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Spada E, Perego R, Baggiani L, Martino PA, Proverbio D. Hematological, biochemical and microbiological evaluation of feline whole blood units collected using an open system and stored for 35 days. Vet J 2019; 254:105396. [PMID: 31836164 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2019.105396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Despite the increasing availability of feline blood, which is collected and stored for transfusion purposes, few studies have assessed the effect of storage on feline whole blood (WB) units. The purpose of this study was to investigate selected hematologic and biochemical changes during storage of feline WB units and to determine when they occurred. Data from a quality control program for WB units was used in this study. Twelve feline WB units, collected using an open system, were sampled every 7 days from the point of collection to the end of storage at 35 days (D0, D7, D14, D21, D28, and D35). Measurements at each time point were: (1) hematologic parameters; (2) percentage hemolysis; (3) morphologic index scored at 0-3, based on echinocyte transformation of the erythrocytes; and (4) selected biochemical parameters. Aerobic and anaerobic culture was performed at D0 and D35. Results were compared statistically to D0 (statistical significance set at <0.01). Storage did not result in statistically significant changes in measured hematological parameters. There were statistically significant increases in percentage hemolysis and morphologic index, starting from D21 (P=0.000 and P=0.004, respectively). Glucose decreased significantly from D21 (P=0.003); potassium increased significantly from D7 (P=0.001); and sodium increased significantly, starting from D28 (P=0.009). Bacteria were not isolated. Blood in feline WB units collected using an open system underwent some significant storage changes that were time-dependent. As these changes could affect the quality and the utility of stored WB used in feline transfusion medicine, further study is required to determine their clinical importance.
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- E Spada
- Veterinary Transfusion Research Laboratory (REVLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine (DIMEVET), University of Milan, via G. Celoria, 10 - 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Veterinary Transfusion Research Laboratory (REVLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine (DIMEVET), University of Milan, via G. Celoria, 10 - 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Veterinary Transfusion Research Laboratory (REVLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine (DIMEVET), University of Milan, via G. Celoria, 10 - 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Veterinary Medicine (DIMEVET), University of Milan, via G. Celoria, 10 - 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Veterinary Transfusion Research Laboratory (REVLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine (DIMEVET), University of Milan, via G. Celoria, 10 - 20133, Milan, Italy
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- P. A. Martino
- Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria. Università di Milano, Italy
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- Istituto di Zootecnica. Università di Milano
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- Istituto di Zootecnica. Università di Milano
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Pecorini C, Savazzini F, Martino PA, Fusi E, Fogher C, Baldi A. Heterologous Expression of Biologically Active Porcine Lactoferrin in Pichia Pastoris Yeast. Vet Res Commun 2015; 29 Suppl 2:379-82. [PMID: 16244999 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-005-0086-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- C Pecorini
- Department of Veterinary Science and Technology for Food Safety, University of Milan, Italy.
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Groppetti D, Martino PA, Ravasio G, Bronzo V, Pecile A. Prognostic potential of amniotic fluid analysis at birth on canine neonatal outcomes. Vet J 2015; 206:423-5. [PMID: 26526525 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 10/28/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/29/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Glucose, lactate and cortisol concentrations in amniotic fluid were measured at birth in 95 pups and related to neonatal viability based on Apgar scoring and to neonatal mortality. Neither amniotic parameters nor neonatal mortality were associated with the Apgar score. Stillborn pups showed high lactate (P < 0.001) and cortisol (P < 0.05) but low glucose amniotic concentrations (P < 0.001). No amniotic fluid differences were observed between normal and malformed pups. Amniotic glucose (P < 0.001), lactate (P < 0.05) and cortisol (P < 0.05) concentrations were higher in pups delivered by vaginal parturition than by Caesarean section. Birth weight was higher in live pups than in pups dying within 48 h (P < 0.05). Although these are preliminary results, the analysis of amniotic fluid collected at birth could be a valuable predictor of neonatal outcomes in dogs.
