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Pereira-Céspedes A, Jiménez-Morales A, Polo-Moyano A, Palomares-Bayo M, Martínez-Martínez F, Calleja-Hernández MÁ. Factors Contributing to Negative Outcomes Associated with Medications and Drug-Related Problems in Kidney Replacement Therapy-A Hospital-Based Prospective Observational Study. J Clin Med 2024; 13:1048. [PMID: 38398360 PMCID: PMC10888631 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13041048] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Negative outcomes associated with medications (NOM) and drug-related problems (DRP) significantly impact individuals with kidney replacement therapy (KRT) given the complexities of managing kidney disease and associated comorbidities. The present study aims to assess the frequency of NOMs/DRPs among KRT patients and identify contributing factors. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted at Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital (Granada, Spain), involving 117 outpatient adults with KRT. Data were collected from February 2021 to July 2023 using electronic records, semi-structured interviews (Dáder Method), and discussions with nephrology specialists. NOMs/DRPs were identified following treatment guidelines. Binary logistic regression was used to determine associated factors (p-value < 0.05). RESULTS Across 117 patients, 2436 NOMs and 3303 DRPs were identified, averaging 20.82 NOMs and 28.23 DRPs per patient. Prevalent NOMs included untreated conditions (58.95%), quantitative ineffectiveness (35.43%), and non-quantitative safety problems (5.13%). Dominant DRPs were undertreated conditions (37.63%), wrong dose/posology/length (33.00%), risk of adverse drug reactions (ADR) (16.14%), and non-adherence (6.87%). Patients with ADR, undertreated conditions, and anemia were associated with quantitative ineffectiveness. Risk of ADR and vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency correlated with non-quantitative safety problems. CONCLUSIONS KRT patients exhibited a substantial prevalence of NOMs/DRPs. Further research is needed to deepen our understanding of these complexities for improved patient care.
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- Alfonso Pereira-Céspedes
- Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (A.J.-M.); (F.M.-M.); (M.Á.C.-H.)
- Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
- Centro Nacional de Información de Medicamentos, Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacéuticas, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
- Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain; (A.P.-M.); (M.P.-B.)
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- Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (A.J.-M.); (F.M.-M.); (M.Á.C.-H.)
- Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain; (A.P.-M.); (M.P.-B.)
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain; (A.P.-M.); (M.P.-B.)
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- Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (A.J.-M.); (F.M.-M.); (M.Á.C.-H.)
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- Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (A.J.-M.); (F.M.-M.); (M.Á.C.-H.)
- Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Seville, Spain
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Mayoral K, Lizano-Barrantes C, Zamora V, Pont A, Miret C, Barrufet C, Caballero-Rabasco MA, Praena-Crespo M, Bercedo A, Valdesoiro-Navarrete L, Guerra MT, Pardo Y, Martínez Zapata MJ, Garin O, Ferrer M. Montelukast in paediatric asthma and allergic rhinitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Respir Rev 2023; 32:230124. [PMID: 37852659 PMCID: PMC10582929 DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0124-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We aim to assess the impact of montelukast on paediatric patients with asthma/allergic rhinitis, measured using patient-reported outcome measures, compared with other treatments or placebo. METHODS Protocol registration CRD42020216098 (www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO). MEDLINE and Embase databases were used to conduct the search. Two authors independently selected studies and extracted data, and a third reviewer resolved discrepancies. Meta-analyses were constructed to estimate the standardised mean difference (SMD) using a random-effects model. RESULTS Out of 3937 articles identified, 49 studies met the inclusion criteria, mostly randomised clinical trials (sample sizes: 21-689 patients). The SMD of change pooled estimators for the global, mental and physical domains of health-related quality of life were not statistically significant. For daytime and night-time symptoms scores, the SMD (95% CI) was in favour of inhaled corticosteroids (-0.12, -0.20- -0.05 and -0.23, -0.41- -0.06, respectively). The pooled estimator for global asthma symptoms was better for montelukast when compared with placebo (0.90, 0.44-1.36). CONCLUSIONS The synthesis of the available evidence suggests that, in children and adolescents, montelukast was effective in controlling asthma symptoms when compared with placebo, but inhaled corticosteroids were superior in controlling symptoms, especially at night-time. These findings of our systematic review concur with current guidelines for asthma treatment.
