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Walenna NF, Syarief LI, Nurhadi AA, de Jong PGM, Masadah R. Perceptions of Students and Teachers Regarding the Impact of Cadaver-Less Online Anatomy Education on Quality of Learning, Skills Development, Professional Identity Formation, and Economics in Medical Students. Med Sci Educ 2024; 34:113-123. [PMID: 38510395 PMCID: PMC10948682 DOI: 10.1007/s40670-023-01932-7] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Anatomy is one of the most important basic sciences in medical education and is the foundation for doctors to develop clinical skills. In the last few years, anatomy teaching has been transformed from hands-on practice into online modalities. In this study, we aimed to determine the perceptions of students and teachers about learning anatomy without using cadavers (cadaver-less) from a knowledge, technological, and humanistic perspective. The research was carried out in the Faculty of Medicine at Hasanuddin University, located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, over a period from June to August 2021. A focus group discussion was extended to all medical students in their first year of study following their completion of online anatomy lessons. Furthermore, educators responsible for instructing anatomy in the initial year were sent an invitation to participate in a one-on-one interview with the principal investigator. In general, the results of the study complied with what has been known from the literature about the quality of online learning and its advantages and disadvantages. However, our discussions with students and interviews with teachers revealed that anatomy education without the use of cadavers is perceived as undesirable as it negatively impacts the identity formation of the future physician. It also takes away the opportunity for students to develop empathy for humanity.
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Center for Innovation in Medical Education, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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Kurihara Y, Walenna NF, Ishii K, Soejima T, Chou B, Yoshimura M, Ozuru R, Shimizu A, Itoh R, Furuhashi M, Hotamisligil GS, Hiromatsu K. Chlamydia pneumoniae Lung Infection in Mice Induces Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4-Dependent White Adipose Tissue Pathology. J Immunol 2023; 210:1086-1097. [PMID: 36883861 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) is a critical immune-metabolic modulator, mainly expressed in adipocytes and macrophages, secreted from adipocytes in association with lipolysis, and plays essential pathogenic roles in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. We previously reported Chlamydia pneumoniae infecting murine 3T3-L1 adipocytes and causing lipolysis and FABP4 secretion in vitro. However, it is still unknown whether C. pneumoniae intranasal lung infection targets white adipose tissues (WATs), induces lipolysis, and causes FABP4 secretion in vivo. In this study, we demonstrate that C. pneumoniae lung infection causes robust lipolysis in WAT. Infection-induced WAT lipolysis was diminished in FABP4-/- mice or FABP4 inhibitor- pretreated wild-type mice. Infection by C. pneumoniae in wild-type but not FABP4-/- mice induces the accumulation of TNF-α - and IL-6 - producing M1-like adipose tissue macrophages in WAT. Infection-induced WAT pathology is augmented by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress/the unfolded protein response (UPR), which is abrogated by treatment with azoramide, a modulator of the UPR. C. pneumoniae lung infection is suggested to target WAT and induce lipolysis and FABP4 secretion in vivo via ER stress/UPR. FABP4 released from infected adipocytes may be taken up by other neighboring intact adipocytes or adipose tissue macrophages. This process can further induce ER stress activation and trigger lipolysis and inflammation, followed by FABP4 secretion, leading to WAT pathology. A better understanding of the role of FABP4 in C. pneumoniae infection-induced WAT pathology will provide the basis for rational intervention measures directed at C. pneumoniae infection and metabolic syndrome, such as atherosclerosis, for which robust epidemiologic evidence exists.
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- Yusuke Kurihara
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.,Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Sabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.,Department of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.,Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Walenna NF, Kurihara Y, Chou B, Ishii K, Soejima T, Hiromatsu K. Chlamydia pneumoniae infection-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress causes fatty acid-binding protein 4 secretion in murine adipocytes. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:2713-2723. [PMID: 31992597 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) is predominantly expressed in adipocytes and macrophages and regulates metabolic and inflammatory pathways. FABP4 is secreted from adipocytes during lipolysis, and elevated circulating FABP4 levels are associated with obesity, metabolic disease, and cardiac dysfunction. We previously reported that the bacterial respiratory pathogen Chlamydia pneumoniae infects murine adipocytes and exploits host FABP4 to mobilize fat and replicate within adipocytes. However, whether C. pneumoniae induces FABP4 secretion from adipocytes has not been determined. Here, we show that FABP4 is actively secreted by murine adipocytes upon C. pneumoniae infection. Chemical inhibition of lipase activity and genetic deficiency of hormone-sensitive lipase blocked FABP4 secretion from C. pneumoniae-infected adipocytes. Mechanistically, C. pneumoniae infection induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the unfolded protein response (UPR), resulting in elevated levels of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and cytosolic Ca2+ Of note, exposure to a mitochondrial reactive oxygen species-specific scavenger, MitoTEMPO, reduced FABP4 release from C. pneumoniae-infected adipocytes. Furthermore, treatment with azoramide, which protects cells against ER stress, decreased FABP4 release from C. pneumoniae-infected adipocytes. Using gene silencing of CHOP (C/EBP homologous protein), a central regulator of ER stress, we further validated the role of C. pneumoniae infection-induced ER stress/UPR in promoting FABP4 secretion. Overall, these results indicate that C. pneumoniae infection robustly induces FABP4 secretion from adipocytes by stimulating ER stress/UPR. Our findings shed additional light on the etiological link between C. pneumoniae infection and metabolic syndrome.
