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Shaw AL, Chen Z, Choi J, Mark DK, Scholl P, Finkelstein R, Elben A, Choi S, Endres M. Benchmarking highly entangled states on a 60-atom analogue quantum simulator. Nature 2024; 628:71-77. [PMID: 38509372 PMCID: PMC10990925 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07173-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Quantum systems have entered a competitive regime in which classical computers must make approximations to represent highly entangled quantum states1,2. However, in this beyond-classically-exact regime, fidelity comparisons between quantum and classical systems have so far been limited to digital quantum devices2-5, and it remains unsolved how to estimate the actual entanglement content of experiments6. Here, we perform fidelity benchmarking and mixed-state entanglement estimation with a 60-atom analogue Rydberg quantum simulator, reaching a high-entanglement entropy regime in which exact classical simulation becomes impractical. Our benchmarking protocol involves extrapolation from comparisons against an approximate classical algorithm, introduced here, with varying entanglement limits. We then develop and demonstrate an estimator of the experimental mixed-state entanglement6, finding our experiment is competitive with state-of-the-art digital quantum devices performing random circuit evolution2-5. Finally, we compare the experimental fidelity against that achieved by various approximate classical algorithms, and find that only the algorithm we introduce is able to keep pace with the experiment on the classical hardware we use. Our results enable a new model for evaluating the ability of both analogue and digital quantum devices to generate entanglement in the beyond-classically-exact regime, and highlight the evolving divide between quantum and classical systems.
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- Adam L Shaw
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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- Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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Scholl P, Shaw AL, Tsai RBS, Finkelstein R, Choi J, Endres M. Erasure conversion in a high-fidelity Rydberg quantum simulator. Nature 2023; 622:273-278. [PMID: 37821592 PMCID: PMC10567575 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06516-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Minimizing and understanding errors is critical for quantum science, both in noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) devices1 and for the quest towards fault-tolerant quantum computation2,3. Rydberg arrays have emerged as a prominent platform in this context4 with impressive system sizes5,6 and proposals suggesting how error-correction thresholds could be significantly improved by detecting leakage errors with single-atom resolution7,8, a form of erasure error conversion9-12. However, two-qubit entanglement fidelities in Rydberg atom arrays13,14 have lagged behind competitors15,16 and this type of erasure conversion is yet to be realized for matter-based qubits in general. Here we demonstrate both erasure conversion and high-fidelity Bell state generation using a Rydberg quantum simulator5,6,17,18. When excising data with erasure errors observed via fast imaging of alkaline-earth atoms19-22, we achieve a Bell state fidelity of [Formula: see text], which improves to [Formula: see text] when correcting for remaining state-preparation errors. We further apply erasure conversion in a quantum simulation experiment for quasi-adiabatic preparation of long-range order across a quantum phase transition, and reveal the otherwise hidden impact of these errors on the simulation outcome. Our work demonstrates the capability for Rydberg-based entanglement to reach fidelities in the 0.999 regime, with higher fidelities a question of technical improvements, and shows how erasure conversion can be utilized in NISQ devices. These techniques could be translated directly to quantum-error-correction codes with the addition of long-lived qubits7,22-24.
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- Pascal Scholl
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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Shaw AL, Scholl P, Finklestein R, Madjarov IS, Grinkemeyer B, Endres M. Dark-State Enhanced Loading of an Optical Tweezer Array. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:193402. [PMID: 37243641 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.193402] [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: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Neutral atoms and molecules trapped in optical tweezers have become a prevalent resource for quantum simulation, computation, and metrology. However, the maximum achievable system sizes of such arrays are often limited by the stochastic nature of loading into optical tweezers, with a typical loading probability of only 50%. Here we present a species-agnostic method for dark-state enhanced loading (DSEL) based on real-time feedback, long-lived shelving states, and iterated array reloading. We demonstrate this technique with a 95-tweezer array of ^{88}Sr atoms, achieving a maximum loading probability of 84.02(4)% and a maximum array size of 91 atoms in one dimension. Our protocol is complementary to, and compatible with, existing schemes for enhanced loading based on direct control over light-assisted collisions, and we predict it can enable close-to-unity filling for arrays of atoms or molecules.
