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Kuo TC, Chao WC, Yang CH, Tsai MS, Tsai YT, Lee YC. Intratympanic steroid injection versus hyperbaric oxygen therapy in refractory sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a meta-analysis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 279:83-90. [PMID: 33751195 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-021-06616-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The present meta-analysis aims to compare the efficacy of intratympanic steroid (ITS) injection and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy as salvage treatments for refractory sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). DATA SOURCES Comprehensive searches were performed in PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library from the date of the database inception to June 2020. All studies reporting the use of salvage ITS and HBO treatments in refractory SSNHL patients were included. Subsequently, the full texts of the eligible studies were evaluated. METHODS The quality and bias of the studies were assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and Cochrane's risk of bias tools for nonrandomized and randomized studies, respectively. The data were analyzed using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (Version 3; Biostat, Englewood, NJ). RESULTS Three hundred and fourteen subjects in 3 observational studies and 1 randomized controlled trial met our inclusion criteria. The pooled results demonstrated that there were no significant differences in the mean posttreatment hearing gain between the ITS and HBO groups. The changes in word discrimination and hearing gain at 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 Hz were also comparable between the two salvage treatment groups. CONCLUSIONS The pooled results demonstrated that there were no significant differences in hearing improvements between salvage ITS injection and salvage HBO therapy after failed primary systemic steroid treatment in patients with SSNHL. However, spontaneous recovery could bias the treatment outcomes, and these results should be interpreted with caution. Clinicians may choose these salvage treatments according to personal experience and treatment availability. In cases in which specialized HBO facilities are difficult to access, salvage ITS injection can be provided with comparable responses.
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- Tz-Ching Kuo
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No.222, Maijin Rd., Anle Dist., Keelung, 204, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No.222, Maijin Rd., Anle Dist., Keelung, 204, Taiwan.
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Liao ZH, Kuo TC, Kao CH, Chou TM, Kao YH, Huang RN. Identification of the chitinase genes from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. Bull Entomol Res 2016; 106:769-780. [PMID: 27417424 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485316000511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Chitinases have an indispensable function in chitin metabolism and are well characterized in numerous insect species. Although the diamondback moth (DBM) Plutella xylostella, which has a high reproductive potential, short generation time, and characteristic adaptation to adverse environments, has become one of the most serious pests of cruciferous plants worldwide, the information on the chitinases of the moth is presently limited. In the present study, using degenerated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid amplification of cDNA ends-PCR strategies, four chitinase genes of P. xylostella were cloned, and an exhaustive search was conducted for chitinase-like sequences from the P. xylostella genome and transcriptomic database. Based on the domain analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences and the phylogenetic analysis of the catalytic domain sequences, we identified 15 chitinase genes from P. xylostella. Two of the gut-specific chitinases did not cluster with any of the known phylogenetic groups of chitinases and might be in a new group of the chitinase family. Moreover, in our study, group VIII chitinase was not identified. The structures, classifications and expression patterns of the chitinases of P. xylostella were further delineated, and with this information, further investigations on the functions of chitinase genes in DBM could be facilitated.
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- Z H Liao
- Department of Life Science,National Central University,Chung-Li,Taoyuan,Taiwan 320,ROC
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- Department of Biochemistry,Taipei Medical University,250 Wu-Hsing Street,Taipei 110,Taiwan
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- Applied Zoology Division,Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute,Council of Agriculture,Executive Yua,Wufeng,Taichung 41362,Taiwan
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- Applied Zoology Division,Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute,Council of Agriculture,Executive Yua,Wufeng,Taichung 41362,Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science,National Central University,Chung-Li,Taoyuan,Taiwan 320,ROC
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- Department of Entomology,College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University,Taipei 106,Taiwan
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Mercury is a global pollutant considered to be a persistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemical. Humans may be exposed to organic forms of mercury by either inhalation, oral, or dermal routes. Methylmercury is more toxic to living organisms than the inorganic forms. In this study, we attempted to elucidate the altered functions of alveolar macrophage including nitric oxide production after methylmercury exposure. Treatment of 7 muM methylmercury for 24 h inhibited lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide and nitric oxide synthase production of alveolar macrophages. The addition of H-89 (PKA inhibitor) significantly decreased the methylmercury inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-mediated nitric oxide production. We found the cell had a calcium-dependent adenylate cyclase, and MeHg could inhibit the phosphorylation of extracellular-signal regulated kinase (ERK). Because methylmercury could increase the intracellular calcium ion concentration, it might activate the adenylate cyclase by increasing [Ca(2+)](i). Though the interaction of methylmercury with the immune system has been studied by several investigators, the actual mechanisms underlying these interactions are still poorly understood. We discovered that methylmercury could activate protein kinase A, which in turn would inhibit the activation of Raf-1-ERK and so inhibit the release of nitric oxide.
