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The biochemical and cell biological profiling of contractile fiber types and subcellular structures plays a central role in basic and applied myology. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics presents an ideal approach for the systematic identification of proteomic and subproteomic markers. These representative components of fast versus slow muscle fibers and their subcellular fractions are highly useful for in-depth surveys of skeletal muscle adaptations to physiological challenges, as well as the improvement of diagnostic, prognostic, and therapy-monitoring methodologies in muscle pathology. This chapter outlines the identification of subproteomic markers for skeletal muscle profiling based on bottom-up and top-down approaches, including fluorescence two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE).
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- Paul Dowling
- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
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Vovdenko SV, Morozov AO, Avraamova ST, Aleksandrov NS, Zharkov NV, Saenko VS, Kogan EA, Bezrukov EA. [The role of expression of monocarboxylates of the first and fourth types (MCT1, MCT4) by tumor and stromal cells of prostate cancer in determining the prognosis and the efficiency of definitive treatment]. Urologiia 2022:64-70. [PMID: 36382820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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AIM A search for new methods for diagnosing clinically significant prostate cancer is of importance due to the insufficient accuracy of modern methods in detecting aggressive tumors. One of the promising opportunities for the early diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer is the assessment of the glycolytic profile of the tumor by determining the expression of monocarboxylates (MCT) types 1 and 4 in tumor cells, as well as in adjacent stromal cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS An analysis of patients of who underwent radical prostatectomy at the Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health of Sechenov University from 2015 to 2017 was carried out. The patients with histologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma were included in the study. Among them, the presence or absence of biochemical recurrence during the first year was studied. An immunohistochemical (IHC) study of postoperative specimen was performed to determine the expression of MCT1 and MCT4 by tumor and stromal cells. The correlation between the intensity of their expression and the risk of biochemical recurrence and the tumor characteristics was evaluated. RESULTS High membrane expression of MCT1 directly correlated with high stromal expression of MCT4 (r=0.314, p<0.003). A significant direct correlation was found between the predominance of stromal expression of MCT4 over membrane expression and biochemical recurrence (r=0.403, p<0.001), as well as a high ISUP group (4 and 5) (r=0.294, p=0.005). CONCLUSIONS Determination of the level of expression of type 1 and 4 monocarboxylate transporters in adenocarcinoma cells and tumor stromal cells can become an effective tool for risk stratification, and may also predict the biological behaviors of the prostate cancer and the efficiency of definitive treatment.
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- S V Vovdenko
- Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of clinical morphology and digital pathology of FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of clinical morphology and digital pathology of FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of clinical morphology and digital pathology of FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of clinical morphology and digital pathology of FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of clinical morphology and digital pathology of FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of clinical morphology and digital pathology of FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of clinical morphology and digital pathology of FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of clinical morphology and digital pathology of FGAOU VO I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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Choi JW, Lee Y, Kim H, Cho HY, Min SK, Kim YS. Coexpression of MCT1 and MCT4 in ALK-positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications. Am J Surg Pathol 2022; 46:241-248. [PMID: 34619707 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In solid tumors, glycolytic cancer or stromal cells export lactates through monocarboxylate transporter (MCT) 4, while oxidative cancer or stromal cells take up lactates as metabolic fuels or signaling molecules through MCT1. CD147 acts as a chaperone of MCT1 or MCT4. Unlike solid tumors, malignant lymphomas have a peculiar tumor microenvironment. To investigate the metabolic phenotype of malignant lymphoma associated with lactate transport, we analyzed immunohistochemical expressions of MCT1, MCT4, and CD147 in 247 cases of various malignant lymphomas. Surprisingly, both MCT1 and MCT4 were diffusely expressed on tumor cell membranes in all cases (11/11, 100%) of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) (+) anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). In contrast, only MCT1 was diffusely expressed in tumor cells of ALK(-) ALCL, as well as in B-cell, natural killer/T-cell, T-cell, and classic Hodgkin lymphomas. In these lymphomas, MCT4 expression was mostly localized to adjacent stromal cells. The pattern of diffuse membranous MCT1 and partial MCT4 expressions in tumor cells was observed in 1 case each of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (1/15, 6.7%) and multiple myeloma (1/34, 2.9%). CD147 was diffusely expressed in all types of lymphoma tumor and/or stromal cells. In conclusion, ALK(+) ALCL has a unique metabolism showing high coexpression of MCT1 and MCT4 in tumor cells. Because only ALK(+) ALCL overexpresses MCT4, immunostaining for MCT4 together with ALK is very useful for differential diagnosis from ALK(-) ALCL or peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Moreover, dual targeting against MCT1 and MCT4 would be an appropriate therapeutic approach for ALK(+) ALCL.
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MESH Headings
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase/analysis
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase/genetics
- Basigin/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/enzymology
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic/therapy
- Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters/analysis
- Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters/genetics
- Muscle Proteins/analysis
- Muscle Proteins/genetics
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prognosis
- Republic of Korea
- Symporters/analysis
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- Jung-Woo Choi
- Department of Pathology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan
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- Department of Pathology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul
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- Department of Pathology, Cha University Ilsan Medical Center, Goyang
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- Department of Pathology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul
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- Department of Pathology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan
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Mora S, Adegoke OAJ. The effect of a chemotherapy drug cocktail on myotube morphology, myofibrillar protein abundance, and substrate availability. Physiol Rep 2021; 9:e14927. [PMID: 34197700 PMCID: PMC8248921 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14927] [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: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Cachexia, a condition prevalent in many chronically ill patients, is characterized by weight loss, fatigue, and decreases in muscle mass and function. Cachexia is associated with tumor burden and disease-related malnutrition, but other studies implicate chemotherapy as being causative. We investigated the effects of a chemotherapy drug cocktail on myofibrillar protein abundance and synthesis, anabolic signaling mechanisms, and substrate availability. On day 4 of differentiation, L6 myotubes were treated with vehicle (1.4 μl/ml DMSO) or a chemotherapy drug cocktail (a mixture of cisplatin [20 μg/ml], leucovorin [10 μg/ml], and 5-fluorouracil [5-FLU; 50 μg/ml]) for 24-72 h. Compared to myotubes treated with vehicle, those treated with the drug cocktail showed 50%-80% reductions in the abundance of myofibrillar proteins, including myosin heavy chain-1, troponin, and tropomyosin (p < 0.05). Cells treated with only a mixture of cisplatin and 5-FLU had identical reductions in myofibrillar protein abundance. Myotubes treated with the drug cocktail also showed >50% reductions in the phosphorylation of AKTSer473 and of mTORC1 substrates ribosomal protein S6Ser235/236 , its kinase S6K1Thr389 and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (all p < 0.05). Drug treatment impaired peptide chain initiation in myofibrillar protein fractions and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake (p = 0.06) but increased the expression of autophagy markers beclin-1 and microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B (p < 0.05), and of apoptotic marker, cleaved caspase 3 (p < 0.05). Drug treatment reduced the expression of mitochondrial markers cytochrome oxidase and succinate dehydrogenase (p < 0.05). The observed profound negative effects of this chemotherapy drug cocktail on myotubes underlie a need for approaches that can reduce the negative effects of these drugs on muscle metabolism.
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- Stephen Mora
- School of Kinesiology and Health Science and Muscle Health Research CentreYork UniversityTorontoOntarioCanada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science and Muscle Health Research CentreYork UniversityTorontoOntarioCanada
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Patel N, Toledo-Alvarado H, Bittante G. Performance of different portable and hand-held near-infrared spectrometers for predicting beef composition and quality characteristics in the abattoir without meat sampling. Meat Sci 2021; 178:108518. [PMID: 33866264 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The availability of portable and handheld NIR instruments on the market opens up new possibilities in meat analysis. However, there is lack of research comparing different NIR instruments for evaluating beef characteristics from spectra obtained directly on the meat surface. Our aim, therefore, was to build and test calibration and prediction models for predicting beef characteristics, and to compare the performances of three NIR instruments differing in size and characteristics: a transportable visible-NIR spectrometer (Vis-NIRS), a portable (NIRS), and a hand-held Micro-NIRS. Spectra were collected from 178 beef samples (Longissimus thoracis muscle) from the meat surface in the abattoir. The spectra were subjected to different mathematical pretreatments then partial least square regressions. The results showed that all instruments predicted dry matter, protein and lipids with R2VAL 0.23 to 0.70; pH and cooking loss R2VAL 0.19 to 0.25; and color R2VAL 0.35 to 0.77. Overall, the prediction performances of the three instruments were similar, although Micro-NIRS performed better in some respects.
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- Nageshvar Patel
- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy.
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- Department of Genetics and Biostatistics, School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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Ali R, Mir HA, Hamid R, Shah RA, Khanday FA, Bhat SS. Jasplakinolide Attenuates Cell Migration by Impeding Alpha-1-syntrophin Protein Phosphorylation in Breast Cancer Cells. Protein J 2021; 40:234-244. [PMID: 33515365 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-021-09963-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alpha-1-syntrophin (SNTA1) is emerging as a novel modulator of the actin cytoskeleton. SNTA1 binds to F-actin and regulates intracellular localization and activity of various actin organizing signaling molecules. Aberration in syntrophin signaling has been closely linked with deregulated growth connected to tumor development/metastasis and its abnormal over expression has been observed in breast cancer. In the present work the effect of jasplakinolide, an actin-binding cyclodepsipeptide, on the SNTA1 protein activity and SNTA1 mediated downstream cellular events was studied in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line. METHODS SNTA1 protein levels and phosphorylation status were determined in MDA-MB-231 cells post jasplakinolide exposure using western blotting and immunoprecipitation techniques respectively. MDA-MB-231 cells were transfected with WT SNTA1 and DM SNTA1 (Y215/229 phospho mutant) and simultaneously treated with jasplakinolide. The effect of jasplakinolide and SNTA1 protein on cell migration was determined using the boyden chamber assay. RESULTS Jasplakinolide treatment decreases proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells in both dose and time dependent manner. Results suggest that subtoxic doses of jasplakinolide induce morphological changes in MDA-MB-231 cells from flat spindle shape adherent cells to round weakly adherent forms. Mechanistically, jasplakinolide treatment was found to decrease SNTA1 protein levels and its tyrosine phosphorylation status. Moreover, migratory potential of jasplakinolide treated cells was significantly inhibited in comparison to control cells. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrate that jasplakinolide inhibits cell migration by impairing SNTA1 functioning in breast cancer cells.
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- Roshia Ali
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India
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- Department of Nanotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India
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- Division of Biotechnology, FVSc & AH, SKUAST-K, Shuhama, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India.
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- Division of Biotechnology, FVSc & AH, SKUAST-K, Shuhama, Srinagar, J&K, India.
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Zhang R, Ross AB, Yoo MJY, Farouk MM. Metabolic fingerprinting of in-bag dry- and wet-aged lamb with rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectroscopy. Food Chem 2021; 347:128999. [PMID: 33465687 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The effect of in-bag dry- and wet-ageing on metabolite profiles of lamb legs was determined using Rapid Evaporative Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (REIMS). Using orthogonal projection to latent structures-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) with REIMS, 1705 metabolite ions were identified (Q2 = 0.86) in four muscles: m. semimembranosus, m. biceps femoris, m. vastus lateralis and m. rectus femoris. A total of 663 metabolites differed between ageing methods (P < 0.05) which mainly resulted from proteolysis and lipid metabolism. Dry-aged lamb had higher pH (P = 0.016) and lower moisture content (P = 0.034) than the wet-aged. Dry-ageing produced more (P < 0.05) smaller sized metabolites including dipeptides and free amino acids and lipid oxidation metabolites compared to wet-aged equivalents. Different muscles had distinct REIMS metabolic profiles. Outcomes of this study demonstrated that REIMS can be used for authentication between in-bag dry- and wet-aged lamb based on their metabolic fingerprints.