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- Adam L Shaw
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Chen C, Bornet G, Bintz M, Emperauger G, Leclerc L, Liu VS, Scholl P, Barredo D, Hauschild J, Chatterjee S, Schuler M, Läuchli AM, Zaletel MP, Lahaye T, Yao NY, Browaeys A. Continuous symmetry breaking in a two-dimensional Rydberg array. Nature 2023; 616:691-695. [PMID: 36848931 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05859-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Spontaneous symmetry breaking underlies much of our classification of phases of matter and their associated transitions1-3. The nature of the underlying symmetry being broken determines many of the qualitative properties of the phase; this is illustrated by the case of discrete versus continuous symmetry breaking. Indeed, in contrast to the discrete case, the breaking of a continuous symmetry leads to the emergence of gapless Goldstone modes controlling, for instance, the thermodynamic stability of the ordered phase4,5. Here, we realize a two-dimensional dipolar XY model that shows a continuous spin-rotational symmetry using a programmable Rydberg quantum simulator. We demonstrate the adiabatic preparation of correlated low-temperature states of both the XY ferromagnet and the XY antiferromagnet. In the ferromagnetic case, we characterize the presence of a long-range XY order, a feature prohibited in the absence of long-range dipolar interaction. Our exploration of the many-body physics of XY interactions complements recent works using the Rydberg-blockade mechanism to realize Ising-type interactions showing discrete spin rotation symmetry6-9.
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- Cheng Chen
- Institute of Optics Graduate School, CNRS, Charles Fabry Laboratory, University of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Institute of Optics Graduate School, CNRS, Charles Fabry Laboratory, University of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute of Optics Graduate School, CNRS, Charles Fabry Laboratory, University of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Institute of Optics Graduate School, CNRS, Charles Fabry Laboratory, University of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, France
- PASQAL SAS, Massy, France
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute of Optics Graduate School, CNRS, Charles Fabry Laboratory, University of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, France
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Institute of Optics Graduate School, CNRS, Charles Fabry Laboratory, University of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, France
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Research Center (CINN-CSIC), University of Oviedo (UO), El Entrego, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), München, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- Laboratory for Theoretical and Computational Physics, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute of Optics Graduate School, CNRS, Charles Fabry Laboratory, University of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Optics Graduate School, CNRS, Charles Fabry Laboratory, University of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, France.
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Barredo D, Lienhard V, Scholl P, de Léséleuc S, Boulier T, Browaeys A, Lahaye T. Three-Dimensional Trapping of Individual Rydberg Atoms in Ponderomotive Bottle Beam Traps. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:023201. [PMID: 32004042 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.023201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We demonstrate three-dimensional trapping of individual Rydberg atoms in holographic optical bottle beam traps. Starting with cold, ground-state ^{87}Rb atoms held in standard optical tweezers, we excite them to nS_{1/2}, nP_{1/2}, or nD_{3/2} Rydberg states and transfer them to a hollow trap at 850 nm. For principal quantum numbers 60≤n≤90, the measured trapping time coincides with the Rydberg state lifetime in a 300 K environment. We show that these traps are compatible with quantum information and simulation tasks by performing single qubit microwave Rabi flopping, as well as by measuring the interaction-induced, coherent spin-exchange dynamics between two trapped Rydberg atoms separated by 40 μm. These results will find applications in the realization of high-fidelity quantum simulations and quantum logic operations with Rydberg atoms.
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- D Barredo
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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de Léséleuc S, Lienhard V, Scholl P, Barredo D, Weber S, Lang N, Büchler HP, Lahaye T, Browaeys A. Observation of a symmetry-protected topological phase of interacting bosons with Rydberg atoms. Science 2019; 365:775-780. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aav9105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Sylvain de Léséleuc
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics III and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics III and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics III and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Schnepf A, Leitner D, Schweiger PF, Scholl P, Jansa J. L-System model for the growth of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, both within and outside of their host roots. J R Soc Interface 2016; 13:20160129. [PMID: 27097653 PMCID: PMC4874435 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Development of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization of roots and the surrounding soil is the central process of mycorrhizal symbiosis, important for ecosystem functioning and commercial inoculum applications. To improve mechanistic understanding of this highly spatially and temporarily dynamic process, we developed a three-dimensional model taking into account growth of the roots and hyphae. It is for the first time that infection within the root system is simulated dynamically and in a spatially resolved way. Comparison between data measured in a calibration experiment and simulated results showed a good fit. Our simulations showed that the position of the fungal inoculum affects the sensitivity of hyphal growth parameters. Variation in speed of secondary infection and hyphal lifetime had a different effect on root infection and hyphal length, respectively, depending on whether the inoculum was concentrated or dispersed. For other parameters (branching rate, distance between entry points), the relative effect was the same independent of inoculum placement. The model also indicated that maximum root colonization levels well below 100%, often observed experimentally, may be a result of differential spread of roots and hyphae, besides intrinsic plant control, particularly upon localized placement of inoculum and slow secondary infection.