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- T C Kuo
- Department of Cosmetic Science, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Tomnay JE, Pitts MK, Kuo TC, Fairley CK. Does the Internet assist clients to carry out contact tracing? A randomized controlled trial using web-based information. Int J STD AIDS 2006; 17:391-4. [PMID: 16734961 DOI: 10.1258/095646206777323391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/18/2022]
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The primary outcome was to determine the acceptability of the Internet, specifically a website for use in standard partner notification. A secondary objective was to determine if a website would enhance the outcomes of currently used partner notification methods. In a randomized control trial, 105 participants diagnosed with chlamydia and non-gonoccocal urethritis (NGU) were randomized and 97 completed the study. About 30% of participants were provided a standard partner letter and 70% were provided the standard partner letter and website. All participants reported that their partners had no objections to the website (0%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0-5%). There were no complaints received from any partner. The odds ratio for contacting partners was not significantly different between the two groups of participants. The results of this study indicate that providing a website with specific information about the infection to which a partner has been exposed is not harmful.
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- J E Tomnay
- Department of Public Health, University of Melbourne, and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton 3053, Victoria, Australia.
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Li YT, Kuo TC, Kuan LC, Chu YC. Cervical softening with vaginal misoprostol before intrauterine device insertion. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2005; 89:67-8. [PMID: 15777909 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2004] [Revised: 12/21/2004] [Accepted: 01/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Y T Li
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuo General Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Kuo TC, Herrin DL. Quantitative studies of Mn(2+)-promoted specific and non-specific cleavages of a large RNA: Mn(2+)-GAAA ribozymes and the evolution of small ribozymes. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:4197-206. [PMID: 11058117 PMCID: PMC113148 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.21.4197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2000] [Revised: 09/14/2000] [Accepted: 09/14/2000] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Manganese (Mn(2+)) promotes specific cleavage at two major (I and III) and four minor (II, IV, V and VI) sites, in addition to slow non-specific cleavage, in a 659-nucleotide RNA containing the Cr.LSU group I intron. The specific cleavages occurred between G and AAA sequences and thus can be considered Mn(2+)-GAAA ribozymes. We have estimated rates of specific and non-specific cleavages under different conditions. Comparisons of the rates of major-specific and background cleavages gave a maximal specificity of approximately 900 for GAAA cleavage. Both specific and non-specific cleavages showed hyperbolic kinetics and there was no evidence of cooperativity with Mn(2+) concentration. Interestingly, at site III, Mg(2+) alone promoted weak, but the same specific cleavage as Mn(2+). When added with Mn(2+), Mg(2+) had a synergistic effect on cleavage at site III, but inhibited cleavage at the other sites. Mn(2+) cleavage at site III also exhibited lower values of K (Mn(2+) requirement), pH-dependency and activation energy than did cleavage at the other sites. In contrast, the pH-dependency and activation energy for cleavage at site I was similar to non-specific cleavage. These results increase our understanding of the Mn(2+)-GAAA ribozyme. The implications for evolution of small ribozymes are also discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Catalysis/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Synergism
- Evolution, Molecular
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Kinetics
- Magnesium/pharmacology
- Manganese/pharmacology
- Mutation/genetics
- RNA, Catalytic/chemistry
- RNA, Catalytic/genetics
- RNA, Catalytic/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/metabolism
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Substrate Specificity/drug effects
- Temperature
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- T C Kuo
- Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, BIO 311 24th Street and Whitis Avenue, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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The 23S rRNA gene of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii contains a group IA3 intron, Cr.LSU, whose splicing is essential for cell growth. To better understand Cr.LSU splicing, kinetic analyses were undertaken with 23S.3, a preRNA previously shown to self-splice. Self-splicing of 23S.3 showed biphasic kinetics, with only approximately 33% reacting efficiently. Removal of a region of the 5' exon that could potentially interfere with the intron core (i.e., P3) increased the size (53%) of the active fraction. Replacement of the large P6a-extension by a 20-nt stem-loop further increased the active fraction to approximately 80%. The k(cat) and K(G)(M) for self-splicing (first step) by these latter RNAs were approximately 1 min(-1) and approximately 20 microM, respectively. These results indicate that Cr.LSU is a highly efficient ribozyme whose folding in vitro is impeded by exonic and/or intronic sequences. The implications for in vivo splicing of Cr.LSU are discussed.
