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Zhang Y, Lu M, Zhang Z, Huang X, Huang J, Liu J, Huang J, Song X, Xu L, Yan R, Li X. The microneme adhesive repeat domain of MIC3 protein determined the site specificity of Eimeria acervulina, Eimeria maxima, and Eimeria mitis. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1291379. [PMID: 38022512 PMCID: PMC10663340 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1291379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Understanding the determinants of host and tissue tropisms among parasites of veterinary and medical importance has long posed a substantial challenge. Among the seven species of Eimeria known to parasitize the chicken intestine, a wide variation in tissue tropisms has been observed. Prior research suggested that microneme protein (MIC) composed of microneme adhesive repeat (MAR) domain responsible for initial host cell recognition and attachment likely dictated the tissue tropism of Eimeria parasites. This study aimed to explore the roles of MICs and their associated MARs in conferring site-specific development of E. acervuline, E. maxima, and E. mitis within the host. Immunofluorescence assays revealed that MIC3 of E. acervuline (EaMIC3), MIC3 of E. maxima (EmMIC3), MIC3 of E. mitis (EmiMIC3), MAR3 of EaMIC3 (EaMIC3-MAR3), MAR2 of EmMIC3 (EmMIC3-MAR2), and MAR4 of EmiMIC3 (EmiMIC3-MAR4), exhibited binding capabilities to the specific intestinal tract where these parasites infect. In contrast, the invasion of sporozoites into host intestinal cells could be significantly inhibited by antibodies targeting EaMIC3, EmMIC3, EmiMIC3, EaMIC3-MAR3, EmMIC3-MAR2, and EmiMIC3-MAR4. Substitution experiments involving MAR domains highlighted the crucial roles of EaMIC3-MAR3, EmMIC3-MAR2, and EmiMIC3-MAR4 in governing interactions with host ligands. Furthermore, animal experiments substantiated the significant contribution of EmiMIC3, EmiMIC3-MAR4, and their polyclonal antibodies in conferring protective immunity to Eimeria-affiliated birds. In summary, EaMIC3, EmMIC3, and EmiMIC3 are the underlying factors behind the diverse tissue tropisms exhibited by E. acervuline, E. maxima, and E. mitis, and EaMIC3-MAR3, EmMIC3-MAR2, and EmiMIC3-MAR4 are the major determinants of MIC-mediated tissue tropism of each parasite. The results illuminated the molecular basis of the modes of action of Eimeria MICs, thereby facilitating an understanding and rationalization of the marked differences in tissue tropisms among E. acervuline, E. maxima, and E. mitis.
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- The Ministry of Education Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Jiang Y, Hu H, He X, Li X, Zhang Y, Lou J, Wu Y, Fang J, Shao X, Fang J. Specificity for the correlation between the body surface and viscera in the pathological state of COPD: A prospective, controlled, and assessor-blinded trial. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1051190. [PMID: 37153229 PMCID: PMC10159081 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1051190] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023] Open
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Background: The association between the body surface and viscera remains obscure, but a better understanding of the body surface-viscera correlation will maximize its diagnostic and therapeutic values in clinical practice. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the specificity of body surface-viscera correlation in the pathological state. Methods: The study subjects included 40 participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the COPD group and 40 age-matched healthy participants in the healthy control group. Laser Doppler flowmetry, infrared thermography, and functional near-infrared spectroscopy were respectively adopted to measure 1) the perfusion unit (PU), 2) temperature, and 3) regional oxygen saturation (rSO2) of four specific sites distributed in the heart and lung meridians. These three outcome measures reflected the microcirculatory, thermal, and metabolic characteristics, respectively. Results: Regarding the microcirculatory and thermal characteristics of the body surface, the PU and temperature of specific sites on the body surface [i.e., Taiyuan (LU9) and Chize (LU5) in the lung meridian] in the COPD group were significantly increased compared with healthy controls (p < 0.05), whereas PU and temperature of other sites in the heart meridian [i.e., Shenmen (HT7) and Shaohai (HT3)] did not change significantly (p > 0.05). Regarding the metabolic characteristics, rSO2 of specific sites in the lung meridian [i.e., Taiyuan (LU9) and Chize (LU5)] and Shaohai (HT3) of the heart meridian in the COPD group was significantly decreased compared with healthy controls (p < 0.01), whereas rSO2 of Shenmen (HT7) in the heart meridian did not change significantly (p > 0.05). Conclusion: In the disease state of COPD, the microcirculatory, thermal, and metabolic characteristics of specific sites on the body surface in the lung meridian generally manifest more significant changes than those in the heart meridian, thereby supporting relative specificity for the body surface-viscera correlation in the pathological state.