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- A Schnepf
- Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-3: Agrosphere, 52425 Juelich, Germany
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- Computational Science Center, University of Vienna, Oskar Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, Praha 4 - Krč, 142 20, Czech Republic
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Scholl P, Leitner D, Kammerer G, Loiskandl W, Kaul HP, Bodner G. Root induced changes of effective 1D hydraulic properties in a soil column. Plant Soil 2014; 381:193-213. [PMID: 25834290 PMCID: PMC4372835 DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2121-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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AIMS Roots are essential drivers of soil structure and pore formation. This study aimed at quantifying root induced changes of the pore size distribution (PSD). The focus was on the extent of clogging vs. formation of pores during active root growth. METHODS Parameters of Kosugi's lognormal PSD model were determined by inverse estimation in a column experiment with two cover crops (mustard, rye) and an unplanted control. Pore dynamics were described using a convection-dispersion like pore evolution model. RESULTS Rooted treatments showed a wider range of pore radii with increasing volumes of large macropores >500 μm and micropores <2.5 μm, while fine macropores, mesopores and larger micropores decreased. The non-rooted control showed narrowing of the PSD and reduced porosity over all radius classes. The pore evolution model accurately described root induced changes, while structure degradation in the non-rooted control was not captured properly. Our study demonstrated significant short term root effects with heterogenization of the pore system as dominant process of root induced structure formation. CONCLUSIONS Pore clogging is suggested as a partial cause for reduced pore volume. The important change in micro- and large macropores however indicates that multiple mechanic and biochemical processes are involved in root-pore interactions.
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- P. Scholl
- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
- Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Computational Science Center, University of Vienna, Oskar Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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Bodner G, Scholl P, Kaul HP. Field quantification of wetting-drying cycles to predict temporal changes of soil pore size distribution. Soil Tillage Res 2013; 133:1-9. [PMID: 26766881 PMCID: PMC4699634 DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Revised: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Wetting-drying (WD) cycles substantially influence structure related soil properties and processes. Most studies on WD effects are based on controlled cycles under laboratory conditions. Our objective was the quantification of WD cycles from field water content measurements and the analysis of their relation to the temporal drift in the soil pore size distribution. Parameters of the Kosugi hydraulic property model (rm,Kosugi, σKosugi) were derived by inverse optimization from tension infiltrometer measurements. Spectral analysis was used to calculate WD cycle intensity, number and duration from water content time series. WD cycle intensity was the best predictor (r2 = 0.53-0.57) for the temporal drift in median pore radius (rm,Kosugi) and pore radius standard deviation (σKosugi). At lower soil moisture conditions the effect of cycle intensity was reduced. A bivariate regression model was derived with WD intensity and a meteorological indicator for drying periods (ET0, climatic water balance deficit) as predictor variables. This model showed that WD enhanced macroporosity (higher rm,Kosugi) while decreasing pore heterogeneity (lower σKosugi). A drying period with high cumulative values of ET0 or a strong climatic water balance deficit on the contrary reduced rm,Kosugi while slightly increasing σKosugi due to higher frequency at small pore radius classes. The two parameter regression model was applied to predict the time course of soil pore size distribution parameters. The observed system dynamics was captured substantially better by the calculated values compared to a static representation with averaged hydraulic parameters. The study showed that spectral analysis is an adequate approach for the quantification of field WD pattern and that WD intensity is a key factor for the temporal dynamics of the soil pore size distribution.
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Key Words
- PSD, pore size distribution
- Soil pore size distribution
- Spectral analysis
- Temporal variability
- Tension infiltrometer
- WD, wetting–drying
- Wetting–drying cycles
- hm,Kosugi, median pressure head
- rm,Kosugi, median pore radius
- θr, residual water content
- θs, water content at saturation
- σKosugi, pore radius standard deviation
- ϕ, total porosity
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- G. Bodner
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +43 1 47654 3331; fax: +43 1 47654 3342.
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Bodner G, Scholl P, Loiskandl W, Kaul HP. Environmental and management influences on temporal variability of near saturated soil hydraulic properties. Geoderma 2013. [PMID: 24748683 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Structural porosity is a decisive property for soil productivity and soil environmental functions. Hydraulic properties in the structural range vary over time in response to management and environmental influences. Although this is widely recognized, there are few field studies that determine dominant driving forces underlying hydraulic property dynamics. During a three year field experiment we measured temporal variability of soil hydraulic properties by tension infiltrometry. Soil properties were characterized by hydraulic conductivity, effective macroporosity and Kosugi's lognormal pore size distribution model. Management related influences comprised three soil cover treatment (mustard and rye vs. fallow) and an initial mechanical soil disturbance with a rotary harrow. Environmental driving forces were derived from meteorological and soil moisture data. Soil hydraulic parameters varied over time by around one order of magnitude. The coefficient of variation of soil hydraulic conductivity K(h) decreased from 69.5% at saturation to 42.1% in the more unsaturated range (- 10 cm pressure head). A slight increase in the Kosugi parameter showing pore heterogeneity was observed under the rye cover crop, reflecting an enhanced structural porosity. The other hydraulic parameters were not significantly influenced by the soil cover treatments. Seedbed preparation with a rotary harrow resulted in a fourfold increase in macroporosity and hydraulic conductivity next to saturation, and homogenized the pore radius distribution. Re-consolidation after mechanical loosening lasted over 18 months until the soil returned to its initial state. The post-tillage trend of soil settlement could be approximated by an exponential decay function. Among environmental factors, wetting-drying cycles were identified as dominant driving force explaining short term hydraulic property changes within the season (r2 = 0.43 to 0.59). Our results suggested that beside considering average management induced changes in soil properties (e.g. cover crop introduction), a dynamic approach to hydrological modeling is required to capture over-seasonal (tillage driven) and short term (environmental driven) variability in hydraulic parameters.