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- T C Kuo
- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Lin YM, Hsu CC, Kuo TC, Lin JS, Wang ST, Huang KE. Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration versus microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration for irreparable obstructive azoospermia--experience with 100 cases. J Formos Med Assoc 2000; 99:459-65. [PMID: 10925551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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PURPOSE This study investigated the sperm retrieval success rates, fertilization rates, pregnancy rates, and complications of percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (PESA) and microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration (MESA) in cases of irreparable obstructive azoospermia. METHODS During a period of 36 months, 100 men with irreparable obstructive azoospermia underwent 109 cycles of sperm retrieval procedures and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). We routinely performed PESA first in each retrieval cycle; MESA and/or testicular sperm extraction (TESE) were performed if PESA failed. The sperm retrieval success rates, mean fertilization rates, and pregnancy rates of PESA and MESA were evaluated. RESULTS PESA was performed in all 109 retrieval cycles with a successful sperm retrieval rate of 61%. When PESA failed to retrieve a sufficient number of viable sperm, MESA was subsequently performed with a sperm retrieval rate of 93%. Three cases, which had failed retrieval with both the PESA and MESA procedures, received TESE successfully. The rates of fertilization and pregnancy were 56% and 39% in the 66 PESA-ICSI cycles, respectively, and 47% and 45% in the 40 MESA-ICSI cycles. No significant differences were found in fertilization rates or pregnancy rates among the various sperm retrieval methods and obstruction etiologies. The overall mean fertilization rate and pregnancy rate were 51% and 41%, respectively. CONCLUSION Both PESA and MESA can be used successfully to obtain sufficient sperm for ICSI. PESA cannot replace MESA in some cases as some epididymal pathologies prevent its success. The results of this study indicate that PESA should be the treatment of choice for patients with ductal obstruction distal to the epididymis, owing to its higher initial success rate. In contrast, patients with irreparable epididymal obstruction might achieve better success rates with MESA.
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- Y M Lin
- Department of Urology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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The process of gene unscrambling in hypotrichous ciliates represents one of nature's ingenious solutions to the problem of gene assembly. With some essential genes scrambled in as many as 51 pieces, these ciliates rely on sequence and structural cues to rebuild their fragmented genes and genomes. Here we report the complex pattern of scrambling in the DNA polymerase alpha gene of Stylonychia lemnae. The germline (micronuclear) copy of this gene is broken into 48 pieces with 47 dispersed over two loci, with no asymmetry in the placement of coding segments on either strand. Direct repeats present at the boundaries between coding and noncoding sequences provide pointers to help guide assembly of the functional (macronuclear) gene. We investigate the evolution of this complex gene in three hypotrichous species.