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- Karina Mayoral
- Health Services Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Co-first authors
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- Health Services Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
- Co-first authors
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- Health Services Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
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- Health Services Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Unit PSMar-UPF-ASPB, Parc de Salut Mar, Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- Health Services Evaluation and Clinical Epidemiology Department, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Services Evaluation and Clinical Epidemiology Department, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergy Unit, Paediatric Department, Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Salud La Candelaria, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Seville, Spain
- Grupo de Vías Respiratorias de la Asociación Española de Pediatras de Atención Primaria (AEPAP), Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Vías Respiratorias de la Asociación Española de Pediatras de Atención Primaria (AEPAP), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Salud Los Castros, Servicio Cántabro de Salud, Cantabria, Spain
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- Centro de Salud de Jerez Sur, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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- Health Services Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Services Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Services Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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da Silva TF, Sampaio I, Angulo A, Domínguez-Domínguez O, Andrade-Santos J, Guimarães-Costa A, Santos S. Species delimitation by DNA barcoding reveals undescribed diversity in Stelliferinae (Sciaenidae). PLoS One 2023; 18:e0296335. [PMID: 38153939 PMCID: PMC10754464 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023] Open
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Stelliferinae is the third most speciose subfamily of Sciaenidae, with 51 recognized species arranged in five genera. Phylogenies derived from both morphological and molecular data support the monophyly of this subfamily, although there is no general consensus on the intergeneric relationships or the species diversity of this group. We used the barcoding region of the cytochrome oxidase C subunit I (COI) gene to verify the delimitation of Stelliferinae species based on the Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery (ABGD), Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescence (GMYC), and Bayesian Poisson Tree Process (bPTP) methods. In general, the results of these different approaches were congruent, delimiting 30-32 molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs), most of which coincided with valid species. Specimens of Stellifer menezesi and Stellifer gomezi were attributed to a single species, which disagrees with the most recent review of this genus. The evidence also indicated that Odontoscion xanthops and Corvula macrops belong to a single MOTU. In contrast, evidence also indicates presence of distinct lineages in both Odontoscion dentex and Bairdiella chrysoura. Such results are compatible with the existence of cryptic species, which is supported by the genetic divergence and haplotype genealogy. Therefore, the results of the present study indicate the existence of undescribed diversity in the Stelliferinae, which reinforces the need for an ample taxonomic review of the fish in this subfamily.
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- Tárcia Fernanda da Silva
- Laboratory of Fish Microbiology, Institute of Coastal Studies, Federal University of Para (UFPA), Braganca, Para, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Evolution, Institute of Coastal Studies, Federal University of Para (UFPA), Braganca, Para, Brazil
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- Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología/Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET) and Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morella, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Ichthyology, Vertebrates Department–Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, National Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Evolution, Institute of Coastal Studies, Federal University of Para (UFPA), Braganca, Para, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Fish Microbiology, Institute of Coastal Studies, Federal University of Para (UFPA), Braganca, Para, Brazil
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Mesén-Porras S, Rojas-Céspedes A, Molina-Mora JA, Vega-Baudrit J, Siles F, Quiros S, Mora-Rodríguez R. Sphingolipid-Based Synergistic Interactions to Enhance Chemosensitivity in Lung Cancer Cells. Cells 2023; 12:2588. [PMID: 37998323 PMCID: PMC10670127 DOI: 10.3390/cells12222588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Tumor heterogeneity leads to drug resistance in cancer treatment with the crucial role of sphingolipids in cell fate and stress signaling. We analyzed sphingolipid metabolism and autophagic flux to study chemotherapeutic interactions on the A549 lung cancer model. Loaded cells with fluorescent sphingomyelin analog (BODIPY) and mCherry-EGFP-LC3B were used to track autophagic flux and assess cytotoxicity when cells are exposed to chemotherapy (epirubicin, cisplatin, and paclitaxel) together with sphingolipid pathway inhibitors and autophagy modulators. Our cell model approach employed fluorescent sphingolipid biosensors and a Gaussian Mixture Model of cell heterogeneity profiles to map the influence of chemotherapy on the sphingolipid pathway and infer potential synergistic interactions. Results showed significant synergy, especially when combining epirubicin with autophagy inducers (rapamycin and Torin), reducing cell viability. Cisplatin also synergized with a ceramidase inhibitor. However, paclitaxel often led to antagonistic effects. Our mapping model suggests that combining chemotherapies with autophagy inducers increases vesicle formation, possibly linked to ceramide accumulation, triggering cell death. However, the in silico model proposed ceramide accumulation in autophagosomes, and kinetic analysis provided evidence of sphingolipid colocalization in autophagosomes. Further research is needed to identify specific sphingolipids accumulating in autophagosomes. These findings offer insights into potential strategies for overcoming chemotherapy resistance by targeting the sphingolipid pathway.
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- Susana Mesén-Porras
- Research Center on Tropical Diseases (CIET), Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica; (S.M.-P.); (A.R.-C.); (J.A.M.-M.); (S.Q.)
