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Nemcakova I, Blahova L, Rysanek P, Blanquer A, Bacakova L, Zajíčková L. Behaviour of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells on Amine Plasma-Coated Materials with Various Chemical Structures and Morphologies. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E9467. [PMID: 33322781 PMCID: PMC7763571 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Amine-coated biodegradable materials based on synthetic polymers have a great potential for tissue remodeling and regeneration because of their excellent processability and bioactivity. In the present study, we have investigated the influence of various chemical compositions of amine plasma polymer (PP) coatings and the influence of the substrate morphology, represented by polystyrene culture dishes and polycaprolactone nanofibers (PCL NFs), on the behavior of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Although all amine-PP coatings improved the initial adhesion of VSMCs, 7-day long cultivation revealed a clear preference for the coating containing about 15 at.% of nitrogen (CPA-33). The CPA-33 coating demonstrated the ideal combination of good water stability, a sufficient amine group content, and favorable surface wettability and morphology. The nanostructured morphology of amine-PP-coated PCL NFs successfully slowed the proliferation rate of VSMCs, which is essential in preventing restenosis of vascular replacements in vivo. At the same time, CPA-33-coated PCL NFs supported the continuous proliferation of VSMCs during 7-day long cultivation, with no significant increase in cytokine secretion by RAW 264.7 macrophages. The CPA-33 coating deposited on biodegradable PCL NFs therefore seems to be a promising material for manufacturing small-diameter vascular grafts, which are still lacking on the current market.
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MESH Headings
- Amines/adverse effects
- Amines/chemistry
- Amines/immunology
- Amines/pharmacology
- Animals
- Cell Adhesion/drug effects
- Cell Adhesion/immunology
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Coated Materials, Biocompatible/adverse effects
- Coated Materials, Biocompatible/chemistry
- Coated Materials, Biocompatible/pharmacology
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Mice
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/growth & development
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Nanofibers/adverse effects
- Nanofibers/chemistry
- Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- Plasma/chemistry
- Plasma/immunology
- Polyesters/chemistry
- Polymers/adverse effects
- Polymers/chemistry
- Polymers/pharmacology
- RAW 264.7 Cells
- Rats
- Surface Properties/drug effects
- Tissue Scaffolds/adverse effects
- Tissue Scaffolds/chemistry
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Affiliation(s)
- Ivana Nemcakova
- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic; (A.B.); (L.B.)
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- Central European Institute of Technology—CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (L.B.); (L.Z.)
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of J. E. Purkyne in Usti nad Labem, Pasteurova 15, 400 96 Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic;
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- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic; (A.B.); (L.B.)
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- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic; (A.B.); (L.B.)
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- Central European Institute of Technology—CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic; (L.B.); (L.Z.)
- Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
- Central European Institute of Technology—CEITEC, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Hassan M, Rysanek P, Malfitano M, Alioto D. First Report of Peach latent mosaic viroid Infecting Peach in Egypt. Plant Dis 2008; 92:649. [PMID: 30769631 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-92-4-0649b] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd) is a widespread pathogen of stone fruit trees in some European and Mediterranean countries and also in North America. To access the presence of the viroid in Egypt, a survey was conducted that covered five commercial peach orchards in the El Khatatba Region in Al Minufiya Governorate. During 2003 and 2004, 73 peach trees (cv. Florida grafted on Nemagard rootstock) were visually inspected and sampled. No symptoms characteristic of PLMVd infection, such as mosaic, delayed growth, or fruit suture cracking, were observed. All samples were tested for the presence of PLMVd using dot-blot hybridization and reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. Aliquots (5 μl) of total nucleic acids extracted from approximately 2 mg of leaf tissue were spotted onto positively charged nylon membranes and hybridized under stringent conditions with a digoxigenin-labeled riboprobe (2). The extracts (1 μl) also were used in RT-PCR as described (1). Only 1 of the 73 peach trees was positive for PLMVd using these detection techniques. The RT-PCR product was of the size expected for PLVMd and was cloned and sequenced. The 339 nucleotide sequence was deposited in GenBank as Accession No. DQ839564. The sequence of this Egyptian PLMVd isolate was 94% identical to the reference PLMVd variant (GenBank Accession No. M83545) and most closely (95%) related to Canadian isolate variant 16 (GenBank Accession No. AJ550911). Such a low incidence compared with other countries may be because the survey was restricted to a limited number of samples, conducted on newly reclaimed lands where no sources of infection existed before, and material with relatively low PLMVd incidence might have been used for planting. Although the incidence of PLMVd was low in this survey, the occurrence represents a threat to the stone fruit tree industry in this country and regular screening of PLMVd in certification programs is suggested. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PLMVd on peach in Egypt. References: (1) S. Loreti et al. EPPO Bull. 29:433, 1999. (2) A. M. Shamloul et al. Acta Hortic. 386:522, 1995.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Hassan
- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Life Sciences, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Life Sciences, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Arboriculture, Botany and Plant Pathology, University of Naples, Faculty of Agronomy, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Naples, Italy. This work was supported by the grant MSM 6046070901 of the Ministry of Education of Czech Republic
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- Department of Arboriculture, Botany and Plant Pathology, University of Naples, Faculty of Agronomy, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Naples, Italy. This work was supported by the grant MSM 6046070901 of the Ministry of Education of Czech Republic