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- Yongliang Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Jianqiao Fang,
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Akhtar N, Mohammed HA, Yusuf M, Al-Subaiyel A, Sulaiman GM, Khan RA. SPIONs Conjugate Supported Anticancer Drug Doxorubicin's Delivery: Current Status, Challenges, and Prospects. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2022; 12:3686. [PMID: 36296877 PMCID: PMC9611558 DOI: 10.3390/nano12203686] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Considerable efforts have been directed towards development of nano-structured carriers to overcome the limitations of anticancer drug, doxorubicin's, delivery to various cancer sites. The drug's severe toxicity to cardio and hepatic systems, low therapeutic outcomes, inappropriate dose-demands, metastatic and general resistance, together with non-selectivity of the drug have led to the development of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs)-based drug delivery modules. Nano-scale polymeric co-encapsulation of the drug, doxorubicin, with SPIONs, the SPIONs surface end-groups' cappings with small molecular entities, as well as structural modifications of the SPIONs' surface-located functional end-groups, to attach the doxorubicin, have been achieved through chemical bonding by conjugation and cross-linking of natural and synthetic polymers, attachments of SPIONs made directly to the non-polymeric entities, and attachments made through mediation of molecular-spacer as well as non-spacer mediated attachments of several types of chemical entities, together with the physico-chemical bondings of the moieties, e.g., peptides, proteins, antibodies, antigens, aptamers, glycoproteins, and enzymes, etc. to the SPIONs which are capable of targeting multiple kinds of cancerous sites, have provided stable and functional SPIONs-based nano-carriers suitable for the systemic, and in vitro deliveries, together with being suitable for other biomedical/biotechnical applications. Together with the SPIONs inherent properties, and ability to respond to magnetic resonance, fluorescence-directed, dual-module, and molecular-level tumor imaging; as well as multi-modular cancer cell targeting; magnetic-field-inducible drug-elution capacity, and the SPIONs' magnetometry-led feasibility to reach cancer action sites have made sensing, imaging, and drug and other payloads deliveries to cancerous sites for cancer treatment a viable option. Innovations in the preparation of SPIONs-based delivery modules, as biocompatible carriers; development of delivery route modalities; approaches to enhancing their drug delivery-cum-bioavailability have explicitly established the SPIONs' versatility for oncological theranostics and imaging. The current review outlines the development of various SPIONs-based nano-carriers for targeted doxorubicin delivery to different cancer sites through multiple methods, modalities, and materials, wherein high-potential nano-structured platforms have been conceptualized, developed, and tested for, both, in vivo and in vitro conditions. The current state of the knowledge in this arena have provided definite dose-control, site-specificity, stability, transport feasibility, and effective onsite drug de-loading, however, with certain limitations, and these shortcomings have opened the field for further advancements by identifying the bottlenecks, suggestive and plausible remediation, as well as more clear directions for future development.