- Research Center on Surgery and Cancer (CICICA), Campus Rodrigo Facio, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica;
- Master Program in Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
- National Laboratory of Nanotechnology (LANOTEC), National Center of High Technology (CeNAT), Pavas, San José 1174-1200, Costa Rica;
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- Research Center on Tropical Diseases (CIET), Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica; (S.M.-P.); (A.R.-C.); (J.A.M.-M.); (S.Q.)
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- Research Center on Tropical Diseases (CIET), Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica; (S.M.-P.); (A.R.-C.); (J.A.M.-M.); (S.Q.)
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- National Laboratory of Nanotechnology (LANOTEC), National Center of High Technology (CeNAT), Pavas, San José 1174-1200, Costa Rica;
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- Research Center on Surgery and Cancer (CICICA), Campus Rodrigo Facio, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica;
- Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (PRIS-Lab), Department and Postgraduate Studies in Electrical Engineering, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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- Research Center on Tropical Diseases (CIET), Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica; (S.M.-P.); (A.R.-C.); (J.A.M.-M.); (S.Q.)
- Research Center on Surgery and Cancer (CICICA), Campus Rodrigo Facio, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica;
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- Research Center on Tropical Diseases (CIET), Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica; (S.M.-P.); (A.R.-C.); (J.A.M.-M.); (S.Q.)
- Research Center on Surgery and Cancer (CICICA), Campus Rodrigo Facio, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica;
- Master Program in Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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Badilla-Solórzano J, Ihler S, Gellrich NC, Spalthoff S. Improving instrument detection for a robotic scrub nurse using multi-view voting. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2023; 18:1961-1968. [PMID: 37530904 PMCID: PMC10589190 DOI: 10.1007/s11548-023-03002-0] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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PURPOSE A basic task of a robotic scrub nurse is surgical instrument detection. Deep learning techniques could potentially address this task; nevertheless, their performance is subject to some degree of error, which could render them unsuitable for real-world applications. In this work, we aim to demonstrate how the combination of a trained instrument detector with an instance-based voting scheme that considers several frames and viewpoints is enough to guarantee a strong improvement in the instrument detection task. METHODS We exploit the typical setup of a robotic scrub nurse to collect RGB data and point clouds from different viewpoints. Using trained Mask R-CNN models, we obtain predictions from each view. We propose a multi-view voting scheme based on predicted instances that combines the gathered data and predictions to produce a reliable map of the location of the instruments in the scene. RESULTS Our approach reduces the number of errors by more than 82% compared with the single-view case. On average, the data from five viewpoints are sufficient to infer the correct instrument arrangement with our best model. CONCLUSION Our approach can drastically improve an instrument detector's performance. Our method is practical and can be applied during an actual medical procedure without negatively affecting the surgical workflow. Our implementation and data are made available for the scientific community ( https://github.com/Jorebs/Multi-view-Voting-Scheme ).
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- Institute of Mechatronic Systems, Leibniz University Hannover, Garbsen, Germany
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- Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Fandaruff C, Quirós-Fallas MI, Vega-Baudrit JR, Navarro-Hoyos M, Lamas DG, Araya-Sibaja AM. Saquinavir-Piperine Eutectic Mixture: Preparation, Characterization, and Dissolution Profile. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2446. [PMID: 37896206 PMCID: PMC10609941 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15102446] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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The dissolution rate of the anti-HIV drug saquinavir base (SQV), a poorly water-soluble and extremely low absolute bioavailability drug, was improved through a eutectic mixture formation approach. A screening based on a liquid-assisted grinding technique was performed using a 1:1 molar ratio of the drug and the coformers sodium saccharinate, theobromine, nicotinic acid, nicotinamide, vanillin, vanillic acid, and piperine (PIP), followed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Given that SQV-PIP was the only resulting eutectic system from the screening, both the binary phase and the Tammann diagrams were adapted to this system using DSC data of mixtures prepared from 0.1 to 1.0 molar ratios in order to determine the exact eutectic composition. The SQV-PIP system formed a eutectic at a composition of 0.6 and 0.40, respectively. Then, a solid-state characterization through DSC, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), including small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements to explore the small-angle region in detail, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and a powder dissolution test were performed. The conventional PXRD analyses suggested that the eutectic mixture did not exhibit structural changes; however, the small-angle region explored through the SAXS instrument revealed a change in the crystal structure of one of their components. FT-IR spectra showed no molecular interaction in the solid state. Finally, the dissolution profile of SQV in the eutectic mixture was different from the dissolution of pure SQV. After 45 min, approximately 55% of the drug in the eutectic mixture was dissolved, while, for pure SQV, 42% dissolved within this time. Hence, this study concludes that the dissolution rate of SQV can be effectively improved through the approach of using PIP as a coformer.