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- L F Landweber
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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In articles and chapters on the subject of acoustic neuroma, it is almost invariably stated that they are well-encapsulated tumors. During surgical procedures, blunt mechanical dissection defines a natural subsurface cleavage plane that leaves intact a several millimeter thick rind of tumor surface. Occasionally, as a concession to neural integrity, less than complete resection is elected, leaving behind this "capsular" remnant. To clarify the nature of the surface of acoustic neuromas and to test whether this long held description is indeed correct, a microscopic analysis of 10 surgical specimens was performed. A wedge was harvested from the free surface of the tumor in the mid cerebellopontine angle that included a large, undisturbed section of the tumor surface. Histologic analysis showed that for most of the tumor surface only an extremely thin (3 to 5 microm) layer of connective tissue envelops the tumor. Neoplastic Schwann cells, which extend essentially to the margin of the tumor, were found to be somewhat flattened and compressed in the vicinity of the surface. Although acoustic neuromas are surrounded by a continuous layer of connective tissue, it is so exceptionally thin (on average less than the diameter of a red blood cell) that its edge cannot be visualized intraoperatively by a surgeon. Because the pathologic definition of a capsule is a thick, enveloping layer of connective tissue that is both micro- and macroscopically evident, it must be concluded that acoustic neuromas are nonencapsulated, at least in the conventional sense of the term. The surface peel observed intraoperatively is surgically produced during tumor debulking by cleaving of the looser central component from the more compressed portion of neoplastic cells that lies immediately beneath the free margin of the lesion.
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- T C Kuo
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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In articles and chapters on the subject of acoustic neuroma, it is almost invariably stated that they are well-encapsulated tumors. During surgical procedures, blunt mechanical dissection defines a natural subsurface cleavage plane that leaves intact a several millimeter thick rind of tumor surface. Occasionally, as a concession to neural integrity, less than complete resection is elected, leaving behind this “capsular” remnant. To clarify the nature of the surface of acoustic neuromas and to test whether this long held description is indeed correct, a microscopic analysis of 10 surgical specimens was performed. A wedge was harvested from the free surface of the tumor in the mid cerebellopontine angle that included a large, undisturbed section of the tumor surface. Histologic analysis showed that for most of the tumor surface only an extremely thin (3 to 5 μm) layer of connective tissue envelops the tumor. Neoplastic Schwann cells, which extend essentially to the margin of the tumor, were found to be somewhat flattened and compressed in the vicinity of the surface. Although acoustic neuromas are surrounded by a continuous layer of connective tissue, it is so exceptionally thin (on average less than the diameter of a red blood cell) that its edge cannot be visualized intraoperatively by a surgeon. Because the pathologic definition of a capsule is a thick, enveloping layer of connective tissue that is both micro- and macroscopically evident, it must be concluded that acoustic neuromas are nonencapsulated, at least in the conventional sense of the term. The surface peel observed intraoperatively is surgically produced during tumor debulking by cleaving of the looser central component from the more compressed portion of neoplastic cells that lies immediately beneath the free margin of the lesion.
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- T C Kuo
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Curcumin (diferuloyl methane) is the major active yellow pigment of turmeric and curry. Studies in recent years have indicated that curcumin is a potent inhibitor of the initiation and promotion of chemical carcinogen-induced skin carcinogenesis in mice. When COLO205 colorectal carcinoma cells were treated with curcumin (60 microM), the appearance of apoptotic DNA ladders was delayed about 5 h, and G1 arrest was detected. Further analysis of the endonuclease activities in these cells revealed that the activity of Ca(+2)-dependent endonuclease in COLO205 cells was profoundly inhibited and that the extent of inhibition depended on the degree of calcium depletion. The reduction of p53 gene expression was accompanied by the induction of HSP70 gene expression in the curcumin-treated cells. These findings suggest that curcumin may induce the expression of the HSP70 gene through the initial depletion of intracellular Ca(+2), followed by the suppression of p53 gene function in the target cells.
