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Xiong T, Wang T, Chen XW, Yang YX, Ma ZW, Zuo BY, Wang DX. [Effects of small GTP-binding protein GDP dissociation stimulator on adipocyte hypertrophy and glucose metabolism disorder in mice]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2023; 62:833-840. [PMID: 37293734 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20230209-00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Objective: To explore the effect and mechanism of small GTP-binding protein GDP dissociation stimulator (SmgGDS) on the development of obesity. Methods: (1) 8-week-old C57BL/6J mice were randomly assigned to normal diet and high fat diet group, with 6 mice in each group. They were fed regular feed and a high fat diet containing 60% fat for 4 months, respectively. The expression of SmgGDS in epididymal adipose tissue (eWAT), liver, and skeletal muscle were measured using Western-blot. (2) 6-week-old wild-type (WT) and SmgGDS knockdown (KD) mice were divided into four groups, each receiving high fat diet for 4 months (7 in each group) and 7 months (9 in each group). Glucose tolerance test (GTT) and insulin tolerance test (ITT) were conducted; The weight, adipose tissue, and liver weight of mice were recorded; HE staining examined adipose tissue structural changes; Western-blot determined extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 phosphorylation levels in eWAT; Real time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was used to detect mRNA levels of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein α (C/EBPα), C/EBPβ and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) in eWAT. (3) Mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) extracted from WT and KD mice were induced for differentiation. Oil red O staining and Western-blot were used to detect lipid droplet and expression of SmgGDS and phospho-ERK; C/EBPα, C/EBPβ and PPARγ mRNA levels were measured using RT-qPCR. (4) 10-week-old C57BL/6J mice were randomly assigned into two groups, with 7 mice in each group. Mice were infected with SmgGDS overexpressing adeno-associated virus (AAV-SmgGDS) or empty vector intraperitoneally, then fed with high fat diet. After 4 weeks, performed GTT and ITT; Recorded the weight and adipose tissue weight of mice; HE staining was used to analyze structural changes of eWAT; Western-blot was used to detect the phosphorylation level of ERK in eWAT. Results: (1) The expression of SmgGDS was significantly upregulated in eWAT of high fat diet fed mice (normal diet group: 0.218±0.037, high fat diet group:0.439±0.072, t=2.74, P=0.034). (2) At 4 months of high fat diet intervention, the glucose tolerance (60 minutes after glucose injection, WT group: 528 mg/dl±21 mg/dl, KD group: 435 mg/dl±17 mg/dl, t=3.47, P=0.030; 90 minutes, WT group: 463 mg/dl±24 mg/dl, KD group: 366 mg/dl±18 mg/dl, t=3.23, P=0.047;120 minutes, WT group: 416 mg/dl±21 mg/dl, KD group: 297 mg/dl±16 mg/dl, t=4.49, P=0.005) and insulin sensitivity (15 minutes after insulin injection, WT group: 77.79%±3.45%, KD group: 54.30%±2.92%, t=3.49, P=0.005; 30 minutes, WT group: 62.27%±5.31%, KD group: 42.25%±1.85%, t=2.978, P=0.024; 90 minutes, WT group: 85.69%±6.63%, KD group: 64.71%±5.41%, t=3.120, P=0.016) of KD mice were significantly improved compared to the WT group, with an increase in eWAT weight ratio (WT: 4.19%±0.18%, KD: 5.12%±0.37%, t=2.28, P=0.042), but a decrease in average adipocyte area (WT group: 5221 μm²±241 μm², KD group: 4410 μm²±196 μm², t=2.61, P=0.026). After 7 months of high fat diet, the eWAT weight ratio of KD mice decreased (WT: 5.02%±0.20%, KD: 3.88%±0.21%, t=3.92, P=0.001) and adipocyte size decreased (WT group: 6 783 μm²±390 μm², KD group: 4785 μm²±303 μm², t=4.05, P=0.002). The phospho-ERK1 in eWAT increased (WT group: 0.174±0.056, KD group: 0.588±0.147, t=2.64, P=0.025), and mRNA level of PPARγ significantly decreased (WT group: 1.018±0.128, KD group: 0.029±0.015, t=7.70, P=0.015). (3) The expression of SmgGDS was significantly increased in differentiated MEF (undifferentiated: 6.789±0.511, differentiated: 10.170±0.523, t=4.63, P=0.010); SmgGDS knock-down inhibited lipid droplet formation in MEF (WT group: 1.00±0.02, KD group: 0.88±0.02, t=5.05, P=0.007) and increased ERK1 (WT group: 0.600±0.179, KD group: 1.325±0.102, t=3.52, P=0.025) and ERK2 (WT group: 2.179±0.687, KD group: 5.200±0.814, t=2.84, P=0.047) activity, which can be reversed by ERK1/2 inhibitor. (4) SmgGDS over expression resulted in weight gain, increased eWAT weight (control group: 3.29%±0.36%, AAV-SmgGDS group: 4.27%±0.26%, t=2.20, P=0.048) and adipocyte size (control group: 3525 μm²±454 μm², AAV-SmgGDS group: 5326 μm²±655 μm², t=2.26, P=0.047), impaired insulin sensitivity(30 minutes after insulin injection, control group: 44.03%±4.29%, AAV-SmgGDS group: 62.70%±2.81%, t=3.06, P=0.019), and decreased ERK1 (control group: 0.829±0.077, AAV-SmgGDS group: 0.326±0.036, t=5.96, P=0.001)and ERK2 (control group: 5.748±0.287, AAV-SmgGDS group: 2.999±0.845, t=3.08, P=0.022) activity in eWAT. Conclusion: SmgGDS knockdown improves obesity related glucose metabolism disorder by inhibiting adipogenesis and adipose tissue hypertrophy, which is associated with ERK activation.