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- Cinira Fandaruff
- Instituto de Tecnologías Emergentes y Ciencias Aplicadas (ITECA), UNSAM-CONICET, Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología, Laboratorio de Cristalografía Aplicada, Av. 25 de Mayo 1169, San Martín 1650, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnología, LANOTEC-CeNAT-CONARE, San José 1174-1200, Costa Rica; (M.I.Q.-F.); (J.R.V.-B.)
- Laboratorio Biodess, Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José 2060, Costa Rica;
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnología, LANOTEC-CeNAT-CONARE, San José 1174-1200, Costa Rica; (M.I.Q.-F.); (J.R.V.-B.)
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- Laboratorio Biodess, Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José 2060, Costa Rica;
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- Instituto de Tecnologías Emergentes y Ciencias Aplicadas (ITECA), UNSAM-CONICET, Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología, Laboratorio de Cristalografía Aplicada, Av. 25 de Mayo 1169, San Martín 1650, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnología, LANOTEC-CeNAT-CONARE, San José 1174-1200, Costa Rica; (M.I.Q.-F.); (J.R.V.-B.)
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Méndez-Rivera M, Montiel-Mora JR, Ramírez-Morales D, Masís-Mora M, Rodríguez-Rodríguez CE. On-farm Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Their Environmental Hazard: Case Study of a Tropical Dairy farm. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2023; 111:51. [PMID: 37752279 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-023-03809-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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Animal husbandry wastewaters represent an important source of pharmaceuticals into the environment. This work aimed to evaluate the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and their hazard in wastewater from a model dairy farm from Costa Rica. Among the seven pharmaceuticals detected (acetaminophen, caffeine, carbamazepine, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, risperidone, sulfamethazine), caffeine, ibuprofen and acetaminophen showed the highest concentrations, while caffeine, carbamazepine and risperidone were the most frequently detected compounds. High (HQ ≥ 1) or medium (0.1 ≤ HQ < 1) hazard were estimated for three (caffeine, ibuprofen, risperidone) and two (acetaminophen, ketoprofen) pharmaceuticals, respectively; similarly, high overall hazard (∑HQ) and significant ecotoxicity were determined in samples from all sampling points. According to our results, the release of these aqueous matrices is a matter of environmental concern, as the treated wastewater is used for farm irrigation or directly released into nearby water streams. This work contributes to the knowledge on the scarcely described occurrence and risk of pharmaceuticals in Latin American regions.
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- Michael Méndez-Rivera
- Centro de Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental (CICA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 2060, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental (CICA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 2060, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental (CICA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 2060, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental (CICA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 2060, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental (CICA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 2060, Costa Rica.
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Brenes O, Pusch M, Morales F. ClC-1 Chloride Channel: Inputs on the Structure-Function Relationship of Myotonia Congenita-Causing Mutations. Biomedicines 2023; 11:2622. [PMID: 37892996 PMCID: PMC10604815 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11102622] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Myotonia congenita is a hereditary muscle disease mainly characterized by muscle hyperexcitability, which leads to a sustained burst of discharges that correlates with the magnitude and duration of involuntary aftercontractions, muscle stiffness, and hypertrophy. Mutations in the chloride voltage-gated channel 1 (CLCN1) gene that encodes the skeletal muscle chloride channel (ClC-1) are responsible for this disease, which is commonly known as myotonic chloride channelopathy. The biophysical properties of the mutated channel have been explored and analyzed through in vitro approaches, providing important clues to the general function/dysfunction of the wild-type and mutated channels. After an exhaustive search for CLCN1 mutations, we report in this review more than 350 different mutations identified in the literature. We start discussing the physiological role of the ClC-1 channel in skeletal muscle functioning. Then, using the reported functional effects of the naturally occurring mutations, we describe the biophysical and structural characteristics of the ClC-1 channel to update the knowledge of the function of each of the ClC-1 helices, and finally, we attempt to point out some patterns regarding the effects of mutations in the different helices and loops of the protein.