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- Y C Chen
- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China
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Kuo TC, Lin-Shiau SY. Activation of functionally protective K(+) channels by methylmercury in rat alveolar macrophages. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 1996; 2:9-15. [PMID: 21781695 DOI: 10.1016/1382-6689(96)00022-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/1995] [Revised: 04/15/1996] [Accepted: 04/25/1996] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Methylmercury (MeHg) is generally known as a neurotoxic heavy metal while its effect on alveolar macrophages is still rarely studied. In this paper, we attempted to use whole cell and cell-attached patch-clamp recording technique and fura-2 fluorescence measurement to elucidate the effects of MeHg on rat alveolar macrophages. The results showed that extracellular application of MeHg induced a transient outward current I(O)(MeHg), 10-20 s in duration, 100-1000 pA in amplitude at -40 mV associated with a marked increase in conductance. The reversal potential depended distinctly on the external K(+) concentration. Removal of external Ca(2+) as well as bath applied verapamil caused a depression of I(O)(MeHg), and intracellular dialysis with 5 mM EGTA completely abolished I(O)(MeHg). Heparin (5 mg/ml) applied by intracellular dialysis greatly accelerated a run-down of I(O)(MeHg) induced by pressure ejection of MeHg. K(+) channel blockers such as quinine, and 4-aminopyridine especially low concentrations of dequalinium and apamin, but not tetraethylammonium inhibited I(O)(MeHg). Cell-attached single-channel recordings with the pipette solution containing 145 mM KCl revealed that the activation of single-channel currents with a conductance of 12 pS could be induced by application of MeHg outside the patch. Since MeHg increased [Ca(2+)](i), in a concentration-dependent manner which was partially blocked by either verapamil or Ca(2+)-free medium containing 1 mM EGTA, it is concluded that MeHg activates a Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) conductance by an increase of [Ca(2+)](i) through an influx from outside the cells as well as mobilization from intracellular store. A possibility that this membrane hyperpolarizing K(+) current may exhibit a functioning modulator in response to the harmful cytotoxic increase in [Ca(2+)](i) caused by MeHg was tested. Accordingly, this working hypothesis is verified by an increase of MeHg-induced cytotoxicity of cultured rat alveolar macrophages through a blockade of this Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel by dequalinium.
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- T C Kuo
- Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Kuo PL, Liu CC, Chang JC, Kuo TC, Hsu CC, Huang KE. Coamplification of the ZFX and ZFY genes for sex identification in preimplantation embryos. J Formos Med Assoc 1996; 95:612-6. [PMID: 8870431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Knowledge of the sex of an embryo may be particularly useful for couples who have a high risk of producing offspring with inherited genetic disorders. We present a rapid and reliable nested polymerase chain reaction strategy to simultaneously amplify the ZFX and ZFY genes at the single cell level. Forty single blastomeres isolated from six triploid preembryos were subjected to coamplification of ZFX and ZFY genes. The results obtained from the preembryo were consistent with the assigned genotype. The amplification rate was 80% for ZFX and 84% for ZFY. Our strategy can be applied to preimplantation diagnosis of single gene disorders, and is especially useful for preimplantation diagnosis and prevention of X-linked diseases in in vitro fertilization programs.
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- P L Kuo
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National Cheng-Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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Kuo TC, Hsu JL, Su KS, Huang CH, Lee DN, Cherng NY, Chen WS. [Pre- and intra-operative administration of epidural morphine provides good postoperative pain relief after laminectomy]. Acta Anaesthesiol Sin 1996; 34:69-74. [PMID: 9084525] [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: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND To evaluate the postoperative analgesic effect of epidural morphine administered at different timing in lumbar spine surgery. METHODS Eighty-four patients who were scheduled for elective lumbar spine surgery were randomized in three groups. Seventeen patients in group I who received non-steroid analgesics postoperatively (diclophenac sodium 50 mg, iv, q4h) served as control while thirty-six patients in group II who received single dose epidural morphine 3 mg in combination with 10 ml 2% lidocaine given at the lesion site (L4-5 or L5-S1) just before general anesthesia and thirty-one patients in group III who received 3 mg morphine in combination with 3 ml 2% lidocaine administered to the targeted epidural space by means of slow drippings just before wound closure were studied subjects. RESULTS During the first 24 h postoperatively, the patients in group II and group III suffered a pain which was significantly less in intensity as compared with those in group I (p < 0.05). We used the 10 cm visual analog pain score (VAS) to scale post-operative pain with "no pain" and "worst pain" respectively anchored at 0 and 10 cm. The incidence of side effects such as pruritus, nausea and vomiting was higher in group II and III than in group I. We did not evaluate the occurrence of urinary retention because routine retention urinary catheterization in all patients hampered us to do so. There were no significant differences in the quality and duration of analgesia between group II and III. Respiratory depression of clinical significance was not observed. Neither decrease in oxygen saturation below 92% registered on pulse oximetry nor decrease in respiratory rate below 12 cycles/min was found in the PACU. CONCLUSIONS Preoperative or intraoperative administration of epidural morphine could provide satisfactory analgesia in lumbar spine surgery during the first 24 h postoperatively.
