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Teng Q, Lv H, Peng L, Ren Z, Chen J, Ma L, Wei H, Wan C. Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ZDY2013 Inhibits the Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Regulating the Intestinal Microbiota and Modulating the PI3K/Akt Pathway. Nutrients 2024; 16:958. [PMID: 38612992 PMCID: PMC11013082 DOI: 10.3390/nu16070958] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic hepatic condition whose impact on human health is increasingly significant. The imbalance of the gut microbiome, linked to insulin resistance, heightened intestinal permeability, and pro-inflammatory reactions, may be the linchpin in the development of NAFLD. In our research, the impact of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ZDY2013 administration for 12 weeks on gut microbiota dysbiosis induced by a high-fat, high-fructose, high-cholesterol (FHHC) diet in male C57BL/6n mice was investigated. Research results presented that the intervention of L. plantarum ZDY2013 in mice fed with the FHHC diet could restore their liver function and regulate oxidative stress. Compared to mice in the model group, the intervention of L. plantarum ZDY2013 significantly regulated the gut microbiota, inhibited the LPS/NF-κB pathway, and led to a lower level of colonic inflammation in the mice administered with L. plantarum ZDY2013. It also improved insulin resistance to regulate the PI3K/Akt pathway and lipid metabolism, thereby resulting in reduced fat accumulation in the liver. The above results suggest that the intervention of L. plantarum ZDY2013 can hinder the progression of diet-induced NAFLD by reducing inflammation to regulate the PI3K/Akt pathway and regulating gut microbiota disturbance.
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- Qiang Teng
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
- Jiangxi-OAI Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
- Jiangxi-OAI Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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Hu D, Wang N, Wang H, Fan D, Teng Q, Zheng X, Hou H. Clinical outcomes of arthroscopic all-inside anterior talofibular ligament suture augmentation repair versus modified suture augmentation repair for chronic ankle instability patients. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2024; 25:48. [PMID: 38200504 PMCID: PMC10777501 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-07085-3] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND To compare the clinical efficacies of arthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament suture augmentation repair and modified suture augmentation repair in patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI). METHODS From October 2019 to August 2020, 100 patients with CAI were enrolled after propensity score matching analysis and observed for two years. Among them, 50 underwent modified suture augmentation repair and the other 50 underwent suture augmentation repair. The clinical efficacies of CAI treatments were evaluated using the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) clinical rating scale, visual analog scale (VAS), and anterior drawer test scores. RESULTS The postoperative AOFAS score of the modified suture augmentation repair group (83.8 ± 11.3) was significantly higher than that of the suture augmentation repair group (76.3 ± 11.3; P = 0.001). The VAS (P = 0.863) and anterior drawer test (P = 0.617) scores were not significantly different between the two treatment groups. CONCLUSION Both the modified suture augmentation repair and suture augmentation repair demonstrated good clinical efficacies. The AOFAS score of the modified suture augmentation repair group was superior to that of the conventional suture augmentation repair group. Thus, modified suture augmentation repair is a feasible and practical surgical technique for CAI treatment.
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- Dahai Hu
- Department of Bone and Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China
- International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Bone and Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Bone and Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Bone and Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Bone and Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Bone and Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
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Wang X, Teng Q, Fang G, Fang H, Zhao L, Zheng X, Zhong X. Delamination of rotator cuff tears: Real-time dynamic ultrasound findings. J Clin Ultrasound 2023; 51:680-686. [PMID: 36994484 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.23453] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of diagnosing delaminated tears and ultrasonic characteristics on real-time dynamic ultrasound. MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 143 consecutive patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair between April 2020 and January 2021. All patients were examined using real-time dynamic ultrasound of the shoulder within 2 weeks before arthroscopy. In our study, delaminated tears were defined as intratendinous horizontal splitting with or without the retraction of the articular or bursal layer of tendon. Delaminated tears were classified into three types on the basis of their shape: greater retraction of the articular layer (type I), greater retraction of the bursal layer (type II), and equal retraction of both layers (type III). The sensitivity and specificity of real-time dynamic ultrasound for evaluation of delaminated tears were calculated using arthroscopy findings as the gold standard. Ultrasonic imaging appearances of delaminated rotator cuff tears were further described. RESULTS Of the 143 patients, 47 (32.9%) had delaminated tears as confirmed by arthroscopy; 35 of these tears involved the supraspinatus tendon and 12 involved both supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons. Real-time dynamic ultrasound correctly diagnosed 36 of 47 delaminated tears with sensitivity 72.0% (57.2%-83.3%) and specificity 96.7% (90.2%-99.2%). Moreover, type I tear (n = 32) was more common than type II (n = 11) and type III tears (n = 4). Real-time dynamic ultrasound evaluated shape of type I, type II, and type III with a sensitivity and specificity of 56% and 80%, 72% and 83%, and 100% and 98%, respectively. Anechoic horizontal linear splitting of tendon, unequal retraction of the bursal and articular layers, and thinning of the suffering tendon were the three signs observed during real-time dynamic ultrasound examination. These three signs were indicative of a diagnosis of delaminated rotator cuff tears with high specificities (100.0%, 100.0%, and 97.9%, respectively) but relatively low sensitivities (25.5%, 25.5%, and 36.2%, respectively). CONCLUSION Real-time dynamic ultrasound can be practically used for diagnosing delamination of rotator cuff tears with medium sensitivity and high specificity. Anechoic horizontal linear splitting of tendon, unequal retraction of the bursal and articular layers, and thinning of the involved tendon are the three important ultrasonic signs for diagnosis of delaminated rotator cuff tears.
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- Xiaodan Wang
- Ultrasonography Department, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Bone and Joint Sports Medicine, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Ultrasonography Department, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Ultrasonography Department, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Ultrasonography Department, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Bone and Joint Sports Medicine, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Ultrasonography Department, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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Yang X, Teng Q, Cao F, Hu J, Zhang H, Yang Y. Synthesis of α-aryl sulfides by deaminative coupling of α-amino compounds with thiophenols. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:3794-3799. [PMID: 37071390 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob00345k] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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By the deaminative coupling reaction of α-aminoesters and α-aminoacetonitriles with thiols, a new strategy for the synthesis of α-thioaryl esters and nitriles is described, representing an example of converting C(sp3)-N into C(sp3)-S bonds. The substrates form diazo compounds in situ in the presence of NaNO2, and then a transition-metal-free S-H bond insertion reaction occurs with thiophenol derivatives. The method is simple in operation and post-treatment and has good universality. The corresponding thioethers were obtained in moderate to good (up to 90%) yields under mild conditions.
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- Xuejing Yang
- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, PR China
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, PR China
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, PR China
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, PR China
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Fine Organic Synthesis, Hohhot 010021, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, PR China
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Fine Organic Synthesis, Hohhot 010021, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P. R. China.
- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Co., Ltd, Huairou District, Beijing 101400, P. R. China
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Huang ZY, Teng Q, Li JR, Hou HG, Wang HJ, Zhang CW, Zheng XF. [Mid-term outcome of deep layer repair with the long head of the biceps autograft bridging for Kim classification type Ⅰ A delaminiated rotator cuff tear]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:816-821. [PMID: 36925114 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220915-01960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the mid-term clinical outcome of deep layer repair with the long head of the biceps autograft bridging for Kim classification type ⅠA delaminated rotator cuff tear. Methods: A follow-up study. The clinical data of 42 consecutive patients with Kim classification type ⅠA delaminated rotator cuff tear admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University from January 2018 to June 2019 were retrospectively included. All patients underwent shoulder arthroscopic surgery. During the operation, the autogenous long head of the biceps tendon was transferred to repair the deep layer of delaminated rotator cuff tear. The preoperative and postoperative (last follow-up) visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) score, Constant-Murley shoulder score, range of motion (ROM) of the shoulder and radiographic results were statistically analyzed. Results: A total of 42 patients were included in this study. There were 18 males and 24 females, with an average age of (64.5±15.2) years and a mean follow-up of (43.9±7.1) months. At the last follow-up, ROM of abduction increased from 80.8°±26.5° to 154.2°±14.3°, and ROM of external rotation increased from 18.2°±13.6° to 31.8°±7.8°; the VAS score of pain decreased from (5.5±1.3) points to (0.7±0.7) points, the UCLA score increased from (21.3±3.7) points to (29.9±2.1) points, and the Constant-Murley score increased from (45.4±10.0) points to (87.2±4.8) points; the differences were all statistically significant (all P<0.001). The X-ray films showed that there were no upward of the humeral head in all the patients. MRI results indicated that rotator cuff re-teared in one case (Sugaya classification type Ⅲ), and healed in other cases (Sugaya classification type Ⅰ-Ⅱ). No complications such as upper limb nerve injury was found in all cases. Conclusion: Deep layer repair with the long head of the biceps autograft bridging can significantly alleviate the pain and improve the function of patients with Kim classification type ⅠA delaminated rotator cuff tear, and the incidence of retear is low.
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- Z Y Huang
- Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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Qin J, Shi Z, Teng Q, Bao L, Han C, Chen ZS. Erfonrilimab.Bispecific anti-PD-L1/CTLA-4 antibody, Cancer immunotherapy. DRUG FUTURE 2022. [DOI: 10.1358/dof.2022.47.6.3413457] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Mok TN, He QY, Teng Q, Sin TH, Wang HJ, Zha ZG, Zheng XF, Pan JH, Hou HG, Li JR. Arthroscopic Hip Surgery versus Conservative Therapy on Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs. Orthop Surg 2021; 13:1755-1764. [PMID: 34351052 PMCID: PMC8523765 DOI: 10.1111/os.13099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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To determine the outcome and differences between arthroscopic hip surgery and conservative therapy in patients suffering from femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, we searched articles from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science and Clinicaltrials.gov using a Boolean search algorithm. Only randomized controlled trials comparing arthroscopic hip surgery and conservative therapy were included in this meta‐analysis of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome management. Two authors determined eligibility, extracted the needed data and assessed the risk of bias of eligible studies independently. Then we meta‐analyzed three articles to assess pooled estimate size (ES) and 95% confidence interval for Hip Outcome Score of activities of daily living (HOS ADL subscale), Hip Outcome Score sport (HOS sports subscale) and International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT‐33) analyses were performed by using STATA version 14.0 MP (STATA, College Station, TX, USA) with the principal summary measures are mean between group difference, sample size, and standard deviation. We collected 52 articles in total after removing duplicates and screened by titles and abstracts. A total of three RCTs were included finally. There was definite evidence of additional benefit of arthroscopic hip surgery against conservative therapy in the field of improving quality of life (three trials, 575 participants, ES = 2.109, 95% CI: 1.373 to 2.845, I2 = 42.8%, P = 0.000) and activity of daily living (two trials, 262 participants, ES = 9.220, 95% CI: 5.931 to 12.508, I2 = 16.5%, P = 0.000). However, no significant difference could be seen in sports function improvement (two trials, ES = 7.562, 95% CI: −2.957 to 18.082, I2 = 60.1%, P = 0.159). In conclusion, this meta‐analysis suggests that arthroscopic hip surgery provided essential benefit compared with conservative therapy in improving activity of daily living and quality of life.
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- Tsz-Ngai Mok
- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical, Beijing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Guo Q, Yang XH, Teng Q, Ren MY. [Effects of transanal total mesorectal excision on patients' quality of life and organ function]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021; 24:366-369. [PMID: 33878827 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn.441530-20200430-00248] [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: 06/12/2023]
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Luo B, Ma L, Xing X, Wang ZR, Teng Q, Li SG. MiR-22-3p regulates the proliferation and invasion of Wilms' tumor cells by targeting AKT3. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:5996-6004. [PMID: 32572913 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202006_21493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, the regulatory mechanism of miR-22-3p/AKT3 in the development of Wilms' tumor (WT) was investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-seven pairs of surgical tumor specimens and adjacent normal tissues were obtained from Jining No. 1 People's Hospital. The expression level of miR-22-3p in WT tissues and cell lines was measured by quantitative RT-PCR. MTT and transwell assays were performed to analyze cell proliferation and invasion in WT. The relationship between miR-22-3p and AKT3 was verified by a Dual-Luciferase assay. The protein expression of AKT3 was evaluated by Western blotting analysis. RESULTS MiR-22-3p was downregulated and AKT3 was upregulated in WT. Functionally, overexpression of miR-22-3p inhibited cell proliferation and invasion in WT. Moreover, miR-22-3p directly targets AKT3. The knockdown of AKT3 suppressed cell proliferation and invasion in WT. In addition, upregulation of AKT3 restored the tumor suppressive effect of miR-22-3p in WT. CONCLUSIONS MiR-22-3p inhibits the proliferation and invasion of WT cells by downregulating AKT3, indicating that miR-22-3p may be developed as a new biomarker for the diagnosis of WT.
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- B Luo
- Department of Urology, Songshan Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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She G, Teng Q, Li J, Zheng X, Chen L, Hou H. Comparing Surgical and Conservative Treatment on Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of RCTs. Front Surg 2021; 8:607743. [PMID: 33681281 PMCID: PMC7931800 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.607743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background: The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in human and is frequently injured, mainly in the young to middle age active population. Increasing incidence of Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) is still reported in several studies. Surgical repair and conservative treatment are two major management strategies widely adopted in ATR patients, but the consensus of the optimal treatment strategy is still debated. We aimed at thoroughly reviewing the ATR topic with additional assessments and performed a most comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Method: We comprehensively searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and ClinicalTrial.gov and retrieved all RCTs comparing surgical and conservative treatment on ATR for further analysis. Two independent reviewers performed data extraction and random effect model was adopted when I 2 > 50%, with data presentation of risk ratio, risk difference, or mean difference and 95% confidence interval. Results: A total of 13 RCTs were included in this meta-analysis. A significant difference was observed in re-rupture, complication rate, adhesion to the underlying tendon, sural nerve injury, and superficial infection. A substantial reduction in re-rupture rate could be observed for surgical treatment while the complication rate was higher compared with conservative treatment. Conclusion: Surgical treatment revealed significance in reducing the re-rupture rate but was associated with a higher complication rate, while conservative treatment showed similar outcomes with a lower complication rate. Collectively, we recommend conservative treatment if patients' status and expectations are suitable, but surgeon and physician discretion is also crucial in decision making.
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- Guorong She
- Department of Sport Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Sport Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Sport Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Sport Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Drug Clinical Trial Institution, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Sport Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Teng Q, Shi T, Zhao YJ. First-Principles Study of Aziridinium Lead Iodide Perovskite for Photovoltaics. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:602-607. [PMID: 30552834 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201801033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The long-term stability remains one of the main challenges for the commercialization of the rapidly developing hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells. Herein, we investigate the electronic and optical properties of the recently reported hybrid halide perovskite (CH2 )2 NH2 PbI3 (AZPbI3 ), which exhibits a much better stability than the popular halide perovskites CH3 NH3 PbI3 and HC(NH2 )2 PbI3 , by using density functional theory (DFT). We find that AZPbI3 possesses a band gap of 1.31 eV, ideal for single-junction solar cells, and its optical absorption is comparable with those of the popular CH3 NH3 PbI3 and HC(NH2 )2 PbI3 materials in the whole visible-light region. In addition, the conductivity of AZPbI3 can be tuned from efficient p-type to n-type, depending on the growth conditions. Besides, the charge-carrier mobilities and lifetimes are unlikely hampered by deep transition energy levels, which have higher formation energies in AZPbI3 according to our calculations. Overall, we suggest that the perovskite AZPbI3 is an excellent candidate as a stable high-performance photovoltaic absorber material.
