23. [PMID: 9594923] [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: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of left-sided atrioventricular bypass tracts. PATIENTS RF catheter ablation was assisted with TEE in 13 children and adolescents aged 9.9 to 16.3 years (mean 13.3). Results were compared with 21 procedures done in 19 patients (age 8.8 to 18 years, mean 14.5) without TEE assistance. MAIN RESULTS RF ablation success rate was similar in both groups (90% to 92%). Successful RF ablation required 6 +/- 8 RF pulses in the TEE group and 10 +/- 7 RF pulses in the non-TEE group (nonsignificant). Fluoroscopy time was 36 +/- 17 mins and 54 +/- 28 mins, respectively (P = 0.03). Characteristic tenting of the fossa ovalis by a transseptal needle was easily visualized with TEE. TEE allowed for precise positioning of the ablation electrode on the mitral valve ring. At the successful site, the ventriculoatrial (VA) time was 42 +/- 10 ms in the TEE group and 52 +/- 16 ms in the non-TEE group (P = 0.05). The atrioventricular (A:V) ratio was 1.1 +/- 1.1 and 1.2 +/- 0.7, respectively (nonsignificant) with a large scatter of individual values. Electrogram amplitudes and VA conduction times that are desirable for RF ablation were also recorded on the mitral valve leaflets and over the coronary sinus. TEE visualized thrombus formation in the right atrium (three patients) and in the left atrium (two patients). CONCLUSIONS TEE should be strongly considered as supplemental imaging for RF ablation of left-sided bypass tracts performed under general anesthesia in children and adolescents. TEE renders transseptal puncture safe. TEE may decrease fluoroscopic exposure. TEE confirmation of the ablation catheter tip in the angle between the coronary sinus and the mitral valve ring may allow limitation of unnecessary RF lesions and injury to the mitral valve. The demonstration of early intracardiac thrombus formation argues for prompt and full heparinization after transseptal puncture.
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- M J Kantoch
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
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Rutledge J, Robertson MA, Kantoch M, Dyck J. Idiopathic dilation of the right atrium: case report and survey of the literature. Can J Cardiol 1997; 13:855-7. [PMID: 9343037] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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Idiopathic dilation of the right atrium (IDRA) is a rare cardiac anomaly of unknown etiology. Whether it is an acquired or congenital lesion is controversial. A case of IDRA detected in utero and confirmed postnatally is reported. The postnatal course was complicated by the development of atrial flutter successfully treated with sotalol. A review of the literature concerning IDRA is presented.
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- J Rutledge
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton
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Robertson MA, Woodside M, Foskett JK, Orlowski J, Grinstein S. Muscarinic agonists induce phosphorylation-independent activation of the NHE-1 isoform of the Na+/H+ antiporter in salivary acinar cells. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:287-94. [PMID: 8995260] [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: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cholinergic agonists stimulate isotonic fluid secretion in the parotid gland. This process is driven by the apical exit of Cl-, which enters the cells partly via Cl-/HCO-3 exchange across the basolateral membrane. Acidification of the cytosol by the extrusion of HCO-3 is prevented by the concomitant activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE), which is directly activated by cholinergic stimulation. Multiple isoforms of the NHE have been described in mammalian cells, but the particular isoform(s) present in salivary glands and their mechanism of activation have not been defined. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction with isoform-specific primers was used to establish that NHE-1 and NHE-2, but not NHE-3 or NHE-4, are expressed in parotid glands. The presence of NHE-1 was confirmed by immunoblotting and immunofluorescence, which additionally demonstrated that this isoform is abundant in the basolateral membrane of acinar cells. The predominant role of NHE-1 in carbachol-induced Na+/H+ exchange was established pharmacologically using HOE694, an inhibitor with differential potency toward the individual isoforms. Because muscarinic agonists induce stimulation of protein kinases in acinar cells, we assessed the role of phosphorylation in the activation of the antiport. Immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that, although NHE-1 was phosphorylated in the resting state, no further phosphorylation occurred upon treatment with carbachol. Similar phosphopeptide patterns were observed in control and carbachol-treated samples. Together, these findings indicate that NHE-1, the predominant isoform of the antiporter in the basolateral membrane of acinar cells, is activated during muscarinic stimulation by a phosphorylation-independent event. Other processes, such as association of Ca2+-calmodulin complexes to the cytosolic domain of the antiporter, may be responsible for the activation of Na+/H+ exchange.