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- Naseem Akhtar
- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Dentistry & Pharmacy, Buraydah Private Colleges, P.O. Box 31717, Buraydah 51418, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Biotechnology, Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad 10066, Iraq
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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Pilecky M, Závorka L, Soto DX, Guo F, Wassenaar LI, Kainz MJ. Assessment of Compound-Specific Fatty Acid δ 13C and δ 2H Values to Track Fish Mobility in a Small Sub-alpine Catchment. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:11051-11060. [PMID: 35861449 PMCID: PMC9352314 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Methods for identifying origin, movement, and foraging areas of animals are essential for understanding ecosystem connectivity, nutrient flows, and other ecological processes. Telemetric methods can provide detailed spatial coverage but are limited to a minimum body size of specimen for tagging. In recent years, stable isotopes have been increasingly used to track animal migration by linking landscape isotope patterns into movement (isoscapes). However, compared to telemetric methods, the spatial resolution of bulk stable isotopes is low. Here, we examined a novel approach by evaluating the use of compound-specific hydrogen and carbon stable isotopes of fatty acids (δ2HFA and δ13CFA) from fish liver, muscle, brain, and eye tissues for identifying site specificity in a 254 km2 sub-alpine river catchment. We analyzed 208 fish (European bullhead, rainbow trout, and brown trout) collected in 2016 and 2018 at 15 different sites. δ13CFA values of these fish tissues correlated more among each other than those of δ2HFA values. Both δ2HFA and δ13CFA values showed tissue-dependent isotopic fractionation, while fish taxa had only small effects. The highest site specificity was for δ13CDHA values, while the δ2H isotopic difference between linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid resulted in the highest site specificity. Using linear discrimination analysis of FA isotope values, over 90% of fish could be assigned to their location of origin; however, the accuracy dropped to about 56% when isotope data from 2016 were used to predict the sites for samples collected in 2018, suggesting temporal shifts in site specificity of δ2HFA and δ13CFA. However, the predictive power of δ2HFA and δ13CFA over this time interval was still higher than site specificity of bulk tissue isotopes for a single time point. In summary, compound-specific isotope analysis of fatty acids may become a highly effective tool for assessing fine and large-scale movement and foraging areas of animals.
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- Matthias Pilecky
- WasserCluster
Lunz—Biologische Station, Inter-University
Center for Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Dr. Carl-Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria
- Donau-Universität
Krems, Department for Biomedical Research, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria
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- WasserCluster
Lunz—Biologische Station, Inter-University
Center for Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Dr. Carl-Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria
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- International
Atomic Energy Agency, Isotope Hydrology Section, Vienna International Centre, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
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- Guangdong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Quality Improvement and Ecological
Restoration for Watersheds, Institute of Environmental and Ecological
Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 511458, China
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- WasserCluster
Lunz—Biologische Station, Inter-University
Center for Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Dr. Carl-Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria
- Donau-Universität
Krems, Department for Biomedical Research, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria
- University
of Saskatchewan, Department of Geological Science, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- WasserCluster
Lunz—Biologische Station, Inter-University
Center for Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Dr. Carl-Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria
- Donau-Universität
Krems, Department for Biomedical Research, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria
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Svendsen HA, Meling TR, Nygaard V, Waagene S, Russnes H, Juell S, Rogne SG, Pahnke J, Helseth E, Fodstad Ø, Mælandsmo GM. Novel human melanoma brain metastasis models in athymic nude fox1 nu mice: Site-specific metastasis patterns reflecting their clinical origin. Cancer Med 2021; 10:8604-8613. [PMID: 34612023 PMCID: PMC8633237 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Malignant melanomas frequently metastasize to the brain, but metastases in the cerebellum are underrepresented compared with metastases in the cerebrum. METHODS We established animal models by injecting intracardially in athymic nude fox1nu mice two human melanoma cell lines, originating from a cerebral metastasis (HM19) and a cerebellar metastasis (HM86). RESULTS Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), metastases were first detected after a mean of 34.5 days. Mean survival time was 59.6 days for the mice in the HM86 group and significantly shorter (43.7 days) for HM19-injected animals (p < 0.001). In the HM86 group, the first detectable metastasis was located in the cerebellum in 15/55 (29%) mice compared with none in the HM19 group (p < 0.001). At sacrifice, cerebellar metastases were found in 34/55 (63%) HM86-injected mice compared with 1/53 (2%) in the HM19-injected (p < 0.001) mice. At that time, all mice in both groups had detectable metastases in the cerebrum. Comparing macroscopic and histologic appearances of the brain metastases with their clinical counterparts, the cell line-based tumors had kept their original morphologic characteristics. CONCLUSIONS The present work demonstrates that human brain-metastatic melanoma cells injected intracardially in mice had retained inherent characteristics also in reproducing interaction with subtle microenvironmental brain tissue compartment-specific features. The models offer new possibilities for investigating tumor- and host-associated factors involved in determining tissue specificity of brain metastasis.