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- Qiang Teng
- Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials of Guangdong Province, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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Xue R, Tian Y, Hou T, Bao D, Chen H, Teng Q, Yang J, Li X, Wang G, Li Z, Liu Q. H9N2 influenza virus isolated from minks has enhanced virulence in mice. Transbound Emerg Dis 2018; 65:904-910. [PMID: 29333687 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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H9N2 is one of the major subtypes of influenza virus circulating in poultry in China, which has a wide host range from bird to mammals. Two H9N2 viruses were isolated from one mink farm in 2014. Phylogenetic analysis showed that internal genes of the H9N2 viruses have close relationship with those of H7N9 viruses. Interestingly, two H9N2 were separated in phylogenetic trees, indicating that they are introduced to this mink farm in two independent events. And further mice studies showed that one H9N2 caused obvious weight loss and 20% mortality in infected mice, while another virus did not cause any clinical sign in mice infected at the same dose. Genetic analysis indicated that the virulent H9N2 contain a natural mutation at 701N in PB2 protein, which was reported to contribute to mammalian adaptation. However, such substitution is absent in the H9N2 avirulent to mice. Circulation of H9N2 in mink may drive the virus to adapt mammals; continual surveillance of influenza virus in mink was warranted.
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- R Xue
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian, China.,Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonoses, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China
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- Shandong Provincial Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Shanghai, China
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Dong J, Liu Y, Hu J, Teng Q, Cheng J, Luo Y, Zhang H. Synthesis of Ferrocenyl-Based Unsymmetrical Azines via a Simple Reaction of Aldehydes with Ketone-Derived N-Tosyl Hydrazones and the Evaluation of the Extent of Conjugation in the Molecule. Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Junyang Dong
- School of Chemical & Chemical Engineering,Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemical & Chemical Engineering,Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemical & Chemical Engineering,Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Fine Organic Synthesis, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemical & Chemical Engineering,Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key
Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of
Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key
Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemical & Chemical Engineering,Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Fine Organic Synthesis, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
- State Key
Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of
Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People’s Republic of China
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Huang M, Ding H, Chen Z, Teng Q, Wang H. [Effect of three-dimensional printing navigation templates assisting reconstruction with personalized unrestricted total knee prosthesis for treating maliganant bone tumors around knees]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi 2016; 30:815-821. [PMID: 29786315 DOI: 10.7507/1002-1892.20160167] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE ?To evaluate the effectiveness of three-dimensional (3D) printing navigation templates assisting reconstruction with personalized unrestricted total knee prosthesis to treat maliganant bone tumors around the knee. METHODS ?Between March 2007 and September 2014, 43 patients with malignant tumor around the knee were divided into 2 groups: 3D printing navigation templates assisting reconstruction with personalized unrestricted total knee prosthesis were used in 21 cases (trial group), and conventional tumor resection and reconstruction with hinged total knee prosthesis were used in 22 cases (control group). There was no significant difference in age, gender, tumor location, pathological diagnosis, tumor stage, diameter of tumor, disease duration, and preoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) score between 2 groups (P>0.05), which were comparable. Intraoperative length of tumor resection and blood loss were recorded and compared, and the postoperative complications and tumor recurrence were observed. The Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) score was used to evaluate knee joint function. RESULTS ?The operations were completed successfully in the patients of 2 groups and postoperative pathological results were negative in tumor resection margin. All the patients were followed up 12-77 months (mean, 36.7 months). There was no significant difference in the length of tumor resection and blood loss between trial group and control group (t=1.01, P=0.32; t=-0.76, P=0.45). In trial group, the resection range and reconstruction results were consistent with preoperative computer simulation; postoperative complications happened in 2 cases (9.52%); 1 case of immunological rejection and 1 case of infection); 2 cases (9.52%) had recurrence of osteosarcoma and pulmonary metastasis at 1 year after operation. In the control group, complication occurred in 6 cases (27.27%; 2 cases of periprosthetic fractures, 2 cases of infection, 1 case of incision nonunion, and 1 case of common peroneal nerve injury); 4 cases (18.18%) had recurrence of osteosarcoma and metastasis at 1 year after operation. There was no significant difference in postoperative complication and recurrence rate between 2 groups (χ2=2.24, P=0.14; χ2=0.67, P=0.41). At last follow-up, distal femur score of tumor and proximal tibial score of tumor in trial group were significantly better than those in control group (t=4.89, P=0.00; t=3.94, P=0.00). The mean flexion and extension range of motion of the knee joint was (115.45±12.25)° in trial group and was (101.49±11.96)° in control group, showing significant difference (t=3.78, P=0.00). CONCLUSIONS ?The effectiveness using 3D printing navigation templates assisting reconstruction with personalized unrestricted prosthesis for maliganant bone tumors around the knee is better than conventional tumor resection and reconstruction with hinged total knee prosthesis. It can improve the joint function better and the patients' quality of life.
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- Minqiang Huang
- Department of Orthopedics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area, Guangzhou Guangdong, 510010, P. R. China
- Graduate School, Traditional Chinese Medicine University of Guangzhou
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- Department of Orthopedics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area, Guangzhou Guangdong, 510010, P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Huangpu Hospital of Jinan University Medical School
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- Department of Orthopedics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area, Guangzhou Guangdong, 510010, P. R. China
- Graduate School, Traditional Chinese Medicine University of Guangzhou
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- Department of Orthopedics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area, Guangzhou Guangdong, 510010, P. R. China
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Huang M, Ding H, Huang M, Wang H, Teng Q. [PRELIMINARY APPLICATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING PERSONALIZED EXTERNAL FIXATOR IN SERIOUS TIBIOFIBULA FRACTURES]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi 2016; 30:156-160. [PMID: 27276806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore a new method of treating serious tibiofibula comminuted fracture by using three-dimensional (3-D) printing personalized external fixator. METHODS In April 2015, a male patient (aged 18 years with a height of 171 cm and a weight of 67 kg) with left tibiofibula comminuted fracture was included in the study. Computer-assisted reduction technique combined with 3-D printing was used to develop a customised personalized external fixator for fracture reduction. The effectiveness was observed. RESULTS The operation time was about 10 minutes without fluoroscopy, and successful reduction was obtained. The patient had equal limb length after operation. X-ray films showed that the posterior angulation of distal fracture was corrected 37 degrees, and the eversion angle was corrected 4 degrees. The tibial fractures had good paraposition or alignment, and the lower limb force line was corrected completely. No new fracture displacement occurred. The clinical healing time of fracture was 3.5 months and the bone union was achieved after 8 months. The function of affected limb recovered well after operation. CONCLUSION A personalized external fixator for serious tibiofibula comminuted fracture reduction made by 3-D printing technique has the merits of easy manipulation, high individuation, accurate reduction, stable fixation, and no need of fluoroscopy.
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Teng Q, Hu J, Ling L, Sun R, Dong J, Chen S, Zhang H. Copper-catalyzed direct alkylation of 1,3-azoles with N-tosylhydrazones bearing a ferrocenyl group: a novel method for the synthesis of ferrocenyl-based ligands. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:7721-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob01093k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Skelton DM, Ekman DR, Martinović-Weigelt D, Ankley GT, Villeneuve DL, Teng Q, Collette TW. Metabolomics for in situ environmental monitoring of surface waters impacted by contaminants from both point and nonpoint sources. Environ Sci Technol 2014; 48:2395-2403. [PMID: 24328273 DOI: 10.1021/es404021f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We investigated the efficacy of metabolomics for field-monitoring of fish exposed to wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents and nonpoint sources of chemical contamination. Lab-reared male fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas, FHM) were held in mobile monitoring units and exposed on-location to surface waters upstream and downstream of the effluent point source, as well as to the actual effluent at three different WWTP sites in Minnesota. After four days of exposure, livers were collected, extracted, and analyzed by (1)H NMR spectroscopy and GC-MS to characterize responses of the hepatic metabolome. Multivariate statistical analysis revealed distinct metabolite profile changes in response to effluent exposure from each of the three WWTPs. Differences among locations (i.e., upstream, downstream, and effluent) within each of the three sites were also identified. These observed differences comport with land-use and WWTP characteristics at the study sites. For example, at one of the sites, the metabolomic analyses suggested a positive interactive response from exposure to WWTP effluent and nearby nonpoint (likely agricultural related) contamination. These findings demonstrate the utility of metabolomics as a field-based technique for monitoring the exposure of fish to impacted surface waters.