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- Renyu Zhang
- Meat Quality Team, Food & Bio-based Products, AgResearch Ltd, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand; School of Science, Faculty of Health and Environment Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Proteins and Metabolites Team, Food & Bio-based Products, AgResearch Ltd, Lincoln Research Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- School of Science, Faculty of Health and Environment Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Meat Quality Team, Food & Bio-based Products, AgResearch Ltd, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
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BACKGROUND Premature infants often require oxygen (O2) therapy for respiratory distress syndrome; however, excessive use of O2 can cause clinical conditions such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Although many treatment methods are currently available, they are not effective in preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Herein, we explored the role of tripartite motif protein 72 (TRIM72), a factor involved in repairing alveolar epithelial wounds, in regulating alveolar cells upon hyperoxia exposure. METHODS In this in vivo study, we used Sprague-Dawley rat pups that were reared in room air or 85% O2 for 2 weeks after birth. The lungs were excised for histological analyses, and TRIM72 expression was assessed on postnatal days 7 and 14. For in vitro experiments, RLE-6TN cells (i.e., rat alveolar type II epithelial cells) and A549 cells (i.e., human lung carcinoma epithelial cells) were exposed to 85% O2 for 5 days. The cells were then analyzed for cell viability, and TRIM72 expression was determined. RESULTS Exposure to hyperoxia reduced body and lung weight, increased mean linear intercept values, and upregulated TRIM72 expression. In vitro study results revealed increased or decreased lung cell viability upon hyperoxia exposure depending on the suppression or overexpression of TRIM72, respectively. CONCLUSION Hyperoxia upregulates TRIM72 expression in neonatal rat lung tissue; moreover, it initiates TRIM72-dependent alveolar epithelial cell death, leading to hyperoxia-induced lung injury.
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- Liang-Ti Huang
- Department of Pediatrics, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Mihai IM, Olteanu GE, Herman D, Anderco D, Iacob M, Nataras B, Cumpanas AA, Bardan R, Dema A. Analysis of Tumor Depth Invasion With Anti-Smoothelin Antibody in Equivocal Transurethral Resection of Urinary Bladder Tumor Surgical Specimens. Int J Surg Pathol 2020; 29:54-63. [PMID: 33090031 DOI: 10.1177/1066896920967762] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the expression and value of the smoothelin marker in control cases, to standardize the working method, and to analyze its application in pathologic staging process of problematic transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) cases. MATERIAL AND METHODS Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining was performed on tumor-free bladder wall sections, tumor-free large bowel sections, TURBTs with unequivocal tumor stage, and TURBTs with equivocal stage. The IHC staining of muscularis mucosa (MM), muscularis propria (MP), and blood vessels was evaluated semiquantitatively. RESULTS Smoothelin IHC staining pattern ranged from negative (30% to 67% cases) to 2+ (0% to 15% cases) in MM and from 1+ (10% to 50% cases) to 3+ (9% to 48% cases) in MP. When compared on the same slide, the smoothelin expression of MP showed a stronger staining intensity than the one of the MM in all the analyzed cases. Blood vessel muscle cells stained in a constant intensity as the MM (r = 0.9808; r = 0.9604). Smoothelin determined restaging of 33% of the problematic TURBT cases. CONCLUSION Smoothelin is an IHC marker that shows differential staining between coexistent MM and MP; however, variations in staining intensity and pattern may occur, aspects that can be influenced by different technique variables. We recommend using this marker as a diagnostic tool in problematic TURBT cases only when there is sufficient experience in control cases with this antibody.
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- Ioana Maria Mihai
- Department of Microscopic Morphology - Pathology, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Microscopic Morphology - Pathology, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
- Centre for Gene and Cellular Therapies in Cancer-Oncogen, Timisoara, Romania
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- Emergency County Hospital "Pius Brînzeu," Timisoara, Romania
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- Emergency County Hospital "Pius Brînzeu," Timisoara, Romania
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- Emergency County Hospital "Pius Brînzeu," Timisoara, Romania
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- Emergency County Hospital "Pius Brînzeu," Timisoara, Romania
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- Emergency County Hospital "Pius Brînzeu," Timisoara, Romania
- Department of Urology - "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Emergency County Hospital "Pius Brînzeu," Timisoara, Romania
- Department of Urology - "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Microscopic Morphology - Pathology, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
- Emergency County Hospital "Pius Brînzeu," Timisoara, Romania
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Chen X, Luo J, Lou A, Wang Y, Yang D, Shen QW. Duck breast muscle proteins, free fatty acids and volatile compounds as affected by curing methods. Food Chem 2020; 338:128138. [PMID: 33091978 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different curing methods on protein structure, protein and lipid oxidation, lypolysis and volatile compounds in duck breast meat. The results showed that compared to static brining and pulsed pressure salting, the vacuum tumbling curing significantly decreased the oxidation of proteins and lipids, and the surface hydrophobicity of proteins, increased α-helix structure but decreased the proportion of β-sheet, and increased actomyosin dissociation, liplysis and the free fatty acid content in meat. Meanwhile, vacuum tumbling curing decreased the amount of volatile flavor compounds, hexanal, 2,3-octanone, and off-flavor compounds 1-octen-3-ol and 1-hexanol. This study suggests that concerns on healthiness and the sensory quality of processed meat products should be paid in the selection of curing methods and vacuum tumbling curing is superior in terms of both aspects.
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- Xing Chen
- College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China.
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Yu Y, Jiang L, Wang H, Shen Z, Cheng Q, Zhang P, Wang J, Wu Q, Fang X, Duan L, Wang S, Wang K, An P, Shao T, Chung RT, Zheng S, Min J, Wang F. Hepatic transferrin plays a role in systemic iron homeostasis and liver ferroptosis. Blood 2020; 136:726-739. [PMID: 32374849 PMCID: PMC7414596 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019002907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Although the serum-abundant metal-binding protein transferrin (encoded by the Trf gene) is synthesized primarily in the liver, its function in the liver is largely unknown. Here, we generated hepatocyte-specific Trf knockout mice (Trf-LKO), which are viable and fertile but have impaired erythropoiesis and altered iron metabolism. Moreover, feeding Trf-LKO mice a high-iron diet increased their susceptibility to developing ferroptosis-induced liver fibrosis. Importantly, we found that treating Trf-LKO mice with the ferroptosis inhibitor ferrostatin-1 potently rescued liver fibrosis induced by either high dietary iron or carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) injections. In addition, deleting hepatic Slc39a14 expression in Trf-LKO mice significantly reduced hepatic iron accumulation, thereby reducing ferroptosis-mediated liver fibrosis induced by either a high-iron diet or CCl4 injections. Finally, we found that patients with liver cirrhosis have significantly lower levels of serum transferrin and hepatic transferrin, as well as higher levels of hepatic iron and lipid peroxidation, compared with healthy control subjects. Taken together, these data indicate that hepatic transferrin plays a protective role in maintaining liver function, providing a possible therapeutic target for preventing ferroptosis-induced liver fibrosis.
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- Yingying Yu
- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Nutrition and Health, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Precision Nutrition Innovation Center, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China; and
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Precision Nutrition Innovation Center, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China; and
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Health, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Liver Center and Gastrointestinal Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Liver Center and Gastrointestinal Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Public Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Nutrition and Health, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Precision Nutrition Innovation Center, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China; and
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Zou B, Zhao D, He G, Nian Y, Da D, Yan J, Li C. Acetylation and Phosphorylation of Proteins Affect Energy Metabolism and Pork Quality. J Agric Food Chem 2020; 68:7259-7268. [PMID: 32543862 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Preslaughter handling has been shown to significantly affect meat quality, but the mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, we investigated protein phosphorylation and acetylation in pig muscles at early postmortem time and their associations with meat quality attributes. Thirty pigs were randomly assigned to traditional (TH, n = 15) or mild handling (MH, n = 15). Compared with TH, MH reduced the incidence of pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) or dark, firm, and dry (DFD) pork. MH induced 65 and 20 peptides that match with 39 and 12 proteins to be more highly phosphorylated and acetylated, respectively. Creatine kinase, β-enolase, α-1,4-glucan phosphorylase, tropomyosin, and myosin heavy chain isoforms 1, 4, and 7 were found to be simultaneously phosphorylated and acetylated, which may involve glycolysis, tight junctions, and muscle contraction. The phosphorylation and acetylation levels of differential proteins showed significant correlations with meat quality traits. These findings indicate that preslaughter MH can improve meat quality by regulating protein phosphorylation and acetylation involving energy metabolism in muscle.
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- Bo Zou
- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, MOE; Key Laboratory of Meat Processing, MARA; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, MOE; Key Laboratory of Meat Processing, MARA; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, MOE; Key Laboratory of Meat Processing, MARA; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, MOE; Key Laboratory of Meat Processing, MARA; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, MOE; Key Laboratory of Meat Processing, MARA; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, MOE; Key Laboratory of Meat Processing, MARA; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, MOE; Key Laboratory of Meat Processing, MARA; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China
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McIlwain SJ, Wu Z, Wetzel M, Belongia D, Jin Y, Wenger K, Ong IM, Ge Y. Enhancing Top-Down Proteomics Data Analysis by Combining Deconvolution Results through a Machine Learning Strategy. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2020; 31:1104-1113. [PMID: 32223200 PMCID: PMC7909725 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Top-down mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful tool for the identification and comprehensive characterization of proteoforms arising from alternative splicing, sequence variation, and post-translational modifications. However, the complex data set generated from top-down MS experiments requires multiple sequential data processing steps to successfully interpret the data for identifying and characterizing proteoforms. One critical step is the deconvolution of the complex isotopic distribution that arises from naturally occurring isotopes. Multiple algorithms are currently available to deconvolute top-down mass spectra, resulting in different deconvoluted peak lists with varied accuracy compared to true positive annotations. In this study, we have designed a machine learning strategy that can process and combine the peak lists from different deconvolution results. By optimizing clustering results, deconvolution results from THRASH, TopFD, MS-Deconv, and SNAP algorithms were combined into consensus peak lists at various thresholds using either a simple voting ensemble method or a random forest machine learning algorithm. For the random forest algorithm, which had better predictive performance, the consensus peak lists on average could achieve a recall value (true positive rate) of 0.60 and a precision value (positive predictive value) of 0.78. It outperforms the single best algorithm, which achieved a recall value of only 0.47 and a precision value of 0.58. This machine learning strategy enhanced the accuracy and confidence in protein identification during database searches by accelerating the detection of true positive peaks while filtering out false positive peaks. Thus, this method shows promise in enhancing proteoform identification and characterization for high-throughput data analysis in top-down proteomics.
