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Wang Y, Lin YX, Wang J, Qiao SL, Liu YY, Dong WQ, Wang J, An HW, Yang C, Mamuti M, Wang L, Huang B, Wang H. In Situ Manipulation of Dendritic Cells by an Autophagy-Regulative Nanoactivator Enables Effective Cancer Immunotherapy. ACS Nano 2019; 13:7568-7577. [PMID: 31260255 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b00143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [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: 05/06/2023]
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Cellular immunotherapeutics aim to employ immune cells as anticancer agents. Ex vivo engineering of dendritic cells (DCs), the initial role of an immune response, benefits tumor elimination by boosting specific antitumor responses. However, directly activating DCs in vivo is less efficient and therefore quite challenging. Here, we designed a nanoactivator that manufactures DCs through autophagy upregulating in vivo directly, which lead to a high-efficiency antigen presention of DCs and antigen-specific T cells generation. The nanoactivator significantly enhances tumor antigen cross-presentation and subsequent T cell priming. Consequently, in vivo experiments show that the nanoactivators successfully reduce tumor growth and prolong murine survival. Taken together, these results indicate in situ DCs manipulation by autophagy induction is a promising strategy for antigen presentation enhancement and tumor elimination.
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- Yi Wang
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P.R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
- Center for Nanomedicine and Department of Anesthesiology , Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts 02115 , United States
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P.R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology and Department of Immunology , Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Beijing 100005 , P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology and Department of Immunology , Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Beijing 100005 , P.R. China
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- Center for Nanomedicine and Department of Anesthesiology , Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts 02115 , United States
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100149 , P.R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P.R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology and Department of Immunology , Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Beijing 100005 , P.R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , Beijing 100190 , P.R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P.R. China
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Dong W, Luo P, Lu D, Wang H, Wang B. Immunomodulatory effect of schisandrae oil in mouse model of autoimmune hepatitis induced by concanavalin A. Tradit Med Res 2019. [DOI: 10.53388/tmr20190717124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chen XY, Lv RJ, Zhang W, Yan YG, Li P, Dong WQ, Liu X, Liang ES, Tian HL, Lu QH, Zhang MX. Inhibition of myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2A improved diabetic cardiac fibrosis partially by regulating endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Oncotarget 2018; 7:31053-66. [PMID: 27105518 PMCID: PMC5058738 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Cardiac fibrosis is an important pathological process of diabetic cardiomyopathy, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. This study sought to identify whether inhibition of Myocyte enhancer factor 2A (MEF2A) alleviates cardiac fibrosis by partially regulating Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). We induced type 1 diabetes mellitus using the toxin streptozotocin (STZ) in mice and injected with lentivirus-mediated short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) in myocardium to inhibit MEF2A expression. Protein expression, histological and functional parameters were examined twenty-one weeks post-STZ injection. We found that Diabetes mellitus increased cardiac MEF2A expression, aggravated cardiac dysfunction and myocardial fibrosis through the accumulation of fibroblasts via EndMT. All of these features were abolished by MEF2A inhibition. MEF2A gene silencing by shRNA in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) ameliorated high glucose-induced phenotypic transition and acquisition of mesenchymal markers through interaction with p38MAPK and Smad2. We conclude that inhibition of endothelial cell-derived MEF2A might be beneficial in the prevention of diabetes mellitus-induced cardiac fibrosis by partially inhibiting EndMT through interaction with p38MAPK and Smad2.