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- G Bodner
- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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Bodner G, Scholl P, Loiskandl W, Kaul HP. Environmental and management influences on temporal variability of near saturated soil hydraulic properties. Geoderma 2013; 204-205:120-129. [PMID: 24748683 PMCID: PMC3990416 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Revised: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Structural porosity is a decisive property for soil productivity and soil environmental functions. Hydraulic properties in the structural range vary over time in response to management and environmental influences. Although this is widely recognized, there are few field studies that determine dominant driving forces underlying hydraulic property dynamics. During a three year field experiment we measured temporal variability of soil hydraulic properties by tension infiltrometry. Soil properties were characterized by hydraulic conductivity, effective macroporosity and Kosugi's lognormal pore size distribution model. Management related influences comprised three soil cover treatment (mustard and rye vs. fallow) and an initial mechanical soil disturbance with a rotary harrow. Environmental driving forces were derived from meteorological and soil moisture data. Soil hydraulic parameters varied over time by around one order of magnitude. The coefficient of variation of soil hydraulic conductivity K(h) decreased from 69.5% at saturation to 42.1% in the more unsaturated range (- 10 cm pressure head). A slight increase in the Kosugi parameter showing pore heterogeneity was observed under the rye cover crop, reflecting an enhanced structural porosity. The other hydraulic parameters were not significantly influenced by the soil cover treatments. Seedbed preparation with a rotary harrow resulted in a fourfold increase in macroporosity and hydraulic conductivity next to saturation, and homogenized the pore radius distribution. Re-consolidation after mechanical loosening lasted over 18 months until the soil returned to its initial state. The post-tillage trend of soil settlement could be approximated by an exponential decay function. Among environmental factors, wetting-drying cycles were identified as dominant driving force explaining short term hydraulic property changes within the season (r2 = 0.43 to 0.59). Our results suggested that beside considering average management induced changes in soil properties (e.g. cover crop introduction), a dynamic approach to hydrological modeling is required to capture over-seasonal (tillage driven) and short term (environmental driven) variability in hydraulic parameters.
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- G. Bodner
- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
- Corresponding author. Tel.: + 43 1 47654 3331; fax: + 43 1 47654 3342.
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division of Agronomy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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Müller J, Hilterhaus L, Scholl P, Eckstein M, Thum O, Liese A. Online-FT-IR zur Kinetikbestimmung und Prozesskontrolle von Biotransformationen in Mehrphasensystemen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200950146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Demirev PA, Feldman AB, Kongkasuriyachai D, Scholl P, Sullivan D, Kumar N. Detection of malaria parasites in blood by laser desorption mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2002; 74:3262-6. [PMID: 12139027 DOI: 10.1021/ac025621k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 11/30/2022]
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A novel method for the in vitro detection of the protozoan Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, has been developed. It comprises a protocol for cleanup of whole blood samples, followed by direct ultraviolet laser desorption (LD) time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Intense ion signals are observed from intact ferriprotoporphyrin IX (heme), sequestered by malaria parasites during their growth in human red blood cells. The LD mass spectrum of the heme is structure-specific, and the signal intensities are correlated with the sample parasitemia (number of parasites per unit volume of blood). Parasitemia levels on the order of 10 parasites/microL blood can be unambiguously detected by this method. Consideration of laser beam parameters (spot size, rastering across the sample surface) and actual sample consumption suggests that the detection limits can be further improved by at least an order of magnitude. The influence of experimental factors, such as desorbed ion polarity, laser exposure and fluence, sample size, and parasite growth stage, on the threshold for parasite detection is also addressed.
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- P A Demirev
- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA.