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- T Xiong
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Yangzhou University (Taizhou People's Hospital), Taizhou 225300, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Yangzhou University (Taizhou People's Hospital), Taizhou 225300, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Yangzhou University (Taizhou People's Hospital), Taizhou 225300, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Yangzhou University (Taizhou People's Hospital), Taizhou 225300, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Yangzhou University (Taizhou People's Hospital), Taizhou 225300, China
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Wang CC, Wang XL, Ding D, Ma ZW, Liu Z, Chen XP, Chen YJ. Efficient Construction of Tetracyclic 1,2,4‐triazoline‐Fused Dibenzo[b,f][1,4]oxazepines through KI/TBHP‐Mediated [3+2] Annulation between DBO‐Imines and N‐Tosylhydrazones. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Chuan-Chuan Wang
- Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy Faculty of Science CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences CHINA
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- Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy Faculty of Science CHINA
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- Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy Faculty of Science CHINA
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- Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy Faculty of Science CHINA
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- Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy Faculty of Science CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences 100 Science Avenue 450001 Zhengzhou CHINA
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Sun P, Liao SG, Yang RQ, Lu CL, Ji KL, Cao DH, Hu HB, Lu JM, Song XZ, Wu M, Jia HZ, Xiao CF, Ma ZW, Xu YK. Aspidopterys obcordata vine inulin fructan affects urolithiasis by modifying calcium oxalate crystallization. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 294:119777. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119777] [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] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Liu ZJ, Ma ZW, Chen XP, Wang CC, Liu JT, Tao JC. Chiral tertiary amine-squaramide catalyzed highly enantioselective Michael addition of cyclic diketones to β,γ-unsaturated α-keto Esters. LETT ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.2174/1570178619666220314152530] [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: 11/22/2022]
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A novel tertiary amine squaramide has successfully developed and applied to catalyze the asymmetric Michael addition between cyclic diketones and β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters. The catalyst system performed well with a low catalyst loading of 1 mol% under mild reaction conditions. A series of synthetically and pharmaceutically useful chiral bicyclic compounds were obtained with both high yields (up to 97%) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 97% ee).
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- Zhi-Jing Liu
- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou 450046, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou 450046, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou 450046, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou 450046, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou 450046, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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Ma ZW, Liu XF, Chen XP, Wang CC, Tao JC, Lv QJ. Enantioselective Michael Addition of Pyrazolin-5-ones to Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by Novel Squaramide Organocatalyst. LETT ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.2174/1570178619666220128142038] [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: 11/22/2022]
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A newly tertiary amine-thiourea organocatalyst has successfully developed and applied into the asymmetric Michael addition of pyrazolin-5-one to nitroalkenes. The catalyst system performed well with a low catalyst loading of 5 mol% under mild reaction conditions. A series of synthetically and pharmaceutically useful chiral pyrazolone derivatives were obtained in high yields (up to 95%) with good enantioselectivities (up to 88 % ee).
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- Zhi-Wei Ma
- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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Ma ZW, Wang CC, Lv QJ, Chen XP, Li AQ, Tao JC. Highly Enantioselective Michael Addition of Cyclic Diketones to β,γ-Unsaturated α-Keto Esters Catalyzed by Squaramide Organocatalyst. SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1719863] [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: 10/19/2022]
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AbstractA new tertiary amine-squaramide organocatalyst has been developed and applied to the asymmetric Michael addition of cyclic diketones to β,γ-unsaturated α-keto esters. The catalyst system performed well with a low catalyst loading of 1 mol% under mild reaction conditions. A series of synthetically and pharmaceutically useful chiral bicyclic compounds were obtained in high yields (up to 97%) with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99 % ee). Furthermore, this catalytic system can be used efficiently in large-scale reactions with the yields and enantioselectivities being maintained.
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- Zhi-Wei Ma
- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy
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Wang CC, Wang XL, Zhang QL, Liu JT, Ma ZW, Liu Z, Chen YJ. Direct synthesis for N2-unprotected five-membered cyclic guanidines by regioselective [3+2] annulation of aziridines and cyanamides. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01926k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel and efficient [3+2] annulation of 2-substituted aziridines and N-tosyl cyanamides via domino regioselective ring-opening/5-exo-dig cyclization procedure has been developed, allowing the direct preparation for N2-unprotected five-membered cyclic guanidines...
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Ma ZW, Wang CC, Chen XP, Sun B, Tao JC, Lv QJ. Asymmetric Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydrofurans via Squaramide Catalyzed Michael-Alkylation Reaction. LETT ORG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.2174/1570178619666211231112237] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Asymmetric Catalysis, Dihydrofuran, Michael-Alkylation Reaction, Tertiary Amine-Squaramide, Organocatalysis, α-Bromonitroalkene
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- Zhi-Wei Ma
- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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Wang CC, Qu YL, Liu XH, Ma ZW, Yang B, Liu ZJ, Chen XP, Chen YJ. Synthesis of Five-Membered Cyclic Guanidines via Cascade [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of α-Haloamides with Organo-cyanamides. J Org Chem 2021; 86:3546-3554. [PMID: 33538590 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The convenient preparation of N2-unprotected five-membered cyclic guanidines was achieved through a cascade [3 + 2] cycloaddition between organo-cyanamides and α-haloamides under mild conditions in good to excellent yields (up to 99%). The corresponding cyclic guanidines could be easily transformed into hydantoins via hydrolysis.
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- Chuan-Chuan Wang
- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 146 Yingcai Street, Zhengzhou 450044, Henan, China.,College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 146 Yingcai Street, Zhengzhou 450044, Henan, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 146 Yingcai Street, Zhengzhou 450044, Henan, China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 146 Yingcai Street, Zhengzhou 450044, Henan, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education of China; Co-innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
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Karwowski P, Lumley D, Stokes D, Pavlica M, Edsall B, Fu S, Francfort J, Cohen B, Capizzi A, Ma ZW, Green A, Kao J. Atypical ductal hyperplasia on core needle biopsy: Surgical outcomes of 200 consecutive cases from a high-volume breast program. Breast J 2021; 27:287-290. [PMID: 33506606 DOI: 10.1111/tbj.14170] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) is an indication for excisional biopsy to rule out occult breast cancer. We analyzed pathological findings on excisional biopsy for ADH diagnosed in a high volume breast center equipped with digital tomosynthesis. Two hundred consecutive patients were diagnosed with ADH on core biopsy with radiographic concordance followed by excisional biopsy. On excisional biopsy, 33 patients (16.5%) were diagnosed with DCIS or invasive breast cancer. Patients with a concurrent diagnosis of papilloma had a higher risk of upstaging on both univariate and multivariate analysis (41.7% vs. 14.9%, p=0.015). No other statistically significant predictors of upgrading were identified (p>0.05).