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- Henrik A. Svendsen
- Institute of Clinical MedicineFaculty of MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of NeurosurgeryOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- Department of Tumor BiologyInstitute for Cancer ResearchOslo University Hospital‐RadiumhospitaletOsloNorway
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- Institute of Clinical MedicineFaculty of MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of NeurosurgeryOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- Department of NeurosurgeryGeneva University HospitalsGenevaSwitzerland
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of Tumor BiologyInstitute for Cancer ResearchOslo University Hospital‐RadiumhospitaletOsloNorway
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- Department of Tumor BiologyInstitute for Cancer ResearchOslo University Hospital‐RadiumhospitaletOsloNorway
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- Department of PathologyOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
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- Department of Tumor BiologyInstitute for Cancer ResearchOslo University Hospital‐RadiumhospitaletOsloNorway
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- Department of NeurosurgeryOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
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- Institute of Clinical MedicineFaculty of MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of PathologyOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- LIEDUniversity of LübeckJenaGermany
- Department of PharmacologyMedical FacultyUniversity of LatviaRigaLatvia
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- Institute of Clinical MedicineFaculty of MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of NeurosurgeryOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
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- Institute of Clinical MedicineFaculty of MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of Tumor BiologyInstitute for Cancer ResearchOslo University Hospital‐RadiumhospitaletOsloNorway
- Østfold Hospital TrustGrålumNorway
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- Department of Tumor BiologyInstitute for Cancer ResearchOslo University Hospital‐RadiumhospitaletOsloNorway
- Institute of Medical BiologyFaculty of Health SciencesUniversity of Tromsø ‐ The Arctic University of NorwayTromsøNorway
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Li X, Jiang Y, Hu H, Zhang Y, Lou J, He X, Sun J, Wu Y, Fang J, Shao X, Fang J. The difference in heat transport characteristics of the heart and lung meridians: A comparative study of COPD patients and healthy subjects. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e23804. [PMID: 33592838 PMCID: PMC7870227 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000023804] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The vast majority of previous studies focused on the relationship between 1 meridian and 1 organ, and the comparison and specificity between 2 meridians is rarely explored. Thus, the aim of this study is to compare the heat transport characteristics between 2 different meridians and the specificity between them will also be investigated. METHODS The Lung and Heart meridians are chosen for comparison of 2 different meridians. We will enroll 120 subjects and divide them into the healthy control group, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) group and healthy intervention group, in a 1:1:1 ratio. Infrared thermography (IRT) will be used to assess the heat transport characteristics of the Heart and Lung meridians. The specificity for the meridian-visceral association will be investigated by comparing the difference in heat transport characteristic between the Heart and Lung meridians in the healthy control group and COPD group. Meanwhile, moxibustion will be given to subjects in the Heart meridian and Lung meridian respectively in the healthy intervention group to verify the specificity for the surface-surface association. RESULTS The primary outcomes will be the temperature of corresponding sites along the Heart and Lung meridians. CONCLUSION This study will verify the specificity between different meridians by comparing the difference in heat transport characteristic. The findings will guide the selection of acupoints to optimize the therapeutic effect of acupuncture and help determine whether IRT could be used to assist in the diagnosis of COPD. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study has been approved by the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Approval No. ZSLL-KY-2019-001G-01). TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS NCT04046588.
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- Xiaoyu Li
- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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Xin J, Wu Y, Wang X, Li S, Chu H, Wang M, Du M, Zhang Z. A transcriptomic study for identifying cardia- and non-cardia-specific gastric cancer prognostic factors using genetic algorithm-based methods. J Cell Mol Med 2020; 24:9457-9465. [PMID: 32649057 PMCID: PMC7417703 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.15618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC) is a heterogeneous tumour with numerous differences of epidemiologic and clinicopathologic features between cardia cancer and non-cardia cancer. However, few studies were performed to construct site-specific GC prognostic models. In this study, we identified site-specific GC transcriptomic prognostic biomarkers using genetic algorithm (GA)-based support vector machine (GA-SVM) and GA-based Cox regression method (GA-Cox) in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. The area under time-dependent receive operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) regarding 5-year survival and concordance index (C-index) was used to evaluate the predictive ability of Cox regression models. Finally, we identified 10 and 13 prognostic biomarkers for cardia cancer and non-cardia cancer, respectively. Compared to traditional models, the addition of these site-specific biomarkers could notably improve the model preference (cardia: AUCtraditional vs AUCcombined = 0.720 vs 0.899, P = 8.75E-08; non-cardia: AUCtraditional vs AUCcombined = 0.798 vs 0.994, P = 7.11E-16). The combined nomograms exhibited superior performance in cardia and non-cardia GC survival prediction (C-indexcardia = 0.816; C-indexnoncardia = 0.812). We also constructed a user-friendly GC site-specific molecular system (GC-SMS, https://njmu-zhanglab.shinyapps.io/gc_sms/), which is freely available for users. In conclusion, we developed site-specific GC prognostic models for predicting cardia cancer and non-cardia cancer survival, providing more support for the individualized therapy of GC patients.