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- Sean J. McIlwain
- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
- Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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Barclay RD, Beals JW, Drnevich J, Imai BS, Yau PM, Ulanov AV, Tillin NA, Villegas-Montes M, Paluska SA, Watt PW, De Lisio M, Burd NA, Mackenzie RW. Ingestion of lean meat elevates muscle inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 1 protein content independent of a distinct post-prandial circulating proteome in young adults with obesity. Metabolism 2020; 102:153996. [PMID: 31678069 PMCID: PMC7268923 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2019.153996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND We have recently shown that a novel signalling kinase, inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 1 (IP6K1), is implicated in whole-body insulin resistance via its inhibitory action on Akt. Insulin and insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) share many intracellular processes with both known to play a key role in glucose and protein metabolism in skeletal muscle. AIMS We aimed to compare IGF/IP6K1/Akt signalling and the plasma proteomic signature in individuals with a range of BMIs after ingestion of lean meat. METHODS Ten lean [Body mass index (BMI) (in kg/m2): 22.7 ± 0.4; Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMAIR): 1.36 ± 0.17], 10 overweight (BMI: 27.1 ± 0.5; HOMAIR: 1.25 ± 0.11), and 10 obese (BMI: 35.9 ± 1.3; HOMAIR: 5.82 ± 0.81) adults received primed continuous L-[ring-13C6]phenylalanine infusions. Blood and muscle biopsy samples were collected at 0 min (post-absorptive), 120 min and 300 min relative to the ingestion of 170 g pork loin (36 g protein and 5 g fat) to examine skeletal muscle protein signalling, plasma proteomic signatures, and whole-body phenylalanine disappearance rates (Rd). RESULTS Phenylalanine Rd was not different in obese compared to lean individuals at all time points and was not responsive to a pork ingestion (basal, P = 0.056; 120 & 300 min, P > 0.05). IP6K1 was elevated in obese individuals at 120 min post-prandial vs basal (P < 0.05). There were no acute differences plasma proteomic profiles between groups in the post-prandial state (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate, for the first time that muscle IP6K1 protein content is elevated after lean meat ingestion in obese adults, suggesting that IP6K1 may be contributing to the dysregulation of nutrient uptake in skeletal muscle. In addition, proteomic analysis showed no differences in proteomic signatures between obese, overweight or lean individuals.
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- Richie D Barclay
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- High-Performance Biological Computing, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Protein Sciences Facility, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Metabolomics Facility, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- University of Brighton, Welkin Laboratories, Eastbourne, UK
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- School of Human Kinetics, Brain and Mind Institute, Center on Neuromuscular Disease, Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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Jin Y, Diffee GM, Colman RJ, Anderson RM, Ge Y. Top-down Mass Spectrometry of Sarcomeric Protein Post-translational Modifications from Non-human Primate Skeletal Muscle. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2019; 30:2460-2469. [PMID: 30834509 PMCID: PMC6722035 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02139-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Sarcomeric proteins, including myofilament and Z-disk proteins, play critical roles in regulating muscle contractile properties. A variety of isoforms and post-translational modifications (PTMs) of sarcomeric proteins have been shown to be associated with modulation of muscle functions and the occurrence of muscle diseases. Non-human primates (NHPs) are excellent research models for sarcopenia, a disease associated with alterations in sarcomeric proteins, due to their marked similarities to humans. However, the sarcomeric proteins in NHP skeletal muscle have not been well characterized. To gain a deeper understanding of sarcomeric proteins in NHP skeletal muscle, we employed top-down mass spectrometry (MS) to conduct a comprehensive analysis on isoforms and PTMs of sarcomeric proteins in rhesus macaque skeletal muscle. We identified 23 protein isoforms with 46 proteoforms of sarcomeric proteins, including 6 isoforms with 18 proteoforms from fast skeletal troponin T. Particularly, for the first time, a novel PDZ/LIM domain protein isoform, PDLIM7, was characterized with a newly identified protein sequence. Moreover, we also identified multiple PTMs on these proteins, including deamidation, methylation, acetylation, tri-methylation, phosphorylation, and S-glutathionylation. Most PTM sites were localized, including Asn13 deamidation on MLC-2S; His73 methylation on αactin; N-terminal acetylation on most identified proteins; N-terminal tri-methylation on MLC-1S, MLC-1F, MLC-2S, and MLC-2F; Ser14 phosphorylation on MLC-2S; and Ser15 and Ser16 phosphorylation on MLC-2F. In summary, a comprehensive characterization of sarcomeric proteins including multiple isoforms and PTMs in NHP skeletal muscle was achieved by analyzing intact proteins in the top-down MS approach.
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- Yutong Jin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53715, USA
- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
- Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
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Berrazaga I, Micard V, Gueugneau M, Walrand S. The Role of the Anabolic Properties of Plant- versus Animal-Based Protein Sources in Supporting Muscle Mass Maintenance: A Critical Review. Nutrients 2019; 11:E1825. [PMID: 31394788 PMCID: PMC6723444 DOI: 10.3390/nu11081825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Plant-sourced proteins offer environmental and health benefits, and research increasingly includes them in study formulas. However, plant-based proteins have less of an anabolic effect than animal proteins due to their lower digestibility, lower essential amino acid content (especially leucine), and deficiency in other essential amino acids, such as sulfur amino acids or lysine. Thus, plant amino acids are directed toward oxidation rather than used for muscle protein synthesis. In this review, we evaluate the ability of plant- versus animal-based proteins to help maintain skeletal muscle mass in healthy and especially older people and examine different nutritional strategies for improving the anabolic properties of plant-based proteins. Among these strategies, increasing protein intake has led to a positive acute postprandial muscle protein synthesis response and even positive long-term improvement in lean mass. Increasing the quality of protein intake by improving amino acid composition could also compensate for the lower anabolic potential of plant-based proteins. We evaluated and discussed four nutritional strategies for improving the amino acid composition of plant-based proteins: fortifying plant-based proteins with specific essential amino acids, selective breeding, blending several plant protein sources, and blending plant with animal-based protein sources. These nutritional approaches need to be profoundly examined in older individuals in order to optimize protein intake for this population who require a high-quality food protein intake to mitigate age-related muscle loss.
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- Insaf Berrazaga
- UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
- IATE Agropolymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies, Univ. Montpellier, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- IATE Agropolymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies, Univ. Montpellier, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- Service de Nutrition Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Gabriel Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Cui Y, Hao Y, Li J, Gao Y, Gu X. Proteomic changes of the porcine skeletal muscle in response to chronic heat stress. J Sci Food Agric 2018; 98:3315-3323. [PMID: 29239490 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Heat stress (HS) has an adverse effect on meat quality; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms altering meat quality due to muscle responses to stress remain unclear. Sixteen castrated male crossbreeds between Landrace × Yorkshire sows and Duroc boars (79.00 ± 1.50 kg body weight) were exposed to either thermal neutral (22 °C, n = 8) or HS (30 °C, n = 8) conditions for 3 weeks. Subsequently, the longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle of all pigs was assayed for meat quality parameters and proteome analysis. RESULTS HS decreased post mortem (24 h) pH and intramuscular fat, changed ultimate L*, a* and b* values and increased drip loss and shear force. Proteome analysis of the LD was conducted by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. A total of 23 differentially expressed proteins were identified, of which three were verified by western blotting analysis. The identified proteins were involved in six types of biological process: carbohydrate metabolism, myofibrillar and cytoskeleton structure, stress response, antioxidant and detoxification, calcium binding and cellular apoptosis. Interestingly, HS induced higher levels of heat shock protein, antioxidants and calcium binding proteins, which are involved in the mechanisms of defense and homeostasis. CONCLUSION The results indicate that HS-induced changes in the expression of myofibrillar proteins, glucose and energy metabolism-related proteins, heat shock protein and antioxidant enzymes might, at least partly, contribute to increase in meat tenderness. These findings will provide the foundation for developing future mitigating solutions and preventative therapies to reduce the detrimental effects of chronic HS on muscle function, metabolism and meat quality. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Yanjun Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Institute of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Smooth muscle cell (SMC) heterogeneity plays an important role in vascular remodeling, a life-threatening hallmark of many vascular diseases. However, the characterization of SMCs at the single-cell level is stymied by drawbacks of contemporary single-cell protein measurements, including antibody probe cross-reactivity, chemical fixation artifacts, limited isoform-specific probes, low multiplexing and difficulty sampling cells with irregular morphologies. To scrutinize healthy vessels for subpopulations of SMCs with proliferative-like phenotypes, we developed a high-specificity, multiplexed single-cell immunoblotting cytometry tool for unfixed, uncultured primary cells. We applied our assay to demonstrate maturation stage profiling of aortic SMCs freshly isolated from individual mice. After ensuring unbiased sampling of SMCs (80-120 μm in length), we performed single-SMC electrophoretic protein separations, which resolve protein signal from off-target antibody binding, and immunoblotted for differentiation markers α-SMA, CNN-1 and SMMHC (targets ranging from 34 kDa to 227 kDa). We identified a subpopulation of immature-like SMCs, supporting the recently-established mechanism that only a subset of SMCs is responsible for vascular remodeling. Furthermore, the low sample requirements of our assay enable single-mouse resolution studies, which minimizes animal sacrifice and experimental costs while reporting animal-to-animal phenotypic variation, essential for achieving reproducibility and surmounting the drawbacks of pooling primary cells from different animals.
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Carrera M, Fidalgo LG, Saraiva JA, Aubourg SP. Effects of High-Pressure Treatment on the Muscle Proteome of Hake by Bottom-Up Proteomics. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:4559-4570. [PMID: 29660290 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A bottom-up proteomics approach was applied for the study of the effects of high-pressure (HP) treatment on the muscle proteome of fish. The performance of the approach was established for a previous HP treatment (150-450 MPa for 2 min) on frozen (up to 5 months at -10 °C) European hake ( Merluccius merluccius). Concerning possible protein biomarkers of quality changes, a significant degradation after applying a pressure ≥430 MPa could be observed for phosphoglycerate mutase-1, enolase, creatine kinase, fructose bisphosphate aldolase, triosephosphate isomerase, and nucleoside diphosphate kinase; contrary, electrophoretic bands assigned to tropomyosin, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and beta parvalbumin increased their intensity after applying a pressure ≥430 MPa. This repository of potential protein biomarkers may be very useful for further HP investigations related to fish quality.