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- D M Skelton
- U.S. EPA , National Exposure Research Laboratory, 960 College Station Rd., Athens, Georgia 30605, United States
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Davis JM, Collette TW, Villeneuve DL, Cavallin JE, Teng Q, Jensen KM, Kahl MD, Mayasich JM, Ankley GT, Ekman DR. Field-based approach for assessing the impact of treated pulp and paper mill effluent on endogenous metabolites of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Environ Sci Technol 2013; 47:10628-10636. [PMID: 23919260 DOI: 10.1021/es401961j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A field-based metabolomic study was conducted during a shutdown of a pulp and paper mill (PPM) to assess the impacts of treated PPM effluent on endogenous polar metabolites in fathead minnow (FHM; Pimephales promelas) livers. Caged male and female FHMs were deployed at a Great Lakes area of concern during multiple periods (pre-, during, and post-shutdown) near the outflow for a wastewater treatment plant. Influent to this plant is typically 40% PPM effluent by volume. Additional FHMs were exposed to reference lake water under laboratory conditions. A bioassay using T47D-KBluc cells showed that estrogenic activity of receiving water near the outflow declined by 46% during the shutdown. We then used (1)H NMR spectroscopy and principal component analysis to profile abundances of hepatic endogenous metabolites for FHMs. Profiles for males deployed pre-shutdown in receiving water were significantly different from those for laboratory-control males. Profiles were not significantly different for males deployed during the shutdown, but they were significant again for those deployed post-shutdown. Impacts of treated effluent from this PPM were sex-specific, as differences among profiles of females were largely nonsignificant. Thus, we demonstrate the potential utility of field-based metabolomics for performing biologically based exposure monitoring and evaluating remediation efforts occurring throughout the Great Lakes and other ecosystems.
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- J M Davis
- National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , 960 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States
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Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) have increased bone marrow angiogenesis, but the angiogenic properties of myeloma cells and the mechanism of MM-induced angiogenesis have not been completely clarified. Notch1 signal has been identified as a critical factor in the regulation of vessel formation. However, the role of Notch1 in the angiogenesis of MM is unclear. We constitutively overexpressed active Notch1 in RPMI8226 cells to explore the effect of Notch1 signaling on cell growth and tumor angiogenesis in vivo and in vitro. We found that Notch1 overexpression promoted myeloma cells growth and increased drug resistance. Moreover, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression was increased. Finally, our in vitro results were supported by the in vivo finding in human myeloma xenograft Nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) models. Notch1 overexpression in MM cells resulted in up-regulation of VEGF expression, promotion of tumor growth, and increased microvessel density (MVD). Our study suggests that Notch1-induced angiogenesis is partly due to activation of VEGF pathway.
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- D Guo
- Department of Hematology, the Central Hospital of Taian, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Ekman DR, Hartig PC, Cardon M, Skelton DM, Teng Q, Durhan EJ, Jensen KM, Kahl MD, Villeneuve DL, Gray LE, Collette TW, Ankley GT. Metabolite profiling and a transcriptional activation assay provide direct evidence of androgen receptor antagonism by bisphenol A in fish. Environ Sci Technol 2012; 46:9673-80. [PMID: 22846149 DOI: 10.1021/es3014634] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Widespread environmental contamination by bisphenol A (BPA) has created the need to fully define its potential toxic mechanisms of action (MOA) to properly assess human health and ecological risks from exposure. Although long recognized as an estrogen receptor (ER) agonist, some data suggest that BPA may also behave as an androgen receptor (AR) antagonist. However, direct evidence of this activity is deficient. To address this knowledge gap, we employed a metabolomic approach using in vivo exposures of fathead minnows (FHM; Pimephales promelas ) to BPA either alone or in a binary mixture with 17β-trenbolone (TB), a strong AR agonist. Changes in liver metabolite profiles in female FHM in response to these exposures were determined using high resolution (1)H NMR spectroscopy and multivariate and univariate statistics. Using this approach, we observed clear evidence of the ability of BPA to mitigate the impact of TB, consistent with an antiandrogenic MOA. In addition, a transcriptional activation assay with the FHM AR was used to confirm the AR antagonistic activity of BPA in vitro. The results of these in vivo and in vitro analyses provide strong and direct evidence for ascribing an antiandrogenic MOA to BPA in vertebrates.
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- D R Ekman
- Ecosystems Research Division, US EPA, Athens, Georgia 30605, United States.
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Hussain M, Kalia J, Malik A, Ching EC, Teng Q, Lin R, Jovin T, Zaidat O, Gupta R. O-027 Predictors of restenosis and periprocedural strokes during intracranial stent placement: a retrospective multicenter study. J Neurointerv Surg 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/jnis.2010.003244.27] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Moskowitz S, Ching EC, Teng Q, Hui F. E-063 Cardiothoracic surgery does not pose significant risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neurointerv Surg 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/jnis.2010.003251.63] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Sivapatham T, Teng Q, Spiotta A, Hussain M, Moskowitz S, Hui F. E-059 A Novel approach for carotid sacrifice using temporary balloon occlusion and Onyx in a porcine model. J Neurointerv Surg 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/jnis.2010.003251.59] [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: 11/03/2022]
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High resolution structural elucidation of macromolecular structure by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance requires the preparation of uniformly aligned samples that are isotopically labeled. In addition, to use the chemical shift interaction as a high resolution constraint requires an in situ tensor characterization for each site of interest. For (13)C in the peptide backbone, this characterization is complicated by the presence of dipolar coupled (14)N from the peptide bond. Here the (13)C(1)-Gly(2) site in gramicidin A is studied both as a dry powder and in a fully hydrated lipid bilayer environment. Linewidths reported for the oriented samples are a factor of five narrower than those reported elsewhere, and previous misinterpretations of the linewidths are corrected. The observed frequency from oriented samples is shown to be consistent with the recently determined structure for this site in the gramicidin backbone. It is also shown that, whereas a dipolar coupling between (13)C and (14)N is apparent in dry preparations of the polypeptide, in a hydrated bilayer the dipolar coupling is absent, presumably due to a ;self-decoupling' mechanism.
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- C Wang
- Department of Chemistry and the Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-3006
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Ekman DR, Teng Q, Villeneuve DL, Kahl MD, Jensen KM, Durhan EJ, Ankley GT, Collette TW. Investigating compensation and recovery of fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) exposed to 17alpha-ethynylestradiol with metabolite profiling. Environ Sci Technol 2008; 42:4188-4194. [PMID: 18589986 DOI: 10.1021/es8000618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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1H NMR spectroscopy was used to profile metabolite changes in the livers of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) exposed to the synthetic estrogen 17alpha-ethynylestradiol (EE2) via a continuous flow water exposure. Fish were exposed to either 10 or 100 ng EE2/L for 8 days, followed by an 8 day depuration phase. Livers were collected after days 1, 4, and 8 of the exposure, and at the end of the depuration phase. Analysis of polar extracts of the liver revealed a greater impact of EE2 on males than females, with metabolite profiles of the former assuming similarities with those of the females (i.e., feminization) early in the exposure. Biochemical effects observed in the males included changes in metabolites relating to energetics (e.g., glycogen, glucose, and lactate) and liver toxicity (creatine and bile acids). In addition, amino acids associated with vitellogenin (VTG) synthesis increased in livers of EE2-exposed males, a finding consistent with increased plasma concentrations of the lipoprotein in the fish. Using partial least-squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), the response trajectories of the males at both exposure concentrations were compared. This revealed an apparent ability of the fish to compensate for the presence of EE2 later in the exposure, and to partially recover from its effects after the chemical was removed.