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- M A Robertson
- Division of Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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Phillipos EZ, Robertson MA, Byrne PJ. Serial assessment of ductus arteriosus hemodynamics in hyaline membrane disease. Pediatrics 1996; 98:1149-53. [PMID: 8951268] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of Doppler echocardiography (DE) in the quantification of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) shunt volume and to correlate PDA shunt volume with clinical outcome in infants with hyaline membrane disease. METHODS Ninety-eight DE studies were performed in 30 preterm ventilated infants with hyaline membrane disease within the first 24 hours of age and then at 48-hour intervals to a maximum of three studies while ventilated with a final study after extubation. Right and left ventricular outputs (QRV and QLV, respectively) and PDA flow were calculated using cross-sectional area and flow velocity integrals. Left atrial-to-aortic root diameter measurements were also taken. Clinical outcomes were correlated with the shunt fraction (QLV/QRV). RESULTS QLV/QRV demonstrated a linear relationship with the left atrial-to-aortic root diameter ratio (n = 92; r = .79). In the absence of a PDA (n = 33 studies), QRV versus QLV demonstrated a linear relationship (r = .88). In the presence of a PDA (n = 64 studies) the mean QLV (334 +/- 133 ml/kg per minute) was significantly greater than the mean QRV (237 +/- 84 ml/kg per minute). There was a linear relationship between QLV-QRV (PDA shunt volume) and PDA flow (n = 60; r = .84). In studies with exclusive left-to-right shunting at the PDA (n = 48), the mean QLV-QRV (112 +/- 83 ml/kg per minute) was significantly higher than in those with bidirectional shunting (n = 16; mean QLV-QRV = 50 +/- 27 ml/kg per minute). Two infants with severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH grade 3) and two infants with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) had significantly higher QLV/QRV (2.09 +/- 0.36 and 1.67 +/- 0.02 respectively) than those with no IVH (n = 6; QLV/QRV = 1.31 +/- 0.18) or those with IVH grades 1 and 2 (n = 8; QLV/QRV = 1.48 +/- 0.27). There was no difference in QLV/QRV in infants with or without bronchopulmonary dysplasia and retinopathy of prematurity. Necrotizing enterocolitis did not develop in any of the 30 infants. CONCLUSION PDA shunt volume can be quantified by DE. Larger studies are needed to correlate clinical outcome with QLV/QRV.
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- E Z Phillipos
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Health Centre, University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada
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A new method of creating atrial septal defect, using a 3- or 4-blade cutting balloon catheter combined with conventional static balloon dilation, is discussed. Radially directed surgical cuts made in the atrial septum were enlarged by balloon angioplasty, producing defects measuring 3 to 8 mm, with a mean Qp/Qs of 1.96/L.
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- J Y Coe
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Tabachnick WJ, Robertson MA, Murphy KE. Culicoides variipennis and bluetongue disease. Research on arthropod-borne animal diseases for control and prevention in the year 2000. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996; 791:219-26. [PMID: 8784503 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb53528.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- W J Tabachnick
- Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA
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Chen RP, Ignaszewski AP, Robertson MA. Successful treatment of supraventricular tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy with amiodarone: case report and review of literature. Can J Cardiol 1995; 11:918-22. [PMID: 7489531] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
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Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia (PJRT) is a rare cause of supraventricular tachycardia in the pediatric population and is resistant to most pharmacological therapy. A case of supraventricular tachycardia that, on the basis of postnatal electrocardiographic and Holter monitor evidence, was diagnosed as PJRT and presented in utero as an atypical tachycardia with severe tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy confirmed postnatally is presented. It is the only case of which the authors are aware that was controlled in the neonatal period by amiodarone and that resulted in complete resolution of systolic dysfunction. The literature discussing how tachycardia may induce cardiomyopathy and the use of amiodarone in treatment both pre- and postnatally are reviewed.