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- Mónica Carrera
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Marine Research Institute (IIM) , Department of Food Technology , Vigo , Pontevedra Spain , 36208
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- Research Unit of Organic Chemistry, Natural, and Agro-food Products (QOPNA) and Chemistry Department , University of Aveiro , 3810-193 Aveiro , Portugal
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- Research Unit of Organic Chemistry, Natural, and Agro-food Products (QOPNA) and Chemistry Department , University of Aveiro , 3810-193 Aveiro , Portugal
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- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Marine Research Institute (IIM) , Department of Food Technology , Vigo , Pontevedra Spain , 36208
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Carlson KB, Prusa KJ, Fedler CA, Steadham EM, Outhouse AC, King DA, Huff-Lonergan E, Lonergan SM. Postmortem protein degradation is a key contributor to fresh pork loin tenderness. J Anim Sci 2017; 95:1574-1586. [PMID: 28464104 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2016.1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to determine factors that influence tenderness independent of variation in pH, color, or marbling. To achieve the objective, 2 sample groups were chosen from a population of 159 pork loins aged 11 to 16 d. Predetermined ranges (ultimate pH, 5.54 to 5.86; marbling score, 1.0 to 3.0; percent total lipid, 1.61 to 3.37%) were defined for inclusion of individual loins in the study. The pork loins with the greatest ( = 12) and least ( = 12) Instron star probe values were assigned to 2 classification groups. The high star probe group had an average star probe that was 2.8 kg greater than the low star probe group (7.75 vs. 4.95 kg). Pork quality and sensory characteristics of pH, subjective and instrumental color values, cook loss, sensory tenderness, chewiness, juiciness, pork flavor, and off flavor were determined on fresh, never frozen pork chops. Lipid content, sarcomere length, myosin heavy-chain profile, and calpain autolysis were determined. Degradation of troponin-T, desmin, filamin, and titin were evaluated on the protein extracts from each sample. Pork loin pH, subjective color scores, Minolta L values, sarcomere length, and myosin heavy-chain composition were not different across groups. Chops from the low star probe group had a significantly greater marbling score (2.3 vs. 1.9) and lipid content (2.61 vs. 2.23%). Calpain-1 was completely autolyzed in both high and low star probe samples, demonstrating that calpain-1 potentially had been active in all samples. Low star probe whole-muscle protein extracts had more troponin-T ( < 0.01), desmin ( < 0.01), and filamin degradation ( < 0.01) than high star probe samples. Both classification groups showed degradation of titin. Remarkably, some high star probe samples still had observable intact bands of titin on SDS-PAGE gels. These results demonstrate that significant variation in instrumental tenderness is observed within a moderate pH range. Lipid content and proteolysis both appear to contribute to this variation.
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Chang Y, Peng Y, Li P, Zhuang Y. Practices and exploration on competition of molecular biological detection technology among students in food quality and safety major. Biochem Mol Biol Educ 2017; 45:343-350. [PMID: 28696055 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.21045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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With the increasing importance in the application of the molecular biological detection technology in the field of food safety, strengthening education in molecular biology experimental techniques is more necessary for the culture of the students in food quality and safety major. However, molecular biology experiments are not always in curricula of Food quality and safety Majors. This paper introduced a project "competition of molecular biological detection technology for food safety among undergraduate sophomore students in food quality and safety major", students participating in this project needed to learn the fundamental molecular biology experimental techniques such as the principles of molecular biology experiments and genome extraction, PCR and agarose gel electrophoresis analysis, and then design the experiments in groups to identify the meat species in pork and beef products using molecular biological methods. The students should complete the experimental report after basic experiments, write essays and make a presentation after the end of the designed experiments. This project aims to provide another way for food quality and safety majors to improve their knowledge of molecular biology, especially experimental technology, and enhances them to understand the scientific research activities as well as give them a chance to learn how to write a professional thesis. In addition, in line with the principle of an open laboratory, the project is also open to students in other majors in East China University of Science and Technology, in order to enhance students in other majors to understand the fields of molecular biology and food safety. © 2017 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 45(4):343-350, 2017.
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- Yaning Chang
- East China University of Science and Technology, Fermentation Engineering Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center of Bioengineering College, No. 999 Haisi Road, Fengxian District, Shanghai, 201424, China
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- East China University of Science and Technology, Fermentation Engineering Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center of Bioengineering College, No. 999 Haisi Road, Fengxian District, Shanghai, 201424, China
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- East China University of Science and Technology, Fermentation Engineering Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center of Bioengineering College, No. 999 Haisi Road, Fengxian District, Shanghai, 201424, China
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- East China University of Science and Technology, Fermentation Engineering Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center of Bioengineering College, No. 999 Haisi Road, Fengxian District, Shanghai, 201424, China
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Rezar V, Salobir J, Levart A, Tomažin U, Škrlep M, Batorek Lukač N, Čandek-Potokar M. Supplementing entire male pig diet with hydrolysable tannins: Effect on carcass traits, meat quality and oxidative stability. Meat Sci 2017; 133:95-102. [PMID: 28666110 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the potential impact on carcass and meat quality of a sweet chestnut wood extract (SCWE)diet supplement for pigs, in particular on oxidative stability and fatty acid composition. Entire (non-castrated) male pigs (n=24) were assigned to treatment groups within litter and offered one of 4 finisher diets on an ad libitum basis: T0 (control), T1, T2 or T3, supplemented with 0, 1, 2 or 3% of commercially available SCWE, respectively. The highest SCWE supplementation reduced carcass fat deposition and water holding capacity of meat (higher thawing loss). In fresh meat, SCWE supplementation increased lipid (malondialdehyde) and protein oxidation (carbonyl groups in myofibril isolates). With regard to fat tissue, SCWE supplementation increased the proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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- Vida Rezar
- Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
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- Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
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- Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
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- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova Ulica 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova Ulica 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova Ulica 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova Ulica 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Pivola 10, 2311 Hoče, Slovenia.
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Ahhmed A, Özcan C, Karaman S, Öztürk İ, Çam M, Fayemi PO, Kaneko G, Muguruma M, Sakata R, Yetim H. Utilization of fermented soybeans paste as flavoring lamination for Turkish dry-cured meat. Meat Sci 2017; 127:35-44. [PMID: 28113096 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2016.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The effects of utilizing fermented soybeans paste (miso) as an alternative flavor-coating material for eliminating unpleasant odor of sulphuric and sotolone compounds from cemen in commercial pastirma were investigated. Results showed that miso-pastirma (MP) and commercial pastirma (CP) had higher L* values in comparison with the fresh meat. While no pathogen was detected in all the meat samples, statistically significant stearic acid was increased (P<0.05) and also oleic and arachidic acids were observed in MP. SDS-PAGE patterns indicated that miso had higher impacts on muscle proteins than cemen suggesting that miso can generate proteins and peptides with better technological or nutritional properties. None of the sulphur containing compounds responsible for unpleasant odor was detected in MP. Limonene, 5 esters, beta-pinene and saponins in MP contributed to citrus fruit aroma with smoother, roasty flavor and delicious taste. These findings suggest that miso contain good flavoring molecules for enhancing fruity smell and quality of pastirma. Thus, laminating cured meat with miso can be used as an alternative to cemen for producing healthier pastirma with extended shelf life and better flavor.
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- Abdulatef Ahhmed
- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
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- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston-Victoria, TX, USA
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- Department of Nutrition Management, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Minami- Kyushu University, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Food Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Ferreira AM, Grossmann J, Fortes C, Kilminster T, Scanlon T, Milton J, Greeff J, Oldham C, Nanni P, Almeida AM. The sheep (Ovis aries) muscle proteome: Decoding the mechanisms of tolerance to Seasonal Weight Loss using label-free proteomics. J Proteomics 2017; 161:57-67. [PMID: 28366878 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2017.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Seasonal Weight Loss (SWL) is one of the most pressing issues in animal production in the tropics and Mediterranean. This work aims to characterize muscle proteome changes as a consequence of SWL in meat producing sheep, using a label-free proteomics approach. We compare three breeds: the Australian Merino (SWL susceptible), the Damara (SWL tolerant) and the Dorper (SWL intermediate tolerance). We identified 668 proteins of the sheep proteome, 95 with differential regulation. Also we observe that the more vulnerable to SWL a breed is, the more differential abundance proteins we find. Protein binding was the most frequently altered molecular function identified. We suggest 6 putative markers for restricted nutritional conditions independently of breed: ferritin heavy-chain; immunoglobulin V lambda chain; transgelin; fatty acid synthase; glutathione S-transferase A2; dihydrodiol dehydrogenase 3-like. Moreover, we suggest as related to SWL tolerance: S100-A10 Serpin A3-5-like and Catalase, subject however to necessary validation assays. The identification of SWL-tolerance related proteins using proteomics will lead to increased stock productivity of relevant interest to animal production, particularly if identified at the muscle level, the tissue of economic importance in meat production. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Seasonal Weight Loss (SWL) is the most pressing issue in animal production in the tropics and the Mediterranean. To counter SWL, farmers often use animal breeds that have a natural ability to withstand pasture scarcity. Here we study the sheep muscle proteome at the muscle level, the tissue of economic importance in meat production. Furthermore, the identification of proteins that change their abundance in response to SWL using proteomics can contribute to increased stock productivity of relevant interest to animal production. We identified 668 proteins of the sheep proteome. We demonstrate that the following proteins are affected by restricted nutritional conditions: ferritin heavy chain; immunoglobulin V lambda chain; transgelin; fatty acid synthase; glutathione S-transferase A2; dihydrodiol dehydrogenase 3-like. Furthermore, S100-A10, Serpin A3-5-like and Catalase are proteins that changed their abundance in response to SWL. Nevertheless, it is important to highlight that Catalase values for the merino breed were close to significance and therefore catalase validation is of utmost importance.
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- Ana M Ferreira
- Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal; ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH/UZH, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH/UZH, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH/UZH, Zurich, Switzerland
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- IBET - Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal; Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal; Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Saint Kitts and Nevis; Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Settle P, Sibley CP, Doughty IM, Johnston T, Glazier JD, Powell TL, Jansson T, D'Souza SW. Placental Lactate Transporter Activity and Expression in Intrauterine Growth Restriction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 13:357-63. [PMID: 16814165 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To compare lactate uptake in the microvillous plasma membrane (maternal facing [MVM]) in term and preterm placentas in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and appropriate weight for gestational age (AGA) controls, and in the basal plasma membrane (fetal facing [BM]) at term. In addition, we examine the expression of monocarboxylate transporters (MCT1 and MCT4). METHODS We measured [14C] L-lactate uptakes into vesicles prepared from MVM and BM, stimulated by an inwardly directed H+ gradient. MCT expression was examined by Western blotting. RESULTS In term placentas, mean (+/- SE) [14C] L-lactate uptake into MVM vesicles of the IUGR (n = 6) and AGA (n = 11) groups at initial rate was similar (15.4 +/- 2.3 versus 15.0 +/- 1.1 pmol/mg protein/20 s). In preterm placentas, in IUGR (n = 3) and AGA (n = 3) groups, [14C] l-lactate uptake into MVM was also not significantly different. In BM vesicles from term placentas, [14C] L-lactate uptake was significantly lower in IUGR (n = 5) than in AGA (n = 6) controls (3.6 +/- 0.4 versus 5.6 +/- 0.6 pmol/mg protein/20 s, P <.05). MCT1 and MCT4 were expressed in BM vesicles, but there was no difference in expression between the IUGR and AGA groups. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that in IUGR placental lactate transport capacity in the BM is reduced, which may adversely affect placental lactate clearance.