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- Pawel Karwowski
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USA
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Glen Head, New York, USA
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Glen Head, New York, USA
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Glen Head, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USA.,Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, Charles E. DeClerk Department of Imaging Services, West Islip, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USA
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- Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, Charles E. DeClerk Department of Imaging Services, West Islip, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USA
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Feng Q, Ma ZW, Wang Y, Qiu MX. [Correlation of Mycoplasma genitalium infection with semen parameters and sperm DNA integrity in male infertility patients]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2020; 26:900-905. [PMID: 33382221] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the relationship of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) infection with routine semen parameters and sperm DNA integrity in male infertility patients. METHODS Totally, 114 semen samples, 34 MG-positive and 80 MG-negative, were collected from male infertility patients and subjected to routine semen analysis with the computer-assisted sperm analysis system, Papanicolaou staining for observation of sperm morphology, and sperm chromatin diffusion (SCD) test for detection of sperm DNA integrity. Semen parameters and DNA integrity were compared between the MG-positive and MG-negative groups with SPSS 21.0 statistical software and the relationship between the semen parameters and DNA integrity analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. RESULTS The MG-positive samples, compared with the MG-negative ones, showed significantly decreased semen volume ([2.87 ± 0.37] vs [3.86 ± 0.43] ml, P < 0.01), sperm concentration ([29.05 ± 6.17] vs [32.56 ± 5.97] ×10⁶/ml, P < 0.01), and percentages of progressively motile sperm (PMS) ([15.86 ± 2.79]% vs [23.65 ± 3.47]%, P < 0.01) and morphologically normal sperm (MNS) ([6.35 ± 2.06]% vs [7.14 ± 1.89]%, P < 0.05), increased proportions of non-halo sperm ([15.02 ± 3.52]% vs [9.72 ± 2.94]%, P <0.01) and small-halo sperm ([16.37 ± 5.26]% vs [11.07 ± 1.65]%, P < 0.01) and sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) ([31.39 ± 3.16]% vs [20.79 ± 3.59]%, P < 0.01), and reduced proportion of large-halo sperm ([54.75 ± 8.74]% vs [64.15 ± 9.76]%, P < 0.01). DFI was negatively correlated with the percentages of PMS (r = -0.516, P < 0.05) and MNS (r = -0.429, P < 0.05) in the MG-positive group, but not correlated with any of the routine semen parameters in the MG-negative patients (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS MG infection may be an important factor affecting sperm quality in male infertility patients. Active prevention and treatment of MG infection can help prevent male infertility.
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- Qiang Feng
- Department of Urology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital / Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China
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- Department of Urology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital / Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China
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- Department of Urology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital / Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China
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- Department of Urology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital / Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China
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Wang CC, Ma ZW, Qu YL, Liu ZJ, Chen XP, Zhou J, Chen YJ. Synthesis of Sulfamate-Fused 2-Aminopyrroles via an Isocyanide-Based Three Component [1+2+2] Annulation. Chem Asian J 2020; 15:560-563. [PMID: 31903670 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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An efficient preparation of sulfamate-fused 2-aminopyrroles was achieved through an isocyanide-based three-component [1+2+2] annulation of isocyanides, dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, and sulfamate-derived cyclic imines in good to excellent yields (up to 99 %). This reaction proceeds smoothly without any activation or modification of substances under neutral and metal-free conditions. The reaction could also be conveniently performed on a gram scale.
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- Chuan-Chuan Wang
- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 2 Yingcai Street, Zhengzhou, 450044, Henan, P. R. China.,College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 2 Yingcai Street, Zhengzhou, 450044, Henan, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education of China, Co-innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 2 Yingcai Street, Zhengzhou, 450044, Henan, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 2 Yingcai Street, Zhengzhou, 450044, Henan, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education of China, Co-innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education of China, Co-innovation Center of Henan Province for New Drug R & D and Preclinical Safety, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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Wang CC, Zhou J, Ma ZW, Chen XP, Chen YJ. Synthesis of spirobarbiturate-pyrrolidinones via a domino aza-Michael/S N2 cyclization of barbiturate-derived alkenes with N-alkoxy α-haloamides. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:9200-9208. [PMID: 31596301 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01992h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A highly efficient domino aza-MIRC (Michael Induced Ring Closure) reaction between barbiturate-derived alkenes and N-alkoxy α-haloamides has been achieved in moderate to excellent yields. This reaction proceeds smoothly under mild conditions via a domino aza-Michael addition/intramolecular SN2 sequence, providing a practical tool in the synthesis of bioactive molecules spirobarbiturate-3-pyrrolidinones.
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- Chuan-Chuan Wang
- Faculty of Science, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, No. 2 Yingcai Street, Huiji District, Zhengzhou 450044, Henan, PR China
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An effective resistivity relevant to collisionless magnetic reconnection (MR) in plasma is presented. It is based on the argument that pitch angle scattering of electrons in the small electron diffusion region around the X line can lead to an effective, resistivity in collisionless plasma. The effective resistivity so obtained is in the form of a power law of the local plasma and magnetic field parameters. Its validity is confirmed by direct collisionless particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. The result agrees very well with the resistivity (obtained from available data) of a large number of environments susceptible to MR: from the intergalactic and interstellar to solar and terrestrial to laboratory fusion plasmas. The scaling law can readily be incorporated into existing collisional magnetohydrodynamic simulation codes to investigate collisionless MR, as well as serve as a guide to ab initio theoretical investigations of the collisionless MR process.