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- Xue-Ying Chen
- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Emergency, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Wang WK, Lu QH, Zhang JN, Wang B, Liu XJ, An FS, Qin WD, Chen XY, Dong WQ, Zhang C, Zhang Y, Zhang MX. HMGB1 mediates hyperglycaemia-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis via ERK/Ets-1 signalling pathway. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 18:2311-20. [PMID: 25210949 PMCID: PMC4224563 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Apoptosis is a key event involved in diabetic cardiomyopathy. The expression of high mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) is up-regulated in diabetic mice. However, the molecular mechanism of high glucose (HG)-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis remains obscure. We aimed to determine the role of HMGB1 in HG-induced apoptosis of cardiomyocytes. Treating neonatal primary cardiomyocytes with HG increased cell apoptosis, which was accompanied by elevated levels of HMGB1. Inhibition of HMGB1 by short-hairpin RNA significantly decreased HG-induced cell apoptosis by reducing caspase-3 activation and ratio of Bcl2-associated X protein to B-cell lymphoma/leukemia-2 (bax/bcl-2). Furthermore, HG activated E26 transformation-specific sequence-1 (Ets-1), and HMGB1 inhibition attenuated HG-induced activation of Ets-1 via extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) signalling. In addition, inhibition of Ets-1 significantly decreased HG-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Similar results were observed in streptozotocin-treated diabetic mice. Inhibition of HMGB1 by short-hairpin RNA markedly decreased myocardial cell apoptosis and activation of ERK and Ets-1 in diabetic mice. In conclusion, inhibition of HMGB1 may protect against hyperglycaemia-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis by down-regulating ERK-dependent activation of Ets-1.
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- Wen-Ke Wang
- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Wang XP, Zhang W, Liu XQ, Wang WK, Yan F, Dong WQ, Zhang Y, Zhang MX. Arginase I enhances atherosclerotic plaque stabilization by inhibiting inflammation and promoting smooth muscle cell proliferation. Eur Heart J 2013; 35:911-9. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dong WQ, Zhang MX. [Endogenous metabolites--arginine/nitric oxide regulate the body's physiological function]. Sheng Li Ke Xue Jin Zhan 2012; 43:334-337. [PMID: 23316603] [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: 06/01/2023]
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Zhang SX, Yang PW, Zhang DC, Dong WQ, Zhang FH, Sun YM. Pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution, and metabolism of novel DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor yuanhuacine in rabbit. Xenobiotica 2009; 39:273-81. [PMID: 19280526 DOI: 10.1080/00498250802715987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method was developed and validated for the quantitative determination of yuanhuacine (YHC), a daphne diterpene ortho-ester anticancer agent, and identification of its metabolites. Pharmacokinetic behaviour, tissue distribution, and metabolism were investigated in rabbit. YHC plasma data best fitted to a two-compartment model and were characterized by an elimination half-life t(1/2)(beta) of 11.1 h following intravenous administration. Tissue distribution studies did not identify any tissues having a high affinity for YHC. The main metabolites are proposed to be M392I, M392II, and M390, resulting from the ortho-ester group and aromatic ester bond being cleaved off simultaneously during Phase I metabolism. This investigation contributes to an understanding of the metabolism of daphne diterpene ortho-esters.
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- S X Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, P. R. China.
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Wu YS, Li M, Dong WQ, Li YJ. [Expression and immunocompetence characterization of Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 19:80-3. [PMID: 12571990] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To express lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) gene of Plasmodium falciparum FCC1/HN in the E. coli TG1 and analyse its immunocompetence. METHODS The LDH gene of the P. falciparum was specifically amplified by polymerase chain reaction, and the recovered gene fragment was cloned into pGEX-4T-1 vector for expression of fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase(GST). The recombinant plasmid was transformed into the E. coli TG1. Four mice (Kunming strain) were immunized with purified expressed protein(antigen) and the polyclonal antibodies were collected. The immunocompetence of recombinant protein was analysed by ELISA and Western-blot. RESULTS The LDH gene of P. falciparum was successfully expressed in the E. coli TG1. The expressed protein exhibited a specific reaction with immune sera obtained from rabbits immunized with P. falciparum. The specific humoral responses were induced in mice and the titer of the specific antibody was 1:16 by two-dimensional diffusion assay. CONCLUSION The LDH gene of P. falciparum has been successfully expressed in the E. coli TG1 and the expressed protein has high antigencity.