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- Paul Settle
- Division of Human Development, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Gabriel B, Fischer DC, Orlowska-Volk M, zur Hausen A, Schüle R, Müller JM, Hasenburg A. Expression of the Transcriptional Coregulator FHL2 in Human Breast Cancer: A Clinicopathologic Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 13:69-75. [PMID: 16378916 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although the Four and a Half LIM domain protein 2 (FHL2) has been suggested to play an important role in tumor development, this has not been investigated in breast cancer. METHODS Paraffin-embedded tissues from patients (n = 85) with primary breast cancer were submitted to immunohistochemical investigation of FHL2 expression and subsequent correlation with clinicopathologic parameters and patient survival. RESULTS The expression of FHL2 was confined to the cytoplasm of the tumor cells. Forty (47%) of 85 samples showed weak expression of FHL2, whereas high expression was found in 45 tumors (53%). A statistically significant positive correlation was observed between FHL2 and androgen receptor expression (P = .029). Patients with tumors expressing low amounts of FHL2 were characterized by a significantly better survival compared to those with high intratumoral FHL2 expression (P = .0215, log-rank test). The additional stratification according to adjuvant tamoxifen treatment revealed a significantly improved survival rate for patients receiving tamoxifen and being diagnosed with a tumor expressing high amounts of FHL2. This might indicate that tamoxifen is at least partially capable of reversing the negative prognostic impact of high FHL2 expression. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed FHL2 expression as a significant independent predictor of survival. CONCLUSION The specific expression in tumor tissue points to an important functional role of FHL2 in human breast cancer. Our survival data indicate that the expression of FHL2 in primary breast cancer is a potentially relevant prognostic factor. Further studies are warranted to elucidate whether analysis of FHL2 expression is suitable to predict response to antihormonal treatment with tamoxifen.
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- Boris Gabriel
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Molecular Gynecology, Center for Clinical Research, Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany.
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Hoffman LC, Geldenhuys G, Cawthorn DM. Proximate and fatty acid composition of zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) muscle and subcutaneous fat. J Sci Food Agric 2016; 96:3922-3927. [PMID: 26777284 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The meat from African game species is healthy, naturally produced and increasingly popular with consumers. Among these species, zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) are growing in number in South Africa, with the meat from surplus animals holding potential to contribute to food security and economic stability. Despite being consumed locally and globally, little information exists on the composition of zebra meat. This study aimed to determine the proximate composition of zebra meat as well as the fatty acid composition of the intramuscular (IMF) and subcutaneous (SCF) fat. RESULTS Zebra longissimus lumborum muscle was shown to have a high mean protein content (22.29 g per 100 g) and low mean fat content (1.47 g per 100 g). High proportions of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) were found in the IMF (41.15%) and SCF (37.71%), mainly comprising α-linolenic (C18:3n-3) and linoleic (C18:2n-6) acids. Furthermore, the IMF and SCF had favourable PUFA/saturated fatty acid ratios (>0.4) and omega-6/omega-3 ratios (<4), indicating that both components are healthy lipid food sources. CONCLUSION This study has shed new light on the nutritional value of zebra meat, which will not only be important for food product labelling, nutritional education and incorporation into food composition databases, but will also be indispensable for marketing and export purposes. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Louwrens C Hoffman
- Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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Huang HC, Mallidi S, Liu J, Chiang CT, Mai Z, Goldschmidt R, Ebrahim-Zadeh N, Rizvi I, Hasan T. Photodynamic Therapy Synergizes with Irinotecan to Overcome Compensatory Mechanisms and Improve Treatment Outcomes in Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Res 2016. [PMID: 26719532 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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The ability of tumor cells to adapt to therapeutic regimens by activating alternative survival and growth pathways remains a major challenge in cancer therapy. Therefore, the most effective treatments will involve interactive strategies that target multiple nonoverlapping pathways while eliciting synergistic outcomes and minimizing systemic toxicities. Nanoliposomal irinotecan is approved by the FDA for gemcitabine-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer. However, the full potential of irinotecan treatment is hindered by several cancer cell survival mechanisms, including ATP-binding cassette G2 (ABCG2) transporter-mediated irinotecan efflux from cells. Here, we demonstrate that benzoporphyrin derivative-based photodynamic therapy (PDT), a photochemical cytotoxic modality that activates the apoptotic pathway, reduced ABCG2 expression to increase intracellular irinotecan levels in pancreatic cancer. Moreover, we show that PDT inhibited survivin expression. Although PDT potentiated irinotecan treatment, we also demonstrate that irinotecan reduced the tumoral expression of monocarboxylate transporter 4, which was upregulated by PDT. Notably, using orthotopic xenograft models, we demonstrate that combination of single low-dose PDT and a subclinical dose of nanoliposomal irinotecan synergistically inhibited tumor growth by 70% for 3 weeks compared with 25% reduction after either monotherapies. Our findings offer new opportunities for the clinical translation of PDT and irinotecan combination therapy for effective pancreatic cancer treatment.
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- Huang-Chiao Huang
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts. Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Bonaterra GA, Then H, Oezel L, Schwarzbach H, Ocker M, Thieme K, Di Fazio P, Kinscherf R. Morphological Alterations in Gastrocnemius and Soleus Muscles in Male and Female Mice in a Fibromyalgia Model. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151116. [PMID: 26986947 PMCID: PMC4795636 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain disorder, characterized by chronic widespread pain and bodily tenderness and is often accompanied by affective disturbances, however often with unknown etiology. According to recent reports, physical and psychological stress trigger FM. To develop new treatments for FM, experimental animal models for FM are needed to be development and characterized. Using a mouse model for FM including intermittent cold stress (ICS), we hypothesized that ICS leads to morphological alterations in skeletal muscles in mice. METHODS Male and female ICS mice were kept under alternating temperature (4 °C/room temperature [22 °C]); mice constantly kept at room temperature served as control. After scarification, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles were removed and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen-cooled isopentane or fixed for electron microscopy. RESULTS In gastrocnemius/soleus muscles of male ICS mice, we found a 21.6% and 33.2% decrease of fiber cross sectional area (FCSA), which in soleus muscle concerns the loss of type IIa and IIx FCSA. This phenomenon was not seen in muscles of female ICS mice. However, this loss in male ICS mice was associated with an increase in gastrocnemius of the density of MIF+ (8.6%)-, MuRF+ (14.7%)-, Fbxo32+ (17.8%)-cells, a 12.1% loss of capillary contacts/muscle fiber as well as a 30.7% increase of damaged mitochondria in comparison with male control mice. Moreover, significant positive correlations exist among densities (n/mm(2)) of MIF+, MuRF+, Fbxo32+-cells in gastrocnemius/ soleus muscles of male ICS mice; these cell densities inversely correlate with FCSA especially in gastrocnemius muscle of male ICS mice. CONCLUSION The ICS-induced decrease of FCSA mainly concerns gastrocnemius muscle of male mice due to an increase of inflammatory and atrogenic cells. In soleus muscle of male ICS and soleus/gastrocnemius muscles of female ICS mice morphological alterations seem to occur not at all or delayed. The sex-specificity of findings, which is not easily reconciled with the epidemiology of FM (female predominance), implicate that gastrocnemius muscle of male ICS mice should preferentially be used for future investigations with FM. Moreover, we suggest to investigate morphological and/or molecular alterations at different time-points (up to two weeks) after ICS.
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- Gabriel Alejandro Bonaterra
- Anatomy und Cell Biology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Anatomy und Cell Biology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Institute for Surgical Research, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Anatomy und Cell Biology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Institute for Surgical Research, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Institute for Surgical Research, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Anatomy und Cell Biology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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Huang HC, Mallidi S, Liu J, Chiang CT, Mai Z, Goldschmidt R, Ebrahim-Zadeh N, Rizvi I, Hasan T. Photodynamic Therapy Synergizes with Irinotecan to Overcome Compensatory Mechanisms and Improve Treatment Outcomes in Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Res 2015; 76:1066-77. [PMID: 26719532 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-15-0391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [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: 02/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The ability of tumor cells to adapt to therapeutic regimens by activating alternative survival and growth pathways remains a major challenge in cancer therapy. Therefore, the most effective treatments will involve interactive strategies that target multiple nonoverlapping pathways while eliciting synergistic outcomes and minimizing systemic toxicities. Nanoliposomal irinotecan is approved by the FDA for gemcitabine-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer. However, the full potential of irinotecan treatment is hindered by several cancer cell survival mechanisms, including ATP-binding cassette G2 (ABCG2) transporter-mediated irinotecan efflux from cells. Here, we demonstrate that benzoporphyrin derivative-based photodynamic therapy (PDT), a photochemical cytotoxic modality that activates the apoptotic pathway, reduced ABCG2 expression to increase intracellular irinotecan levels in pancreatic cancer. Moreover, we show that PDT inhibited survivin expression. Although PDT potentiated irinotecan treatment, we also demonstrate that irinotecan reduced the tumoral expression of monocarboxylate transporter 4, which was upregulated by PDT. Notably, using orthotopic xenograft models, we demonstrate that combination of single low-dose PDT and a subclinical dose of nanoliposomal irinotecan synergistically inhibited tumor growth by 70% for 3 weeks compared with 25% reduction after either monotherapies. Our findings offer new opportunities for the clinical translation of PDT and irinotecan combination therapy for effective pancreatic cancer treatment.
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- Huang-Chiao Huang
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts. Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Nagandla H, Lopez S, Yu W, Rasmussen TL, Tucker HO, Schwartz RJ, Stewart MD. Defective myogenesis in the absence of the muscle-specific lysine methyltransferase SMYD1. Dev Biol 2015; 410:86-97. [PMID: 26688546 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The SMYD (SET and MYND domain) family of lysine methyltransferases harbor a unique structure in which the methyltransferase (SET) domain is intervened by a zinc finger protein-protein interaction MYND domain. SMYD proteins methylate both histone and non-histone substrates and participate in diverse biological processes including transcriptional regulation, DNA repair, proliferation and apoptosis. Smyd1 is unique among the five family members in that it is specifically expressed in striated muscles. Smyd1 is critical for development of the right ventricle in mice. In zebrafish, Smyd1 is necessary for sarcomerogenesis in fast-twitch muscles. Smyd1 is expressed in the skeletal muscle lineage throughout myogenesis and in mature myofibers, shuttling from nucleus to cytosol during myoblast differentiation. Because of this expression pattern, we hypothesized that Smyd1 plays multiple roles at different stages of myogenesis. To determine the role of Smyd1 in mammalian myogenesis, we conditionally eliminated Smyd1 from the skeletal muscle lineage at the myoblast stage using Myf5(cre). Deletion of Smyd1 impaired myoblast differentiation, resulted in fewer myofibers and decreased expression of muscle-specific genes. Muscular defects were temporally restricted to the second wave of myogenesis. Thus, in addition to the previously described functions for Smyd1 in heart development and skeletal muscle sarcomerogenesis, these results point to a novel role for Smyd1 in myoblast differentiation.