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Oestrus ovis (L.) (Diptera: Oestridae), the nasal bot fly, has a relatively short free-living life cycle outside of the host, and therefore it is necessary to know when the parasitic period occurs in order to prevent the clinical signs and economic losses caused by this parasite. The length of this parasitic portion of the life cycle is quite variable: a few weeks to several months depending on the season and climatic conditions. Surveys of Oestrus ovis larval populations in sheep show different results on the number of generations according to the local climate. Mean monthly larval profiles of L1 and L3 burdens of sheep from West African Sahelian countries, Mediterranean countries (Morocco, Tunisia and Sicily) and Southwest France were compared. Valuable information on the suspected extension of the fly season is obtained showing the period of infection in each area. This knowledge will be a valuable tool to help in choosing the right treatment at the right period.
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- G Tabouret
- UMR 959, Physiopathologie des Maladies Infectieuses et Parasitaires des Ruminants, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Toulouse, France
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Schnetz-Boutaud N, Daniels JS, Hashim MF, Scholl P, Burrus T, Marnett LJ. Pyrimido[1,2-alpha]purin-10(3H)-one: a reactive electrophile in the genome. Chem Res Toxicol 2000; 13:967-70. [PMID: 11080044 DOI: 10.1021/tx000135i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Malondialdehyde and base propenal react with deoxyguanosine residues in DNA to form an exocyclic adduct, pyrimido[1, 2-alpha]purin-10(3H)-one (1), that has been detected at high levels in genomic DNA of healthy humans. Previous studies have shown that tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane adds to 1 at elevated pH, forming an enaminoimine (2), but it is uncertain whether 1 reacts directly or hydrolyzes under basic conditions to N(2)-(3-oxo-1-propenyl)deoxyguanosine (3) prior to amine addition. We report that 1 reacts at neutral pH with hydroxylamines to form oximes. The rate of reaction of 1 with hydroxylamines at pH 7 is at least 150 times faster than the rate of hydrolysis of 1 to 3. Thus, 1 is directly reactive to nucleophiles. These observations indicate that 1 is an electrophile in the human genome that may react with cellular nucleophiles to form novel cross-linked adducts.
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- N Schnetz-Boutaud
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Over the past 30 years there have been extensive efforts to investigate the association between aflatoxin exposure and human liver cancer. These studies have been hindered by the lack of adequate dosimetry data on aflatoxin intake, excretion, and metabolism in people, as well as by the general poor quality of worldwide cancer morbidity and mortality statistics. These realities have spurred the efforts to develop new technologies to assess exposure status and risk for aflatoxins, and these agents are among the few environmental carcinogens for which quantitative risk assessments have been attempted. One of the goals of these risk assessments has been the development of primary and secondary preventive intervention methods to lower the human health impact from aflatoxin exposures. The long-term goal of the research described herein is the application of biomarkers to the development of preventive interventions for use in human populations at high risk for cancer. Several of the aflatoxin-specific biomarkers have been validated in epidemiologic studies and are now available for use as intermediate biomarkers in prevention trials. The development of these aflatoxin biomarkers has been based upon the knowledge of the biochemistry and toxicology of aflatoxins gleaned from both experimental and human studies. These biomarkers have been utilized subsequently in experimental models to provide data on the modulation of the markers under different situations of disease risk. This systematic approach provides encouragement for preventive interventions and should serve as a template for the development for the development and validation of other chemical-specific biomarkers and their application to cancer or other chronic diseases.
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- J D Groopman
- Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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4-Methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-1,2-dithiole-3-thione (oltipraz) is an effective chemopreventive agent against several classes of carcinogens in many target organs. Induction of carcinogen detoxication enzymes, particularly glutathione S-transferases, appears to be an important component of the protective actions of oltipraz. It has recently been observed that addition of oltipraz to rat liver microsomes or to cultured human hepatocytes blocks the oxidative metabolism of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) to its 8,9-oxide and the hydroxylated derivative aflatoxin Ml (AFM1). 0ltipraz is a competitive and perhaps irreversible inhibitor of cytochromes P450 1A2 and 3A4. To determine whether oltipraz can affect cytochrome P450-dependent metabolism of AFB1 in vivo we have assessed the effect of oltipraz on the urinary excretion of oxidative metabolites of AFB1 before, during and after a transient intervention. Male F344 rats, housed individually in glass metabolism cages, were gavaged daily with 25 microg [3H]AFB1 for 28 consecutive days. Starting on day 6 and extending to day 16 half of the rats were fed a diet supplemented with 0.075% oltipraz. Sequential 24 h urine samples were collected and a subset analyzed for AFB1 metabolites. AFM1 was the major metabolite detected in all urine samples, accounting for 2-6% of the administered dose. The excretion of AFM1 was greatly reduced (77%) during the active phase of the intervention, when oltipraz was added to the diet, but rapidly returned to control levels after cessation of oltipraz administration. This inhibition of AFM1 excretion was not seen in animals receiving oltipraz by gavage 24 h prior to dosing with AFB1. Collectively these data are consistent with the view that oltipraz or a short-lived metabolite inhibits cytochrome P450 1A2 in vivo.