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- D Groppetti
- Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 10 via G. Celoria, I-20133 Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 10 via G. Celoria, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 10 via G. Celoria, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health, Animal Sciences and Food Safety, Università degli Studi di Milano, 10 via G. Celoria, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 10 via G. Celoria, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- DIVET; Veterinary Medicine; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milano Italy
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- DIVET; Veterinary Medicine; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milano Italy
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- DIVET; Veterinary Medicine; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milano Italy
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- Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital; University of Liverpool; UK
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The results of in vitro tests for induction of antibiotic resistance in some strains of Mycoplasma gallisepticum are reported. The number of passages required to induce resistance varied considerably between different antibiotics. In two groups of tests, with different strains of M. gallisepticum, resistance (>/= 1 mg/ml) to streptomycin appeared after two to three passages, to erythromycin and spiramycin after five to eight passages, to tylosin after nine to eleven and to enrofloxacin after eight to ten passages. With chlortetracycline the increase in resistance was very low (no more than ten times the starting minimal inhibitory concentration). Cross-sensitivity tests using strains with induced resistance to the different antibiotics demonstrated that those which were resistant to tylosin were also resistant to other macrolides ( > 1 mg/ml), whereas strains made resistant to erythromycin and spiramycin appeared only less sensitive (2 to 200 mug/ml) to tylosin in comparison with the original strains. Streptomycin, chlortetracycline and enrofloxacin induced very little or no cross-resistance.
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- A Zanella
- Institute of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, University of Milan (Italy), Milano
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Groppetti D, Pecile A, Barbero C, Martino PA. Vaginal bacterial flora and cytology in proestrous bitches: role on fertility. Theriogenology 2012; 77:1549-56. [PMID: 22289216 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Revised: 11/25/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The study of canine vaginal cytology underwent limited evolution over the years. Presence and significance of inflammatory cells in vaginal smears are little considered aspects in the bitch. Moreover, occurrence of vaginal bacteria in breeding bitches during follicular phase of the reproductive cycle, in absence of clinical signs of infection, involves the difficult question of antibiotics administration. The aim of this study was to relate findings in vaginal cytology (presence of neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils, erytrocytes and bacteria) and microbial environment during proestrus with fertility outcomes (development of pregnancy, uterine infection, resorption, abortion and neonatal mortality). Bacteria sensitivity to antibiotics normally used in small animal practice was also evaluated. Bacteria isolated from vagina, in order of frequency, were Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus β-haemolyticus, Pasteurella multocida, E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, E. coli haemolyticus, Arcanobacterium pyogenes, Streptococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp. and Acinetobacter spp. No mycoplasmas were observed. The present study showed that proestrous cytological aspects do not affect fertility. Eosinophils were never detected, while erythrocytes were always detected. During diestrus, E. coli was found in all pregnant bitches that developed clinical symptoms of uterine disorders (n = 3), resulting in uterine infection, resorption or abortion, but without statistical significance. Vaginal presence of Streptococcus spp. in proestrus was instead negatively associated with development of uterine infections (P = 0.005). Therefore, Streptococcus spp. could have a protective competitive role against more dangerous pathogens affecting fertility of the bitch. Among the 12 antibiotics tested, Gram-negative bacteria showed a significant sensitivity towards the amoxicillin and clavulanic acid association (P = 0.038). However, antibiotic treatment before mating, on the basis of positive culture, yet in the absence of clinical signs, seems to be unnecessary besides harmful leading to imbalance in vaginal commensal flora with adverse effects on fertility. In conclusion, vaginal bacteria, neutrophils, lymphocytes and erytrocytes should be considered as physiological aspect in the bitch during proestrus that does not require antibiotic therapy when asymptomatic.