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- Z W Ma
- Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Chen W, Liang Y, Lin W, Fu GQ, Ma ZW. Surgical management of large adrenal tumors: impact of different laparoscopic approaches and resection methods on perioperative and long-term outcomes. BMC Urol 2018; 18:31. [PMID: 29739388 PMCID: PMC5941476 DOI: 10.1186/s12894-018-0349-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background The indication of retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (RLA) was extended with the retroperitoneal approach and has been wildly accepted and technologically matured. However, the management of large adrenal tumors via this approach still remains controversial. The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive analysis on the minimally invasive surgical management of larger adrenal tumors. Methods A total of 78 patients with large adrenal tumors (> 5 cm) and 97 patients with smaller adrenal tumors (< 5 cm) were enrolled in this study. The patient characteristics were preferentially analyzed. The intra-operative and postoperative indicators were compared between those who underwent RLA and those who underwent transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (TLA); the intra-operative and postoperative indicators were also compared between the large tumor group and smaller tumor group of those who underwent RLA. Furthermore, the analyses of partial RLA were focused on the perioperative indicators and follow-up results. Results RLA was superior to TLA in terms of operation time (98.71 ± 32.30 min vs. 124.36 ± 34.62 min, respectively, P = 0.001), hospitalization duration (7.43 ± 2.82 days vs. 8.91 ± 3.40 days, respectively, P = 0.04), duration of drain (4.83 ± 0.37 days vs. 3.94 ± 2.21 days, respectively, P = 0.02), first oral intake (2.82 ± 0.71 days vs. 1.90 ± 0.83 days, respectively, P < 0.001) and time to ambulation (3.89 ± 1.64 days vs. 2.61 ± 1.42 days, respectively, P < 0.001). Further analyses of the RLA patients demonstrated that the larger tumor (> 5 cm) group showed superior results for the intraoperative indicators than the smaller tumor (< 5 cm) group (P < 0.05), while the results for the postoperative indicators between the two tumor size groups were similar (P > 0.05). Data confirmed that the partial resection method was superior to the total resection method from the perspective of the hormone supplement (0% vs. 48.15%, P = 0.002). The 2-year recurrence-free rates were 92.60 and 92.86% for the total and partial RLA resection methods, respectively (P = 0.97). The partial RLA resection method had a similar complete remission rate as the total RLA resection method (96.30% vs. 100%, respectively, P = 0.47). Conclusion Both RLA and TLA seem to provide similar effects for the surgical management of large adrenal tumors. However, partial RLA resection should be considered for the management of benign tumors to reduce the hormone supplement. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12894-018-0349-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Wei Chen
- Department of Urology, Zigong No.4 People's Hospital, Sichuan, 643000, China
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- Department of Urology, Zigong No.4 People's Hospital, Sichuan, 643000, China
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- Department of Urology, Zigong No.4 People's Hospital, Sichuan, 643000, China
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- Department of Urology, Zigong No.4 People's Hospital, Sichuan, 643000, China
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- Department of Urology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, No.32 West Second Section First Ring Road, Chengdu, 641000, Sichuan, China.
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- Yu-Xia Liu
- Department of Material and Chemistry Engineering, Henan Institute of Engineering, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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- Department of Fundamental Courses, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, 450044, China
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- Department of Material and Chemistry Engineering, Henan Institute of Engineering, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New Drug Research and Development Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Ma ZW, Tao JC, Liu XF, Sun B, Huang XH. Chiral Primary Amine–Squaramide Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Michael Addition of Isobutyraldehyde to Nitroolefins. SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Zhi-Wei Ma
- Department of Fundamental Courses, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University
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Jiang X, Chai GS, Wang ZH, Hu Y, Li XG, Ma ZW, Wang Q, Wang JZ, Liu GP. Spatial training preserves associative memory capacity with augmentation of dendrite ramification and spine generation in Tg2576 mice. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9488. [PMID: 25820815 PMCID: PMC4377552 DOI: 10.1038/srep09488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and there is currently no efficient cure for this devastating disease. Cognitive stimulation can delay memory loss during aging and in patients with mild cognitive impairment. In 3 × Tg-AD mice, training decreased the neuropathologies with transient amelioration of memory decline. However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the learning-improved memory capacity are poorly understood. Here, we found in Tg2576 mice spatial training in Morris water maze (MWM) remarkably improved the subsequent associative memory acquisition detected by contextual fear conditioning. We also found that spatial training enhanced long term potentiation, dendrite ramification and spine generation in hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) and CA1 neurons at 24 h after the training. In the molecular level, the MWM training remarkably activated calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) with elevation of glutamate AMPA receptor GluA1 subunit (GluA1), postsynaptic density protein 93 (PSD93) and postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) in the hippocampus. Finally, the training also significantly ameliorated AD-like tau and amyloid pathologies. We conclude that spatial training in MWM preserves associative memory capacity in Tg2576 mice, and the mechanisms involve augmentation of dendrite ramification and spine generation in hippocampus.
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- Xia Jiang
- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
- Department of Pathology, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065. P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
- Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi Medical School, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, 214122, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
- Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, JS 226001, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, the School of Basal Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030. P. R. China
- Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, JS 226001, China
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Liao Y, Huang JL, Qiu MX, Ma ZW. Impact of serum vitamin D level on risk of bladder cancer: a systemic review and meta-analysis. Tumour Biol 2015; 36:1567-72. [PMID: 25359617 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-2728-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Vitamin D has important biological functions including modulation of the immune system and anti-cancer effects. There was no conclusive finding of the impact of serum vitamin D level on bladder cancer risk. A systemic review and meta-analysis was performed to assess the impact of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level on bladder cancer risk. The pooled relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval (95%CI) was used to assess the impact of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level on bladder cancer risk. A total of 89,610 participants and 2238 bladder cancer cases were finally included into the meta-analysis. There was no obvious heterogeneity among those included studies (I(2) = 0%). Meta-analysis total included studies which showed that a high serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level could obviously decrease risk of bladder cancer (RR = 0.75, 95%CI 0.65-0.87, P < 0.001). In addition, the pooled RRs were not significantly changed by excluding any single study. The findings from the meta-analysis suggest an obvious protective effect of vitamin D against bladder cancer. Individuals with higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels suffer from less risk of subsequent bladder cancer.