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- Oscar Brenes
- Departamento de Fisiología, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica;
- Centro de Investigación en Neurociencias (CIN), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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- Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via De Marini 6, 16149 Genova, Italy
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud (INISA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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Pereira-Céspedes A, Jiménez-Morales A, Palomares-Bayo M, Martínez-Martínez F, Calleja-Hernández MÁ. Medication Review with Follow-Up for End-Stage Renal Disease: Drug-Related Problems and Negative Outcomes Associated with Medication-A Systematic Review. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5080. [PMID: 37568483 PMCID: PMC10419351 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12155080] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This article reviews the available scientific literature on drug-related problems and negative outcomes associated with medications identified by medication review with follow-up for end-stage renal disease and discussed with the physicians. METHODS A systematic review was conducted of the scientific literature retrieved from the following databases: MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science, SCOPUS, Cochrane Library: The Cochrane Central Register and Control Trials (CENTRAL) and Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe (LILACS), Medicina en Español (MEDES), and the SciELO bibliographic database (a collection of scientific journals). The following terms were used as descriptors and searched in free text: "end-stage renal disease", "medication review", "drug-related problems", and "negative outcomes associated with medication". The following limits were applied: "humans" and "adults (more than 18 years)". RESULTS A total of 59 references were recovered and, after applying inclusion/exclusion criteria, 16 articles were selected. Of these selected articles, 15 provided information on drug-related problems and only 1 on negative outcomes associated with medications. CONCLUSIONS It can be concluded that drug-related problems and negative outcomes associated with medications affect patients with end-stage renal disease, mainly those receiving renal replacement therapy. More evidence is needed, especially on negative outcomes associated with medication.
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- Alfonso Pereira-Céspedes
- Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (A.J.-M.); (F.M.-M.); (M.Á.C.-H.)
- Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
- Centro Nacional de Información de Medicamentos, Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacéuticas, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
- Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain;
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- Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (A.J.-M.); (F.M.-M.); (M.Á.C.-H.)
- Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (A.J.-M.); (F.M.-M.); (M.Á.C.-H.)
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- Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (A.J.-M.); (F.M.-M.); (M.Á.C.-H.)
- Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Seville, Spain
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Kudla AM, Miranda X, Frederik Nijhout H. Ontogenetic trajectories and early shape differentiation of treehopper pronota (Hemiptera: Membracidae). Evol Dev 2023; 25:240-252. [PMID: 37035938 DOI: 10.1111/ede.12431] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Membracids (family: Membracidae), commonly known as treehoppers, are recognizable by their enlarged and often elaborated pronota. Much of the research investigating the development and evolution of this structure has focused on the fifth instar to adult transition, in which the pronotum undergoes the largest transformation as it takes on adult identity. However, little is known about the earlier nymphal stages, the degree to which the pronotum develops at these timepoints, and how development has changed relative to the ancestral state. Here, we studied the nymphal stages and adults of five morphologically distinct membracid species and of Aetalion reticulatum (family: Aetalionidae), the outgroup which was used as an ancestral state proxy. We found that shape differentiation in the pronotum of membracids can start as early as the second instar stage. Most shape differentiation occurs within the nymphal stages and not in the embryo since the shape of the first-instar pronotum did not differ from the outgroup species in all but one species we investigated. We found the anterior-posterior axis of the pronotum elongated at a faster relative rate in membracid species than in A. reticulatum, which contributed to the development of exaggerated pronotal size. Finally, we found differences in the morphogenesis of shape across species. We suggest this is due to the developmental and evolutionary divergence of differential growth patterning of the dorsal surface of the pronotum, not only across species, but also between stages within the same species. This lability may contribute to the evolvability and diversification of the membracid pronotum.
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- Anna M Kudla
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Arce-Rodríguez A, Libby E, Castellón E, Avendaño R, Cambronero JC, Vargas M, Pieper DH, Bertilsson S, Chavarría M, Puente-Sánchez F. Out of the blue: the independent activity of sulfur-oxidizers and diatoms mediate the sudden color shift of a tropical river. Environ Microbiome 2023; 18:6. [PMID: 36658604 PMCID: PMC9854191 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-023-00464-2] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Río Celeste ("Sky-Blue River") is a river located in the Tenorio National Park (Costa Rica) that has become an important hotspot for eco-tourism due to its striking sky-blue color. A previous study indicated that this color is not caused by dissolved chemical species, but by formation of light-scattering aluminosilicate particles at the mixing point of two colorless streams, the acidic Quebrada Agria and the neutral Río Buenavista. RESULTS We now present microbiological information on Río Celeste and its two tributaries, as well as a more detailed characterization of the particles that occur at the mixing point. Our results overturn the previous belief that the light scattering particles are formed by the aggregation of smaller particles coming from Río Buenavista, and rather point to chemical formation of hydroxyaluminosilicate colloids when Quebrada Agria is partially neutralized by Río Buenavista, which also contributes silica to the reaction. The process is mediated by the activities of different microorganisms in both streams. In Quebrada Agria, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria generate an acidic environment, which in turn cause dissolution and mobilization of aluminum and other metals. In Río Buenavista, the growth of diatoms transforms dissolved silicon into colloidal biogenic forms which may facilitate particle precipitation. CONCLUSIONS We show how the sky-blue color of Río Celeste arises from the tight interaction between chemical and biological processes, in what constitutes a textbook example of emergent behavior in environmental microbiology.