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- D Groppetti
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Reproduction Unit, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria 10, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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Panzani S, Villani M, McGladdery A, Magri M, Kindahl H, Galeati G, Martino PA, Veronesi MC. Concentrations of 15-ketodihydro-PGF2alpha, cortisol, and progesterone in the plasma of healthy and pathologic newborn foals. Theriogenology 2009; 72:1032-40. [PMID: 19748663 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2009] [Revised: 06/08/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Information regarding the plasma hormone profiles of prostaglandins (PGs), cortisol (C), and progesterone (P4) during pathologic processes in newborn foals is scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the plasma concentrations of these hormones in diseased foals (n=40) and healthy at-term foals (n=24) (Equus caballus) during the first 2 weeks of life. Blood samples were collected daily, before any treatment with nonsteroidal drugs in diseased foals, and plasma was analyzed by radioimmunoassay. 15-Ketodihydro-PGF(2alpha) (PGM) was consistently higher in diseased foals than in healthy foals, probably related to roles of PGs in completing organ maturation and/or the presence of oxidative stress or inflammation. Similar trends were observed for C and P4. In diseased newborns, only PGM was significantly higher in nonsurviving foals, although C showed a similar profile. When specific diseases were considered, the levels of PGM and C were lower in premature foals at 12h of life, whereas the concentration of P4 was higher than in controls. The results of this study demonstrate the differences in plasma hormone levels between healthy and pathologic newborn foals, particularly during the first 2 d of life, probably reflecting the inability of diseased foals to cope with the transition between fetal and neonatal life.
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- S Panzani
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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Roncada P, Deriu F, Gaviraghi A, Martino PA, Bonizzi L. Proteomic study of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli strains. Vet Res Commun 2009; 33 Suppl 1:157-60. [DOI: 10.1007/s11259-009-9260-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Pollera C, Caramelli M, Giannino ML, Martino PA, Puricelli M, Casalone C, Gazzuola P, Poli G. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE): vaccinal approach using the hamster model. Vet Res Commun 2004; 28 Suppl 1:303-6. [PMID: 15372983 DOI: 10.1023/b:verc.0000045432.41774.57] [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: 11/12/2022]
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- C Pollera
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Hygiene and Public Health, Microbiology and Immunology Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Italy.
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Zanella A, Dall'Ara P, Martino PA. Avian influenza epidemic in Italy due to serovar H7N1. Avian Dis 2001; 45:257-61. [PMID: 11332492] [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: 02/19/2023]
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Beginning at the end of March 1999, a syndrome characterized by severe depression, anorexia, fever, and respiratory and enteric symptoms appeared in flocks of turkeys and, to a lesser extent, of chickens in the densely populated poultry-rearing regions of northeast Italy. The disease was characterized by sinusitis, tracheitis, peritonitis, and pancreatitis. The mortality varied between 5% and 90%. The disease was diagnosed as low pathogenic avian influenza, H7N1 serotype. After a summer period of declining cases, the disease reappeared in autumn exclusively in turkeys. Since the middle of December 1999, many farms of chickens, turkeys, and guinea fowl were abruptly affected by a highly pathogenic H7N1 virus, with very severe depression and mortality up to 100% in a few days. By the end of March 2000, nearly 500 farms, representing over 15 million birds, were affected or depopulated. To date, control measures have focused on improved biosecurity measures. Vaccine was not allowed, but its use was debated.