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- Yong Liao
- Department of Urology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, No. 32, Section 2, West 1st Ring Road, Chengdu, 610072, China
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Jiang X, Chai GS, Wang ZH, Hu Y, Li XG, Ma ZW, Wang Q, Wang JZ, Liu GP. CaMKII-dependent dendrite ramification and spine generation promote spatial training-induced memory improvement in a rat model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2014; 36:867-76. [PMID: 25457025 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 07/26/2014] [Revised: 10/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Participation in cognitively stimulating activities can preserve memory capacities in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the mechanism is not fully understood. Here, we used a rat model with hyperhomocysteinemia, an independent risk factor of AD, to study whether spatial training could remodel the synaptic and/or dendritic plasticity and the key molecular target(s) involved. We found that spatial training in water maze remarkably improved the subsequent short-term and long-term memory performance in contextual fear conditioning and Barnes maze. The trained rats showed an enhanced dendrite ramification, spine generation and plasticity in dentate gyrus (DG) neurons, and stimulation of long-term potentiation between perforant path and DG circuit. Spatial training also increased the levels of postsynaptic GluA1, GluN2A, GluN2B, and PSD93 with selective activation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), although inhibition of CaMKII by stereotaxic injection of KN93 into hippocampal DG, abolished the training-induced cognitive improvement, dendrite ramification, and spine generation. We conclude that spatial training can preserve the cognitive function by CaMKII-dependent remodeling of dendritic plasticity in hyperhomocysteinemia-induced sporadic AD-like rats.
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- Xia Jiang
- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China; Department of Pathology, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China; Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi Medical School, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China.
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Du LL, Xie JZ, Cheng XS, Li XH, Kong FL, Jiang X, Ma ZW, Wang JZ, Chen C, Zhou XW. Activation of sirtuin 1 attenuates cerebral ventricular streptozotocin-induced tau hyperphosphorylation and cognitive injuries in rat hippocampi. Age (Dordr) 2014; 36:613-623. [PMID: 24142524 PMCID: PMC4039268 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9592-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [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: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Patients with diabetes in the aging population are at high risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and reduction of sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) activity occurs simultaneously with the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau in the AD-affected brain. It is not clear, however, whether SIRT1 is a suitable molecular target for the treatment of AD. Here, we employed a rat model of brain insulin resistance with intracerebroventricular injection of streptozotocin (ICV-STZ; 3 mg/kg, twice with an interval of 48 h). The ICV-STZ-treated rats were administrated with resveratrol (RSV; SIRT1-specific activator) or a vehicle via intraperitoneal injection for 8 weeks (30 mg/kg, once per day). In ICV-STZ-treated rats, the levels of phosphorylated tau and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) at the hippocampi were increased significantly, whereas SIRT1 activity was decreased without change of its expression level. The capacity of spatial memory was also significantly lower in ICV-STZ-treated rats compared with age-matched control. RSV, a specific activator of SIRT1, which reversed the ICV-STZ-induced decrease in SIRT1 activity, increases in ERK1/2 phosphorylation, tau phosphorylation, and impairment of cognitive capability in rats. In conclusion, SIRT1 protects hippocampus neurons from tau hyperphosphorylation and prevents cognitive impairment induced by ICV-STZ brain insulin resistance with decreased hippocampus ERK1/2 activity.
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- Lai-Ling Du
- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- />School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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- />Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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Song ZT, Zhang T, Du HL, Ma ZW, Zhang CH, Tao JC. Highly EnantioselectiveMichael Addition Promoted by a New Diterpene-Derived Bifunctional Thiourea Catalyst: A Doubly Stereocontrolled Approach to Chiral Succinimide Derivatives. Chirality 2014; 26:121-7. [DOI: 10.1002/chir.22279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Zhong-Tai Song
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou Henan People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou Henan People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmacy; Xinxiang Medical University; Xinxiang Henan People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou Henan People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou Henan People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou Henan People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou Henan People's Republic of China
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Cheng XS, Zhao KP, Jiang X, Du LL, Li XH, Ma ZW, Yao J, Luo Y, Duan DX, Wang JZ, Zhou XW. Nmnat2 attenuates Tau phosphorylation through activation of PP2A. J Alzheimers Dis 2013; 36:185-95. [PMID: 23579329 DOI: 10.3233/jad-122173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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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The activity of protein phosptase-2A (PP2A) is significantly decreased in the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, but the upstream effectors for regulating PP2A activity are not fully understood. Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 2 (Nmnat2) is a key enzyme involved in energy metabolism and its gene expression level is reduced in AD brain specimens. Whether Nmnat2 can activate PP2A deserves to be explored. Here, we first measured the level of Nmnat2, Tyr307-phosphorylation of PP2A, and tau phosphorylation in Tg2576 mice. We observed that the mRNA and protein levels of Nmnat2 were significantly decreased with a simultaneous elevation of p-Tyr307-PP2A and tau phosphorylation in Tg2576 mice. Further studies in HEK293 cells with stable expression of human tau441 (HEK293/tau) demonstrated that simultaneous inhibition of PP2A by okadaic acid abolished the Nmnat2-induced tau dephosphorylation. Moreover, we further demonstrated that overexpression of Nmnat2 could activate PP2A with attenuation of tau phosphorylation, whereas downregulation of Nmnat2 by shRNA inhibited PP2A with tau hyperphosphorylation at multiple AD-associated sites. Our data provide the first evidence that Nmnat2 affects tau phosphorylation by regulating PP2A activity, suggesting that Nmnat2 may serve as a potential target in arresting AD-like tau pathologies.