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- Junyi Xin
- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Hu H, Jiang Y, Li X, Lou J, Zhang Y, He X, Fang J, Wu Y, Shao X, Fang J. The microcirculatory characteristics of the heart and lung meridians: Study protocol clinical trial (SPIRIT Compliant). Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e19594. [PMID: 32243379 PMCID: PMC7220657 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000019594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study is to compare the microcirculatory difference of different meridians by using laser doppler flowmetry and investigate the specificity for the meridian-visceral association and site-to-site association between 2 specific meridians. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The Lung and Heart meridians are chosen as 2 specific studied meridians. 120 participants will be enrolled and divided into the healthy control group, chronic stable angina pectoris group and healthy intervention group. Laser doppler flowmetry will be used to assess the blood perfusion of the Heart and Lung meridians. The specificity for the meridian-visceral association will be investigated by comparing the microcirculatory difference between the Heart and Lung meridians in the healthy control group and chronic stable angina pectoris group. Besides, participants in the healthy intervention group will receive 2 sessions of moxibustion in the Heart meridian and Lung meridian, respectively, to explore the specificity for the site-to-site association on the body surface. Primary outcomes will be blood flow curve and blood perfusion units of relevant sites along the Heart and Lung meridians. Statistical analysis will be conducted by third party statisticians. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval (approval No: ZSLL-KY-2019-001A-01) has been obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. The study findings will be disseminated through presentation at peer-reviewed medical journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04244812.
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- Hantong Hu
- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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Zhou L, Kandratsenka A, Campbell CT, Wodtke AM, Guo H. Origin of Thermal and Hyperthermal CO 2 from CO Oxidation on Pt Surfaces: The Role of Post-Transition-State Dynamics, Active Sites, and Chemisorbed CO 2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:6916-6920. [PMID: 30861588 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201900565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The post-transition-state dynamics in CO oxidation on Pt surfaces are investigated using DFT-based ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. While the initial CO2 formed on a terrace site on Pt(111) desorbs directly, it is temporarily trapped in a chemisorption well on a Pt(332) step site. These two reaction channels thus produce CO2 with hyperthermal and thermal velocities with drastically different angular distributions, in agreement with recent experiments (Nature, 2018, 558, 280-283). The chemisorbed CO2 is formed by electron transfer from the metal to the adsorbate, resulting in a bent geometry. While chemisorbed CO2 on Pt(111) is unstable, it is stable by 0.2 eV on a Pt(332) step site. This helps explain why newly formed CO2 produced at step sites desorbs with far lower translational energies than those formed at terraces. This work shows that steps and other defects could be potentially important in finding optimal conditions for the chemical activation and dissociation of CO2 .