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- D R Ekman
- Ecosystems Research Division, U.S. EPA, 960 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605, USA.
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Ekman DR, Teng Q, Jensen KM, Martinovic D, Villeneuve DL, Ankley GT, Collette TW. NMR analysis of male fathead minnow urinary metabolites: a potential approach for studying impacts of chemical exposures. Aquat Toxicol 2007; 85:104-12. [PMID: 17897733 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 08/09/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The potential for profiling metabolites in urine from male fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) to assess chemical exposures was explored using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Both one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) NMR spectroscopy was used for the assignment of metabolites in urine from unexposed fish. Because fathead minnow urine is dilute, we lyophilized these samples prior to analysis. Furthermore, 1D 1H NMR spectra of unlyophilized urine from unexposed male fathead minnow and Sprague-Dawley rat were acquired to qualitatively compare rat and fish metabolite profiles and to provide an estimate of the total urinary metabolite pool concentration difference. As a small proof-of-concept study, lyophilized urine samples from male fathead minnows exposed to three different concentrations of the antiandrogen vinclozolin were analyzed by 1D 1H NMR to assess exposure-induced changes. Through a combination of principal components analysis (PCA) and measurements of 1H NMR peak intensities, several metabolites were identified as changing with statistical significance in response to exposure. Among those changes occurring in response to exposure to the highest concentration (450 microg/L) of vinclozolin were large increases in taurine, lactate, acetate, and formate. These increases coincided with a marked decrease in hippurate, a combination potentially indicative of hepatotoxicity. The results of these investigations clearly demonstrate the potential utility of an NMR-based approach for assessing chemical exposures in male fathead minnow, using urine collected from individual fish.
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- D R Ekman
- Ecosystems Research Division, U.S. EPA, 960 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605, United States.
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Zhao Z, Krishnaney A, Teng Q, Yang J, Garrity-Moses M, Liu JK, Venkiteswaran K, Subramanian T, Davis M, Boulis NM. Anatomically discrete functional effects of adenoviral clostridial light chain gene-based synaptic inhibition in the midbrain. Gene Ther 2006; 13:942-52. [PMID: 16511525 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/09/2022]
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The gene for the Light Chain fragment of Tetanus Toxin (LC) induces synaptic inhibition by preventing the release of synaptic vesicles. The present experiment applied this approach within the rat midbrain in order to demonstrate that LC gene expression can achieve functionally and anatomically discrete effects within a sensitive brain structure. The deep layers of the superior colliculus/deep mesencephalic nucleus (dSC/DpMe) that are located in the rostral midbrain has been implicated in fear-induced increase of the acoustic startle reflex (fear potentiated startle) but exists in close proximity to neural structures important for a variety of critical functions. The dSC/DpMe of adult rats was injected bilaterally with adenoviral vectors for LC, green fluorescent protein, or vehicle. Synaptobrevin was depleted in brain regions of adenoviral LC expression. LC gene expression in the dSC/DpMe inhibited the increase in startle amplitude seen with the control viral infection, and blocked context-dependent potentiation of startle induced by fear conditioning. Although LC gene expression reduced the absolute amount of cue-specific fear potentiated startle, it did not decrease percent potentiated startle to a cue, nor did it reduce fear-induced contextual freezing, nonspecific locomotor activity, or general health, indicating that its effects were functionally and anatomically specific. Thus, vector-driven LC expression inhibits the function of deep brain nuclei without altering the function of surrounding structures supporting its application to therapeutic neuromodulation.
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- Z Zhao
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Center for Behavioral Neurosciences, Yerkes National Primate Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Teng Q, Tanase D, Tanase DK, Liu JK, Garrity-Moses ME, Baker KB, Boulis NM. Adenoviral clostridial light chain gene-based synaptic inhibition through neuronal synaptobrevin elimination. Gene Ther 2005; 12:108-19. [PMID: 15496959 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Clostridial neurotoxins have assumed increasing importance in clinical application. The toxin's light chain component (LC) inhibits synaptic transmission by digesting vesicle-docking proteins without directly altering neuronal health. To study the properties of LC gene expression in the nervous system, an adenoviral vector containing the LC of tetanus toxin (AdLC) was constructed. LC expressed in differentiated neuronal PC12 cells was shown to induce time- and concentration-dependent digestion of mouse brain synaptobrevin in vitro as compared to control transgene products. LC gene expression in the rat lumbar spinal cord disrupted hindlimb sensorimotor function in comparison to control vectors as measured by the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan (BBB) scale (P<0.001) and rotarod assay (P<0.003). Evoked electromyography (EMG) showed increased stimulus threshold and decreased response current amplitude in LC gene-transferred rats. At the peak of functional impairment, neither neuronal TUNEL staining nor reduced motor neuron density could be detected. Spontaneous functional recovery was observed to parallel the cessation of LC gene expression. These results suggest that light chain gene delivery within the nervous system may provide a nondestructive means for focused neural inhibition to treat a variety of disorders related to excessive synaptic activity, and prove useful for the study of neural circuitry.
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- Q Teng
- Department of Neuroscience, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Teng Q, Tanase DK, Liu JK, Garrity-Moses ME, Baker KB, Boulis NM. Correction: Corrigendum to adenoviral clostridial light chain gene-based synaptic inhibition through neuronal synaptobrevin elimination. Gene Ther 2005. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302455] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Teng Q, Iqbal M, Cross TA. Determination of the carbon-13 chemical shift and nitrogen-14 electric field gradient tensor orientations with respect to the molecular frame in a polypeptide. J Am Chem Soc 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ja00039a048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Luo D, He X, Wu X, Teng Q, Wu X, Tao D. [A contour map segmentation for laser scanning confocal microscopic biomedical images]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 2001; 18:500-3. [PMID: 11791291] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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We propose a contour map segmentation method for laser scanning confocal microscopic (LSCM) biomedical images. In this method, an image is first segmented into sub-regions by contour map. Then the sub-regions are merged from top to bottom or from bottom to top, according to a segmentation criterion of intensity homogeneity. The merging procedures continue until no region needs to be merged. The advantage of this method is that the objects with wide intensity ranges and different intensity homogeneity can be segmented properly. In this paper, the region segmentation by contour map is first addressed. Next a region merging according to a segmentation criterion of intensity homogeneity is presented, and then the design of a linear intensity homogeneity segmentation criterion is introduced. Two examples of image segmentation by this method are given at the end of this paper.
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- D Luo
- Institute of Electronics and Information, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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Liu S, Li Q, Pang W, Bo L, Qin S, Liu X, Teng Q, Qian L, Wang J. A new complex variant t(4;15;17) in acute promyelocytic leukemia: fluorescence in situ hybridization confirmation and literature review. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2001; 130:33-7. [PMID: 11672771 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00464-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We report a 37-year-old male with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) harboring a complex translocation (4;15;17). Karyotypic analysis with R-banding of bone marrow cells revealed 46,XY,t(4;15;17)(q21;q22;q21). Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis using painting probes for chromosomes 4, 15 and 17 and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed three derivative chromosomes: der(4)t(4;15)(q21;q22), der(15)t(4;15;17)(q21;q22;q21), and del(17)(q21q22). This is the third report of such a translocation and the first confirmed by molecular methods. Considering reported similar cases, it is possible that 4q21 is a nonrandom breakpoint in APL with complex translocations and the gene involved in 4q21 should be investigated.