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- R P Chen
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
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Fluid secretion by epithelial cells can be modulated by agents that activate Cl- channels in the apical membrane. To sustain secretion, Cl- influx across the basolateral membrane must also be accelerated. To examine the cellular mechanisms that couple Cl- efflux across the apical membrane to Na(+)-coupled Cl- entry across the basolateral membrane, we employed optical imaging techniques, utilizing single rat salivary acinar cells. Na+ influx was negligible in resting cells but was rapidly increased by carbachol due to activation of a Na(+)-H+ exchanger, a Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl- cotransporter, and, most likely, a nonselective cation channel. Receptor stimulation was not necessary, since elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) by thapsigargin activated the Na+ transporters at equivalent rates. Cell acidification, activation of protein kinase C, cell shrinkage, and other events associated with the rise of [Ca2+]i had little effect on Na+ transport in resting cells. Nevertheless, stimulation of cells in a medium that prevented normal Ca(2+)-induced cell shrinkage prevented activation of all three transport pathways. The block of the activation was not overcome by osmotic shrinkage but was relieved when [Cl-]i was allowed to fall, including conditions in which [Cl-]i fell in the absence of cell shrinkage. Activation of a Na(+)-H+ exchanger, Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl- cotransporter, and nonselective cation channel therefore exhibits a requirement for agonist-induced fall in [Cl-]i. Low [Cl-]i may create a permissive environment for Ca(2+)-dependent activation of multiple Na(+)-transport pathways, providing a mechanism for cross talk that coordinates transport activities of the apical and basolateral membranes in secretory epithelial cells.
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- M A Robertson
- Division of Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The foramen ovale size and interatrial flow patterns were studied by combined real-time and Doppler echocardiography in 100 normal human fetuses between 20 and 38 weeks gestation. The foramen ovale, atrioventricular, and semilunar valve diameters increased linearly with gestational age. The foramen flap motion and interatrial flow patterns showed biphasic flow patterns with interatrial flow reversal with atrial systole. Color flow mapping of the diameter of the interatrial flow profile showed good correlation with the foramen ovale size as measured by two-dimensional echocardiography. These data represent the first large study of the normal human foramen ovale correlated with gestational age, thus expanding the reference base for ultrasound assessment of fetal heart.
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- E Z Phillipos
- Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology Division), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Foskett JK, Wong MM, Sue-A-Quan G, Robertson MA. Isosmotic modulation of cell volume and intracellular ion activities during stimulation of single exocrine cells. J Exp Zool 1994; 268:104-10. [PMID: 8301250 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402680206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Stimulation of salivary secretion is associated with a rise of [Ca2+]i in acinar cells. We examined the osmotic and ionic consequences of activation of Ca(2+)-dependent K+ and Cl- channels, by simultaneous optical determinations of cell volume and [Ca2+]i, [Cl-]i or [Na+]i during muscarinic stimulation of single salivary acinar cells, using a differential interference contrast (DIC)-fluorescence microscope. Carbachol caused a rapid rise of [Ca2+]i, as well as a substantial cell shrinkage. Despite variability in the level and kinetics of the subsequent sustained phase of the [Ca2+]i response, cell volume was correlated with [Ca2+]i in all cases. Elevated [Ca2+]i was both necessary and sufficient to cause these changes in cell volume. The proposition that changes in cell volume reflected changes in cell solute content was confirmed by simultaneously measuring [Cl-]i and cell volume. Simultaneous determinations of cell volume and [Na+]i indicated that the initial cell shrinkage was due entirely to K+ and Cl- efflux. Subsequent to the initial shrinkage, [Na+]i rose to high levels, primarily due to activation of Na+/H+ exchange. Thus, modulation of ion transport activities under isosmotic conditions results in substantial changes in cell solute content and cell volume. Subsequent to the early Ca(2+)-induced changes in these parameters, other transporters become active, but it is unclear what signals their activation. Cell swelling by osmotic dilution of the bath resulted in compensatory cell shrinkage (RVD) which was sensitive to K+ and Cl- gradients. Nevertheless, a rise of [Ca2+]i was not necessary for RVD. Osmotic shrinkage and/or cell acidification were insufficient to activate Na+ influx.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J K Foskett
- Division of Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Spinal cord syndrome is a rare postoperative complication in neonates. We describe a case occurring after surgical treatment of a hypoplastic aortic arch in the presence of anemia.