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- Linsen Zhou
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-1700, USA
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- Department of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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Song C, Zhu M, Zheng R, Hu Y, Li R, Zhu G, Chen L, Xiong F. Analysis of bone mass and its relationship with body composition in school-aged children and adolescents based on stage of puberty and site specificity: A retrospective case-control study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e14005. [PMID: 30813124 PMCID: PMC6408102 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000014005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to better understand the relationship of bone mass with body composition based on different stages of puberty and to illuminate the contribution of site-specific fat mass and lean mass (FM and LM) compared with bone mass in school-aged children and adolescents in Chongqing, China.A total of 1179 healthy subjects of both sexes were recruited. Bone mineral content (BMC), bone mineral density (BMD), bone area, and both FM and LM were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The fat mass and lean mass indexes (FMI and LMI, respectively) were calculated as the FM (kg) and LM (kg) divided by the height in meters squared, respectively.Most of the bone mass indicators were significantly higher for postpubertal boys than for girls at the same stage (P < .001). The proportion of subjects with normal bone mass increased, while the proportion of subjects with osteopenia and osteoporosis decreased with increased body weight regardless of gender and puberty stage (P < .01). FM and LM were significantly positively related to bone mass regardless of gender and puberty stage (P < .0001). FMI and LMI were significantly positively related to bone mass in most conditions (P < .05 and P < .0001, respectively). Four components of the FM and LM were linearly and significantly associated with BMD and BMC for TB and TBHL. Among them, the head fat mass and head lean mass showed the greatest statistical contribution.In the process of assessing bone status, we recommend measuring fat and lean masses, including the fat and lean masses of the head.
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- Cui Song
- Department of Endocrine and Genetic Metabolism Disease, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders
- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing
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- Department of Endocrine and Genetic Metabolism Disease, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders
- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing
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- Endocrinology Departments, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Genetic Metabolism Disease, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders
- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing
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- Department of Endocrine and Genetic Metabolism Disease, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders
- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing
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- Department of Endocrine and Genetic Metabolism Disease, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders
- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing
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- Department of Endocrine and Genetic Metabolism Disease, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders
- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing
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- Department of Endocrine and Genetic Metabolism Disease, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders
- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing
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Chronic liver diseases are a serious
health problem worldwide.
One of the frequently reported glycan alterations in liver disease
is aberrant fucosylation, which was suggested as a marker for noninvasive
serologic monitoring. We present a case study that compares site specific
glycoforms of four proteins including haptoglobin, complement factor
H, kininogen-1, and hemopexin isolated from the same patient. Our
exoglycosidase-assisted LC–MS/MS analysis confirms the high
degree of fucosylation of some of the proteins but shows that microheterogeneity
is protein- and site-specific. MSn analysis of permethylated detached
glycans confirms the presence of LeY glycoforms on haptoglobin, which
cannot be detected in hemopexin or complement factor H; all three
proteins carry Lewis and H epitopes. Core fucosylation is detectable
in only trace amounts in haptoglobin but with confidence on hemopexin
and complement factor H, where core fucosylation of the bi-antennary
glycans on select glycopeptides reaches 15–20% intensity. These
protein-specific differences in fucosylation, observed in proteins
isolated from the same patient source, suggest that factors other
than up-regulation of enzymatic activity regulate the microheterogeneity
of glycoforms. This has implications for selection of candidate proteins
for disease monitoring and suggests that site-specific glycoforms
have structural determinants, which could lead to functional consequences
for specific subsets of proteins or their domains.
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- Petr Pompach
- Institute of Microbiology v.v.i., Czech Academy of Sciences , Videnska 1083, Prague 142 20, Czech Republic
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Methippara MM, Alam MN, Kumar S, Bashir T, Szymusiak R, McGinty D. Administration of the protein synthesis inhibitor, anisomycin, has distinct sleep-promoting effects in lateral preoptic and perifornical hypothalamic sites in rats. Neuroscience 2008; 151:1-11. [PMID: 18055127 PMCID: PMC2696221 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.09.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 09/25/2006] [Revised: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Although a robust relationship between sleep and increased brain protein synthesis is well-documented, there have been few reports of the effects of local application of a protein synthesis inhibitor (PSI) on sleep. In this study, we compared the effects of local microdialytic administration of the protein synthesis inhibitor, anisomycin (ANI) into the lateral preoptic area (LPOA), a sleep promoting area vs. the perifornical/lateral hypothalamus (PF/LH), a wake and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep-promoting area. ANI administered to the LPOA at night resulted in an increase in stage 2 of rat non-REM sleep, whereas ANI delivered into the PF/LH during the daytime increased REM sleep. ANI microdialysis into hippocampus did not affect sleep or waking. These differential effects of local protein synthesis inhibition on sleep support a hypothesis that mechanisms controlling protein synthesis are critically involved in the regulation of both NREM sleep and REM sleep.
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