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- A Zanella
- Institute of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, University of Milan, Italy
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Chen S, Clarke PE, Martino PA, Deng PS, Yeh CH, Lee TD, Prochaska HJ, Talalay P. Mouse liver NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase: protein sequence analysis by tandem mass spectrometry, cDNA cloning, expression in Escherichia coli, and enzyme activity analysis. Protein Sci 1994; 3:1296-304. [PMID: 7527260 PMCID: PMC2142921 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560030816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The amino acid sequence of mouse liver NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase (EC 1.6.99.2) has been determined by tandem mass spectrometry and deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA encoding for the enzyme. The electrospray mass spectral analyses revealed, as previously reported (Prochaska HJ, Talalay P, 1986, J Biol Chem 261:1372-1378), that the 2 forms--the hydrophilic and hydrophobic forms--of the mouse liver quinone reductase have the same molecular weight. No amino acid sequence differences were found by tandem mass spectral analyses of tryptic peptides of the 2 forms. Moreover, the amino-termini of the mouse enzymes are acetylated as determined by tandem mass spectrometry. Further, only 1 cDNA species encoding for the quinone reductase was found. These results suggest that the 2 forms of the mouse quinone reductase have the same primary sequences, and that any difference between the 2 forms may be attributed to a labile posttranslational modification. Analysis of the mouse quinone reductase cDNA revealed that the enzyme is 273 amino acids long and has a sequence homologous to those of rat and human quinone reductases. In this study, the mouse quinone reductase cDNA was also ligated into a prokaryotic expression plasmid pKK233.2, and the constructed plasmid was used to transform Escherichia coli strain JM109. The E. coli-expressed mouse quinone reductase was purified and characterized. Although mouse quinone reductase has an amino acid sequence similar to those of the rat and human enzymes, the mouse enzyme has a higher NAD(P)H-menadione reductase activity and is less sensitive to flavones and dicoumarol, 2 known inhibitors of the enzyme.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Chen
- Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010
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Chen HH, Ma JX, Forrest GL, Deng PS, Martino PA, Lee TD, Chen S. Expression of rat liver NAD(P)H:quinone-acceptor oxidoreductase in Escherichia coli and mutagenesis in vitro at Arg-177. Biochem J 1992; 284 ( Pt 3):855-60. [PMID: 1622401 PMCID: PMC1132618 DOI: 10.1042/bj2840855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A prokaryotic expression plasmid, pKK-DT2, containing the cDNA of rat liver NAD(P)H:quinone-acceptor oxidoreductase (EC 1.6.99.2; DT-diaphorase) was constructed and used to transform Escherichia coli strain JM109. The rat liver quinone reductase was expressed in strain in JM109 and was inducible with isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG). The expressed rat protein was purified by affinity chromatography and had kinetic and physical properties identical with the protein purified from rat liver in that it could utilize either NADH or NADPH as the electron donor and its activity was inhibited by dicoumarol. In addition, we have generated four mutants, Arg-177----His (R177H), Arg-177----Ala (R177A), Arg-177----Cys (R177C) and Arg-177----Leu (R177L), using this expression system. Several of the mutants behaved anomalously on SDS/PAGE, but all of the mutant proteins had the expected M(r) as determined by electrospray m.s. These results and those obtained from enzyme kinetic analysis, u.v./visible absorption spectral analysis, and flavin and tryptophan fluorescence analysis of the wild-type enzyme and four mutants indicated that mutations at Arg-177 changed the conformation of the enzyme, resulting in a decrease in enzyme activity. Replacing Arg-177 with leucine altered the protein conformation and decreased FAD incorporation.
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- H H Chen
- Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010
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Mahoney JF, Perel J, Lee TD, Martino PA, Williams P. Shock wave model for sputtering biomolecules using massive cluster impacts. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 1992; 3:311-317. [PMID: 24243041 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(92)87058-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/1991] [Revised: 11/12/1991] [Accepted: 11/14/1991] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A shock wave model is proposed to explain certain features of recently reported spectra obtained by massive duster impact (MCI) mass spectrometry. It is suggested that clusters that impact glycerol matrices with energies/nucleon in the range 0.01 eV/u < E/N < 1.0 eV/u provide an extremely soft method for sputtering intact biomolecules, Compared to the high energy/nucleon characteristic of atomic or molecular ion primary beams (typically < 50 eV/u), massive cluster primary beams possess much lower energies/nucleon, which are insufficient to cause appreciable ionization and radiation damage of matrix material. Moreover, fragmentation products of parent molecular ions are effectively lower. With these benefits, MCI spectra show lower chemical noise background and enhanced signalto-noise ratios. Rankine-Hugoniot analysis of the shock conditions is used to arrive at an estimate of the heat retained in the collision-affected matrix volume after bombardment by a characteristic cluster. For a cluster collision resulting in a 26.8 GPa shock pressure, by analogy with water data, rapid heating of the shocked volume to 1000 °C or more is plausible. In a beam consisting of clusters distributed in size and charge, an estimate is made for the range of cluster sizes over which hyrodynamic shock wave theory applies.