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- Xiang-Shu Cheng
- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Jiang X, Jia LW, Li XH, Cheng XS, Xie JZ, Ma ZW, Xu WJ, Liu Y, Yao Y, Du LL, Zhou XW. Capsaicin Ameliorates Stress-Induced Alzheimer's Disease-Like Pathological and Cognitive Impairments in Rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 35:91-105. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-121837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Xia Jiang
- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Department of Pathology, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Education Ministry of China, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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Chai GS, Jiang X, Ni ZF, Ma ZW, Xie AJ, Cheng XS, Wang Q, Wang JZ, Liu GP. Betaine attenuates Alzheimer-like pathological changes and memory deficits induced by homocysteine. J Neurochem 2013; 124:388-96. [PMID: 23157378 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 11/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhcy) may induce memory deficits with β-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation and tau hyperphosphorylation. Simultaneous supplement of folate and vitamin B12 partially restored the plasma homocysteine level and attenuated tau hyperphosphorylation, Aβ accumulation and memory impairments induced by Hhcy. However, folate and vitamin B12 treatment have no effects on Hhcy which has the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype mutation. In this study, we investigated the effects of simultaneous supplement of betaine on Alzheimer-like pathological changes and memory deficits in hyperhomocysteinemic rats after a 2-week induction by vena caudalis injection of homocysteine (Hcy). We found that supplementation of betaine could ameliorate the Hcy-induced memory deficits, enhance long-term potentiation (LTP) and increase dendritic branches numbers and the density of the dendritic spines, with up-regulation of NR1, NR2A, synaptotagmin, synaptophysin, and phosphorylated synapsin I protein levels. Supplementation of betaine also attenuated the Hcy-induced tau hyperphosphorylation at multiple AD-related sites through activation protein phosphatase-2A (PP2A) with decreased inhibitory demethylated PP2A(C) at Leu309 and phosphorylated PP2A(C) at Tyr307. In addition, supplementation of betaine also decreased Aβ production with decreased presenilin-1 protein levels. Our data suggest that betaine could be a promising candidate for arresting Hcy-induced AD-like pathological changes and memory deficits.
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- Gao-Shang Chai
- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Chinese Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Ma ZW, Liu YX, Zhang WJ, Tao Y, Zhu Y, Tao JC, Tang MS. Highly Enantioselective Michael Additions of Isobutyraldehyde to Nitroalkenes Promoted by Amphiphilic Bifunctional Primary Amine-Thioureas in Organic or Aqueous Medium. European J Org Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Chen FM, Ma ZW, Wang QT, Wu ZF. Gene delivery for periodontal tissue engineering: current knowledge - future possibilities. Curr Gene Ther 2011; 9:248-66. [PMID: 19534653 DOI: 10.2174/156652309788921071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The cellular and molecular events of periodontal healing are coordinated and regulated by an elaborate system of signaling molecules, pointing to a primary strategy for functional periodontal compartment regeneration to replicate components of the natural cellular microenvironment by providing an artificial extracellular matrix (ECM) and by delivering growth factors. However, even with optimal carriers, the localized delivery of growth factors often requires a large amount of protein to stimulate significant effects in vivo, which increases the risk and unwanted side effects. A simple and relatively new approach to bypassing this dilemma involves converting cells into protein producing factories. This is done by a so-called gene delivery method, where therapeutic agents to be delivered are DNA plasmids that include the gene encoding desired growth factors instead of recombinant proteins. As localized depots of genes, novel gene delivery systems have the potential to release their cargo in a sustained and controlled manner and finally provide time- and space- dependent levels of encoded proteins during all stages of tissue regrowth, offering great versatility in their application and prompting new tissue engineering strategy in periodontal regenerative medicine. However, gene therapy in Periodontology is clearly in its infancy. Significant efforts still need to be made in developing safe and effective delivery platforms and clarifying how gene delivery, in combination with tissue engineering, may mimic the critical aspects of natural biological processes occurring in periodontal development and repair. The aim of this review is to trace an outline of the state-of-the-art in the application of gene delivery and tissue engineering strategies for periodontal healing and regeneration.
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- Fa-Ming Chen
- Department of Periodontology & Oral Medicine, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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Wu GS, Zhang YW, Wang XW, Ma ZW, Cao M, Wang QT. [Effects of enamel matrix proteins loaded in chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel on bone marrow stromal cells in vitro]. Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue 2009; 18:178-182. [PMID: 19417996] [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: 05/27/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the effects of enamel matrix proteins (EMPs ) on proliferation, alkaline phosphate (ALP) activity of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) seeded on the scaffold of chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel. METHODS Chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel was prepared and its slow-releasing effect of EMPs was checked by coomassie blue staining kit. Rat BMSCs were obtained from rat bone marrow aspiration and cultured in DMEM medium with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS). Rat BMSCs were exposed to various concentrations of EMPs (0,50,100 and 150 microg/mL) and their proliferation rates were assessed by MTT assay. The proliferation rates and ALP activity of rat BMSCs were examined by MTT assay and ALP kit when BMSCs cultured on the scaffolds of chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel loading with or without 100 microg/mL EMPs .The data was statistically analyzed with SPSS11.0 software package for a parametric one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and two-sample t test. RESULTS The release of EMPs in chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel lasted for more than 3 weeks. In DMEM medium, 50 microg/mL EMPs significantly enhanced BMSCs proliferation from day 3 over the experiment(P<0.01). In chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel scaffolds loading 100 microg/mL EMPs, both the proliferation at day 3 and 5 (P<0.05)and the ALP activity at day 7 (P<0.05) and 9(P<0.01) of BMSCs in the experiment were promoted. CONCLUSION EMPs loaded on the chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel exhibits significant effects on proliferation and ALP activity of rat BMSCs.
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- Guang-Sheng Wu
- Department of Periodontology, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shanxi Province, China
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Zhang L, Liu Z, Wang J, Ma Z, Pu Z, Shen C, Guo J. The distribution characteristics of the flows in the near-Earth region: TC-1 observational results. Chin Sci Bull 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0433-4] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Ma ZW, Wang R, Wu ZF, Chen D, Zhang BL, He W, Wang XJ, Liu Q, Xu J, Zhu H. [Preparation of functional chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel for slow release both rhBMP-2 and chlorhexidine]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 2007; 23:1049-1054. [PMID: 18257235] [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: 05/25/2023]
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The chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel is liquid at room temperature but gels rapidly when heated to body temperature. This hydrogel are wildly used for cell encapsulation, drug delivery or tissue-engineered scaffolds. The system can sustain the release of macromolecules over a period of several hours to a few days. However, with low-molecular-weight compounds, the release is generally completed within 24 h. To prepare a functional chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel for slow release both broad-spectrum antibiotic chlorhexidine and growth factor recombined human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2), The beta-cyclodextrin was used to prepare an inclusion complex with chlorhexidine, and then the latter was incorporated into the chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel system. Simultaneously, rhBMP-2 was added into the hydrogel system. By HAAKE viscosity measuring instrument, we contrasted the viscoelastic properties of system with or without objective factors. And the in vitro release kinetics of chlorhexidine and rhBMP-2 was investigated by HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) and ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) respectively. The results showed that the addition of chlorhexidine/beta-cyclodextrin inclusion complex to the thermosensitive solution did not change the gelling behavior of the thermosensitive system. Further, the in vitro release profiles demonstrated that the release rate of chlorhexidine and rhBMP-2 from hydrogel became slower, controlled delivery over at least 1 month. By first preparing chlorhexidine/beta-cyclodextrin inclusion complex, and then mixing the IC and rhBMP-2 into the chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel, a functional chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel system with ability of slow release both rhBMP-2 and chlorhexidine is successfully made.