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- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Translocation, Genetic
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- S Liu
- Laboratory of Genetics, Hematological Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 288 Nanjing Road, 300020, Tianjin, China
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Ellington JJ, Wolfe NL, Garrison AW, Evans JJ, Avants JK, Teng Q. Determination of perchlorate in tobacco plants and tobacco products. Environ Sci Technol 2001; 35:3213-8. [PMID: 11506007 DOI: 10.1021/es0106321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Previous field and laboratory studies with vascular plants have shown that perchlorate is transported from perchlorate fortified soils and is accumulated in the plant tissues and organs. This paper contains results of preliminary investigations on the occurrence of perchlorate in tobacco plants grown in soils amended with a fertilizer whose nitrogen content is derived from naturally occurring sodium nitrate (Chile saltpeter). Ion chromatography (IC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) were used for quantitative analysis, while nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used for qualitative analysis of perchlorate. Results show that perchlorate is accumulated by tobacco plants into the leaves from soils amended with fertilizers that contain perchlorate. Also, perchlorate can persist over an extended period of time and under a variety of industrial processes as shown by its presence in off-the-shelf tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, and pouch and plug chewing tobaccos in concentrations ranging from nd to 60.4 +/- 0.8 mg/kg on a wet weight basis.
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- J J Ellington
- United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia 30605, USA.
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Yuan H, Teng Q, Yuan Z, Tao D. [Edge-detection and its application in medical image processing]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 2001; 18:149-53. [PMID: 11332098] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Edge-detection is all the time a major problem in the computer early vision, and it plays an important role in image processing. This paper reviews classical and new methods of edge-detection and discusses its application in medical image processing.
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- H Yuan
- Biomedical Engineering Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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Meriçli AH, Meriçli F, Ulubelen A, Bahar M, Ilarslan R, Algül G, Desai HK, Teng Q, Pelletier SW. Diterpenoid alkaloids from the aerial parts of Aconitum anthora L. Pharmazie 2000; 55:696-8. [PMID: 11031778] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Isolation and identification of six diterpenoid alkaloids, from Aconitum anthora L. are described. All proton detected 2D NMR techniques have been used for unambiguous 1H and 13C chemical shift assignments of guan-fu-base-Y (6). This is the first investigation of the diterpenoid alkaloids of this plant species.
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- A H Meriçli
- Institute for Natural Products Research, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
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BACKGROUND Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is the first key enzyme in the polyamine biosynthesis pathway. Polyamine is believed to participate in cellular proliferation and differentiation. To study the relationship between ODC and the pathogenesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the polyamine levels, ODC activities, and expression of ODC mRNA in benign hyperplastic and normal human prostates were assayed. METHODS Polyamine contents and ODC activities in tissue extracts were determined by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and spectrophotometric procedures, respectively. The ODC mRNA levels were assayed by Northern blot analysis. RESULTS The contents of putrescine, spermidine, and spermine in BPH tissues were 2.2, 3.4, and 6.0 times higher than those in normal tissues, respectively; the ODC activity of BPH tissue was about 3.2 times higher than in normal tissue; the expression level of ODC mRNA in the BPH tissues was greater than that of normal tissues. CONCLUSIONS The findings imply that 1) the increased ODC activity and polyamine content in prostatic tissue may correlate with the pathogenesis of BPH, and 2) the high level of ODC activity is induced by the overexpression of ODC mRNA.
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- X Liu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shandong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Wang PL, Calzolai L, Bren KL, Teng Q, Jenney FE, Brereton PS, Howard JB, Adams MW, La Mar GN. Secondary structure extensions in Pyrococcus furiosus ferredoxin destabilize the disulfide bond relative to that in other hyperthermostable ferredoxins. Global consequences for the disulfide orientational heterogeneity. Biochemistry 1999; 38:8167-78. [PMID: 10387062 DOI: 10.1021/bi990241n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/28/2022]
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The single cubane cluster ferredoxin (Fd) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus (Pf) possesses several unique properties when compared even to Fds from other hyperthermophilic archaea or bacteria. These include an equilibrium molecular heterogeneity, a six- to seven-residue increase in size, an Asp rather than the Cys as one cluster ligand, and a readily reducible disulfide bond. NMR assignments and determination of both secondary structure and tertiary contacts remote from the paramagnetic oxidized cluster of Pf 3Fe Fd with an intact disulfide bond reported previously (Teng Q., Zhou, Z. H., Smith, E. T., Busse, S. C., Howard, J. B. Adams, M. W. W., and La Mar, G. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 6316-6328) are extended here to the 4Fe oxidized cluster WT (1H and 15N) and D14C (1H only) Fds with an intact disulfide bond and to the 4Fe oxidized WT Fd (1H and 15N) with a cleaved disulfide bond. All forms are shown to possess a long (13-member) alpha-helix, two beta-sheets (one double-, one triple-stranded), and three turns outside the cluster vicinity, each with tertiary contacts among themselves as found in other Fds. While the same secondary structural elements, with similar tertiary contacts, are found in other hyperthermostable Fds, Pf Fd has two elements, the long helix and the triple-stranded beta-sheet, that exhibit extensions and form multiple tertiary contacts. All Pf Fd forms with an intact disulfide bond exhibit a dynamic equilibrium heterogeneity which is shown to modulate a hydrogen-bonding network in the hydrophobic core that radiates from the Cys21-Cys48 disulfide bond and encompasses residues Lys36, Val24, Cys21, and Cys17 and the majority of the long helix. The heterogeneity is attributed to population of the alternate S and R chiralities of the disulfide bond, each destabilized by steric interactions with the extended alpha-helix. Comparison of the chemical shifts and their temperature gradients reveals that the molecular structure of the protein with the less stable R disulfide resembles that of the Fd with a cleaved disulfide bond. Both cluster architecture (3Fe vs 4Fe) and ligand mutation (Cys for Asp14) leave the disulfide orientational heterogeneity largely unperturbed. It is concluded that the six- to seven-residue extension that results in a longer helix and larger beta-sheet in Pf Fd, relative to other hyperthermostable Fds, more likely serves to destabilize the disulfide bond, and hence make it more readily reducible, than to significantly increase protein thermostability.
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- P L Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Tumbula DL, Teng Q, Bartlett MG, Whitman WB. Ribose biosynthesis and evidence for an alternative first step in the common aromatic amino acid pathway in Methanococcus maripaludis. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:6010-3. [PMID: 9324245 PMCID: PMC179501 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.19.6010-6013.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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An acetate-requiring mutant of Methanococcus maripaludis allowed efficient labeling of riboses following growth in minimal medium supplemented with [2-(13)C]acetate. Nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopic analysis of purified cytidine and uridine demonstrated that the C-1' of the ribose was about 67% enriched for 13C. This value was inconsistent with the formation of erythrose 4-phosphate (E4P) exclusively by the carboxylation of a triose. Instead, these results suggest that either (i) E4P is formed by both the nonoxidative pentose phosphate and triose carboxylation pathways or (ii) E4P is formed exclusively by the nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway and is not a precursor of aromatic amino acids.
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- D L Tumbula
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-2605, USA
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Ramakrishnan V, Teng Q, Adams MW. Characterization of UDP amino sugars as major phosphocompounds in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:1505-12. [PMID: 9045806 PMCID: PMC178859 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1505-1512.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus is a strictly anaerobic heterotroph that grows optimally at 100 degrees C by the fermentation of carbohydrates. It is known to contain high concentrations of novel intracellular solutes such as beta-mannosylglycerate and di-myo-inositol 1,1'-phosphate (DIP) (L. O. Martins and H. Santos, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:3299-3303, 1995). Here, 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to show that this organism also accumulates another type of phospho compound, as revealed by a major multiplet signal in the pyrophosphate region. The compounds were purified from cell extracts of P. furiosus by anion-exchange and gel filtration chromatographic procedures and were structurally analyzed by 1H, 13C, and 31P NMR spectroscopy. They were identified as two uridylated amino sugars, UDP N-acetylglucosamine and UDP N-acetylgalactosamine. Unambiguous characterizations and complete assignments of 1H and 13C resonances from such sugars have not been previously reported. In vitro 31P NMR spectroscopic analyses showed that, in contrast to DIP, which is maintained at a constant intracellular concentration (approximately 32 mM) throughout the growth phase of P. furiosus, the UDP amino sugars accumulated (to approximately 14 mM) only during the late log phase. The possible biochemical roles of these compounds in P. furiosus are discussed.