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- P Scholl
- Department of Environmental Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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The rationale for developing molecular biomarkers to monitor and assess risk from human exposure to aflatoxins have been justified by the association of these carcinogens with human liver cancer, a disease that causes at least 250000 deaths world-wide each year. The goal of our research has been the development of aflatoxin biomarkers based upon the knowledge of the biochemistry and toxicology of aflatoxins gleaned from both experimental and human studies. These biomarkers have been subsequently utilized in experimental chemoprotection models to provide data on the modulation of these markers under different situations of disease risk. Several of the aflatoxin specific biomarkers have been validated in epidemiologic studies and are now available to use as intermediate biomarkers in chemoprotection trials. This systematic approach provides encouragement for preventive interventions and should serve as a template for the development, validation and application of other chemical-specific biomarkers to cancer or other chronic diseases.
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- P Scholl
- Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Ramesh N, Spertini F, Scholl P, Geha R. A toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 peptide that shows homology to mycobacterial heat shock protein 18 is presented as conventional antigen to T cells by multiple HLA-DR alleles. The Journal of Immunology 1992. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.148.4.1025] [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] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We observe that PBMC from most adults (16 of 18 subjects tested) show a small but significant in vitro proliferative response to a 30-amino acid-long peptide (peptide 2, amino acids 34-63) derived from toxic shock syndrome toxin. By contrast, PBMC from newborn blood and thymocytes do not proliferate to this peptide, and furthermore, peptide 2 did not displace the binding of radiolabeled TSST-1 to MHC class II positive cells, nor did it induce IL-1 beta mRNA in monocytes, indicating that this peptide does not behave as a superantigen. Proliferation of PBMC to peptide 2 could be blocked by anti-HLA-DR, but not by anti-HLA-DP or DQ mAb, suggesting that HLA-DR molecules are the restriction elements for the recognition of this peptide by T cells. This premise was further confirmed by demonstrating that mouse L cells transfected with human HLA-DR, but not HLA-DP or DQ molecules, supported the proliferation of purified T cells to peptide 2. Studies with subjects of known HLA-DR types showed that all types tested are capable of responding to this peptide, PBMC from adults exposed to mycobacterial Ag showed significantly better proliferative response to peptide 2 than unexposed adults. Studies with truncations of this peptide suggest that a "core" region of eight amino acids that is conserved between low m.w. heat shock proteins and peptide 2 may be critical to T cell recognition of this peptide. The universal presentation of peptide 2 by HLA-DR molecules may contribute to the widespread natural immunity observed against toxic shock syndrome toxin.
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- N Ramesh
- Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Ramesh N, Spertini F, Scholl P, Geha R. A toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 peptide that shows homology to mycobacterial heat shock protein 18 is presented as conventional antigen to T cells by multiple HLA-DR alleles. J Immunol 1992; 148:1025-30. [PMID: 1737925] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We observe that PBMC from most adults (16 of 18 subjects tested) show a small but significant in vitro proliferative response to a 30-amino acid-long peptide (peptide 2, amino acids 34-63) derived from toxic shock syndrome toxin. By contrast, PBMC from newborn blood and thymocytes do not proliferate to this peptide, and furthermore, peptide 2 did not displace the binding of radiolabeled TSST-1 to MHC class II positive cells, nor did it induce IL-1 beta mRNA in monocytes, indicating that this peptide does not behave as a superantigen. Proliferation of PBMC to peptide 2 could be blocked by anti-HLA-DR, but not by anti-HLA-DP or DQ mAb, suggesting that HLA-DR molecules are the restriction elements for the recognition of this peptide by T cells. This premise was further confirmed by demonstrating that mouse L cells transfected with human HLA-DR, but not HLA-DP or DQ molecules, supported the proliferation of purified T cells to peptide 2. Studies with subjects of known HLA-DR types showed that all types tested are capable of responding to this peptide, PBMC from adults exposed to mycobacterial Ag showed significantly better proliferative response to peptide 2 than unexposed adults. Studies with truncations of this peptide suggest that a "core" region of eight amino acids that is conserved between low m.w. heat shock proteins and peptide 2 may be critical to T cell recognition of this peptide. The universal presentation of peptide 2 by HLA-DR molecules may contribute to the widespread natural immunity observed against toxic shock syndrome toxin.