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Hassan M, Rysanek P, Di Serio F. First Report of Peach latent mosaic viroid and Hop stunt viroid Infecting Peach Trees in the Czech Republic. Plant Dis 2003; 87:1537. [PMID: 30812402 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.12.1537b] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd) and Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) are known to naturally infect stone fruits, but their contemporary presence in peach trees has been reported only recently (3). During a field validation of detection methods developed for sanitary screening of propagation material, PLMVd and HSVd, alone or in mixed infections, were detected in peach trees grown in the trial orchard of the Czech University of Agriculture in Prague. Leaf samples were collected in September 2002 from symptomless trees of peach cultivars imported from the United States (cvs. Sunhaven, Redhaven, Fairhaven, Cresthaven, Dixired, Halehaven, and NJC 103), Slovakia (cv. Luna), and a tree of Chinese wild peach, Prunus davidiana, and analyzed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). PLMVd cDNA was amplified as previously reported (2) or by using two sets of primer pairs designed to amplify partial cDNAs, one reverse primer R: GTTTCTACGG CGGTACCTGA, complementary to the nucleotide positions 204 to 223 and forward primers F1: CGTATCTCAACGCCTCATCA, homologous to the positions 109 to 128, and F2: CTGCAGTTCCCGCTAGAAAG, homologous to the positions 15 to 34 of PLMVd reference sequence (2). The two pairs using the R sequence produced the expected size PCR products of 115 and 209 bp, respectively. RT-PCR for HSVd detection was performed as reported (1). The same total RNA preparations were also analyzed by molecular hybridization with nonisotopic riboprobes specific for each viroid. With minor exceptions, both methods gave similar results. Of 66 tested trees, 5 were infected with PLMVd, 46 were infected with PLMVd and HSVd, and 15 were free of both viroids. Viroid free plants included cvs. Luna, Cresthaven, Dixired, and Halehaven and the species P. davidiana. The high number of infections by both viroids was unexpected because mixed infections are generally rare (3). Most likely, mixed infections occurred during field manipulations and propagation of infected materials. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PLMVd in the Czech Republic. Although further investigations are needed to ascertain the spread of stone fruit viroids in the Czech Republic, our results also report an unusually high incidence of mixed infections of peach trees in this country. These results stress the need for a certification program to help control the spread of stone fruit viroids in the Czech Republic. References: (1) K. Amari et al. J. Gen. Virol. 82:953, 2001. (2) A. M. Shamloul et al. Acta Hort. 386:522, 1995. (3) M. Tessitori et al. Plant Dis. 86:329, 2001.
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- M Hassan
- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Virology, CNR, Bari, Italy
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Zouhar M, Rysanek P, Gaar V. First Report of the Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera pallida) in the Czech Republic. Plant Dis 2003; 87:98. [PMID: 30812708 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.1.98a] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, was detected in several soil samples collected from various areas of the Czech Republic. Globodera rostochiensis pathotype Ro1 is known to be widespread in the Czech Republic. G. pallida was reported from the neighboring countries of Austria, Germany, and Poland, and also was suspected to be present in the Czech Republic, but it has never been unambiguously proved (1). Recently, nematode isolates have been recovered that multiply readily on Ro1 resistant potato cultivars. These isolates were identified on the basis of three tests: (i) microscopic observations of cyst vulval area morphology and stylets of second-stage larvae; (ii) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using a commercial kit; and (iii) a polymerase chain reaction method (2). A complete series of G. pallida and G. rostochiensis pathotypes from Scotland and Germany served as controls. Results were identical for all three methods used. One sample contained G. pallida only, five samples contained mixtures of G. rostochiensis and G. pallida, and one sample contained G. rostochiensis only. The origin of G. pallida contamination is unknown. Strict quarantine measures have been taken to prevent G. pallida from spreading into neighboring areas. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence of the occurrence of G. pallida in the Czech Republic. References: (1) J. Potocek et al. EPPO Bull. 21:81, 1991. (2) M. Zouhar et al. Plant Prot. Sci. 36:81, 2000.
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- M Zouhar
- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Agriculture, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Agriculture, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- State Phytosanitary Administration, Department of Diagnostics, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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Zouhar M, Rysanek P, Tesarova B. Occurrence of the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne hapla in the Czech Republic. Plant Dis 2003; 87:98. [PMID: 30812709 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.1.98b] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Meloidogyne hapla was detected in several commercial vegetable fields in the Province of Central Bohemia in the Czech Republic. Crops grown in the area of infestation include leek, onion, cauliflower, early potatoes, and carrot. During the past 2 to 3 years, growers have observed typical symptoms of Meloidogyne infection as stunting and galls on roots of carrot. Identification of the causal organism was based on microscopic observation of the perineal patterns of females obtained from root galls and polymerase chain reaction (1,2). Known isolates of M. chitwoodi, M. arenaria, M. javanica, M. incognita, and M. fallax from M. Phillips (SCRI, Dundee) and C. Zijlstra (PRI, Wageningen), and M. hapla from M. Liskova (PI, Kosice) were used as controls. M. hapla was identified in galled roots using both methods. Several fields with carrots were inspected in the area during vegetation in 2000 and 2001. In most fields, only isolated and limited outbreaks occurred, but recently, we observed a widespread and fairly homogeneous occurrence of root knot attributed to M. hapla in a 2-ha field. This nematode may become a more widespread and damaging pest, especially of carrot, in the Czech Republic. Other than carrot, vegetable crops grown in the area and tested in the greenhouse and field in soil highly infested by our isolates of M. hapla had no visible symptoms of infection. Therefore, exclusion of carrot cultivation or a longer crop rotation is recommended to minimize economic losses to growers. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the occurrence of M. hapla in the Czech Republic. References: (1) T. S. Harris et al. J. Nematol. 22:518, 1990. (2) C. Zijlstra et al. Genetics 85:1231, 1995.
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- M Zouhar
- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Agriculture, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Agriculture, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Agriculture, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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Rysanek P, Stocky G, Haeberlé AM, Putz C. Immunogold labelling of beet necrotic yellow vein virus particles inside its fungal vector, Polymyxa betae K. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1051/agro:19920808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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