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- Alejandro Arce-Rodríguez
- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, 38106, Brunswick, Germany
- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124, Brunswick, Germany
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- Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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- Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica
- Centro de Investigación en Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales (CICIMA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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- Centro Nacional de Innovaciones Biotecnológicas (CENIBiot), CeNAT-CONARE, San José, 1174-1200, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Productos Naturales (CIPRONA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Estructuras Microscópicas (CIEMic), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124, Brunswick, Germany
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- Deparment of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lennart Hjelms Väg 9, 756 51, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica
- Centro Nacional de Innovaciones Biotecnológicas (CENIBiot), CeNAT-CONARE, San José, 1174-1200, Costa Rica
- Centro de Investigaciones en Productos Naturales (CIPRONA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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- Deparment of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lennart Hjelms Väg 9, 756 51, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Bermúdez-Méndez E, Bronsvoort KF, Zwart MP, van de Water S, Cárdenas-Rey I, Vloet RPM, Koenraadt CJM, Pijlman GP, Kortekaas J, Wichgers Schreur PJ. Incomplete bunyavirus particles can cooperatively support virus infection and spread. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001870. [PMID: 36378688 PMCID: PMC9665397 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Bunyaviruses lack a specific mechanism to ensure the incorporation of a complete set of genome segments into each virion, explaining the generation of incomplete virus particles lacking one or more genome segments. Such incomplete virus particles, which may represent the majority of particles produced, are generally considered to interfere with virus infection and spread. Using the three-segmented arthropod-borne Rift Valley fever virus as a model bunyavirus, we here show that two distinct incomplete virus particle populations unable to spread autonomously are able to efficiently complement each other in both mammalian and insect cells following co-infection. We further show that complementing incomplete virus particles can co-infect mosquitoes, resulting in the reconstitution of infectious virus that is able to disseminate to the mosquito salivary glands. Computational models of infection dynamics predict that incomplete virus particles can positively impact virus spread over a wide range of conditions, with the strongest effect at intermediate multiplicities of infection. Our findings suggest that incomplete particles may play a significant role in within-host spread and between-host transmission, reminiscent of the infection cycle of multipartite viruses.
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- Erick Bermúdez-Méndez
- Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, The Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bacteriology, Host-Pathogen Interactions and Diagnostics Development, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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Araya-Sibaja AM, Fandaruff C, Guevara-Camargo AM, Vargas-Huertas F, Zamora WJ, Vega-Baudrit JR, Guillén-Girón T, Navarro-Hoyos M, Paoli P, Rossi P, Jones W. Crystal Forms of the Antihypertensive Drug Irbesartan: A Crystallographic, Spectroscopic, and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis Investigation. ACS Omega 2022; 7:14897-14909. [PMID: 35557697 PMCID: PMC9089371 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c00545] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The design of new pharmaceutical solids with improved physical and chemical properties can be reached through in-detail knowledge of the noncovalent intermolecular interactions between the molecules in the context of crystal packing. Although crystallization from solutions is well-known for obtaining new solids, the effect of some variables on crystallization is not yet thoroughly understood. Among these variables, solvents are noteworthy. In this context, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of ethanol (EtOH), acetonitrile (MeCN), and acetone (ACTN) on obtaining irbesartan (IBS) crystal forms with 2,3-dibromosuccinic acid. Crystal structures were solved by single-crystal diffraction, and the intermolecular interactions were analyzed using the Hirshfeld surfaces analysis. The characterization of physicochemical properties was carried out by powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermal analysis, and solution-state NMR techniques. Two different IBS salts were obtained, one from MeCN and ACTN (compound 1) and a different one from EtOH (compound 2). The experimental results were in agreement with the findings obtained through quantum mechanics continuum solvation models. Compound 1 crystallized as a monoclinic system P21/c, whereas compound 2 in a triclinic system P1̅. In both structures, a net of strong hydrogen bonds is present, and their existence was confirmed by the FT-IR results. In addition, the IBS cation acts as a H-bond donor through the N1 and N6 nitrogen atoms which interact with the bromide anion and the water molecule O1W in compound 1. Meanwhile, N1 and N6 nitrogen atoms interact with the oxygen atoms provided by two symmetry-related 2,3-dibromo succinate anions in compound 2. Solution-state NMR data agreed with the protonation of the imidazolone ring in the crystal structure of compound 1. Both salts presented a different thermal behavior not only in melting temperature but also in thermal stability.