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- Harika Nagandla
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Molecular Biosciences and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Molecular Biosciences and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; Stem Cell Engineering Department, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
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Kramer IF, Verdijk LB, Hamer HM, Verlaan S, Luiking Y, Kouw IWK, Senden JM, van Kranenburg J, Gijsen AP, Poeze M, van Loon LJC. Impact of the Macronutrient Composition of a Nutritional Supplement on Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates in Older Men: A Randomized, Double Blind, Controlled Trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2015; 100:4124-32. [PMID: 26308291 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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CONTEXT An impaired muscle protein synthetic response to feeding likely contributes to muscle loss with aging. There are few data available on the effect of the macronutrient composition of clinical supplements on the postprandial muscle protein synthetic response in older subjects. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to determine the impact of the macronutrient composition of a nutritional supplement on the postprandial muscle protein synthetic response in older men. METHODS A total of 45 nonsarcopenic older men (aged 69 ± 1 y; body mass index 25.7 ± 0.3 kg/m(2)) were randomly assigned to ingest 21 g of leucine-enriched whey protein with carbohydrate (9 g) and fat (3 g) (Pro-En), an isonitrogenous amount of 21 g of leucine-enriched whey protein without carbohydrate and fat (Pro), or an isocaloric mixture (628 kJ) containing carbohydrate and fat only (En). Stable isotope tracer methodology was applied to assess the basal as well as the postprandial muscle protein synthesis rates in the three groups. RESULTS Ingestion of protein in the Pro-En and Pro groups significantly increased muscle protein synthesis rates when compared with the basal rates (from 0.032 ± 0.003%/h to 0.05%/h 3 ± 0.004%/h and 0.040%/h ± 0.003%/h to 0.049%/h ± 0.003%/h, respectively; P < .05), whereas ingestion of carbohydrate and fat did not increase muscle protein synthesis rates in the En group (from 0.039%/h ± 0.004%/h to 0.040%/h ± 0.003%/h; P = .60). Despite the greater postprandial rise in circulating insulin concentration in the Pro-En group, no significant differences were observed in postprandial muscle protein synthesis rates between the Pro-En and Pro groups (P = .32). Postprandial muscle protein synthesis rates were higher in the Pro-En vs En group (P = .01). CONCLUSION The ingestion of a nutritional supplement containing 21 g of leucine-enriched whey protein significantly raises muscle protein synthesis rates in nonsarcopenic older men, but coingestion of carbohydrate and fat does not modulate the postprandial muscle protein synthetic response to protein ingestion in older men.
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- Irene Fleur Kramer
- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (I.F.K., L.B.V., H.M.H., I.W.K.K., J.M.S., J.v.K., A.P.G., M.P., L.J.C.v.L.), Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research (S.V., Y.L.), Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; and Department of Surgery (I.F.K., M.P.), Division of Trauma Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Wang C, Xiang H, Si H, Guo D, Sun M. High expression of myofibrillogenesis regulator-1 predicts poor prognosis for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative hepatectomy. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015; 8:14818-14823. [PMID: 26823810 PMCID: PMC4713596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Myofibrillogenesis regulator (MR-1) is overexpressed in human cancer cells and plays an essential role in cancer cell growth. However, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not yet been explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of MR-1 expression with clinicopathologic features and prognosis in patients with HCC. Quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect MR-1 mRNA levels in tissues samples from 120 HCC patients. Results showed that MR-1 expression was significantly higher in HCC tissues when compared with matched adjacent normal tissues (P=0.004). In HCC cancerous tissues, it was also significantly associated with tumor size (P=0.024) and serum AFP level (P=0.003). Moreover, Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that HCC patients with high MR-1 expression had shorter overall survival time than those with low MR-1 expression (P=0.009). When analyzed with a multivariate Cox regression model, MR-1 was identified as an independent prognostic factor for overall survival. Furthermore, when combined with serum AFP level, the median survival time significantly differed between patients with baseline high serum AFP and high MR-1 expression levels and those with normal AFP and low MR-1 levels (P=0.007). Taken together, our results suggest that high expression of MR-1 is involved in HCC progression and could be a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with HCC.
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- Chunwei Wang
- Department of Surgery and Infections Diseases, Chinese PLA Air Force General Hospital Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Surgery and Infections Diseases, Chinese PLA Air Force General Hospital Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Surgery and Infections Diseases, Chinese PLA Air Force General Hospital Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Surgery and Infections Diseases, Chinese PLA Air Force General Hospital Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Surgery and Infections Diseases, Chinese PLA Air Force General Hospital Beijing 100142, China
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Liang X, Ma K, Rao Y, Hong D, Huo Z, Ye Z, Huang M, Zhang X, Zhao Q. Characterization of endonuclease G and mitochondria-sarcoplasmic reticulum-related proteins during cardiac hypertrophy. Pharmazie 2015; 70:586-592. [PMID: 26492643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Endonuclease G (Endo G) is a novel determinant of cardiac hypertrophy. Here, we report the characterization of Endo G and mitochondria-sarcoplasmic reticulum-related proteins during cardiac hypertrophy, and hypothesize that Endo G regulate mitochondrial function partly through Mfn2 and Jp2 during cardiac hypertrophy. Our results show that Endo G levels gradually increased at the beginning of phenylephrine-induced cardiac hypertrophy, accompanied by an abnormal mitochondrial membrane potential. The up-regulation of Mfn2, Jp2, and Endo G appeared at an early stage of cardiac hypertrophy, whereas PGC1α was not up-regulated until a later stage. Abolishing Endo G with siRNA led to the uncoupling of the mitochondrial electron transport chain from ATP production and decreased PGC1α expression, likely by affecting the juxtaposition of the mitochondria and the sarcoplasmic reticulum via Mfn2 and Jp2. Furthermore, abolishing Jp2 altered the expression of Endo G expression and induced mitochondrial dysfunction, suggesting that mitochondrial abnormalities in cardiac hypertrophy are most likely caused by Endo G. Taken together, our study established a link between Endo G and mitochondrial function during cardiac hypertrophy, partly through the effects of Endo G on Mfn2 and Jp2, and revealed a role for Endo G in the crosstalk between the processes controlled by Mfn2 and Jp2 in maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy.
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Grimm M, Cetindis M, Lehmann M, Biegner T, Munz A, Teriete P, Reinert S. Apoptosis resistance-related ABCB5 and DNaseX (Apo10) expression in oral carcinogenesis. Acta Odontol Scand 2015; 73:336-42. [PMID: 25234444 DOI: 10.3109/00016357.2014.961029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Apoptosis resistance is a crucial factor for the carcinogenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). METHODS Expression of apoptosis resistance-related ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCB5 [subfamily B (MDR/TAP) member 5] and DNaseX (Apo10) were analyzed in normal oral mucosa (n = 5), oral precursor lesions (simple hyperplasia, n = 11; squamous intraepithelial neoplasia, SIN I-III, n = 35), and OSCC specimen (n = 42) by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Expression of ABCB5 and Apo10 were significantly increased in the carcinogenesis of OSCC compared with normal tissue. Compared with SIN I-III, ABCB5 expression was significantly decreased in OSCC. Apo10 expression did not significantly differ from OSCC compared with SIN I-III. CONCLUSIONS This study provides the first evidence of the expression of ABCB5 and Apo10 in the multi-step carcinogenesis of OSCC. Overcoming drug resistance of ABCB5+ and Apo10+ cells in precursor lesions and tumors by natural compounds may act as sensitizers for apoptosis or could be useful for chemoprevention.
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Shishkin SS, Kovalev LI, Kovaleva MA, Ivanov AV, Eremina LS, Sadykhov ÉG. [The application of proteomic technologies for the analysis of muscle proteins of farm animals used in the meat industry (review)]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 50:453-65. [PMID: 25707102 DOI: 10.7868/s0555109914050110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The review briefly summarizes the data on the development of proteomic technologies that became actively used in studies of the muscular proteins of farm animals used in the meat industry in 2006-2013. It has been noted that the main research trends are connected with the detection of changes in muscle proteins during post-mortem autolysis and the search for species-specific and other protein biomarkers. Particular publications regarding the development of methods based on proteomic technologies for monitoring the state of muscle proteins are considered. According to the analyzed data, we can conclude that the field is promising for the solution of a number of pressing problems in.applied biochemistry.
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Yuan CC, Ma W, Schemmel P, Cheng YS, Liu J, Tsaprailis G, Feldman S, Ayme Southgate A, Irving TC. Elastic proteins in the flight muscle of Manduca sexta. Arch Biochem Biophys 2015; 568:16-27. [PMID: 25602701 PMCID: PMC4684177 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/19/2014] [Revised: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The flight muscles (DLM1) of the Hawkmoth, Manduca sexta are synchronous, requiring a neural spike for each contraction. Stress/strain curves of skinned DLM1 showed hysteresis indicating the presence of titin-like elastic proteins. Projectin and kettin are titin-like proteins previously identified in Lethocerus and Drosophila flight muscles. Analysis of Manduca muscles with 1% SDS-agarose gels and western blots showed two bands near 1 MDa that cross-reacted with antibodies to Drosophila projectin. Antibodies to Drosophila kettin cross-reacted to bands at ∼500 and ∼700 kDa, but also to bands at ∼1.6 and ∼2.1 MDa, that had not been previously observed in insect flight muscles. Mass spectrometry identified the 2.1 MDa protein as a product of the Sallimus (sls) gene. Analysis of the gene sequence showed that all 4 putative Sallimus and kettin isoforms could be explained as products of alternative splicing of the single sls gene. Both projectin and sallimus isoforms were expressed to higher levels in ventrally located DLM1 subunits, primarily responsible for active work production, as compared to dorsally located subunits, which may act as damped springs. The different expression levels of the 2 projectin isoforms and 4 sallimus/kettin isoforms may be adaptations to the specific requirements of individual muscle subunits.
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- Chen-Ching Yuan
- Dept. of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Dept. of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Dept. of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Dept. of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Dept. of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Dept. of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Dept. of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60616, USA.
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Moretti D, Del Bello B, Allavena G, Corti A, Signorini C, Maellaro E. Calpain-3 impairs cell proliferation and stimulates oxidative stress-mediated cell death in melanoma cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117258. [PMID: 25658320 PMCID: PMC4319969 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Calpain-3 is an intracellular cysteine protease, belonging to Calpain superfamily and predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle. In human melanoma cell lines and biopsies, we previously identified two novel splicing variants (hMp78 and hMp84) of Calpain-3 gene (CAPN3), which have a significant lower expression in vertical growth phase melanomas and, even lower, in metastases, compared to benign nevi. In the present study, in order to investigate the pathophysiological role played by the longer Calpain-3 variant, hMp84, in melanoma cells, we over-expressed it in A375 and HT-144 cells. In A375 cells, the enforced expression of hMp84 induces p53 stabilization, and modulates the expression of a few p53- and oxidative stress-related genes. Consistently, hMp84 increases the intracellular production of ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species), which lead to oxidative modification of phospholipids (formation of F2-isoprostanes) and DNA damage. Such events culminate in an adverse cell fate, as indicated by the decrease of cell proliferation and by cell death. To a different extent, either the antioxidant N-acetyl-cysteine or the p53 inhibitor, Pifithrin-α, recover cell viability and decrease ROS formation. Similarly to A375 cells, hMp84 over-expression causes inhibition of cell proliferation, cell death, and increase of both ROS levels and F2-isoprostanes also in HT-144 cells. However, in these cells no p53 accumulation occurs. In both cell lines, no significant change of cell proliferation and cell damage is observed in cells over-expressing the mutant hMp84C42S devoid of its enzymatic activity, suggesting that the catalytic activity of hMp84 is required for its detrimental effects. Since a more aggressive phenotype is expected to benefit from down-regulation of mechanisms impairing cell growth and survival, we envisage that Calpain-3 down-regulation can be regarded as a novel mechanism contributing to melanoma progression.