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- Nirwana Fitriani Walenna
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan; Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
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Kurihara Y, Itoh R, Shimizu A, Walenna NF, Chou B, Ishii K, Soejima T, Fujikane A, Hiromatsu K. Chlamydia trachomatis targets mitochondrial dynamics to promote intracellular survival and proliferation. Cell Microbiol 2018; 21:e12962. [PMID: 30311994 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that scavenges host metabolic products for its replication. Mitochondria are the power plants of eukaryotic cells and provide most of the cellular ATP via oxidative phosphorylation. Several intracellular pathogens target mitochondria as part of their obligatory cellular reprogramming. This study was designed to analyse the mitochondrial morphological changes in response to C. trachomatis infection in HeLa cells. Mitochondrial elongation and fragmentation were found at the early stages and late stages of C. trachomatis infection, respectively. C. trachomatis infection-induced mitochondrial elongation was associated with the increase of mitochondrial respiratory activity, ATP production, and intracellular growth of C. trachomatis. Silencing mitochondrial fusion mediator proteins abrogated the C. trachomatis infection-induced elevation in the oxygen consumption rate and attenuated chlamydial proliferation. Mechanistically, C. trachomatis induced the elevation of intracellular cAMP at the early phase of infection, followed by the phosphorylation of fission-inactive serine residue 637 (S637) of Drp1, resulting in mitochondrial elongation. Accordingly, treatment with adenylate cyclase inhibitor diminished mitochondrial elongation and bacterial growth in infected cells. Collectively, these results strongly indicate that C. trachomatis promotes its intracellular growth by targeting mitochondrial dynamics to regulate ATP synthesis via inhibition of the fission mediator Drp1.
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- Yusuke Kurihara
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.,Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- General Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Walenna NF, Kurihara Y, Chou B, Ishii K, Soejima T, Itoh R, Shimizu A, Ichinohe T, Hiromatsu K. Chlamydia pneumoniae exploits adipocyte lipid chaperone FABP4 to facilitate fat mobilization and intracellular growth in murine adipocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 495:353-359. [PMID: 29108997 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4), a cytosolic lipid chaperone predominantly expressed in adipocytes and macrophages, modulates lipid fluxes, trafficking, signaling, and metabolism. Recent studies have demonstrated that FABP4 regulates metabolic and inflammatory pathways, and in mouse models its inhibition can improve type 2 diabetes mellitus and atherosclerosis. However, the role of FABP4 in bacterial infection, metabolic crosstalk between host and pathogen, and bacterial pathogenesis have not been studied. As an obligate intracellular pathogen, Chlamydia pneumoniae needs to obtain nutrients such as ATP and lipids from host cells. Here, we show that C. pneumoniae successfully infects and proliferates in murine adipocytes by inducing hormone sensitive lipase (HSL)-mediated lipolysis. Chemical inhibition or genetic manipulation of HSL significantly abrogated the intracellular growth of C. pneumoniae in adipocytes. Liberated free fatty acids were utilized to generate ATP via β-oxidation, which C. pneumoniae usurped for its replication. Strikingly, chemical inhibition or genetic silencing of FABP4 significantly abrogated C. pneumoniae infection-induced lipolysis and mobilization of liberated FFAs, resulting in reduced bacterial growth in adipocytes. Collectively, these results demonstrate that C. pneumoniae exploits host FABP4 to facilitate fat mobilization and intracellular replication in adipocytes. This work uncovers a novel strategy used by intracellular pathogens for acquiring energy via hijacking of the host lipid metabolism pathway.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nirwana Fitriani Walenna
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan; Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Division of Viral Infection, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
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