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- T C Kuo
- Department of Anesthesiology, 803 Army Hospital, Taichung
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Endo K, Atlas SJ, Rone JD, Zanagnolo VL, Kuo TC, Dharmarajan AM, Wallach EE. Epidermal growth factor inhibits follicular response to human chorionic gonadotropin: possible role of cell to cell communication in the response to gonadotropin. Endocrinology 1992; 130:186-92. [PMID: 1309328 DOI: 10.1210/endo.130.1.1309328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) affects follicular steroidogenesis and expression of gonadotropin receptors. The effects of EGF on hCG-induced estradiol and progesterone secretion and ovulation were examined in the in vitro perfused rabbit ovary. We also examined the effects of EGF on hCG-induced progesterone secretion by isolated granulosa cells. In addition, distribution of hCG within the follicle was probed by immunohistochemical means 30 min after its administration to the in vitro perfused ovary. EGF significantly (P less than 0.05) reduced hCG-induced secretion of estradiol (control, 117 +/- 12 pg/min.follicle; 10 ng/ml EGF, 55 +/- 10) and progesterone (control, 18.2 +/- 1.2 ng/min.follicle; 10 ng/ml EGF, 11.9 +/- 0.8) by the perfused ovary. In contrast, EGF did not inhibit hCG-induced progesterone secretion by isolated granulosa cells. Ovulatory efficiency (number of ovulated ova per number of mature follicles x 100) when EGF was given 30 min before hCG was reduced dose-dependently from 58.2% with no EGF to 8.3% with 10 ng/ml EGF (P less than 0.001). Ovulation was not inhibited by EGF when it was given 30 min after hCG. Distribution of hCG in the preovulatory follicle was confined to the basement membrane, thecal cell layer, and a small fraction of the outer granulosa cell layer. These observations suggest that gonadotropin stimulates the follicle through the release of a secondary signal(s) from ligand-bound granulosa cells near the follicle wall to unexposed cells of the inner avascular area. EGF may inhibit the follicular response to hCG by attenuation of this cell to cell communication.
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- K Endo
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Lin SS, Chang CL, Kuo TC, Cheng JT. A comparison of umbilical venous blood levels of neuropeptide Y and catecholamines between cesarean section and normal spontaneous delivery. Ma Zui Xue Za Zhi 1991; 29:658-62. [PMID: 1758263] [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: 12/28/2022]
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This study was designed to determine the presence and different levels of placental neuropeptide Y (NPY) in women at parturition between normal spontaneous delivery (NSD) and cesarean section (C/S) under spinal anesthesia and to compare it with the level of catecholamines. Umbilical vein plasma levels of neuropeptide Y and catecholamines of the placental cord were measured at delivery in 40 parturient women who were divided into two groups, with 20 patients in each. NSD group underwent vaginal delivery without the presence of intrapartum fetal distress. C/S group received elective cesarean section (C/S) under spinal anesthesia. The results showed that umbilical vein level of NPY in NSD patients was significantly less than C/S patients (160.32 pg/ml vs 346.25 pg/ml, p less than 0.01). But for catecholamines levels, C/S group were significantly less than that of NSD group.
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- S S Lin
- Department of Anesthesiology, National Cheng-Kung University, Medical College and Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Kuo TC, Endo K, Dharmarajan AM, Miyazaki T, Atlas SJ, Wallach EE. Direct effect of angiotensin II on in-vitro perfused rabbit ovary. J Reprod Fertil 1991; 92:469-74. [PMID: 1886102 DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0920469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effects of angiotensin II (AII) and its receptor blocker, saralasin (SAR), on ovulation and oocyte maturation were investigated in an isolated, in-vitro perfused rabbit ovary. Ovulation and oocyte maturation were induced by AII in the absence of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG). SAR inhibited ovulation induced by AII or hCG, but not oocyte maturation. AII appears to play a critical role in follicle rupture, but not in resumption of oocyte meiosis.