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- Zhi-Wei Ma
- Department of Periodontology and Mucosal Diseases, College of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi' an 710032, China.
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Zhang L, Liu Z, Ma Z, Pu Z, Wang J, Shen C. Continuous tailward flow in the near-Earth magnetotail observed by TC-1 satellite. Chin Sci Bull 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0228-7] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Chen D, Wang Q, Ma ZW, Chen FM, Chen Y, Xie GY, Wang QT, Wu ZF. MMP-2, MMP-9 and TIMP-2 gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients with generalized aggressive periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol 2007; 34:384-9. [PMID: 17448043 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.2007.01071.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aggressive periodontitis (AgP) has a genetic basis. It has been reported that the functional gene polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) alter their expressions in transcriptional level and they are involved in the tissue destruction of periodontitis. The study was carried out to analyse the association of functional polymorphisms in MMP-2, MMP-9 and TIMP-2 with generalized AgP (G-AgP) in a Chinese population. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study population consisted of 79 Chinese patients with G-AgP and 128 healthy controls. DNA was obtained from oral mucosa swab samples. MMP-2 genotypes were determined by PCR-based denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography analysis while MMP-9 and TIMP-2 genotypes were identified by a PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism. Chi2 test after Yates' correction was used to investigate the possible association of the genotypes with the G-AgP. RESULTS Although gene polymorphisms for MMP-2 and MMP-9 did not show any association with the G-AgP, the analysis of the TIMP-2 -418G to C gene polymorphism revealed significant differences between the patients and controls. Compared with controls, a significant increasing trend of TIMP-2 -418C carrier in the G-AgP patients occurred (p=0.013). CONCLUSION It is suggested that the TIMP2 -418G to C gene polymorphism is associated with G-AgP in the Chinese subjects.
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- Dong Chen
- Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Stomatology, China
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Ma ZW, Zheng JQ, Li J, Li XR, Tang X, Yuan XY, Zhang XM, Sun HM. Two novel mutations of connexin genes in Chinese families with autosomal dominant congenital nuclear cataract. Br J Ophthalmol 2005; 89:1535-7. [PMID: 16234473 PMCID: PMC1772944 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.075184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Nosenko V, Goree J, Ma ZW, Dubin DHE, Piel A. Compressional and shear wakes in a two-dimensional dusty plasma crystal. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2003; 68:056409. [PMID: 14682896 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.68.056409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 07/09/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Wakes composed of compressional and shear waves were studied experimentally in a two-dimensional screened-Coulomb crystal. Highly charged microspheres suspended in a plasma settled in a horizontal monolayer and arranged in a triangular lattice with a repulsive interparticle potential. Wakes were excited by a moving spot of Ar+ laser light. Depending on the laser spot speed, compressional waves formed a Mach cone and multiple lateral or transverse wakes, similar to ship wakes on the water surface, due to a combination of acoustic and dispersive properties. Shear waves, however, formed only a Mach cone, due to their nearly acoustic, i.e., dispersionless character. The experimental results show agreement with a recently developed theory and with molecular dynamics simulations, which assume a binary Yukawa interparticle potential. A generally useful method is presented for calculating the real part of the dispersion relation of the compressional waves based on the analysis of the spatial structure of a phonon wake. Fitting the resulting dispersion relation provides an independent measure of the interparticle potential, parametrized by the screening parameter kappa and particle charge Q.
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- V Nosenko
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Mach cones composed of shear waves were observed experimentally in a two-dimensional screened-Coulomb crystal. Highly charged microspheres suspended in a plasma and interacting with a repulsive Yukawa potential arranged themselves in a triangular lattice with hexagonal symmetry. Mach cones were excited by applying a force from the radiation pressure of a moving laser beam. They had a single-cone structure, which is explained by the almost dispersionless character of shear waves. The cone's opening angle obeyed the Mach-cone-angle relation. Results are compared to a molecular-dynamics simulation.
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- V Nosenko
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
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The scaling of the reconnection electric field in a collisionless plasma is determined analytically for a model of forced reconnection. In particular, the dependence of the length of the reconnection layer on the ion skin depth and the boundary conditions is calculated explicitly. Analytical results are tested by Hall magnetohydrodynamics simulations.
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- X Wang
- Center for Magnetic Reconnection Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Melzer A, Nunomura S, Samsonov D, Ma ZW, Goree J. Laser-excited mach cones in a dusty plasma crystal. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 2000; 62:4162-4176. [PMID: 11088945 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.62.4162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Experimental studies of the formation and structure of Mach cones in a plasma crystal are presented. Plasma crystals are ordered structures of charged microspheres trapped in the sheath of an rf discharge plasma. Using a monolayer crystal with a hexagonal lattice, Mach cones were excited by the radiation pressure of a focused laser beam. The beam was swept at a supersonic speed through the crystal, in a controlled and repeatable manner. A multiple Mach cone structure was observed, with at least three distinct Mach cones. The Mach angle relation was verified over a wide range of Mach numbers, for both the first and second cones. The sound speed, measured from the first Mach angle, was found to increase with the particle number density. Two methods of determining the particle charge and screening distance are developed, making use of the sound speed and an assumption of a Yukawa interparticle potential. Molecular-dynamics simulations of the experiment were carried out, using a monolayer of particles interacting through a Yukawa potential, and these show close agreement with the experiment.