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- Daniele Moretti
- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Medical School, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Firenze, Italy
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Jasnic-Savovic J, Nestorovic A, Savic S, Karasek S, Vitulo N, Valle G, Faulkner G, Radojkovic D, Kojic S. Profiling of skeletal muscle Ankrd2 protein in human cardiac tissue and neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Histochem Cell Biol 2015; 143:583-97. [PMID: 25585647 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-015-1307-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Muscle-specific mechanosensors Ankrd2/Arpp (ankyrin repeat protein 2) and Ankrd1/CARP (cardiac ankyrin repeat protein) have an important role in transcriptional regulation, myofibrillar assembly, cardiogenesis and myogenesis. In skeletal muscle myofibrils, Ankrd2 has a structural role as a component of a titin associated stretch-sensing complex, while in the nucleus it exerts regulatory function as transcriptional co-factor. It is also involved in myogenic differentiation and coordination of myoblast proliferation. Although expressed in the heart, the role of Ankrd2 in the cardiac muscle is completely unknown. Recently, we have shown that hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy pathways are altered upon Ankrd2 silencing suggesting the importance of this protein in cardiac tissue. Here we provide the underlying basis for the functional investigation of Ankrd2 in the heart. We confirmed reduced Ankrd2 expression levels in human heart in comparison with Ankrd1 using RNAseq and Western blot. For the first time we demonstrated that, apart from the sarcomere and nucleus, both proteins are localized to the intercalated disks of human cardiomyocytes. We further tested the expression and localization of endogenous Ankrd2 in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes, a well-established model for studying cardiac-specific proteins. Ankrd2 was found to be expressed in both the cytoplasm and nucleus, independently from maturation status of cardiomyocytes. In contrast to Ankrd1, it is not responsive to the cardiotoxic drug Doxorubicin, suggesting that different mechanisms govern their expression in cardiac cells.
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- Jovana Jasnic-Savovic
- Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, PO Box 23, 11010, Belgrade, Serbia
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Xu XC, Zhang YH, Zhang WB, Li T, Gao H, Wang YH. MicroRNA-133a functions as a tumor suppressor in gastric cancer. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2014; 28:615-624. [PMID: 25620172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small and highly conserved non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression of target mRNAs through posttranscriptional inhibition involved in the tumorigenesis and progression of multiple malignancies. Although miR-133a has been shown to function as a tumor suppressor in some cancers, the clinical significance and function of miR-133a in gastric cancer remain unclear. Hence, we were focused on the expression and mechanisms of miR-133a in the development of gastric cancer in this study. It was found that the expression of miR-133a was downregulated (P<0.001), while transgelin-2 (TAGLN2) was upregulated (P<0.05) in primary gastric cancer tissues, compared to the adjacent non-cancerous tissues (ANCT). Furthermore, decreased expression of miR-133a and increased expression of TAGLN2 were both associated with lymph node metastases in patients with gastric cancer (P<0.001; P=0.011). Functional analysis studies revealed that ectopic expression of miR-133a reduced cell proliferation and invasion, and induced cell apoptosis and cycle arrest via suppressing the level of TAGLN2 from transcriptional and translational levels and downregulated the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in gastric cancer cells. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that decreased expression of miR-133a is associated with the lymph node metastases of patients with gastric cancer. Overexpression of miR-133a inhibits cell growth and invasion and induces cell apoptosis and cycle arrest through repressing TAGLN2 gene, suggesting that miR-133a might be used as a biomarker or therapeutic target for the treatment of gastric cancer.
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
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Alves VA, Pinheiro C, Morais-Santos F, Felipe-Silva A, Longatto-Filho A, Baltazar F. Characterization of monocarboxylate transporter activity in hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20:11780-11787. [PMID: 25206282 PMCID: PMC4155368 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2014] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To assess the immunoexpression of hypoxia-related markers in samples from cirrhosis and primary and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
METHODS: From a total of 5836 autopsies performed at the Pathology Department - University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine Hospital - from 2003 to 2009, 188 presented primary liver tumors. Immunohistochemical reactivity for monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs)-1, 2 and 4, CD147 and glucose transporter-1 (GLUT1) was assessed in necropsies from 80 cases of HCC. Data were stored and analyzed using the IBM SPSS statistical software (version 19, IBM Company, Armonk, NY). All comparisons were examined for statistical significance using Pearson’s χ2 test and Fisher’s exact test (when n < 5). The threshold for significant P values was established as P < 0.05.
RESULTS: Plasma membrane expression of MCT4 and overall expression of GLUT1 showed progressively higher expression from non-neoplastic to primary HCC and to metastases. In contrast, overall expression of MCT2 was progressively decreased from non-neoplastic to primary HCC and to metastases. MCT1 (overall and plasma membrane expression), MCT2 and CD147 plasma membrane expression were associated with absence of cirrhosis, while plasma membrane expression of CD147 was also associated with absence of HBV infection. MCT2 overall expression was associated with lower liver weight, absence of metastasis and absence of abdominal dissemination. Additionally, MCT4 plasma membrane positivity was strongly associated with Ki-67 expression.
CONCLUSION: MCT4 and GLUT1 appear to play a role in HCC progression, while MCT2 is lost during progression and associated with better prognosis.
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Bornø A, Hulston CJ, van Hall G. Determination of human muscle protein fractional synthesis rate: an evaluation of different mass spectrometry techniques and considerations for tracer choice. J Mass Spectrom 2014; 49:674-680. [PMID: 25044894 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In the present study, different MS methods for the determination of human muscle protein fractional synthesis rate (FSR) using [ring-(13)C6 ]phenylalanine as a tracer were evaluated. Because the turnover rate of human skeletal muscle is slow, only minute quantities of the stable isotopically labeled amino acid will be incorporated within the few hours of a typical laboratory experiment. GC combustion isotope ratio MS (GC-C-IRMS) has thus far been considered the 'gold' standard for the precise measurements of these low enrichment levels. However, advances in liquid chromatography-tandem MS (LC-MS/MS) and GC-tandem MS (GC-MS/MS) have made these techniques an option for human muscle FSR measurements. Human muscle biopsies were freeze dried, cleaned, and hydrolyzed, and the amino acids derivatized using either N-acetyl-n-propyl, phenylisothiocyanate, or N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA) for GC-C-IRMS, LC-MS/MS, and GC-MS/MS analysis, respectively. A second derivative, heptafluorobutyric acid (HFBA), was also used for GC-MS/MS analysis as an alternative for MTBSTFA. The machine reproducibility or the coefficients of variation for delta tracer-tracee-ratio measurements (delta tracer-tracee-ratio values around 0.0002) were 2.6%, 4.1%, and 10.9% for GC-C-IRMS, LC-MS/MS, and GC-MS/MS (MTBSTFA), respectively. FSR determined with LC-MS/MS compared well with GC-C-IRMS and so did the GC-MS/MS when using the HFBA derivative (linear fit Y = 1.08 ± 0.10, X + 0.0049 ± 0.0061, r = 0.89 ± 0.01, P < 0.0001). In conclusion, (1) IRMS still offers the most precise measurement of human muscle FSR, (2) LC-MS/MS comes quite close and is a good alternative when tissue quantities are too small for GC-C-IRMS, and (3) If GC-MS/MS is to be used, then the HFBA derivative should be used instead of MTBSTFA, which gave unacceptably high variability.
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- Andreas Bornø
- Rigshospitalet, Clinical Metabolomics Core Facility (CMCF), Section 7652, Ole Maaløesvej 26, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Mason RR, Meex RCR, Russell AP, Canny BJ, Watt MJ. Cellular localization and associations of the major lipolytic proteins in human skeletal muscle at rest and during exercise. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103062. [PMID: 25054327 PMCID: PMC4108417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lipolysis involves the sequential breakdown of fatty acids from triacylglycerol and is increased during energy stress such as exercise. Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) is a key regulator of skeletal muscle lipolysis and perilipin (PLIN) 5 is postulated to be an important regulator of ATGL action of muscle lipolysis. Hence, we hypothesized that non-genomic regulation such as cellular localization and the interaction of these key proteins modulate muscle lipolysis during exercise. PLIN5, ATGL and CGI-58 were highly (>60%) colocated with Oil Red O (ORO) stained lipid droplets. PLIN5 was significantly colocated with ATGL, mitochondria and CGI-58, indicating a close association between the key lipolytic effectors in resting skeletal muscle. The colocation of the lipolytic proteins, their independent association with ORO and the PLIN5/ORO colocation were not altered after 60 min of moderate intensity exercise. Further experiments in cultured human myocytes showed that PLIN5 colocation with ORO or mitochondria is unaffected by pharmacological activation of lipolytic pathways. Together, these data suggest that the major lipolytic proteins are highly expressed at the lipid droplet and colocate in resting skeletal muscle, that their localization and interactions appear to remain unchanged during prolonged exercise, and, accordingly, that other post-translational mechanisms are likely regulators of skeletal muscle lipolysis.
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- Rachael R. Mason
- Biology of Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Biology of Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre of Physical Activity and Nutrition (C-PAN) Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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- Biology of Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Biology of Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Jacques J, Hotton D, De la Dure-Molla M, Petit S, Asselin A, Kulkarni AB, Gibson CW, Brookes SJ, Berdal A, Isaac J. Tracking endogenous amelogenin and ameloblastin in vivo. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99626. [PMID: 24933156 PMCID: PMC4059656 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Research on enamel matrix proteins (EMPs) is centered on understanding their role in enamel biomineralization and their bioactivity for tissue engineering. While therapeutic application of EMPs has been widely documented, their expression and biological function in non-enamel tissues is unclear. Our first aim was to screen for amelogenin (AMELX) and ameloblastin (AMBN) gene expression in mandibular bones and soft tissues isolated from adult mice (15 weeks old). Using RT-PCR, we showed mRNA expression of AMELX and AMBN in mandibular alveolar and basal bones and, at low levels, in several soft tissues; eyes and ovaries were RNA-positive for AMELX and eyes, tongues and testicles for AMBN. Moreover, in mandibular tissues AMELX and AMBN mRNA levels varied according to two parameters: 1) ontogenic stage (decreasing with age), and 2) tissue-type (e.g. higher level in dental epithelial cells and alveolar bone when compared to basal bone and dental mesenchymal cells in 1 week old mice). In situ hybridization and immunohistodetection were performed in mandibular tissues using AMELX KO mice as controls. We identified AMELX-producing (RNA-positive) cells lining the adjacent alveolar bone and AMBN and AMELX proteins in the microenvironment surrounding EMPs-producing cells. Western blotting of proteins extracted by non-dissociative means revealed that AMELX and AMBN are not exclusive to mineralized matrix; they are present to some degree in a solubilized state in mandibular bone and presumably have some capacity to diffuse. Our data support the notion that AMELX and AMBN may function as growth factor-like molecules solubilized in the aqueous microenvironment. In jaws, they might play some role in bone physiology through autocrine/paracrine pathways, particularly during development and stress-induced remodeling.