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- Y S Wu
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515
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Wu YS, Dong WQ, Li M, Gao Y, Bi HX, Li YJ. [Preparation and characterization of McAbs against lactate dehydrogenase of Plasmodium falciparum]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 18:333-5. [PMID: 12567605] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To prepare and characterize the monoclonal antibodies(McAbs) against lactate dehydrogenase of the Plasmodium falciparum(LDHp). METHODS BALB/c mice were immunized with purified recombinant LDHp and McAbs against LDHp were prepared according to the protocol of hybridoma technique. The McAbs were characterized by ELISA and Western blot analysis. RESULTS Two McAbs against LDHp antigen were obtained. Both McAbs were IgG2b. The titer of two McAbs(2A5, 1H10) in the ascites was 1:25,600 and 1:12,800, and in supernatant were 1:512,1:256 respectively. The result of ELISA indicated that two McAbs reacted only with P. falciparum, and did not react with normal human red blood cells, P. vivax, Toxoplasma gondii, Schistosoma japonicum. It is recognized 33 kDa protein which was defined as LDHp by Western blot analysis. CONCLUSION Two hybridoma cell lines secreting high titer of McAbs against LDHp with high specificity were established.
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- Y S Wu
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515
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Li M, Dong WQ, Li YJ, Bi HX, Min KH, Wang P. Construction of a vaccinia virus vectored multi-epitope vaccine candidate for plasmodium falciparum. Parasitol Int 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5769(98)80701-0] [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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Dafny N, Prieto-Gomez B, Dong WQ, Reyes-Vazquez C. Interferon modulates neuronal activity recorded from the hypothalamus, thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala and the somatosensory cortex. Brain Res 1996; 734:269-74. [PMID: 8896834] [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]
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Neuromodulators interact with classically defined neurotransmitters to regulate a variety of biological processes. The aim of the present study was to study whether interferon-alpha (IFN) can be considered as a neuromodulator. Single cell recordings from five CNS structures were recorded before and following three different routes of IFN administration in Sprague-Dawley rats to substantiate that IFN is a neuromodulator. IFN modulated the majority of the hypothalamic (70%), amygdala (76%), hippocampus (75%) and cortical (82%) cells whether the route of administration was within the brain or given peripherally (i.v. or i.p.). The main difference among the three routes of IFN administration on the neuronal activity of these four CNS sites was the onset of the effect. However, the thalamic neurons responded differently. IFN injection within the brain modulated activity of 43% of thalamic neurons, but only 25% and 17% of the neurons when IFN was given i.v. or i.p., respectively. IFN, in general suppressed hypothalamic neuronal activity while accelerating neuronal activity in all the other studied CNS sites. In conclusion, IFN is an endogenous peptide synthesized and released both peripherally and centrally, with the same effects on neuronal activity whether it is given systemically or locally within the brain. This suggests that IFN can be considered as a neuromodulator.
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- N Dafny
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, USA
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The present study is an attempt to examine the neuronal circuitry of a supraspinal site engaged in pain modulation. Five physiological measures were postulated as the criteria for defining a central nervous system site engaged in the circuitry of pain modulation. The lateral hypothalamus met these five measures: (i) 81% of the lateral hypothalamus neurons (247/304) responded to noxious stimuli using a single cell recording procedure; (ii) stimulation of the periaqueductal gray-dorsal raphe area or the habenula modulated 98% and 87% of the lateral hypothalamus noxious-evoked activity; (iii) microiontophoretically applied morphine modulated 77% of the lateral hypothalamus noxious evoked activity; (iv) electrical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus produced behavioral analgesia proportional to the stimulus intensity as assessed by the tail flick assay; and (v) morphine application into the lateral hypothalamus produced behavioral analgesia in a dose-response manner using the tail flick assay. In conclusion, the lateral hypothalamus can be considered one of the pain modulation sites.
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- N Dafny
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77225, USA
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Pyapali GK, Dong WQ, Deupree DL, Bradley J, Turner DA. Influence of fetal hippocampal grafts on lesions induced by intraventricular infusion of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) into rats. Restor Neurol Neurosci 1994; 6:251-6. [PMID: 21551754 DOI: 10.3233/rnn-1994-6308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Effects of fetal hippocampal transplants were evaluated following a prolonged intraventricular excitotoxic lesion (1.0 mg of N-methyl-D-aspartate over two weeks infusion) in F344 rats. The septum and ipsilateral hippocampus (CA1 and dentate regions) showed extensive cell loss, decreased acquisition of spatial memory was observed and a decrease in AChE positive fiber innervation to the hippocampus was noted following the lesion. Fetal hippocampal transplants into the posterior lateral ventricle resulted in moderate graft survival and physiological analysis of graft-host interconnection in vitro demonstrated evoked field potentials. However, the transplants did not lead to significant improvement in behavior, possibly due to poor synaptic integration of the intraventricular transplants into the host hippocampus. The prolonged intraventricular NMDA lesion may be helpful to understand a mixed lesion model of both septal areas and hippocampus and also as a background lesion in which to assess the connectivity and development of various types of neural grafts.