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- M Amitay
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Canada
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Raich TJ, Archer JL, Robertson MA, Tabachnick WJ, Beaty BJ. Polymerase chain reaction approaches to Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) identification. J Med Entomol 1993; 30:228-232. [PMID: 8433330 DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/30.1.228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 05/22/2023]
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Molecular genetic approaches such as polymerase chain amplification (PCR) of target genomic sequences are finding wide application in systematic and taxonomic studies of arthropods. PCR-based techniques that preclude the need for target DNA sequence information of the species of interest facilitate molecular taxonomic studies. Two such techniques, tDNA-PCR (DNA encoding tRNAs is the analyte) and RAPD-PCR (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA) were investigated for their ability to differentiate certain North American Culicoides spp. larvae and adults.
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- T J Raich
- Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523
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Serial assessment of pulmonary artery flow by Doppler echocardiography was carried out in 15 infants after pulmonary artery banding. Three infants were identified as having branch pulmonary artery obstruction based on diastolic pulmonary artery flow. It is concluded that this flow profile may be specific for branch pulmonary artery obstruction after pulmonary artery banding.
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- M A Robertson
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada
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A case of prenatal echocardiographic diagnosis of obstruction of the foramen ovale is described. Presentation was the ultrasound detection of unexplained marked right atrial and right ventricular dilation without fetal hydrops. It is speculated that fetal outcome depends on the severity and time of onset of foramen ovale obstruction in utero.
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- E Z Phillipos
- Department of Newborn Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, Walter C. MacKenzie Health Sciences Center, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada
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Sanz M, Bascones A, Kessler A, García Nuñez J, Newman MG, Robertson MA, Carranza FA. [Implantation of collagen coated hydroxyapatite particles. A clinical-histological study in humans]. Av Periodoncia 1989; 1:11-7. [PMID: 2637052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In this study, histologic behaviour of collagen coated hydroxylapatite particles implanted in human periodontal osseous defects has been analyzed. This material was surgically implanted in four patients, and reentry and block biopsies were carried out 4 and 6 months later. The histologic results demonstrate that this material is well tolerated by surrounding tissues, not eliciting an inflammatory reaction. At four months, the hydroxylapatite particles appear encapsulated by a very cellular connective tissue and at 6 months are found in direct contact with osteoid and mature bone. This material acts as a filler material, being fully biocompatible and stimulating an osseoconductive reaction of the adjacent alveolar bone.
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A case of critical aortic valve stenosis was diagnosed in utero by echocardiography and managed successfully by early elective caesarean section and aortic valvotomy.
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- M A Robertson
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE), a polymorphic plasma protein, is essential for catabolism of lipoproteins by receptor-mediated endocytosis. One of the apoE isoforms (E2) differs in its binding affinity to specific receptors and contributes to variations in lipoprotein metabolism. Diagnosis of apoE isoforms is done by isoelectric focusing, but it is hindered by various degrees of post-translational sialylation of the apoE protein. Electrophoretically silent structural variations may also escape detection by this technique. We describe a method for genotyping apoE based on hybridization of allele-specific oligonucleotides with enzymatically amplified genomic DNA, which permits unambiguous diagnosis of six common apoE phenotypes within 24 h. Among 100 E2 alleles present in 81 unrelated individuals genotyped by this technique, we found two rare structural mutants of apoE in addition to the common E2 form, E2(158Arg----Cys). Automated sequencing of amplified DNA identified the rare mutants as E2(136Arg----Ser) and E2(145Arg----Cys). The genotypic method may complement or even replace isoelectric focusing for routine determination of apoE phenotypes and for identification of rare structural variants.