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- J F Mahoney
- Phrasor Scientific, Inc., 1536 Highland Avenue, 91010, Duarte, CA
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Erickson AK, Payne DM, Martino PA, Rossomando AJ, Shabanowitz J, Weber MJ, Hunt DF, Sturgill TW. Identification by mass spectrometry of threonine 97 in bovine myelin basic protein as a specific phosphorylation site for mitogen-activated protein kinase. J Biol Chem 1990; 265:19728-35. [PMID: 1700979] [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: 12/28/2022] Open
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Bovine myelin basic protein (MBP) was found to be an excellent in vitro substrate (apparent Km = 50 microM) for MAP (mitogen-activated protein) kinase and can be used in lieu of microtubule-associated protein 2 for purification and functional studies of the enzyme. MBP phosphotransferase activity co-purified with MAP kinase during sequential DE52, phenyl-Superose, and gel filtration chromatography, and kinase activities for the two substrates were co-regulated by mitogen stimulation. MAP kinase phosphorylated MBP exclusively on threonine, and only one major phosphopeptide was generated by digestion with trypsin or endoproteinase Lys-C. Using mass spectrometry, we determined that the phosphorylation site is threonine 97, present in the conserved triproline loop of MBP, with (partial) sequence -Thr-Pro-Arg-Thr97-Pro-Pro-Pro-. Thr97 is a known in vivo phosphorylation site in MBP although enzymes capable of phosphorylating this site have not been identified previously. MAP kinase phosphorylated peptide 88-109 from rabbit MBP and a synthetic peptide 91-109 from human MBP but did not phosphorylate either the histone H1 peptide, utilized by p34cdc2, or the peptide substrate for the recently described proline-directed kinase. Thus, the sequence surrounding threonine 97 in bovine MBP may contain essential features of a recognition sequence for MAP kinase.
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- A K Erickson
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908
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Erickson AK, Payne DM, Martino PA, Rossomando AJ, Shabanowitz J, Weber MJ, Hunt DF, Sturgill TW. Identification by mass spectrometry of threonine 97 in bovine myelin basic protein as a specific phosphorylation site for mitogen-activated protein kinase. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)45433-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Aird SD, Yates JR, Martino PA, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Kaiser II. The amino acid sequence of the acidic subunit B-chain of crotoxin. Biochim Biophys Acta 1990; 1040:217-24. [PMID: 2400773 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(90)90079-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The B-chain of the acidic subunit of crotoxin proved refractory to Edman degradation. When subjected to sequence analysis using tandem mass spectrometry, pyroglutamate was found at the amino-terminal end, even though earlier attempts to de-block with pyroglutamate aminopeptidase were unsuccessful. The B-chain contained 35 amino acids and showed 91% amino acid identity with the corresponding segment from Mojave toxin, a homologous neurotoxin from Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus. The sequence of the last 24 residues of the B-chain is consistent with that previously published (Aird, S.D., Kaiser, I.I., Lewis, R.V. and Kruggel, W.G. (1985) Biochemistry 24, 7054-7058), except at position 20, where Edman degradation gave glycine and mass spectrometry gave glutamic acid.