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- V Ramakrishnan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-7229, USA
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Based on 2D 1H-1H and 2D and 3D 1H-15N NMR spectroscopies, complete 1H NMR assignments are reported for zinc-containing Clostridium pasteurianum rubredoxin (Cp ZnRd). Complete 1H NMR assignments are also reported for a mutated Cp ZnRd, in which residues near the N-terminus, namely, Met 1, Lys 2, and Pro 15, have been changed to their counterparts, (-), Ala and Glu, respectively, in rubredoxin from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus (Pf Rd). The secondary structure of both wild-type and mutated Cp ZnRds, as determined by NMR methods, is essentially the same. However, the NMR data indicate an extension of the three-stranded beta-sheet in the mutated Cp ZnRd to include the N-terminal Ala residue and Glu 15, as occurs in Pf Rd. The mutated Cp Rd also shows more intense NOE cross peaks, indicating stronger interactions between the strands of the beta-sheet and, in fact, throughout the mutated Rd. However, these stronger interactions do not lead to any significant increase in thermostability, and both the mutated and wild-type Cp Rds are much less thermostable than Pf Rd. These correlations strongly suggest that, contrary to a previous proposal [Blake PR et al., 1992, Protein Sci 1:1508-1521], the thermostabilization mechanism of Pf Rd is not dominated by a unique set of hydrogen bonds or electrostatic interactions involving the N-terminal strand of the beta-sheet. The NMR results also suggest that an overall tighter protein structure does not necessarily lead to increased thermostability.
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- K A Richie
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA
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Liu C, Teng Q, Xing S. [Study on the level of soluble interleukin-2 receptor, expression of membrane interleukin-2 receptor and T lymphocyte subpopulations in pulmonary tuberculosis]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 1996; 19:44-6. [PMID: 9275389] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the significance of soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R), membrane interleukin-2 receptor (mIL-2R) and T lymphocyte subpopulations in development of pulmonary tuberculosis. METHODS The level of sIL-2R, expression of mIL-2R and the profile of T lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were tested by sandwiched ELISA and alkaline phosphatase-antialkaline phosphate (APAAP) methods. RESULTS The levels of sIL-2R, CD8 were higher, and expression of mIL-2R, CD4, CD4/CD8 ratio were lower in pulmonary tuberculosis than those in normal controls (P < 0.001). And the changes of all indicators in patients with cavitation were more obvious than those in patients without (P < 0.001), the changes in progressive stage were more obvious than those in stable and improving stages (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION The results indicated that the patients, condition and prognosis of pulmonary tuberculosis were related to the changes of sIL-2R level, mIL-2R expression and T lymphocyte subpopulations.
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- C Liu
- Department of Diagnostics, Qingdan Medical College
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Teng Q, Zhang B, Ma C, Zhu X. A new method of early diagnosis of fat embolism syndrome. An experimental study of the pulmonary microvascular cytology. Chin Med J (Engl) 1996; 109:173-5. [PMID: 8758346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- Q Teng
- Emergency Department, PLA General Hospital, Beijing
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Calzolai L, Gorst CM, Zhao ZH, Teng Q, Adams MW, La Mar GN. 1H NMR investigation of the electronic and molecular structure of the four-iron cluster ferredoxin from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus. Identification of Asp 14 as a cluster ligand in each of the four redox states. Biochemistry 1995; 34:11373-84. [PMID: 7547865 DOI: 10.1021/bi00036a010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 01/25/2023]
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The molecular and electronic structure of the four-iron cluster of the ferredoxin (Fd) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus, Pf (which has only three Cys in the cluster binding consensus sequence), has been investigated by 1H NMR in order to determine the identity of the noncysteinyl cluster ligand in each of the four redox states [Gorst, C. M., Zhou, Z. H., Ma, K., Teng, Q., Howard, J. B., Adams, M. W., & La Mar, G. N. (1995) Biochemistry 34, 8788-8795], and to characterize the electron spin ground state for the reduced cluster which at 10 K exhibits an unusual predominant S = 3/2 ground state [Conover, R. C., Kowal, A. T., Fu, W., Park, J. -B., Aono, S., Adams, M. W. W., & Johnson, M. K. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 8533-8541]. It is demonstrated that a combination of 1D and 2D NMR tailored to relaxed resonances allows the location of four hyperfine shifted and paramagnetically relaxed spin systems which dictates that all four cluster ligands are amino acid side chains, rather than a solvent water/hydroxide at the unique non-Cys ligation site. Three of the ligands could be sequence-specifically assigned to the three Cys residues (positions 11, 17, and 56) in the consensus sequence for cluster binding, hence identifying the fourth ligand as Asp 14. It is concluded that the identification of Asp ligation to a 4Fe cluster is readily achieved in the reduced, but not in the oxidized cluster of Fd. Analysis of the relaxation properties and pattern of the hyperfine shifts in Pf Fd reveals very strong similarities to other Fds with S = 1/2 ground states, leading to the conclusion that the S = 3/2 ground state is not detected in solution at ambient temperatures, and this in independent of the redox state of the two remaining Cys residues in the protein (positions 21 and 48). However, the electron self-exchange rate for 4Fe Pf Fd is significantly slower than for other 4Fe Fd with complete Cys ligation. Changes in the pattern of hyperfine shifts between oxidized and reduced clusters for the four ligands in Pf Fd reveal that the most significant variation occurs for the Asp 14 orientation, suggesting that the altered Asp orientation may "gate" the electron transfer.
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- L Calzolai
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Teng Q, Zhang B, Ma C, Li G, Zhu X. Experimental study of fat embolism syndrome. Chin Med J (Engl) 1995; 108:595-600. [PMID: 7587491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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To find the diagnostic methods for subclinical stage fat embolism syndrome (FES), we established an experimental animal model, using fat intravenous injection. The fat was obtained from the long bone marrow cavity of homologous dogs. Fourteen healthy mongrel dogs received 0.7 ml/kg fluid marrow fat injection and all of them developed FES within 48 hours. The blood samples collected from the pulmonary vessels by floating catheter and peripheral vein at different time intervals were subjected to blood gas analysis and were frozen sectioned rapidly. The sections were stained with oil red 'O'. Positive result was seen 2 hours after fat injection in both pulmonary and peripheral blood. Computer image analysis showed that the number and diameter of fat droplets in pulmonary vascular blood were obviously higher and larger than those in peripheral vein blood. These findings were correlated well with blood gas changes and clinical features. The demonstration of fat droplets from pulmonary or peripheral blood by oil red 'O' staining combined with blood gas changes (PaO2 < 7.99 kPa, P(A-a)O2 > 6.09 kPa) may be rapid and specific for early diagnosis of FES. In the treatment of FES, dexamethason can stabilize the cellular membranes and inhibit the neutrophil response to fatty acid and the release of phospholipase A2, arachidonic acid and platelet aggregation.