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- G K Pyapali
- Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Dong WQ, Wilson OB, Skolnick MH, Dafny N. Hypothalamic, dorsal raphe and external electrical stimulation modulate noxious evoked responses of habenula neurons. Neuroscience 1992; 48:933-40. [PMID: 1630629 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90281-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Extracellular recording techniques were used to investigate the effects of focal brain stimulation and external electrical stimulation on spontaneous activity and on noxious evoked responses in the habenular nucleus of anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. Two hundred and forty-one habenular neurons were tested to noxious and non-noxious stimuli. The habenular neurons exhibited three cell types according to their patterns of response to the noxious stimulus: 123 neurons (51%) responded to noxious stimulus by excitation and were classified as "nociceptive-on" cells; 56 neurons (23%) responded to the same noxious stimulus by decreasing their firing rate and were classified as "nociceptive-off" cells; and 62 neurons (26%) failed to respond to noxious stimulation and were classified as "non-nociceptive" cells. None of these 241 cells responded to non-noxious stimulus. One hundred and fifty-five, 160, 142 and 241 habenular neurons were tested following focal lateral hypothalamus stimulation, dorsal raphe stimulation, cerebellar stimulation and transcranial electrical stimulation alone and concomitant with noxious stimulation, respectively. The observations demonstrate that focal lateral hypothalamic, dorsal raphe and external (transcranial) electrical stimulation suppresses habenular noxious evoked responses while cerebellar electrical stimulation elicits no effect on the nociceptive-off cells and augmenting effects on the nociceptive-on cells. In addition, it was observed that low current (below threshold) external transcranial electrical stimulation was as effective in suppression of habenular noxious evoked responses as was focal brain electrical stimulation in the lateral hypothalamus and dorsal raphe.
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- W Q Dong
- University of Texas Medical School, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Houston
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Dong WQ, Qiao JT, Skolnick M, Dafny N. Focal dorsal raphe stimulation and pinnal electrical stimulation modulate spontaneous and noxious evoked responses in thalamic neurons. Int J Neurosci 1991; 57:123-40. [PMID: 1938151 DOI: 10.3109/00207459109150353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 12/29/2022]
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This study investigated the nocieceptive responses of single neurons within the nucleus parafascicularis (PF) thalami of the rat following two modes of electrical stimulation known to induce analgesia. It was found that both focal electrical dorsal raphe stimulation (DRS) and bilateral pinnal (ear) electrical stimulation (PES) converge on the same PF neurons, affecting both the spontaneous discharges and the noxious evoked responses toward these neurons. The effects of different stimulus current intensity, frequency and pulse duration were also examined. It was found that for both DRS and PES at pulse frequency of 10 Hz and current amplitude of 10 microA are the optimal parameters to modulate both the spontaneous and the noxious evoked responses. These stimuli produced prolonged effects related to the duration of stimulation. The external (PES) low current stimulation which was delivered below the sensory threshold was as effective in modulating noxious responses as the invasive DRS in intact animals and in animals with bilateral dorsolateral-funiculus ablation. It was observed that dorsal lateral funiculus ablation (DLFx) did not modify the DRS and the PES effects. These observations further support the existence of an ascending pain modulation pathway.