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- N Ramesh
- Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Sékaly RP, Croteau G, Bowman M, Scholl P, Burakoff S, Geha RS. The CD4 molecule is not always required for the T cell response to bacterial enterotoxins. J Exp Med 1991; 173:367-71. [PMID: 1988539 PMCID: PMC2118778 DOI: 10.1084/jem.173.2.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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T cells respond in a V beta-restricted fashion to bacterial enterotoxins bound to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules. The requirement for CD4 in MHC class II-restricted T cell responses is very well established. We have assessed the role of CD4 in the T cell response to the bacterial enterotoxins Staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA), SEB, and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1. Three CD4- murine T cell hybridomas were transfected with the human CD4 molecule and assayed for interleukin 2 production in the presence of accessory cells bearing human MHC class II molecules and of the appropriate enterotoxin. The results clearly indicate that CD4- cells responded even to suboptimal concentrations of enterotoxin(s) equally well as CD4+ cells. Furthermore, expression of CD4 did not result in the acquisition of previously undetectable reactivity to enterotoxins. These results suggest that unlike the case with antigen-specific responses, formation of a T cell receptor-CD3/CD4 supramolecular complex is not always essential for T cell activation by bacterial enterotoxins.
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- R P Sékaly
- Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Canada
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Chatila T, Scholl P, Spertini F, Ramesh N, Trede N, Fuleihan R, Geha RS. Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1, toxic shock, and the immune system. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1991; 174:63-79. [PMID: 1802619 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-50998-8_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- T Chatila
- Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Karp DR, Teletski CL, Scholl P, Geha R, Long EO. The alpha 1 domain of the HLA-DR molecule is essential for high-affinity binding of the toxic shock syndrome toxin-1. Nature 1990; 346:474-6. [PMID: 2377209 DOI: 10.1038/346474a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Several exoproteins from the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus are highly potent polyclonal activators of T cells in the presence of cells bearing class II antigens of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). These toxins, including the toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1), act at nanomolar concentrations, bind directly to class II molecules, and do not require the processing typical of nominal antigen. Each toxin is capable of stimulating a subpopulation of peripheral T lymphocytes bearing particular V beta sequences as part of their alpha beta T-cell receptors. It is not known how these so-called 'superantigens' bind to class II and how this binding stimulates T cells. In this study, the different affinities of TSST-1 for human class II molecules DR and DP were exploited to define the region of a class II molecule necessary for high-affinity binding. Using chimaeric alpha- and beta-chains of DR and DP expressed at the surface of transfected murine fibroblasts and a binding assay with TSST-1, it was shown that the alpha 1 domain of DR is essential for high-affinity binding, and further that TSST-1 binding did not prevent subsequent binding of a DR-restricted antigenic peptide. This is compatible with a model of superantigen making external contacts with both class II and T cell receptor, and suggests that the V beta portion of the T-cell receptor interacts with the nonpolymorphic alpha-chain of DR.
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- D R Karp
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Mourad W, Scholl P, Diaz A, Geha R, Chatila T. The staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 triggers B cell proliferation and differentiation via major histocompatibility complex-unrestricted cognate T/B cell interaction. J Exp Med 1989; 170:2011-22. [PMID: 2584933 PMCID: PMC2189547 DOI: 10.1084/jem.170.6.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The Staphylococcus aureus exotoxin toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) is a potent activator of T cells and monocytes. We have recently demonstrated that TSST-1 is a superantigen that binds monomorphic determinants on MHC class II molecules. In the present study, we have examined the effect of TSST-1 on the activation and differentiation of high density human tonsillar B cells. TSST-1 bound to tonsilar B cells with high affinity and saturation kinetics. This binding was effectively inhibited by a combination of anti-HLA-DR and anti-HLA-DQ mAbs. Treatment of purified B cells with TSST-1 failed to induce B cell proliferation or Ig production. However, in the presence of irradiated T cells, TSST-1 induced resting B cells to proliferate and differentiate into Ig secretory cells. TSST-1 mimicked nominal antigen in that its induction of B cell responses was strictly dependent on physical contact between T and B cells, and was profoundly inhibited by anti-MHC class II mAbs, anti-CD3 mAbs, and, to a lesser extent, by anti-CD18 mAbs. However, unlike nominal antigen, TSST-1-mediated T/B cell interactions were MHC unrestricted. These results suggest that TSST-1 induces T cell-dependent B cell proliferation and differentiation by virtue of its ability to mediate MHC-unrestricted cognate T/B cell interaction via the TCR/CD3 complex and MHC class II antigens.