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- Universidade
Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, Trindade, CCS, Bloco J/K, 89040970 Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Laboratorio
Nacional de Nanotecnología LANOTEC-CeNAT-CONARE, Pavas, 1174-1200 San José, Costa Rica
- Escuela
de Ingeniería Química, Universidad
de Costa Rica, 2060 San José, Costa Rica
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- Laboratorio
Bioactividad para el Desarrollo Sustentable BIODESS, Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, 2060 San José, Costa Rica
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- Grupo
CBio3, Escuela de Química, Universidad
de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de
Oca, 2060 San José, Costa Rica
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- Laboratorio
Nacional de Nanotecnología LANOTEC-CeNAT-CONARE, Pavas, 1174-1200 San José, Costa Rica
- Laboratorio
de Investigación y Tecnología de Polímeros POLIUNA,
Escuela de Química, Universidad Nacional
de Costa Rica, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica
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- Escuela
de Ciencia e Ingeniería de los Materiales, Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Cartago 159-7050, Costa
Rica
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- Laboratorio
Bioactividad para el Desarrollo Sustentable BIODESS, Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, 2060 San José, Costa Rica
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- Department
of Industrial Engineering, University of
Firenze, Via S. Marta
3, 50139 Firenze, Italy
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- Department
of Industrial Engineering, University of
Firenze, Via S. Marta
3, 50139 Firenze, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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Mayoral K, Garin O, Lizano-Barrantes C, Pont A, Caballero-Rabasco AM, Praena-Crespo M, Valdesoiro-Navarrete L, Guerra MT, Castillo JA, Mir ID, Tato E, Alonso J, Serra-Sutton V, Pardo Y, Ferrer M. Measurement properties of the EQ-5D-Y administered through a smartphone app in children with asthma: a longitudinal questionnaire study. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2022; 20:51. [PMID: 35346225 PMCID: PMC8959271 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-022-01955-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Asthma impacts children's physical, emotional, and psychosocial Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL). The EQ-5D-Y is a generic econometric instrument developed to measure HRQL in children. OBJECTIVE Evaluation of feasibility, validity, reliability, and responsiveness of EQ-5D-Y descriptive system and utility index to allow the assessment of HRQL in children with asthma, aged 8-11 years (self-response version) or under 8 years old (proxy-response version). METHODS We used data from baseline to 10 months of follow-up of an observational, prospective study of children with persistent asthma recruited by pediatricians in Spain (2018-2020). HRQL instruments were administered through a smartphone application: ARCA app. The EQ-5D-Y is composed of a 5-dimension descriptive system, a utility index ranging from 1 to - 0.5392, and a general health visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS). The Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PROMIS-PAIS) includes 8 items, providing a raw score. Construct validity hypotheses were stated a priori, and evaluated following two approaches, multitrait-multimethod matrix and known groups' comparisons. Reliability and responsiveness subsamples were defined by stability or change in EQ-VAS and the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ), to estimate the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the magnitude of change over time. RESULTS The EQ-5D-Y was completed at baseline for 119 children (81 self-responded and 38 through proxy response), with a mean age of 9.1 (1.7) years. Mean (SD) of the EQ-5D-Y utility index was 0.93 (0.11), with ceiling and floor effects of 60.3% and 0%, respectively. Multitrait-multimethod matrix confirmed the associations previously hypothesized for the EQ-5D-Y utility index [moderate with PROMIS-PAIS (0.38) and weak with ACQ (0.28)], and for the EQ-5D-Y dimension "problems doing usual activities" [moderate with the ACQ item (0.35) and weak with the PROMIS-PAIS item (0.17)]. Statistically significant differences were found in the EQ-5D-Y between groups defined by asthma control, reliever inhalers use, and second-hand smoke exposure, with mostly moderate effect sizes (0.45-0.75). The ICC of the EQ-5D-Y utility index in the stable subsamples was high (0.81 and 0.79); and responsiveness subsamples presented a moderate to large magnitude of change (0.68 and 0.78), though without statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS These results support the use of the EQ-5D-Y as a feasible, valid, and reliable instrument for evaluating HRQL in children with persistent asthma. Further studies are needed on the responsiveness of the EQ-5D-Y in this population.