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- T C Kuo
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Chang PC, Kuo TC, Tsugita A, Lee YH. Extracellular metalloprotease gene of Streptomyces cacaoi: structure, nucleotide sequence and characterization of the cloned gene product. Gene X 1990; 88:87-95. [PMID: 2341042 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90063-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [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: 12/31/2022] Open
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The gene (npr) encoding an extracellular neutral metalloprotease (Npr) from Streptomyces cacaoi YM15 was cloned in Streptomyces lividans using pIJ702 as a vector. The nucleotide (nt) sequence of npr was determined. The deduced open reading frame encoded 550 amino acids (aa) (60 kDa) with a putative signal sequence of 34 aa at the N terminus. High-resolution S1 mapping identified the transcriptional start point at about 132-134 nt upstream from the start codon. The nt sequences at both -10 and -35 regions resemble the consensus sequence of typical Escherichia coli promoters and a fragment containing the promoter was functional in an E. coli promoter probe plasmid. In vitro transcription and translation of the cloned npr sequence revealed a 60-kDa protein product, correlated with the sequence data but not with the size (35 kDa) of the extracellular Npr. The N-terminal aa sequence in conjunction with the aa composition analyses on the purified mature Npr led to the conclusion that it was processed from the 60-kDa pre-proenzyme form encoded by npr. The Npr protease contained putative zinc ligand-binding regions and two repeated motifs, Asp-Ser-Gly, similar to the active site residues of the aspartic acid and retroviral proteases.
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- P C Chang
- Institute of Biochemistry, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
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Miyazaki T, Kuo TC, Dharmarajan AM, Atlas SJ, Wallach EE. In vivo administration of allopurinol affects ovulation and early embryonic development in rabbits. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1989; 161:1709-14. [PMID: 2603930 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(89)90955-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The potential role of the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system in human chorionic gonadotropin-induced ovulation, nuclear maturation, and preimplantation development was investigated in the rabbit by use of the xanthine oxidase inhibitor allopurinol. Allopurinol (50 mg/kg) or vehicle was injected, followed by human chorionic gonadotropin (100 IU). Administration of inhibitor or vehicle was repeated 3 hours later. Ovaries and ovulated ova were inspected 12 or 24 hours after human chorionic gonadotropin administration for follicle rupture, cumulus dispersal, and nuclear maturation. Ova were inseminated in vitro and assessed for development to the blastocyst stage, up to 96 hours after insemination. Allopurinol significantly reduced ovulatory efficiency, defined as the percent of large follicles that ovulate, and decreased the percent of ova with cumulus dispersal. Allopurinol significantly inhibited morula and blastocyst formation. These data suggest that the xanthine oxidase system may play a role in ovulation and early embryonic development.
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- T Miyazaki
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Chen JT, Yamashiro T, Shimizu Y, Kuo TC, Nakayama K, Teshima H, Hirai Y, Hamada T, Fujimoto I, Yamauchi K. [Renal toxicity by intraperitoneal administration of CDDP]. Nihon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi 1988; 40:534-40. [PMID: 3385274] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Renal toxicity following intraperitoneal (ip) CDDP therapy after laparotomy in twenty patients with ovarian cancer was examined. Four patients had renal toxicity. Patients who received CDDP at a dose of 150 mg (2/2) had a statistically higher incidence of toxicity than those who received less than 100 mg (2/18) (p less than 0.05). Patients who underwent ip therapy on the same day as laparotomy had a statistically higher incidence of the toxicity (4/15) than those underwent it on the fourth day after (0/5) (p less than 0.05). Renal toxicity was revealed in the mean urine volume of 1,100 ml on the day of therapy, but the toxicity did not appeared in those with a mean urine volume of 2,131 ml, whose volume was statistically different (p less than 0.01). These data suggest maintenance of renal blood flow during CDDP treatment plays an important role in preventing renal toxicity even following ip therapy. By investigating preoperative laboratory data, it is seen that patients with FDP values higher than 32 micrograms/ml have a higher risk of renal toxicity.
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- J T Chen
- Department of Gynecology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo
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- T C Kuo
- DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
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