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- M Emi
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84132
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Musewe NN, Robertson MA, Benson LN, Smallhorn JF, Burrows PE, Freedom RM, Moes CA, Rowe RD. The dysplastic pulmonary valve: echocardiographic features and results of balloon dilatation. Br Heart J 1987; 57:364-70. [PMID: 2953383 PMCID: PMC1277176 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.57.4.364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The feasibility of using balloon dilatation to relieve stenosis caused by dysplasia of the pulmonary valve was assessed in seven patients (five female, mean age two years) with angiographically confirmed dysplasia who were identified among 38 patients with pulmonary valve stenosis selected for balloon dilatation over a two year period. The clinical features in three patients were consistent with Noonan's syndrome. In all patients the gradient across the valve was assessed by cross sectional echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography before cardiac catheterisation. Balloon dilatation was performed by conventional techniques. In one patient, who had balloon dilatation in the operating room before surgical valvectomy, the diameter of the valve orifice increased from 3 mm to 10 mm. Inspection showed a tear along the anterior commissure. The mean (SD) pressure gradients between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery before and immediately after dilatation in five patients were not significantly different (58 (28) and 47 (12) mm Hg) respectively. There was no overall significant change in the degree of stenosis when four of these patients were examined by Doppler echocardiography six months after operation (44 (17) mm Hg), although one patient (case 5) did show a significant reduction in gradient. This patient had angiographic and echocardiographic features of dysplasia and commissural fusion. Several echographic features were common to all patients and distinguished them from cases of typical pulmonary valve stenosis. These were: pronounced thickening of leaflets; leaflet immobility in diastole and systole; no dilatation of the sinuses of Valsalva in diastole, and supra-annular narrowing. These poor results of balloon dilatation suggest that commissural fusion is not an important mechanism for causing stenosis in the dysplastic pulmonary valve. When dysplasia of the pulmonary valve is identified clinically and echocardiographically, balloon dilatation is unlikely to improve haemodynamic function; it should be attempted if commissural fusion is present.
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Lenman JA, Fleming AM, Robertson MA, Abbott RJ, Clee MD, Ferguson IF, Wright DS. Peripheral nerve function in patients with bronchial carcinoma. Comparison with matched controls and effects of treatment. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1981; 44:54-61. [PMID: 7205306 PMCID: PMC490819 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.44.1.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Clinical examination of 80 patients with bronchial carcinoma showed minor neurological abnormalities but in only a few cases were these considered to be due to neuromyopathy. Spontaneous activity in the EMG was shown in 35%, consistent with a mild degree of partial denervation; when 50 of the patients were matched with 50 controls the patients showed a small but significant impairment of nerve conduction velocity in comparison with the controls. These findings accord with subclinical neuropathy in a high proportion of patients with bronchial carcinoma consistent with primary axonal change. Thirty patients participated in a prospective study of the effects of treatment. Of these nine were reassessed following surgery or radiotherapy. Although there was a trend towards improvement in sensory conduction there was no consistent change in the electromyographic findings.
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Robertson MA, Staden R, Tanaka Y, Catterall JF, O'Malley BW, Brownlee GG. Sequence of three introns in the chick ovalbumin gene. Nature 1979; 278:370-2. [PMID: 423993 DOI: 10.1038/278370a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Catterall JF, O'Malley BW, Robertson MA, Staden R, Tanaka Y, Brownlee GG. Nucleotide sequence homology at 12 intron--exon junctions in the chick ovalbumin gene. Nature 1978; 275:510-3. [PMID: 692731 DOI: 10.1038/275510a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [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: 12/24/2022]
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A short partial sequence homology is present at all intron-exon junctions, or splice points, in the chick ovalbumin gene; it is probably a signal for a splicing enzyme. The significance of the junction sequences for splicing is discussed. We find no evidence of strong Watson-Crick base pairing between adjacent junctions.
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Robertson MA, Etchison JR, Robertson JS, Summers DF, Stanley P. Specific changes in the oligosaccharide moieties of VSV grown in different lectin-resistnat CHO cells. Cell 1978; 13:515-26. [PMID: 207434 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(78)90325-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The carbohydrate moieties of the G glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) grown in three distinct lectin-resistant (LecR) Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines have been compared by fine structural analysis of radiolabeled glycopeptides. The mutant WgaRIII, selected for resistance to wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), produces VSV containing G glycoprotein specifically lacking in sialic acid. The mutant PhaRI, selected for resistance to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and previously shown to lack a particular glycoprotein N-acetyl-glucosaminyl-transferase activity, produces VSV containing G glycoprotein specifically lacking terminal N-acetylglucosamine-galactose-sialic acid sequences and possessing an increased number of mannose residues in the "core" region of its carbohydrate moieties. The mutant PhaRIConARII, a "double" mutant selected from PhaRI cells for resistance to concanavalin A (ConA), produces VSV containing G glycoprotein with a further alteration in the mannose residues of the "core" oligosaccharide region. We discuss the relevance of these findings to the mechanisms of glycoprotein biosynthesis in mammalian cells and to the biochemical bases of lectin resistance in CHO cells.