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- W Mourad
- Division of Immunology, Childrens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Scholl P, Diez A, Mourad W, Parsonnet J, Geha RS, Chatila T. Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 binds to major histocompatibility complex class II molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:4210-4. [PMID: 2542966 PMCID: PMC287420 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.11.4210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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] Open
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Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) is a 22-kDa exotoxin produced by strains of Staphylococcus aureus and implicated in the pathogenesis of toxic shock syndrome. In common with other staphylococcal exotoxins, TSST-1 has diverse immunological effects. These include the induction of interleukin 2 receptor expression, interleukin 2 synthesis, proliferation of human T lymphocytes, and stimulation of interleukin 1 synthesis by human monocytes. In the present study, we demonstrate that TSST-1 binds with saturation kinetics and with a dissociation constant of 17-43 nM to a single class of binding sites on human mononuclear cells. There was a strong correlation between the number of TSST-1 binding sites and the expression of major histocompatibility complex class II molecules, and interferon-gamma induced the expression of class II molecules as well as TSST-1 binding sites on human skin-derived fibroblasts. Monoclonal antibodies to HLA-DR, but not to HLA-DP or HLA-DQ, strongly inhibited TSST-1 binding. Affinity chromatography of 125I-labeled cell membranes over TSST-1-agarose resulted in the recovery of two bands of 35 kDa and 31 kDa that comigrated, respectively, with the alpha and beta chains of HLA-DR and that could be immunoprecipitated with anti-HLA-DR monoclonal antibodies. Binding of TSST-1 was demonstrated to HLA-DR and HLA-DQ L-cell transfectants. These results indicate that major histocompatibility complex class II molecules represent the major binding site for TSST-1 on human cells.
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- P Scholl
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Scholl P, Jafek BW. Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the parotid gland. Ear Nose Throat J 1986; 65:564-7. [PMID: 3102207] [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: 01/04/2023] Open
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Scholl P, Byers RM, Batsakis JG, Wolf P, Santini H. Microscopic cut-through of cancer in the surgical treatment of squamous carcinoma of the tongue. Prognostic and therapeutic implications. Am J Surg 1986; 152:354-60. [PMID: 3766863 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9610(86)90304-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A retrospective review was carried out of the records of 268 patients with a pathologically proved diagnosis of squamous carcinoma of the tongue treated by glossectomy at M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute from January 1, 1970 through December 31, 1979. Pathologic findings found on frozen section analysis were correlated with the TNM stage of the tumor, histologic characteristics, perineural invasion, type of treatment, local recurrence, and survival rate. Thirty-eight patients with squamous carcinoma of the oral tongue and 16 patients with tumors of the base of the tongue had initially positive frozen section margins. Forty-one of these patients had margins that were negative at the completion of surgery. Thirteen patients never had negative margins. Positive mucosal margins were more common in smaller tumors and positive muscular margins were more common in larger tumors. Patients with perineural invasion and larger tumors had a higher percentage of positive margins. Those patients with initially positive margins that were rendered negative at the completion of the procedure and treated with surgery only had a significantly increased local recurrence rate and reduced survival compared with patients similarly treated with initially negative margins. Tumor stage, location (muscular versus mucosal) of positive margins, and the presence of perineural invasion were not significant in predicting local recurrence or decreased survival. If all patients with microscopically positive margins are considered for postoperative radiotherapy, then the routine use of intraoperative frozen section examination of the margins of resection in squamous carcinoma of the tongue may not be justified.
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Total ophthalmoplegia is a serious complication of internal maxillary artery ligation. Although serious complications of transantral surgery of the pterygopalatine space are rare, they remain a very real possibility and should be considered before undertaking arterial ligation for treatment of posterior epistaxis.
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Todd AC, Bliss D, Scholl P, Crowley JW. Controlled evaluation of fenbendazole as a bovine anthelmintic. Am J Vet Res 1976; 37:439-41. [PMID: 1267239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Calves experimentally infected with Haemonchus, Ostertagia, and Cooperia, and to lesser degrees with Trichostrongylus, Oesophagostomum, Nematodirus, and Bunostomum were used in a controlled experiment to record the anthelmintic efficacy of a benzimidazole compound methyl 5-(phenylthio)-2-benzimidazolecarbamate at dosage levels of 3.5, 5, and 7.5 mg/kg bodyweight. With the 3 dosages, reductions of Haemonchus were 96.7, 99.2, and 99.8%; of Ostertagia, 97.2, 97.2, and 99.5%; and of Cooperia, 99.9, 99.9, and 99.9%. Pronounced reductions were also recorded for Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, Oesophagostomum, Trichuris, and Capillaria, but these populations were too numerically small or too unevenly distributed within the control groups to be given much emphasis. The experimental parasitic populations which developed in the 10 control calves amounted to 91, 763 worms (total).
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Todd AC, Crowley J, Scholl P, Conway DP. Critical tests with pyrantel pamoate against internal parasites in dogs from Wisconsin. Vet Med Small Anim Clin 1975; 70:936-9. [PMID: 1041522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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