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- W Q Dong
- University of Texas Medical School, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Houston 77225
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Dougherty PM, Dong WQ, Faillace LA, Dafny N. Trans-cranial electrical stimulation attenuates abrupt morphine withdrawal in rats assayed by remote computerized quantification of multiple motor behavior indices. Eur J Pharmacol 1990; 175:187-95. [PMID: 2311653 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(90)90229-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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: 12/31/2022]
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The goal of the present study was to assess the effects of trans-cranial electrical stimulation on the behavioral signs of the abrupt withdrawal syndrome of rats. However, this goal also necessitated the introduction of an experimental model measuring animal behavior for prolonged periods of time using a computerized animal activity monitoring system to quantify spontaneous motor activities associated with abstinence behavior. Comparable withdrawal severity was obtained by both the activity monitoring system and investigator observation of motor signs of abstinence behavior. Moreover, using this system we demonstrate a time-dependent effect of electrical stimulation in reducing the severity of various indices of motor hyperactivity associated with abrupt morphine withdrawal in rats.
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- P M Dougherty
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77225
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In vivo models of cerebral ischemia do not fully control for the interacting effects of many variables (e.g., anesthesia, temperature, cerebrovascular changes) and often do not clearly define the region affected. Numerous in vivo studies have indicated that hyperglycemia augments ischemic brain damage; this effect is often attributed to lactic acidosis. To separate the effects on neuronal tissue of ischemia from those due to actions on the cerebrovascular system, we used an in vitro blood-free system as an ischemic model. In our study we evaluated the effects of various combinations of oxygen and glucose levels on evoked synaptic activity in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampal slice preparation. A 50% inhibitory dose for both oxygen and glucose on neuronal synaptic function was determined. It is our intention to use this model for preliminary screening of antihypoxic/anti-ischemic drugs.
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- W Q Dong
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, KY 40292
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The rat hippocampal slice preparation was used to study the combined effects of hypoxia and lactic acidosis on neuronal function. Control slices were exposed to a standard hypoxic insult while being perfused with normal artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF). Experimental slices were perfused with ACSF containing 1.0, 2.0, 10.0 or 20.0 mM lactic acid, 30 min before and during the same standard hypoxic insult. Following at 30-min recovery period the ability of these slices to respond to orthodromic stimulation by displaying a population spike (synaptic function) was tested. No significant decreases in the recovery rate of synaptic function were found between control and experimental groups, excluding the combination of 20 mM lactic acid and 10 min hypoxia, where such a decrease was found. The combination of 10 mM lactic acid and 12 min hypoxia brought about an increase in the recovery rate of synaptic function. Thus, the adverse effects attributed to lactic acid in vivo were not seen in the present in vitro study. Neuronal tissue appears to be able to handle excess lactic acid by yet, unknown mechanism (high intracellular buffer capacity?). The suggested in vivo damage due to lactic acidosis could originate in the cerebrovascular system. On the other hand, the possibility that lactic acidosis is harmless under hypoxic conditions should also be considered.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292
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Abstract
To study the relationship between the opioid peptidergic system (OPS) and acupuncture analgesia (AA), observations have been made both at presynaptic levels and receptor sites in our college since 1975. It was found that AA could be reversed by naloxone in rabbits and in man. The opioid peptide activity increased in human cerebrospinal fluid and in the perfusate from certain brain areas during AA, as revealed by radio-receptor assay. The results indicate that OPS takes an active part in AA. To study further the activity of OPS, experiments were done at the level of nerve cells on rabbits's central gray (PAG). By using multimicropipettes for extracellular recording and iontophoresis of drugs, it was found that opiates produced a naloxone reversible inhibition on the spontaneous discharge of certain neurones. Such neurones were distributed mostly in the ventral part of the PAG. Similar to iontophoretic opiates, electroacupuncture (EA) had an inhibitory effect on PAG neurones and the inhibition could be reversed by iontophoretic naloxone. A correlation existed between the effects of EA and opiates (P less than 0.0174). EA and opiates also showed similar inhibitory effect on nociceptive response of PAG neurones. It was postulated that acupuncture signals activate the brain OPS to exert a double control over the transmission of pain sensation in the PAG, i.e., to block the conveyance of nociceptive impulses at situ and at other relay stations through inhibitory systems. In addition to the PAG, most brain areas important in AA are interrelated to OPS, and the interaction between opioid peptides and opiate receptors in these areas perform an analgesic function as a whole.
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