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Jones DG, Turnbull MJ, Lenman JA, Robertson MA. Effect of amantadine on the urinary excretion of some monoamines and metabolites in normal and Parkinsonian subjects. J Neurol Sci 1972; 17:245-53. [PMID: 4653961 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(72)90030-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Jones DG, Lenman JA, Robertson MA, Turnbull MJ. Proceedings: Effect of amantadine on the urinary excretion of some monoamines and metabolites in normal and parkinsonian subjects. Br J Pharmacol 1972; 44:386P-387P. [PMID: 4668639 PMCID: PMC1666048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The incidence of cancer among the African workers on the gold mines of South Africa has been studied for the period 1964-68. Considering the degree of selection to which they are subjected, the crude cancer rate was unexpectedly high.The most common cancers were those of the liver, the oesophagus, the respiratory system and the bladder. Geographical and tribal analysis showed that both liver and bladder cancers were predominantly found in Africans from Mozambique, while most of the oesophageal cancer occurred in Xhosas from the Transkei. The highest rate for cancer of the respiratory system was found in Africans from Natal, predominantly Zulu.The findings of this survey confirm those of previous South African surveys. The differences in cancer incidence are linked to both geographical area (physical environment), and to tribe, which may mean an association with tribal habit and custom. These factors need further investigation.
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Material on African cancer cases admitted to Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, over the years 1948-64 has been analysed, and it has been possible to obtain a useful incidence rate, a ratio study and a tribal analysis for purposes of comparison. The incidence rate, when compared to an earlier Johannesburg survey, showed a rise in oesophageal cancers for males and females. Both lung and prostate cancers showed rising rates in the men, while the female breast and cervix cancer rates remained relatively constant. Liver cancers had decreased in both sexes.
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An attempt has been made to study the Transvaal lowveld by district and tribe in relation to cancer patterns, and to compare these with those of bordering regions.The lowveld is divided into four districts, running from north to south. There appears to be a real increase in the frequency of liver and bladder cancers from north to south. The low cancer measurements in the most northern district (Letaba) are probably due to low cancer susceptibility. When cancers appear more common in the north, this is of interest seen against the very low cancer rates there. Both skin and musculo-skeletal tumours were commoner in the two northern districts in the ratio study and this was to some extent still true in the crude rate estimations.Tribally, the Sothos predominate in the north, the Swazis in the south, the Shangaans are evenly distributed through the area. It appears that Sothos are less cancer-susceptible than the other tribes. Looking at geographic and tribal differences together it would seem that liver cancer is related to physical environment whereas bladder cancer is associated with tribe.An attempt to compare contiguous areas is made in a ratio study comparison between highveld, lowveld and Lourenco Marques. Standardised cancer morbidity incidence rates from three surveys: Lowveld (1962-67), Johannesburg (1953-55), and Lourenco Marques (1956-61) are also compared. Generally speaking, the lowveld occupies a mid-position, both geographically and in terms of cancer patterns, between Lourenco Marques and the highveld-Johannesburg area.
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Robertson MA. Simple instrument for testing the sense of taste. Br Med J 1970; 2:109. [PMID: 5420222 PMCID: PMC1699917 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5701.109] [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: 01/15/2023]
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Fleming AM, Lenman JA, Robertson MA, Samarasinghe HH. Electromyography and nerve conduction in bronchial carcinoma. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1969; 27:717-8. [PMID: 4187439 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(69)91389-3] [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: 01/09/2023]
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Robertson MA. Clinical observations on cancer patterns at the non-white hospital Baragwanath, Johannesburg, 1948-1964. S Afr Med J 1969; 43:915-31. [PMID: 4309403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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