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- Jaime Jacques
- Laboratory of Molecular Oral Pathophysiology, INSERM UMRS 1138, Team Berdal, Cordeliers Research Center, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, Paris Descartes University - Paris 5, Paris, France
- UFR d'Odontologie, Paris Diderot University - Paris 7, Paris, France
- Unit of Periodontology, Department of Stomatology, University of Talca, Talca, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oral Pathophysiology, INSERM UMRS 1138, Team Berdal, Cordeliers Research Center, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, Paris Descartes University - Paris 5, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oral Pathophysiology, INSERM UMRS 1138, Team Berdal, Cordeliers Research Center, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, Paris Descartes University - Paris 5, Paris, France
- UFR d'Odontologie, Paris Diderot University - Paris 7, Paris, France
- Center of Rare Malformations of the Face and Oral Cavity (MAFACE), Hospital Rothschild, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oral Pathophysiology, INSERM UMRS 1138, Team Berdal, Cordeliers Research Center, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, Paris Descartes University - Paris 5, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oral Pathophysiology, INSERM UMRS 1138, Team Berdal, Cordeliers Research Center, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, Paris Descartes University - Paris 5, Paris, France
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- Functional Genomics Section, Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oral Pathophysiology, INSERM UMRS 1138, Team Berdal, Cordeliers Research Center, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, Paris Descartes University - Paris 5, Paris, France
- UFR d'Odontologie, Paris Diderot University - Paris 7, Paris, France
- Center of Rare Malformations of the Face and Oral Cavity (MAFACE), Hospital Rothschild, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oral Pathophysiology, INSERM UMRS 1138, Team Berdal, Cordeliers Research Center, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, Paris Descartes University - Paris 5, Paris, France
- Laboratory of Morphogenesis Molecular Genetics, Department of Developmental and Stem Cells Biology, Institut Pasteur, CNRS URA 2578, Paris, France
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Kasamatsu C, Kimura S, Kagawa M, Hatae K. Identification of High Molecular Weight Proteins in Squid Muscle by Western Blotting Analysis and Postmortem Rheological Changes. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 68:1119-24. [PMID: 15170118 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The high molecular weight protein connectin (also called titin) in Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus) mantle muscle was identified by western blotting analysis with 3B9, the mouse anti-chicken skeletal muscle connectin monoclonal antibody. Similarly to vertebrate samples, there exists connectin in invertebrate squid mantle muscle, and the amino acid sequences are assumed to resemble those present in the A band of vertebrate connectin, judging by the specificity of 3B9. Moreover, the connectin in squid muscle migrated in this study as a closely spaced doublet of alpha and beta (titins 1 and 2). Between 5 and 7 h post-mortem, the SDS PAGE patterns of the squid sample indicated a change of the doublet bands into a single beta-connectin band. Simultaneously, the rheological properties of the squid muscle changed substantially. This degradation of alpha-connectin into beta-connectin in the muscle can explain the critical change that occurs during the post-mortem tenderization of squid muscle.
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- Chinatsu Kasamatsu
- School of Human Life and Environmental Science, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Neethling J, Hoffman LC, Britz TJ. Impact of season on the chemical composition of male and female blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) muscles. J Sci Food Agric 2014; 94:424-431. [PMID: 23794364 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The harvesting and consumption of game meat in South Africa is not limited to season. The study was thus aimed at investigating the seasonal impact on the chemical composition (moisture, protein, fat and ash contents) of male and female blesbok muscles (N = 32; longissimus dorsi, biceps femoris, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, infraspinatus and supraspinatus). RESULTS A significant interaction (P ≤ 0.01) existed between season and muscle type. Selected muscles had higher (P ≤ 0.01) mean protein contents with a higher plane of nutrition (spring of 2009), while longissimus dorsi muscles had the highest (P ≤ 0.01) mean intramuscular fat content (33.52 g kg⁻¹). A strong negative correlation (r = -0.82; P ≤ 0.01) existed between the muscles' moisture and protein content. The chemical composition of blesbok semimembranosus muscles was significantly different between seasons, while the other muscles were least affected by seasonal differences in blesbok plane of nutrition and activity levels. CONCLUSION The seasonal and muscle differences were statistically significant, but numerically small. It is therefore debatable whether this is of biological relevance relating to human nutrition.
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- Jeannine Neethling
- Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa; Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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Roberts JA, Waters L, Ro JY, Zhai QJ. Smoothelin and caldesmon are reliable markers for distinguishing muscularis propria from desmoplasia: a critical distinction for accurate staging colorectal adenocarcinoma. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014; 7:792-796. [PMID: 24551305 PMCID: PMC3925929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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An accurate distinction between deep muscularis propria invasion versus subserosal invasion by colonic adenocarcinoma is essential for the accurate staging of cancer and subsequent optimal patient management. However, problems may arise in pathologic staging when extensive desmoplasia blurs the junction between deep muscularis propria and subserosal fibroadipose tissue. To address this issue, forty-three (43) cases of colonic adenocarcinoma resections from 2007-2009 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX were reviewed. These cases were selected to address possible challenges in differentiating deep muscularis propria invasion from superficial subserosal invasion based on H&E staining alone. Immunohistochemical staining using smooth muscle actin (SMA), smoothelin, and caldesmon were performed on 51 cases: 8 cases of pT1 tumors (used mainly as control); 12 pT2 tumors; and 31 pT3 tumors. All 51 (100%) had diffuse, strong (3+) immunoreactivity for caldesmon and smoothelin in the muscularis propria with a granular cytoplasmic staining pattern. However, the desmoplastic areas of these tumors, composed of spindled fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, showed negative immunostaining for caldesmon and smoothelin (0/35). SMA strongly stained the muscularis propria and weakly (1+) or moderately (2+) stained the spindled fibroblasts in the desmoplastic areas (the latter presumably because of myofibroblastic differentiation). Compared to SMA, caldesmon and smoothelin are more specific stains that allow better delineation of the muscularis propria from the desmoplastic stromal reaction which provides a critical aide for proper staging of colonic adenocarcinoma and subsequent patient care.
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- Jordan A Roberts
- Department of Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill College of Medicine, Cornell UniversityHouston, TX
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- Department of Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill College of Medicine, Cornell UniversityHouston, TX
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- Department of Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill College of Medicine, Cornell UniversityHouston, TX
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- Department of Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill College of Medicine, Cornell UniversityHouston, TX
- Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, Mayo ClinicJacksonville, FL
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Lepreux S, Guyot C, Billet F, Combe C, Balabaud C, Bioulac-Sage P, Desmoulière A. Smoothelin, a new marker to determine the origin of liver fibrogenic cells. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19:9343-9350. [PMID: 24409061 PMCID: PMC3882407 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Revised: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To explore this hypothesis that smooth muscle cells may be capable of acquiring a myofibroblastic phenotype, we have studied the expression of smoothelin in fibrotic conditions.
METHODS: Normal liver tissue (n = 3) was obtained from macroscopically normal parts of hepatectomy, taken at a distance from hemangiomas. Pathological specimens included post-burn cutaneous hypertrophic scars (n = 3), fibrotic liver tissue (n = 5), cirrhotic tissue (viral and alcoholic hepatitis) (n = 5), and hepatocellular carcinomas (n = 5). Tissue samples were fixed in 10% formalin and embedded in paraffin for immunohistochemistry or were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen-cooled isopentane for confocal microscopy analysis. Sections were stained with antibodies against smoothelin, which is expressed exclusively by smooth muscle cells, and α-smooth muscle actin, which is expressed by both smooth muscle cells and myofibroblasts.
RESULTS: In hypertrophic scars, α-smooth muscle actin was detected in vascular smooth muscle cells and in numerous myofibroblasts present in and around nodules, whereas smoothelin was exclusively expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells. In the normal liver, vascular smooth muscle cells were the only cells that express α-smooth muscle actin and smoothelin. In fibrotic areas of the liver, myofibroblasts expressing α-smooth muscle actin were detected. Myofibroblasts co-expressing α-smooth muscle actin and smoothelin were observed, and their number was slightly increased in parallel with the degree of fibrosis (absent in liver with mild or moderate fibrosis; 5% to 10% positive in liver showing severe fibrosis). In cirrhotic septa, numerous myofibroblasts co-expressed α-smooth muscle actin and smoothelin (more than 50%). In hepatocellular carcinomas, the same pattern of expression for α-smooth muscle actin and smoothelin was observed in the stroma reaction surrounding the tumor and around tumoral cell plates. In all pathological liver samples, α-smooth muscle actin and smoothelin were co-expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells.
CONCLUSION: During development of advanced liver fibrosis, a subpopulation of myofibroblasts expressing smoothelin may be derived from vascular smooth muscle cells, illustrating the different cellular origins of myofibroblasts.
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Kashyap MK, Pawar HA, Keerthikumar S, Sharma J, Goel R, Mahmood R, Kumar MV, Kumar KVV, Pandey A, Kumar RV, Prasad TSK, Harsha HC. Evaluation of protein expression pattern of stanniocalcin 2, insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7, inhibin beta A and four and a half LIM domains 1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Biomark 2013; 12:1-9. [PMID: 23321464 DOI: 10.3233/cbm-120289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The pathogenesis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) involves both genetic and environmental factors. Previously, we have carried out gene and protein expression profiling of ESCC using DNA microarrays and mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics, respectively. These studies resulted in identification of several potential biomarkers of ESCC, some with known reports of differential expression in the scientific literature and others that were novel observations from our studies. We report systematic validation of selected markers from our studies on a larger cohort of cancer tissue sections by immunohistochemical labeling of tissue microarrays. We have validated expression of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP7), stanniocalcin 2 (STC2), inhibin beta A (INHBA) and four and a half LIM domains 1 (FHL1). Immunohistochemical labeling with anti-stanniocalcin 2 antibody demonstrated its overexpression in 132/140 (94%) cases, IGFBP7 showed overexpression in 127/140 (91%) cases and overexpression of INHBA was observed in 62/105 (59%) of ESCC cases. In contrast, FHL1 expression was observed only in 12/143 (8%) of ESCC cases suggesting its possible involvement in tumor suppression. These data suggest that IGFBP7, INHBA, STC2 and FHL1 might play an important role in ESCC tumorigenesis, which can be explored in future studies. Overall, our findings open up new avenues for development of novel therapeutics and/or diagnostic approaches in ESCC.
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- Manoj Kumar Kashyap
- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, India
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BACKGROUND Elucidating the histological characteristics of normal vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is important for understanding mechanisms of development, disease etiology and the remodeling and/or regeneration process of the vessel. However, knowledge regarding VSMCs is focused primarily on the artery. Although the characteristics of each great vessel are documented, few studies have examined VSMCs in parallel within each great vessel. The present study focused on comparing characteristics of canine VSMCs within the aorta (Ao), branch pulmonary artery (bPA), main pulmonary artery (mPA) and inferior vena cava (IVC), simultaneously. RESULTS Western blot and immunohistochemistry were used to determine VSMC protein content for alpha smooth muscle actin (ASMA), calponin, myosin heavy chain (MHC) and its isozyme SM2, and non-muscle myosin heavy chain B (SMemb). Thickness and ratio of the VSMC layer were also measured. Expression levels of ASMA, calponin and SM2 significantly differed between vessels, except between mPA and either bPA, Ao and IVC vessels. Expression levels of MHC were significantly different in all vessels, whilst expression of SMemb was significantly different in the Ao compared with either bPA and mPA vessels. All vessels were significantly different with respect to total wall and VSMC layer thickness. The ratio between VSMC layer and total wall thickness was significantly different for each vessel, except between bPA and mPA vessels. Histological analysis of the IVC revealed that the VSMC layer does not line evenly and continuously through the long axis or transverse sections. With respect to the pulmonary artery, calponin was expressed to a greater extent in the mPA compared with the bPA (P < 0.01*). In contrast, MHC and SM2 were expressed to a greater extent in the bPA compared with the mPA (P < 0.01*). Differences in VSMC distribution indicate structural differences in the proximal and distal pulmonary artery bifurcation. CONCLUSION Our results show that the VSMC expression pattern in each great vessel is unique and suggestive of the developmental differences between great vessels. We believe this study provides basic data for the pathology, etiology and regenerative capability of the vessels.
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- Noriko Isayama
- Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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