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- S D Aird
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071
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Bieber AL, Becker RR, McParland R, Hunt DF, Shabanowitz J, Yates JR, Martino PA, Johnson GR. The complete sequence of the acidic subunit from Mojave toxin determined by Edman degradation and mass spectrometry. Biochim Biophys Acta 1990; 1037:413-21. [PMID: 2310754 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(90)90045-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mojave toxin, a heterodimeric, neurotoxic phospholipase complex from Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus, is one of a group of closely related rattlesnake toxins for which much structural information is still lacking. The complete amino-acid sequence of the acidic subunit from Mojave toxin was determined. The three individual peptide chains, derived from the acidic subunit by reductive alkylation, were separated by high-performance liquid chromatography. Fragmentations of the A and B chains were done using specific proteinases and the resulting peptide mixtures were fractionated by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Sequence analyses on the intact chains and the fragments from digests were done by automated Edman degradation, carboxypeptidase Y degradation and triple-quadrupole and tandem-quadrupole Fourier-transform mass spectrometry. The sequence for each acidic subunit chain is very similar to the corresponding chain from the related neurotoxin complex, crotoxin, and overall the sequence is similar to the sequences of group I and II phospholipases A2. The N-terminus of the B chain is blocked by pyroglutamic acid. The existence of two distinct and closely related C chains was established. It is unlikely that the small sequence difference can account for the isoforms that are present in purified Mojave toxin and in unfractionated venom.
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- A L Bieber
- Department of Chemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287
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Moore CR, Yates JR, Griffin PR, Shabanowitz J, Martino PA, Hunt DF, Cafiso DS. Proteolytic fragments of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor identified by mass spectrometry: implications for receptor topography. Biochemistry 1989; 28:9184-91. [PMID: 2605252 DOI: 10.1021/bi00449a034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A triple-state quadrupole or a tandem quadrupole Fourier-transform mass spectrometer was used to detect and sequence the peptides released by proteolytic cleavage of the acetylcholine receptor (AcChR) from Torpedo californica electroplax. Fragments in mass range up to 3479 daltons were characterized on the above instrumentation and used to determine proteolytically accessible sites on the receptor. These data were consistent with the cleavage points determined for membrane-bound fragments of the same AcChR samples using gas-phase microsequencing. Each subunit of the receptor is readily cleaved near the C-terminus in the region between the proposed transmembrane hydrophobic alpha-helices MIII and MIV. This region includes the putative regulatory phosphorylation sites and the amphipathic alpha-helix. Cleavage is also observed in the N-terminal domain, but occurs much more slowly than in the C-terminal region. No cleavage was detected in the middle third of the receptor, which includes the proposed transmembrane alpha-helices MI and MII. An evaluation of these data in terms of the transmembrane topography of the AcChR peptides is consistent with a synaptic or extracellular disposition for the region between MIII and MIV.
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- C R Moore
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901
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Gaylinn BD, Eddinger TJ, Martino PA, Monical PL, Hunt DF, Murphy RA. Expression of nonmuscle myosin heavy and light chains in smooth muscle. Am J Physiol 1989; 257:C997-1004. [PMID: 2531982 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1989.257.5.c997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have compiled evidence that nonmuscle isoforms of both myosin heavy chain (NM MHC) and myosin regulatory light chain (NM LC20) are present in fully differentiated smooth muscles (SM). In swine carotid media sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis separated three MHC bands. The upper two bands were identified by immunoblotting as SM-specific isoforms. The lowest MHC band amounted to 14 +/- 2% of the total MHC and was electrophoretically and antigenically similar to platelet MHC. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of swine carotid media extracts resolved multiple LC20 species, including phosphorylated and "satellite" forms. Mass spectrometric analysis of tryptic peptides from blots of these gels demonstrated two LC20 isoforms. The measured peptide masses correspond with two published cDNA sequences proposed to represent SM and NM LC20 isoforms. These sequences readily explain the electrophoretic behavior of the isoforms. The minor isoform's abundance (16 +/- 3%, corresponding to NM MHC), antigenic properties, and pattern of expression in tissue culture all confirm that this is a NM LC20 isoform. The localization and functional significance of NM myosin in smooth muscle is unknown.
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- B D Gaylinn
- Department of Physiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908
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