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- A Melzer
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Magid MS, Ma ZW, Girardi SK, Goldstein M. The acid-fast stain is a superior stain for use in the mean mature spermatid count for testicular biopsies. J Androl 1998; 19:261-5. [PMID: 9639043] [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: 02/07/2023]
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The mean mature spermatid count (MMSC) provides a useful, simplified quantitative evaluation of human spermatogenesis that is based on the number of mature spermatids in histological sections of testicular biopsies. Here, the activity of the acid-fast (AF) stain was compared to that of the usual hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain in performing the MMSC. Thirty bilateral testicular biopsies showing normal spermatogenesis were chosen retrospectively from 15 subfertile patients with obstructive azoospermia or severe oligospermia. The MMSC was determined on each biopsy by utilizing both H&E and AF stains. The AF stain proved to be specific for the mature spermatids normally counted for the MMSC. It simplified recognition of mature spermatids, thereby shortening the overall time required for the procedure. The mean AF MMSC was lower than the mean H&E MMSC, and the mean interobserver differences were decreased. The AF stain is a superior stain for the MMSC when used in conjunction with the H&E stain for descriptive histology.
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- M S Magid
- Department of Pathology, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA
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Ma ZW, Ward R, Hoda SA. Intraosseous malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1996; 120:517-8. [PMID: 8651850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Johnson EM, Chen PL, Krachmarov CP, Barr SM, Kanovsky M, Ma ZW, Lee WH. Association of human Pur alpha with the retinoblastoma protein, Rb, regulates binding to the single-stranded DNA Pur alpha recognition element. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:24352-60. [PMID: 7592647 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.41.24352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The retinoblastoma protein, Rb, is detected in extracts of monkey CV-1 cells complexed with Pur alpha, a sequence-specific single-stranded DNA-binding protein implicated in control of gene transcription and DNA replication. These complexes can be immunoextracted from cell lysates using monoclonal antibodies to either Pur alpha or Rb. The Pur alpha-Rb complexes contain a form of Pur alpha with extensive post-synthetic modification, as demonstrated following expression of Pur alpha cDNA fused to a 9-amino acid epitope tag. Human Pur alpha, expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein, specifically binds to the hypophosphorylated form of Rb with an affinity as high as that of SV40 large T-antigen. In the absence of DNA, glutathione S-transferase-Pur alpha binds to p56RB, an NH2-terminal-truncated Rb protein purified from Escherichia coli, containing the T-antigen binding domain, to form multimeric complexes. The single-stranded DNA Pur alpha recognition element disrupts these complexes. Conversely, high concentrations of p56RB prevent Pur alpha binding to DNA. Through use of a series of deletion mutants, the DNA binding activity of Pur alpha is localized to a series of modular amino acid repeats. Rb binding involves a Pur alpha region with limited homology to the Rb-binding region of SV40 large T-antigen. Binding of Pur alpha to p56RB, the COOH-terminal portion of Rb, is inhibited by a synthetic peptide containing the T-antigen Rb-binding motif.
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- E M Johnson
- Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Ma ZW, Pejovic T, Najfeld V, Ward DC, Johnson EM. Localization of PURA, the gene encoding the sequence-specific single-stranded-DNA-binding protein Pur alpha, to chromosome band 5q31. Cytogenet Cell Genet 1995; 71:64-7. [PMID: 7606931 DOI: 10.1159/000134065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Pur alpha (PurA) is a sequence-specific single-stranded-DNA-binding protein implicated in control of both DNA replication and transcription. We have localized the Pur alpha gene (PURA) to human chromosome band 5q31 by fluorescence in situ hybridization with a 16-kb genomic probe together with hybridization of a cDNA probe to blots of DNA from human-hamster cell lines containing individual human chromosomes. Sequences with homology to the PURA locus are also present at 6q14. The 5q31 locus is frequently deleted in myelogenous leukemia and other cancers.
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- Z W Ma
- Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Pur alpha is a sequence-specific single-stranded DNA-binding protein with affinity for an element present in several eukaryotic origins of DNA replication (ori) and gene regulatory regions. We report here the cDNA sequence for mouse pur alpha and an extraordinary degree of conservation between human and mouse Pur alpha (hPurA and mPurA, respectively). There are only two single-amino-acid (aa) changes between hPurA (322 aa) and mPurA (321 aa). One PurA region of 22 aa, termed the 'psycho' motif, possesses significant homology to a counterpart in the SV40 large T-antigen, to several other transforming proteins of DNA tumor viruses, and to certain cellular proteins in yeast and human cells that may also be involved in the initiation of DNA replication.
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- Z W Ma
- Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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Bergemann AD, Ma ZW, Johnson EM. Sequence of cDNA comprising the human pur gene and sequence-specific single-stranded-DNA-binding properties of the encoded protein. Mol Cell Biol 1992; 12:5673-82. [PMID: 1448097 PMCID: PMC360507 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.12.5673-5682.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 12/27/2022] Open
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The human Pur factor binds strongly to a sequence element repeated within zones of initiation of DNA replication in several eukaryotic cells. The protein binds preferentially to the purine-rich single strand of this element, PUR. We report here the cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding a protein with strong affinity for the PUR element. Analysis with a series of mutated oligonucleotides defines a minimal single-stranded DNA Pur-binding element. The expressed Pur open reading frame encodes a protein of 322 amino acids. This protein, Pur alpha, contains three repeats of a consensus motif of 23 amino acids and two repeats of a second consensus motif of 26 amino acids. Near its carboxy terminus, the protein possesses an amphipathic alpha-helix and a glutamine-rich domain. The repeat region of Pur cDNA is homologous to multiple mRNA species in each of several human cell lines and tissues. The HeLa cDNA library also includes a clone encoding a related gene, Pur beta, containing a version of the 23-amino-acid consensus motif similar, but not identical, to those in Pur alpha. Results indicate a novel type of modular protein with capacity to bind repeated elements in single-stranded DNA.
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- A D Bergemann
- Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, New York 10029
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