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- Q Teng
- Emergency Department, Great Wall Hospital, Beijing
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Gorst CM, Zhou ZH, Ma K, Teng Q, Howard JB, Adams MW, La Mar GN. Participation of the disulfide bridge in the redox cycle of the ferredoxin from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus: 1H nuclear magnetic resonance time resolution of the four redox states at ambient temperature. Biochemistry 1995; 34:8788-95. [PMID: 7612619 DOI: 10.1021/bi00027a030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 01/26/2023]
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The oxidized and reduced forms of the [4Fe-4S]-containing ferredoxin from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus, Pf, have been investigated by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and thiol titrations. We have identified and isolated at Ambient temperature four distinct redox states for the [4Fe-4S] form of the ferredoxin. These states differ in the redox state of the cluster, which is coordinated by Cys 11, Asp 14, Cys 17, and Cys 56, and of a disulfide bridge between Cys 21 and Cys 48. The protein, as isolated under anaerobic conditions, designated 4Fe FdBred, contains the reduced cluster and two free thiols. The cluster, but not the thiols, is readily oxidized by brief exposure to O2 to yield 4Fe FdBOX. Prolonged O2 treatment (> 24 h at 30 degrees C) is required to generate the protein with a disulfide (4Fe FdAOX) while this fully oxidized form is readily converted by brief reduction with sodium dithionite to the protein with a reduced cluster and a disulfide (4Fe FdAred). Analyses of the magnitude and the number of hyperfine-shifted resonances in each of the four redox states are discussed.
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- C M Gorst
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis 95616, USA
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Gorst CM, Yeh YH, Teng Q, Calzolai L, Zhou ZH, Adams MW, La Mar GN. 1H NMR investigation of the paramagnetic cluster environment in Pyrococcus furiosus three-iron ferredoxin: sequence-specific assignment of ligated cysteines independent of tertiary structure. Biochemistry 1995; 34:600-10. [PMID: 7819255 DOI: 10.1021/bi00002a027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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One- and two-dimensional 1H NMR data tailored to detect paramagnetically relaxed protons near the S = 1/2, three-iron-sulfur cluster of the ferredoxin from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus are analyzed to sequence specifically assign the hyperfine shifted ligated cysteine signals, to determine the nature of the secondary structural elements on which these cysteines reside, and to define the tertiary contacts of the cluster with the remainder of the previously characterized secondary structure remote from the cluster [Teng, Q., Zhou, Z.-H., Busse, S.C., Howard, J.B., Adams, M. W. W., & La Mar, G. N. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 6316-6326]. Inspection of the geometry of the cluster ligating cysteines in the six structurally characterized cubane ferredoxin (Fd) clusters reveals a pattern of distances from the cluster iron(s) that indicate that each Cys will exhibit one backbone proton that will allow the detection of dipolar connectivities to the backbone of adjacent residues. It is expected that the first and last of the Cys in the cluster consensus binding sequence will exhibit weakly relaxed peptide NH and strongly relaxed C alpha H signals, while the two central Cys in that sequence will exhibit strongly relaxed peptide NH but weakly relaxed C alpha H peaks. These dipolar contacts are clearly observed for the three ligated Cys in 3Fe P. furiosus Fd, providing the first sequence specific assignment of ligated cysteines which do not explicitly require knowledge of the tertiary structure of the protein. This approach is proposed to have very general application to cubane ferredoxins. A combination of steady-state NOEs and short mixing time NOESY experiments demonstrate that Cys17 is on a short helix through Leu20 and that Cys56 likely initiates a type I turn, as observed in the crystal structure of the 3Fe Fd for Desulfovibrio gigas [Kissinger, C. R., Sieker, L. C., Adman, E. T., & Jensen, L. H. (1991) J. Mol. Biol. 219, 693-715]. The observed relaxation rates of resolved or partially resolved signals are shown to correlate with their proximity to the various iron in the cluster, as determined for the homologous residues in D. gigas Fd, providing additional qualitative information on tertiary contacts of the cluster.
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- C M Gorst
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616
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Teng Q, Zhou ZH, Smith ET, Busse SC, Howard JB, Adams MW, La Mar GN. Solution 1H NMR determination of secondary structure for the three-iron form of ferredoxin from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. Biochemistry 1994; 33:6316-26. [PMID: 8193147 DOI: 10.1021/bi00186a035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 01/29/2023]
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Two-dimensional 1H NMR data have been used to make sequence-specific assignments and define the secondary structure of the three-iron form of the oxidized ferredoxin, Fd, from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus, Pf. Signals for at least some protons were located for 65 of the 66 amino acids in the sequence, in spite of the paramagnetic (S = 1/2) ground state, but not all could be assigned. Unassigned and missing signals could be qualitatively correlated with the expected proximity of the protons to the paramagnetic cluster. The secondary structure was deduced from qualitative analysis of the 2D nuclear Overhauser effect, which identified two antiparallel beta-sheets, one triple-stranded including Ala1-Ser5, Val39-Glu41, and Thr62-Ala66, and one double-stranded consisting of Glu26-Asn28 and Lys32-Glu34, as well as an alpha-helix involving Glu43-Glu54. Three tight type I turns are located at residues Asp7-Thr10, Pro22-Phe25, and Asp29-Gly31. Comparison with the crystal structure of Desulfovibrio gigas, Dg, Fd (Kissinger et al., 1991) reveals a very similar folding topology, although several secondary structural elements are extended in Pf relative to Dg Fd. Thus the beta-sheet involving the two termini is expanded to include the two terminal residues and incorporates a third strand from the internal loop that is lengthened by several insertions in Pf relative to Dg Fd. The double-stranded beta-sheet in the interior of Pf Fd is lengthened slightly due to a much tighter type I turn between the two strands. The helix near the C-terminus is three residues longer in Pf than in Dg Fd, as well as being shifted toward the N-terminus. The disulfide link between the two nonligating Cys residues (Cys21 and Cys48) is conserved in Pf Fd, but the link near the C-terminus is in the middle of the long alpha-helix in Pf Fd, instead of at the N-terminus of the helix as in Dg Fd. The extensions of the beta-sheets and alpha-helix increase the number of main-chain hydrogen bonds in Pf Fd by approximately 8 relative to those in Dg Fd and likely contribute to its remarkable thermostability (it is unaffected by anaerobic incubation at 95 degrees C for 24 h).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- Q Teng
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616
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Teng Q, Scarlata S. Effect of high pressure on the association of melittin to membranes. J Biol Chem 1993; 268:12434-42. [PMID: 8509383] [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: 01/31/2023] Open
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To determine the underlying basis for the sensitivity of peripheral peptides to lipid packing, we monitored the change in association of melittin to different membranes under hydrostatic pressure by fluorescence polarization and by fluorescence intensity in the presence of aqueous quenchers. Association to lysophosphatidylcholine micelles or to membranes composed of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine, or dioleoylphosphatidylcholine was found to be stable from 1 to 2000 atm. Similar results were obtained using multilamellar vesicles, small unilamellar vesicles, or large unilamellar vesicles. Thus, the increase in lipid chain packing induced by pressure does not alter the association of bound complexes. This result indicates similar compressibilities of the peptide and the head group binding region. Increasing the ionic strength to increase the charge of the free peptide also resulted in a pressure-insensitive complex showing that the hydration does not change upon binding. This conclusion is substantiated by a lack of van't Hoff delta H to dioleoylphosphatidylcholine large unilamellar vesicles. To gain a more molecular picture of these associations, the rotational properties of the tryptophan side chain of bound melittin as a function of lipid packing was also studied. These data indicate subtle differences in peptide orientation in different lipids.
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- Q Teng
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8661
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Chiu SW, Nicholson LK, Brenneman MT, Subramaniam S, Teng Q, McCammon JA, Cross TA, Jakobsson E. Molecular dynamics computations and solid state nuclear magnetic resonance of the gramicidin cation channel. Biophys J 1991; 60:974-8. [PMID: 1720680 PMCID: PMC1260148 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(91)82131-2] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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This paper reports on a coupled approach to determining the structure of the gramicidin A ion channel, utilizing solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of isotopically labeled gramicidin channels aligned parallel to the magnetic field direction, and molecular dynamics (MD). MD computations using an idealized right-handed beta-helix as a starting point produce a refined molecular structure that is in excellent agreement with atomic resolution solid state NMR data. The data provided by NMR and MD are complementary to each other. When applied in a coordinated manner they provide a powerful approach to structure determination in molecular systems not readily amenable to x-ray diffraction.
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- S W Chiu
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801
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