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- Karina Mayoral
- Health Service Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, office 144. Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Preventive Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
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- Health Service Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, office 144. Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Service Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, office 144. Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Health Service Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, office 144. Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Preventive Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergy Unit, Paediatric Department, Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Salud La Candelaria. Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Sevilla, Spain
- Grupo de Vías Respiratorias de La Asociación Española de Pediatras de Atención Primaria (AEPAP), Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Vías Respiratorias de La Asociación Española de Pediatras de Atención Primaria (AEPAP), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Salud de Jerez Sur, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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- Grupo de Vías Respiratorias de La Asociación Española de Pediatras de Atención Primaria (AEPAP), Madrid, Spain
- Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Health Service Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, office 144. Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Service Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, office 144. Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Health Service Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, office 144. Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Castillo-Zeledón A, Ruiz-Villalobos N, Altamirano-Silva P, Chacón-Díaz C, Barquero-Calvo E, Chaves-Olarte E, Guzmán-Verri C. A Sinorhizobium meliloti and Agrobacterium tumefaciens ExoR ortholog is not crucial for Brucella abortus virulence. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254568. [PMID: 34388167 PMCID: PMC8362948 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Brucella is a facultative extracellular-intracellular pathogen that belongs to the Alphaproteobacteria class. Precise sensing of environmental changes and a proper response mediated by a gene expression regulatory network are essential for this pathogen to survive. The plant-related Alphaproteobacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti and Agrobacterium tumefaciens also alternate from a free to a host-associated life, where a regulatory invasion switch is needed for this transition. This switch is composed of a two-component regulatory system (TCS) and a global inhibitor, ExoR. In B. abortus, the BvrR/BvrS TCS is essential for intracellular survival. However, the presence of a TCS inhibitor, such as ExoR, in Brucella is still unknown. In this work, we identified a genomic sequence similar to S. meliloti exoR in the B. abortus 2308W genome, constructed an exoR mutant strain, and performed its characterization through ex vivo and in vivo assays. Our findings indicate that ExoR is related to the BvrR phosphorylation state, and is related to the expression of known BvrR/BrvS gene targets, such as virB8, vjbR, and omp25 when grown in rich medium or starving conditions. Despite this, the exoR mutant strain showed no significant differences as compared to the wild-type strain, related to resistance to polymyxin B or human non-immune serum, intracellular replication, or infectivity in a mice model. ExoR in B. abortus is related to BvrR/BvrS as observed in other Rhizobiales; however, its function seems different from that observed for its orthologs described in A. tumefaciens and S. meliloti.
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- Amanda Castillo-Zeledón
- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Suárez-Esquivel M, Hernández-Mora G, Ruiz-Villalobos N, Barquero-Calvo E, Chacón-Díaz C, Ladner JT, Oviedo-Sánchez G, Foster JT, Rojas-Campos N, Chaves-Olarte E, Thomson NR, Moreno E, Guzmán-Verri C. Persistence of Brucella abortus lineages revealed by genomic characterization and phylodynamic analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008235. [PMID: 32287327 PMCID: PMC7182279 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus, is a major disease of cattle and humans worldwide distributed. Eradication and control of the disease has been difficult in Central and South America, Central Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Epidemiological strategies combined with phylogenetic methods provide the high-resolution power needed to study relationships between surveillance data and pathogen population dynamics, using genetic diversity and spatiotemporal distributions. This information is crucial for prevention and control of disease spreading at a local and worldwide level. In Costa Rica (CR), the disease was first reported at the beginning of the 20th century and has not been controlled despite many efforts. We characterized 188 B. abortus isolates from CR recovered from cattle, humans and water buffalo, from 2003 to 2018, and whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed in 95 of them. They were also assessed based on geographic origin, date of introduction, and phylogenetic associations in a worldwide and national context. Our results show circulation of five B. abortus lineages (I to V) in CR, phylogenetically related to isolates from the United States, United Kingdom, and South America. Lineage I was dominant and probably introduced at the end of the 19th century. Lineage II, represented by a single isolate from a water buffalo, clustered with a Colombian sample, and was likely introduced after 1845. Lineages III and IV were likely introduced during the early 2000s. Fourteen isolates from humans were found within the same lineage (lineage I) regardless of their geographic origin within the country. The main CR lineages, introduced more than 100 years ago, are widely spread throughout the country, in contrast to new introductions that seemed to be more geographically restricted. Following the brucellosis prevalence and the farming practices of several middle- and low-income countries, similar scenarios could be found in other regions worldwide.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcela Suárez-Esquivel
- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
| | - Elías Barquero-Calvo
- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
| | - Carlos Chacón-Díaz
- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
| | - Jason T. Ladner
- The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, United States of America
| | - Gerardo Oviedo-Sánchez
- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
| | - Jeffrey T. Foster
- The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, United States of America
| | - Norman Rojas-Campos
- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
| | - Nicholas R. Thomson
- Parasites and Microbes from Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom
| | - Edgardo Moreno
- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
| | - Caterina Guzmán-Verri
- Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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